Reborn since 1993

Chapter 530 Even eating and taking
Masayoshi Son opened his mouth for a long time before closing it. He now understood why Japanese media were always so unwelcome when reporting on Li Dongling.

There are many Japanese companies that have dealt with Li Dongling and Dongling Hi-Tech. First, there was Nippon Bandai, which cooperated with Dongling Hi-Tech on electronic pet machines and almost went bankrupt. In the end, it sold itself to Dongling Hi-Tech!

Then there is Japan's Toshiba. Before cooperating with Dongling Hi-Tech, Toshiba was the world's largest supplier of landline phone chips.

After the price dispute over the chips for Shenzhou digital cordless phones, Dongxin Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Dongling Hi-Tech, developed its own Sirius chip. Since then, Toshiba's landline chip business has been in ruins. Up to now, more than half of the global landline chip business has been taken over by Dongxin Semiconductor.

There is also the Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company, which was the first company to develop PHS technology. However, its PHS mobile phone patent was snatched away by Dongling Hi-Tech. Up to now, all Nippon PHS mobile phones are under the Xiaolingtong brand!
The PHS telecommunications and mobile phone business that was supposed to be taken over by Japan was unexpectedly snatched away by Dongling Hi-Tech. Several Japanese mobile phone manufacturers can now only watch Dongling Hi-Tech reap the profits.

These incidents have caused the Japanese media to always be unhappy when reporting news about Dongling Hi-Tech, only reporting bad news and not good news. If we were to evaluate an overseas company that is the least popular among Japanese companies, it would probably be Dongling Hi-Tech.

Taking a deep breath, Son Masayoshi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked sharply at Li Dongling, but Li Dongling remained calm when facing Son Masayoshi's gaze.

"Mr. Li, it seems that the Zhixing Foundation had planned this for a long time when it obtained the brand agency rights for Yahoo in various regions in Asia!" Masayoshi Son did not make a direct offer, but spoke to Li Dongling.

This is also to find out Li Dongling's background. If Li Dongling had won the brand agency rights of Yahoo in Asia for today as early as the establishment of Yahoo, then Masayoshi Son feels that such a visionary opponent may be the biggest rival in his life.

Li Dongling smiled and shook his head. He did not continue to speak according to what Son Masayoshi said. Instead, he said, "President Son Masayoshi, this is a bit exaggerated!"

"There is no such thing as foreknowledge in this world. The Zhixing Foundation obtained the Asian agency rights of Yahoo entirely to help Yahoo!"

Li Dongling said seriously, and did not admit that this was a big pit that had been dug long ago. Instead, he claimed that the Zhixing Foundation obtained the brand agency rights of Yahoo in Asia, which was entirely for Yahoo's consideration!

"When Yahoo was just established, in order to raise funds and go public, Zhixing Foundation spent $500,000 a year to establish Yahoo companies across Asia to increase Yahoo's traffic and revenue!"

Hearing the sky-high price mentioned by Li Dongling, Masayoshi Son snorted. For $500,000, he got Yahoo's brand in Asia. Now, let alone $500,000, even if it was $5 million or even $50 million, Softbank would be willing to pay to get Yahoo's brand in various parts of Asia!

In the hands of Zhixing Foundation, the Yahoo Asia brand is now a gold mine. The more well-known Yahoo becomes, the more valuable this gold mine will be.

But even though he knew that Li Dongling was waiting for a good price, from last year to this year, the Zhixing Foundation has set up branches all over Asia, but has not established a single Yahoo company. It is completely using the Yahoo Asia brand as a bargaining chip, but Masayoshi Son can't find any fault with it.

The Zhixing Foundation paid the Yahoo headquarters the $500,000 a year in brand licensing fees. As long as the money is paid, no one can find fault with the Zhixing Foundation.

Masayoshi Son knew that at this point, it was useless to talk about reason. It was SoftBank's fault for being a step slow. Who could he blame for being a step behind?

"Seven million US dollars. SoftBank wants to obtain the Yahoo Japan brand agency and operation rights from the Zhixing Foundation for seven million US dollars!"

Masayoshi Son thought for a moment and named a licensing fee of US$14 million, which was times more than what the Zhixing Foundation received for the Yahoo Asia brand, so it was already a huge profit.

But Li Dongling just sneered at SoftBank's offer, "President Son, do you think Yahoo Japan is only worth 7 million US dollars?"

Li Dongling turned the tables on Masayoshi Son, "Given the current popularity of the Internet, once Yahoo Japan is established, it will become the largest portal website in Japan, or even the largest Internet company in Japan. If such a Yahoo Japan goes public, what will be its market value?"

Japan is now at the tail end of its peak, and has not yet fallen into the wailing of losing thirty years. A few years ago, it was even clamoring to buy the entire America.

If Yahoo Japan Benz is listed in Japan, the valuation will probably be quite high. This is why Masayoshi Son is in a hurry to acquire the Yahoo Japan Benz brand, because there are really a lot of yen to be made. As long as it is operated properly, Yahoo Japan Benz will be able to make a lot of money after it is listed.

With Japan now being the world's second largest economy, and Yahoo Japan holding the title of Japan's largest technology company, it is not impossible for its valuation to reach an astonishing level after its listing, even exceeding SoftBank's market value.

In the previous life, Yahoo America, that is, Yahoo headquarters, became a bankrupt. After the Nasdaq Internet bubble, its market value shrunk to only 330 billion US dollars, while Yahoo Japan's market value exceeded 500 billion US dollars. Isn't it the opposite of the sky?

Of course, this is also inseparable from Masayoshi Son's management. Yahoo Japan is almost the only one in the Japanese Internet industry, with everything from portals to search, chat rooms, free email, clubs, shopping, music, etc.

How could Li Dongling give such a big piece of fat meat to Masayoshi Son for free? Is that fair?

Masayoshi Son frowned. He now felt how difficult Li Dongling was. He began to believe what Toshiba, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph and other companies said about Dongling Hi-Tech.

It is obvious that Li Dongling has no intention of selling the Yahoo Japan brand to SoftBank Japan for just a few million dollars.

"What exactly does Zhixing Foundation want?" Masayoshi Son was unwilling to play dumb.

"Ten million US dollars!" Although the offer was a bit expensive, Masayoshi Son could still accept it. But Li Dongling's next words almost made him jump up.

“In addition, according to the agreement reached between Zhixing Foundation and Yahoo, 40% of the profits from the Yahoo brands established in various parts of Asia will be distributed to Yahoo’s American headquarters.

Similarly, the establishment of Yahoo Japan Benzene should also follow this set of regulations, and Yahoo Japan Benzene should have a portion of its shares belonging to the Zhixing Foundation!" said Li Dongling.

"This is impossible!"

Masayoshi Son was really laughing out of anger this time. The Zhixing Foundation is really taking advantage of SoftBank and fleecing it to death.

“I believe in Yahoo!”

Li Dongling looked at Masayoshi Son. Li Dongling did not say anything about SoftBank, but instead declared that he believed in Yahoo.

"I believe that Yahoo's market value in the future will never stop at today's billion US dollars. If Yahoo's market value breaks through 2 billion, 5 billion, or even 10 billion US dollars, or even higher, then Yahoo will become one of the most famous Internet brands in the world, and Yahoo brands around the world will also benefit, including Yahoo Japan!"

Li Dongling looked confident and confident. "I think there are more than just SoftBank companies in Japan that are interested in cooperating with Zhixing Foundation on the Yahoo Japan brand. For example, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company..."

Although Japan Benzene seems to dislike Li Dongling, as long as there is profit to be made and US dollars to be earned, there are many Japanese Benzene companies willing to cooperate with the Zhixing Foundation.

As long as the Zhixing Foundation draws up a PPT of Yahoo Japan and tells those Japanese companies about the prospects of operating Yahoo Japan after listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, would there be any fear that there will be no Japanese companies willing to cooperate with the Zhixing Foundation to reap the benefits of the Japanese people?
With his eyes fixed on Li Dongling, Masayoshi Son had a thought in his mind. He was considering whether he should still keep the Yahoo Japan brand. With SoftBank's strength in Japan, it would not be difficult to set up an Internet company on its own.

But if the Yahoo Japan brand falls into the hands of other companies, like the Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company mentioned by Li Dongling, it will definitely be a huge threat to SoftBank.

SoftBank is now in an awkward situation. If it wants the Yahoo Japan brand, it will have to spend a lot of money and accept the conditions of the Zhixing Foundation. But if it does not agree, then losing Yahoo Japan will mean that SoftBank will have an additional potential rival.

"SoftBank demands at least 51% of Yahoo Japan's equity!"

Finally, Masayoshi Son gritted his teeth and said that he decided to use Yahoo's brand to reap profits, and also to avoid encountering strong competitors in Japan!

"make a deal!"

Li Dongling reached out to Masayoshi Son and said that in the future, no matter how high the market value of Yahoo Japan is, the Zhixing Foundation will have a share of the pie.

Li Dongling returned to the party, picked up a fork, tapped his glass, and pointed in the direction of Masayoshi Son in front of everyone, "The Zhixing Foundation and SoftBank have decided to establish Yahoo Japan Benzene Company!"

There was a huge exclamation at the party. When Yang Zhiyuan, Kugel and others heard the words, they immediately showed joy on their faces. They were worrying about how to expand Yahoo's influence, and then the pillow was delivered.

……

The plane slowly landed at Yangcheng International Airport. The return journey often makes people feel more tired than the journey there.

Li Dongling, Yao Luoying and others all felt very tired on the return flight.

However, as soon as he got off the plane, he saw a large group of media and reporters carrying cameras surrounding him. Yang Zhigao hurriedly followed several bodyguards to protect Li Dongling and others.

"Excuse me, Mr. Li, did you really buy a private jet worth $8400 million?"

"Mr. Li, it is rumored that you got a $3 billion order during your trip to America. Is that true?"

"Many investment promotion bureaus in China are interested in having Dongling Hi-Tech and Microsoft establish their game console production base there. Which place will Dongling Hi-Tech choose to cooperate with?"

"Yahoo's market value has exceeded 15 billion US dollars. Mr. Li, how much money did you make from investing in Yahoo?"

“Who will be the next Yahoo?”

(End of this chapter)