You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 273 Plan B
Zhang Pingyi looked at Qin Shaoyan with suspicion, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Finally, he sighed and said nothing.

Qin Shaoyan picked up the phone and called Davis, "David, are you free today?"

"Let's talk this afternoon. I have something to discuss with you."

"It's very urgent. I'll ask the doctor for leave first. We'll see you this afternoon."

Qin Shaoyan glanced at Zhang Pingyi and asked tentatively, "Will you go with me this afternoon?"

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Pingyi was a little surprised.

"To attract investment for Senior Brother Chen." Qin Shaoyan answered as a matter of course.

"No." Zhang Pingyi looked at Qin Shaoyan in shock, "Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true." Qin Shaoyan felt that Zhang Pingyi's reaction was inexplicable, "I, Qin Shaoyan, always keep my word."

"Okay, I'll go take a look." Zhang Pingyi felt something was wrong, and out of curiosity he also wanted to see what Qin Shaoyan was going to do.

At this time, the secretary knocked on the door and came in, saying cautiously: "Boss, the driver you are looking for is here."

Qin Shaoyan became happy, "Then let him in."

After a while, the secretary brought in a young man who looked very capable.

He was not tall, about 1.7 meters, with a shaved head and wearing an old, loose cotton coat. His eyes were bright and sparkling.

Qin Shaoyan took the resume from the secretary and glanced at it. "Hao Dashan."

"Here!" Hao Dashan subconsciously straightened his back and put his hands together on both sides of his thighs.

"We are not in the army, there is no need to be so restrained." Qin Shaoyan looked at Hao Dashan for a few seconds, "How many years have you been driving?"

"I've been driving in the army for five years," Hao Dashan replied, "but I drive a special vehicle."

"Can the car drive?"

“Drove a jeep.”

Qin Shaoyan nodded, "It's fine as long as you can drive. If you're not used to it, you can practice with the car in the yard when you have nothing to do."

"Walk around more often so you can get familiar with the road."

"Okay, Mr. Qin." Hao Dashan replied.

"Hey, you're from Beijing." Qin Shaoyan said with interest, "Are you familiar with the roads in Beijing?"

Hao Dashan replied: "I can't say I'm very familiar with it. My family is in Tongzhou, but I lived in the Second Ring Road when I was a child, so I'm familiar with that alley."

Qin Shaoyan was very satisfied with Hao Dashan's answer, which did not boast or exaggerate.

"Which branch of the military did you serve in?"

"The Armed Police Mobile Detachment." Hao Dashan replied, "I can't tell you the details."

"Very good." Qin Shaoyan laughed, "Let me ask you a question, how many knife-wielding criminals can you handle?"

"I can't handle any of them." Hao Dashan said sincerely, "My advice is to run as fast as you can if you run into a criminal, and don't confront him head-on."

Qin Shaoyan was overjoyed, "Not bad, not bad, you will be my full-time driver from now on."

"Xiao Liu, take him to complete the employment formalities."

The secretary agreed and took Hao Dashan out.

Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Pingyi and said, "This guy is good. He looks smart and clever."

"It's really good. I will hire a driver later." Zhang Pingyi nodded.

……

Hao Dashan went to work directly that day. He wiped the car clean with a sackcloth, sat in the driver's seat, felt the luxury of the Audi A8, and touched the steering wheel cautiously.

Qin Shaoyan wrapped in a thick cotton coat got into the car, reported an address, and then asked: "Do you know where it is?"

"I know." Hao Dashan started the car and drove out steadily.

Along the way, he did not fight or grab, and sent Qin Shaoyan to his destination safely. He parked the car and said, "Boss Qin, I'll wait for you in the parking lot. Call me if you need anything."

"Do you have a cell phone?" Qin Shaoyan asked.

"No." Hao Dashan was a little embarrassed. "I just came back not long ago and didn't have time to apply for a card."

In fact, he was reluctant to buy a mobile phone, but he didn't expect to find a job so soon.

"Go to the company and get one later." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "It's inconvenient without a mobile phone."

"Thank you, Mr. Qin." Hao Dashan suddenly asked, "Do you want me to go up with you?"

"No need, we'll just deal with a few foreigners today." Qin Shaoyan smiled, and went straight to the hotel where Davis was staying with Zhang Pingyi.

Davis' face was filled with joy when he saw Qin Shaoyan. He enthusiastically invited Qin Shaoyan in and brought a bottle of wine, "Would you like to drink something?"

"Cough, cough, cough, no." Qin Shaoyan coughed forcefully a few times, "I'm not well yet."

"Oh, what a pity." Davis said with some regret, "I have kept this for a long time, so I will drink it next time."

"John, you came to me today on your own initiative. Is there a turning point in things?" Davis asked expectantly.

"It's a pity." Qin Shaoyan spread his hands, "They have no intention of changing their minds."

Davis' face froze, and he was very disappointed. "Waterfake, they don't want to talk anymore?"

"Greed is the original sin." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Since they don't want to talk, I advise you not to hold out any hope."

"Damn it." Davis stood up with an unhappy face and said angrily, "John, you have to give me an explanation. You are responsible for the situation."

"Sit down!" Qin Shaoyan coughed a few times and glared at Davis, "Look, you're anxious again."

"This matter has nothing to do with me anymore. It doesn't make sense for you to ask me to take responsibility."

"Have you ever reflected on yourself? The failure of this negotiation is entirely your responsibility."

Davis stood up again anxiously, "What does it have to do with me?"

"If you hadn't been dragging your feet and refusing to give in, how could things have turned out like this?" Qin Shaoyan asked sternly, "You guys reacted too slowly, giving the other party time to think and review the situation, which ultimately led to them changing their minds."

"If you had agreed to their offer at the beginning, they would have sold it then."

"Putting aside other things, do you think you have done nothing wrong?"

Davis was stunned for a moment and didn't react.

"It's meaningless to find out whose fault it is now." Qin Shaoyan changed the subject, "What we need to do now is how to formulate plan B."

"Plan B?" Davis repeated, frowning. "What Plan B?"

"Plan B is a remedial measure for the failure of the negotiation." Qin Shaoyan said solemnly, "In fact, I have imagined before that if something unexpected happens, remedial measures will be needed to recover the losses."

Davis was a little surprised, and then asked, "So you knew you would fail."

"Fuck!" Qin Shaoyan said dissatisfiedly, "If I had known it would fail, I would have told you plan B in advance."

"I just said that I had such a plan, but unfortunately the early progress was too smooth, which made me a little careless and I gave up the plan."

"But it's not too late to start over now."

Davis didn't care about anything else. He sat up straight and urged, "What's your plan B?"

"Since the plan to acquire Qvod has failed, why not change the target?" Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Qvod has only been established for more than three months."

“It’s just a matter of building a video website from scratch and then acquiring it. It just takes a little more time.”

Davis was stunned for a moment and began to think, "You mean to build another Qvod?" "Yes." Qin Shaoyan nodded, "Three months, saving $300 million, isn't this a very cost-effective deal?"

Davis' eyes lit up and he suddenly felt that this was a good argument.

This plan is sufficient to address the headquarters' doubts about the bankruptcy of the acquisition plan.

I didn't mess up the negotiation, but the other party asked for too high a price. In order to save costs, the best option was to acquire a new video website.

"Very good!" Davis smiled. "This is indeed a great plan B. I think we are well prepared and can handle the headquarters."

"That's right. We need to plan carefully how to work together to overcome the current difficulties." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Otherwise, it will affect YouTube's own valuation."

Davis nodded, agreeing with what Qin Shaoyan said.

The failure of the acquisition plan will not only affect the headquarters' evaluation of his abilities, but may also have an impact on YouTube.

In this matter, the two people's interests are consistent.

Therefore, there was nothing wrong with Qin Shaoyan's motive for coming to discuss Plan B with him. At least he didn't have to worry that Qin Shaoyan would cheat him, which would not be good for either of them.

“So where do we start?” Davis asked.

"Let's start by unifying our stance with Qvod and how to face the news media to mitigate the impact of the failed negotiations." Qin Shaoyan replied, "In this matter, their interests are consistent with ours."

"The failure of the acquisition plan will also affect the capital market's evaluation of them, so they will definitely cooperate with us."

Davis was very unhappy. The other party had cheated him, and he still had to help the other party save face.

But the business world is not a place to act on impulse, and he cannot bring personal emotions into work, as only interests are eternal.

"They have to cooperate with me," Davis said in a tough tone. "They have to do what I say, otherwise I won't give them face in front of the media."

"We have reached an agreement smoothly. This is a good start." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Let's call the reporters over today."

"I need to discuss this with the PR director first." Davis frowned.

"The vice president of TNB is very good at dealing with reporters. He was the one who did the PR for Facebook before." Qin Shaoyan suggested, "How about I call him over?"

"Is it that Edward Damon?" Davis thought for a moment and asked, "Is he reliable?"

"Don't worry, he is one of us." Qin Shaoyan assured solemnly.

Davis nodded and said, "Okay, let him get involved."

Edward was soon called in to discuss the matter with Davis, and the two drafted a press release.

Then Edward began to contact familiar journalists and conduct public relations.

……

The next day, a piece of news exploded the Internet.

YouTube's negotiations to acquire Qvod failed, as Qvod rejected the acquisition.

David Banks, as the person in charge of the negotiations, expressed regret to reporters and expressed his disappointment with Qvod.

YouTube is very optimistic about the prospects of the Chinese market and intends to enter the Chinese market and develop deeper cooperation with local Internet companies.

In the acquisition negotiations, YouTube showed great sincerity and offered a price of up to $300 million.

However, the gap between the price demanded by Qvod's shareholders and YouTube's offer was too large, which YouTube could not tolerate, so Qvod terminated the negotiations.

David Banks' speech was sarcastic towards Qvod and expressed great resentment towards it.

However, David Banks finally said that even if the acquisition negotiations failed, it would not affect YouTube's determination to enter the Chinese market.

YouTube will continue to cooperate with local Chinese Internet companies and look for suitable new partners.

As soon as the news came out, the Internet was in an uproar.

The acquisition negotiations between YouTube and Qvod are the biggest news on the Internet recently. Newspapers and magazines have been reporting on it for a week now, and it has become known to all netizens.

Now that it has been revealed that the two sides parted ways unhappily, it has attracted even more attention.

The focus of everyone's attention was that YouTube offered a purchase price of $300 million, which shocked everyone.

Three hundred million dollars to acquire a website that was only established three months ago.

This is the highest-priced acquisition since the rise of China's Internet.

Are video websites so valuable?
Internet entrepreneurs and the capital market were even more shocked. The speed at which QVOD.com was making money was even faster than robbing money.

Faced with the heated discussion on the Internet, QVOD quickly responded to public opinion.

Qvod.com issued a statement, in which it first thanked everyone for their attention to Qvod.com.

It reviewed the great achievements made by Qvod.com in the three months since its establishment, commented on the current popularity of the Internet, and looked forward to the bright future prospects of Qvod.com.

At the same time, the announcement listed a long list of numbers, proving how rapidly Qvod has grown.

During the negotiations with YouTube, both parties highly recognized the future of Qvod.

After careful consideration, the bright future of Qvod should not be constrained, and Chinese local Internet companies can also become stars of the world's Internet.

Therefore, Qvod decided to terminate the acquisition negotiations and strive to take root in China's Internet to provide users with more and better services.

In response to the announcement from Qvod, there was a lot of lively discussion on the Internet.

Some people believe that Qvod was too greedy and failed in the acquisition.

Some people argued that YouTube took the initiative to acquire the site, and Qvod was not the one trying to sell it. Furthermore, YouTube had already offered $300 million, so didn’t they understand the value of Qvod better than you?
More people are wondering why Qvod is unwilling to sell?
Does Qvod think that its value is higher than 300 million US dollars?

The heated discussion on the Internet became more and more intense, and then a photo was posted on the portal website.

The people from YouTube and Qvod sat together again to discuss how to establish a "strategic partnership" cooperation.

It seems that the relationship between the two parties was not affected by the failure of the acquisition negotiations, but instead began a new round of cooperation.

Netizens were just watching the gossip for fun, but people in the Internet industry saw something different.

YouTube is eager to enter the Chinese market. Since QVOD is unwilling to sell, do we have a chance?
Among them, Peng Xiaolin of Lenovo was the most active. He found Davis through his connections and expressed his willingness to cooperate with him.

"I have invested in a video website called Tudou." Peng Xiaolin opened Tudou's website on his laptop. "This is our latest online website."

Davis took a few glances and politely confirmed, "It looks good. How would you like to cooperate?"

"I can also talk and I can also sell it." Peng Xiaolin said quickly.

Davis looked him up and down, then asked seriously, "Do you have the "Information Network Audiovisual Program Distribution License"? "

Peng Xiaolin was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What certificate?"

"License for the transmission of audio-visual programs on the information network!" Davis asked impatiently, "Do you have it or not?"

"Uh, we didn't."

"Then you can go." Davis ordered them to leave impatiently.

Peng Xiaolin was not willing to let go of this opportunity, and quickly said, "Wait a minute, we can discuss this."

At this time, Qin Shaoyan and Chen Guangxia walked in. Seeing Peng Xiaolin harassing Davis, he said in surprise: "Are you meeting a guest? I'll come back later."

"NO!" Davis hurriedly stopped Qin Shaoyan who was about to leave, "Wait a minute, John, I'll send him away right away."

"Mr. Peng, please go out now and don't bother me anymore, OK?!"

Peng Xiaolin was stunned for a moment, looked at Davis, then at Qin Shaoyan, picked up his bag helplessly and walked out.

Davis stood up enthusiastically and came towards Qin Shaoyan, "John, I've been waiting for you for a long time, come and sit down."

(End of this chapter)