My rebirth is different

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This is also a good way, of course, there is no way.

Both Ballmer and Sergey nodded.

"For the price of 120 billion, what do you think?" Ballmer asked again.

"How can I look at it? The price is a bit high. But... If you put aside all off-court factors, it is not unacceptable." Larry Page replied.

They all know well that the price of 120 billion is really not very high.

For a project like Facebook International, price is actually secondary.

More importantly, such a unicorn company is hard to come by!

Once there is an opportunity to buy shares, the premium is inevitable.

In fact, even at a premium, there will still be a large number of investment institutions waving banknotes and wanting to enter the market.

Facebook only took a fancy to the influence of Microsoft and Google in their respective fields and the additional benefits they could bring to the international version of Facebook, so they gave priority to inviting them to negotiate.

If it's just for money, companies such as Sequoia Capital, Softbank International, and Tiger Investment definitely give much more than Microsoft and Google!

Let alone 120 billion US dollars, even if the valuation is 150 billion US dollars, maybe those investment banks will not blink.

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On the third day, it was still the headquarters of Facebook North America, and it was still the big conference room.

When Ballmer, Larry Page, and Sergey arrived, there were already many people in the conference room.

In addition to the facebook people who met yesterday, there are a few more white people.

Larry Page and Sergey didn't know these people, but they knew that this should be the so-called new competitor.

But Ballmer knew it, when he saw these people, especially two of them.

His eyes widened at once.

Turning to ask Lu Qi, "He... why are they here?"

Chapter 882

Yu Wenfei stood up, smiled and said, "Let me introduce you."

As he spoke, he reached out and gestured to one of them, a tall, blond man in his fifties with a ruddy complexion.

"This, Mr. William Rhodes! Senior Vice President of Citigroup, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Citibank and Global Senior Vice President."

Ballmer naturally knew William, which was mainly introduced to Sergey and Larry Page.

Then, he reached out his hand to gesture to another man in his sixties who was thin and gray-haired.

"This is Jim Walton. Hearing his surname, there is no need to introduce it."

Jim is the youngest son of Walton Sr., and he is mainly in charge of most of the family's private businesses.

This is a financial genius, and also serves as the CEO of Arvest Bank, the largest Arkansas bank.

The investment in Facebook this time is a private investment of the Walton family, so Jim Walton also came forward.

Ballmer suppressed the shock in his heart, smiled on his face, and came over to say hello to William Rhodes and Jim Walton.

"Hey, two, I really didn't expect that you would come here too."

On the other side, Larry Page and Sergey were even more surprised after hearing Yu Wenfei's introduction.

They also understand what Citibank and the Walton family represent in the United States.

Yu Wenfei, how did you pull these two great forces over?

It seems that the matter of investing in the international version of Facebook this time is not as simple as imagined!

After several people greeted each other, everyone sat down again and started today's negotiation.

Because there was a new prospective investor, Lu Qi started yesterday's process again.

Seriously said: "The two newcomers are veteran investors, so I will keep it short. For the valuation of Facebook North America, our bottom line is 120 billion US dollars. Whoever can accept this price will be fine." Obtain the priority to buy shares. Remind everyone that we will only release a maximum of 40.00% of the shares for this financing.”

Facebook North America Inc. is a company fully funded and technically supported by Facebook Mainland China.

Although it is completely independent in terms of finance and personnel administration.

But before that, it was still 100% owned by Facebook Mainland Corporation.

Shareholders are those shareholders of the Facebook mainland head office.

The introduction of new strategic partners in this financing is part of share expansion financing, and all the funds obtained will be invested in the operation and development of Facebook North America.

The basic valuation is 120 billion US dollars, accounting for 60.00% after the share expansion.

That is to say, the financing this time will be as high as 80 billion US dollars!

After the share expansion and financing, the total value of Facebook North America will be as high as 200 billion U.S. dollars, which seems to be a giant company!

Therefore, the contacts are all industry giants, and ordinary companies do not have the financial resources to participate.

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After listening to Lu Qi's offer, Ballmer and Larry Page remained silent, waiting to see what attitudes William Rhodes and Jim Walton had.

William Rhodes took the lead and said: "The price is quite reasonable. Before coming here, our investment banking department has also conducted sufficient research, and we still recognize the valuation of your company."

Jim Walton also smiled slightly, and said: "Before coming here, Rob told me that no matter what price he quotes for Yu Wenfei's company, just invest with confidence and boldness. Then you have to firmly Hold these shares carefully and wait for ten or even 20 years. Then you will find that these investments will bring you great wealth.”

The Rob he was talking about was his elder brother and the current helm of the Wal-Mart empire.

Last time when Yu Wenfei acquired IBM's personal computer business unit, he visited Rob, and the two had a long conversation.

Afterwards, when Rob mentioned Yu Wenfei, he was full of praise, thinking that he was an unborn business genius.

This time, when Facebook North America was about to introduce a strategic partner, the first thing Yu Wenfei thought of was the Walton family!

Because the Walton family is mainly engaged in business operations, their financial resources are very strong, and they do not refuse to embrace the Internet industry. They just didn't have good investment opportunities before.

In that conversation between the two, Rob talked about it.

Coupled with the huge influence of the Walton family in North America, it would be perfect to invite them to invest and become a cornerstone investor of Facebook North America!

Citibank is even simpler, and the two parties have had a pleasant cooperation for a long time.