Reborn multinational giant

Gu Yongqiang was slightly surprised when he heard Fang Zhe's question. How did he know that he met Wang Wei?And what is the purpose of his appointment?

Gu Yongqiang thinks that his meeting with Wang Wei is very secretive. Even if many senior executives in Youku didn’t know about it, Fang Zhe mentioned it right after the meeting. Could it be that his purpose for finding himself is also related to Tudou.com ?

"President Fang, let me tell you, I did meet Wang Wei several times recently. The personal relationship between the two of us is very good, and we often meet for dinner together!"

Gu Yongqiang didn't hide from Fang Zhe. He guessed that since Fang Zhe asked so directly, he must already know something. If he deliberately deceived it, he might have guilty with Fang Zhe and Huizhong.

Indeed, Gu Yongqiang at this moment can be regarded as very scrupulous about Fang Zhe’s feelings. Gein and Fang Zhe, Youku and Huizhong are not the same order of magnitude at all. Otherwise, Fang Zhe would ask him to meet at a meeting place near Huizhong. He just came here, there was something like "summoning".

When Gu Yongqiang was wondering if Fang Zhe really knew something, Fang Zhe gave him the answer in the next sentence: "So, your two companies are already planning to merge?"

"Kang Dang"

The tea cup that Gu Yongqiang had just picked up was not grasped firmly, and fell on the table. A full cup of tea was spilled on the table, flowing down the corner of the table.

Fortunately, Fang Zhe was sitting at the other end of the table, but the tea was not poured on him.

Gu Yongqiang made no mistake, and greeted the waiter who had been waiting not far away to come and clean up. After the table was cleaned up again, Gu Yongqiang said:

"President Fang, everyone in the industry says that you have a far-sighted vision. I thought it was a bit weird before. Today I know that you have reached the realm of stupid calculations and things like gods!"

Gu Yongqiang said something half-flattering, which can be regarded as resolving the embarrassment of knocking over his teacup.

Fang Zhe smiled and did not speak. Gu Yongqiang wondered what Fang Zhe was thinking, so he simply asked:

"Mr. Fang, don't sell it. If you have anything, you can directly tell me. If Youku and I can help, I will try my best to help."

Gu Yongqiang Fang Zhe’s attitude can be regarded as very respectful. As a professional manager, he is extremely smooth in life.

"That's OK, I won't sell it to you anymore. The current environment of the domestic video industry, I believe you know better than me, a layman. Baidu-supported iQiyi and Tencent Video under Tencent are now in full swing. The two of them are fighting each other. , I believe that your life with Tudou and other video sites is not easy, so I think it’s time for this industry to reshuffle."

After Fang Zhe said this, Gu Yongqiang understood Fang Zhe's meaning and his purpose in seeing himself. Obviously, Fang Zhe and Huizhong are likely to be shufflers in this industry!

Gu Yongqiang was not in a hurry to speak up. He thought carefully about the current industry situation and the content of the conversation between the two from seeing Fang Zhe to the present. He asked if he had met Wang Wei and asked Youku. Is it going to merge with Tudou? From this point of view, Huizhong supports or even intends to promote the merger of the two companies.

Thinking about this, Gu Yongqiang looked around. Not far away, Li Wen, secretary of prescription Zhe, and the waiter in the club were far away from them, and could not hear what they were talking about.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Yongqiang took a deep breath, as if he had made up a certain determination, and opened his mouth to bring together his ideas about the merger of Youku and Tudou.

Gu Yongqiang was very detailed, as far as when he started to have this idea, his several meetings with Wang Wei, and the preliminary conditions and current progress negotiated between the two parties, he informed Fang Zhe in detail.

This behavior of Gu Yongqiang surprised Fang Zhe, and at the same time, he had a good impression of him. Gu Yongqiang was willing to confess such a confidential matter to him. Obviously, Fang Zhe had enough trust, or he Fang Zhe has been recognized in advance as a shuffler in the video industry.

From Fang Gu Yongqiang's conversation, Fang Zhe also understood why the two companies that had reached a merger agreement in the previous life did not follow the historical trajectory in this life.

It turned out that due to the disruption of Fang Zhe and Huizhong, the business of the original three Internet giants BAT has been affected to a certain extent.

In particular, Tencent, acting as an agent for Steam China in Huizhong, hit the cash cows of Tencent’s game business, and later released WeChat first, stifling Tencent’s opportunity to transform the mobile Internet. Tencent’s development was much worse than in the past, and there was no investment in Tencent Video. The previous life was so big, which indirectly led to the domestic video industry's development speed and shuffle speed slower than the previous life.

According to Gu Yongqiang, now he and Wang Weicai have initially agreed with the common goal of the merger of the two companies. As for the details of the merger, both of them are still discussing further, and the fastest word will have to wait until the end of this month or next The merger agreement can only be signed at the beginning of the month. Since the two companies are both listed companies, the negotiation process between the two parties is extremely confidential. Except for a few major shareholders of the two companies, even the senior executives of many companies do not know.

Fang Zhe smiled after listening to Gu Yongqiang's narration. It seems that when he lays out the future based on the memory of his previous life, he must take into account the influence of himself and Huizhong on these things, otherwise it is very likely that the difference will be far away. Mistakes.

However, at the moment of the merger of Tudou and Youku, Fang Zhe knows that apart from the time difference, there should be no other big variables. Tudou.com, like the previous life, was losing money and went public on the US stock market in August last year. On the day of listing, the stock price fell below the issue price and fell by more than 10%. Since then, Tudou's stock price has also fallen all the way. This has directly driven Wang Wei and Tudou's shareholders to be anxious to merge with Youku.

Said it is a merger, in fact, it means cashing out, and never withdrawing. As the domestic video industry is getting more and more fierce and the speed of reshuffling is getting faster and faster, Wang Wei and Tudou’s shareholders can only lose their money.

Gu Yongqiang's performance was so sincere, Fang Zhe did not hide it anymore, and directly informed him of his plan to promote the merger of Tudou and Youku, and his idea of ​​controlling the combined company.

Gu Yongqiang was grateful to Fang Zhe for not hiding his reciprocity, but he still asked with the idea of ​​struggling like the founders of other companies that are about to be controlled or acquired:

"President Fang, do you have to take control of our combined company? I mean, do you have any other options?"

"Alternative plan?" Fang Zhe raised his eyebrows, then said playfully:

"There are two, one is to acquire your merged company, the other is"

Fang Zhe deliberately paused for a moment before slowly saying, "We are making a video website ourselves!"