Updated: 2012-08-18

The reason why I was so surprised is that Tang Feng underestimated the money-making ability of "Legend"!

In Tang Feng's impression, although Chen Tianqiao almost stepped into the position of the richest man in the mainland with "Legend", he should not have been so crazy about making money in the early stage.

This is true in history. Shanda Company's operating income in 2001 was less than 200 million yuan. Of course, most of this revenue comes from "Legend". The net profit is only about 100 million yuan.

But that was gained when everything was done step by step. Although "Legend" was very popular at that time, it was still far behind now.

Among them, Tang Feng, the number one storm in Chinese football, cannot go without the promotion of the game, as well as the marketing methods tailor-made for "Legend"!

He first "accidentally" revealed to the outside world that he endorsed an online game, but he just didn't know what game he endorsed.

This undoubtedly aroused the appetite of the media and players. The media and players could not dig out the news from Tang Feng, so they went to dig it out by themselves.

Such hunger marketing has made the entire Chinese online game circle crazy about "the online game endorsed by the Magical Tang Dynasty".

After a big appetite, finally, Tang Feng’s privately owned 17173 website broke out with a unique news. The magical Tang endorsed a piece called "Legend"!

This not only made "Legend" completely enter the vision of online game players in China, but also made the 17173 game portal famous!

Later, the slogan "Play " with Fantasy Tang" appeared on various large game websites in a fatigue bombardment.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Chinese people know about online games, no one does not know about "Legend".

Next, everything becomes natural!

There is no such thing as "Legend" that has been popular even though it has been popular in history. After such a big scene, "Legend" occupied a monopoly position in the Chinese online game industry in a public beta.

Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of dollars invested by Tang Feng, Shanda has greatly improved the quality of the "Legend" game and services.

In this way, after less than half a year of operation, it is not uncommon for the two major shareholders of this game to be promoted to billionaires in one fell swoop.

Moreover, because Tang Feng only distributes dividends and does not participate in shares, he gets real cash, rather than wealth on paper!

In this way, Tang Feng could get about $15 million in cash in early 2002, and with the income from the investment company, the funding gap between the acquisition of Betis Club may not be too big!

In addition to "inspecting" Shanda, Tang Feng also logged into the game at Shanda headquarters and had fun with the players!

Once the news of "Strange Tang" login to the game was announced by the system, the Thunder server where Tang Feng was in suddenly ushered in a peak period, and the server was almost burst!

After staying in Shanda, Tang Feng was about to go home to celebrate New Year's Day with his mother, and he received another call from Zeng Fengkuang.

He said on the phone that Sohu expressed his intention to acquire 17173 with a wholly owned capital!

This news couldn't help but surprise Tang Feng. Although this news had already been heard in the industry before, Tang Feng did not take it seriously. Because he remembered that Sohu's acquisition of 17173 should be the next two years.

Now Sohu has actually expressed its intention to acquire?

It seems that the effect of flaming my little butterfly wings is really quite good!

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not unreasonable. When Sohu acquired 17173 in history, 17173 had already developed into the number one game portal in China.

Now, because the news of the magical Tang endorsement of "Legend" was first revealed, coupled with some of Tang Feng's very constructive development ideas and the excellent professionalism of their team itself, 17173 has already vaguely become the overlord of the national online game portal!

Today's gamers who want to know first-hand information about the game industry or know some game strategies will log in to the website 17173 as soon as possible!

However, as the second largest shareholder of 17173, Tang Feng knew very well that the profitability of the 17173 website itself is still very limited.

Since its establishment at the beginning of this year, its operating income has been only US$500,000 and 600,000, and its profit has been at most US$200,000 to 300,000!

Although such a website is quite famous, it does not seem to have any value for acquisition.

Only Tang Feng knew how terrifying the profitability of 17173 will be after several years of development!

After learning the news, Tang Feng first met with Cai Zongjian, the founder and president of 17173.

Cai Zongjian may have had preliminary negotiations with Sohu and felt Sohu's great sincerity. His intention was that if the price was right, 17173 could be sold.

Tang Feng was very satisfied with Cai Zongjian's attitude.

His investment in 17173 is a short-term operation in itself, just to raise funds for the acquisition of the club.

Therefore, his inner thoughts are the same as Cai Zongjian. As long as Sohu can afford a heart-warming price, he can also sell forty-nine percent of his shares!

However, as a time traveler, Tang Feng has a clear price bottom line in his heart.

As a collaborator, Tang Feng also told Cai Zongjian this bottom line!

"Twenty million... US dollars?" Cai Zongjian said in surprise after hearing Tang Feng quietly telling him the price bottom line.

"That's right, this is the lowest!" Tang Feng replied calmly.

"Are you sure?" Cai Zongjian asked hesitantly. As the founder of 17173, he thought he should be the one who knows the prospects of 17173 best. He never thought that his website would be worth so much money, at least he thought that it should not be worth so much money for the time being!

"Yes, 17173 is indeed not worth so much money at this stage! But considering the future development prospects, the price is definitely not high! Since Sohu is determined to acquire 17173, it means that they have seen the prospects of 17173. Zhang Chaoyang's vision is quite vicious!" Tang Feng explained patiently.

In fact, Tang Feng also wanted to tell Cai Zongjian that a few years later, 20 million US dollars would be the net income of 17173 yuan!

But he still held back. What if Cai Zongjian suddenly became far-sighted and refused to sell 17173?

Although he will still make a lot of money in the long run, he is in urgent need of funds now, so he can only give up his long-term interests.

Seeing that Cai Zongjian was still a little unbelievable, Tang Feng said confidently: "Mr. Cai, if you still don't believe it, you can hand over the negotiations with Sohu to us. At that time, you just need to wait and collect the money!"

"Of course, if the negotiation is not reached, Mr. Cai can also refuse to say that this is my unilateral opinion and does not represent your attitude. In this way, Mr. Cai can be said to have no worries, right?" Tang Feng added.

After hearing Tang Feng's words, Cai Zongjian immediately changed his expression and said, "How can this be done? As collaborators, we naturally have to advance and retreat together! I believe you, you are the magical Tang, the invincible magical Tang!"

Only Cai Zongjian and several core members of the team know about Tang Feng 17173's identity as the second shareholder.

Just like in Shanda, only Chen Tianqiao and a few others knew the true relationship between Tang Feng and "Legend".

In terms of investment, Tang Feng has always focused on making money. He would never appear in public without showing up. He knew very well that his main business was still football, and that was his main stage!

Tang Feng did not come forward in person during the negotiations with Sohu, but gave full power to Zeng Fengkuang.

When he told Zeng Fengkuang the bottom line, Zeng Fengkuang looked unbelievable, because when Tang Feng got 49% of the newly established 17173 shares, the price he paid was only 200,000 yuan...it was just RMB!

Less than a year has passed, and it is worth half of the 20 million US dollars...10 million US dollars?

"This is simply a robbery! If you ask me to talk to Sohu people like this, I'm worried that they will be bombarded!" Zeng Fengkuang felt that Tang Feng was pushing him up at the gun.

"Haha, of course I won't let you talk like this. Look, this is my assessment of the prospects of 17173 and some suggestions for future development. You can first understand it and give it to Sohu people. I promise that even if they are unwilling to pay such a high price, they will definitely send you out politely instead of bombing it out!" Tang Feng handed a file bag to Zeng Fengkuan.

This file bag contains some knowledge of the future in Tang Feng's mind, and a piece of information discussed by several professionals from Cai Zongjian. It can be said that the future prospects of 17173 are basically described and analyzed very clearly.

After handing over the negotiations to Zeng Fengkuang, Tang Feng went back to Liancheng directly.

The winter break period is very short, and it only takes ten days in total, so Tang Feng’s itinerary is very tight, so he can only stay for two or three days when he gets home.

Due to working hours, Tang Feng had no way to spend the Lunar New Year with his mother, so he could only celebrate New Year's Day as the New Year.

Considering this relationship, Chen Ping also attached great importance to this New Year's Day. She called Tang Feng's uncle and aunt back.

Tang Feng also brought back a lot of gifts, almost everyone got one.

Although Tang Feng does not have the surname of his mother, he followed his mother because his parents divorced since childhood, so he is closer to his mother's family.

His uncle and aunt gave birth to daughters at home, so he is the only male in this family.

Seeing the two little cousins ​​holding the latest ipods they brought back from abroad and being so proud of themselves as they were looking at their uncles and aunts holding the gifts they gave and praising their promising and sensible appearance, Tang Feng was full of pride.

If a man works hard to start a career, in addition to fulfilling his dreams and life values, doesn’t he just hope that his family can live a better life?

Happy holidays are always short. After staying at home for three days, Tang Feng had to set off and leave.

Before returning to Seville, Tang Feng learned about the negotiations there.

According to Zeng Fengkuang, the negotiations were quite smooth, and Sohu's quotation has risen from the 5 million US dollars it made to 18 million US dollars.

It can be said that this price is infinitely close to what Tang Feng said.

After Cai Zongjian learned the news, he was already very happy. If he had not agreed to hand over the full power of the negotiations to Tang Feng, he would have signed the contract long ago.

However, Tang Feng still asked Zeng Fengkuang to bite him. He believed that since he was willing to pay 18 million, he would not mind paying another 2 million.

Sure enough, on the way back to Seville, Zhang Chaoyang from Sohu made a decision and added the price to US$20.5 million!

The two sides quickly reached an agreement, and the news was soon made public!

Once this news came out, the entire industry was in full swing!

Many industry insiders are clamoring for "not worth it".

Soon, people calculated the profit of 17173 was about 200,000 to 300,000 US dollars, while the acquisition price was 20 million US dollars, which was equivalent to a price-to-earnings ratio of nearly 100 times. On the Nasdaq, the average price-to-earnings ratio of listed companies was only about 20 times. According to their analysis, Sohu bought too much, and 17173 made too much money!

Regarding the outside dispute, Tang Feng, who flew back to Spain after giving the full rights to Zeng Fengkuan, was too lazy to pay attention to it. Anyway, the money has been entered into his account, so it doesn’t matter who loses and who earns it.

Another 10 million US dollars in the account, Tang Feng’s funds are enough to deal with the acquisition of the club. What he has to wait for is that Lopela’s scandal was exposed...[(m) Read without windows]
Chapter completed!