232 [Wonderful Cooperation]
The two books "The Future Is China" and "China Can Say Not" are still fermenting under the rising nationalism environment. However, sales have not increased much, because there are pirated copies everywhere and you can easily buy any book stall.
The sales volume of "The Future of Belongs to China" is currently 2.1 million copies. After deducting income tax, Song Weiyang can earn about 2.5 million yuan. More detailed data has not yet been released, but it is definitely more than now.
Song Weiyang found Fudan University Press and hoped that the other party would pay the 2.6 million yuan manuscript fee immediately.
This is a very rude requirement, because China's book royalties are counted for half a year and they will have to wait until July to settle. But Song Weiyang made a promise that he only needs 2.6 million yuan, and no matter how much the remaining one is sold, the profit will belong to Fudan University Press.
The leaders of Fudan Publishing House thought this was very cost-effective. Although the sales of "The Future of China" have dropped sharply recently, they can still sell another 200,000 copies. With the data not counted at this time, Song Weiyang will lose at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In addition, the overseas copyright of this book was also represented by Fudan Publishing House. At this time, it has basically been discussed. The overseas copyright was sold out directly. The copyright fees in several countries totaled nearly one million, and Song Weiyang only had 1 million yuan. How much could the rest be discussed? All the income belongs to Fudan Publishing House.
Historically, "China Can Say Not" has been translated into eight languages and sold to more than a dozen countries around the world.
Song Weiyang's "The Future of Belongs to China" is not much worse. Now publishers from six countries have come to visit and they have done the translation work themselves. Next, we can talk about a few countries. No matter how Fudan Publishing House does it, it has nothing to do with Song Weiyang after the authorization.
In this way, Song Weiyang received 3.6 million yuan at one time and then took the money to Xiangshan City.
No. 8 Lianshan Lane, Kingsoft Company Headquarters.
Qiu Bojun personally led all employees to warmly welcome Song Weiyang's arrival at the company's door.
"Boss Song, welcome is here!" Qiu Bojun smiled and shook hands.
Song Weiyang laughed: "Old Qiu, we have been chatting online for almost a year, and finally we met a real person. You are a little more handsome than I thought, but you are still not as handsome as me, not bad, not bad."
"After all, I'm not so handsome as to the depths of my soul." Qiu Bojun quipped.
More than a dozen Kingsoft employees laughed and the atmosphere became lively instantly.
The writing room of Kingsoft Company is very large, but unfortunately there are only more than ten people left, empty, showing a sense of depression.
Lei Jun is the sixth employee to join Kingsoft, but he has a strong appeal in the world. As soon as he joined the company, he recruited a large number of technical backbones. Moreover, no one of these technical backbones, no matter how difficult Kingsoft is, resigned in the first three years, and it was not until last year that several of them began to leave one after another.
Let me put it this way, nearly 70% of Kingsoft's remaining employees were brought by Lei Jun himself.
Qiu Bojun knows nothing except technology, does not know how to manage and win people's hearts. If Lei Jun wants to turn against it, he will probably get the support of all employees. It is rare that they have not had any problems in their cooperation for many years.
Without further ado, Song Weiyang, Qiu Bojun and Lei Jun came to the office.
Song Weiyang said: "I brought 3.6 million this time, which is the royalty obtained from selling books. I can only take out so many emergency responses for the time being. If I have more, I will sell Xifeng shares."
"Enough, enough," Qiu Bojun said quickly, "Boss Song, don't touch Xifeng's shares. I'm really screwed up. I can't afford it."
"In a few months, I can use 20 to 30 million to ensure that Kingsoft will not fall into a financial crisis." Song Weiyang said.
"That's great." Qiu Bojun said.
Song Weiyang said: "Let's talk about equity distribution. What's going on in Kingsoft now?"
Qiu Bojun said: "Jinshan's equity, Zhang Xuanlong and I are half of it."
"How much did he invest at that time? What is Kingsoft's current valuation?" Song Weiyang asked.
Qiu Bojun shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"How could it be that I didn't know?" Song Weiyang was speechless.
"I really can't figure it out," said Qiu Bojun. "When the Gangcheng Kingsoft and Founder merged, Lao Zhang was afraid that I would be wronged, so he helped me build the current Kingsoft company separately. He gave me as much as I want. Later, he added several additional investments. We never calculated the account. Anyway, each person had half of the equity. Now Lao Zhang has given me all the spare money. If he invested more, he could only use Founder's shares."
It is hard for Song Weiyang to imagine that there is such a business in the world who does business in partnership. It is not clear in advance how much investment is, and it is not changing the equity in succession. It is a complete confusion.
What's even more nonsense is that until Kingsoft successfully raised funds and went public, neither Qiu Bojun nor Zhang Xuanlong had a collapse, but instead distributed part of the equity to Lei Jun. Later, Tencent invested in Funds Mountain and became Kingsoft's largest shareholder. Zhang Xuanlong and Qiu Bojun immediately granted their voting rights to Lei Jun, making Lei Jun the real helm of Kingsoft.
The cooperation between these three people is really amazing. One person only invests in money and does not count for returns, one specializes in technology and does not care about company operations, and the other person completely controls the company but does not reversal.
Zhang Xuanlong is Qiu Bojun's former boss. He earns tens of millions of dollars a year with PS. He is known as the "Godfather of Zhongguancun" in the martial arts world.
Qiu Bojun worked with Zhang Xuanlong, and the monthly fixed salary was not negotiated. Anyway, Zhang Xuanlong was responsible for renting a house for Qiu Bojun and providing computers and funds for Qiu Bojun. When he was short of money, he said that he immediately sent it over and finally rewarded Qiu Bojun with a car, a villa and several bonuses.
Song Weiyang has been in business for two lifetimes and has never met such a partner. He said with a headache: "How can I distribute shares if I invest in capital?"
Qiu Bojun said: "Lao Zhang is now in the United States and I called him yesterday and basically reached a consensus. You are responsible for investing in to ensure that the development of ps97 can proceed smoothly. No matter how much you invest, you, me, and Lao Zhang each hold 30% of the equity, and the remaining 10% will be distributed to Lei Jun. What do you think this is the case?"
"Why did you get me back?" Lei Jun interrupted.
"Old Zhang and I both see your contribution to the company. We have long wanted to give you some equity." Qiu Bojun said.
"No, there is no such business." Song Weiyang didn't know how to explain.
It is simply weird that such a company can grow bigger and raise funds and go public!
Qiu Bojun asked: "Then how do you think we should cooperate?"
"How do you do your daily finances?" Song Weiyang asked.
"The company has an accountant," said Qiu Bojun.
Song Weiyang was sweating at a waterfall and said, "This is how you said the distribution method. I keep investing more until ps97 is successfully developed. The specific investment depends on the situation. However, in the second month of ps97 development, the company's financial system must be improved! At that time, I will ask Citibank people to do asset appraisals, and everything will follow the normal procedures from now on. The company's account must be calculated clearly, and the annual dividend must be determined. Whoever wants to inject capital in the future must distribute equity according to the actual situation."
"This is OK, I also want the company to become more formal." Qiu Bojun said.
To be honest, if Song Weiyang was not a time traveler, he wouldn't have known that Kingsoft would become bigger, and he wouldn't have invested in this company to death!
However, that partner Zhang Xuanlong made Song Weiyang very interested. This guy was very busy in Zhongguancun and maintained close relationships with Lenovo, Sitong, Founder and other companies. In the end, he even merged his company with Founder and sold Founder's products to more than a dozen countries and regions around the world.
Such a person cannot not understand the company's operation. But he just ignores everything and promises to give him as much as Qiu Bojun wants until he uses up the funds he can control.
Chapter completed!