Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 440: The Fourth Hunting Party Appears

Chapter 440: Chapter 440: The Fourth Hunting Party Appears

Heartbeat wanting to buy deepseek is not difficult to understand for Chen Yiyang.

After all, every major internet company is currently investing in the field of AI large models.

Moreover, Heartbeat prides itself on its algorithm, and if they can combine the video recommendation algorithm with AI large models, it would take the entire company to the next level.

But all of this is based on the premise that Chen Yiyang is willing to sell.

Even if one day Chen Yiyang’s cash flow can’t hold up and he prepares to sell assets,

deepseek would absolutely be off the table.

So Chen Yiyang didn’t think this Heartbeat vice president genuinely believed they could buy deepseek from him.

The reason the other party mentioned deepseek was to cover up their strong intention to purchase Qingguo.

It’s the same logic as when Chen Yiyang used to pick up antiques at a street stall; he would first ask the seller for something else.

"Deepseek is not for sale." After thinking it over, Chen Yiyang began by stating this.

Then, seeing no reaction from Vice President Liu, he continued, "As for Qingguo, how much are you willing to pay?"

"If you’re willing to sell deepseek together, then we can offer five billion for both Qingguo and deepseek."

"If you’re not willing to sell deepseek, we’re only willing to offer five hundred million."

A very standard tactic.

Chen Yiyang confirmed that Heartbeat genuinely wanted to buy Qingguo.

So he said directly, "I’m planning to sell Qingguo for five billion. If you’re willing to buy, put the money down, and we can sign the contract immediately."

"Mr. Chen, you must be joking," Vice President Liu first panicked, then hurriedly said, "Qingguo, as a short drama platform, is not worth that much. We intend to buy Qingguo mainly to supplement Douyin’s short video official content."

"Then make another offer."

"One billion, no higher." After Liu quoted the price, he continued, "As far as I know, you only spent a few million buying Qingguo.

Even with subsequent investments and some additional spending, all these expenses only add up to about one hundred million.

Selling it now for ten times the return at one billion is already very good. Moreover, Qingguo is still a money-burning beast, needing long-term stable follow-up investment."

One billion?

Based on Vice President Liu’s offer, combined with his previous antique picking experience, Chen Yiyang made a quick estimate.

If Heartbeat is willing to put up one billion for Qingguo, it indicates they foresee a future valuation of at least ten billion for Qingguo.

In the traffic field, Chen Yiyang indeed doesn’t know much.

But currently, the best at handling short video traffic is Heartbeat.

Since it’s Heartbeat’s judgment, it’s likely not wrong.

Thinking of this, Chen Yiyang decisively laughed it off with Heartbeat’s Vice President Liu a few times, sent him off, and no longer discussed selling Qingguo.

After sending away Vice President Liu, Chen Yiyang called his assistants to review the situation.

Nowadays, so-called traffic essentially means the time people spend on an app.

Traditional internet giants have occupied traffic in areas like gaming and long video content, usually difficult for outsiders to penetrate.

The newly rising Heartbeat, however, captured traffic in short content.

Short videos are a typical example.

And now, short dramas have also developed. Although different from short videos, short dramas are also part of the short content traffic.

For Heartbeat, once the Qingguo app develops in the future, it will inevitably take away some of Douyin’s traffic.

But if Heartbeat can buy Qingguo, it not only adds a moat to their short content traffic but also potentially allows them to step into long content traffic like TV dramas and movies in the future.

Therefore, for Heartbeat, Qingguo is definitely worth ten billion.

"If we can sell Qingguo to Heartbeat for over five billion, it can greatly alleviate our cash flow."

Chen Yiyang’s assistant team leaned toward selling Qingguo.

After all, Qingguo is worth ten billion because Heartbeat needs Qingguo to supplement its traffic matrix.

But under Chen Yiyang’s hand, whether Qingguo is worth that much is uncertain.

"Selling Qingguo to Heartbeat now, Qingguo is at most worth five billion. But if we develop Qingguo further, then let Tengxu and Heartbeat bid against each other, Qingguo might even sell for over ten billion."

Chen Yiyang knocked on the table and said, "So selling Qingguo now obviously puts us at a disadvantage."

"But how do we solve the cash flow issue? The instant retail sector, Jindong, is urging us for more funding.

In the food delivery industry, our war with Ugly Group shows no sign of ending.

In the auto sector, Baize Lingguang is about to launch in the domestic market, and the marketing costs, promotion costs, and forming the after-sales team costs will not be small figures.

Even with the most conservative estimate, we need to prepare about ten to twenty billion in cash before Baize Lingguang officially goes on sale."

Honestly speaking. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Let me think of a solution," Chen Yiyang felt the situation hadn’t reached that critical point yet.

From an outside perspective, Chen Yiyang indeed faces a cash flow shortfall.

After all, Chen Yiyang’s current cash income primarily comes from his game and livestreaming companies.

Bringing in about one billion every month.

Usually, this money is enough for spending.

But supporting price wars in the food delivery and auto industries is a bit insufficient.

That’s why the hidden forces suddenly launched a hunt targeting Chen Yiyang.

Their aim was to exploit Chen Yiyang’s cash flow issues.

Many of the companies held under Chen Yiyang’s name are either not listed or their shares aren’t free to trade post-listing, making them unsellable.

The only thing that can be sold is Kuxing.

But if Chen Yiyang dared to sell more Kuxing stock, Gundam Capital might initiate a shareholders’ meeting to wrest control of Kuxing from him.

After considering, Chen Yiyang decided to borrow some money temporarily.

Such large-scale borrowing is naturally more convenient through local banks in Lin’an.

So he went to discuss the matter with Yang Chengru.

"I’m afraid the local banks can’t lend you much," Yang Chengru directly refused after hearing Chen Yiyang’s intentions.

"What’s the situation?" Chen Yiyang knew that based on his relationship with Yang Chengru,

even if there were regulatory issues in the loan procedures, Yang Chengru might grit his teeth and help him.

But now with a direct refusal, it only meant something serious was going on.

"Ali pulled strings behind the scenes," Yang Chengru sighed and said, "Now it’s difficult times for both of us."

After a few explanations from Yang Chengru, Chen Yiyang understood what was happening.

The fourth force involved in this hunt had emerged.

That is Ali, another local company in Lin’an.

Also, without an overwhelmingly powerful giant company involved, how could Wei Yujun, Qian Du, and Gundam Capital trust in forming an alliance?