Chapter 67 : Buying Global Village
Chapter 67: Buying Global Village
Before coming to Yunhai, Ma Mingde thought this should be a fairly easy negotiation.
After all, for an ordinary person, suddenly seeing a huge sum of millions, they might get excited and lose their ability to think.
But after actually meeting face-to-face, he realized that Chen Fan was much harder to deal with than he had imagined.
This kid was simply too opinionated.
Looking at the kid across from him, all the scripts Ma Mingde had prepared beforehand became ineffective.
Because Chen Fan's condition was simple, no less than 5 million, and nothing else was needed.
How could he negotiate like this?
"5 million is certainly too high, and it's beyond my authority. Plus, our company would never agree to that."
However, Chen Fan just smiled.
"Manager Ma, let me say something I shouldn't, I think you can try to report my request up first."
"I believe your leaders are all insightful people, they should be able to see the value of my website."
Hearing this, Ma Mingde could only respond with a bitter smile.
At this time, a song suddenly came from the music store next to the breakfast stall.
"Run freely with the wind, chasing tears and the power of lightning..."
Hearing this song, Chen Fan suddenly smiled.
It seems that 'Running' has finally been sold.
"Manager Ma, what do you think of this song?"
"Huh?"
Ma Mingde was thinking about the matter, and was caught off guard by such a question.
Chen Fan smiled and pointed to the song coming from the music store across the street, and Ma Mingde finally reacted.
After listening carefully for a few lines, he shook his head with a smile.
"I personally don't like listening to songs very much, but the melody of this song is not bad."
Chen Fan asked with a smile, "Then does Manager Ma think this song can become popular?"
Eager to open up the topic, Ma Mingde couldn't help but ask, "What does Mr. Chen think it means for a song to become popular?"
Chen Fan answered without hesitation, "Popular all over the internet, topping the music charts, heard everywhere on the streets..."
Hearing this, Ma Mingde suddenly shook his head with a smile.
"Although the melody of this song is not bad, I don't think it has the potential to become popular everywhere on the streets."
"For a song to become one that everyone sings, it must sell tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of copies."
But Chen Fan shook his head.
This Manager Ma was still using traditional thinking to look at this issue.
He was completely unaware that the internet wave had already arrived.
Under the push of the internet, the future of tapes, discs, and records would all face extinction.
"Manager Ma, why don't we make a bet?"
Chen Fan seemed to be in a good mood, smiling as he said, "I dare say this song will definitely become popular."
"And it will climb into the top ten of the music charts in just a few days."
Ma Mingde smiled and nodded.
"Okay, if I win, will you sell the website to me for 1 million?"
Chen Fan also asked, "If I win, will you acquire it for 5 million?"
The two looked at each other and laughed.
Finally, Chen Fan proposed, "How about this? No matter who wins or loses, the loser will treat the other to a meal. That's fine, right?"
"Deal."
If it were in the past, Ma Mingde definitely wouldn't be interested in talking about these things with Chen Fan.
But now, he has developed a strong interest in Chen Fan.
This kid's speech and mannerisms don't seem like those of a college freshman at all.
He wanted to interact more to understand what kind of person Chen Fan really is.
The first meeting didn't go very smoothly.
The two shook hands and said goodbye as they left the breakfast stall.
Ma Mingde sat in the car and watched Chen Fan hail a taxi and leave alone, then took out a phone to prepare to report to the higher-ups.
He had to suggest that they reassess the difficulty of the negotiation.
Because Ma Mingde had a feeling that Chen Fan would not be so easy to acquire.
While the Yuming.com matter did not go smoothly, the song sales progressed rapidly.
One week later, 'Absolute Obsession' and 'Can't Help Falling In Love With You' both made it into the top five of the music charts.
What surprised everyone the most was 'Running'.
This song was not a love song, and its melody was very simple, so initially it was not favored by people in the industry.
However, after its release, no one expected that it would spark a wave on campus.
It instantly swept through the student population.
Walkmans, MP3 players, campus broadcasts, students could be seen humming this song everywhere.
With its healthy and uplifting lyrics and positive sunny melody, it quickly became a hit among young people.
In less than five days, 'Running' had entered the new song chart and the hit song chart.
As a result, the three songs written by Commoner firmly occupied the top three positions on the hit song chart.
The industry was in an uproar.
Some people exclaimed that a real weirdo had emerged in the music world.
Of the three songs, 'Absolute Obsession' sold for 30,000. 'Can't Help Falling In Love With You' sold for 60,000.
As for 'Running', because of its explosive popularity that exceeded everyone's expectations, the company that bought the song was very happy to pay an additional 100,000 yuan in royalties.
In this way, the three songs earned a total of 200,000 yuan.
Wang Xu and Li Changjun were delighted, and without taking any agency fees, they gave the entire 200,000 yuan to Chen Fan.
Chen Fan then quickly contacted the owner of Global Village.
According to the agreed upon time between the two, the deadline had actually already passed.
But the internet cafe still had not been sold, proving that Chen Fan's previous analysis was correct.
Half an hour later, at the Global Village internet cafe, the female owner Ms. Tang came in.
Seeing Chen Fan, the woman's expression was full of surprise.
"Mr. Chen, I thought you had given up."
Chen Fan smiled, "Sorry, it took some time to prepare the money."
Ms. Tang's expression was a bit strange.
"You...really intend to buy it?"
Chen Fan nodded.
"Did the internet cafe sell?"
"No, it didn't."
"Then I'll buy it."
Chen Fan took out his bank card.
"We can sign the contract now."
The woman looked dazed.
"You...don't want to reconsider?"
"At least you should take a look around my internet cafe and see what condition it's in?"
Chen Fan smiled and shook his head.
No need.
Haha, he had come here almost every day these past few days to go online.
If you really counted it, he probably knew this internet cafe even better than this owner.
Seeing that Chen Fan was really going to purchase the internet cafe, the woman didn't hesitate any longer and took out the contract, signing the transfer agreement with Chen Fan on the spot.
Chen Fan accompanied her to the bank across the street, where he made the transfer.
After seeing that the 200,000 yuan had really been transferred over, the doubt in Ms. Tang's eyes was finally dispelled and she breathed a sigh of relief.
After leaving the bank, Ms. Tang's face had relaxed a lot.
"Congratulations, Mr. Chen."
Chen Fan also smiled and shook her slender hand.
"Thank you."
"Sister Tang, there's one last small favor I hope you can do for me."
"Go ahead."
Having received 200,000 yuan and being called sister, Ms. Tang was in a good mood.
Chen Fan said something in a low voice.
Ms. Tang was stunned for a moment, looking at Chen Fan with some surprise.
"Is that really necessary?"
Chen Fan smiled bitterly.
"I still have to study here, so I want to keep a low profile."
Ms. Tang smiled at Chen Fan.
"I understand."
"Since you called me sister, I'll do you this favor."
Back in the office on the second floor of the internet cafe, in front of Chen Fan, Ms. Tang called in the cafe's only three employees.
"Let me introduce you, this is my younger brother Chen Yang."
"I've handed over this internet cafe to Chen Yang to manage for me. From now on, he is your boss, so you just listen to him."