When the stock market closed that day, news exploded like a bombshell.
Today, Weibo's shares were fully acquired by a mysterious tycoon, and the delisting procedures were even swiftly completed—Weibo has now beco a privately held company!
"What's happening? Weibo got acquired in just one day?"
"Weibo is valued at over 90 billion US dollars, and delisting requires over 75% personal shareholding. Does soone actually have 70 billion US dollars in funds?"
"You can't calculate it like that. Those shareholders aren't idiots. They wouldn't sell such a large batch of shares at the stock market price. The buyer's funds might be far more than that!"
"Who on earth did it?"
"Could it be that big shot nad Zhang nglong?"
"Yeah, didn't he say that if those platforms don't control the ssages about his friend by 12 o'clock, he would acquire those platforms' companies? He wasn't joking!"
As if confirming those netizens' guesses, Zhang nglong posted the Weibo share certificate on his own Weibo, which stated that Zhang nglong had beco the legal person with 100% of the shares!
"I did what I said!" There were these five words beside the accompanying picture.
This Weibo post was undoubtedly a shock to the entire net—a shock that Zhang nglong had truly fully acquired Weibo in just half a day. How on earth did he do it?
"Could this be photoshopped?"
"Right, even if you offer money, it doesn't an people are willing to sell."
"Acquiring Weibo in half a day? That seems too fake, right?"
Not only were there voices of astonishnt, but skepticism was also rampant.
However, all Weibo users received an official system notice from the platform within a few minutes.
Weibo Announcent: All users are required to delete any personal information about Mr. Zhang nglong's friend within one hour, otherwise, the system will ban the account for 5000 years.
"Sk... Skynet..."
"Damn, this is real! Zhang the boss has beco a power user!"
"Banned for 5000 years, does he think we're immortal monsters?"
"My account finally gathered a few tens of thousands of followers; I can't afford to be banned!"
"Scared, scared, can't afford to provoke, can't afford to provoke. This isn't an iron plate; it's a nail board, whoever provokes it will be unlucky!"
The ssages about Lu Yiyao began to be swiftly deleted. As Huaxia's largest community platform, no one wanted their account to be banned.
"You rock!" Zhang nglong received a ssage from Wang Ling.
"Keep it low-key!" Zhang nglong replied with a laugh.
But the event was just beginning. Although Weibo's traffic was huge, it was only a small part of the entire Internet industry.
They rembered that it wasn't just Weibo that Zhang nglong declared war on, but also other major platforms. This war without smoke was not over yet!
"You're not going to continue, are you?" Wang Ling asked.
"Do I look like soone who just jokes around?" Zhang nglong replied, "Acquiring Weibo was just a warning. Leave so leeway for the future, right?"
"How much money do you actually have?" From what Zhang nglong said, it seed like there was no company he couldn't acquire if he wanted to.
"I'm not sure myself, but buying your family's Wanda would probably just be a drop in the bucket. Chatting with you for this long, I've probably earned a few billion US dollars."
"Stop it, stop it. I didn't provoke you, so leave a way out for our family." Wang Ling was no longer able to have a normal conversation with Zhang nglong—this guy was simply a beast.
Wang Ling had struggled to death to make just over ten billion in these few years, yet Zhang nglong's few words were worth his years of effort. How was he supposed to compete?
"Alright, I've got to go knock on the doors of other companies. I'll stop talking for now."
Zhang nglong hung up the phone, and went straight to Weibo to ntion several internet giants' official accounts.
"Which one shall I start acquiring tomorrow? @Sohu @Tengxun @Baidu..."
"Going head-to-head, huh? Boss Zhang is invincible, this is outright declaration of war!"
"I'd like to call you the strongest!"
"Zhang nglong, the eternal god!"
"@Tengxun, Ma Hua, co out and take your beating!"
"Supporting Boss Zhang in acquiring Tengxun, you gotta increase the odds for the lucky draw, we can even crowdfund for it!"
"I'm willing to support Boss Zhang with ten bucks!"
"Shut up, everyone! Does Boss Zhang look like he needs this chump change?"
"Boss Zhang, need a cleaner at ho?"
...
In Pengcheng of Huaxia, within a majestic building, Ma Hua, the Chairman of Tengxun, had just finished dinner when his private phone rang.
This number was not disclosed to the public and only his relatives and so key business partners knew it.
"Li Hong? Why would he call
at this hour?" Despite the market competition, the two shared a good personal relationship, occasionally eting up to have a al together, sip tea, and discuss their business ideas.
"Chairman Ma, have you seen the news online?" Li Hong got straight to the point.
"What news?"
"That young guy nad Zhang nglong, he has already acquired Weibo, the whole stake!" When Li Hong saw the news, he couldn't believe it at first. Even with Baidu's size and resources, acquiring Weibo would be a huge undertaking. And even if they did plan an acquisition, it wouldn't be possible to complete all the processes in just half a day.
"What?" Ma Hua had spent the whole day reviewing docunts for a new ga product and had just taken a break for dinner, only to hear such explosive news.
When Zhang nglong posted on Weibo yesterday, it was the first ti they had heard of this young man, but they had never taken his words seriously. A man in his twenties, boasting about wanting to acquire Baidu and Tengxun, could that be possible?
They had regarded Zhang nglong as nothing more than a clown seeking attention, desperate to beco famous.
But now that he had actually acquired the full stake in Weibo, it was no small matter!
"Do you think what he said could be true?" Li Hong asked, not knowing why, but he always felt there was sothing mysterious about this young man.
"That's impossible, right? Our companies are both worth hundreds of billions of US Dollars. If he wants to beco the chairman, he needs to acquire 51% of the shares. Hundreds of billions of US Dollars, can he afford that?"
"Indeed, maybe I'm just being paranoid."
"Hold on, let
take this call!" Ma Hua's phone suddenly received a call from an unknown number.
"Ma Xi Ma Xi?" A quite young voice ca through from the other end, "May I speak with Chairman Ma?"
"Who is this?"
"Hello Chairman Ma, I am Zhang nglong. You must have heard of ."
"Zhang nglong? How do you have my number?" Ma Hua's number was highly confidential, and in theory, Zhang nglong shouldn't know it.
"That's not important. I'm calling today because I want to discuss sothing with Chairman Ma."
"What is it?"
"I'm interested in buying all of your shares in Tengxun, would you sell them?"
Ma Hua's breathing paused for a mont, "Are you... are you serious?"
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