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Chapter 117 The Talent Poaching Storm

That evening, Huang Tianya called Shen Fei.

"Mr. Shen, the people from Naspers have arrived."

"Who do they want, and how much?" Shen Fei immediately guessed what the other side meant. He glanced at Zhang Mingzhu, gently closed the door, and went to the study.

"They didn't specify. But from what I heard, they want a large stake."

Shen Fei smiled, then picked up the teapot beside him and brewed himself a pot of tea.

"They got 46.5% back then when they invested in Tencent, and now they want to replicate that with AfriLink."

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Huang Tianya laughed: "Not only that, they want more than just AfriLink, they have ideas about all the projects we invest in."

However, I have already politely declined.

Through our conversation, I discovered that he was even interested in telepathy.

During the negotiations, in the latter part, Van Dijk directly revealed their intentions regarding Transsion, since Transsion is the main gateway to the African mobile internet...

"Sound transmission... Let's not rush this question."

Tell me, what were the main points he made during this negotiation?

He said…

Huang Tianya then recounted what Van Dijk had said that afternoon.

It's probably because Huaxin has too many shares, and not just in one company.

The majority of the golden profits from the development of the internet in Africa have gone to Huaxin Capital, which is not conducive to the region's development. Once it grows to a certain size, other forces will intervene.

Rather than making things too ugly later, it's better to get Naspers on board now. They can offer some help and shut some people up.

"Their idea is quite good."

"The meat we eat is all earned through real fighting, and in all my years of life, I've never spat out a single bite of meat I've eaten," Shen Fei said mockingly.

"So he said we could exchange resources." There was a subtle excitement in Huang Tianya's voice, after all, it wasn't him who suggested it, but the other party who took the initiative.

"He asked me if Huaxin was interested in acquiring more of Tencent's shares."

Shen Fei remained silent for a long time on the other end of the phone, then he laughed.

"Huang Tianya," he said, "when did you start fooling the people of Naspers with that mouth of yours?"

Huang Tianya on the other end of the phone couldn't help but say, "It's not a lie, he smelled it himself."

"Mr. Shen, the card we're dealt is bigger than we thought."

On December 30th, Van Dijk left Shenzhen.

Before leaving, he had a meal with Huang Tianya, but they did not sign any agreement or reach any verbal agreement.

But as he left, he said something.

"Mr. Huang, I will come again. Please believe in my sincerity."

Huang Tianya also saw him off at the airport, watching his figure disappear through the security checkpoint.

He recalled that in 2001 and 2002, when Naspers invested in Penguin, Penguin Horse's company was still struggling on the verge of bankruptcy.

$3200 million saved the penguins' lives.

This case has become a classic investment case in the world.

But from then on, Naspers was never able to replicate the classic case, and Van Dijk wanted to prove himself again with internet companies in Africa...

It just goes to show that times have changed.

Despite the internet bubble, it remains the best material for storytelling and the best reservoir for information.

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Back at Huaxin Investment's headquarters, Huang Tianya turned on his computer and began writing a memo.

Title: "Contact with Naspers and Recommendations for Next Steps"

The first line: Naspers' intention is not to invest in AfriLink, but to invest in the future of the African internet.

It also serves as a way to prove oneself and ensure the continued profitability of the relevant funds.

This makes the operation feasible. In this conversation, no matter how they threaten, Huaxin always has the upper hand.

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January 1, 2010, Hangzhou, Geely Automobile Research Institute.

Chen Jianping is the chief engineer of Geely's power system. He worked in the research institute for 12 years, working his way up from a junior engineer to where he is today. He has worked his way up step by step through his own abilities.

He enters the office at 8 a.m., the first thing he does is turn on his computer, and the second thing he does is check his emails.

Just as he was cleaning up the trash, he received an email on his phone: "Hello Mr. Chen. We are Wang Xiang from Xinghai Headhunting."

We noticed that you have a senior background in power system research and development.

Currently, a leading company in the industry is looking for a chief engineer/technical lead. They highly value your resume and would like to have a brief discussion with you. Are you interested in exploring new opportunities in the near future?

Chen Jianping subconsciously wanted to delete it; the so-called high-quality enterprise must be that Transsion car that had just produced such a huge commotion.

But apart from posting a recruitment notice, the other party has taken no other action... It's probably just another PPT car-making scheme.

But when he clicked to delete, some technical information below made him hesitate.

It wasn't a 100% salary increase, but rather the technical information at the bottom of the email.

The cold-resistant, high-density battery boasts an energy density of 175Wh/kg, enabling the first pure electric vehicle to achieve a standard range of over 600 kilometers and a long-range version with a range of up to 1000 kilometers.

Chen Jianping stared at those words for a long time.

Geely had also planned to develop pure electric vehicles, but management didn't want to invest heavily, so they opted for converting gasoline vehicles to electric ones...

As for the result... the range is too poor, so we've decided to wait until the supply chain is more mature before carefully considering whether to enter the new energy vehicle market.

Back then, their PowerPoint presentations only went up to 400 kilometers, but now some people are calling it 1000 kilometers.

He opened the email...

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Meanwhile, the temporary preparatory team for Yangcheng Transsion Motors was also in place.

Wang Mengyang, a battery research expert, was also brought over, along with his research materials, so he could also take a break from his mental work.

At this moment, the numbers on the computer screen are scrolling in real time.

Total resumes: 23147

Among them, R&D positions: 12860

Among them, 7431 are master's and doctoral students.

Of these, 18522 are currently employed (non-recent graduates).

This is a resume I obtained less than a month after the job posting was published.

Wang Mengyang rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

23000 resumes.

In all the years of China's automotive industry, no new player has ever received so many resumes in such a short period of time.

No wonder it's a subsidy of 10 billion!

He recalled how Shenfei had announced the high-profile release at an internal meeting, and how he had initially opposed it…

"President Shen, you'll offend people by doing this."

Shenfei was looking at the battery test report at the time and didn't even look up.

"Whom did you offend?"

"Traditional automakers, Geely, Qirui, and other new energy companies are all potential customers for us in the future."

"If they offer a 10 billion yuan subsidy and then poach some of their people, how will we handle things afterwards?"

Shen Fei finally raised his head.

"Wang Mengyang," he called by his full name, "Do you think they ever considered how they would greet each other afterward when they were poaching each other's talent?"

Wang Mengyang did not answer.

Shenfei put down the test report.

In the 90s, China's automobile industry was just starting out. FAW and Dongfeng were poaching people from abroad, and the foreign companies said they were not following the rules.

Later, Geely and Qirui poached people from FAW and Dongfeng, but FAW said they didn't follow the rules.