Overbearing Immortal Doctor Chapter 1774: Acquisition

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Previously on Overbearing Immortal Doctor...
Ivana attempted to impress Tang Mo with a luxurious car, but Tang Mo remained unfazed. Meanwhile, in Silicon Valley, Elon Musk reviewed documents about Chinese companies Alipay and X Company. Intrigued by the legendary investor Su Zhe, Musk agreed to meet with Tang Mo, the CEO of Alipay, to discuss the potential acquisition of X Company. During the meeting, Tang Mo expressed her intention to personally sign the agreement, but her conflicting statements with Ivana caused Musk some confusion.

Chapter 1774: Chapter 1873: Acquisition

Of course, this is Mr. Su’s intention!

But the reason he sent me here isn’t to acquire your company, it’s to cooperate!

Tang Mo uttered a word that made both Musk and Parker a little surprised, and Ivana beside them

also looked at Tang Mo in surprise—weren’t they talking about an acquisition?

How did it suddenly turn into cooperation?

Musk narrowed his eyes slightly; he hadn’t quite followed.

Yes, cooperation. Mr. Musk, you should be well aware of the prospects of online payment. Choosing X Company

is of course because it’s the most suitable, whether we’re talking about online transactions or email-based payments.

“Mr. Su’s idea is that our three companies jointly set up a brand-new payment company, providing services for online shopping,

top-ups, and even online banking!”

Three companies?

Musk glanced at Ivana beside him. He did know that Ivana was currently in charge of QQ International.

Not QQ International, but another payment company, Confinity. Under them there’s

an application called PayPal, dedicated to quick online payment, cooperating with banks so users can

directly top up online! “Our Alipay, on the other hand, focuses on offline top-ups. America’s internet ecosystem and

environment are more advanced than China’s, so that model certainly isn’t applicable there. But some of the underlying principles are

the same. We simply replace the bank’s top-up function, using a terminal like Alipay to handle transfer and

top-up, all for the purpose of enabling online payment!”

Tang Mo laid out the advantages of the three companies one by one, and Musk’s previously indifferent expression

suddenly became interested. In fact, at the beginning he had assumed that Tang Mo was here to buy out X Company, thinking like those other investors—

acquisition for the sake of acquisition.

Now he realized things were not that simple.

“After our three companies merge, the new company will set up branches in both China and America. Confinity needs

X Company’s online platform…” Tang Mo suddenly opened his laptop; to Musk’s surprise, there was a detailed PPT file on it. Currently the fastest

online payments are all done through specific bank transfers, then either bound to a website or bound

to an application. But this new company we’re creating will have an innate advantage in transfers and top-ups.

Open the X website, enter the amount, and PayPal will provide information on all the banks. You just need to bind various bank cards

inside the PayPal Application, and then you’re free to make charges.

No need to log into the bank interface again!

As Tang Mo spoke, he showed the PPT to Musk. “As for our Alipay in China, it adopts

an offline top-up model, setting up recharge points in supermarkets everywhere. Pay cash, and you can

top up with one click, leveraging the convenience of instant messaging! In some relatively underdeveloped states in America,

we can run this kind of business too. Customers who don’t trust online top-ups can use this approach.

Everything we’re doing is about cultivating customers for online consumption!

At the core, our three companies are actually similar, but by collaborating, I think we can fully highlight each

company’s strengths, and let this new online payment company stand out among online payment firms worldwide.

Tang Mo looked at the utterly shocked Musk. “Mr. Su greatly admires your talent, Mr. Musk.

The North America branch of the new company will be led by you as company CEO, and Mr. Parker will serve

as Chief Technology Officer.”

The two founders of Confinity Company will serve respectively as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer. As Tang Mo spoke,

a message came in on the phone in his pocket—naturally from Lin Youwei. The acquisition of Confinity had already

been completed: 10 million US Dollars, Alipay Company holding 90% of the shares!

The other partners each hold 5%.

Lin Youwei’s efficiency was still very impressive.

But Confinity’s equity itself wasn’t the key, because when Lin Youwei did the acquisition, she hadn’t

explained the three-party merger plans to them; she was simply acting in the role of acquirer.

This was of course to prevent the original Infinity and X Company from privately contacting each other. With Lin Youwei taking it down first,

the right to speak shifted to Su Zhe’s side. This was also the strategy Su Zhe had given the two of them: a feint in the east and strike in the west.

Confinity was actually the very first company Su Zhe wanted to capture. Its PayPal Application was extremely

critical, and once Su Zhe had this piece in hand, the subsequent acquisitions would follow naturally.

Because once Musk heard Tang Mo’s grand vision, he was bound to take the bait—after all, in the previous timeline he stumbled upon

the PayPal Application by chance, which led to the later merger that created the PayPal Company. Ivana stared at the eloquent,

fluent Tang Mo, feeling almost dumbfounded. Before she came here, she had never imagined that right after Tang Mo’s opening line,

he would seize control of the entire room.

Even the genius Musk had no choice but to admire this PPT of Tang Mo’s. Many of the future scenarios

for online payment described there hit Musk’s heart exactly. And more crucially,

it was the payment method she’d described—that was precisely what X Company currently lacked.

Fast payment.

With this, Musk could go talk collaboration with eBay and Amazon’s online bookstore. This kind of fast,

convenient payment method practically opened a new world for him.

Well then, Mr. Musk?

Our Alipay Company has come with full sincerity. Oh, right, I almost forgot to tell you—just

five minutes ago my partner informed me that Feifeini Company has already been incorporated under

our Alipay umbrella!

Only through strong–strong cooperation can we grab the very first slice of the online payment pie.

“I believe that with the strength of our three companies, in the future we’ll definitely be the most powerful payment

company in the world—just like Yahoo today.” Tang Mo opened QQ and quickly received an image of the acquisition agreement

from Lin Youwei. The stamp of Alipay Company was on it, along with the personal signatures of Su Zhe and Tang Mo. Tang Mo

moved the laptop’s display in front of Musk. “If Mr. Musk is interested, the three of us

can sit down together and talk about some of the ideas for this new company.” Musk stared hard

at the contract on the screen, then glanced at the supremely confident Tang Mo and suddenly burst into laughter. “This…

the whole thing is Mr. Su’s acquisition plan, isn’t it?”

Yes. I’m just the executor.

Tang Mo sat there calmly, the smile on her face not fading in the slightest.

Musk nodded. “Impressive. I’m convinced. Truly worthy of being the youngest tycoon in the world, the king of

investment in China. All right, let the three of us talk. I’m very interested in this new company.” Musk

suddenly stood up, his face showing a bit of impatience to get started.

He admitted that he’d been won over by Tang Mo’s words.

Ivana beside him was already so shocked she could hardly speak.

Musk actually got persuaded by Tang Mo?

And it only took a few minutes?

She herself felt it was almost unreal.

Tang Mo rose gracefully, made a gesture to Musk, and the group headed toward

the destination Lin Youwei had mentioned. Ivana hurried to follow, and felt a new kind of emotion toward Tang Mo. This girl,

beneath her seemingly ordinary exterior, possessed an extremely tough resilience. This was the aura of a true iron lady.

Jiao Ahuang and the others stared blankly at the scene before them and muttered:

For heretics like this, shouldn’t they be judged and executed on the spot?

Why did God just walk away like that?