Chapter 730: 725. Zhang Shu, are you going to do something big again? (Seeking subscriptions and monthly tickets)

Zhang Ran had never required Meng Mingxuan and Huang Xunceng to follow his wishes completely, nor would he ever do so.

Doing that would only stifle their initiative, which would be of no benefit to Zhang Ran or to them.

Upon hearing this attitude from Zhang Ran, Meng Mingxuan felt a great weight lift from his heart.

After all, the previous capital, connections, and various resources were actually all built upon Zhang Ran's support.

Now that the company had grown, they wanted to start striving for their own interests, and doing so always felt a bit awkward.

Especially since the relationship between their Meng Family and the Zhang Family was so good, Meng Mingxuan still felt uneasy.

But now it was fine; Zhang Ran completely agreed with them doing this and did not seem unhappy in the slightest.

"Zhang Shu, thank you for your understanding," Meng Mingxuan said excitedly.

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "This is something the company must experience as it develops. Otherwise, no matter how much I promote it or how much I spend, at best it would only be a passing fad in the country, and we would constantly have to guard against other competitors.

Bringing in more capital will be of huge benefit to us all."

"Yes, I think so too, but it means that Zhang Shu, your shareholding will decrease quite a bit, and I estimate you won't be able to maintain absolute control," Meng Mingxuan said honestly.

"I don't care about absolute control; it doesn't actually have much meaning. Only when the company grows big and strong does talking about these things have meaning; otherwise, it's just a castle in the air," Zhang Ran said nonchalantly.

"Besides, I am very at ease with the company under your management, and I will fully support you in the future. When that time comes, we will be a community of shared interests, which in reality isn't much different from absolute control," Zhang Ran said.

Meng Mingxuan nodded and said, "We know, but we still want to thank you, Zhang Shu."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Do you have any thoughts on domestic financing channels? Let's hear them," Zhang Ran said, changing the subject.

Huang Xunceng replied, "We prioritize Weiteng Group. They are very powerful in the internet sector, and the user base they hold is a massive traffic interface.

If we can connect to their traffic, then our Xuanyin will definitely be able to develop rapidly, and perhaps even leap to become the industry leader."

Speaking of this, Huang Xunceng's eyes burned with intensity. The short-video market was not calm right now; it was surging, with various short-video platforms beginning to engage in fierce competition for users.

However, companies like Weiteng had not yet entered the fray.

The Huaxia business world had now passed the period of barbaric growth, and this was the best time.

Especially for some internet companies, if they wanted to develop, they had to grow rapidly in a short time, or else they would face the fate of being eliminated or acquired.

Therefore, internet giants like Weiteng generally favored a certain industry and then selected one company within that industry to acquire or invest in.

This model had already allowed them to taste many sweet rewards.

And for such investments, entrepreneurs were also very welcoming, because they could also leverage the resources of Weiteng to develop rapidly.

Zhang Ran also expressed approval for their idea, but said, "But do you know how much equity you will have to give up if you want them to provide such resources? They certainly won't do it for a small amount of shares."

Huang Xunceng had of course considered this issue, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "This is only our first round of financing, so we certainly won't give away much equity, but I have the confidence to persuade them."

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Having confidence is a good thing. How about this: pause your side for a bit and we'll talk about it later. I will go and finalize some overseas markets and financing first, so we will have the capital to negotiate terms with them."

Xuanyin had long since been released abroad, but the number of users was not very high, and it didn't have much of an advantage.

After all, with Zhang Ran as the backing, developing abroad was still relatively simple.

Especially in a place like Russia, where the Nikolayev Family provided support without reservation, the speed of development in Russia was almost catching up to Huaxia.

However, at the same time, Zhang Ran and his team had promised quite a bit of equity, which was what the Nikolayev Family deserved.

"Are you preparing to cooperate with those companies for financing?" Meng Mingxuan asked curiously.

Just now, Zhang Ran had taken away some overseas cooperation rights. Although Meng Mingxuan and the others didn't have the ability to manage that aspect right now, they were still a bit curious.

Zhang Ran thought for a moment and said, "It's not decided yet, but they are all large financial groups. Although many of them don't participate much in company operations themselves, the capabilities of these groups in terms of connections and resources are not to be underestimated."

Upon hearing this, Meng Mingxuan became excited, "Zhang Shu, are you going to do something big again? Can you tell me about it?"

Meng Mingxuan had always known that either Zhang Ran didn't do things, or if he did, they were basically big things—at least in his eyes, that was the case.

He still remembered the last incident vividly, and he had gained a lot from it.

Huang Xunceng didn't know much about these things, but he also knew that Zhang Ran definitely had other goals.

Zhang Ran didn't hide anything and said directly, "This time, I plan to use this financing and expansion of Xuanyin to cooperate with some people and achieve some other goals. But you can rest assured, this will not affect the development of the company."

The cooperation Zhang Ran had previously discussed with Yin Long was exactly this, and this was the best method of cooperation Zhang Ran could think of.

With such cooperation, many things could be accomplished logically and smoothly.

Moreover, the future prospects of short videos were extremely broad. Zhang Ran understood this very well, and not just him; many people understood it too, but they were just not yet certain about the true direction of profitability and other specific matters.

Now, with Zhang Ran acting as the intermediary, plus his own reputation, he could absolutely pull this off.

Or perhaps the latter was the most important point; Zhang Ran might not even realize how great his own reputation actually was.

Only those who truly understood Zhang Ran knew just how sharp his vision for investment had been back then.

Especially his vision in the internet sector—it truly made countless people marvel!

Furthermore, the things Zhang Ran invested in were not just those that could yield short-term profits; the vast majority had broad prospects.

This was the most important thing. Once they reached their level, although short-term windfall profits would make them tempted, that was about it; what they pursued was long-term, stable income.

After Zhang Ran said this, he didn't say anything more, and Meng Mingxuan couldn't ask too much, though he had some guesses in his heart.

As for Huang Xunceng, he just listened to it as an interesting story.