On the evening of 27th, Zeng Qiang wrote about his visit to the headquarters of FF (Faraday Future) in Los Angeles in the circle of WeChat friends: "From battery, motor, electronic control, vehicle assembly, collision avoidance and driverless driving, from test drive again to interviewing core executives, I feel very shocked."
He believes that strategy, technology, team and products are world-class. "I also understand that Lao Jia's All-in gambling source is that he abandoned his family and joined the car." "I hope Lao Jia will have a chance to make a comeback this time."
So far, Jia Yueting has been in the United States for more than three weeks. This round of LeTV's turmoil has revived, and it far exceeds the capital chain of 1 1 last year.
On July 3, the media reported that China Merchants Bank Shanghai Chuanbei Sub-branch applied to Shanghai Higher People's Court for property preservation on June 26, 2007, freezing bank deposits in the names of Jia Yueting, Gan Wei and some LeTV companies totaling RMB 65.438+23.7 billion, or sealing up or detaining other equivalent properties. After the news was exposed, Jia Yueting went to the United States, which once caused many speculations. On July 6th, LeTV announced that Jia Yueting, the chairman of LeTV, resigned from the board of directors and nominated Sun Hongbin, Liang Jun and Zhang Zhao as non-independent directors. Letv's Jia Yueting era will come to an end.
Informed sources told the Beijing News reporter that Jia Yueting arrived in the United States on July 5. On the morning of July 6th, Jia Yueting announced through public channels that he had resigned from a number of important positions, such as CEO of listed companies, only to go all out to achieve the fastest mass production listing of FF9 1. Letv will still dedicate the best products to everyone, and Letv will follow the established strategy.
On the afternoon of July 13, LeTV Holdings told the Beijing News that Jia Yueting would return to China in the near future. "It is very likely that in a week or two, the specific time depends on the progress of American affairs." According to July 13, July 27th is the due date of two weeks, and Jia Yueting is still making cars in the United States. (today)
On August 28th, there was a new version of the rumor that Jia Yueting had not returned to China. A few days ago, it was reported that Jia Yueting, who became a skateboarder, will mass-produce a hybrid scooter named scooter on August 29th. At the same time, some insiders said that Jia Yueting had never actually been to Hongkong for financing. At present, he mainly does two things, one is to apply for a green card to stay in the United States, and the other is to set up a trust to preserve property.
In response to this rumor, the "Securities Daily" reporter asked LeTV for the first time. Cheng, vice president of LeTV Holdings, said that the contents of the two messages were seriously inaccurate. "Mr. Jia's application for a green card is purely a rumor. He made it clear more than once that LeTV is a national brand rooted in China. He is a native of China, and he will always be from China. " In response to the above irresponsible information, LeTV Holdings has taken corresponding legal measures.
The Securities Daily reporter learned exclusively that Jia Yueting arrived in Hong Kong for financing negotiations on August 5th, and flew to the United States on the evening of August15th, staying in Hong Kong for ten days. During Jia Yueting's trip to Hong Kong, many LeTV executives flew to Hong Kong for a meeting, and some people from Beijing also participated in the video conference. At the meeting, LeTV executives and Jia Yueting made a report and decision on the operation, and at the same time made a clear repayment plan for the debt problem of unlisted system.
Not "going to the meeting alone"
19 days ago, the salary distribution of employees in LeTV's unlisted system attracted national attention. It was not until 4 o'clock in the afternoon that LeTV Holdings finally confirmed that the wages and compensation of all on-the-job and resigned employees were paid as scheduled. Letv investors and company executives interviewed by the media used "speed of life and death" and "alliance under the city" to describe the tension and difficulty of raising employees' wages this round.
However, a few days ago, a source said that Jia Yueting did not discuss financing in Hong Kong, and the relevant news was "all false news released by the Water Army."
In this regard, Cheng, vice president of LeTV Holdings, said in an interview with a reporter from Securities Daily that this statement is absolutely untrue and purely malicious. Jia Yueting's trip to Hong Kong, "Many company executives immediately flew to Hong Kong for a meeting, and some people in Beijing participated in the video conference." The meeting mainly includes two aspects, one is to report and make decisions on the operation, and the other is to make a clear repayment plan for the debt problem of the unlisted system.
Travel itinerary, a ticket obtained by the Securities Daily reporter, confirmed Cheng's statement. According to the ticket information on the travel itinerary, Jia Yueting arrived in Hongkong as early as August 5th and flew to the United States on the evening of August15th.
It is worth noting that after Jia Yueting's trip to Hong Kong, LeTV's debt problem began to show signs of gradual solution.
Recently, LeTV Financial reported that it would be merged by LeTV. Tian Tong Liquor Industry announced that it plans to acquire 25.53% equity of Net Wine Network. Jubilee Technology also indicated that it has signed a debt restructuring agreement with LeTV Mobile to acquire its 6. 13% equity at a cost of more than 300 million yuan.
Rumors of "skateboarding boy"
Although Jia Yueting has not returned to China for a long time, there are many rumors about him in the industry. A few days ago, news spread like wildfire that Jia Yueting applied for a green card and set up an overseas trust to preserve its assets.
"Mr. Jia has never applied for an American green card." Cheng, vice president of LeTV Holdings, flatly denied the above news. "The belief that Mr. Jia repeatedly conveyed at the internal meeting is that LeTV is a national brand rooted in China. He is a native of China, and he will always be from China. "
So, Jia Yueting, who has been accused that business development has no boundaries, is planning to become a "skateboarding teenager" and try to mass-produce a hybrid scooter called "scooter" through crowdfunding? Cheng denied the news. He said that Jia Yueting had publicly stated many times in the past that he would focus on building cars, and he stayed in the United States to go all out to promote the accelerated progress of automobile ecology.
"Not long ago, LeTV just announced two high-level personnel changes: Zhang Hailiang is the vice chairman and CEO of LeTV, Gao Shenjing is the chief operating officer of LeSEE LeTV in China, and a VP-level industry big coffee will join in the near future. Scooterboard scooter is not a product of LeTV, and LeTV has not participated in Kickstarter crowdfunding activities. " Cheng said to him.
The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind will not stop. While Letv is accelerating the debt settlement, various rumors about Jia Yueting and Letv in the industry have been going on.
According to insiders, Wang Lifen, founder of yomi. It has been called upon that the development of private entrepreneurs in China is difficult. Entrepreneurs should learn from LeTV's problems and difficulties, and public opinion should give them reasonable time and space. But the reality is that both Jia Yueting, who is constantly starting a business and putting all his eggs in one basket, Guo Guangchang, who is worth hundreds of billions, and Wang Jianlin, who is known as the national father-in-law, all show the powerlessness and helplessness of the bosses in the face of rumors.