My Age of Investment

  Chapter 223 Gathering of Big Brothers

  April.

  Kristina, who had been away for a month, finally returned to the company.

  She reported the results of the trip to Xia Jingxing with a tired face.

  "The market development team composed of 15 people and I visited 38 states in this month, and reached a sponsorship cooperation with 1,051 high schools...

  Compared with last month, our high school student users increased by 2.05 million, reaching more than 3.8 million, accounting for 24.4% of the total number of high school students in the United States, nearly a quarter.

  Of course, the capital consumption is also a lot, including travel expenses and sponsorship fees, we spent 3.5 million US dollars a month. "

  Xia Jingxing personally poured a glass of water for Christina, handed it to the latter, nodded and said: "Thank you! Your efforts, I have been watching your eyes.

  Evans, they have a statistical software in their backstage, which shows how many users and high school users are added every day.

  I know that the cold numbers do not show how much effort the partners in the market development department have put into it.

  But these efforts are all worthwhile.

  F agency has now fully adjusted its product strategy and no longer attempts to copy a Facebook page in high school.

  They focus on socializing with pictures. In some ways, it relieves us a lot of pressure. "

  Xia Jingxing saw that the foreign girl kept her head down and did not speak, so she squatted down and took a look.

  The foreign girl raised her head, rubbed her eyes, and kept yawning.

   "Why are your eyes all bloodshot? You haven't rested, okay?"

  Xia Jingxing frowned, “How do you work like this? Let’s go back and rest for two days! Replenish your energy and come back to work in a few days.”

The foreign girl shook her head sharply, "No, you don't need to worry about me."

  After finishing speaking, the babes wanted to stand up and leave, but Xia Jingxing pressed her shoulders.

  Xia Jingxing looked down at the pair of azure blue eyes, smiled and said: "Miss Walsh, if you are sick, it would be too bad.

  I don’t want to be pointed at the head by Mr. Walsh holding AR-15! "

  The foreign girl laughed loudly, showing her white teeth as neat as a braided shell.

   "My father doesn't point a gun at your head!"

  Xia Jingxing smiled, "What do you use then? Use a bazooka?"

   "He will only shoot you headshot, no extra moves!"

  Xia Jingxing touched her head, pretending to be scared, and said: "It's terrible, then you should go back and rest quickly! I will look at the company's affairs."

  The foreign girl pursed her lips and smiled, "Well, I’ll go on a two-day vacation, and then go shopping in the mall, shopping, and I should be able to "return blood"."

   "Sounds great! Go ahead, it's late, the beautiful clothes were bought by other girls."

  The foreign girl was about to leave, remembering that the employees in the market development department were still fighting on the front line, she said: "The company's market development has achieved initial results. Is it possible to consider rotating some employees?

  Like me, they have not rested for a month. "

  Xia Jingxing nodded, "No problem, divide the people into two groups and take turns to rest in batches.

  Market expansion cannot be over for the time being, and it can't be over until all the 6 million USD is spent. "

   "Okay, let's arrange it like this!"

  The foreign girl stood up, ready to leave.

   walked to the door, she turned her head and said: "By the way, you and the dog will solve the dinner by yourself, I have no intention of cooking."

  Xia Jingxing said "OK" and said, "I will cook dinner tonight, and I will make you a supplement for the stewed old hen."

  After the babes left, Owen Van Nata walked into Xia Jingxing’s office again.

  This Facebook CFO has a model-like figure and wears a neat suit. He is hailed by employees as the company’s “second handsome”, second only to the boss of Xia Jingxing.

  "Dalun, there is a fund that wants to talk to us."

As soon as    entered the door, Owen went straight to the subject.

  Xia Jingxing pointed to the chair next to him, motioned him to sit down and talk.

   "Given our good market performance, there are more than a dozen funds on the market that want to invest in Facebook.

  Sequoia Capital once again quoted, this time giving a pre-investment valuation of 1 billion US dollars. "

Xia Jingxing is not too surprised. Facebook has recently withstood the counterattack of the social alliance, and has greatly increased its market share of high school students. The number of users has exceeded 17 million, and it is only one month away from breaking the 20 million mark. .

  This kind of change is naturally seen by venture capital institutions that are secretly watching.

  Xia Jingxing asked faintly, “Moritz is so generous this time? Three months ago, he was unwilling to give Facebook even this half of the valuation.”

  Owen heard the ridicule in the boss's words, and said with a smile: "Financial institutions have always had no morals, chasing the rise and the fall, it is normal.

   Facebook’s current potential is sufficient to prove that their previous choice was wrong.

  All they have to do now is to remedy it!

   Even investing in Facebook at a higher price is better than missing it altogether. "

  Xia Jingxing nodded, he naturally understands the intestines of these venture capital institutions.

  But now Facebook is not short of money, how can a financing window be opened?

   "Reject all of them, just say that we have no financing needs recently."

  Owen nodded, "Okay, then I will reject them."

  Getting instructions, Owen quickly left the office.

  Xia Jingxing leaned on the chair, looking at the ceiling, thinking about the annual meeting of the Huayuan Science and Technology Association tomorrow.

  …………

  …………

  The next day.

Morning.

  San Francisco Red Sands Hotel.

  A bright yellow sports car with a sleek look slowly drove in and parked in the parking space at the entrance of the hotel. Xia Jingxing got out of the car, straightened out the wrinkles in his suit, and strode towards the hotel.

  Huayuan Technology Association was established in 1999, and was first founded by entrepreneurs from Chinese students studying abroad.

   Later, American Chinese, overseas Chinese, Chinese high-tech entrepreneurs, executives of venture capital institutions, scholars, law firms, and accounting firms also joined in.

   has a very big reputation in the Sino-US venture capital circle. Jack Ma, Robin Lee, Ding Sanshi, Shen Beipeng of Sequoia Capital China, DCM Investment Zhao Keren, GGV Investment Tong Shijie, etc. are all members.

  One thing that makes people talk about is that the Huayuan Science and Technology Association matched and helped Jack Ma obtain Yahoo’s "1 billion US dollars in cash + Yahoo China" investment.

  A huge sign-in wall stands at the entrance of the hotel, on which words such as "The 3rd Huayuan Science and Technology Association Annual Meeting" are written in Chinese and English, and some guests and units attending are also listed.

  There is a table next to the sign-in wall. Several young Chinese girls in suits are responsible for guiding sign-in, issuing conference admission cards and so on.

   "Why are you two here? Put on professional attire and change into a vest, and almost didn't recognize you."

  Xia Jingxing saw two acquaintances and greeted him.

   "Ah, Boss Xia, are you here for the meeting?"

   Gao Lili raised her head, seeing Xia Jingxing, and asked with some delight.

  Shen Xinyi also raised her head and smiled lightly at Xia Jingxing, even if she had said hello.

  Xia Jingxing said, "Yes, I was invited to the conference, what are you two doing here?"

   "We are here as volunteers!"

  Looking at Xia Jingxing’s expression of disbelief, Gao Lili changed her words again: “In fact, I want to meet a few investors and lay the foundation for future entrepreneurship.”

  Xia Jingxing gave a thumbs up, "Xiaoli, this is your mental consciousness."

  Goryeo smiled, "Will it seem too utilitarian? Hahaha~"

  Xia Jingxing waved his hand, “It’s not a hindrance. This is not an immoral behavior. I appreciate your style very much.

  Since you want to start a business, make more preparations and accumulate more resources.

  Develop in this direction, next year it will be your turn to go to Nasdaq to ring the bell in Korea. "

  Xia Jingxing’s witty remarks made Gao Lili laugh, and even Shen Xinyi chuckled softly.

   "Okay, let's talk later, I'm going in!"

After signing, Xia Jingxing said goodbye to the two of them and walked towards the hotel.

  "Daren~"

   Xia Jingxing looked for the voice, turned to look around, and found that Yang Zhiyuan was beckoning to herself, and walked over.

  Five middle-aged men stood beside Yang Zhiyuan, looking curiously at the young man walking towards them.

"Dai Lun, introduce some new friends to you. This is Mr. Chen Hong, the chairman of GRIC, a Nasdaq listed company, and the chairman of Hanergy Investment Group. He is also the founder and chief executive of Huayuan Science and Technology Association. As the president."

  Xia Jingxing looked in the direction pointed by Yang Zhiyuan's palm, and the middle-aged men in their early forties with round faces and round eyes were smiling at him.

   "This should be the founder of Facebook, Mr. Xia Jingxing! He is really a young talent, and the motherland really has a lot of talents!"

  The round-faced middle-aged man has a loud voice and a generous demeanor. He walked forward and shook hands with Xia Jingxing.

  Xia Jingxing laughed, "Mr. Chen, you are polite. Compared with you, I am only a late-school graduate. I was still in high school when GRIC Communications was listed."

  Xia Jingxing knew that the man in front of him was a great man!

  The first Chinese student in the U.S. to bring a company to the market, with a market value exceeding 1 billion U.S. dollars a month!

  Now I sold the company and returned to China to establish China’s earliest investment bank-Hanergy Capital.

   The two shook hands, and Yang Zhiyuan introduced another older middle-aged man who was about 55 or 6 years old next to him.

  "This is Mr. Zhu Min, the founder and president of WebEx, a Nasdaq listed company, and the current president of Huayuan Technology Association."

  The entrepreneur who looks exactly like Song Xiaobao waved his hand, "I am not the chairman now, Deng Feng is."

  He smiled and shook hands with Xia Jingxing, “I’ve heard Stanford’s classmates talk about it, saying that there is an amazing Chinese student in the school.

   Dropped out of school and started a business, and within one and a half years, the company was valued at nearly 600 million U.S. dollars. "

   "Everyone has a good reputation. Compared with the predecessors, Facebook still needs to work hard."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and looked at the "Song Xiaobao" in front of him, and the other party's information automatically appeared in his mind.

  In 2007, Netcom sold to Cisco for US$3.2 billion. This man joined the NEA venture capital fund in the United States as a partner and managed US$6 billion in funds;

  Cyberle Investment, founded by returning to China, manages hundreds of billions of funds.

  Yang Zhiyuan then introduced Xia Jingxing to the third middle-aged man-Deng Feng.

  Deng Feng, in his early forties, is the founder of the listed company NetScreen and the current president of the Huayuan Science and Technology Association.

  Some time ago, this company was acquired by another listed company, Juniper Networks, the old owner of Yang Haoyong, at a price of 4.2 billion US dollars. The news made a sensation throughout the United States.

  Because of this huge acquisition, Deng Feng is also known as the five most successful Chinese entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, alongside Yang Zhiyuan, Huang Renxun and others.

  At present, there is no two in the limelight. Standing there, everyone has their own aura.

  In the future, Deng Feng will return to China to establish Northern Lights Investment, and start a new glorious life.

  "Thank you, Mr. Xia, for coming to the conference. On behalf of Huayuan Science and Technology Association, I would like to welcome you!"

  Deng Feng is also a good talker, holding Xia Jingxing's hand with enthusiasm.

  "This is Mr. Xie Qing, the co-founder of NetScreen. He currently runs a network security technology company called Fortinet. You are still an alumnus with Darren."

  Yang Zhiyuan introduced another honest-looking entrepreneur in his early forties beside Deng Feng.

  Xia Jingxing smiled and shook hands with the other party and exchanged a few words.

  This is also a powerful person. Fortinet will be listed in the next few years, with a market value of more than three billion US dollars. It has become the largest market value company founded by Chinese students overseas.

  Yang Zhiyuan then introduced the fifth and last middle-aged man.

  In fact, he cannot be called a middle-aged man, he seems to be in his early thirties.

  “This is Mr. Shao Yibo, the founder of China's eBay.com. Last year, eBay was acquired by eaby at a price of $225 million. Mr. Shao came to Silicon Valley and settled in Silicon Valley. He is currently the vice president of the Huayuan Science and Technology Association."

   Listening to Yang Zhiyuan’s introduction, Xia Jingxing looked at this figure who has left a lot of color in the history of China’s e-commerce development.

  Interesting news in the shop, this person, like Duan Feite, is also a master of "beauties but not Jiangshan".

  For the sake of his wife, he moved to the United States and settled in the United States.

  His wife was from the Bay. In 2003, when his wife was about to give birth, the old man passed away.

  In order to take care of his overwhelming wife, I sold eBay and accompanied his wife to the United States to recuperate.

  Taobao was launched only two months ago when the merger took place!

   Jack Ma commented on this person: The biggest drawback is that he loves his wife too much!

  If Shao Yibo hadn't sold eBay, he would certainly not start Taobao later, and he would not dare to start a business on Tai Sui.

  He is a genius in the field of e-commerce, I only step on the shoulders of geniuses to have today's success.

  Xia Jingxing felt that these were exaggerated reports by the media, and Jack Ma also humbled himself.

  At that time, Taobao had already been launched, so why didn't you dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head.

  Taobao’s free strategy is to slash the knife at the eaby key.

  EBay implements eaby's mature profit model in the United States. When a merchant sells a thing, the platform draws a sum of money.

  Eaby relied on this model, and it became profitable on the second day of its establishment, so naturally it would not be arrogant in the Chinese market.

  EBay at that time was taken 33% by eaby in 2002, and in 2003 it was controlled by eaby with an investment of US$150 million.

  Shao Yibo has been completely emptied, and the company’s veterans have been cleansed by eaby. If he doesn’t completely sell the company and leave, he can’t do anything.

  Many years after the incident, Shao Yibo said publicly that if he were to continue doing it at that time, it might not be the situation in e-commerce today. Of course, it will be the end of the day, but it will definitely be different.

  Netizens scolded him: What can be done then? What you Shao Yibo can do is to touch your nose when your wife scolds, "The company is sold, you are full to support", touch your nose, continue to change your daughter's diapers, and bury your head in being your "good husband who is afraid of his wife, good father" That's it.

  Of course, Xia Jingxing did not look down on Shao Yibo because of this.

  The Jingwei China co-founded with Zhang Ying in the future is developing very well. It is an absolute domestic head fund, ranking in the top ten.

  In addition, Shao Yibo co-founded Baby Tree, invested in Anjuke and served as the chairman of the company.

  Investment business is also very successful!

  All thoughts were in her heart, Xia Jingxing shook hands with Shao Yibo calmly on the face, "Hello Mr. Shao, I've been admiring your name for a long time!"

   "Mr. Xia is polite, the name of Facebook has been spread to China for a long time, the world's largest A round of financing, it is amazing!"

   Shao Yibo, who is only 31 years old this year, has an extraordinary bearing. Standing among a group of middle-aged and elderly bosses, he is absolutely outstanding.

  But compared to Xia Jingxing, who was ten years younger than him, he was overshadowed.

  The guests passing by saw the scene where the big guys gathered, and they couldn't help but stop and watch.

  Counting Xia Jingxing, there are a total of seven people, five of whom are the founders of listed companies.

  The other two, Xia Jingxing and Shao Yibo are not unknown people, many people have recognized them.

  A bearded man walked over to several people, and smiled as he walked and said, "I've been looking for you for a long time, so I was here!"

  (End of this chapter)