My Age of Investment

  Chapter 57 Starting a business for the sake of starting a business

  During the holiday, Rao Lei organized a dinner.

  The location was chosen at his home, a group of people ate hot pot, and Xia Jingxing was also invited.

  The red hot pot bottom material is boiling in the basin, and the heat is boiling.

  A group of people on the table drank various ingredients and drank beer.

  The hot pot base is not very spicy, so it can't compare with the authentic hot pot in Sichuan and Chongqing.

  But Xia Jingxing still eats with gusto. After all, I haven't eaten anything spicy for half a year, and my taste buds are somewhat degraded.

   "Jingxing, I heard that Facebook has received half a million US dollars in angel investment?"

  As the host, Rao Lei put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and looked at Xia Jingxing with a smile on his face.

  Hearing such a news, everyone who was eating couldn't stop their movements and turned their eyes to Xia Jingxing, who was eating happily on the side.

   "Oh, did it spread so soon?"

Xia Jingxing swallowed a piece of beef and said with a smile.

  He felt that there was no need to conceal anything, so he admitted it generously.

   "Young, aren't you just a freshman? You start a business as a freshman?"

   Zhou Sheng resumed taking a sip of Hong Kong, his eyes were full of surprise.

  He also came to Cengfan today, and only recently met Xia Jingxing. I thought it was just a kid, but I didn't expect the other party to have this ability.

  Five hundred thousand financing is not too much, but at the age of the other party, it is still not to be underestimated.

   "Yes, I am a freshman."

  Xia Jingxing nodded and replied politely.

  He remembered clearly that the last time he fought with Lu Wenlong, this guy called himself "Push Street Boy", and by now he has become a "beautiful boy".

   "I knew about starting a business in my freshman year, and I got an investment of 500,000 US dollars, which is pretty good."

  Lin Yaocheng sat next to Xia Jingxing. He patted the latter on the shoulder, showing that the senior caring for the younger brother: "Go on!"

  Xia Jingxing didn't like Lin Yaocheng's posture. He felt that the other party was always carrying a frame and he didn't speak, so he nodded and smiled in greeting.

   "That's the campus social networking site, right?"

   Liu Jian and Rao Lei have the best relationship. I heard the latter mention it several times, and I have some impressions.

   "Yes, that social network site has hundreds of thousands of users now. The entire Stanford and the eight Ivy League schools are all Facebook users."

  Rao Lei smiled and said: "In another year and a half, I am afraid that all college students in the United States will be Facebook users."

   "That really works."

  Liu Jian gave Xia Jingxing a thumbs up, "It gives us a long face for Chinese people."

  Hearing this, Lin Yaocheng gave a dry cough, "I have a suggestion."

  Everyone looked at him.

   "It's just a suggestion, nothing else."

  Lin Yaocheng emphasized one sentence before continuing: “Try to downplay your identity as the founder of Facebook in China, otherwise it will be known to the white supremacy organization, and there may be some accidents.”

Rao Lei asked, "What's the accident?"

  "White supremacy organizations are all racists, and there are many such people among college students.

  It was known by them that Facebook was founded by a Chinese student. Maybe he will boycott Facebook, which will cause some trouble for your promotion work. "

  Lin Yaocheng spread his hands, "Of course, this is my guess, remind me."

   "Thank you Brother Lin for your suggestion, I will pay attention."

  Xia Jingxing smiled at Lin Yaocheng, the other party’s suggestion was actually quite pertinent.

  The United States is so fucking, racial discrimination is endless.

  But boycotting websites should be very difficult to happen, and even if it happens, it will not cause any trouble.

  In the past, TikTok was so popular in the United States, and no organization has jumped out to resist it.

  Good products will never lack fans.

  Now that the United States is still fighting badly in the Middle East, the strategy of returning to the Asia-Pacific will have to wait for Aoguan Haitai to come up with it.

   Facebook is not large at present, its goals are not conspicuous, and its meat is not fat enough to attract predators.

  These issues were thought of when he started his business.

  Anyway, I’m a poor student and came to the United States with nothing. It’s a big deal to return to China.

  With nearly two decades of foresight, are you afraid that you will not be able to go back to your country?

  Have a better mentality, so why bother yourself.

Seeing Xia Jingxing's disapproval, Lin Yaocheng didn't bother to say more.

  Some young people just have to suffer a little bit to grow up.

  Zhou Shengfu grinned and said, "If you think about so much, soldiers will stop you and the water will cover you.

  Don't think too much, come and drink quickly. "

   "Yes, drink."

  Rao Lei saw that the atmosphere was heavy, so he quickly changed the subject.

  Liu Jian, who has been reticent on the table, suddenly asked, "What is Facebook going to do next?"

  Naturally, Xia Jingxing will not disclose all of it, and smiled faintly: “Recruit people, now our team consists of three people, and we need to recruit a mature technical team.

  Senior Brother Liu, do you have any recommendation? "

  Liu Jian laughed, "At your current scale, it's really not recommended."

   "Oh, then forget it."

  Xia Jingxing thinks that the other party thinks that his temple is small and does not want to recommend someone.

"I did not mean."

   Liu Jian explained, “Most of the friends I know are Chinese students studying abroad. They all like to work in big companies.

  High salary, stable job, and don't like the instability of startup companies. "

  Xia Jingxing nodded, saying that, he understood.

  This is also a common problem for many Chinese students studying abroad. They like stability and don't like joining startup companies.

  In recent years, many Chinese students’ families were not particularly wealthy, and some students even borrowed money to study in the United States.

  Choosing a large company to obtain a stable job and income is undoubtedly the best choice for most people.

  Start-up companies don’t look at how many multi-millionaires and billionaires will be born in the future. They are really not very attractive right now. Maybe someday they won’t even be able to pay their salaries.

  After talking about Xia Jingxing, they started talking about themselves again.

   "I plan to go to Harvard Business School to study, recharge myself, and find the right opportunity to start my second business.

  I don’t plan to be in the United States this time. I will go back to China to start a business. "

  Lin Yaocheng is undoubtedly the star of this group of people. When he spoke, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

  Liu Jian and Rao Lei have also been looking for suitable entrepreneurial opportunities. The two talked about no less than 20 or 30 entrepreneurial projects, but they have not taken any formal actions.

  "I graduated from business school this year, and I plan to go back to China to start a business with Liu Jian."

Rao Lei also talked about himself. After ten years in the United States, he was tired of working for capitalists and wanted to be a capitalist.

   "Have you thought about the project? Send me a copy at that time, and I will invest for you."

Lin Yaocheng, with a tens of millions of dollars in his waist, was very bold, and with a big wave of his hand, he made the promise.

  "The project is still thinking about, and I will definitely find you, a big investor, to raise funds."

  A few people laughed, but Zhou Shengfu, who was extremely cheerful, didn't say much.

  "Young boy, what are you going to do? Stay in Bain?"

  Rao Lei imitated Zhou Shengfu's tone and habitual words and asked the latter.

   "I plan to resign from Bain."

   Zhou Shengfu put away his smile and said solemnly.

   "What did you resign for? Start a business?" Lin Yaocheng asked.

  Xia Jingxing looked at him expectantly, knowing that this is the real awesome, and he started a legendary life after resigning.

   "Don't start a business, go professionally to play Texas Hold'em."

  Zhou Shengfu smiled and said, “I think it’s interesting to play German poker, and you can make money. I’m going to try it in Macau.”

   "Don't, how can anyone regard "gambling" as a profession?"

   "Yes, you must think it through?"

  ...

Several people began to persuade Zhou Shengfu to calm down. Hong Kong Xueba became a Macau gambler, and it was not for people to laugh out loud.

  With so many books for you to read from your parents, should you become a professional gambler?

  Zhou Sheng laughed again and said nothing. Everyone has his own ambitions, so why bother?

   Amidst the opposition, Xia Jingxing spoke, "Brother Zhou, I support you.

  As long as you treat this as a profession, treat this profession with the rigor of working at Bain Consulting, and do a lot of statistics and analysis.

  I believe you can make money, treat this as a career and get a sense of satisfaction. "

   Zhou Shengfu laughed when he heard this. He smiled so happily that he actually ran into a friend.

  He smiled and said to Xia Jingxing: “Unlike gambling that relies solely on luck, German poker has both luck and technique.

  In the short-term, winning depends on luck, but if you want to win in the long-term, you must be as proficient in calculations as playing chess.

  And I just have a bit of experience in computing. I'm tired of going to work a long time ago, and it's time to change to a new way of living. "

  It's over, it's hopeless.

  This is the true mind of Rao Lei and others.

  There is no winning or losing in a long bet. This is a famous saying.

  They did not expect Zhou Shengfu to act so arbitrarily, nor did they expect Xia Jingxing to support this behavior.

  The main past life, Xia Jingxing, has heard of Zhou Shengfu's deeds.

   is really the "Macao Fa-brother". After betting for seven years, he won 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

   is not a one-time win, but a seven-year accumulation and win little by little.

  From winning one hundred thousand a month to over one million a month, his card skills have been improving.

  Later, he could even easily calculate his winning percentage of each hand, and he could also calculate how much money he won at the poker table every hour.

  It wasn't until later that the body was sick and I felt that there was no challenge. The gambler returned to Hong Kong to speculate real estate with 30 million Hong Kong dollars. Later, he founded "Huo Lala" with a valuation of 20 billion yuan.

  All the people present, including Lin Yaocheng, who is now with a tens of millions of dollars, have not achieved as high commercial achievements as this gambling god.

  Sometimes, you really can’t start a business just to start a business.

  Rao Lei and Liu Jian are just like this. They didn't think about the project, so they had to return to China to start a business in a hurry.

In Xia Jingxing's view, failure is also predictable.

  In the eyes of many people, entrepreneurship is the highest form of realizing one's life value.

   However, a momentary fever and reckless follow the trend will not accomplish anything.

  Use this time to do things that can enrich yourself and invest in your future. It is far more valuable than starting a business now.

  Accumulate more, accumulate more, and there is always a better time to start a business than now.

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