Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The next day after Mourinho joined Chelsea, Yang Luo went to the University of Central Lancashire. He wanted to take Fiona to Hong Kong. Fiona pushed the computer in front of him and said, "Come on, finish my paper, and I'll go with you right away." So Yang Luo had to go to Hong Kong alone. This time he went to Hong Kong to attend Tencent's listing bell ringing ceremony. After several years of rapid development, Tencent finally reached the stage of listing. After overcoming the initial difficulties, the number of Tencent users began to explode geometrically. This also attracted the attention of many investment banks, and they began to inject capital into Tencent. His original 50% equity, after multiple rounds of financing dilution, is now only 15%, but the current valuation of Tencent has also soared to the sky like a rocket.

Today, Tencent's valuation is about 600 million US dollars, which means that Yang Luo's investment of 1 million has almost doubled by 100 times.

At such a major moment of listing, Xiao Ma Ge will definitely invite the angel investor who saved him from the fire and water.

Yang Luo had never participated in the bell ringing ceremony of the listing before, so when he heard about the excitement, he went there happily.

In his previous life, he had been to Hong Kong several times and had a general impression of Hong Kong, but this time he felt different.

After all, Tencent is a super blue chip stock in the later Hong Kong stocks, and it is very meaningful to witness its listing as a shareholder.

After more than ten hours of flight, he finally arrived in Hong Kong.

As the passengers came out, he saw a gentle man wearing glasses waving at him at first sight.

Although they last met two years ago, they still keep in close contact.

This person is none other than the current chairman of Tencent, Xiao Ma Ge.

Yang Luo smiled: "Xiao Ma Ge, why did you come to pick me up in person?"

Xiao Ma Ge smiled: "Of course I have to come to pick you up in person, you are my most important benefactor."

Yang Luo laughed: "Those who raised funds for us later are all benefactors."

Xiao Ma Ge shook his head: "You are different from them. You are the one who helped me when I was in the most difficult time. Without your help and encouragement, Tencent would have gone a long time ago. They are just investors, and we just take what we need."

As he said that, he took Yang Luo to the car: "Are you tired? I will arrange for you to rest first and welcome you in the evening."

Yang Luo nodded: "I am indeed a little tired, I will rest first."

Xiao Ma Ge nodded and asked the driver to take him to the hotel first.

After arriving at the hotel and checking in, Yang Luo slept on the soft big bed.

It was not until the phone rang that he woke up from his dream. After cleaning himself up in the bathroom, he got into Xiao Ma Ge's car and came to the hotel.

It must be said that having a driver immediately makes him look like a successful person.

Unlike me, I like to drive myself and fly by myself, and I don’t look like a billionaire at all.

When he came to the private room, Yang Luo found that there were already seven people sitting in it.

In addition to Xiao Ma Ge, there were several familiar faces.

These were almost all representatives of investment banks that continued to invest in Tencent. Yang Luo had met them before when signing the agreement.

There was also a man in his thirties who looked a little unfamiliar. Yang Luo was sure that he had never seen him.

Xiao Ma Ge saw Yang Luo coming and immediately stood up to greet him: "Yang Luo, come and sit next to me!"

Then he pulled him to his right without saying anything and sat him down.

Next to Yang Luo was the unfamiliar person.

Xiao Ma Ge saw that everyone was present, so he asked the waiter to start serving the dishes.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Luo also greeted the representatives of the investment banks.

Ma turned around and introduced the person next to him to Yang Luo: "Yang Luo, this is Zhang Xiaolong, the vice president of Broad Group."

Zhang Xiaolong?

Yang Luo was stunned. Is it Zhang Xiaolong, the father of WeChat?

He extended his hand: "Hello, my name is Yang Luo."

Zhang Xiaolong also extended his hand: "Hello, my name is Zhang Xiaolong."

Ma introduced: "We are very interested in FOXMAIL developed by Mr. Zhang, so we are discussing the acquisition of their software."

Yang Luo's eyes lit up: "We must acquire it. This software is very good."

Ma and Zhang Xiaolong were a little surprised: "Have you used this software?"

Yang Luo smiled embarrassedly.

He asked Pony Ma to hurry up and acquire Zhang Xiaolong. As for the software, he had never used it.

Just when he was embarrassed, the waiter started to serve the dishes, which eased his embarrassment.

During the meal, Yang Luo kept paying attention to Zhang Xiaolong next to him. He knew that this person alone was worth hundreds of millions!

As for the software, it was just a by-product!

Pony Ma was finally persuaded by Yang Luo. He said that he would immediately acquire FOXMAIL after he was busy with the listing, and he would also take Zhang Xiaolong over.

Yang Luo nodded with satisfaction. Pony Ma plus Zhang Xiaolong could at least ensure that Tencent would remain the Internet company with the largest user base in China for the next 20 years.

And this is also the basic foundation for Tencent's profitability!

In the next two days, although Pony Ma was very busy, he still took time to have dinner and chat with Yang Luo.

In this process, Yang Luo consciously or unconsciously suggested that Pony Ma should increase the development of mobile software.

After all, the next wave of smart phones is coming, and mobile phones will gradually become the mainstream chat carrier.

If Tencent does not keep up with the trend of the times in this wave, it will eventually die miserably.

I don’t know if Pony Ma can listen to it.

June 16, 2004, Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The exciting moment is coming.

Yang Luo sat in the audience, watching Pony Ma and several investors standing on the stage.

Pony Ma was very excited. He thought of the dilemma of not having money to rent a server a few years ago and the hardships he had gone through. He couldn’t help but look at Yang Luo in the audience.

Yang Luo smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up.

Pony Ma looked at him gratefully.

Soon, the auspicious time came. With a crisp bell, Tencent was officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange!

The listing price was 3.7 Hong Kong dollars, and the total market value was about 600 million US dollars.

Although Yang Luo’s shares are still restricted shares, as long as the restriction period is over, the shares worth nearly 100 million US dollars in his hands can be freely circulated!

By then, this money can be cashed in at any time!

However, he plans to hold Tencent's shares for a longer period of time, because in a dozen years, Tencent's rate of return will reach a terrifying 200 times!

By then, his money will become nearly 20 billion US dollars, and he can't spend all the money just by buying a few stars!