My Age of Investment

Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, a sunny afternoon.

Xia Jingxing sat in the yard, teasing his son in the stroller with a toy car.

The little guy is already five months old. Not only can he giggle, but he can also grab the toy car in front of him and start putting it into his mouth as soon as he grabs it.

Kristina was holding the bottle and watching this scene quietly, with a motherly smile on her face.

While playing, Xia Zerui fell asleep while playing with himself, and threw the toy car covered in saliva aside.

Xia Jingxing looked away from the child, stood up, pulled Kristina into his arms, sat down, put his arms around her soft waist and said, "The past few months have made you tired. This little guy is so naughty. He is even more naughty than I was when I was a child." bother."

Kristina laughed directly, "Do you know what you look like when you are five months old?"

"Well... I heard from my mother that he is the kind of well-behaved baby who eats and sleeps, and eats after sleeping. There is no trouble at all."

Christina chuckled silently, she wouldn't believe a single punctuation mark anyway.

"It has shrunk. It's time to make up for it. Don't let the child go hungry."

Xia Jingxing naturally put his hands into Kristina's clothes, weighed the baby's rations, and found that there was a serious loss of nutrients.

Kristina glanced at her sleeping son and said, "If he's not hungry, we'll give him complementary food next month."

"Oh, then I'll give you a restorative massage. It won't look good if it's saggy."

Christina lowered her head and glanced at Xia Jingxing, who was working hard, and said confidently: "I've noticed that not only are there postpartum stylists to guide you in exercising, but there are also nutritionists who have specially formulated a formula rich in collagen. If the diet with vitamin C really doesn’t work, I can go for surgery, right?”

Xia Jingxing smiled slightly, "No, it's better to keep it as it is. I'll give you a little more massage. You can't lose the ancestral craftsmanship."

Kristina gave Xia Jingxing a big eye roll in response, but soon she became more honest, her face turned red to the root of her neck, and she made a mesmerizing sound...

After turning from a girl to a young woman, Kristina became more and more charming in every move she made.

When Xia Jingxing was eager to take the next step, the phone rang suddenly, which was a bit disappointing.

He took out his cell phone and took a look. It was Chen Hong calling.

After thinking about it, he still picked up the phone.

"Something happened!" Chen Hong's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

"What's wrong?"

"Guo Wei ran away!"

Xia Jingxing was stunned, "Run away? How did you run away? Damn it, it couldn't be those people from the conscience department who were helping him, right?"

Chen Hong on the other end of the phone sneered, "Everyone is as suspicious as you now, because according to the investigation of the relevant departments, the last person Guo Wei met before running away was Mu Zhixin.

Now Mu Zhixin has been invited to drink tea by the relevant departments. The old man said that he didn't know anything and that he took the initiative to persuade Guo Wei to surrender.

But no one believed his nonsense. There were rumors in the circle that Mu Zhixin was ostensibly looking for connections to help Guo Wei, but in fact he was covering up Guo Wei's escape.

Let me tell you, although this old man is despicable in some aspects, he is just like a modern Yue Buqun, but he absolutely does not care about his apprentice. In order for his apprentice to escape successfully, he also took great pains and made many favors.

However, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries who came into contact with Mu Zhixin were deceived by him.

The front foot just agreed to help you with the operation of Mu Zhixin, and the back foot your apprentice ran away.

what is this?

In short, the impact of this incident was very bad. Even if Mu Zhixin did not have to bear any responsibility afterwards, more than half of the upper-level relationships he had built up over decades had been damaged. "

Xia Jingxing was a little angry at first, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile.

"So, it's a good thing for Guo Wei to run away?"

Chen Hong said: "Half and half! The good thing is that Guo Wei ran away like this and made Lao Mu very embarrassed. If we deal with Lao Mu in the future, there shouldn't be so many people to speak for this old man.

The bad thing is that Guo Wei took away all the money in the company's account, which was hundreds of millions.

There will definitely be no further progress in the compensation we seek in the short term. "

Xia Jingxing frowned, "I don't like the compensation, it doesn't matter if Guo Wei runs away, he's just a lost dog.

But having said that, why did Guo Wei run away? Isn't Lao Mu helping him operate? He came out after squatting for a few years.

But when he ran away like this, things became serious. "

Chen Hong sighed softly, "I've been squatting for a few years. You said it's easy. I'm used to the good life outside. I don't even want to step on the sewing machine for a day."

However, Guo Wei is indeed a little weak in his heart and does not have the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrist.

I'm afraid I won't have the chance to go home again and will have to be a stray dog ​​outside. "

Xia Jingxing silently digested this pile of information, while also thinking about what to do next.

"Where did Guo Wei go?"

Chen Hong said calmly: "First I smuggled myself to Hong Kong Island, and then I went to the United States via Hong Kong Island.

Our country does not have an extradition treaty with the United States, and his wife and children are both American citizens. When he arrived in the United States, his family was reunited.

Besides, he also made such a large sum of money, and basically had no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. "

After hearing this, Xia Jingxing could basically understand Guo Wei's operation. Who knows if he has been here for a few years, but will his wife still wait for him?

"Ignore this person. How far is the investigation of the case now?"

Chen Hong said: "It's gone a long time ago! This has become a cesspit now. Anyone who touches it will be covered in shit. It stinks."

Xia Jingxing smiled, "In this case, then the matter should be dealt with strictly and seriously, right?"

"Yes, the relevant departments also mean the same thing. Guo Wei's running away has made their faces very shameless, and they can only make up for it in other ways."

Chen Hong described the general solution, and Xia Jingxing was quite satisfied.

After hanging up the phone, Xia Jingxing felt quite happy and pulled Kristina over for a kiss.

"So happy? Who ran away?"

Kristina vaguely heard some call messages just now.

Xia Jingxing briefly told Kristina the whole story.

After listening, she frowned and asked, "Do you need my help? I know a few congressmen. They shouldn't mind doing a small favor. At worst, I can invite them to give a speech on Facebook in the future."

The corner of Xia Jingxing's mouth twitched, and Kristina was also bad at it now.

"Don't! Don't!"

Xia Jingxing didn't want to get into a big fight because of this matter. If it wasn't done well, it would be easy to get involved in some political whirlpools.

Don't look at the fact that Americans shout about judicial justice every day, but that's just a slogan. Every year, countless runners flood into the United States with large amounts of money.

If we really want to hand over these people, we will lose a financial resource.

Moreover, he is just a businessman, and he is also Chinese, so it is best not to wade into such muddy waters.

Even if he really goes there, he may not be successful. Instead, it will easily make Americans wary of him.

After listening to Xia Jingxing's analysis, Christina immediately gave up the idea of ​​helping.

However, she took the opportunity to talk about another major political event: "In recent opinion polls, Ao Guanhai's support rate is far lower than McCain.

Moreover, McCain is of Irish descent and comes from the same place as my ancestors. Most people in our hometown in Texas support McCain, including my father..."

"And what? You want Facebook to support McCain?"

Christina shook her head, "How is it possible? This kind of changing of flags midway is the most disgraceful thing. I'm just a little worried that Ao Guanhai won't win."

"Believe me, Ao Guanhai is definitely a dark horse worth investing in!"

Kristina shrugged, "I don't know if it's a dark horse, but it's dark enough anyway."

"Don't worry about whether he's black or not, it's time for us to...hehehehe."

Christina understood, took Xia Jingxing's arm, and pushed the stroller into the house together.

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"This bastard just ran away! It's a shame that I trusted him so much and invested 200 million in him."

In the cat room of the China Club, Shi Dazhu stopped wearing his sunglasses and kept banging the table, venting his resentment wantonly.

Although losing 200 million was a bit painful for him personally, it was not enough to break his muscles and bones.

What really made him angry was that he was severely treated by Guo Wei, and from now on he would not be able to hold his head high in the entrepreneurial circle.

Some time ago, he and Xia Jingxing had a quarrel at the Jiangnan Heroes Meeting, and then he contacted Guo Wei overnight to make additional investment and asked the other party to repair Xia Jingxing severely and regain some face for him.

As a result, before Guo Wei could take action, Xia Jingxing neatly took care of him, leaving him in a state of embarrassment.

Although this incident has not become widely known, it is not a secret among top entrepreneurs.

In everyone's opinion, he, Shi Dazhu, was beaten so severely by Xia Jingxing that his face was swollen.

The harshest words are spoken on the front foot, and the harshest beatings are received on the back foot.

The so-called revenge does not last overnight has become a joke. In other words, he and Xia Jingxing exchanged roles, and the person being avenged became himself.

In recent days, he wanted to talk to his entrepreneurial friends, such as Jack Ma and Guo Kuangchang, who also belong to the Jiangnan Society, and let them enlighten and encourage him.

As a result, everyone in this group of people had no time to shirk, for fear of being related to him and being contaminated by the cause and effect!

He hasn't gone in yet! These people already regarded him as a criminal.

He didn't know if the "Jianghu Order" issued by Jiangnan was still useful, but he wanted to give it a try to see if Ma Yun and others would be loyal to Jianghu and come with the order in person.

You didn't expect it to come, right?

They promised to help each other, but ended up watching the fire from the other side.

Mu Zhixin had a gloomy face and said nothing, allowing Shi Dazhu to complain.

He did not invest money in Guo Wei's company, so there was no direct economic loss, but other losses were far from being replaced by money.

These days, he is carrying gifts and preparing to go door to door to apologize to his old friends.

But when people looked at him, it was like seeing the God of Plague, and most people chose to avoid seeing him.

There was even a voice from above, saying that they would thoroughly investigate Guo Wei's case, find out all those who provided convenience and cover for Guo Wei's escape, punish them severely, and clean up this unhealthy trend of fleeing abroad at every turn. Criminals.

Needless to say, his old friends should all blame him for this, thinking it was him.

Mu Zhixin felt quite depressed, feeling that the whole world had misunderstood him. He really did not provide Guo Wei with any convenience to escape, nor did he provide any cover for Guo Wei, nor did he take advantage of the trust of his old friends...

He is actually a victim too!

Looking back on the day when Guo Wei left without looking back, he still lamented in his heart the character of his good disciple, who did not embarrass his master, and even recited a farewell poem as a gift to him, which was quite a legacy of ancient times.

As a result, the good disciple quickly slapped his master in the face with practical actions.

He now hates Guo Wei to death, not only because of the betrayal of the other party, but also because the other party treats him as a pawn and takes advantage of his soft heart as a master to attack the east and the west, conceal the truth, and secretly build plank roads to infiltrate Chencang...

He remembered that he had never taught Guo Wei so many strategies! He can teach these things, and he won't be tricked by Guo Wei... He will shed tears if he talks about it too much.

However, this matter is not without its benefits. For example, Yang Daqing and Zhu Linan are obviously more respectful to his master these days, because no one knows whether they will one day follow in the footsteps of their fellow apprentice Guo Wei. At the critical moment, it is still the master. Reliable!

Good Chinese master!

Mu Zhixin doesn't want this title at all, because once he wears it, even if he doesn't have to bear any responsibility afterwards, everyone will assume that he deliberately let Guo Wei go, and his old friends will hate him even more.

When this yellow mud fell into my crotch, it was either feces or feces.

Yan Yan, Xiong Xiaoge, Tong Shijie and others who were present did not have a good face. All their money was taken away by Guo Wei, which was equivalent to being cut off once, and it also created a lot of trouble for them.

Guo Wei patted his ass and ran away, but they still had to face this mess.

"I feel sorry for everyone about this matter. It was all because I mobilized everyone to raise money to participate in China Digital's bidding that this whole thing happened."

Mu Zhixin stood up and bowed deeply to the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists present.

He actually felt quite shameful in his heart. Regardless of his seniority and qualifications, he had to apologize to so many juniors! Those who accept his bow safely may have to shorten their lives in the future.

Although he was complaining in his heart, Mu Zhi still pretended to be sad and remorseful, and his acting skills instantly surpassed those of popular movie stars.

He has offended a lot of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

If he offends his friends in the Huashan Society and the venture capital circle again, then he will cease to exist in name only as a business godfather.

To be honest, everyone has suffered such heavy losses and cannot get back a dime. He really has something to do with it. After all, he was the one who took the lead in calling on everyone to get involved in this matter.

Seeing Mu Zhixin express his position like this, Shi Dazhu, Xiong Xiaoge and others' expressions brightened slightly.

No matter whether the other party is sincere or just pretending, at least he has shown his due responsibility and not chosen to escape.

If the other party just keeps silent about the matter, everyone may not say anything on the surface, but they will be dissatisfied afterwards.

Shi Dazhu forced his face to smile and said: "Boss Mu, how can I blame you for this? I can only blame Guo Wei's grandson, who deceived everyone, went to break the law and committed crimes, and fled in fear of crime after committing a crime.

All of our shareholders here are victims. If we want to seek justice, we can only report the crime together. "

Xiong Xiaoge's eyes lit up, Shi Dazhu's trick was brilliant! Put all the blame on Guo Wei alone. Anyway, he fled abroad and could not be caught and confronted.

“Yes, yes, there is strength in numbers, let’s report the crime together and recover the losses!”

As soon as Xiong Xiaoge finished speaking, his follower Tong Shijie quickly echoed: "Yes, please ask the relevant departments to intervene in the investigation, and at the same time give us a clean slate."

Tong Shijie was actually very disdainful in his heart. This was made clear and he wanted to make everyone express their opinions together. After all, the law does not punish the public.

What's more, they are all well-known entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, with their social reputation and influence. Considering the actual situation, the relevant departments can only control the impact.

Of course, to be more serious, as shareholders who only invest money and are not involved in operations, they cannot bear much responsibility.

Even if China Digital is now suing the company founded by Guo Wei, there is a limit to the financial responsibility they bear as shareholders.

However, for such a big cesspit, it’s better to clean it up as much as possible.

Everyone spoke in agreement and expressed that they would respond to Shi Dazhu's call.

In fact, no one present invested much, only Shi Dazhu and Lu Zhiqiang invested more, accounting for the majority.

If it weren't for the worry that the dirty water Guo Wei made would splash on himself, no one would have cared about the thousands of dollars of investment, and a loss would be a loss.

Seeing everyone responding to his call, Shi Dazhu glanced at Mu Zhixin, who looked as if he was ten years older, and sighed in his heart. This old Mu's morale and prestige seemed to have been greatly affected by this incident!

The position of the president of the Huashan Society may be in jeopardy.

Thinking of this, Shi Dazhu decided to express himself more, so he said in a deep voice: "Now China Digital seems to be unable to catch Guo Wei, so it wants to hold on to us shareholders.

What kind of truth is this? If you can't catch the criminals, why are you taking it out on us?

I suggest that we all mobilize our efforts together to show China Digital that we are not soft persimmons.

If they want to escalate things, we will stay with them until the end. "

Shi Dazhu became more and more excited as he talked, his face turned red, and the veins on his neck popped out.

But no one echoed his impassioned speech, and the room was completely silent. The scene was a bit awkward for a while.

Tong Shijie gritted his teeth to prevent himself from laughing.

Haven’t you recognized yourself yet? Are you still going to fight with my big boss? If the old man eats arsenic, he thinks he will live longer!

Others have similar ideas to Tong Shijie.

This Xia Jingxing is so cruel. If he is not careful, he will send someone to use a sewing machine or flee overseas!

Who the hell dares to fight with him?

I can’t afford to offend him, can’t I afford to hide?

Everyone present looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to agree with Shi Dazhu.

Shi Dazhu knew that he was out of luck and underestimated everyone's fear of Xia Jingxing.

He immediately changed the topic and said: "Of course, I don't mean to fight with China Digital. They are victims just like us.

But victims can’t harm other victims, right?

I mean, find ways to establish communication with them and show them what's really going on.

Wasn't their business stolen by Guo Wei through illegal means? You can negotiate and return the business to them.

If there are any losses in the process, we shareholders can also chip in and give them a little compensation to calm the matter down as soon as possible.

After all, everyone has a big business and doesn't have much time to spend on this matter. "

Mu Zhixin took a deep look at Shi Dazhu. The momentum of the other person's words just now seemed familiar, as if there was a bit of his own shadow? What do you want to do?

Are you so eager to get on top?

Temporarily suppressing the suspicion in his heart, Mu Zhixin showed the momentum of a business godfather, looked around, and said with great enthusiasm: "Dazhu's opinion is good, although we have had problems with Vision Capital and Fuxing Industrial Group in the past. There are many disagreements and the relationship is very tense, but this matter is different. It needs to be settled as soon as possible and the impact should be controlled within a certain range.

Therefore, it is possible to temporarily reconcile with them.

However, I have reservations about compensation!

We didn’t do anything wrong, why should we pay compensation? Wouldn’t it seem unreasonable to really compensate? "

Mu Zhixin shook his head as he spoke. In order to overpower Shi Dazhu, he deliberately picked out the shortcomings in the other party's words.

Although his prestige was greatly lost, the business godfather still had some residual power. As soon as Mu Zhixin opened his mouth, others responded one after another.

Although Shi Dazhu smiled on the surface and said, "Boss Mu is right, I didn't think carefully," but in fact he was very unhappy in his heart.

Without any bloodshed, will Xia Jingxing reconcile with you? Will you give up? Dream on!

He felt that Mu Zhixin would make a fool of himself again sooner or later.

But he didn't bother to remind him. It would be best if the old guy fell off the altar as soon as possible. He might still have a chance to replace him.

After some discussion, a group of people decided on two things.

In the first case, the shareholders collectively reported the case and placed all the blame on Guo Wei alone;

The second thing is to establish communication with China Digital and try to calm the incident.

After leaving the courtyard of the China Club, Xiong Xiaoge invited Tong Shijie to get into his car.

"Shijie, I'm sorry for dragging you into trouble again this time."

Xiong Xiaoge looked at Tong Shijie with an apologetic look. He had said similar words countless times, so his toes clenched in embarrassment.

I don’t know what happened to me, but the past two years have been very difficult.

The seemingly unfavorable timing coincided with Xia Jingxing's return to China... Xiong Xiaoge had some realization in his mind.

"Hey, Brother Xiong, you are out of touch when you say these things. The failure of venture capital is a high probability event."

Xiong Xiaoge smiled bitterly, "But the probability is too high!"

"lets change a topic!"

Tong Shijie waved his hand nonchalantly, and then asked: "Brother Xiong, do you think it is efficient for us to invest as a team like this?"

Xiong Xiaoge asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

"Let me tell you, in order to retaliate against Xia Jingxing, Mu Zhixin and Shi Dazhu were too irrational and impatient, whether they were investing or doing things."

Xiong Xiaoge thought for a moment, then sighed, "It's not just them, we are like this too. We need to reflect."

Tong Shijie nodded lightly and said no more.