My Age of Investment

"Mr. Moritz, do you like tea too?"

In the private room of a Chinese teahouse in Silicon Valley, Xia Jingxing smiled warmly and looked at Moritz, who was sitting on a Taishi chair across from him, who also had a smile on his face.

The Silicon Valley VC fund team had just gone to the desert for a meeting, and then Moritz invited him to have tea with him.

He guessed that this cunning old man must have sensed something was wrong and wanted to spy on the military situation.

Moritz picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, then made a pleasant sound.

"Darren, I am interested in everything in China, including you!"

Xia Jingxing felt a chill. In a society where gays were rampant, he couldn't help but be careless.

Moritz laughed, "Of course, I'm referring to your business talent!

A Stanford dropout who was 18 or 19 years old at the time has now become a technology giant and a hedge fund giant. With early venture capital and growth-stage equity investment in your hands, you can also prosper and your career is no longer limited to China and the United States. Two countries, but all over the world! "

Looking at Xia Jingxing, Moritz's eyes were full of admiration, and then he sighed: "I didn't believe there was a so-called all-rounder in this world before, but seeing Darren you have made extraordinary achievements in every field, I I finally chose to believe it. In the past, my vision was too narrow, which resulted in me missing many opportunities.”

Xia Jingxing picked up the teacup, gently blew the hot tea, and said in a nonchalant tone: "Mr. Moritz, did you invite me today specifically to compliment me?"

Moritz smiled and waved his hand, "Not only that, I came here to apologize to you. I hope our two companies can reach a reconciliation and stop making things difficult for each other."

Xia Jingxing's mind turned, "So, the six project competitions this year have been done intentionally by you? Do you want to increase your negotiating leverage?"

Moritz smiled slightly. He was a young man after all, so he couldn't hold his breath!

"Yes, and also wrong!"

Looking at Xia Jingxing's suspicious eyes, Moritz said calmly: "The failure of Sequoia China has made me, other partners, and even Mr. Valentine unable to let go.

Envision Capital has been so successful in operating in the United States. Isn’t it reasonable that Sequoia would be acclimated to the Chinese market after it entered the market?

Since this year, we have been reviewing and analyzing, what is the reason? Mechanism, team, market, or other reasons, such as vicious competition? "

Xia Jingxing said calmly: "It is China's special culture of human relations that prompted a group of unreliable fund teams to unite and besiege me, leading to vicious competition. There is indeed a problem with Sequoia's mechanism. Mr. Moritz, you should have been earlier. If we intervened, perhaps today's tragedy would not have happened."

Faced with these words that contained a gun and a stick, Moritz was so angry that his chest felt tight and his blood surged.

However, the old man still had a calm face, stroking his hands and smiling: "The summary is very comprehensive. It seems that Darren, you have analyzed Sequoia China a lot. They lost at your hands, and they are not unfair at all!"

Xia Jingxing shrugged, with an innocent look on his face, "I didn't analyze them, but they often analyzed me, focusing on the competitors of the companies invested by Vision Capital!

Take Hainei.com and Renren.com, for example. Both companies are destined to have only one survive. Unfortunately, they bet on the wrong player. "

Thinking of the huge pit in Thousand Oaks, Moritz's heart ached. It was his introduction and Sequoia's brand endorsement that made so many well-known American LPs choose to invest in the newly established Sequoia China Fund.

However, the Chinese team made a mess of the fund, which made him disgraced and Sequoia's brand reputation was affected to a certain extent.

For example, the Stanford University Endowment Fund has terminated all cooperation with Sequoia and invested all its money in the young man in front of it.

"What happened at Sequoia China has already happened. It's useless to talk about it anymore! We have to move forward, Darren, what do you think?"

Xia Jingxing was almost certain that Moritz really wanted to reconcile.

But Sequoia just slapped Vision Capital in the face, and it was planning revenge. How could it agree to a settlement so easily?

"Mr. Moritz, please give me a reason for reconciliation. Your frivolous words cannot calm the anger of our Silicon Valley team."

Moritz sneered, "The reason is profit. Sequoia Capital and Vision Capital have already had an unpleasant experience in China. If this hatred is brought to the U.S. market again, it will be detrimental to the development of both of us.

We are not the only two institutions in Silicon Valley and the United States. Once we fight, we will only benefit those colleagues who see our jokes. "

"It doesn't matter. VC funds are not Envision Capital's main business anyway. As long as our hedge funds are responsible for making money, we can live on."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Moritz's face. He had lowered his attitude enough, but the other party was still so aggressive. He really thought Sequoia was a soft persimmon!

“Darren, although Sequoia’s asset management scale cannot compare with Vision Capital’s vast business, we have been based in the U.S. market for 36 years and have rich experience in the venture capital, corporate, political, and media circles. LP resources and good reputation.”

Moritz stared at Xia Jingxing and said in a decisive tone: "Once we decide to go to war, we will use all resources and leave nothing to spare. The worst result is that we each return to our home market."

Xia Jingxing raised his head, as if he suddenly understood, "Oh, this result is really bad!

But Mr. Moritz, I remember you saying the same thing a few years ago when I was at Facebook. "

These words struck a chord in Moritz's heart, bringing back those bad memories in Moritz's mind.

In order to invest in Facebook, Moritz used various threats and inducements on Xia Jingxing.

However, it had no effect at all. Xia Jingxing continued to go his own way, and soon roped in Microsoft to help, making Moritz's plan completely unsuccessful.

This was the sad thing that Moritz didn't want to mention. Now that Xia Jingxing brought it up and ridiculed him, Moritz could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

The old man said coldly: "Darren, you have to know that you are always Chinese. You make money in the United States and are so high-profile. You have offended one business boss after another, including the media, the Internet, hedge funds, venture capital... you have offended There are so many people in all walks of life.

If this continues, you will definitely not be able to stay in the United States anymore, and everyone will regard you as a public enemy of the United States! "

A few years ago, Xia Jingxing wasn't afraid of the old man's threat, let alone now.

He smiled and said: "Mr. Moritz, what you said is too exaggerated and ugly. You are a public enemy of the United States. I am an old friend of the American people, okay?"

This is not what I call myself, it is what a large number of entrepreneurs and banker friends on the East Coast say about me.

The local governments of California and New York also awarded me the title of lifelong honorary citizen. I heard that they will also award me the title of honorary citizen this year. Before this, only Mr. Rong, a businessman in our country, was awarded the title of honorary citizen of California.

The American people are so warm and friendly that I feel embarrassed.

I am not an American, but they still want to award me the title of Honorable Citizen. I deserve it!

It seems that for the rest of my life, I can only repay the American people's kindness by investing in promoting economic prosperity, technological progress, and creating more jobs in the United States. "

Moritz felt very uncomfortable, worse than eating ten dead flies!

This guy has mastered the code of wealth!

在美国，大喊“我爱美国”的口号屁用没有，见你是黄皮肤，一样挨揍。

But as long as it can help capitalists make money, they will be welcome wherever they go. After all, no one can have trouble with the US dollar.

Haven't you seen a bunch of corrupt officials awarding various honorary titles to this shameless person in front of you?

After taking several deep breaths, Moritz calmed down his breathing. He secretly warned himself that there were too many broken things in this society and he couldn't control them, so there was no need to vent his anger.

"Daeron, tell me, what do you want? Or how can I reach reconciliation with you?"

Xia Jingxing pinched his eyebrows and kept sighing, pretending to be embarrassed.

The other party's poor acting skills and heart-wrenching effect made Moritz want to walk away, but as soon as he thought about the various disgusting revenge tricks that Xia Jingxing might face next, he forcibly held back.

Whether he was running a business or investing, it was all for the sake of making money. He didn't believe that Xia Jingxing was no longer interested in money.