My Age of Investment

New York.

Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

In a certain high-end suite, Xia Jingxing was woken up by a harsh wake-up call. With sleepy eyes, he grabbed his cell phone on the bedside table and took a look at the time. Seeing that it was already six-thirty, he felt no longer sleepy immediately.

He lowered his head and glanced at Kristina, who was sleeping soundly. He wanted to call her for a wake-up call, but considering that Kristina had been busy with road shows in the past month, he retracted his hand that was ready to cause harm.

After getting up and briefly washing up, Xia Jingxing opened the door and went to another room. He took his sleeping son out of bed, took him to wash up and change clothes, and then transformed into Teacher Tony to give his son some food. The hairspray creates a trendy male hairstyle similar to that of Lazy Sheep.

When Xia Jingxing finished all this, the doorbell suddenly rang.

After opening the door, Xia Jingxing pushed the dining cart up, first placed a breakfast in front of his son, and then went to wake Kristina up. It didn't look like a big day at all.

Ten minutes later, Christina, who was fully dressed and washed, appeared in the living room. She looked at the father and son who were having breakfast, turned the hem of her skirt in front of them, and said, "How about this skirt?"

Xia Jingxing raised his head and glanced at the Hermès haute couture sapphire blue sleeveless cross-lapel business skirt that Christina was wearing, and nodded slightly, "Very good, a big woman! Why don't you wear your Dior horse-faced skirt? That one Isn’t skirt your favorite? Wearing it on Nasdaq will definitely set off a new fashion trend.”

"It's too Chinese-style and can easily be interpreted by reporters as "old love is not over"."

Christina pulled out the chair and sat down, then looked at Xia Jingxing sitting opposite with a playful expression, drinking milk until she almost squirted out.

Xia Jingxing wiped the milk stains from the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "Did you know that the horse-faced skirt is from China?"

“Why I don’t know, it’s the Chinese elements that I suggested Dior designers introduce.

It's a pity that you Chinese people don't pay attention to the exploration and protection of long history and culture. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to make suggestions to Dior, but would directly place orders with Chinese luxury brands.

China had silk and porcelain in ancient times, so why didn’t it have its own luxury brands? "

Xia Jingxing spread his hands, "I don't have the right to speak in fashion. It's as simple as that. To extend it further, I don't have enough international influence to make such easy money."

Kristina picked up the cup on the table and took a big sip of milk, then grabbed a piece of bread and tore off a small piece, spread some butter on the plate, put it in her mouth, and said while chewing: "Reviving the phone's Can some Chinese elements be introduced into the design, such as making the color of the mobile phone shell blue and white porcelain?"

"I have similar plans, but I am worried about causing unnecessary trouble."

Looking at Kristina's puzzled look, Xia Jingxing explained: "To emphasize the identity of a Chinese brand too deliberately can sometimes be counterproductive. Today's Chinese products are not a good synonym in the international market. Please wait a moment." , it would be better to wait until more Chinese technology products enter the European and American markets before doing this."

"Maybe you have a point."

Kristina stopped making blind ideas and turned her attention to Xia Zerui, who had an ice cream hairstyle on his head. She said with a surprised look on her face: "Enoch, your hairstyle today is so handsome!"

The little guy touched his hair coquettishly, jumped off the table with a smile, and ran away to play.

Xia Jingxing sat on a chair and watched Kristina tearing up the bread quietly.

"I heard that you captured Wazipu?"

Xia Jingxing glanced at Kristina and said, "Are you also paying attention to this company?"

"Facebook

Chat is about to be spun off to form an independent instant messaging app Facebook

Messenger, in this case, how can I not care about potential enemies in the market? "

Xia Jingxing smiled, Kristina was a bit stronger than Xiao Mazi, not so oblivious.

But it also means that it may be difficult for Watsip to rise smoothly in this life.

"Yes, we invested in Wazipu. Your two companies compete freely. No matter who loses or wins, I will not lose."

"You are really a profiteer. If the company's board of directors knows this news, they will definitely be dissatisfied."

Xia Jingxing smiled faintly, "Vision Capital is just a freeloader of shareholders. They even gave up their seats on the board of directors. What else do you want from us?

Besides, I am infiltrating the enemy and lobbying potential enemies to return to Facebook. It is better than being invested by other venture capital institutions in the future and then selling it to Google, Wisdom Fruit, or Microsoft. "

"Are they worth it?"

Although Kristina noticed Wazipu Company, she obviously did not pay enough attention to it and did not think that this company could threaten Facebook in the future.

“If you look closely at their products and the history of their company, you wouldn’t say that.

They were short of money before, but now they have received investment. Now look at their development speed? "

Xia Jing stopped and didn't remind Kristina any more.

In short, he is now in a very peaceful state of mind, looking at Facebook as if he were watching a play.

Competition between Messenger and p.

"Since you have said so, then I have to prepare well to compete with Wazipu, who is favored by you."

Xia Jingxing chuckled. He understood. Kristina didn't want to compete with Wazipu. She just wanted to compete with him.

"Okay, I hope you can crush Wazipu into dregs. Just remember to collect the dregs so that I can save less money."

Christina smiled and said nothing, and continued to eat.

At almost eight o'clock in the morning, Kristina and her son went downstairs after finishing cleaning, while Xia Jingxing waited for ten minutes before setting off.

The two are now in a breakup state, and it is easy for them to appear together in Times Square.

At half past eight, Xia Jingxing appeared in Times Square by car.

As soon as he got out of the car, he was surrounded by a group of yelling reporters.

"Dylan, are you here to ring the bell today?"

"There are rumors on the Internet that you have left home. Is it true?"

"Christina came here just now, holding your son's hand. Do you want to get back together?"

"Darren, how do you feel about the smear campaign against you in the movie The Social Network? I feel like the movie severely undermined your contribution to Facebook and attributed much of your success to Kristina's personal struggles. "

…

All of the reporters' questions contained evil intentions, trying to drag Xia Jingxing into the ditch.

Today is the day when Facebook is going public. Xia Jingxing is in a good mood and does not care about the reporters who are deliberately "making trouble". He patiently answers a few questions.

"We are all standing here, are we here to see others ring the bell?"

"In what capacity do I ring the bell? This journalist friend's question is very interesting. Of course I ring the bell as a shareholder representative! Vision Capital holds 19.77% of Facebook's pre-IPO shares and is the largest institutional shareholder.

As the chairman and CEO of Vision Capital, am I qualified to attend the ceremony? "

"How many shares of Vision Capital do I hold? This question is not very convenient to disclose, and it would be boring to say it. Everyone can use their intelligence and make a good guess."

"We have broken up and have no intention of getting back together. Please don't make random guesses."

"I also watched the movie "The Social Network" and it was very good. The movie has already been released in theaters in Japan and China. I boldly predict that it will achieve a global box office of US$200 million."

…

After answering a few questions, Xia Jingxing, escorted by bodyguards, squeezed through the wall of reporters and walked toward the trading floor.

Kristina and other senior executives and shareholders all entered the building. Only a little dog stood at the door and waved to Xia Jingxing.

"Boss, why are you late on this big day? The ceremony is about to begin."

Xia Jingxing ignored the impatient little dog, hugged his shoulders with a smile, and said while walking into the building: "You can do it! Kimura Takuya played you, and he almost beat me."

To be honest, did you specifically request Sony Columbia to find a handsome guy to play you? "

"I am wronged! I had no idea that Sony Columbia would do this. If I had known earlier, I would have sent the company's male actors to play myself."

Xia Jingxing sneered, the male actors under Puppy Company were also familiar faces, LSP should know them all.

"You have such business acumen. You can make actors famous first, and then go and make your own company's movies. Tsk, tsk, tsk... aren't the online subscriptions just exploding?"

Xiao Quan sneered for a while. How could he be such a bug? He just wanted to make the actor famous and then endorse the company's educational supplies. Otherwise, he could just be a spokesperson for Station P.

The two chatted and walked into the bell-ringing hall within a few steps.

The bell-ringing ceremony will not officially begin until 9:30. At this moment, everyone in the hall is standing under the stage to watch the Facebook promotional video.

Seeing Xia Jingxing coming, representatives from investment banks, law firms, accounting firms, and the Nasdaq exchange all made way for a passage.

"Dad~"

Xia Zerui saw his father and immediately ran over.

Xia Jingxing smiled and knelt down and picked up his son.

Seeing this scene, the unsuspecting crowd all glanced at Kristina secretly.

It was just as they expected!

The smile on Kristina's face disappeared little by little. She just glanced at Xia Jingxing with a cold look, then moved her eyes back and continued to communicate with BlackRock Group and Vanguard.

Group Vanguard Group investment representative chat.

These two institutions are the cornerstone investors of Facebook's IPO. They are also the world's largest and the world's second largest public funds, with asset management scale measured in trillions of dollars.

Due to the huge scale of asset management of this kind of giant fund, it is not easy to adjust the investment portfolio, because if it turns over, it will easily cause landslides, so it especially likes to invest in large-cap stocks for the long term and heavy positions.

Xia Jingxing was impressed by Kristina's Oscar-level acting skills, so he had no choice but to show off his acting skills. He hugged his son with an awkward expression and greeted a group of shareholders.

Andrew, John Hennessy, Jim Breyer, David Rockefeller, Jerry Yang, David Ferro, Yuri Milner, Michael Larson, Blankfein, Mack, Masayoshi Son, Zhang Sanshi, Ma Ziming, Bill Huang, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman and other dozens of shareholder representatives were all present.

Xia Jingxing greeted everyone one by one, and at the same time accepted everyone's congratulations and compliments.

When it was his turn to shake hands with David Rockefeller, the old guy first looked at Kristina with a meaningful smile, and then looked at Xia Jingxing. The little tricks they played could not be hidden from him at all, but as Facebook One of the biggest beneficiaries of the listing, there is no need for him to pretend to be smart and pretend to know nothing.

“Congratulations Darren on your successful entrepreneurial journey!”

"Congratulations to you too, Mr. Rockefeller, your investment vision has once again been proven."

David Rockefeller laughed heartily, and Xia Jingxing's flattery made him elated.

Yes, originally he had reached the age of waiting for death, but as he grew older and became stronger, he seized a precious investment opportunity that extended the family's wealth for twenty years.

"Strengthen cooperation more! The Rockefeller family will stand firmly by your side at any time and is your staunchest ally."

David Rockefeller patted Xia Jingxing's shoulder with an expression that said, "I think highly of you."

However, Xia Jingxing just smiled and did not take the old man's verbal promise seriously. If he really trusted the old man unreservedly, he might have been sold and still counting money for others.

Now that Facebook is about to go public, it means that he is one step closer to parting ways with the Rockefeller family.

Things like marriage and always being on your side are all smoke bombs put out by the old man. In short, they have only one purpose, so that he can help the Rockefeller family to gain business interests with peace of mind.

But originally they were just using each other, and there was no question of who cheated whom or who suffered the loss.

After Xia Jingxing finished greeting him, Sun Zhengyi approached Xia Jingxing in a friendly manner and said, "Darren, now that Facebook is about to go public, our cooperation can enter a new stage in history."

Xia Jingxing smiled faintly. He knew what Sun Zhengyi meant and was urging him to acquire the oil pipeline as soon as possible.

A few years ago, he and Masayoshi Son made an agreement to let Facebook acquire YouTube after Facebook went public, allowing SoftBank to achieve the effect of a curved investment in Facebook.

Xia Jingxing had always kept this incident in mind and had not forgotten it, but he was not as anxious as Sun Zhengyi.

"Yes, cooperation has entered a new stage, but everything needs a process, what do you think? Mr. Son Zhengyi."

Son Zhengyi chuckled, "Darren, you are right, I am too impatient."

"Actually, I'm impatient too, but I can't eat hot tofu if I'm impatient. With Facebook's current profit level, it can't support YouTube independently. If I swallow it hard, my tongue will burn easily."

Upon hearing this, Son Zhengyi's face immediately fell, and he felt like he had been deceived.

It was initially agreed that Facebook would acquire YouTube within three years. Why has it changed its mind now?

“Of course, the pipeline management and original shareholders have signed an agreement with SoftBank, and we still have to abide by the agreement.

It's just that there is still more than half a year until the contract is fulfilled. It would be a pity if YouTube did not do something during such a long time, such as improving its valuation. "

Son Zhengyi frowned slightly. Hearing this tone, he seemed to be trying to extort money again?

However, he was not sure and asked aloud: "Dylan, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, let's talk slowly when we come down. We won't talk about anything else today. Let's complete the listing ceremony first."

Sun Zhengyi smiled and nodded, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He felt that this matter was completely led by Xia Jingxing. He invested a total of 3 billion US dollars in the oil pipeline, but lost the initiative.

At this time, the introduction video on the stage finally finished playing, and Christina walked onto the stage wearing a pair of flat shoes and a slightly protruding belly.

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