My Age of Investment

Xia Jingxing drove to Palo Alto, a remote and outdated office park in Silicon Valley.

After parking the car, Andrew looked around and asked, "Could it be another startup like LinkedIn?"

Xia Jingxing pursed his lips and smiled, without replying, he strode forward.

Andrew shook his head and laughed, and followed, he guessed that he had guessed right again.

Darren guesses what small company has his eye on again!

He didn't know why the other party was always so keen to invest in some small companies.

Too much money to burn?

Angel investment is very risky. Even if you invest in a hundred projects, you may not be able to make one.

If it was before Scape's A round of financing, he still felt that Xia Jingxing was a bit unprofessional and idealistic.

However, with the rapid development of Skype after receiving a million dollar angel investment, in just three months, the A round of financing was opened again.

His thinking has changed.

Darren's business sense is very sensitive!

The valuation of Scape before the A round investment was US$54 million, and the valuation after the angel round investment was US$5 million. Xia Jingxing’s investment of US$400,000 increased by nearly 11 times.

And all this in just three months.

Of course, at present these are all paper wealth and cannot be realized.

It also depends on the next development of Skype. If after the A round of financing, the development will stop, and in the end, it may be a piece of chicken feathers, and the investment will be lost.

But overall, Xia Jingxing's investment vision is good.

After investing in two projects for a few months, one project entered the next round of financing.

Xia Jingxing led Andrew to walk in the park for a few minutes. The further he walked, the more remote the surrounding office buildings became.

The two stopped in front of a factory-like building at the far corner.

Just as Andrew was about to knock on the big iron door, he heard loud noises coming from the house.

"Zizi~"

"What's that sound?"

Andrew wondered, "Renovating the house?"

Then he shook his head again, "No, it should be the sound of metal cutting."

Xia Jingxing said with a smile, "You don't care what his voice is, just knock on the door."

"Bang Bang~"

Andrew knocked on the door, but no one came to open the door for a long time, so he knocked on the door and shouted, "Is there anyone?"

Xia Jingxing waved his hand, "Forget it, don't knock, you should be busy with work. I'll call them right away."

After speaking, Xia Jingxing took out his mobile phone and prepared to dial.

"Busy working?"

Andrew was puzzled, "What kind of company is this? A decoration company?"

Xia Jingxing called for a long time and finally got through.

"Eberhard, we're here, you open the door, we've been locked out for five minutes."

After a while, the big iron door opened, revealing a decadent middle-aged face with unshaven beard and bloodshot eyes.

He was the first to see a fat man in sunglasses and a suit standing outside the door.

After taking two glances, he set his eyes on the young Asian-looking man behind the fat man.

He smiled and said, "Daren, I thought you weren't coming."

"How is it possible, such an interesting cause, I must participate."

Xia Jing walked up and handed out his right hand to the middle-aged man.

middle-aged man wearing a suit

continue reading! Dirty overalls and a pair of work gloves.

Seeing that Xia Jingxing was about to shake hands with him, he quickly took off his gloves and shook hands with Xia Jingxing enthusiastically.

As soon as they shook hands, Xia Jingxing suddenly felt panicked, and the other party's hands were covered with calluses.

"This is my lawyer Andrew..."

"This is Eberhard, an old boy who dreams of changing the world..."

Eberhard laughed and was very satisfied with Xia Jingxing's introduction to him. After shaking hands with Andrew, he shook his messy blond medium and long hair, "Let's go and show you guys a tour."

The two followed Eberhard into the workshop.

Dirty, messy and poor are Andrew's first impressions.

Several men in the same work clothes as Eberhard were operating machinery, cutting and dismantling a car. The noise was so loud that it sounded like a magic sound, which gave people goosebumps.

The car was dismantled into a frame, and the floor was full of dismantled parts, such as tires, engines, car casings... and it looked messy.

The workshop is very spacious, and there are several cars that have been dismantled and only their frames are parked not far away.

There are also a few tables in the corner with a few computers on them.

What Xia Jingxing and Andrew saw were different.

Although the environment here is simple, Xia Jingxing saw new hope in the automotive industry.

He looked at Eberhard with fiery eyes and asked, "Where is your car-building plan? Is there a formal plan for the prototype?"

Eberhard waved his hand and did not answer immediately. He yelled at his colleagues who were still working, causing everyone to stop their work, and then led Xia Jingxing and Andrew to the corner office.

Andrew finally felt that the world was quiet, and the noise just now almost didn't break him down.

Eberhard took out two bottles of mineral water from the mountain of mineral water tanks next to the office area and threw them to Xia Jingxing and Andrew. He also unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and drank it.

He drank the mineral water in one breath, and threw the bottle to the corner.

Xia Jingxing glanced at him and was speechless, and the empty bottles were piled up like a mountain.

"Mark, come here and introduce you to the hottest business star in Silicon Valley recently."

Eberhard waved his hand and summoned a middle-aged man who was also wearing overalls. The rest of the employees walked out of the factory building to get some air.

"This is my partner, Mark Tarpenning, and we've been working together since a few years ago."

Xia Jingxing looked at Tarpenning a few times, with silver hair and slightly bald hair, a typical Caucasian appearance, about forty years old, he smiled and handed out his right hand to him, "Hello, I'm Daeron, I treat you all of electric vehicle plans.”

Tarpenning took off his gloves, smiled and shook hands with Xia Jingxing, "I know you, the nineteen-year-old CEO of Facebook."

Everyone exchanged a few words and sat around the humble desk.

Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "The past year has been a dark year in the history of electric vehicle development.

After President George W. Bush came to power, he announced a reduction in oil prices and revocation of subsidies for new energy vehicles.

General Motors has announced a recall of all EV1 electric vehicles that have been produced and sent to a disposal plant for shredding and destruction..."

Xia Jingxing looked at the increasingly frustrated expressions of the two, and immediately changed the conversation, "But I always believe that electric vehicles are the future development trend, and the current difficulties are nothing.

The purpose of my visit today

continue reading! Just wanted to chat with you.

If you can come up with a plan that convinces me, I can invest in your car-building plan. "

Eberhard and Tarpenning looked at each other with joy in their eyes.

The two of them searched almost all the big companies and VCs in Silicon Valley, but no one or one company was optimistic about the future of electric vehicles.

Didn't you see that the commander revoked the subsidies for new energy vehicles?

This industry is cool.

Just when they felt disheartened, the boy in front of them contacted them, indicated his identity as the CEO of Facebook, and expressed his interest in their "Tesla" company, and hoped to meet and chat.

After they received this call, they were treasured.

He quickly checked Facebook and Xia Jingxing's information.

After checking, I am not particularly satisfied, because Facebook is not a big company, but a very popular social networking site.

However, it is rumored that Facebook has received a huge amount of financing, and they do not know if it is true or not.

In addition, they also found out that Xia Jingxing invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in LinkedIn, and he should have some net worth.

Now that they had no other choice, they decided to meet and chat with Xia Jingxing first.

No matter how much the investment is, even if it is hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is very urgently needed by them.