My Age of Investment

Andrew and John, each transferred US$50,000 to the bank accounts opened by Facebook as the first investment.

For the remaining 400,000, it will take one month to complete the shareholder registration, and then follow-up delivery.

The process was very rigorous, Xia Jingxing had no reason to object, and he was not in urgent need of money anyway.

After all this work was done, Christina went back to her hometown in Texas for Christmas, and the puppy went to his uncle who sold CDs.

As the first person in the whole family to go abroad, Xia Jingxing naturally had no overseas relationship, so he spent his vacation time at school alone.

At this time, it was just mid-December, and it was still early before the Lunar New Year, and it would be more than a month before the traditional Chinese festival, the Spring Festival.

Xia Jingxing suddenly remembered something, got up and went to the desk, turned on the computer, and sent an email to several angel investors whom he had contacted before.

The general idea is as follows: Facebook has completed the angel round of financing, thank you bosses, and look forward to the next cooperation.

Not long after the email was sent, Xia Jingxing received a call.

"Daren, has the Facebook investment agreement been signed?"

On the other end of the phone came a rough and irritable voice.

"Yes, Mr. Hoffman, the agreement has been formally signed and there is no going back."

Xia Jingxing put his mobile phone on the table and spoke calmly while still logging in to his QQ account.

"Damn!"

Reid Hoffman slammed his desk, irritated by the bad news.

"Daren, I've been preparing for a company recently and I'm very busy, so things about Facebook's financing have been delayed."

Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "Oh, that's right, that's understandable."

"I take the liberty to ask, Facebook's financing and valuation this time. And will Facebook accept additional investment?"

Xia Jingxing thought for a while and replied, "We raised 500,000 at a valuation of 5 million. These funds are already enough, and we will not start financing for the time being.

If you have been following Facebook, Mr. Hoffman, we can look forward to the next collaboration. "

Hoffman was anxious when he heard this, "No no no, Darren, listen to me."

"Well, tell me."

Xia Jingxing turned on the loudspeaker and logged into QQ, which he had not logged in for several months.

2002 was a pivotal year in the history of QQ's development. The number of registered users exceeded 100 million, and functions such as QQ group and QQ show were released.

But from the perspective of more than ten years later, the QQ at this time is terribly rudimentary.

Just find users, my friends, groups of strangers, modify offline, incognito, online status and other simple functions.

Other advanced functions such as space, pets, music, etc. are not available.

After logging in to QQ, Xia Jingxing put it aside and had a serious conversation with Hoffman.

Hoffman seemed very sorry to miss this round of investment, and on the phone kept persuading Xia Jingxing to change his mind.

"Daren, I wonder if you've heard of PayPal?"

"I heard that it was acquired by eaby for $1.5 billion in the first two months.

As vice president, Mr. Hoffman should have made a lot of money, right? Multimillionaires are no problem. "

Although Xia Jingxing was on campus, he kept staring at the stories that happened in Silicon Valley. Such a large acquisition is naturally understood clearly.

Hoffman was laughing on the other end of the phone, and the pretense wasn't very successful. It seems that people understand their own details clearly.

"I'm just a vice president, Peter Thiel is the founder, and that guy gets the most, and he's looking for project investment all over the world.

I can introduce you, he should be interested in your project. "

Xia Jingxing hesitated.

He felt that the trajectory of the world had turned a corner here,

It seems to be going back to where it was.

Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel were the angel investors of Facebook in the previous life.

Both are also Stanford students and well-known alumni.

The last time old John gave him the email addresses and contact numbers of several angel investors, Reid Hoffman happened to be among them.

However, this guy seems to be preparing for LinkedIn recently. When he called the other party, the other party directly asked him to send the business plan to his mailbox.

Then Xia Jingxing posted a photo, but it turned into nothing.

Xia Jingxing thought that the other party didn't like the current Facebook, so he simply asked Andrew and old John to raise money.

However, after learning that Facebook has completed the angel round of financing, Hoffman's attitude has undergone a 360-degree reversal.

Maybe it's really too busy to forget about it and miss the investment.

It is also possible that Facebook's acquisition of angel investment has aroused stronger interest from the other party.

"Sorry, Mr. Hoffman, I still can't accept your investment."

"why?"

Hoffman felt that he clearly noticed the other party's hesitation, why did he still reject him.

Is Peter Thiel, the newest billionaire, not famous enough?

"We have our own business planning and financing cadence."

Xia Jingxing didn't want to say anything, so he added: "In this way, we will give priority to inviting you for the next round of financing."

Hoffman has a toothache for a while. Is the valuation of the next round of financing still five million?

Certainly more.

Even if the investment is successful, the rate of return is not high.

However, the risk is less.

Risk and return are proportional.

Thinking of this, he was not so anxious anymore, and said in a flat tone: "Well, for the next round of financing, please be sure to contact us first."

"Okay, definitely will."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Jingxing stretched and looked at the campus scenery outside the window, feeling relieved for a while.

Hoffman aired him a while ago, saying he wasn't angry, which would be a lie.

Yesterday you ignored my love, and today I tell you to be high.

But he wasn't overly proud.

From a rational point of view, as a Chinese, he has not even obtained a green card, and it is much more difficult than Xiao Mazi to make a career in this white land.

Finding Principal John and Lawyer Andrew as angel investors is just the first step.

Next, he must draw more allies and form a community of interests.

Let's escort the development of Facebook together. It is also protecting his own interests.

As for fighting alone, that's impossible.

In the world of capital, no one can even give other people a sip of soup.

Recovering his thoughts, Xia Jingxing saw that someone on QQ was sending him a message.

"Boss, how are you doing in Huahua World?"

The person who sent the message had the online name of "One Character Handsome", and put up an avatar provided by the system, a purple-haired man wearing glasses.

At this moment, QQ can't upload their own avatars, they all go to the avatar library provided by Penguin and choose by themselves.

The avatars include frogs, rabbits and other animals, as well as men and women with different hairstyles and colors.

So there are a lot of people with avatars "colliding".

Xia Jingxing's online name was "Pig's Feet on the Air", which was changed some time ago.

The significance is also very extraordinary. He wants to be a pig in the air, and he also wants to be the protagonist of this era.

"President" was Xia Jingxing's nickname, so was the name of his high school classmates.

The person who sent him the message was Deng Fenghua, his high school classmate.

"Flowers, they are very flowery, and my eyes are full of flowers."

Xia Jingxing laughed while typing and asked, "Huazi, how are you in the magic capital?"

One word handsome: Just like that, it is definitely more prosperous than Rongcheng, but it can't compare with the United States.

The pig's feet on the tuyere: The United States is actually a big rural area. Except for the bustling urban areas, other places are like that. Wait another 20 years, no, ten years, and the magic capital will definitely be comparable to Manhattan.

One word handsome: Didn't you wake up? Our professors can say that China's total GDP ranks sixth in the world this year, not to mention the United States, the second-ranked East Ying is nearly three times ours.

The pig's feet on the tuyere: The native chicken Wagoul, do you believe that within ten years, it will crush Dongying?

One-word handsome: Blow it on you, what's the crushing? keyboard?

The pig's feet on the air outlet: How is the housing price in the magic capital? Hurry up and buy a suite, or your son will not be able to receive his wife in the future.

One word handsome: I'm sorry, the girl of the magic capital has already won. You also hurry up, pick up an American girl and get a green card.

The pig's feet on the air outlet: Haha, the mother-in-law of the magic capital, you are the real warrior, don't cry in the future.

One word handsome: far too far. Are you on vacation?

The pig's feet on the tuyere: let it go, it's only been a month, and I won't come back. The air ticket is also expensive. I will come back to play with you during the summer vacation.

One-word handsome: Well, I heard that the United States is still in chaos, you have to pay attention to safety.

Pig's feet on the tuyere: Okay, you also pay attention to safety, don't get pregnant.

One word handsome:  …