My Age of Investment

"My Investing Times ()"

During the holiday, Rao Lei organized a dinner.

The location was chosen at his house, a group of people ate hot pot, and Xia Jingxing was also invited.

The red hot pot base material is boiling in the pot, and the heat is boiling.

A group of people on the table were sipping various ingredients and drinking beer, and they were hooked.

The hot pot base is not very spicy, and it can't compare with the authentic hot pot in Sichuan and Chongqing.

But Xia Jingxing still ate it with relish. After all, he hadn't eaten anything spicy for half a year, and his taste buds were degraded.

"Jing Xing, I heard that Facebook has received an angel investment of $500,000?"

The host Rao Lei put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and looked at Xia Jingxing with a smile on his face.

Hearing such a news, everyone who was eating couldn't stop their movements and turned their attention to Xia Jingxing who was eating happily.

"Huh, did it spread so quickly?"

Xia Jingxing swallowed a piece of beef whole and said with a smile.

He felt that there was no need to hide it, so he simply admitted it generously.

"Liangzi, aren't you just a freshman? You started a business in your freshman year?"

Zhou Shengfu took a mouthful of Hong Kong Pu, his eyes were full of surprise.

He was also here today for a meal, and it was not long before he met Xia Jingxing. I thought it was just a little kid, but I didn't expect the other party to have this ability.

500,000 financing is not too much, but at the age of the other party, it is still not to be underestimated.

"Yes, I'm a freshman."

Xia Jingxing nodded and replied politely.

He remembered clearly that the last time he fought with Lu Wenlong, this guy even called himself "Street Fighter", but now he has become "Pretty Boy".

"I knew about starting a business when I was a freshman, and I got an investment of $500,000, which is very good."

Lin Yaocheng sat next to Xia Jingxing, he patted the latter on the shoulder, with the appearance of a senior caring for his junior brother: "Keep going!"

Xia Jingxing didn't like Lin Yaocheng's gesture very much. He felt that the other party was always holding an air. He nodded and smiled in greeting without speaking.

"Is that the campus social networking site?"

Liu Jian has the best relationship with Rao Lei, and I have heard the latter mention it a few times, and I have some impressions.

"Yeah, that social networking site has more than 100,000 users now, and the entire Stanford and eight Ivy League schools are all Facebook users."

Rao Lei said with a smile: "In another year and a half, I am afraid that all college students in the United States will be Facebook users."

"That's true."

Liu Jian gave Xia Jingxing a thumbs up, "It's quite a face for us Chinese people."

Hearing this, Lin Yaocheng coughed dryly, "I have a suggestion."

Everyone looked at him.

"Just a suggestion, nothing else."

After Lin Yaocheng emphasized one sentence, he continued: "Try to dilute your identity as the founder of Facebook China, otherwise it will be known to the white supremacist organization, and maybe there will be an accident."

Rao Lei asked, "What's the accident?"

"White supremacist groups are racist, and there are a lot of them in college students.

They know that Facebook was founded by a Chinese student. Maybe they will boycott Facebook, which will bring some trouble to your promotion work. "

Lin Yaocheng spread his hands, "Of course, I'm just guessing. Just a reminder."

"Thank you Senior Brother Lin for your suggestion, I will pay attention."

Xia Jingxing smiled at Lin Yaocheng, the other party's suggestion was actually very pertinent.

America is so fucked up, racism is rampant.

However, boycotting websites should be very difficult to happen, and even if it happens, it will not cause any storms.

In the previous life, TikTok was so popular in the United States, and no organization has jumped out to boycott it.

A good product never lacks fans.

Compared with these, the official suppression by the United States is the most terrifying and the most important thing to watch out for.

Moreover, the background of the times was that the United States wanted to comprehensively suppress China's development, including scientific and technological progress, world influence, and so on.

Now that the old and the United States are still fighting badly in the Middle East, the strategy of returning to the Asia-Pacific has to wait for Aoguanhai to come up with it.

Facebook is currently not large, its targets are not conspicuous, and its meat is not fat enough to attract predators.

These questions have been thought about since the beginning of his business.

Anyway, I was a poor student and came to the United States with nothing, so I just patted my butt and returned to China.

With nearly 20 years of foresight, are you still afraid that you won't be able to go back to China?

Be in a better mood, why bother.

Seeing Xia Jingxing's disapproval, Lin Yaocheng was too lazy to say more.

Some young people just have to suffer a little to grow up.

Zhou Shengfu said carelessly, "What are you thinking about, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will come to cover it with soil.

Don't think about it, come and have a drink. "

"Yes, drink."

Seeing that the atmosphere was heavy, Rao Lei quickly changed the subject.

Liu Jian, who had been reticent on the table, suddenly asked, "What is Facebook going to do next?"

Naturally, Xia Jingxing would not reveal all, and smiled lightly: "Let's recruit people, now we have only three people in our team, and we need to recruit a mature technical team.

Brother Liu, do you have any recommendations? "

Liu Jian laughed, "With your current scale, it's really hard to recommend."

"Oh, that's fine."

Xia Jingxing thought that the other party thought that his temple was too small and did not want to recommend anyone.

"I did not mean."

Liu Jian explained, "Most of the friends I know are Chinese students who like to work in big companies.

High salary, stable job, not very fond of the instability of startups. "

Xia Jingxing nodded, saying this, he understood.

This is also a common problem of many Chinese students today. They like stability and do not like to join startups.

These days, many Chinese student families are not particularly wealthy, and some students even borrowed money to study in the United States.

Choosing a big company and getting a stable job and income is undoubtedly the best choice for most people.

Regardless of how many tens of millions and billionaires will be born in the future, startup companies are really not very attractive at the moment, and maybe one day they will not even be able to pay their wages.

After talking about Xia Jingxing, they started talking about themselves again.

"I plan to go to Harvard Business School to recharge myself and find the right opportunity to start my second business.

This time, I don't plan to go back to China to start a business in the United States. "

Lin Yaocheng was undoubtedly the star of the group. As soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Liu Jian and Rao Lei have also been looking for suitable entrepreneurial opportunities. The two talked about twenty or thirty entrepreneurial projects, but they have never officially acted.

"I graduated from business school this year, and I plan to go back to China with Liu Jian to start a business."

Rao Lei also talked about himself. After ten years in the United States, he was tired of working for capitalists and wanted to be a capitalist himself.

"Have you thought about the project? Send me a copy when the time comes, and I will invest for you."

Lin Yaocheng, who is worth tens of millions of dollars, was very forthright and made his promise with a wave of his hand.

"I'm still thinking about the project, and I will definitely find you, a big family, for financing."

Several people laughed and laughed, but Zhou Shengfu, who was extremely cheerful, didn't say much.

"Beautiful boy, what are you going to do? Stay in Baine?"

Rao Lei imitated Zhou Shengfu's tone and idioms and asked the latter.

"I plan to resign from Bain."

Zhou Shengfu put away his smile and said seriously.

"Why did you quit your job? Start a business?" Lin Yaocheng asked.

Xia Jingxing looked at him expectantly, knowing that this was the real arrogant, and after resigning, he started a legendary life.

"Don't start a business, play Texas Hold'em professionally."

Zhou Shengfu said with a smile, "I think playing poker is very interesting, and I can make money. I plan to go to Macau to try it out."

"Don't, how can "gambling" be regarded as a profession?"

"That's right, you have to think about it clearly?"

...

Several people began to persuade Zhou Shengfu to calm down. Hong Kong academics turned into Macau gamblers. Saying it out is not to make people laugh.

Your parents have given you so many books to read, so why don't you become a professional gambler?

Zhou Sheng smiled but said nothing. Everyone has their own aspirations, so why force it?

Amidst all the opposition, Xia Jingxing said, "Senior Brother Zhou, I support you.

As long as you treat this as a profession, treat it with the same rigor as you do at Bain Consulting, and do a lot of statistics and analysis.

I believe you can make money, make it a career, and get satisfaction. "

When Zhou Shengfu heard this, he laughed, and he was so happy that he actually met a bosom friend.

He smiled and said to Xia Jingxing: "Different from gambling that relies purely on luck, poker has both luck and skill.

In the short term, winning money is a matter of luck, but in order to win in the long run, you must be as good at calculation as in chess.

And I happen to have a bit of experience with calculations. I'm tired of going to work, it's time for a new way of living. "

It's over, it doesn't help.

This is the real thought of Rao Lei and others.

Gambling for a long time without winning or losing, this is a famous saying.

They didn't expect that Zhou Shengfu would act so resolutely, nor did they expect that Xia Jingxing would support this kind of behavior.

In his previous life, Xia Jingxing had heard about Zhou Shengfu's deeds.

It's really "Macao Fage", who has been gambling for seven years and won 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

It's not a one-time win, but a seven-year accumulation, little by little.

From winning 100,000 in a month to more than 1 million in a month, his poker skills have been improving.

Later, he could even easily calculate his equity per hand and how much money he was winning at the table per hour.

It wasn't until later that his health failed and he felt that there was no challenge. The god of gamblers returned to Hong Kong with 30 million Hong Kong dollars to speculate on real estate. Later, he founded "Hua Lala", which was valued at 20 billion yuan.

All the people present, including Lin Yaocheng, who now has a fortune of tens of millions of dollars, have achieved less business success than this god of gamblers.

Sometimes, you really can't start a business for the sake of starting a business.

Rao Lei and Liu Jian are like this. They have to return to China to start a business without thinking about the project.

In Xia Jingxing's view, failure is also predictable.

In the eyes of many people, entrepreneurship is the highest form of realizing self-worth in life.

But a momentary rush of brains and reckless follow-through is impossible.

Using this time to do things that enrich yourself and invest in your future is far more valuable than your current startup.

There is always a better time to start a business than now.

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