My Age of Investment

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Hongkong.

Central, Connaught Place.

A dark Maybach 57S stopped slowly, and Abel in a suit and leather shoes got off the co-pilot, and rushed to the back seat to open the door.

Xia Jingxing walked out of the back seat of the car without haste, stood beside the bicycle, and looked at the crowded and noisy Kangle Plaza in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, it's very lively today!

Liu Xiaoduo first straightened the wrinkles on Xia Jingxing's suit, and then squatted on the ground to straighten Xia Jingxing's trousers.

After a while, she got up and said, "Okay, boss, you are the most beautiful boy in Central today!"

Xia Jingxing turned his head and glanced at Liu Xiaoduo. The latter had long hair and a decent business attire, and he finally looked like an urban beauty.

"Let's go, pretty girl!"

Xia Jing's pedestrians were all gone, Liu Xiaoduo realized it, and hurriedly chased after him, with a happy smile on his face.

Zhang Chenguang and Abel opened the way ahead, Xia Jingxing and Liu Xiaoduo walked behind, and the four of them walked together towards the blocked entrance of the trading hall.

At this time, the doorway was full of reporters, and the flashes of the cameras kept blinking.

A male reporter blocked the way, and Zhang Chenguang and Abel directly "invited" him to leave.

Being pushed away by someone, the reporter was a little upset at first, but when he saw Xia Jingxing behind him, he rushed forward as if he had discovered some new continent.

Zhang Chenguang reacted quickly, took a step to the side, and bumped the reporter back with his shoulder.

The reporter took several steps back, feeling as if he had been hit by a high-speed car, feeling tight in his chest.

"Mr. Xia, are you here to attend Ahri's listing ceremony?"

Seeing the reporter approaching him while rubbing his chest, Xia Jingxing was moved by the professionalism of the other party, so he stopped and started talking with the other party.

"Mr. Xia, I heard that Envision Capital holds 23% of Ari's shares, and the listing of Ari's B2B business will bring you more than US$5 billion in book returns?"

Xia Jingxing laughed loudly, "How can there be so many, unless Ari's stock price doubles today."

"Then what do you think Ahri's opening price will be today?"

"27 Hong Kong dollars."

"Mr. Xia, you are so optimistic."

...

Some of the other reporters around recognized Xia Jingxing and saw that he was willing to be interviewed, so they rushed over immediately.

"Which one is this?"

"Crazy line, even Mr. Xia doesn't know him."

...

A group of reporters spoke Cantonese and left cursing.

Ma Yun was dumbfounded when he saw that most of the reporters who were still around him had left inexplicably.

He tiptoed to look in the direction where the reporter ran, but there was a wall of people and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Xia Jingxing looked at the reporters who surrounded him from all directions, and he no longer had the leisure to chat. He said "I'm sorry" to the reporters, and then, under the escort of Zhang Chenguang and Abel, he managed to fight his way out.

The big flower that fell behind was miserable, and one of the high-heeled shoes ran away.

Seeing her pitiful look, Xia Jingxing told her to wait there and arranged for Abel to go back and help her find shoes.

Xia Jingxing continued to walk forward with Zhang Chenguang, and saw Ma Yun looking around on tiptoes.

Lao Ma is wearing a high-end suit today, combing the same big back hair as a hair brother, with pomade on his head, which is shiny and stylish.

"Old Ma, congratulations! Eight years of entrepreneurship, success in one day!"

Seeing Xia Jingxing approaching with a smile on his face, and the large group of reporters following him, the smile on Ma Yun's face froze for a moment.

He knew that this guy would definitely steal his limelight.

If I had known, I would not have invited him to ring the bell.

Although Ma Yun was complaining in his heart, he still greeted Xia Jingxing with a smile.

"Dai Lun, we are all happy together, thank you Envision Capital for your company and support over the past two years."

Xia Jingxing shook hands with Ma Yun, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then shook hands with Cai Congxin, Sun Tongyu, Pang Lei and other eighteen arhats behind him one by one.

Including Ma Yun, all eighteen arhats became Buddhas immediately today, and all of them became Maitreya Buddha with a smile.

It can be seen that everyone is happy from the bottom of their hearts.

The big cake that Ma Yun once drew for them can finally be eaten.

Xia Jingxing and Ma Yun stood at the entrance of the trading hall for a few minutes, waiting for Sun Zhengyi and the other eight cornerstone investors who rushed over.

The eight cornerstone investors are Wu Guangzheng, chairman of Wharf, Guo Henian, chairman of Kerry Holdings, Guo Bingxiang, the second generation of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Guo Taimin, Yang Zhiyuan, and representatives of Cisco, ICBC (Asia) and AIG.

After a few simple greetings, everyone surrounded Ma Yun and walked towards the trading hall together.

Seeing so many big bosses surrounded him, like stars supporting the moon, Ma Yun regained a lot of feeling, the good mood destroyed by Xia Jingxing recovered a little bit.

Everyone came to the lounge and sat down, waiting for the listing ceremony to start.

Xia Jingxing had just put on the corsage when he looked up and saw Guo Taimin standing in front of him suddenly.

Guo Taimin smiled and said: "Mr. Xia, the bell ringing ceremony is over later, can you give me a face and have a light meal together?"

Xia Jingxing pretended to be embarrassed: "Mr. Guo, I'm a little sorry, next time I invite you, I have something to do, I'm in a hurry to go back to the mainland."

Being rejected, Guo Taimin was not angry, he smiled and said "yes" and walked away.

Xia Jingxing knew what Guo Taimin wanted to do, but Fuxing Mobile would not cancel the cooperation with BYD casually.

For the past few years, Futukang has been doing everything possible to suppress BYD. The latter spun off the mobile phone OEM business some time ago to prepare for listing, and submitted the prospectus beforehand. Futukang then sued BYD to the Hong Kong court, trying to destroy BYD's reputation. listing plan.

The grievances between the two companies began in 2002, when BYD entered the OEM industry, and because of its inexperience, it poached hundreds of Futukang employees.

So far, things aren't that serious.

It was not until later that Futukang discovered that some employees in the company secretly sent system files to the group of employees who jumped to BYD.

Guo Taimin suddenly realized that the secret of BYD's foundry business from zero to 5 billion in revenue in just four years is here!

Dare to squeeze my Fu Tukang's wool! Then you have to pay the price.

The relationship between the two companies was thus settled, and later it evolved from a commercial litigation case to a criminal case, and the former executive of BYD's foundry business was sentenced to prison.

Xia Jingxing was not interested in participating in the war between the two companies, he was just trying to check and balance the supply chain.

Of course, from the bottom of his heart, he still prefers BYD more, because he is his own after all.

After a while, Ali CFO Wu Wei came to the lounge to inform everyone that it was time to play.

Ma Yun took the lead and led the crowd to the trading hall, and boarded the bell ringing platform covered with red carpets.

Without the manuscript, Ma Yun began to deliver a speech: "Today, for Ali Baba, it is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go, because our idea from the first day of entrepreneurship is to hope for the whole society and the world. of SMEs are contributing…”

Lao Ma's speech was very fluent and full of emotion. As soon as it was over, the audience applauded like thunder, and the flashlights lit up.

Then, Ma Yun took the lead in raising champagne, and Xia Jingxing also raised champagne and toasted with everyone.

At ten o'clock sharp, Ahri's B2B business was officially listed, with the stock code "".

The opening price was HK$30, a 122% increase from the issue price of HK$13.5.

It raised 11.6 billion Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, setting a record for the largest financing scale of Chinese Internet companies.

Based on the opening price, the market value exceeds HK$151.6 billion.

Looking at the floating green numbers on the big screen behind him, Jack Ma smiled with satisfaction. He has waited for this day for eight full years and suffered countless sufferings and grievances.

Even if time is turned back and he is asked to choose again, he will not regret making Ahri!

At this moment, Ma Yun is full of glory and glory. Although the body on the stage is thin and small, he is extremely tall in the eyes of others. He is a great entrepreneurial hero!

Ma Yun happily enjoyed all kinds of admiration and envy from the audience.

He suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to look at Xia Jingxing who was standing beside him. The latter had a faint smile on his face, and his expression was exceptionally calm.

This makes Jack Ma a little upset. As the second largest shareholder of the company, shouldn't you be ecstatic?

Must be jealous of myself! It must be so!

The market value of Ahri’s B2B business alone is about to catch up with Facebook. If you add Taobao, Alipay, Yahoo China and Ahri Software, the valuation of 50 billion U.S. dollars is not a problem.

Xia Jingxing's pride in the past has been severely left behind by him at this moment.

The title of the first person on the Internet in China already belongs to him.

Thinking of this, Ma Yun felt a little more balanced, and then he began to sympathize with Xia Jingxing again. Facebook's listing is nowhere in sight, and he doesn't know when it will go.

He guessed that Daeron must have mixed feelings at the moment, but he still had to act calm, in order not to let himself see through his weak heart.

Immediately afterwards, Ali's corporate promotional video began to be played on the big screen, and Jack Ma also began to accept interviews with reporters.

Unsurprisingly, Xia Jingxing was surrounded by countless reporters, including the reporter who asked Xia Jingxing questions at the door.

Excitedly, he approached Xia Jingxing, handed out the microphone and said, "Mr. Xia, you are really a stock god! Ari's opening price today is 30 Hong Kong dollars, which is very close to the 27 Hong Kong dollars you predicted an hour ago."

Xia Jingxing smiled slightly, "What does this mean? It means that stockholders are more optimistic about Ahri's development than Envision Capital, the second largest shareholder."

The reporters laughed out loud, feeling that these remarks were suspected of being an advertisement.

"Mr. Xia, can you tell us about your investment in Ari? According to the opening price, the market value of Ari is about 20 billion U.S. dollars. After dilution by issuing new shares, Vision Capital still holds 21.95% of Ari. The value of part of the equity has reached more than 4 billion US dollars. I heard that two years ago, you invested in Ahri for less than 700 million US dollars, and you made 6 times the profit in two years. Are you satisfied with this?"

Xia Jingxing smiled, he hadn't had time to calculate how much money he had earned, the reporter was more anxious than him, and had already done the calculation for him.

"I met Jack Ma at the Pebble Beach Golf Course in the United States..."

The reporters all fell silent, listening patiently to Xia Jingxing talking about his investment in Ahri.

"You just met a stranger for half an hour, and you dare to invest nearly 700 million U.S. dollars in him?"

A reporter asked, the eyes of other reporters were also full of doubts, there must be a limit to bragging! If this is said, who will believe it?

The smile on Xia Jingxing's face was very calm, but he felt lucky in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't say "the stalk of investing in 5 minutes", otherwise the group of reporters might explode on the spot.

"Yes, although I only chatted with Ma Yun for half an hour, I have been following Ali for more than three years.

Those who know the history of Facebook’s development should know that we once sold T-shirts on campus for a while, and the suppliers of those T-shirts were found through the Ahri B2B website, which is the website listed today.

Those T-shirts have made great contributions to Facebook’s campus market development work, and the quality of the clothes is very good. When I returned to Stanford to give a speech more than two months ago, I saw some students wearing them..."

Hearing such a legendary story, the eyes of the reporters lit up.

Now they believed it, and there were multiple reasons why the other party dared to invest in Ahri within half an hour.

"Mr. Xia, can you conveniently disclose how much of the 700 million US dollars invested in Ahri belongs to you?"

The other reporters all stretched their necks, all of them were very interested in this topic.

If all the 700 million US dollars belonged to Xia Jingxing's personal investment, it would be terrible.

Counting Ahri's unlisted assets, this investment of 700 million US dollars is now worth nearly 100 billion yuan, which can directly catch up with Xia Jingxing's current net worth.

Xia Jingxing coughed, "This question..."

The reporter held his breath.

"It's not very convenient to disclose!"

The reporters immediately booed.

Xia Jingxing said with a smile: "Because it involves LP privacy issues, I'm sorry, I can't disclose too much! But I can tell you that CIC and several S funds have purchased the fund shares of Liqiu No. 2, which is equivalent to indirectly holding shares in Ari .”

Xia Jingxing didn't want to arouse everyone's imagination, so he threw out CIC and S Fund as a shield.

In fact, his personal share of Liqiu No. 2 is running out.

First, he sold 35% of the fund shares to the American Blue Blood Nobility for US$3 billion, and then sold 15% of the fund shares to China Investment Corporation for US$1.5 billion, leaving only 50% of his personal fund shares.

The Liqiu No. 2 asset portfolio includes 20% of Ahri’s equity, and after the listing is diluted, only 19.09% is left, half of which belongs to him.

In addition, Liqiu No. 1 asset portfolio still has 3% of Ari’s equity, and 2.86% remains after listing dilution.

Adding up the two funds, he personally holds a total of 12.4% of Ali's shares.

If Ahri can grow into an Internet behemoth with a market value of 500 billion US dollars, then his equity value will be more than 60 billion US dollars, and it will be mixed with powerful LPs in the United States and China, which is very hidden.

After joking with the reporters a few more times, Xia Jingxing ended the interview.

After the interview with Ma Yun was over, everyone went to the Shangri-La Hotel together, where a celebration banquet was held, and the boss Guo Henian treated them.

As a cornerstone investor, Kerry Holdings bought 232.8 million Hong Kong dollars of stocks at a price of 13.5 Hong Kong dollars, and made hundreds of millions on the day of listing.

Mr. Guo was very happy, and generously said that there is no need to pay for the whole audience.

Looking at the old Mr. Guo who was drinking and chatting with Ma Yun, Xia Jingxing didn't know whether the old man would still be smiling so brightly in two years, because the stocks of these cornerstone investors were locked up for two years.

The door of the car has been welded, and it will take two years to jump off the car.

Guo Taimin walked up to Xia Jingxing with a wine glass in his hand, "Mr. Xia, I would like to toast you."

Seeing the person coming, Xia Jingxing was a little embarrassed, he didn't seem to have said that he was in a hurry to return to the mainland, did he?

He clinked glasses with Guo Taimin, raised his head and drank the wine.

Xia Jingxing thought the other party would say something, but he left without saying anything.

Sun Zhengyi and Yang Zhiyuan accompanied Ma Yun to toast table by table, and soon it was Xia Jingxing's turn.

"Daren, I've been looking for you for a long time. Why are you hiding in a corner? You are also a major shareholder of the company. Go for a walk and toast with us. Today is a happy day, and everyone is open to drink."

Ma Yun's face turned red, he grabbed Xia Jingxing's shoulder and kept pulling Xia Jingxing away.

Yang Zhiyuan and Sun Zhengyi didn't feel anything, they smiled and watched from the side.

Xia Jingxing became more sensitive. He noticed that Ma Yun's attitude towards him seemed to have undergone a subtle change.

In the past, Ma Yun was more polite to himself, as if he looked up to him, but now his attitude has become very casual.

Xia Jingxing was not as stubborn as Ma Yun, and he didn't want to make trouble because of this, so he got up and followed him to toast, and then everyone sat down at a table and continued to drink.

"Daren, Facebook hasn't submitted the prospectus yet?"

Hearing Ma Yun's words, both Sun Zhengyi and Yang Zhiyuan turned their attention to Xia Jingxing.

"not yet!"

Ma Yunyu said earnestly: "Then you have to hurry up. The performance of A-shares has been very abnormal recently. There are still some hot money in the Hong Kong and US stocks. It will be gone if it is too late."

Xia Jingxing smiled slightly, "Old Ma, are you starting to pay attention to international finance now?"

Ma Yun smiled and said confidently: "I'm sure I can't compare with you professionals. I just studied the financial market recently and got something."

Xia Jingxing laughed loudly, "You are being modest. According to Ahri's current development trend, he will soon become one of the top five Internet companies in the world. At that time, financial forums and international conferences will inevitably invite you as a guest."

Ma Yun was very satisfied with Xia Jingxing's words, because from today on, he is the leader of China's Internet, and when he attends international conferences, he represents the whole of China.

After drinking for three rounds, Xia Jingxing stood up and said goodbye. Ma Yun "reluctantly" sent Xia Jingxing to the door. He originally wanted to invite Xia Jingxing to return to the mainland to attend the second celebration banquet held in Lin'an, but Xia Jingxing declined.

This more or less made Ma Yun feel regretful, and lost another chance to earn back face.

But the future is long, isn't the overseas network still in the country? In the future, Mr. Xia will be invited to come to West Lake to discuss swords.

Xia Jingxing came to the second phase of IFC building reeking of alcohol, asked Liu Xiaoduo to make him a cup of tea, then he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and looked at the beautiful scenery of Victoria Harbour.

After a while, Abel walked into the office and reported to him.

"Dai Lun, the American LPs of CIC and S Fund all sent us congratulatory messages, congratulating Ari on the successful listing."

Xia Jingxing turned around and nodded to show he understood.

Ahri's success can still be used a little bit, for example, you can take the opportunity to raise some more funds.

"Abel, what do you think of us raising a PE fund in the United States that specializes in investing in China... well, including China and the international market?"

Abel has been in charge of fundraising since he was transferred back to New York. He understands the market situation very well, and replied: "Our investment in Ahri can actually be regarded as a growth-term investment. With this performance as a basis, we can raise several billion dollars It's not too difficult."

"real?"

Abel nodded seriously.

"That line, I'll leave it to you, raise a PE fund of at least US$5 billion, we're going to make a big deal!"

Abel has been in charge of PE funds for a period of time and knows the development of the company very well. Among the three main product lines, hedge funds have the best development, followed by VC venture capital funds, and PE equity investment funds are the worst.

However, with the listing of Ari, PE funds have regained their fortunes. Ari’s B2B business alone has brought in more than US$3 billion in book profits, killing VC funds for several years.

"Is it only for long-term investment?" Abel asked.

"Including holding investment and even the secondary market, do it all!"

Hearing the boss's murderous words, Abel had a hunch that he was really going to do something big.

"Okay, then I will go back to New York tomorrow and share the joy of Ahri's success with the American people."

Xia Jingxing nodded and reminded: "Fundraising must be done quickly."

Abel groaned in his heart, "Daren, are you worried..."

Seeing the boss nodding slightly, Abel understood everything, and he couldn't help admiring the boss, he was really an old capitalist, and he would not let go of any opportunity to make money.

This is where I am not as good as the boss, and I am still too kind.

In the evening, Xia Jingxing took a look at Ahri's closing price, and it had already reached 39.5 Hong Kong dollars per share. The market value was as high as 199.6 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the price-earnings ratio was as high as 320 times.

Xia Jingxing also visited the local stock trading forum in Hong Kong, and they all said that horses from the mainland are always big water hoses, and the stock code is also auspicious, 1688, all the way...

Participating in new stock investors, winning the lottery can earn 13,000 Hong Kong dollars. Hong Kong people don't believe in Mr. Li now, they believe in Brother Ma.

Another interesting thing is that during the day, due to the too active stock trading of Ahri, some banks in Hong Kong experienced network congestion, which is very rare.

At the same time, Ahri announced in the evening the exercise of the green shoe mechanism, that is, the over-allotment option, and an additional 114 million shares were issued, raising the fundraising amount to HK$13.13 billion.

As a result, Ali's total share capital has increased to 5.05 billion shares.

Xia Jingxing couldn't help but admire the old horse, he really let him understand finance, the scythe was sharp and fast.

Xia Jingxing also took a look at the news, online communities and forums of major domestic portals, and they were more lively than Hong Kong.

"Shocking! For the first time, a world-class Internet giant was born in China! Ari Baba landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and entered the top five Internet companies in the world, redefining the height of China's Internet!

Attached is a real-time ranking list of the market value of global Internet giants, Google $200 billion, eBay $50 billion, Yahoo $40 billion, Amazon $30 billion, Ahri $25 billion. "

Under this post, a follower soon asked: "Where is my big Facebook? Last year it was valued at 25 billion U.S. dollars!"

"Attention, Facebook is a valuation, and Ari is a real market value, tradable shares."

"Mr. Xia holds nearly 22% of Ahri's shares. How much does Jack Ma hold? It's just a wage earner."

...

Xia Jingxing enjoyed watching it. Netizens were arguing about Ahri's ranking in the world Internet.

However, soon someone moved to Yahoo Japan, which has a market value of 30 billion US dollars, and Ari can only regrettably rank sixth in the world and second in Asia.

However, the honor of China's first person on the Internet, Jack Ma has basically been confirmed, and has been recognized by most netizens.

In addition, there are still many people discussing e-commerce entrepreneurship, planning to join this entrepreneurial track... Well, open a Taobao store.

Xia Jingxing felt that it was a good choice to open a Taobao store at this time, and he could enjoy the bonus period for several years.

It is foreseeable that Taobao and even Ali will usher in a new round of business growth.

In short, e-commerce, a branch of Internet business, has been completely popularized by Jack Ma, and has become a mainstream Internet business alongside SP, online games, and advertising.

At the same time, the city of Lin'an has also been popularized by Ali and has become the fourth Internet city in China. Many netizens are considering whether to go to Lin'an to start a business. The place that can cultivate China's largest Internet company will never be so bad.

Ahri's listing this time has attracted the attention of the whole society and has far-reaching significance.

There is also a list of good people.

Ari takes the lead, and together with Penguin and Baidu form the first camp of China's Internet, with a market value threshold of tens of billions of dollars, which is a bit important in the world;

Six companies including Focus, Giant, Ctrip, Sina, NetEase, and Shanda constitute the second camp of China's Internet, with a market value between US$3 billion and US$6 billion;

More than a dozen Internet companies such as Sohu and Hainei.com constitute the third echelon of the industry, with market capitalization or valuations ranging from several hundred million U.S. dollars to more than ten or two billion U.S. dollars.

After reading this list, Xia Jingxing's self-esteem couldn't stand it anymore, and he actually ranked Hainei.com in the third echelon, and even ranked behind Sohu.

Charles spends his days drinking and drinking, and Lao Tzu works hard every day, but the result is not as good as him?

After complaining in his heart for a while, Xia Jingxing also began to reflect.

The list is not necessarily accurate, but so many netizens leave messages expressing support and approval, which shows that it is still in line with the ranking in most people's minds.

At the same time, it also shows that the reputation of the domestic holding group is not good enough, and the brand is not yet deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

To catch up!

Xia Jingxing felt a sense of urgency in his heart.