rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 378 Ding Sanshi

Ma Xiaoteng~ and Ding Sanshi can be regarded as the first batch of online friends in China.

Moreover, among these people who have been exposed to computers and the Internet from a very early stage, many Internet tycoons have emerged.

The ones that everyone is familiar with include Ma Xiaoteng, Ding Sanshi, Lei Jun and others. The reason why they were picked out together is because these three people were in the same chat room.

It is also for this reason that the three of them have the opportunity to become acquainted, but at most they are just acquaintances. To say how good the relationship is is sheer nonsense.

Today, Lei Jun has become the general manager of Yinshan Software, and Ding Sanshi has also become the boss of one of the three major domestic portals. Some time ago, he raised several million US dollars in financing alone.

Only Ma Xiaoteng is still looking for a home for the OICQ he created.

However, these people are friends after all, and they all hang out in the Internet circle, so when Ma Xiaoteng came to Yanjing, it was natural to get together.

But it is a pity that Comrade Lei Jun is quite busy, but Ding Sanshi, who has just received several million US dollars in financing, is free to treat Ma Xiaoteng to a meal.

"Old Ma~I'm telling you~"

"Don't sell~ Selling is actually the biggest loss!"

"You look like Wangnan~ If I had sold it before, I probably wouldn't have made much money."

"Do you know what price that guy Lei Jun offered me before? 10 million ~ or Chinese coins!"

"As a result, the funds I raised now are higher than his asking price, and most of my shares are still in my hands!"

"So, old horse, don't sell it, really don't sell it."

"You can try financing~I can help you introduce a few people."

On this day in 1999, Ding Sanshi, who had just received millions of dollars in financing, looked very high-spirited.

There is money in his "pocket" ~ This guy even sounds very tough when he talks.

Indeed~ Ding Sanshi's achievements today can indeed appear to be extremely tough.

Not only did he get the financing, but it was also because of the confidence this guy had built up by selling free email systems.

Yes ~ In these days, when most computer and Internet companies are still losing money or losing money, his Internet Network has made millions in a year.

That was in 1998, several million. It was already a huge number.

Especially Ding Sanshi, before that, Ding Sanshi was just an ordinary laborer. Although due to the industry, the salary may be a little higher than that of ordinary people, but the salary is also very limited.

An income of several million a year ~ This gave Ding Sanshi a very strong self-confidence, and it also gave him a very strong confidence in the Internet.

Therefore, from the perspective of a friend, Ding Sanshi did not want Ma Xiaoteng to give up halfway.

Of course, while Ding Sanshi was persuading Ma Xiaoteng, he also did not forget to "show off".

For example, the sentence about introducing a few people to Ma Xiaoteng. The meaning of this sentence is obvious to show off.

Maybe he didn't mean it, but this kind of casual "showing off" might be more effective.

Anyway, Ma Xiaoteng is indeed very envious!

If Tengxun can also obtain millions of dollars in financing, won’t Tengxun be about to take off?

Of course, this is just a casual thought. It is impossible for Tengxun to get that much investment at present.

In fact, Ma Xiaoteng did not admit this at first.

Because foreign ICQ sold for 287 million US dollars, Ma Xiaoteng felt that even if his OICQ was not as good as the other party, it was at least worth one percent, right?

One percent of 287 million U.S. dollars, which is 2.87 million U.S. dollars, is almost more than 20 million when converted into Chinese currency.

After doing this calculation, Ma Xiaoteng felt that he could do it!

But it's a pity~ When Ma Xiaoteng went to talk to others with this idea, he was immediately ridiculed. If it weren't for the background of Ma Xiaoteng's family, he would have been kicked out directly.

Later, Ma Xiaoteng thought about it and found that the valuation of 20 million was indeed a bit outrageous.

After all, the entire investment in Tengxun was only 500,000 yuan, which was only a few months ago, and the development of OICQ has not reached a particularly impressive stage, so the valuation of more than 20 million yuan is really a bit self-deceiving.

Afterwards, Ma Xiaoteng and several other founders made some calculations and felt that the valuation of five million Huaxia coins was a very appropriate valuation.

If Tengxun can be sold for five million, it will be equivalent to ten times the investment of several people.

This income was relatively normal, so the valuation was set.

This is actually the reason why Ma Xiaoteng settled on the price of five million, because they felt that Tengxun and OICQ were worth this price.

In addition, Ma Xiaoyun's asking price of three million this time actually gave Ma Xiaoteng and others a little more confidence. Therefore, although Ma Xiaoteng did not complete the mission goal during this trip to Yanjing, it was not without gain.

Of course, while reaping the rewards, Ma Xiaoteng also gained a very clear understanding of Tengxun and OICQ.

He doesn’t know why foreign ICQ can be sold at a high price of US$287 million, but domestic OICQ does not seem to be very popular among investors!

So at this moment, Ma Xiaoteng is not too interested in the financing proposed by Ding Sanshi.

Ma Xiaoteng is not stupid either~ He knows that the biggest problem of ICQ today is that it cannot find a profitable direction, but this problem is not unsolvable!

After returning this time, Ma Xiaoteng is ready to solve the profit problem of OICQ. As for the funds needed for the company's operations, everyone has decided to raise another 500,000 in proportion to the shares!

It is precisely for this reason that Ma Xiaoteng is not very interested in Ding Sanshi's proposal at this moment.

On the other hand, Chen Li next to him had some thoughts in his mind.

It's not that Chen Li needs venture capital, but that he is more interested in the venture capitalists Ding Sanshi mentioned.

Because he knows who is hosting this investment in Wangnan!

In fact, in 1999, there were very few domestic venture capital institutions in China. At this time, most of the domestic venture capital institutions had a background of foreign capital.

For example, Baring Investment, which invested in NetSouth this time!

The capital behind Barings Investment is Barings Bank, a British investment bank that opened in London in 1762 and was founded by Sir Francis Barings!

In the early 20th century, Barings Bank once provided services to the British royal family, which was considered the peak of Barings Bank.

However, Barings Bank collapsed in 1995.

After its collapse, Barings Bank was acquired by ING, but continued to operate under the name Barings Bank.

So, behind Barings Investment, it is actually ING.

Of course, a small matter like investing in Netnam cannot have anything to do with a giant like ING.

Baling Investment chose to invest in Ding Sanshi’s Wangnan this time because of the director and general manager of Baling Investment (Asia) in China. Xu Xing!

Many people may not know much about Xu Xing, but in fact this woman is deeply involved with China's Internet.

She not only presided over the investment in Wangnan, but also later helped Liu Dong develop a Jingbei Mall.

Yes~ Xu Xing’s most famous investment was in Liu Dong’s Jingbei Mall.

But in fact, Xu Xing's achievements are more than just these.

This woman later founded Capital Today and was even hailed as the queen of the investment community by the investment community.

It can be said that without Xuxing, there would be no Jingbei Mall.

Similarly, without Xu Xing, there would not be many Internet companies that followed.

As for Wangnan, it is not the case, because even without Xu Xing, Wangnan does not lack other investors.

After all, Wangnan achieved millions in profits in 1998. This achievement alone is worth the attention of those investors.

There is no shortage of computer and Internet companies these days, but those that can maintain profitability will basically have no shortage of investors.

Even if there is no profit currently, but there is a direction to make a profit, it is actually okay.

But what is most scary is that companies like Ma Xiaoteng’s oicq neither know the future development direction nor the future profit methods.

In fact, this is why many people are not optimistic about oicq now.

After all, Ma Xiaoteng is not Ma Xiaoyun. This guy doesn't even know how to draw cakes. It is naturally difficult for oicq to win the favor of others.

"Brother Sanshi, I heard that the one investing in you this time is Baring Investment?"

Chen Li poured a glass of wine for Ding Sanshi. He and Ding Sanshi met for the first time today, but Ding Sanshi didn't have any airs, even though he was now the boss of an Internet company with a valuation of hundreds of millions.

And not only does this guy have no airs now. Later, after he became the richest man in China, he actually had no airs either.

This guy was once rated as the happiest and funniest business owner in the country.

How good is this guy at playing?

Many people know that Ding Sanshi raised pigs, but many people may not know that Ding Sanshi once recorded a song with Lin Chiling, right?

In his previous life, Chen Li, as a gamer in Wangnan, knew exactly this.

At that time, when Chen Li watched Ding Sanshi, a pig-headed guy, recording songs with Lin Chiling, the only thing he felt was: how nice it is to have money!

But overall, this guy Ding Sanshi is probably the richest big boss in China who is least like the rich big boss.

Not to mention that it is still 1999 and this guy is just a small boss who has just received financing.

"Uh, yes."

"There is no way, the money given by domestic investors is too little."

"Lao Lei came to me before. The guy was only willing to pay 10 million and wanted to buy my entire network. Fortunately, I didn't agree to it, otherwise I would have suffered a big loss this time."

Ding Sanshi seemed a little lucky at this moment. He had known that he had really considered Lei Jun's acquisition proposal before.

After all, ten million is actually not too small.

Fortunately, his Internet Network had good profits last year, which attracted many investors. It was because there were more choices to choose from that Ding Sanshi did not agree to Lei Jun's proposal.

"Uh, what's wrong?"

"Xiao Chen, do you, the red pony, also want to find venture capital?"

"I can help you connect!"

"Well, you guys wait a minute and I'll make a call!"

Ding Sanshi obviously belongs to the action group. As he talked, he took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of the investor.

He had a good rapport with the investor, so he felt no pressure at all about matchmaking.

And most importantly, he knew that the investor was actually very interested in the red pony.

When he was chatting with the investor before, he had talked about the red pony.

Because of the Y2K patch incident some time ago, many domestic investors are actually very interested in the red pony.

In fact, just after Red Pony and Yuanzheng Group jointly held a press conference, many investors approached Ma Xiaoyun.

It's just that the current Red Pony has no shortage of funds at all, so it has never paid attention to those investors.

"Brother Sanshi, wait, wait a moment."

Chen Li stretched out his hand to stop him, but failed to stop him. Ding Sanshi took his cell phone and walked out of the private room without even listening to Chen Li's words.

"I, Brother Xiaoma, this Ding Sanshi, am I usually so impatient?"

Chen Li was speechless. He didn't want to meet any investors. He was simply interested in Xu Xing, who invested in Wangnan.

After all, he was the big boss who invested in Wangnan and Jingbei Mall. If he had known that if Chen Li was not a reborn person, his vision would be unworthy of someone like Xu Xing, who is a big shot in the investment industry.

But now that Chen Li has the dual blessings of system and rebirth, he will definitely rise to great heights in the future.

While Chen Li is soaring to the sky, he definitely needs the "assistance" of some friends.

For example, Deng Weimin, and others around Chen Li.

In the same way, because Chen Li himself did not understand the capital market, he never thought about making any plans in the capital market.

However, what if Mr. Chen had someone who knew the capital market very well?

Well, it's not that Chen Li can't go in and do something about it.

And Xu Xing was a general recruited by Chen Lili.

The reason why it is Xu Xing, besides her excellent investment performance, is that there is another reason.

Xu Xing is now the general manager and director of Baring Investment China, but in a few years, Xu Xing will leave Baring Investment and start his own Capital Today.

Chen Li is not clear why Xu Xing left Baring Investment. It may be that she had a conflict with Baring Investment, or it may be that Xu Xing is not satisfied with the sense of accomplishment that Baring Investment has brought to her. It may even be... Okay.

, Chen Li couldn't think of any more reasons.

But in short, Xu Xing left Baring Investments a few years later, so he thought that Chen Li might actually recruit him.

Of course, this requires both parties to establish a very good relationship, so that when Chen Li takes the initiative to recruit him in the future, or when Xu Xing leaves Baring, Chen Li is likely to obtain this general known as the Queen of Investments.

However, now that Ding Sanshi was messing with him, Chen Li was not ready to meet Xu Xing at all. This is why he stopped Ding Sanshi.

"Well, this guy Lao Ding is really impatient."

"However, there is probably another reason."

"I guess that investor wanted to meet you."

Ma Xiaoteng's tone seemed a little depressed.

Regarding Chen Li's identity, he told Ding Sanshi when he made a dinner date. He remembered that Ding Sanshi happened to be chatting with his investor at that time.

It is estimated that when the investor heard that Ding Sanshi was going to have dinner with a shareholder of Red Pony Technology Co., Ltd., he asked Ding Sanshi to help connect him.

And the fact was just as Ma Xiaoteng guessed. Not long after Ding Sanshi walked out of the private room, he walked in with his mobile phone and said as he walked:

"Oh my, what a coincidence."

"I didn't expect that by such a coincidence, Mr. Xu would also be eating here. Mr. Xu came over as soon as I called."

As Ding Sanshi said this, he let out a woman in business attire who was following him.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Xu Xing, the general manager of Baring Investment."

"This is from the red pony"

"Chen Li, nice to meet you, Mr. Xu?"

Chen Li looked at Ding Sanshi and did not answer him. Instead, he extended his hand towards Xu Xing.

Don't blame him for not giving Ding Sanshi face, it's really because Ding Sanshi's acting skills were too poor.

He actually saw it now. This time he wanted to get acquainted with Ding Sanshi through Ma Xiaoteng, but he didn't expect that he would also become Ding Sanshi's target.

Especially at this moment, Ding Sanshi had a handbag under his arm. Thinking of what this guy said before about forgetting his wallet, and looking at Xu Xing in front of him, Chen Li was suddenly speechless.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen. I also want to get to know Mr. Chen, so I asked Mr. Ding."

Xu Xing shook hands with Chen Li, and the expression on her face was a little embarrassed, because she did not expect that Ding Sanshi's matchmaking would turn out like this.

(End of chapter)