Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 423 Down to Earth

In fact, not only Peking Capital will have this difficulty, Oriental Fund itself also has similar problems.

In order to diversify funds, Peking Capital has opened accounts in many investment banks in the United States, which also have stocks with huge market values ​​that need to be processed.

Although Zou Yi did not say how to help specifically, Li Weidong could guess that he wanted institutional investors like Xu Yandeng to take over the business, otherwise the impact would be too great if it were directly placed on the secondary market.

Xu Yanden took a huge amount of money from Orient Fund and plunged into the U.S. stock market. After four or five years of hard work, looking back, the annualized rate of return was more than 70%.

Although it is not as profitable as Peking Capital in the popular market, the company's assets are between six and seven billion US dollars, and it can be considered a relatively large private equity fund in the United States.

It's just that this company is a bit mysterious. Their operating conditions are never disclosed to the public, and they never accept financial management entrustment from any individual or institution.

Many people who understand the inside know that this company has a very accurate grasp of the general trend. When everyone is still doubtful about Internet companies, they have already entered the market.

And you can often see their names in the shareholder lists of some companies. The most important thing is that as long as the companies they hold shares, the stocks will rise very well.

Li Weidong thought for a while and decided not to delay this matter. Once it is done, it counts as one thing. He has to meet a lot of people today and has a lot of things to deal with.

If they are busy and forget about it, and there is another problem with their communication, not to mention the time lost, the loss will definitely not be small!

So, Li Weidong stood up, turned around, picked up the phone on his desk, pressed it a few times, and then said after connecting: "Let Xu Yandeng and Li Shihui come to my place!"

After Li Weidong finished speaking, he put down the phone and returned to his seat. At this time, Zou Yi had already put the confidential document back into the envelope and placed it in front of Li Weidong.

Jiang Zhili has also refilled Li Weidong's tea cup with a cup of emerald green tea. Since working with Li Weidong, Jiang Zhili has also changed his habit of drinking coffee for many years and switched to drinking tea.

Who said that red wine, coffee, and cigars are the standard equipment of the upper class? When enjoying these things, the postures are prescribed. Can this be the upper class?

The upper class should not be free to do as they please. This kind of stereotyped upper class must be a pseudo upper class society!

Besides, what is the upper class? Does Li Weidong belong to it? In Jiang Zhili’s opinion, it definitely does!

So Li Weidong likes to drink tea, and Jiang Zhili learned to drink tea. He didn't feel anything when he didn't drink it. After drinking it, he realized the philosophical logic of why tree leaves can be sold so expensively.

So every time Jiang Zhili returned to China, he would buy some tea and take it to the United States. Sometimes he would even have someone bring some tea to him. In his office in the United States, he had a set of special tea-making tools.

There is no shame in what is good for the superiors and what is good for the inferiors. This is called knowing the current affairs. The key is that you can still understand it, then there will be no problem!

In the conference room not far next door, a group of three or five people gathered together to talk. The phone rang and everyone stopped discussing. Zhang Dongshuo picked up the phone and the conference room was silent.

Anyone with experience knows that this phone call is Li Weidong's signal to summon them for an interview.

Zhang Dongshuo put down the phone, and everyone looked at him expectantly and nervously!

Zhang Dongshuo looked at the looks of these people and wanted to laugh in his heart, but he knew that if he laughed, the nature would change, so he had to hold back his laughter and said: "Mr. Xu, Mr. Li, Chairman, please come over!"

Xu Yandeng and Li Shihui were sitting together and looked at each other with confusion in their eyes.

The two stood up, checked the documents they carried with them, smiled politely at Zhang Dongshuo, and walked out of the conference room in mutual humility.

After the two left, low-pitched discussions resounded in the conference room. Among them, the largest number of people were those around Zheng Sijing. This phenomenon is reasonable and should be the case.

Jingwei Investment has been almost idle in the past few years. Every year, it invests in hundreds of companies, large and small, on behalf of Li Weidong, and many of them are start-ups.

Of course, starting a business is risky, and the chance of success is relatively slim. Almost no start-up like this survives, and some even last less than a year.

But Li Weidong never tired of it, euphemistically calling it an entrepreneurial incubation center. It is normal to have a few bad guys, even if it is a contribution to society!

But the survival rate of old hens hatching chicks is much higher than this. Even bad guys can still sell eggs. These failed startups have nothing but a few chicken feathers.

However, the amount of investment is generally not too large, and Jingwei Investment can still withstand this failure, and with a certain probability, if their investment is successful, the income will be dozens or hundreds of times, which is still very cost-effective.

Of course, this kind of charitable incubation center is only a part of Jingwei Investment. Jingwei Investment is better at investing in industries with future development potential such as technology, medical care, energy, and high-end manufacturing.

Moreover, in the past few years, Zheng Sijing has been the well-deserved king in the domestic venture capital industry. Many of the companies they have invested in have successfully gone public every year after several years of development.

As the originator of the domestic venture capital industry, this has become a dazzling business card. As long as the company has no money, Jingwei Investment is the first choice for investment.

Just like this, inadvertently, Zheng Sijing has invested in many companies that will become giants in the future on behalf of Li Weidong, and has already put Li Weidong to bed early.

Even if he does nothing from now on and lives by selling stocks from now on, he will definitely be the most carefree person he has ever lived.

In this conference room, there are many companies whose shareholders have the name of Jingwei Investment, and Zheng Sijing is a director of these companies.

So it is not surprising that there are so many people around. These people can also talk to Li Weidong, but it is taboo to bypass the agent and greet the boss directly.

Not only does Li Weidong look down on you and thinks you are incompetent and don't understand the rules, but if agent Zheng Sijing knew about your overstepping behavior, what kind of candy would you get!

So whenever there is an opportunity, the chairman of these companies will contact Zheng Sijing. A good relationship may not necessarily tolerate their mistakes, but a bad relationship will definitely make the work difficult.

Although this relationship may not be maintained well, it will never be worse!

At this time, there were several well-known chairman of the board surrounding him, including Gao Fuxing of Dongxing Pharmaceutical, Fang Xuelong of Qiushan Cement, Xu Huabing of Bird Company, and Yu Yuan of Wanguo Securities.

Any one of these people is a well-known figure, and the assets they hold are astonishing, but they are still cautious here.

"Mr. Zheng, has the chairman mentioned me recently?" Gao Fuxing looked at Zheng Sijing and asked carefully. He wanted to find out some information to prepare for Li Weidong's exam.

"No one will mention you without mentioning the chairman. You are the morning star in the East, the chairman of a listed company, with a net worth of over 100 million, and you participate in various high-level chambers of commerce!" Zheng Sijing said with a hint of sarcasm.

In terms of net worth, Zheng Sijing is really not as good as Gao Fuxing at this time. Since Dongxing Pharmaceutical went public and raised hundreds of millions, Dongxing Pharmaceutical has ushered in great development.

In the field of medicine and health, it not only has its own research centers in many places across the country, but also acquired several pharmaceutical companies, and several new drugs have been launched on the market, which has further boosted the stock price.

Gao Fuxing's net worth rose with the tide, and he became a billionaire. Gao Fuxing also suddenly became a celebrity, making everyone in the country well-known.

Zheng Sijing has worked with Li Weidong for several years and has a small fortune. Sometimes when he encounters good projects and companies, Jingwei Investment takes the lead, and he sometimes invests in these companies.

This can be regarded as a benefit given by Li Weidong. Of course, if you find a good company and want to invest alone, that will definitely not work. This is not only against professional ethics, but also illegal.

Therefore, Zheng Sijing has become a shareholder of many companies in recent years. Although he does not have many shares, his net worth is also quite large, but it cannot be compared with Gao Fuxing, who cheated.

Gao Fuxing can call himself a star in the East. He is really good at communication and has very good communication skills. He has met many big guys in the business world and even has a pretty good relationship with him.

However, Li Weidong is a little indifferent to these. Doing business requires some social relationships, but it is not good if you go too far, as if you have some dirty secret!

Although these are related to work, they are also private matters, so Li Weidong couldn't say it directly. He just complained casually after hearing it.

"Mr. Zheng was joking. They are all business friends. It will be good for future business to make friends with them!" Gao Fuxing said with a little embarrassment when he heard Zheng Sijing's ridicule.

Although Gao Fuxing and Zheng Sijing have known each other for a long time and have always had a good relationship, if they are just together, don't say such things. It's okay even to curse each other.

But now in front of so many people, all of them are rich and powerful people. Naturally, he is a little worried about being embarrassed, but it is not easy for him to get angry.

"This is your freedom, but as an old friend, I think it's better to keep a certain distance!" Although Zheng Sijing's tone was suggestive, his words were still a bit stiff.

Zheng Sijing didn't know why Li Weidong hated those people. He originally invited Li Weidong to attend their seminar, which was held in Taishan nearby and took more than an hour's drive, but Li Weidong refused.

What surprised Zheng Sijing was that Li Weidong's reason for rejection was very perfunctory, "Sorry, I don't have time!"

Zheng Sijing knew Li Weidong well, and what he meant by saying this was actually to draw a clear line and separate the relationship. He had previously dealt with these people, but he had become estranged since he learned about it.

He does the work for Li Weidong, so he naturally has to look at Li Weidong's eyes to act. If you keep fawning over someone the boss doesn't like, who are you trying to slap in the face?

Gao Fuxing's expression changed a little this time. Gao Fuxing knew Zheng Sijing and knew that Zheng Sijing would not say this easily. There must be some reason why he could say this.

"Mr. Zheng, we haven't had tea together for some time. Let's find a place to have a cup of tea in the evening and catch up on old times?" Gao Fuxing looked at the surrounding environment and knew that now was not the time to ask this question, so he invited.

"I'm afraid it won't work today. We'll have plenty of time when I return to Shanghai!" Zheng Sijing hesitated and agreed. Li Weidong didn't say some things, but that doesn't mean he didn't have to say them.

Moreover, Gao Fuxing has so much of Li Weidong's wealth, so if something goes wrong, that's not what they want to see.

"Yes, yes, yes, look at my brain, let's go back to Shanghai to get together!" Gao Fuxing said, patting his forehead.

Although Gao Fuxing said this, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. The main reason was that the gap was too big. He was surrounded by many secretaries and assistants outside.

But when I came here, I realized what it is like for a rich person to hold a meeting. They are very cautious. There are no secretaries or assistants. They can only come in dryly. They have to help themselves to drink tea. The key is that they don’t have the qualifications to come even if they want to!

He suddenly thought that the circle he wanted to break into didn't seem to be a big deal. Maybe they also wanted to break into their circle. Circles that were too mysterious often had a dark side.

"By the way, you proposed to split the real estate business from Dongxing Pharmaceutical and establish Dongxing Group, and the chairman agreed!" Zheng Sijing suddenly thought of something and pulled out a document from his briefcase.

Pass it to Gao Fuxing.

"Really, that's great. If there is a chance to go public, we will be able to walk on two legs in the future, and ordinary thresholds will not be able to knock us down!" Gao Fuxing took the document and looked at it happily.

There is also Li Weidong's comment on it, "I agree, you can implement it accordingly, and pay attention to being down-to-earth!"

In fact, Li Weidong wanted to continue talking, but if he went too far, it would be easy to make nonsense, but thinking about such a formal document, these words were a bit inappropriate, so he stopped writing without finishing!

Fang Xuelong next to him looked at the comments on the document and felt extremely envious. He originally wanted to spin off the waste heat power generation and heating business in the cement plant and set up a separate company to go public!

But when Li Weidong refused, the key was to make him feel uncomfortable!

Li Weidong said at the time, "You only have these few small generators, and you still want to put them on the market? What a dream. In a few years, environmental protection requirements will become more and more stringent, and maybe they will have to be dismantled by you!"

Fang Xuelong was very depressed at the time. He worked hard to turn Qiushan Cement into a large group company that could not only produce and sell high-quality cement and related products, but also develop and expand the supporting thermoelectric industry.

There are now more than 30 cement plants under the Qiushan Cement name, and each cement plant is equipped with a waste heat generating unit.

With the increase in industrial heat consumption and central heating, the waste heat generated by electricity has naturally been converted into combined heat and power. They not only sell electricity, but also heat sources, and heat sources have become an important income for them, even higher than their income from selling electricity.

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Of course, when it was approved, it was all small-capacity waste heat power generation, and the capacity was not large. If it were a pure generator set, it would have been eliminated long ago. That is to say, it was benefiting from the advantages of cogeneration, and it was running quite prosperously.

Unexpectedly, an industry that he was so proud of was said by Li Weidong to be worthless and even torn down. If Li Weidong hadn't been his boss, he would have wanted to break it up.

But envy is envy, but people still have to be content. If he hadn't met Li Weidong, he would have been laid off, but now he is the chairman of a listed company with a market value of billions.

(End of chapter)