Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 431 An investment of 100 million US dollars

Looking at the pious smiling faces of these people and feeling their sincere respect, Li Weidong felt a sense of joyful satisfaction.

It has been ten years since he was reborn. He has seen a lot of celebrities from later generations. He also has a hobby of collecting celebrities and has won over many future celebrities.

He has seen this kind of expression a lot, but the smiling faces of these people still make him feel happy and it feels good!

Moreover, this was the first time he had met these people in his life. What he saw in his eyes were people, but what he thought in his mind were the "classic quotes" these people once said!

I wonder if Teacher Ma can still say that he is not interested in money at this time!

"Old Zheng, entertain these guests for me!" Li Weidong just wanted to see them on a whim, and had nothing else to do.

After meeting him, he naturally wanted to leave, but when these people came to Qizhou, even though they were his subordinates, they still had to be polite.

And considering that these things will make him countless money in the future, he should be treated like this.

For these people who created the era, they should not only rely on the suppression of equity and the attraction of money, but also the psychological satisfaction they should be given.

Money can only meet the most basic needs. If you are a company employee and the relationship between you and your boss is just a superior and a subordinate, it means that your level is limited.

If your ability is required by the company, your relationship with your boss will definitely be extraordinary, and you may even become buddies.

Because the boss knows that money and the position of vice president alone cannot attract you. He also needs to invest some emotion to satisfy your emotional needs.

After all, reaching this level also shows to a certain extent that you are no longer a platform talent, but you are the platform yourself.

At this time, will the attraction of money and a sense of belonging still be that great?

Maslow told us that what we need at this time is to be respected and self-realized!

If you do a good job, I will follow you. Anyway, the environment is familiar and relatively relaxed. You don't have to work hard anymore, just lie flat.

If you are not happy with what you are doing, at worst I will stop taking care of you and start your own business. It will be a little harder at most, but the possibility of success is still relatively high.

Li Weidong thought about the future status of these companies in China's Internet. Of course, there are some that he has invested in, but they are still very small.

As the first batch of Internet companies, they will eventually grow into towering trees that are unattainable.

Moreover, these companies themselves will invest in more companies. This is another process of one life giving rise to two, two giving rise to three, and three giving rise to all things.

When the time comes for the ranking of domestic Internet companies, it will be difficult to keep a low profile even if the top ones all have his shares.

Thinking about it, he will have half of China's Internet in the future. I wonder if he will be called Li Banbi by then.

For a moment, Li Weidong was thinking about whether he could accept it calmly if someone called him that.

"Okay, Chairman!" Zheng Sijing replied affirmatively. Since these people are here and Li Weidong has already said it, he must entertain them.

But there was a bit of surprise in your tone. Why didn't you just go out and turn around just to say hello to these people? Why did you entertain them? Why do they get such treatment?

Not to mention them, even those who were meeting in the conference room just now, foresaw that it would be difficult for Li Weidong to turn around and talk to them.

Not only would they not go, but even if they rushed to say hello to Li Weidong, they would probably only nod and say at most, "Have you eaten?"

It's good now, even if I have to leave, I have to specifically tell him, the vice president, to treat him well. It seems that the standards are much higher!

Not only was Zheng Sijing a little surprised, but even these guests felt something was wrong, even though they didn't understand Li Weidong.

But you, a big boss, came here just to hear their names, shake their hands, and see their humble smiles?

"Is there anything else?" Li Weidong didn't understand Zheng Sijing's surprise, but felt that there seemed to be some other meaning.

"No, I will entertain them well!" Zheng Sijing emphasized and repeated it, as if he wanted to confirm again, is that true?

Li Weidong nodded and was about to turn around and leave. It was getting late and it was getting dark. If he didn't go back, he wouldn't be able to catch dinner.

A large family was having dinner at home. Li Weidong was busy today and didn't say he would go home for dinner. If it was late, Shen Yueying probably wouldn't wait for him to eat.

Eating together is a ritual, but with so many children waiting, we can’t starve them!

It is true that the son is his biological son, but the grandson is not picked up. There is no point in loving the son. The grandson can still talk about his grandparents!

While for adults, being hungry can help them lose weight, for children, being hungry can easily affect their height!

Therefore, waiting for the son to eat and letting the grandson eat early are both good for the son and good for the grandson. They are both correct.

"Chairman!" As soon as Li Weidong turned around, he heard a voice and looked back, trying to figure out who called him just now.

"Is something wrong?" Li Weidong asked when he saw that everyone's eyes were focused on the short, slightly weird-looking man.

Zheng Sijing felt a little angry when he heard Ma Yun speak. At this time, no matter what Ma Yun said, she was suspected of being out of line and seemed to not understand the rules.

But seeing that Li Weidong was in a good mood, Zheng Sijing would not interrupt Ma Yun, but his face didn't look very good.

Ma Yun's face was full of embarrassment at this time, and her heart was uneasy. He also had his own reasons, but the opportunity was fleeting and he had to seize it.

The company received 30 million yuan in venture capital just after its establishment, which is considered a relatively large amount of venture capital in China, and it is very prosperous.

If they develop step by step, they will not be short of money at this time, and the money in hand can at least support their development for the next year.

The next opportunity for financing may come at the end of the year or later, but a new person joining the company recently made him keenly aware that times are about to change.

So he had a grand idea. If he wanted to realize this idea, the money was a bit tight and he couldn't afford to spend it.

He once mentioned it to Zheng Sijing, the originator of domestic venture capital, but it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with Ma Yun's unauthorized changes to the financing commitments.

Moreover, the amount of financing this time was quite large, so he politely rejected it at that time!

Later, Mr. Ma contacted some foreign venture capital companies and was very interested. However, he hesitated when he heard the rejection from Jingwei Investment.

This is the head effect. If you don’t invest in Jingwei, the investment risk is a bit high!

Although a Japanese company said it would consider it, the day before yesterday, the person in charge told him that the company had a big project in the United States that required a lot of funds and that it had to reduce other investments and the investment might be delayed. .

Later, he contacted the American venture capital giant Peking Capital, but they changed hands and gave him the phone number of Jingwei Investment.

Tell him that if he doesn’t invest in China, he can ask Jingwei to invest if necessary!

Ma Yun was a little disappointed and came back again, but he smelled something unusual from this incident.

Jingwei Investment is registered in the Cayman Islands. Although it is hidden, its activities are always inland, so it is not difficult to find out.

Although not everyone knows it yet, some senior executives and people with some knowledge know that this is Li Weidong's company.

However, Peking Capital has been operating abroad, and the distance is too far, so very little is known about it in China, and naturally not much attention is paid to it.

But people in the industry, or people who need it, can understand it to some extent. Coincidentally, the new vice president of the company was previously the head of an international venture capital institution.

After a little inquiry, I found out that this company was also registered in the Cayman Islands, and its first place of activity was Hong Kong Island.

Although the Cayman Islands keeps company information confidential, you can still find some clues if you look carefully.

Moreover, the initial time of the investment activities of Peking Capital and Jingwei Capital was very close, and they both started in Hong Kong Island.

Ma Yun always feels that there is something fishy here. Although he has not reached that point and cannot access the secrets around Li Weidong, there are always people who can.

Zou Yi has always attended the annual meeting as the vice president of Ruibos Holdings, and Jiang Zhili is also the most low-key person who has only attended the annual meeting in the past two years.

People rarely mention the name Peking Capital, but it is only a tacit understanding. If Li Weidong doesn't say it, they won't publicize it everywhere, which will not do them any good.

But if many people know a secret, it naturally becomes no longer a secret.

This made it easy for Ma Yun to find out some information. Li Weidong and Peking Capital must be inextricably linked.

When he learned the news, his jaw dropped in surprise. How could there be such a powerful Chinese?

But after being surprised, he had an idea in his mind. This was a good thing for him. With the investment style of Peking Capital in the United States, he felt that he could convince Li Weidong.

So he came, and after he came, he discovered a problem. How could he see Li Weidong? Going directly to his door was naturally the stupidest way.

But when he saw Director Qiu, his thoughts became more vivid. Although he was not a software engineer, he didn't know how to write programs.

But he had several opportunities to meet with the chairman, who was a programmer, and it was stipulated that those who could not write programs could not work on the Internet.

Mentoring younger people is what many people who think they are successful like to do, and Chairman Qiu is no exception. He has mentored many young people, and of course Ma Yun is no longer young.

So Ma Yun not only met Director Qiu, Mr. Lei, but also Mr. Ding, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wang, and her boss, the young Mr. Ma.

The discussion in this corner was actually Ma Yun's suggestion. The reason was that they had not booked a room in this hotel and it would not be good to go in.

Therefore, Director Qiu and Rebus, who had already obtained the tickets, had no choice but to talk about the future with several future Internet giants in this rest area.

At this time, he successfully met Li Weidong, but he didn't talk about business. This was not good. He had to get this opportunity and arouse Li Weidong's interest!

"Chairman, I have a very good big project that requires a capital of 100 million. I wonder if you are interested?" Ma Yun went straight to the topic.

In fact, he was very nervous, much more nervous than when he took the first class as a teacher, but he did not have the time or the qualifications to talk to Li Weidong in detail.

If Ma Yun had become famous, many people would stop and listen even if it was nonsense. But at this time, he is not famous yet, so he can only go straight to the topic.

"How big of a project is it? Is it to install an elevator on the moon or blow a hole in the Himalayas?" Li Weidong turned around, looked at Ma Yun and said with a smile.

It seems like a joke, but the tone seems to have some other meaning.

The two projects Li Weidong mentioned are nothing new, especially blowing a hole in the Himalayas, which is quite popular.

And I don’t know whether it’s true or not, but it seems that two leading scientists actually inspected it and wrote to the higher-ups, proposing to build this water vapor channel.

Think of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau turning into the Jiangnan version of a land of fish and rice, and the loess high slopes in the northwest turning into endless pastures.

How many people would be raised and what an achievement it would be, no less than opening up a new territory and expanding the territory. It’s not unusual to have this idea!

Although Li Weidong knew that this matter was finally rejected, he had been concerned about it for a while, and it seemed that the operation was not difficult.

What's the big deal about digging a hilltop? As long as the iron pestle is ground into a needle, if you really want to do it, Li Weidong really has the money to do it.

It's just that the neighboring countries to the south are not happy, and it is easy to cause disputes, and it seems that other natural disasters will also occur.

For example, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has become rich, but the ice and snow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have melted, and with the water vapor blowing in, it is estimated that there will be floods in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins.

After hearing what Li Weidong said, the people next to him also laughed. They just felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't explain it.

Zhang Dongshuo looked at Ma Yun and frowned. Although Ma Yun's words could attract Li Weidong's attention, they were somewhat provocative.

This kind of provocation often appears frivolous and shows great disrespect for Li Weidong, and Zhang Dongshuo can hear the difference in Li Weidong's tone.

He has had a lot of contact with Li Weidong and knows his temper. He usually says such nonsensical words not only to chat with people he knows well, but also to express his unhappiness.

Ma Yun is not an acquaintance of Li Weidong, which only means that Li Weidong is unhappy!

Zheng Sijing saw the faint smile on Li Weidong's face, which was clearly a sneer, and quickly said to Ma Yun: "Speak well!"

"Chairman, with the advent of the Internet, e-commerce will definitely develop greatly in the future. We are currently doing B2B, and in the future we also plan to do B2C, C2C..."

"Stop, when did you plan to do B2C and C2C?" Li Weidong looked at Ma Yun and asked with some confusion.

Doing B2C is okay, after all, Amazon and Dangdang are already doing similar things, but doing C2C is a bit ahead of its time!

It's only 2000 now, and there are still three years before Taobao is actually established. Does the preparation period for this thing take so long?

"This is a plan of ours that is still under preparation..." Ma Yun said unconfidently. This was just his idea and he had never mentioned it to others.

If Li Weidong was really serious about it, it would be difficult for him to get over it, but Li Weidong's excitement seems to be here, and it would be a pity to give up!

Li Weidong nodded, not meaning to get into details, but just asked, "Do you know how many Internet users there are in China?"

The meaning is obvious and the idea is good, but the number of netizens in China is too small to support your idea.

"Currently it is more than 11 million, but I think that in the next five years, the annual growth rate will be more than 50%, and it will reach 100 million in five years!" Ma Yun said quickly.

Li Weidong pondered for a while, then raised his head and said: "One hundred million US dollars, no problem, but I have a request!"

(End of chapter)