Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 537 Authorization

Li Weidong looked at the huge office. The partitions were ready, but on the floor of nearly 20,000 square meters, which can accommodate hundreds of people working at the same time, only the southeast corner was occupied.

There were no lights on in the rest of the place, it was dark in the middle of winter, and there were not many people there. If only one comrade worked overtime at night, he would definitely feel terrified.

How can we carry out the work without enough talents, and with just a few dozen people, it would be a joke to want to become the Rolls-Royce of the domestic investment community.

In fact, there is no shortage of outstanding talents in the country. What is lacking is the eyes to discover talents, and even less a way for the flow of talents.

Moreover, Chinese people are reserved and always wait for a price. Especially when they reach a certain level, they rarely send out resumes themselves.

It would be too shameful to be interviewed by others even though they are senior executives or experts of a certain company. In order for outstanding talents to be poached, they must at least be introduced and recommended by others.

Old-timers have a wide network of contacts, and it is easier for them to introduce a few suitable investment managers or senior management talents than to find a needle in a haystack themselves.

So choosing from the resumes received by the human resources department is not about finding a needle in a haystack, and there may not be one in the haystack.

Fu Xiaomin naturally understands this truth, but she still has too few connections in the country, which is also the most disadvantageous aspect of her work. Even if she knows Zheng Sijing, she cannot go to Zheng Sijing to introduce a few people to her!

We are all peers in the investment circle, and peers are enemies. The most important thing is that Li Weidong is the LP of Jingwei Investment and Peking Capital. To put it bluntly, in addition to competing in the same industry, they also have to make a difference in front of Li Weidong.

Therefore, it is destined that Fu Xiaomin will not trouble Zheng Sijing or Peking Capital on this kind of matter. He is simply a head short. Isn't this tantamount to admitting defeat!

Fu Xiaomin said respectfully: "The "China Venture Capital Forum" will be held in a few days, and we have also received invitations. I will definitely visit some seniors in the investment community then!"

The China Venture Capital Forum is organized by China Democratic National Construction Association, initiated by Vice Chairman Cheng Siwei to be precise, and hosted by Jingwei Investment.

Peking Capital (China) has just been established and has not yet completed a single project. However, at the beginning, Wang Zha directly announced that it would invest US$2 billion within three years, which has already caused huge waves in the venture capital industry.

Even though IDG Technology Venture Capital Fund, which has been established for decades and entered the country ten years ago, only dares to brag to the Ministry of Science and Technology that it will invest one billion US dollars within seven years.

IDG entered China very early, before Li Weidong was reborn, but the scale of investment has never been large, simply because of unclear policies, so it has always made investments for exploratory purposes.

After Li Weidong made his first pot of gold by shorting the pound in Hong Kong Island, he became Jingwei Investment, and then targeted domestic companies and spread it quickly.

Carrying out large-scale investments with the attitude of picking up the basket and becoming the food, really stimulated the person in charge of IDG China, and began to enter the Chinese market on a large scale in 1993.

IDG seems to be aware of the competitive pressure of Jingwei Investment. When Jingwei Investment set up offices in central cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, IDG also happened to set up companies in these cities.

Intentionally or unintentionally, the competition with Jingwei Investment started, but Li Weidong was relatively low-key at that time, and China also had projects all over the country, so there was no need to engage in competition or confrontation.

Therefore, for many years, although the two regarded each other as the target of competition and imaginary enemy, they were relatively restrained and lived in peace.

However, after the financial crisis, Li Weidong's funds suddenly became much richer, Jingwei's investment scale became larger, and Zheng Sijing seemed to be consciously competing with IDG.

Therefore, they began to interact and even compete in certain projects. Jingwei Investment was relatively large, and because it was split into three subsidiaries, it implemented a household-based business model.

The degree of competition incentives has gradually increased, and Jingwei Investment has become a leading player in the domestic venture capital industry, both in terms of size and momentum.

However, the year before last, IDG Investment Group suddenly announced that it had signed a memorandum with the Ministry of Science and Technology, promising to provide US$1 billion in entrepreneurial funds to China's high-tech industries in the next seven years.

After the signing ceremony, I was even met by senior leaders who expressed high appreciation and support for their actions, which instantly made IDG famous.

Zheng Sijing also wanted to do this, but Li Weidong disagreed. Following the trend is not Li Weidong's style, and keeping a low profile is the way to go.

However, now that Peking Capital wants to enter the country, in order to promote the company and become an instant hit, it is natural to make things bigger, so it has the current publicity momentum.

Although the team has just opened now, with a total of only a dozen people and seven or eight guns, it has a strong foundation of two billion US dollars, so it is natural for the China Venture Capital Forum to invite Peking Capital to participate.

Of course, everyone wants to see who Fu Xiaomin is, what level he is at, and whether he can control this so-called two billion US dollar investment management company.

So now everyone is in a wait-and-see mode. No one knows whether the boast you boast can be realized. It is normal to boast in business activities. Only when the boast is realized can it be considered a success.

Fu Xiaomin also knows the importance of this forum, which is more important than the last venture capital and e-commerce conference. After all, what was said there was false. This forum is a battle of wits and courage.

Li Weidong also agrees with Xiaomin's idea, but the starting point is different. This forum is still a start-up. There is definitely no unified standard for people who participate in the forum. All kinds of people can come, and their quality varies, so what can be discussed!

What he likes is the talents who participate in the forum. He can dig out as many as he can. Even if he can't dig them out at the time, he still has to leave a way of communication with each other. If he has nothing to do, just wave the hoe twice, and sooner or later the corner will loosen!

So Li Weidong smiled and nodded and said: "Yes, your idea is very good. This is a good opportunity. You must participate, and you must prepare business cards!"

"It's hard to say whether you can hear other people's investment ideas and experiences, but it's a good place to meet people. The forum is where everyone eats and drinks. It's easy to make friends, and it's easier to poach some people!"

Zou Yi and Fu Xiaomin, who were standing next to them, looked at each other and had a hard time commenting on Li Weidong's critical words.

Their positions are different, and their speaking angles are naturally different. If they were in Li Weidong's position, they could talk nonsense, while others would still have to say they have true temperament.

But they are not unfamiliar with Li Weidong's talk about poaching people. This is also Li Weidong's consistent theme. Whenever there is a meeting, the topic of poaching people will definitely be raised.

There is no problem in poaching people, but as Li Weidong's subordinate, every time I hear Li Weidong mention this, I always feel that my position is not secure, and maybe one day I will be replaced by someone poached.

"Chairman, I think there will definitely be many investment elites participating, and we will try our best to wield the hoe!" Zou Yi said with a very approving expression.

"That's right!" Li Weidong is very happy that his subordinates can have this attitude. They must ensure that everyone is consistent, so that they can think in one place and work hard in one place.

Seeing that Li Weidong had no intention of telling everyone, Zou Yi motioned to Li Weidong to come to the office, "Chairman, please come here!"

This is Fu Xiaomin's office. Perhaps in order to suit China's national conditions, two steps were specially built to make the leader's office slightly higher, giving the impression of looking down on the employees.

The entire office is made of transparent glass doors and windows. It is said that a transparent office can improve employees' work efficiency.

Li Weidong looked back and saw that the effect was indeed good. Even if there were only about twenty employees, they were all under his nose and he could see clearly what they were doing.

Entering the office, Li Weidong sat on the sofa and said to Zou Yi and Fu Xiaomin: "Sit down, sit down, sit down and talk!"

Zou Yi sat down first, and then the office door was pushed open, and a long-legged European and American woman with blond hair and blue eyes walked in, holding a purple sand tea set in her hand.

Fu Xiaomin helped take it, put it on the coffee table, poured a cup for Li Weidong, and said: "Chairman, I have nothing to prepare. Can you try this tea and see if it is okay to drink?"

Melanie next to her heard Fu Xiaomin's words and glanced inwardly. She was not prepared at all. When she knew that Li Weidong was coming at noon, she began to think about how to receive him.

When I was about to pick up Zou Yi, I remembered that they only had coffee and no tea, so I asked Qin Shijun, an old Beijinger, to buy tea. To be on the safe side, I also asked him to buy more.

After I bought them, I had to soak them one by one. After tasting them, I chose one to serve as a treat to Li Weidong.

I thought to myself that it would be hard to say this. Although I wanted to give credit to the leader, being too specific would appear to be too utilitarian, and the original meaning would be lost.

Melanie also poured it for Zou Yi and Fu Xiaomin, thinking in her mind that two people who often drink coffee now have to taste Chinese tea with Li Weidong. Does this mean that people have to bow their heads under the eaves?

After pouring the tea, Melanie paused deliberately when she saw Li Weidong picking up the tea cup, wanting to hear Li Weidong's opinion.

Li Weidong said: "The tea is good, but the people who buy tea should not be knowledgeable. It is obviously a good tea with a single bud, but it is mixed with tea with one leaf and one bud!"

Then he took a sip and said, "It's not bad. I'm not fooled. They're all from this year, and they're all freshly picked Mingqian tea!"

Li Weidong's comment made Fu Xiaomin blush. When buying tea, she actually told her to buy the expensive one!

After listening to Li Weidong's analysis and looking at Fu Xiaomin's reaction, Melanie knew it was good, and she felt a little impressed!

"Okay, we'll talk about the tea later, let's talk about the serious stuff first!" Li Weidong said directly without telling them in circles.

Melanie left knowingly. Although she was no longer Fu Xiaomin's secretary but the director of the risk control department, she still had no power to participate in this work and was even the subject of investigation.

She came to serve tea because Fu Xiaomin's secretary was not in place yet, so she was still the one to serve. After all, there were only about twenty people in the company, and it was impossible to distinguish many things so clearly.

Zou Yi said: "I had a phone call with Mr. Jiang just now. The email was sent through Yahoo's mailbox. I have also communicated with Yahoo's CEO, but it is not ideal!"

"Yahoo refused to provide the sender's IP address and related circumstances on the grounds of customer privacy. Mr. Jiang is looking for clues to this matter through other circumstances!"

Li Weidong said sarcastically: "Customer privacy, when did Yahoo pay attention to customer privacy? It's really June's debt that must be repaid soon!"

Zou Yi and Fu Xiaomin didn't talk. They were unhappy with their CEO when they quit Yahoo, but now Yahoo is citing customer privacy as an excuse, which is somewhat ironic!

The Internet is a new thing, and many laws do not pay attention to this aspect. Even in country M, only some people are aware of this problem.

Privacy has only been mentioned in the country of G. Last month, an M company was accused of reselling users' personal information without permission.

It was really timely to give this reason at this time. Li Weidong was also a little angry because he didn't take his former shareholder seriously.

"Ask him to investigate as soon as possible. All executives from country M who may have come into contact with this information must be investigated, and the headquarters of Peking University Capital must also investigate themselves!"

Li Weidong no longer pursues the matter of Yahoo's lack of cooperation. He should keep it in mind if he is angry, otherwise he will appear stingy. The best way is to wait for the right time and take advantage of his illness to kill him.

Li Weidong has always suspected that it was done by insiders, especially those foreigners. As the ancestors said, people who are not from my race must have different minds, especially since Peking Capital M country is basically at a standstill at this time, and various bonuses and benefits are also at a standstill.

There will be a corresponding decrease, and the income of these people will also drop significantly.

"Yes, there are relatively few people on Hong Kong Island of Peking Capital, and the people who have come into contact with this news are relatively fixed. I have asked people to check. Mr. Jiang has asked Captain Huang to check the whereabouts of these people in the past few days. Once there are results,

I will report to you!"

Fu Xiaomin also immediately assured: "I also checked carefully. Our computers are used alone and are basically carried with us. The leakage is unlikely!"

"I still trust you very much. Besides, this is not a big deal, but I will definitely not give you money, so be prepared for the news to leak out!" Li Weidong shook his head and said.

He also has to show an attitude of trust. If he can't even trust Zou Yi and Fu Xiaomin, how can his career continue!

Even if the news leaks out, it only means that he is the sole shareholder of Peking Capital and the next richest man in the world. And how long can this news be hidden?

Zou Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "When I talked to Mr. Jiang on the phone, I told him to clear out the stocks in his hands, but those stocks that are not listed are more troublesome to trade, and they also need your authorization!"

At this time, Fu Xiaomin walked to the desk, took out a stack of authorization letters that had been drawn up from the safe, and handed them to Li Weidong.

These authorization documents are not authorized directly to Jiang Zongtao, but to Zou Yi, and then Zou Yi will give Jiang Zongtao a copy of her authorization.

Although this will cause a waste of time and reduce efficiency, it will set up a firewall between Li Weidong and Peking Capital to a certain extent, ensuring Li Weidong's concealment to the greatest extent.

Li Weidong looked at several documents and said: "Transfer the listed stocks to Oriental Fund Management Company, and keep the unlisted stocks. Let them do some work!"

(End of chapter)