Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 538 Lily

Once the company goes public and the lock-up period is over, it should be the best time for venture capital funds to exit. However, Li Weidong knew that these companies had huge room for future development, so he retained them.

Of course, in a sense, it will disappoint the investment managers who invest in these companies. According to regulations, some bonuses will only be cashed out when the project exits.

Li Weidong has been putting off quitting, and their bonuses have been unable to be cashed out and cannot be obtained by him.

Now because of the sudden leak, it may be a good thing for them. After all, the sooner they get it, the sooner they can feel at ease.

"Okay, I will tell Mr. Jiang right away and ask him to do it right away!" Zou Yi glanced at his watch. This time in San Francisco should be the time to go to work in the morning.

But Jiang Zongtao should have gone to the company long ago. This incident should have been a big shock to him. With such a big mistake under his management, one can imagine the pressure on him.

"There are also strategic investment agreements we want to sign with several companies here. Please take a look!" Zou Yi watched Li Weidong sign and took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and put them on the table in front of Li Weidong.

"How's the discussion going?" Li Weidong picked up a copy and took a cursory glance and asked.

"We have had formal talks and communicated several times by phone and fax. Both parties are quite satisfied. Generally speaking, we have reached an intention to cooperate. If there are no other problems, we can sign!!"

Li Weidong does not ask for controlling shares, and even promised to respect the opinions of these major shareholders in principle. Where can such partners be found? It is strange that they can have opinions.

So the negotiation process went very smoothly. Zou Yi came to the capital to visit several big shots on behalf of Ruibos Holdings. After some communication and exchanges, the tone was set.

The specific details will be discussed slowly and will not affect the signing of the large strategic framework agreement.

"Yes, the future prospects of these major projects are very good, especially this project. After the natural gas pipeline is laid, the hen that laid the golden eggs will just wait to collect the money!"

Li Weidong pointed to the project on hand and said. Zou Yi looked up at the document and knew it was the project to divert natural gas from the border areas to the eastern coast.

This is currently the largest investment project in China. It spans ten provinces and cities from east to west, with a distance of 4,000 to 5,000 kilometers. It takes several hours to fly. The investment budget for the first phase alone is 120 billion yuan, and the total investment is nearly 3,000 yuan.

100 million.

The total investment is 300 billion. In fact, the investment is far from this scale. After all, after the completion of the first phase, huge revenue will be generated every year, and investment can continue.

Of course, the investment is huge and the success is remarkable. After its completion, the annual transportation capacity will be as high as 12 billion cubic meters, completely solving the gas consumption problem in several coastal provinces.

The estimated return rate for this basic project is not high, but this calculation is too conservative in considering the speed of domestic urbanization, especially the development speed of "free shipping areas" is not taken into account.

More than ten years later, this place, which is the size of a palm on the national map, has one-tenth of the country's population, one-fifth of its GDP, and 40% of China's top 500 private enterprises.

This kind of development speed cannot be measured by any economist. Even if we open up the situation and brag about it, we would not dare to brag about it like this!

Although the current calculated reported rate of return is only 12%, Li Weidong knows how high the annual income will be after the success of this project, and doubling it is not a problem.

The stock god Buffett is so boasted that his average annual rate of return is only 20%, and he has to work hard and take huge risks to do so.

Li Weidong promised this time that the investment in the first phase of this project will be no less than 20 billion, and the total investment will be no less than 40 billion, and the project will be completed in five or six years.

He doesn't have to do anything, he just needs to find a reliable accounting firm to audit and supervise, and he can get at least a 20% return rate every year, and his annual cash flow is in the billions.

This is how you can make money just by lying down. Don’t underestimate the ability of these awesome companies to make money. They may look inconspicuous and low-key like dust, but they have too much money to spend.

And there are not many opportunities like this. In a few years, the economy will improve and the business will be bigger, but there will be no chance for Li Weidong.

But now investment can not only earn excess returns, but can also be regarded as a timely help by these companies.

"We have already communicated with the oil and gas company, and Director Zeng proposed that the two companies jointly fund and form a new company to run the project, so that there will be less involvement!"

"It couldn't be better. It's easy to break things down when starting a new business like this!" Li Weidong nodded and said.

This is not a precedent. Towngas in Hong Kong started doing this a few years ago, and they went even further. They established joint ventures with energy companies in almost every city to establish gas companies.

The management is very flexible. Even if a certain gas company has a problem, there will not be too much turmoil.

Li Weidong read a few more agreements. The funds written in these agreements were very large, and there were also words such as "commitment" and "not less than", but the actual binding force was very small, so Li Weidong read them faster and more

Rough.

Rather than looking at the agreement, it’s better to look at what projects there are and see what’s new.

There are many projects, most of which are industrial projects with huge investments. Of course, the current investment in these projects will determine how beautiful the returns will be in the future. This is the dividend of development.

"That's it. When the time comes, just sign this contract!" Li Weidong quickly read it and put it on the coffee table and said.

If all these projects can be realized, and there are no control problems in the middle, these projects will start to produce output in a few years, and it is estimated that a small goal will be achieved every day.

Such a big event is still in China. Since Li Weidong did not participate, Zou Yi was surprised and said: "Chairman, you will not participate in the signing ceremony?"

Li Weidong asked with confusion on his face: "I said I wanted to participate in this signing ceremony?"

Zou Yi thought for a moment, and it seemed that there really wasn't any, so he had to shake his head and said: "No!"

"That's it, it's not appropriate for me to participate in this matter. It's up to you to show your face in the future!" Li Weidong leaned back on the sofa, stretched his body and said affirmatively.

Zou Yi was a little curious, and after a little thought, he guessed the meaning. However, a good subordinate must arouse the boss's desire for expression, so he asked in a pretense of wonder: "You mean there is a deeper meaning to this matter?"

"When doing business in China, you must improve your position and understand the deeper meaning of the leader's words. Did Director Zeng mention me or Xinsheng Holdings in front of you?"

Strictly speaking, the structure of Ribos Holdings should be similar to the VIE agreement structure. However, the only investor in this overseas company is Li Weidong. Without a series of agreement constraints, there are no compliance and risk issues.

Although many people know about this, in terms of organizational structure and legal aspects, Ribos Holdings is an overseas company, and no one will tell the truth.

"No, I only mentioned Ribos Holdings from beginning to end!" Zou Yi thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was really the case.

"Isn't that enough? What they need now is the inflow of foreign exchange and an overseas company, not a domestic reckless entrepreneur. Do you understand?"

"The chairman is indeed very wise. I have been wondering. It seems that I need to study more and enhance my political literacy in the future!" Zou Yi looked like he suddenly realized something.

"Okay, don't act for me anymore, you sign your name and I will go back to my home!" Li Weidong waved his hand and said.

His deputies are all as smart as monkeys, how could they not see this?

"I'm telling the truth. Since I came to China, I have felt a lot of differences. Many things seem unreasonable, but after thinking about it carefully, I feel that it should be like this, and it has a lot more humaneness!"

"Chairman, Mr. Zou, I feel the same way. For example, when the chairman mentioned recruitment just now, I felt it was different from abroad!" Fu Xiaomin also continued.

"These days, we have done a lot of advertisements on TV, newspapers, and the Internet, and we have received a lot of awards. However, when we were interviewed, we found out that they were just college graduates or people who were just dawdling!"

"Except for a few who were introduced by others, it is difficult for others to even be qualified for positions such as investment assistants and analysts, let alone investment managers or higher-level directors!"

"I wonder why no one comes when we offer such a high salary. I understand after you just said this. I still ignored that our country is not as direct as abroad. The more high-end talents, the more different and more special they are.

Easy to carry!" Fu Xiaomin said flatteringly.

"Okay, stop it. If you keep talking like this, I won't even have to eat dinner!" Li Weidong waved his hands quickly. He is thin-skinned and will easily get sick if he hears too much flattery.

Li Weidong looked at the car lights outside, but it was not so crowded, and said: "It's time to get off work at eight o'clock. Let's go back and rest. Don't let the flexible working system become 996 in the end!"

"The pressure in the investment circle is already high. Working overtime and staying up late is not good for your hair. Either your head will turn gray or your hair will fall off!" Li Weidong said with emotion.

He worried a lot about the hair volume of his male compatriots. Fortunately, his hair was still relatively luxuriant, and he didn't even have a single gray hair. If one hair grew out, his wife would have to remove it.

Fu Xiaomin glanced at Zou Yi and said with a smile: "I will inform them right away that they must be sent off work before eight o'clock in the future. I will definitely protect their hair!"

But before Fu Xiaomin could give instructions, he heard a knock on the door. The door was made of transparent glass. Li Weidong was sitting on the sofa and turned his head to look directly at Melanie's long legs wrapped in flesh-colored stockings and standing with high heels on her feet.

door.

Melanie first glanced at Li Weidong and Zou Yi, then looked at Fu Xiaomin, hesitated a little, and said in relatively fluent Chinese: "Mr. Fu, Mr. Zhang is here, at the front desk!"

"There are still guests at this late hour?" Li Weidong asked.

Zou Yi also glanced at Fu Xiaomin, intending to ask who "Mr. Zhang" was!

Before Fu Xiaomin could speak, Li Weidong stood up and said, "Okay, go ahead and get busy. I was going to treat you to dinner. Let's do it next time!"

Seeing Li Weidong like this, Fu Xiaomin was about to explain a few words, but stopped. If she explained, would it look like she wanted to covet Li Weidong's dinner?

In short, Fu Xiaomin is a little embarrassed. It’s wrong to explain, and it’s wrong not to explain!

Li Weidong walked to the door, and Melanie was already holding the door open sideways. Li Weidong politely nodded to her to express his gratitude, and at this time he took a close look at her.

Li Weidong sighed. The Buddha was indeed fair. He gave these European and American women perfect figures and skin with large pores. Why did they have so many freckles on such beautiful faces?

Chen Jun and Ding Yuan were sitting outside Fu Xiaomin's office. When they saw Li Weidong coming out, they quickly got up to follow him. Zou Yi and Fu Xiaomin also followed closely to see Li Weidong off!

As he approached the front desk, he saw a man holding flowers standing there. Li Weidong was happy when he saw this man. The "Mr. Zhang" Melanie mentioned just now turned out to be Mr. Zhang!

Zhang Chaoyang was also a little surprised when he saw Li Weidong. He came up with flowers in his arms, shook hands with Li Weidong and said with a smile: "Hello, Director Li, I didn't expect to meet you here!"

"We met when we met. Why do you have to give me flowers? Lily, this is better!" Li Weidong said with a smile, and then glanced sideways at Fu Xiaomin, whose face was already red.

"Director Li, you also like lilies. If you like them, I will give them to you!" Zhang Chaoyang said against his will.

"Then I'll be disrespectful!" Li Weidong tried to answer, watching Zhang Chaoyang's expression change.

"Forget it. Although the flowers are nice, they have been together for a hundred years, so it is not appropriate to give them to me. You should give them to whomever you should give them to!" Li Weidong took back his hand and said with a smile.

Li Weidong's words made Mr. Zhang obviously relieved. He also knew that Li Weidong was teasing him deliberately. He almost believed it just now because it was a simple thing.

Li Weidong didn't want to be a lightbulb, so he left after saying a few words.

Zou Yi seemed to feel that he shouldn't hinder others. Seeing Li Weidong leave, he also found a reason to leave with him.

After Fu Xiaomin sent Li Weidong and Zou Yi away, he turned to look at Zhang Chaoyang and his expression changed slightly. However, he was in the wrong and he was a decent person, so he had to keep his face and smile.

In front of Li Weidong and Zou Yi, if someone else brings a bouquet of flowers to the company, will it leave a bad impression on the boss and leaders, saying that she cannot handle her personal affairs well, which will affect her work?

Some time ago, Zhang Chaoyang heroically saved a beauty at a venture capital and e-commerce conference, which gave him a reason to contact Fu Xiaomin. Fu Xiaomin wanted to thank Zhang Chaoyang and wanted to treat him to a meal, but he never had the chance.

I finally made an appointment today, but I never thought that something like this would happen. Zou Yi came to the capital, and Fu Xiaomin received him. Li Weidong was coming to the company, and she even had to receive him. She forgot about it when she was busy with work.

Now that this happened, she was in the wrong, no matter how big the loss was, it had nothing to do with Zhang Chaoyang!

Zhang Chaoyang said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I didn't see you coming down, and I didn't answer my phone call, so I went up to take a look, and I didn't expect to meet Director Li!"

Fu Xiaomin had no choice but to smile slightly and said: "Mr. Zhang, it's me who's sorry. There was something unexpected today. I forgot to tell you in advance and made you wait for so long!"

(End of chapter)