My Age of Investment

April.

Christina, who had been away for a month, finally returned to the company.

She reported the results of this trip to Xia Jingxing with a tired face.

"In this month, a market development team of 15 people and I visited 38 states and reached sponsorship cooperation with 1,051 high schools...

Compared with the previous month, our high school student users increased by 2.05 million to more than 3.8 million, accounting for 24.4% of the total number of high school students in the United States, nearly a quarter.

Of course, there is also a lot of capital consumption. Including travel expenses and sponsorship fees, we spent 3.5 million US dollars a month. "

Xia Jingxing personally poured a glass of water for Kristina, handed it to the latter, nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work! I have always seen your efforts.

Evans has a statistical software in the background, which shows how many users and how many high school users have increased every day.

I know that the cold numbers don't show how much effort the partners in the market development department have put into this.

But these efforts are worth it.

F Club has now fully adjusted its product strategy and no longer attempts to copy a Facebook in high school.

Their focus on social media, in some ways, takes a lot of stress off of us. "

Xia Jingxing saw that Yang Niu kept her head down and did not speak, so she squatted down to have a look.

Yang Niu raised her head, rubbed her eyes, and kept yawning.

"Why are your eyes full of bloodshots? You didn't rest, okay?"

Xia Jingxing frowned, "How can you still work like this, go back and rest for two days! Recharge your energy and come back to work in a few days."

Yang Niu shook her head violently, "No, you don't have to worry about me."

After speaking, Yang Niu wanted to stand up and leave, but Xia Jingxing grabbed her shoulders.

Xia Jingxing looked down at those azure blue gem-like eyes and smiled, "Miss Walsh, it would be too bad if you are sick.

I don't want to be pointed at Mr. Walsh Jr's head with an AR-15! "

The foreign girl laughed, revealing her white teeth as neat as a shell.

"My father wouldn't point a gun at your head!"

Xia Jingxing said with a smile, "Then what? With a bazooka?"

"He'll just shoot you in the head, no extra moves!"

Xia Jingxing touched his head and pretended to be afraid and said, "It's terrible, then you should go back and rest! I'll take a look at the company's affairs."

Yang Niu pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Well, I'll take a two-day vacation, and then go to the mall and shop, and I should be able to "recover blood"."

"Sounds great! Come on, it's late, and the beautiful clothes are all bought by other girls."

Yang Niu was about to leave, remembering that the employees of the market development department were still fighting on the front line, she said, "The company's market expansion has achieved initial results, can you consider rotating some employees?

Like me, they haven't had a break for a month. "

Xia Jingxing nodded,

"No problem, divide the people into two batches and rotate the batches to rest.

The market expansion cannot end for the time being, until all $6 million is spent. "

"Okay, let's arrange it like this!"

The babes stood up, ready to leave.

When she got to the door, she turned her head again and said, "By the way, you and the puppy will solve the dinner yourself. I don't have the heart to cook."

Xia Jingxing gave an "OK" and said, "I'll cook at night and make up for your stewed old hen."

After Yang Niu left, Owen Van Natta walked into Xia Jingxing's office again.

The Facebook CFO has a model-like figure and wears a neat suit. He is hailed as the company's "second handsome" by employees, second only to Xia Jingxing, the boss.

"Daren, there's a fund that wants to talk to us."

Once inside, Owen went straight to the point.

Xia Jingxing pointed to the chair next to him and motioned him to sit down and talk.

"Given our good market performance, there are more than a dozen funds out there that want to invest in Facebook.

Sequoia Capital made another quotation, this time with a pre-money valuation of $1 billion. "

Xia Jingxing was not too surprised. Facebook has recently withstood the counterattack of the social alliance, and its market share in high school students has greatly increased. The number of users has exceeded 17 million, and it will take at most a month to break the 20 million mark. .

This kind of change is naturally seen by the secretly peeping venture capital institutions.

Xia Jingxing asked indifferently, "Moritz is so generous this time? Three months ago, he was unwilling to give even half the valuation to Facebook."

Owen heard the ridicule in the boss's words, and said with a smile: "Financial institutions have never been disciplined, chasing up and down, which is normal.

The potential that Facebook has shown so far is enough to prove that their previous choices were wrong.

All they have to do now is remedy!

Even investing in Facebook at a higher price is better than missing out entirely. "

Xia Jingxing nodded, he naturally understood the fascination of these venture capital institutions.

But now Facebook is not short of money, how can it open the financing window?

"Reject all of them, let's say we have no financing needs recently."

Owen nodded, "Okay, then I'll reject them."

Upon being instructed, Owen quickly left the office.

Xia Jingxing leaned on the chair, looked at the ceiling, and thought about the annual meeting of Huayuan Science and Technology Association tomorrow.

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the next day.

Morning.

The Sandalwood Hotel in San Francisco.

A bright-yellow sports car with an airy shape slowly drove in and parked in the parking space in front of the hotel. Xia Jingxing got out of the car, straightened the folds of his suit, and strode towards the hotel.

Huayuan Science and Technology Association was established in 1999 and was first founded by Chinese student entrepreneurs.

Later, American Chinese, overseas Chinese, Chinese high-tech entrepreneurs, executives of venture capital institutions, scholars, law firms, and accounting firm executives also joined in.

He is very famous in the venture capital circle in China and the United States. Jack Ma, Robin Li, Ding Sanshi, Sequoia Capital China's Shen Beipeng, DCM Investment Zhao Keren, GGV Investment Tong Shijie, etc. are all members.

One of the things that people talk about is that Huayuan Science and Technology Association made a bridge and helped Jack Ma to get Yahoo's "$1 billion in cash + Yahoo China" investment.

There is a huge sign-in wall at the entrance of the hotel, with the words "The 3rd Annual Meeting of Huayuan Science and Technology Association" written in Chinese and English, and some guests and units are also listed.

There is also a table next to the sign-in wall, and several young Chinese girls in suits are responsible for guiding the sign-in, issuing conference admission cards, and so on.

"Why are you two here? You put on your professional clothes and changed into a vest, and you almost didn't recognize you."

Xia Jingxing saw two acquaintances and went up to greet them.

"Ah, Boss Xia, are you here for the meeting?"

Gao Lili raised her head, saw Xia Jingxing, and asked with some joy.

Shen Xinyi also raised her head and smiled lightly at Xia Jingxing, even if she said hello.

Xia Jingxing said, "Yes, I was invited to the meeting, what are you two doing here?"

"We're here to volunteer!"

Looking at Xia Jingxing's disbelieving expression, Gao Lili changed her words again: "Actually, I want to meet a few investors and lay the foundation for future entrepreneurship."

Xia Jingxing gave a thumbs up, "Xiao Li, this is your mental awareness."

Gao Lili smiled, "Will it seem too utilitarian? Hahaha~"

Xia Jingxing waved his hand, "It's okay, this is not an immoral act, I appreciate your style very much.

Since you want to start a business, prepare more and accumulate more resources.

If you continue in this direction, it will be your turn to go to Nasdaq next year and ring the bell next year. "

Xia Jingxing's one-liners made Gao Lili burst into laughter, and even Shen Xinyi covered her mouth and laughed lightly.

"Okay, let's talk later, I'll go first!"

After signing in, he received the admission badge and hung it around his neck. Xia Jingxing said goodbye to the two and walked towards the hotel.

"Daren~"

Xia Jingxing looked for the voice, turned his head to look around, saw that Yang Zhiyuan was waving at him, and walked over.

There were also five middle-aged men standing beside Yang Jieyuan, looking curiously at the young man walking towards them.

"Daren, I'd like to introduce you to some new friends. This is Mr. Chen Hong, the chairman of GRIC, a Nasdaq-listed company, and the chairman of Hanergy Investment Group. He is also the founder and chief executive of Huayuan Technology Association. President."

Xia Jingxing looked in the direction that Yang Zhiyuan's palm was pointing, and there was a middle-aged man in his early 40s with a round face and round eyes smiling at him.

"This person should be the founder of Facebook, Mr. Xia Jingxing! He is really a young talent, and the motherland is indeed full of talents!"

The round-faced middle-aged man had a loud voice and a generous manner, and took the initiative to step forward to shake hands with Xia Jingxing.

Xia Jingxing laughed, "Mr. Chen, you're polite. Compared with you, I only entered at the end of school. When GRIC Communications Company went public, I was still in high school."

Xia Jingxing knew that the person in front of him was a genius!

The first Chinese student in the United States to bring a company to the market, the market value exceeded 1 billion US dollars a month!

Now I have sold the company and returned to China to found Hanergy Capital, the earliest investment bank in China.

The two shook hands, and Yang Jieyuan introduced an older middle-aged man next to him, about fifty-five or six years old.

"This is Mr. Zhu Min, the founder and president of Nasdaq-listed WebEx (Internet News), and the current president of Huayuan Technology Association."

The entrepreneur who looks exactly like Song Xiaobao waved his hand and said, "I'm not the president now, Deng Feng is."

He smiled and shook hands with Xia Jingxing, "I heard from my classmates at Stanford a long time ago that there was an amazing Chinese student in the school.

After dropping out of school to start a business, within a year and a half, the company's valuation reached nearly 600 million US dollars. "

"Everyone is overrated. Compared with the predecessors, Facebook still needs to work hard."

Xia Jingxing looked at the "Song Xiaobao" in front of him with a smile, and the other party's information automatically appeared in his mind.

In 2007, Netcom was sold to Cisco for $3.2 billion, and he joined the NEA venture capital fund in the United States as a partner and managed $6 billion in funds;

Cybernaut Investment, founded by returning to China, manages hundreds of billions of funds.

Yang Jieyuan then introduced the third middle-aged man, Deng Feng, to Xia Jingxing.

Deng Feng, in his early 40s, is the founder of the listed company NetScreen and the current president of Huayuan Technology Association.

Some time ago, this company was acquired by another listed company, Juniper Networks, Yang Haoyong's old owner, at a price of 4.2 billion US dollars, and the news caused a sensation throughout the United States.

Because of this huge acquisition, Deng Feng is also known as the five most successful Chinese entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, alongside Yang Jieyuan, Huang Renxun and others.

At present, there is no difference in the limelight, and the whole person stands there with a halo.

In the future, Deng Feng will return to China to establish Northern Lights Investment, and then start a new glory in his life.

"Thank you, Mr. Xia, for coming to the conference. On behalf of Huayuan Science and Technology Association, I welcome you!"

Deng Feng was also a man of articulation, holding Xia Jingxing's hand with enthusiasm.

"This is Mr. Xie Qing, the co-founder of NetScreen (NetScreen), currently running a network security technology company called (Fortis), and you are still alumni with Dylan."

Yang Jieyuan also introduced a simple and honest-looking entrepreneur in his early forties next to Deng Feng.

Xia Jingxing smiled and shook hands with the other party and exchanged a few words.

This is also a great figure. Forita Corporation will be listed in a few years, with a market value of more than 3 billion US dollars, becoming the largest market value company founded by Chinese students overseas.

Yang Jieyuan then introduced the fifth and last middle-aged man.

In fact, it can't be called a middle-aged man, it looks like he is in his early thirties.

"This is Mr. Shao Yibo, the founder of China's eBay. Last year, eBay was acquired by eaby at a price of 225 million US dollars. Mr. Shao came to live in Silicon Valley and is currently the vice president of Huayuan Technology Association."

Listening to Yang Jieyuan's introduction, Xia Jingxing looked at this figure who left a deep impression on the history of China's e-commerce development.

It is interesting to hear that this, like Duan Feite, is also a master who "loves beauty but not the country".

For the sake of his wife, he moved to the United States to settle down and gave Jack Ma the great country.

His wife was from Wanwan. In 2003, when his wife was about to give birth, the old husband passed away again.

In order to take care of his sad wife, he sold eBay and accompanied his wife to the United States to recuperate.

When the merger occurred, Taobao had only been launched for two months!

Jack Ma commented on this person: The biggest disadvantage is that he loves his wife too much!

If Shao Yibo hadn't sold eBay, he would definitely not have founded Taobao later, and he would not have dared to break ground on Tai Sui.

He is a genius in the field of e-commerce, and it is only by stepping on the shoulders of genius that I will have today's success.

Xia Jingxing felt that these were all exaggerated reports by the media, and Jack Ma also humbled himself.

At that time, Taobao had already been launched, and there was no reason to dare to break ground on Taisui.

Taobao's free strategy is to slash at the key points of eaby.

eBay implements the mature profit model of eaby in the United States. When a merchant sells something, the platform will draw a sum of money.

With this model, eaby started to make a profit on the second day of its establishment, and naturally it will not lower its arrogant head in the Chinese market.

At that time, eBay was acquired by eaby in 2002 with a 33% stake, and in 2003, it was invested by eaby to invest 150 million US dollars.

Shao Yibo has been completely empty, and the company's veterans have all been cleaned by eaby. If he doesn't completely sell the company and leave, he can't do anything.

Years after the incident, Shao Yibo publicly stated many times: If we had to continue at that time, the situation of e-commerce today might not be the same.

Netizens scolded him: so what? What you Shao Yibo can do is just touch your nose when your wife scolds "the company has already sold, and you have enough to eat", continue to change diapers for your daughter, and bury your head in being your "a good husband who is afraid of his wife, a good father" That's it.

Of course, Xia Jingxing didn't look down on Shao Yibo because of this.

Jingwei China, co-founded by the future and Zhang Ying, has developed very well, and it is an absolute domestic head fund, ranking in the top ten.

In addition, Shao Yibo also co-founded Baby Tree, invested in Anjuke and served as the chairman of the company.

The investment business is also very successful!

With all his thoughts in his heart, Xia Jingxing shook hands with Shao Yibo calmly, "Hello, Mr. Shao, I've admired your name for a long time!"

"Mr. Xia is very kind. Facebook's name has already spread to China. The world's largest Series A financing is amazing!"

Shao Yibo, who is only 31 years old this year, has an extraordinary bearing. Standing among a group of middle-aged and elderly bosses, he definitely stands out from the crowd.

But compared with Xia Jingxing, who was ten years younger than him, he paled a lot.

When the passing guests saw the scene where the bigwigs gathered, they couldn't help but stop and watch.

Including Xia Jingxing, there are seven people in total, five of whom are the founders of listed companies.

The other two, Xia Jingxing and Shao Yibo were not unknown, and many people recognized them.

A bearded man walked over to a few people and said with a smile, "I've been looking for you for a long time, so I'm here!"

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