My Age of Investment

the next day.

magic capital.

A high-end hotel near Dianping Company.

The doorbell rang, and Fu Jixun opened the door, and saw Zhang Tao who was standing at the door, feeling a little anxious.

"come in!"

Fu Jixun's voice was calm, and he looked very indifferent.

Before coming, Zhang Tao guessed that this trip will definitely not meet any good looks.

It was because they made mistakes first, and they had to stand at attention when they were beaten. He was mentally prepared for this.

After receiving Rao Lei's message yesterday, he hurriedly called Xia Jingxing, and the other party only replied indifferently, "Got it."

Then without saying anything, I hung up the phone.

Zhang Tao was restless all night. Today, when he went to work with two dark circles under his eyes, he received another call. The caller claimed to be Fu Jixun, managing director of Envision Capital and partner of Jingzhe Fund.

Then, he found this place according to the hotel and room number sent by the other party.

"Sit down wherever you want, there's water there, if you're thirsty, take it yourself."

Although Fu Jixun was very polite, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt a sense of indifference.

Zhang Tao had a premonition of "before the storm" and carefully found an empty seat on the sofa by the window, and sat down gently.

Fu Jixun has been carefully observing Zhang Tao's expression and movements.

This was his first fire as a new official. Whether he could ignite the fire cleanly or not, the focus fell on the man in front of him who was five years younger than him.

In fact, after the yacht returned to the port yesterday, he didn't sleep well all night, staying up all night to check information about Dianping.com and its founding team.

After arriving in Shanghai this morning, he met Rao Lei again, without missing a single detail, and understood the matter from the beginning.

Xia Jingxing is not very sure, it is "the other founders who have rebellious brains\

,"Or say "Zhang Tao and several founders teamed up to play the double reed".

It was already inconvenient for him to intervene in this kind of dirty and tiring work, so he left it to Fu Jixun to test the new fund manager's ability and skills.

Fu Jixun sat down on the sofa opposite Zhang Tao, stared at the latter, and said in a cold voice: "President Xia was very angry when there was a breach of contract. This is the first case of breach of contract that Envision Capital has encountered in more than a year of operation. ..."

"Mr. Fu!"

Zhang Tao had a bad feeling, and was about to interrupt, but Fu Jixun waved his hand to stop him, "Listen to me first, you have already breached the contract, and this is already an established fact."

Zhang Tao opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to explain, his face was ashen, and he was a little at a loss.

Fu Jixun glanced at Zhang Tao, and continued with a blank expression: "People need face, trees need bark, and it is impossible for Vision Capital to continue to cooperate with people who have no professional ethics.

Therefore, we decided to terminate the due diligence and abandon the investment in Dianping. "

Zhang Tao was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but Fu Jixun added, "Of course, according to the agreement, Dianping.com needs to compensate us for breach of contract equal to the investment amount, which is 2 million U.S. dollars."

"Ah, $2 million?"

Zhang Tao exclaimed, and then stood up excitedly to defend himself, "Boss Fu, even if we sell Dianping.com, we won't be able to raise so much cash."

"That has nothing to do with us, everything is done according to the contract."

Zhang Tao's eyes were gloomy, and he regretted to death in his heart, very uncomfortable.

According to industry practice, after taking the TS of a certain venture capital institution, almost no entrepreneur will honestly wait for the completion of due diligence and the smooth arrival of financing funds, because this is too passive!

Signing TS does not mean that the due diligence can be passed smoothly, and the due diligence does not mean that the venture capital institution will make money smoothly.

Although there are "exclusivity period" and "confidentiality clause" in TS, smart entrepreneurs will maintain certain contact with other venture capital institutions. So that if the financing fails, you can quickly find the next home.

Of course, this kind of contact should not be too intimate, so as not to violate the red line and lead to breach of contract.

Two days after they got the TS from Envision Capital, Sequoia China came to their door.

Therefore, he asked his partner Kong Wei to maintain a certain amount of contact with Sequoia China, just to stay behind, and he did not intend to change the court.

In the end, his partner Kong Wei didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup was instilled by the Sequoia people. After returning, he kept proposing to replace Vision Capital.

Several other founders also support Kong Wei’s idea, and they plan to create some obstacles for due diligence, so that Vision Capital will voluntarily give up investing in them without breaching the contract, and then they can easily go to Sequoia China .

Zhang Tao is still a decent person, and feels that he has signed an agreement, so he must have the spirit of contract.

And from his point of view, Xia Jingxing is obviously an expert in the Internet, who understands marketing and operations, and has given Dianping a lot of good ideas, which are priceless.

So, he was in a stalemate with the other founders, and quarreled in the conference room. Rao Lei noticed the movement, and then he asked the truth.

When Zhang Tao heard the two million dollars in compensation, he felt as if the sky was falling, and began to tell Fu Jixun about his difficulties.

"...Fu Zong, you understand now, our company doesn't have that much money at all, if compensation is required, then Dianping can only go bankrupt.

Personally, I am very inclined to Vision Capital, mainly because my partners have thought that they shouldn't have. "

Fu Jixun had almost figured out the pulse, and it turned out that those rat droppings belonged to the other founders.

"You are the major shareholder and the original founder of Dianping, and they are all the "co-founders" that you introduced one after another.

It is said that it is a partner, but it is actually a small shareholder and an employee. "

Fu Jixun showed a trace of cruelty, "In this case, you should act decisively, clean up the door, and keep the team pure."

Zhang Tao frowned, "Kong Wei turned out to be the vice president of Linktone and an executive of a listed company. I invited him here because I thought he could help me manage the market, operations and other aspects of work. In fact, he did a good job. very nice."

Fu Jixun shook his head and scolded: "It's a big mistake! Character should be put first.

No character, no matter how capable you are. Our vision capital also follows this investment logic. As long as there is a problem with character, we will not invest in the project no matter how good it is. "

Zhang Tao showed a look of embarrassment, "Mr. Fu, can we negotiate the compensation amount again?"

Fu Jixun waved his hand, staring at Zhang Tao with piercing eyes, "Now there are only two ways in front of you, either to compensate for the loss of Vision Capital, or to clean up the house!

For a clean Dianping.com, Vision Capital is still willing to invest. "

Zhang Tao understood, he wanted to drive the rest of the team out of the company.

In fact, after such a thing happened, Envision Capital could no longer tolerate the existence of those shit-stirring sticks.

Zhang Tao is not stupid, and he quickly figured out the link. Vision Capital's claim for compensation was false, and the real purpose was probably to force him to expel those partners.

After thinking about it, Zhang Tao calmed down a lot, and said: "If they leave, Dianping may fall into turmoil."

"We can tolerate "business adjustments" and even help Dianping introduce more senior talents."

Fu Jixun smiled, "I used to be a director of Baidu, and Mr. Xia is also a director of Ali and many American technology companies.

First-line Internet companies in China, or technology companies in Silicon Valley, as long as you need them, talents from these companies can be introduced to Dianping.

Humans can only grow new and healthy flesh after gouging out abscesses, and the same is true for enterprises when they get sick. Don't shy away from diseases! "

Zhang Tao was silent, his eyes flickering.

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