Just turned over a new leaf and became a wise and intelligent student

Chapter 281 Four Verticals and Three Horizontals, Angel Investors

"Junior."

Wang Xing awkwardly looked into the car but did not go forward to open the door.

"Senior, you're welcome. It's very cold outside. Come up quickly."

Xu Qingshan rolled down the car window and asked Wang Xing to get in.

"Oh, okay."

Wang Xing got into the car, clasping his hands.

When he got in front of Xu Qingshan, he didn't know how to start talking.

"fasten your seatbelt."

Xu Qingshan looked at Wang Xing and asked with a smile.

"Let's go and have a good meal together."

"but."

Xu Qingshan started the Maybach. The familiarity in his words startled Wang Xing, and his expression became much more natural.

"Brother Xing, why didn't you tell me in advance when you arrived in Beijing? Why do you live so far away?"

Wang Xing understood the hidden meaning of Xu Qingshan's words.

He smiled awkwardly.

"Fanfou has been active all the time, and the company also needs funds to maintain. I have been wanting to try again in the past six months. I am also a major shareholder of the company, so..."

"You're injecting money out of your own pocket, right?"

Xu Qingshan shook his head helplessly and smiled.

Wang Xing lowered his head and sighed.

He knew that Xu Qingshan's smile was not meant to mock him, but it still made him feel sad when he said it.

He still has some money in his hands now. For ordinary people, that money is indeed enough to live a good life, but Wang Xing is not willing to give up. If he still wants to continue his business, then every penny of the money in his hands will be put to good use.

"Okay, after dinner tonight, I'll take you over to pack your luggage, and then we'll stay at Boya's place tonight."

Xu Qingshan said.

“This is inappropriate.”

Wang Xing felt embarrassed because his butt was hot.

As a result, I subconsciously reached out and touched the seat.

Oh, heated seats, that's fine.

"What's there to be embarrassed about?"

Xu Qingshan said with a smile.

"Brother Xing, since you came to see me, it's because we got along well before. Fanfou is over, so you want to start a new project. Let's talk while we eat. As long as the project is suitable and your strategy is fine, I will invest in this project."

Xu Qingshan made a promise to Wang Xing as soon as he opened his mouth, although this promise did not seem very guaranteed.

"You and me. Oh, okay."

Wang Xing's face turned red and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

Xu Qingshan, this junior fellow, gave both face and substance, and now he spoke frankly, without making it difficult for him to speak.

Say something.

Wang Xing felt a little defensive.

What breaks the defense is not the defense of discomfort, but the defense of touching.

"Okay, Brother Xing, don't say those empty words. We are from the same hometown and brothers. I also think highly of you. Be more confident."

Xu Qingshan drove steadily, glanced at Wang Xing's appearance, and spoke to comfort him.

But he had no idea that after saying this, Wang Xing's eyes suddenly turned red.

For an old straight technical guy, the fact that his eyes turn red in front of a male friend already shows his emotional level.

"Qingshan, really, no matter whether my brother can get up again in this life, I will always remember today."

Wang Xing turned his head and looked at the right rearview mirror of the car.

He raised his hand and wiped something quietly.

"Actually, I know it very well in my heart. Qingshan, you are from Peking University, and I am from Huaqing University. I am embarrassed to compare ourselves with you as brothers in the same school. As for our hometown, we are at most fellow Min Yue people. Longshan is considered western Fujian, and Longjiang is authentic southern Fujian. You know, in the past, people from Longshan would be happy for several days if they could marry into a Longjiang family."

What Wang Xing said is not false.

Longshan is a mountainous area, while Longjiang is a plain. They also have estuaries, fishing ports and coastlines, which determines the difference in their levels of wealth.

That is to say, in recent years, Longshan has been getting better and better thanks to the development of rare minerals, otherwise the gap would only be bigger.

Xu Qingshan did not interrupt Wang Xing, but followed his confession as if to vent his emotions, chatted with him for a few words, and learned about his experiences in recent days.

"Fanfou was basically shut down in early November. All projects were stopped and all employees left. I only kept some important things and data. If I have money one day, maybe I can restart Fanfou."

As Wang Xing spoke, he calmed down a little.

"Later, I locked myself up at home for a month and thought seriously about why I had failed over and over again in my entrepreneurial endeavors over the years. I can fail once or twice, but I can't fail all the time, because I have more than just myself on my shoulders."

"When I saw Unzone on the Shuimu Huaqing BBS in 03, I dropped out of school and returned to China to start a business. I also brought Huiwen with me. Huiwen was studying at Huazhong University of Science and Technology at the time, but he dropped out without a second thought and even borrowed tens of thousands of yuan to invest with me. He was born in the countryside."

As Wang Xing spoke, he had clearly not drunk any alcohol yet, but his eyes were already beginning to look blurry and he seemed intoxicated.

"In 04, I rented a three-bedroom apartment in Haifeng Park, bought three desks and three camp beds, and started working right away."

"At first, we started a business called Duoduoyou, but in the end, we didn't accomplish anything and had no income."

"It took us almost two years to finally launch the campus network."

When it comes to Xiaonei.com, Wang Xing is still a little proud.

When Xu Qingshan was drinking with him, he also mentioned Xiaonei.com, which was the face of Wang Xing's official entry into the entrepreneurial circle.

"At that time, our users exceeded 100 million in half a year. Shen Nanpeng and others were optimistic about this project. However, 360's Jay Chou suggested that Sequoia invest in our competitor, Zhanzuo.com, and the investment was US$500 million."

"One or two companies have all received financing, but our school network has not, even though our project is obviously the best."

Wang Xing said that just when he brought up these things again, there was no resentment in his words, but rather a kind of emotion.

"Later, Chen Yizhou came with more than 1000 million yuan and told me to sell Xiaonei to us. You don't have the money, so you can't run it."

"Grandpa Huiwen is sick and needs money, so he borrowed a large sum. He hasn't even paid back the money he put into starting his own business. He quit his high-paying job at a foreign company and has been living off his savings. If it were just me, I could keep trying, but I'm not alone."

Wang Xing lowered his head.

"I sold Xiaonei.com for 1600 million. After getting the money, each of us bought a house in Beijing. We had our last farewell dinner together at Mazi BBQ. We drank a lot of wine and cried for a long time."

“I made money, but my business failed.”

Xu Qingshan had already stopped the car and arrived at the destination, but he was not in a hurry to get out. Instead, he turned on the warm lights in the car and listened to Wang Xing talk about his past and his mental journey.

"As you know, we started Fanfou later. We had money this time, so we were able to hold on for two years."

“But it failed in the end.”

Wang Xing turned to look at Xu Qingshan and whispered in a hoarse voice.

"I can not be reconciled."

“I don’t want to be busy all my life but never produce any decent results.”

"But now I'm looking for investors with my project. I've failed so many times, and many people won't even meet with me."

Wang Xing sighed.

"I stood outside the company for eight hours, and finally I saw him walk out of the company. He didn't even glance at me, got in his car and left."

"Later, I found Brother Cai. Brother Cai met me because we were from the same hometown, but he was only willing to give me 5 yuan."

"I know that Brother Cai has so many projects. The fact that he is willing to give me 5 yuan shows that he is not optimistic about the projects I have. But what I need is not 5 yuan, nor 50 yuan, but 500 million yuan."

“And it’s in U.S. dollars.”

Xu Qingshan nodded.

He is also very clear about this. Although Cai Wensheng likes to cast a wide net, the investments he makes are all small-base investments such as 5 to 50. He will only make additional investments if the investment can provide feedback on results.

Moreover, Cai Wensheng has now integrated Perfect Picture and is running the Meitu project in full swing in Ludao.

According to what my second uncle told me, Cai Wensheng also listened to my advice and began to reduce and cut investments in other projects to concentrate on Meitu.

The fact that Wang Xing couldn’t get investment from Cai Wensheng was somewhat related to himself.

"Finally, I thought of you." Wang Xing looked at Xu Qingshan and said softly.

"If it still doesn't work, I'll probably have to sell the house and borrow some money from my family to try this one last time."

Xu Qingshan smiled.

My goodness, I almost forgot that this senior’s family is well-off. His grandfather is the cement king of western Fujian.

"Let's go and have dinner. I've booked a private room so we can talk about your ideas and projects."

Xu Qingshan unbuckled his seat belt, turned off the engine, and continued speaking.

"I believe that your business venture this time will be successful."

"Maybe"

Wang Xing has little confidence in himself.

The two brothers got off the car and entered Donglaishun.

You will never get tired of eating hotpot no matter how many times you eat in winter.

"Donglaishun, I haven't eaten here for a long time."

Wang Xing looked around the store and smiled nostalgically.

When he started his business in Beijing, he also liked to bring his team members to eat copper pot hot pot. When he thought of the situation at that time, he couldn't help laughing.

Once you enter the private room, you can have as much mutton rolls as you want.

Wang Xing had just let down his guard in the car, and now after eating some warm meat and drinking some cold beer, he finally started talking.

"Brother, the more than one month I spent in seclusion in my room was definitely not without results."

"Don't worry, brother will definitely succeed in starting a business this time."

"Hey, listen to me and tell me what I think!"

"If you want to succeed in starting a business, you have to pay attention to four verticals and three horizontals."

"These four verticals are actually the four development directions of current Internet user needs: information acquisition, user communication and interaction, entertainment, and business. What we need is to dig deeper into these four directions, make operations more convenient, and simplify information."

"The three horizontal aspects are search, social networking, and mobile Internet. As for mobile phones, you should have felt the benefits of mobile Internet, right? I see that your mobile game company in Ludao is making a lot of money, and the copyrights have been sold to several companies."

"Then what I want to do this time is actually the Gaopeng website that you mentioned to me before."

Wang Xing was in high spirits. He held up a bottle of wine in his hand and insisted on toasting Xu Qingshan, praising him loudly.

If he were a flatterer, that would be fine.

But he is a real talent, and if he didn't really admire him, he really couldn't say these words.

Although Xu Qingshan has a good attitude, who wouldn't be happy to be praised like this by Wang Xing?

The two brothers had a very happy chat.

By the end of the meal, I couldn’t even eat the mutton rolls anymore, so I could only drink more wine.

Xu Qingshan and Wang Xing were arm in arm, and Xu Qingshan patted Wang Xing's shoulder vigorously.

"Brother Xing, let me be honest. How much do you need this time? Given our friendship, I'll cover it all!"

Xu Qingshan also drank a lot.

only.

I drink until you are half drunk and trick you into tears.

"Okay! Just for our relationship, if you pay the money, I'll prepare all the shares for you! But, brother, let's really make a deal, you give me all your decision-making power? Just the original dividends and status?"

Wang Xing was drunk.

He is very happy today.

It was not just because he got the investment, but also because he received great recognition from Xu Qingshan when he communicated his entrepreneurial ideas and project ideas to Xu Qingshan.

If Xu Qingshan had simply praised him, he wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

However, Xu Qingshan proposed some better optimization solutions for some nodes in his plan, which made Wang Xing feel that he and Xu Qingshan were close friends.

"Of course, Brother Xing, you know I'm too busy with scientific research right now."

Xu Qingshan put his arm around Wang Xing's shoulders and spoke incoherently.

"Besides, if this company is really going to be established, it will be our company. I invested in you as a person. If the company is not yours, what's the point of me having so many shares?"

"The more shares I have, the more it's because you are here!"

Xu Qingshan’s words made Wang Xing hug him and cry bitterly.

The two of them made a fuss in the private room for a long time, but they both drank. Xu Qingshan called Qiu Jing and asked her to call a designated driver to take Wang Xing to Boya to rest first, and then go to the original small hotel to pick up the luggage tomorrow.

Wang Xing was already drunk.

Qiu Jing spent some tips to ask a hotel waiter to help take care of Wang Xing.

Xu Qingshan, who was originally drunk, suddenly sobered up after leaving the hotel with Qiu Jing.

"Boss, let me drive you back."

Qiu Jing was wearing a long down jacket and looked at the man in front of her. He didn't look like he had drunk that much.

"Then trouble you."

Xu Qingshan nodded, he still had something to tell Qiu Jing.

"Tomorrow, you will represent Qingshan Capital to communicate with Wang Xing. I will come over in the afternoon."

"it is good."

Qiu Jing touched the steering wheel and carefully familiarized herself with the situation of this luxury car.

"Boss, what standard would be more in line with your expectations?"

If it was a normal investment, Qiu Jing could take the initiative to have the talk first and then report to Xu Qingshan, but Wang Xing's status was obviously different, and it was the boss who talked to her personally, so she had to understand the boss's bottom line.

"No need to talk this time, we have agreed on $500 million and a 40% stake."

"what?"

Qiu Jing was stunned for a moment.

500 million US dollars, nearly 3500 million Chinese yuan.

But what surprised her was not the money, but the shareholding ratio.

With a 40% shareholding ratio, this makes him a real major shareholder.

Of course, she knew Wang Xing, and he had been noticed by some people in the Beijing investment circle. One of the main reasons why she had not been able to attract successful investments before was that Wang Xing was unwilling to give up some important rights.

"Yes, I heard it right, but the voting rights and decision-making power will be handed over to him."

Xu Qingshan said calmly.

As he spoke, he remembered and turned to look at Qiu Jing.

"I forgot to ask. We should have enough money, right? I've been busy with academic matters lately. I saw the report you submitted on time, but I didn't read it too carefully."

Since Qiu Jing was invited to be the helmsman, Xu Qingshan naturally felt relieved.

But he didn't want to disrupt Qiu Jing's arrangements.

"3500 million is still within our reach, though."

Qiu Jing looked at the talented young man beside her and asked.

"Boss, do we really have to invest in Meituan, which hasn't even started yet? This is 3500 million yuan."

"Well, I have to vote."

After Xu Qingshan finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows and said to Qiu Jing with a smile.

"Sister Qiu, believe it or not, as long as you manage this investment well, and participate in the financing before Meituan's IPO, and hold these shares, your reputation in the investment community will definitely surpass that of Mr. Shen from Sequoia."

Xu Qingshan is very confident, and this confidence is contagious.

Qiu Jing was stunned for a moment and nodded.

"I'll take care of it."

"Let's go."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)