What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 103 The First Sword

I feel dizzy, angry and helpless!

What is all this about?

When Xu Xin sat in the office, he felt his temples still throbbing.

There is no need to eat dinner.

She drank tea silently, slowly calmed herself down, and waited for a while before Liu Jiankai, the vice president who had been responsible for investigating Bai Xiaosheng's specific situation in the past few days, came.

"Hi, Kathy." Liu Jiankai knocked on the door and walked into the office with a smile, calling Xu Xin by her English name, "Have you eaten?"

Xu Xin shook his head and pointed to the seat opposite the desk.

Liu Jiankai quickly noticed that his boss's expression was not good, and changed to a serious mood: "Boss Xu, do you want to make a formal report on Bai Xiaosheng's situation now?"

Xu Xin was the one who called Liu Jiankai here, but now she felt a headache unconsciously after listening to his words.

She couldn't help but prop her forehead with her hand and pounded the table twice with her left hand: "Just tell me briefly."

Liu Jiankai read his boss's body language. He had never seen such helplessness since he joined the company.

He didn't need to make extended guesses, and only said about his own work: "The Bai Xiaosheng website has only been online for two months, and its preparatory work including registration has only been three months, and the current number of users has exceeded 10."

“Also, a large portion of the website’s users come from word of mouth.”

"In such a short time and without any advertising, its performance is outstanding!"

"We have conducted a preliminary survey of Bai Xiaosheng's current user base, and it is indeed as they said, very targeted, which means they still have great potential for development."

“Workplace social networking is not a new topic, but looking back at the history of Internet development over the past decade, there have been no successful companies.”

"We discussed this phenomenon internally. There are hardware problems, insufficient user base, and software problems. We don't have a particularly good workplace social culture in China, so it's really difficult to just do workplace social networking."

"But Bai Xiaosheng added the 'topic' angle, which makes it more interesting."

"Most of the growth in the past two months came from workplace topics, so we have a question: Can this growth be sustained?"

“The time is relatively short, but from the current observations, usage and related feedback…”

Liu Jiankai snapped his fingers and said, "This is a good new attempt."

He licked his lips and moistened his throat with air. "The most rare thing is that the management of this small company seems to have a very clear plan, and the execution in the past two months is also very good. This is very rare."

Many startups try to do everything at once, but Bai Xiaosheng has a proper strategy, solid execution and obvious results, which really shows his considerable skills.

Liu Jiankai saw that his boss's hand had moved away from his forehead and he was obviously thinking about what he said, so he continued, "We studied the entrepreneurial team of this company. They invested their own money in the early stage, especially the core figure Yu Xing, who invested millions. The money came from, uh..."

Xu Xin said calmly at this time: "It's all my husband's company's money."

Liu Jiankai: “…”

In a sense, yes.

A thought flashed through his mind. The value of Zhenai.com belonged to the common property of the couple. Li Song's money was also Mr. Xu's money... Mr. Xu paid for the business, Yu Xing started the business, Yu Xing asked for money, and Mr. Xu paid again...

it's fate!
"Looking at Yu Xing's determination to invest, he obviously believes in his own judgment." Liu Jiankai did not elaborate, but just talked about the matter. "This time he brought along the old team from his previous company. Well, it's a bit strange to say 'old', after all, it only took him four months from the time he started the business to the time he sold the product. But there is no doubt that he has certain abilities."

"The market for workplace social networking exists, and the entry point for workplace topics is novel. Subsequent revenue, including advertising and even insertion into mature recruitment methods, is conceivable."

"Their team has also gone through initial trials and tribulations, and the core members have received a certain degree of recognition."

"There is still a problem. When I came here, I was still thinking about it on the way. How should Bai Xiaosheng deal with the follow-up of large companies? This has become a pain point for entrepreneurs in the industry."

Liu Jiankai pondered for a moment after his summary.

Xu Xin said calmly: "Penguin has a stance."

Liu Jiankai was stunned for a moment, pondering the boss's five concise words for a while. The more he thought about it, the more insightful he felt. He clapped his hands sincerely and said, "Boss Xu, your opinion is absolutely to the point!"

He said excitedly: "Oh, yes, the business attributes of Bai Xiaosheng are here. Well, this is the different situation after the Internet business enters the vertical field!"

Liu Jiankai suddenly realized that if he really wanted to do vertical things, he should go vertical. A small new world for entrepreneurial projects did emerge!
He once again exclaimed: "Boss Xu, you have a really sharp vision!!"

Xu Xin could actually understand this excitement, but she was strangely not happy at this moment, and said truthfully: "This is Yu Xing's reply to me."

This aspect was not included in Bai Xiaosheng's letter of intent for financing.

Liu Jiankai was very surprised. His admiration slightly decreased, but he still said: "Is that so... Well, Yu Xing is good. Without his thoughts on the industry and judgment of the project, he couldn't say that."

When he said this, he suddenly remembered what he had read on Bai Xiaosheng yesterday: "Mr. Xu, Yu Xing gave a speech at the Internet Conference, and the content was quite good. It seems that although he has a medical background, he has a lot of thoughts on the Internet."

Although Xu Xin was in a bad mood, he still said objectively: "Not only is it good, but I went to see Liu Qiangdong last year and he strongly recommended me to read this speech. Later, he also wanted to recruit Yu Xing to JD.com. At that time, half of our comments were ridiculing, and we thought that this perspective on the development stage of the industry was very high-level."

Liu Jiankai was a little surprised. He could tell that half of it was a joke, and the other half was naturally serious.

Although JD.com is still small in scale today, Capital Today is very optimistic about its future and recognizes Liu Qiangdong's abilities.

If one person says it is good, two people say it is good, and three or four people have similar opinions, then it is really good.

What's more, there are people like Ma Yun, Xu Xin and Liu Qiangdong among them.

"The logic of his speech is very self-consistent," Xu Xin said. "Some people have their own theories, while others can explore and put them into practice. If you have both theory and practice, that would be really great."

Liu Jiankai couldn't help but nodded. Putting aside Yu Xing's relationship with the previous project, his initial research results were based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors. He believed that Bai Xiaosheng had great development potential and was worth investing in.

There are certainly risks involved here. At least, there are many risks when the "workplace topic" tends to be negative about the company.

However, a risk-free investment goal is another price.

What do investment institutions do?

It means that you need to take risks to pursue profits.

Liu Jiankai's speech has basically ended. Today's speech is just a temporary overtime and there will be formal discussions later.

Well, the reason for this temporary overtime work...

Liu Jiankai did not try to interfere. His opinion was clear: the decision to invest or not was in the hands of the boss.

Xu Xin could sense the vice president's restraint, and first mentioned the time of the next contact: "I will talk to Yu Xing and others again on the morning of the 10th, please confirm the schedule."

Afterwards, she also expressed her attitude, speaking at a slower pace: "Bai Xiaosheng's workplace topic does involve Zhenai.com, but our decision is only responsible for the funds of Capital Today, and other factors are irrelevant."

Liu Jiankai was not surprised to hear such an answer and immediately said, "I understand!"

Today Capital was founded by the boss, who cherishes this brand more than anyone else. In a sense, whether Bai Xiaosheng invests or not is not important. What is important is that she needs to practice her work principles and professional ethics. Otherwise, how can she convince many partners?
In addition, Liu Jiankai is indeed optimistic about the future of Bai Xiaosheng and is looking forward to the development and changes that will be brought about by the injection of his own funds.

If Bai Xiaosheng really goes public one day in the future, and its current boss does not invest due to other factors, it will undoubtedly become a joke.

When Liu Jiankai thought about it, he suddenly felt that... well, if a couple quarreled over this matter, the impact would not be very good.

"Okay, you guys continue to talk to Bai Xiaosheng." Xu Xin saw him off. "Yu Xing has quoted a price of 500 million US dollars, which is obviously overestimated. You guys should determine a range before the 10th."

Liu Jiankai nodded and agreed, suppressing all the thoughts in his mind.

There was only one person left in the office.

Xu Xin did not feel relieved after making his decision clear. Instead, he felt it was a bit difficult.

It would be fine if Bai Xiaosheng was not good, but if everyone really thought that Bai Xiaosheng was worth investing in...

Chinese New Year is on the 25th...

This year, this year, is not over yet...

Xu Xin sighed, thinking that although this case was small, it gave him more headaches than "Where to Go".

She knew her husband's attitude towards Zhenai.com and that he really wanted to take it public.

If I vote this time...

Xu Xin opened the letter of intent for financing on his desk, but his focus was not on it.

If this really happens, it would be the first sword of the New Year, and the person next to me would be killed first.

……

The conflict between Yu Xing and Li Song caused headaches for potential financiers, but Bai Xiaosheng’s employees were very excited.

The conflict itself was hilarious.

The boss of the company in question, who was previously only online, actually showed up. This boss is much more famous than the previous two groups!
What’s more, the well-known investor Xu Xin is actually this person’s wife!

Also, what the boss said about the progress of Series A financing is true!
Oh yes, there was a traitor from Zhenai.com sitting next to him. He was really tight-lipped!

There is excitement, gossip, benefits, and even verbal fights and shoving that you can personally participate in. It is really worth attending Class B!
However, Yu Xing issued a gag order to his employees early the next morning.

"Please don't spread what happened yesterday, and don't post it on our website."

"The company's two main goals now are to develop users and to obtain financing."

"If we take the initiative to make the conflict a hot topic, it is likely to affect the investors' views, and we won't be able to get investment. We don't know when everyone's options will be determined."

Yu Xing gave reasons and obtained everyone's assurance.

He is more cautious. Although he has the idea of ​​looking for other investors, Today Capital's progress is obviously better.

It's okay to look for a better job while you're still working, but make sure you don't end up with nothing.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the previous topic from Xicheng was still fermenting. In addition to the insurance fraud of the customer in November, other insurance policies were confirmed to have problems one after another, which attracted media reports on a larger scale.

Xiecheng is a listed company, and the problem of fake insurance policies is quite serious.

Compared to this, the internal layoffs were not that big of a deal.

At half past ten, an anonymous account with the certification of Xiecheng employee posted a new thread, saying that someone from the human resources department had contacted them and proposed more sincere layoff compensation, which meant that the issues of this group of employees had been preliminarily resolved.

Such news is naturally worth celebrating, and was also noticed by other users who were watching the incident.

Brothers, breaking news is really useful!

The Bai Xiaosheng platform must not fail...

Yu Xing noticed this post and felt quite amused and confused. This could be considered as initial word of mouth.

At noon, the steel chairman, who had stayed in the hospital for a night, was discharged again. This was his third time being discharged.

"Brother Xing, I have shed blood for the company." Song Yufeng said with pride.

Yu Xing gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Feng, when we have enough money to buy the house next door, I will definitely give you an office."

"It doesn't matter whether the office is open or not, it's just..." Song Yufeng said with a bit of resentment, "Brother Xing, remind me next time you run, you ran too fast yesterday too!"

Yu Xing was a little embarrassed: "I was a little scared at the time, and I wanted to mobilize everyone quickly."

Song Yufeng accepted his boss's explanation. After all, he was just frightened yesterday and was not really injured again.

"We're going to Today's Capital on the morning of the 10th. Do you want to come with us?" Yu Xing asked.

Song Yufeng cheered up: "Yes!"

I've been to the hospital three times, and finally it's my turn to be proud!
Just as Yu Xing was about to speak, he suddenly received a text message on his phone.

Liu Wanying: We’ve boarded the plane and are flying to Hong Kong.

He was shocked. Xiaoying flew to Hong Kong. The first sword of short selling was finally about to be swung out.

If the short selling is successful, Bai Xiaosheng's demand for financing will be greatly reduced.

If we fail... we have to accumulate funds and then look for a target, and we still need to ensure financing.

Money, money, money, the New Year is almost here.

Yu Xing really hopes to see harmonious relatives and friends when he returns home for the New Year, but that requires a financial foundation.

You don’t have to give it, as long as you can see the economy, it will be fine.

"Brother Xing, what's wrong?" Song Yufeng saw that his boss's expression suddenly turned cold, thinking that there was some bad news.

Yu Xing put down his phone and smiled: "It's okay, it's good news."

Song Yufeng felt a little cold in his heart. What good news was this? Why was the boss smiling but not smiling from the heart?
Yu Xing raised his voice: "Come on, come on, let's see how we can spend this New Year!"

Song Yufeng echoed twice, and was sure that there must be something fishy here, otherwise, the boss would not have sharpened his knife to attack the pigs and sheep in such a tone!

But he also had hopes. After all, he had been to the hospital three times and had his arm in a sling. He hoped to have a healthy year to recuperate so that he could use his strong body to shoulder bigger things next year.

(End of this chapter)