Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 137 Do you dare to believe it?

News that Microsoft wanted to acquire Facebook began to spread in September, but some people quickly refuted the rumors and said that Microsoft wanted to acquire 9% of Facebook's shares.

Ms. Zhou from Victoria Harbor Investment, who has a close relationship with Li Bancheng in Hong Kong, seems to have also been involved. I don’t know where she learned that Qu Li had invested in Facebook and acquired 1% of the shares.After in-depth understanding, I found that Qu Li is really a treasure boy.

Lehman has helped Honor deal with many financial problems. Dinghui can help Honor cooperate with operators to open up the domestic market. Hutchison Whampoa's European market is not very attractive to him.

"After T-Mobile reached a cooperation agreement with Honor, it contacted Apple again."

"You even know this?"

"It happens that a friend knows." Ms. Zhou

"Then I wish us happy cooperation." Qu Li hesitated for a moment and chose these three companies.

Lehman Brothers acquired 2000 million shares, Dinghui and Weigang each subscribed for 1000 million shares, Honor received US$2.6 million in cash, the stock price was 6.5 yuan, and the total equity became 1.5 million, with a valuation of approximately US$10 billion.

On September 2007, 9, Honor held a press conference in Zhongguancun, attended by Lehman, Dinghui, and Victoria Harbor Investment, and announced the news that shocked the entire Zhongguo Internet venture capital circle.

"Can you believe it, but he did it!"

Post bars, blogs, forums, and financial TV programs all started discussing this news. Why is this news like a scam? How can Honor, which has been established for 10 months, be worth US$10 billion?

"Can you believe it?" has become an Internet buzzword inexplicably. This junior high school student is incredible!

"We are optimistic about the future of Honor technology and smartphones..." Andrew from Lehman Brothers touted vigorously

"What made you invest in Jumei at a high price and then invest in Glory at an astronomical price?" A reporter asked Andrew, wondering whether there was insider trading.

"In fact, it was the ability of the founder team that allowed us to make the final decision. Qu Li is a very visionary, courageous, and creative founder. Let me tell you something that you may not know, Jumei is The branch in the United States has achieved sales of US$3000 million in just over three months since its establishment. The domestic data for the third quarter are not yet known, but I remember that more than a month ago, Jumei’s daily sales exceeded 100 million soft sister coins..."

"Wow! I'm crazy!!!" Seeing such news, the reporter had mixed feelings. Shein has been keeping a low profile for more than ten years since its establishment. It is because it is afraid of domestic investors and entrepreneurs being involved. Jumei is so high-profile. , maybe someone will use money to attract employees in key positions in Jumei.

"Jumei has started the listing process and strives to go public in the shortest possible time." Qu Li dropped another bomb, and then stopped answering questions about Jumei. He did not care about the hard work of the reporter friends at all, but he had the travel expenses to make up for their feelings.

Dinghui Wang Shu is very famous in the industry. He was responsible for investing in Penguin at IDG. It is said that he opposed selling Penguin’s shares. He joined Dinghui last year and invested in Honor this year. I don’t know where he got the confidence. So a reporter asked he.

"Tianming is well-known in China and has mixed reviews in the industry. We had the opportunity to learn about Honor through the introduction of friends in the mobile company. After getting to know Tianming, we discovered that many words of praise can be applied to him. He may be a real genius. , I still can’t imagine how the Honor team did it, it’s amazing!”

Another reporter asked Ms. Zhou from Victoria Harbor Investment, no matter how they looked at it, it had nothing to do with it.

"I was preparing to invest in a well-known Internet company abroad. I didn't expect Qu Sheng to be one step ahead and create something that shocked Silicon Valley in just a few months. Shopee was reported by Wall Street media as the biggest discovery of the summer... "

"In the process of investigating Jumei, we discovered an even bigger surprise. After actually participating in Honor's financing, we discovered that Qu Sheng's vision is top-notch among many entrepreneurs. After discussing with Li Sheng, we both agreed I feel like I shouldn’t miss this opportunity.”

Ms. Zhou from Wei Gang spoke highly of Honor and even went against the principles to invest in domestic technology companies. You must know that ten years later, Wei Gang will invest in only a handful of domestic technology companies.

"Mr. Qu, how did you do it? Honor's valuation exceeded US$10 billion just 10 months after its establishment. Is Honor really worth that much?" a reporter questioned.

"Investors' money is not in my hands. It's worth it if they think it's worth it. My task is to live up to the investors' trust in me..."

After the interview, the news of Honor's successful financing became the financial headlines the next day. Even the entertainment sector had news about Qu Li: "While filming "Red Cliff", he established a technology company with a market value of more than 10 billion US dollars..."

This media is just making trouble. "Red Cliff" hasn't been finished yet, so why should they call it a bad movie? Well, they didn't say it, but their meaning is already obvious.

The last episode of "Win in Zhongguo" was about to be recorded. Wang Lifen invited him to participate. Qu Li readily agreed and was welcomed by the judges, contestants and media.

After the greetings, the host began to ask him questions: "There are many doubts from the outside world. If Honor has not sold a single phone and has not made a penny, how can it be worth US$10 billion?"

"How do you know Glory didn't make any money?"

"Really, how do you make money, mobile phones or other businesses?"

"When will your program be broadcast?" Qu Li asked

"About the third weekend of October."

"Some things are still being kept secret for the time being. Can CCTV guarantee that no news will spread from here before the show is broadcast?"

"Then I want to ask everyone, can you keep Qu Li's secret?"

"can!"

"As you can see, everyone is willing to keep your secret."

"Well, I hope everyone will keep their word. In fact, we have reached a cooperation agreement with Deutsche Telekom, one of the world's largest telecom operators. Their telecom companies in the United States and Germany purchased 45 smartphones from us."

"Wow, so Honor is really making smartphones?"

"This is our first product, the 2G version of Honor G1." Qu Li took out another engineering machine. Don't ask him how many he has. Anyway, he can definitely use it when needed.

"It's so beautiful, let's give you a close-up..."

It has a metal frame, a plastic back shell that feels very textured, a full keyboard, and a 2.8-inch Samsung touch screen. Without comparing it to the iPhone, the display effect of the phone is very stunning.

Summarizing Xiaomi's experience and lessons, Qu Li did not emphasize the strength of supply chain companies. This is actually immature and has endless consequences.

Qu Li once again boasted about the rich functions of Honor G1 from all angles, which is far more powerful than Nokia.

“What’s the difference between this and Nokia or BlackBerry?”

"The highly free open source operating system has greatly reduced the difficulty of mobile phone software development. In theory, you can use this mobile phone as a laptop computer from before 2000."

"Let's put it this way, Nokia is just a mobile phone, Honor is more than a mobile phone."

"BlackBerry is famous for its full keyboard, but Honor has all the functions they can achieve. What they don't have, we still have. And don't you think Honor is more beautiful?"

The lens is zoomed in, and Honor’s metal frame is shining with dazzling light!