My Age of Investment

  Chapter 181 Financing Press Conference (the leader adds 410)

  In a high-end hotel in Silicon Valley, under the witness of dozens of media reporters, Facebook held a grand A round financing press conference.

  Too many start-up companies have died of being unknown. The reason why Facebook spends such a sum of money to hold a press conference is to increase its reputation and build a brand for the next expansion.

  Before Facebook, Diaoyou.com was the holder of the financing record in the SNS field. The A round of financing of $13 million has attracted a lot of heated discussions.

  Now Facebook has pushed this financing record to 55.55 million US dollars in one fell swoop, more than fourfold.

  Xia Jingxing, Little Dog, and Christina all put on a suit jacket with a T-shirt from the Facebook logo inside.

The three and four investors including Breyer, Hoffman, Peter Thiel and Mark Pincus sat on the chairs on the stage, facing the hundreds of spectators in the audience, behind the curtain wall Projected with keywords such as "55.55 million USD in Series A financing".

  In addition to invited guests and reporters, there were also college students from Stanford, Berkeley and other schools, all of whom were users of Facebook, who came to watch the ceremony.

  The host briefly informed about Facebook’s Series A financing, including valuation, investors and other information, and gave the time to the media reporters in the audience to ask them to ask questions in an orderly manner.

  Xia Jingxing as the CEO of Facebook, especially a yellow man, is undoubtedly the most watched and the most questioned.

  Next was Breyer. Axel hit $50 million, and he was shocked.

  A white middle-aged male reporter asked: “Darren, with such a huge amount of financing, can I ask where Facebook intends to use the financing?”

  Xia Jingxing took the microphone and replied with a smile: "In addition to carrying out a new recruitment plan and supplementing manpower.

  We also plan to rent more servers and improve the structure of the website so that users can access Facebook faster and smoother. After all, website crashes are not a joke..."

  There was a burst of laughter from the audience.

  The reporters felt that this young Facebook CEO was really grudges, and he did not forget to spread salt on the wounds of Diaoyou.com at the financing conference.

  However, they like it.

  How topical this is, it would be better if you could tease Jonathan’s big mouth and respond with a few more words.

  The students who came to the conference thought that Darren was very good. He was free and easy, and he did not accept it. He was very appetizing of them.

  Xia Jingxing has lived in the United States for eight years in his previous life, and he naturally knows the customs and preferences of the United States.

   Tolerance is absolutely undesirable, it will only make people think you are bullying.

  A serious complaint about opponents is not good, so you should bring some American humor.

  Daoyou.com CEO Jonathan has repeatedly mocked and slandered Facebook and himself, so naturally he will not let this fool.

  In addition to teasing each other at the press conference, Facebook’s legal affairs have formally sued Jonathan.

  A young white female journalist was given a chance to ask questions. She smiled and asked: "Dalun, have you ever made an appointment with Facebook?"

  The reporters and students found this question very interesting. They looked at the stage with great interest and wanted to hear how the young CEO answered.

  Xia Jing shook his head vigorously, and sighed: "No!"

  The people in the audience were about to be disappointed. Xia Jingxing spread out her hands and said helplessly: “The main reason is that there are too many girls who send me private messages every day. I don’t know who to choose or whom to reject. I simply rejected them all.”

  This forced pretence is in place, and there are boos from the stage.

   Facebook wants to break through the campus market, but it can’t be labeled as "only as a dating tool". Xia Jingxing hurriedly ran an advertisement:

  " Facebook is not only for dating, we will launch a new feature next month, which is very interesting.

  I will not disclose it for the time being, everyone will like it very much. "

  I didn't say half of the words. Not only the students, but the reporters were also very dissatisfied. My heart was like a cat scratching, and it didn't work.

  The female reporter was about to continue to ask questions, and Xia Jingxing assigned the next reporter to ask questions.

  This is a black female journalist with a big waist. She stood up and asked, "Dalun, what do you think of racial discrimination?"

  Xia Jingxing immediately gave a standard answer: “In my eyes, everyone is equal, and Facebook also advocates a corporate culture of “freedom, equality, and transparency”.

  There are yellow people, white people, and black people in Facebook. We all get along very happily! "

  The black female reporter nodded in satisfaction and sat down.

  After that, Xia Jingxing answered a few more questions, and then handed the microphone to Breyer.

  Reporter: "I heard that Axel has suffered a divestment crisis in recent years and its operation is very difficult. How did Mr. Breyer make up his mind to invest 50 million US dollars in a group of young people who are only 20 years old?"

   Breyer: "First of all, I want to clarify that Axel has indeed suffered a divestment, but there is no difficulty in operation. We are operating normally.

  The reason for investing in Facebook is also very simple, because it is the next Yahoo! "

  The reporters and students in the audience were very surprised. I really dare to say, what size is Yahoo?

  The topic came, and the reporter behind kept pestering Breyer.

  Reporter: "Mr. Breyer believes that Facebook may become a giant technology company with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars?"

   Breyer: "Yes, social networks can link global netizens and change people's lives, and they will surely become a new generation of Internet giants."

  Reporter: “Is Facebook’s valuation of more than 500 million and nearly 600 million US dollars inflated?”

   Breyer: "Facebook is worth the price!"

  ...

  The second row of guest seats under the stage.

  George sat between Nicky and Holmes, his face pale.

   "George, what's the matter with you?" Nicki asked with concern when his boyfriend's face was wrong.

  George waved his hand, "It's okay!"

  Nicky did not speak any more, guessing that it was not related to investing in Facebook.

  The same is true of the facts.

  George has been waiting for Xia Jingxing to talk to various venture capitalists so that he can jump out and buy shares in Facebook at a low price.

  He waited and waited, watching Facebook’s offer rose from 300 million U.S. dollars to 400 million U.S. dollars, and then to 500 million U.S. dollars for the financing press conference today.

  He knew that he had no chance.

  On the one hand, he felt that the valuation was too high, and at the same time, he did not have that much money to invest in shares. He was not satisfied with one or two shares.

  He remembered one thing, a few students from Harvard University also created a campus social networking site, maybe you can check it out for yourself.

  Since studying Facebook, he feels that social networking sites are a promising industry, so in addition to Facebook, he also pays attention to other social networking sites on the market.

   "George, when will you visit our company?"

  Holmes smiled at the man beside her, and she went to the hotel too, but the investment has not been in place!

   "Let's take a while!"

  George has a casual attitude, he is not optimistic about Holmes's project at all.

  Blood test, you fool around!

  Now that the benefits are in hand, he is also a little tired of Holmes, it is time to say goodbye.

  Holmes is not a person who can accept "white prostitution". He smiled and looked at Nicky, "When are you engaged to George?"

  Nicky wondered: "It is planned for the end of this year, what's wrong?"

   "Hehe, it's okay, I'll give you a big gift at that time!"

  Holmes said this with a smile, and gave George a meaningful look.

  George is not stupid, guessing that something has fallen on this woman's hand.

  He sweats a little on his forehead. He and Nicky belong to a political marriage. If something goes wrong, his father can't spare him.

  And, he has more than one brother!

  ……

  ……

   After Breyer answered a few questions, the dog, the foreign girl, and several other investors also accepted the reporter’s questions one by one.

  The press conference is gradually coming to an end.

  Next, Facebook held a celebration party at the hotel.

  There are fewer people attending the reception. In addition to Facebook shareholders, there are invited guests such as Rao Lei and Liu Jian, and there are no extra messy people.

  Eberhard and Tarpening were also present, and the two came with red wine glasses to congratulate Xia Jingxing.

  Now Tesla’s fate is almost tied to Facebook.

  Seeing that Facebook’s financing of more than 50 million US dollars has finally settled, they are also very happy, and at the same time put their hearts in their stomachs.

   After chatting with the two of them, Xia Jingxing walked towards Li Guanfu and Liu Jinhang who were talking.

  Li Guanfu saw Xia Jing walking over, raised his cup, and said with a smile: "Dalun, thank you very much for inviting me to participate in your press conference and reception.

  At the same time, congratulations to you, it is really amazing to complete such a large-scale financing. "

After Xia Jing walked closer, Li Guanfu noticed that the wine in the opponent's goblet was not in the right color. After observing for a long time, he discovered that it was not wine at all.

   "Hey, how do you drink juice?"

   Liu Jinhang smiled and said, "Because he is not yet 21 years old, how about it, envious?"

"Oh!"

  Li Guanfu understood it instantly and sighed.

   After complimenting Xia Jingxing's young and promising words, he remembered one thing, so he said again: "Jerrett, let me say sorry to you. He can't come to this press conference because he has something to do.

  However, he said that he will come to you in a while, and he will have a long conversation with you. "

  Jerry is naturally Yang Zhiyuan, and Xia Jingxing also invited the other party to attend the press conference.

  Fortunately, I didn’t come, otherwise I heard Breyer ranting there: the next Yahoo, the next Jerry Yang...

  Large car rollover site!

  But the other party said that if you want to find yourself, you need to have a long conversation?

  What does this mean?

  Yahoo took aim at Facebook?

  ……

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  (End of this chapter)