My Age of Investment

  Chapter 208 Investment Stop Loss

  I spent five days at Walsh Ranch. Except for the episode caused by "Looking for a Cow", the rest of the time was very pleasant.

  Xia Jingxing followed the young girl to milk the cows, feed the cows and sheep, and went fishing by the creek, and made the fish into grilled fish.

  The pastoral life is very freehand. It will make people can't help forgetting the intrigue and unhappiness in the market, making life a kind of enjoyment.

  Five days passed in a flash, and it was time to leave.

  The foreign girls kissed their family members one by one and said goodbye to them.

  The fat girl Jessica hugged her sister's thigh and never let go.

  Buddy’s second brother, Brady, looked at Xia Jingxing and reminded again: “Daren, you said that when I was an adult, I would send me a Tesla electric sports car, I can remember.”

   "It's a trivial matter. Bring your driver's license at that time and just come to our company to pick up the car."

  Xia Jingxing and Brady boasted that Tesla’s electric sports car can compete with Ferrari and Porsche.

   Then, Tesla was remembered by this kid, and told Xia Jingxing a lot of his sister's embarrassment, and thus obtained a future Tesla sports car.

   "Remember to advertise on Facebook for Walsh Ranch!"

  My son finished reminding, I reminded me little Walsh again.

  Xia Jingxing nodded, indicating that there is no problem.

Little Walsh continued: "I didn't go hunting this time. Next time you come back, I will show you the game of "sniper rifle hitting wild boars". We also have a hunting club that specializes in helping the state government to kill wild boars. There are bonuses."

  Xia Jingxing responded with a smile. American wild boars are in trouble, and Americans think it tastes too much, so they don’t eat wild boar at all.

  Then wild boar breeding is very exaggerated, and it has become a headache for Texas farmers and ranchers.

  To be put in China, wild boars have long been extinct!

  Old Walsh, holding a cane, waved goodbye to Xia Jingxing, and asked him to come to the farm for vacation.

  Xia Jingxing didn’t know if he was tainted by the volunteers. Old Walsh, an American veteran who had participated in the Korean War, had a good impression of him.

Although    is an adversary, the Volunteer Army’s image of "brave" and "defying fear of death" has won the respect of these veterans of the US military, and even a lot of respect for the Chinese people.

  The little dog is not good, the defeated general of the American army, old Walsh is very cold towards him.

  Yang Niu’s grandmother Kayla and mother Caitlin also said goodbye to Xia Jingxing, and they had a good impression of this young Chinese.

  Xia Jingxing squeezed chubby Jessica’s fat face, “I will give you a set of Disney dolls next time, OK?”

  Jessica wore the pink Mickey ears Xia Jingxing gave her. She was dressed like a little princess. She was carved and jade. She raised her hand and bounced on the ground, asking Xia Jingxing to hug her.

  As soon as Xia Jingxing picked her up, the little girl kissed him, making Xia Jingxing so happy that she was a little bit reluctant to put down this cute little thing.

  The little dog bowed to the yangniu family, thanking everyone for the hospitality.

  It's just that when the dog bends down, his face is a little abnormal.

  In the past few days, almost all the puppies were lying on the bed and fell off the horse back. At that time, there was nothing wrong.

  It was Xia Jingxing who was forced to endure the awkwardness, giving the medicine to the puppy, and then helping to give the massage to help complete the absorption of the medicine.

  Of course, Xia Jingxing only pushed her back, and the puppies gave herself the medicine on her butt.

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  The three of them drove the car, returned to Austin according to the original route, and took the earliest flight back to San Francisco.

  As soon as he returned to the company, Xia Jingxing began to arrange work for the babes: "Your ranch, we took a lot of photos when we went sightseeing, you can arrange the operation department to write a travel blog.

   Let the operation department share and repost it again, and it will soon become a popular blog on the platform, seen by countless people, and the location and name of the farm are all revealed.

  In this way, Mr. Walsh would never trouble me, right? "

  The foreign girl laughed and said, "Are you serious? In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't get an advertisement."

   "No, this time, Mr. Walsh lost a cow and a horse (horse). Although it is not a big deal in terms of property value, it is a bit of a shame for Mr. Walsh."

  Xia Jingxing said with a smile: “The way to find his face is that a steady stream of tourists come to Walsh Farm, travel and vacation there.

  Vincent was jealous and hated on the sidelines, but we gave him a chance because he himself couldn’t see the ads on Facebook. "

Seeing Xia Jingxing's firm attitude, the foreign girl nodded and smiled: "Well then, my father may be happy to death.

  His biggest wish is to witness the family ranch expanding to 10,000 acres in his hands, and it is best to buy Vincent Ranch.

  But all of this requires financial support.

  If the ranch can develop a tourism and vacation business model in addition to farming, it may help him fulfill his dream. "

  Xia Jingxing didn't expect little Walsh to have such ambitions under his bohemian appearance.

  The foreign girl said before that when the pasture was passed to his father Walsh, it was only more than two thousand acres.

  Now the area has doubled. Little Walsh is still not satisfied with the status quo, and wants to double it again on this basis.

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  A few days later.

  George came to the Facebook company alone, ready to talk to Xia Jingxing.

  "Dalun, the development of Facebook is getting better and better! The last time I came, you all had only one floor of office, and now you rent the upper floor, right?"

  Sitting on the sofa in Xia Jingxing’s office, George smiled and praised the development of Facebook.

  Looking at George, who was dressed in glamorous clothes and always dressed as an elite, Xia Jingxing didn’t know what the other party was doing suddenly, and smiled and said, “Thank you! The development is okay, we still need to work hard!”

  George looked for Xia Jingxing for nothing else, and mainly wanted to sell F company.

  He knew how ruthless Facebook was. The hundreds of high schools on the east coast were all sponsored by Facebook for various activities.

  F agency retreats to high schools in the Boston area, and barely competes with Facebook in this area.

  But high schools in other regions, according to his understanding, are almost completely occupied by Facebook.

  He originally expected Zuckerberg to bring him a little surprise.

  The more you wait, the more disappointed you are, and your chances of success are slim.

  If this continues, F agency must be over, and his one million dollar investment will be in vain.

  Since the current situation is not too ugly, he wants to try if he can sell F agency to Facebook to save a certain amount of loss.

  Although this is embarrassing, as long as the loss can be stopped, it is nothing.

  Be rational in investing and not be arrogant. This is the investment criterion his dad taught him since he was a child.

  "Dalun, I won't hide it from you. I invested in a social networking site for pictures. Maybe you have heard the name, FaceClub, which is very popular with high school students."

George said while observing Xia Jingxing's expression. The latter had a calm face and was not surprised at all. It seemed that he should have known that he had invested in F agency a long time ago.

  Since the other party knew about it, George opened the skylight to speak brightly.

  "Photo social networking should be regarded as a supplementary service for Facebook, and as far as I know, many student users of Facebook are resistant to Facebook being open to all people.

  If Facebook buys F company and focuses on the campus market, it may be a good solution. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "Students resist, that is all in the past. Now many students on Facebook have friends outside of campus."

  Acquisition is impossible. Xia Jingxing feels that no matter how much money the company has, it can’t be so wasteful. Buying a product that Facebook is about to become a Xiangxiang will not use it.

  As for picture socialization, that is indeed the future trend.

  But this "future" refers to the era of mobile Internet. Sharing photos on mobile phones is much more convenient and faster than computers, and you can share them anytime, anywhere.

  With these conditions, picture socialization really ushered in a golden opportunity for development.

  Now, the potential is very limited, and Facebook itself has an image uploading function. It is not worthwhile to build a sub-product, not to divert website traffic, but also to pay a sum of money, which is very uneconomical.

  George heard the rejection in Xia Jing’s jargon, but he was not discouraged and still persuaded: “Facebook holds tens of millions of dollars in cash reserves, which is indeed a lot.

  But in a high school student market alone, it cost 2 million US dollars, which is not worth the gain.

  You offer 2.5 million US dollars, and I can sell you the original price of F. At that time, the valuation of my shares was so much that I didn’t make a cent. "

  Xia Jingxing shook his head, "This is meaningless to us."

  George frowned, "If you are not satisfied with the valuation, you can lower it a bit, how about 2 million US dollars?

  I bear part of the loss, and Facebook eliminates a potential threat. "

  Xia Jingxing did not expect George to be so persevering. Isn’t his rejection not clear enough?

   "Don't say 2 million US dollars, it is 1 million US dollars, we will not buy F agency, because this is not in line with the development strategy of Facebook."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "I'm very sorry, but you have gone for a hard time!"

  George's face sank, "Daren, would you rather invest US$2 million to expand the market than to buy a potential opponent with US$2 million?

   Although the process is different, the result is the same, and the goal of cutting off the threat is also achieved. "

  Xia Jingxing shrugged, "The problem is that our 2 million dollars have already been smashed out, and we spend another 2 million dollars to buy F agency, that is 4 million dollars.

  If you came to me some time ago, I might be interested in your proposal. "

  George said with a cold face, "Don't you think that you can end this war by smashing $2 million?"

  Xia Jingxing heard the threat in George’s words, and smiled indifferently and said, “If you want to continue investing in F company, you won’t come to me today?”

  George is speechless.

  This is also his entanglement. To make F agency sing an anti-stage show with Facebook, sufficient funds are indispensable.

  He has already invested one million dollars, and another one or two million dollars is no problem.

  But this little money is like a beggar before the face of tens of millions of money is written.

  Playing to burn money, F agency can't play Facebook anyway.

  What's more, the money of F company is his money, but the money of Facebook is equity financing.

Although    showed weakness in his heart, George said strongly on his face: "Maybe because of your remarks, I once again aroused my aggressiveness and created a difficult opponent for Facebook."

  Such ruthless words have no effect on Xia Jingxing.

  He knew that George had a Forbes daddy who was quite capable.

  But George himself does not have much money at his disposal. Otherwise, he would not be so deducted and searched when he went back to Facebook to raise money, and he was ready to miss it.

  If George is a little proud, he will not resist the other party’s investment.

  It is useless to say more, Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "Perhaps so! The industry is also prospering because of competition."

  George spread out his hands, his face was full of regret and said: "Okay! Then everyone can compete!"

  He stared into Xia Jingxing’s eyes, “See if the industry is really prospering because of competition.”

  Speaking of this, George also knows that the stop loss plan has failed, and then he will either die to the end or increase the position!

  With all kinds of thoughts, George left the Facebook company.

  Xia Jingxing looked at the other person leaving without saying anything.

  There are no permanent interests, and no permanent friends.

  Speaking of friends, it’s all gone. He and George are far from being friends, they are just acquaintances.

  (End of this chapter)