My Age of Investment

  Chapter 56 One Step Late

   Andrew and Old John, each transferred 50,000 US dollars to the bank account opened by Facebook, as the first installment of investment.

  The remaining 400,000, it will take one month to complete the shareholder registration, and then proceed with subsequent delivery.

  The process is very rigorous. Xia Jingxing has no reason to oppose it. Anyway, there is no urgent need for money.

  After finishing all these tasks, Christina went back to her hometown in Texas for Christmas, and the dog went to see his uncle who sold CDs.

  As the first person in the family to go abroad, Xia Jingxing naturally has no overseas relations, so he spends his vacation time at school alone.

  At this time, it was just mid-December, and the Lunar New Year was still early, and it will be more than a month before China’s traditional festival-the Spring Festival.

  Xia Jingxing suddenly remembered something, got up and went to the desk, turned on the computer, and sent an e-mail to a few angel investors that he had contacted before.

  The general idea is as follows: Facebook has completed the angel round of financing, thank you bosses, and look forward to the next cooperation.

  Not long after the email was sent, Xia Jingxing received a call.

  "Dalun, has the Facebook investment agreement been signed?"

  There was a rough and irritable voice on the other end of the phone.

   "Yes, Mr. Hoffman, the agreement has been officially signed, and I can't go back on it."

  Xia Jingxing put her phone on the table, talking calmly, and at the same time logging in to her QQ account.

   "Damn it!"

  Reid Hoffman smashed the desk, making him irritable by the bad news.

  "Dalun, I am currently preparing a company and I am very busy, so I was delayed regarding the financing of Facebook."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "Oh, that's it, that's understandable."

  "If you take the liberty to ask, Facebook's financing and valuation this time. Also, is Facebook accepting additional investment?"

  Xia Jingxing thought for a while, and replied, “We have raised 500,000 yuan at a valuation of 5 million yuan. These funds are already sufficient, and we will not start financing for the time being.

  If you still follow Facebook, Mr. Hoffman, we can look forward to the next cooperation. "

  Hoffman was anxious when he heard this, "No, no, Darren, listen to me."

   "Well, let's talk about it."

  Xia Jingxing drove the loudspeaker and logged in to the QQ that had not been logged in the past few months.

  2002 was a pivotal year in the history of QQ development, with registered users exceeding 100 million, and QQ groups, QQ show and other functions were also released.

   But judging from the perspective of more than ten years later, the QQ at this time is terribly crude.

  Just find users, my friends, stranger groups, modify offline, incognito, online status and other simple functions.

  Other advanced functions, such as space, pets, music, etc., are all absent.

  After logging in to QQ, Xia Jingxing threw it aside, and talked with Hoffman earnestly.

  Hoffman seemed to be very sorry to miss this round of investment. On the phone, he kept persuading Xia Jingxing to change his mind.

  "Daren, I wonder if you have heard of the company PayPal?"

  "Have you heard that it was acquired by eaby for 1.5 billion US dollars in the first two months.

  Mr. Hoffman, as the vice president, should have made a fortune? Multi-millionaires are not a problem. "

  Although Xia Jingxing is on campus, she has been staring at the story of Silicon Valley. It is natural to understand such a large acquisition.

  Hoffman laughed on the other end of the phone, pretending to be unsuccessful. It seems that people have a clear understanding of their own details.

  "I'm just a vice president. As the founder, Peter Thiel is the most popular guy. Now he is looking for project investment all over the world.

  I can recommend you, he should be interested in your project. "

  Xia Jingxing hesitated.

  He felt that the development trajectory of the world had turned a corner here, as if he was about to return to the original position.

  The angel investors on Facebook in the previous life were Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel.

  These two are also Stanford students and well-known alumni.

  The old man John gave him the emails and contact numbers of several angel investors last time. Among them happened to be Reid Hoffman.

  But this guy seems to be preparing for LinkedIn recently. When he called the other party, the other party directly asked him to send his business plan to his mailbox.

  Then Xia Jingxing posted a photo, but it fell to nothing.

  Xia Jingxing thought that the other party still couldn't see the current Facebook, so he simply asked Andrew and Old John for financing.

  However, after learning that Facebook has completed the angel round of financing today, Hoffman’s attitude has undergone another 360 degree reversal.

  Maybe it was really too busy, that I forgot about it and missed the investment.

  It is also possible that Facebook has obtained angel investment, which has aroused greater interest in the other party.

   "Sorry, Mr. Hoffman, I still cannot accept your investment."

"Why?"

  Hoffman felt that he had clearly noticed the hesitation of the other party, and why he refused himself.

  Is it that Peter Thiel, the new billionaire, is not famous enough?

  "We have our own business planning and financing rhythm."

  Xia Jingxing didn’t want to say anything, so he added: “In this way, we will invite you first in the next round of financing.”

  Hoffman has a toothache, and the next round of financing, is the valuation still 5 million?

   is definitely more than that.

  Even if the investment is successful, the rate of return is not high.

  But the risk is smaller.

  Risks and returns are directly proportional.

  Thinking of this, he was not so eager, and said in a flat tone: "Well, the next round of financing, please be sure to contact us first."

   "Okay, I will."

  Hung up the phone, Xia Jingxing stretched out, looking at the campus scenery outside the window, feeling refreshed.

  Hoffman put him in the air some time ago, saying that he was not angry, that was a lie.

  Yesterday you were ignorant of answering me, but today I told you that you can’t afford it.

  But he was not overly proud.

  From a rational point of view, as a Chinese, he has not even obtained a green card. It is much more difficult than Xiao Mazi to make a career in this white land.

  It is only the first step to find Principal John and Lawyer Andrew as angel investors.

  Next, he must draw more allies to form a community of interests.

  Everyone will **** the development of Facebook together. This is also protecting his own interests.

  As for going solo, that’s impossible.

  In the world of capital, no one can do not even give other people a sip of soup.

  Taking back his thoughts, Xia Jingxing saw someone in QQ message him.

   "President, how are you doing in Huahua World?"

  The name of the person who sent the message was "Yizishuai", and he liked an avatar provided by the system, a man with purple hair wearing glasses.

  At this moment, QQ can't upload avatars by itself, all of them go to the avatar library provided by Penguin to choose by themselves.

  The avatars include frogs, rabbits and other animals, as well as men and women with different hair styles and colorful hair colors.

  Therefore, there are a lot of people with avatars "crashing".

  Xia Jingxing’s screen name is "Pig's Feet on the Wind", which was changed some time ago.

The meaning of    is also very extraordinary. He wants to be a pig on the wind, and he also wants to be the protagonist of this era.

  "President" is Xia Jingxing's nickname, which is how high school classmates call it.

  The person who messaged him was named Deng Fenghua, his high school classmate.

   "Flowers, flowers are very flowery, I can see the flowers in my eyes."

  Xia Jingxing smiled, typing and asking, "Huazi, how are you in the magic city?"

   One word handsome: Just like that, it's definitely more prosperous than Rongcheng, but it can't be compared with the United States.

  The pig's feet on the vent: The United States is actually a large rural area, except for the bustling urban areas, other places are just like that. Wait another twenty years, no, ten years, the magic city will definitely be comparable to Manhattan.

  One word handsome: Didn’t you wake up? Our professor can say that China's total GDP this year ranks sixth in the world. Not to mention the United States, the second-placed Dongying is nearly three times ours.

  The pig's feet on the vent: Chicken Wagoer, do you believe it will crush Dongying within ten years?

   One word handsome: Blow you, then what crush? Keyboard?

  The pig's feet on the air outlet: How about the housing price of Magic City? Hurry up and buy a suite, otherwise your turtle son will not be able to pick up the wife in the future.

  Handsome in one word: I'm sorry, the magic city girl has already taken it. You should hurry up, make an American girl, and get a green card.

  The pig's feet on the vent: Haha, mother-in-law of Modu, you are the real warrior, don't cry in the future.

  One word handsome: It's too far. Are you on holiday?

  The pig's feet on the air vent: I let it go, only one month later, so I won’t come back, the air ticket is also expensive, I will come back to play with you in the summer vacation.

   One word handsome: Well, I heard that the United States is still chaotic, you must pay attention to safety.

  The pig's feet on the tuyere: Okay, you also pay attention to safety, don't get pregnant.

  One word handsome:……

  (End of this chapter)