Chapter 478 Shen Qingning's Special Day

There was a brief silence in the conference room.

Even Yue Dongyi felt that Cheng Zhu's words were a bit too direct.

But this is the real fact.

There is a saying that "the butt determines the head", and none of you here will be hurt by this saying, because they are all capital, not poor workers.

At this moment, Yue Dongyi and Wang Zeng looked at each other.

The two middle-aged men felt that the young man in front of them did not look like he was under 20 years old.

Although what he said was realistic and cruel, it is indeed the development trend of society in the next few years.

In recent years, the trend of internal circulation has been very serious.

Various rolls, even praising rolls.

Leaders also like to play PUA and make empty promises, and many people still fall into the trap.

As Cheng Zhu said, "When a cow or horse is tired, they will order a cup of coffee or milk tea for themselves." This is definitely a common phenomenon.

And there will be more and more such cattle and horses.

This world is just so fucked up sometimes.

When you go to shop, the salesperson tells you that labor costs are very expensive.

When you go to work, you are just cheap labor.

Of course, all of this is not within the consideration of these investors.

They only know that many people order milk tea or coffee to refresh themselves, while some people order it to reward themselves for their hard work.

What the root cause is is actually not important.

What’s important is that demand is increasing year by year, and the market prospects for milk tea will get better year by year.

The value of labor has not increased much in recent years, but the traps of consumerism are becoming more and more numerous.

Many high-end consumer industries are easy to do because they can make money from young people's pockets.

The characteristic of [new consumption] is not new, but expensive!

It’s a pity that these industries will suffer backlash in the “consumption downgrade” in a few years!

Next, Cheng Zhu continued to talk about the prospects of [Pomelo Tea] based on his not-so-exquisite PPT.

"Starting this year, the popularity of [Huabei] will begin to surge."

"Young people's spending power is beginning to expand further!"

"Everyone here should know that I am still in e-commerce."

He paused slightly here, because the other three men present all showed a tacit smile on their faces.

However, his next sentence surprised Yue Dongyi and Wang Zeng.

"I expect the sales of Taobao Double Eleven this year to exceed 90 billion!"

Wow, you’re selling a QQ product and you’re starting to estimate the Double Eleven data for this year?

But it just so happens that these two bigwigs in the investment community are also familiar with some people in Alibaba, and they are well aware of Alibaba’s internal expectations for this year.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhu continued: "In addition, I predict that this year the consumption ratio of those born in the 1990s will exceed that of those born in the 1980s for the first time!"

"I have mentioned this to President Yue before."

Yue Dongyi nodded.

He was actually a little curious, whether Cheng Zhu was also familiar with the people from Alibaba?

His estimate was bold, but also sharp!

Cheng Zhu summarized: "So, in recent years, many people have mentioned the term [new consumption]. What is new is not just the products, but also the consumers!"

"I believe the capital market has felt this a little bit from last year to this year, especially this year!"

"These young people are really willing to spend money!" Cheng Zhu raised his voice slightly.

This sentence completely hits the mark in Wang Zeng's heart.

Otherwise, he would not be so focused on the consumer market and always like to invest in consumer products.

Cheng Zhu talked about the future prospects of pomelo tea for about ten minutes, and his speech was very convincing.

In fact, attracting investment is a technical job.

Boss Jia should have a say in this regard.

In his previous life, Cheng Zhu had also studied some of Boss Jia's videos to learn some of his skills and words of speech.

I just don't know when Boss Jia will return to China.

After Cheng Zhu finished speaking, Yue Dongyi and Wang Zeng asked a few questions respectively.

Cheng Zhu answered all these questions fluently.

Moreover, he is not ambiguous when answering. His tone is always very affirmative, expressing his strong confidence.

After the meeting, Shen Qingning and Shen Minglang stayed in the conference room, while Cheng Zhu went to see Wang Zeng and Yue Dongyi off.

The two of them said that they could just let him take them to the elevator.

After entering the elevator, Yue Dongyi and Wang Zeng were the only ones inside.

Wang Zeng glanced at him and asked curiously, "When you invested in Youzu Tea, were you investing in the project or the people?"

This actually contains admiration for Cheng Zhu, otherwise he would not have said this.

Yue Dongyi said directly: "All of them."

He believed that Wang Zeng must be very envious of him and Prin Capital now.

Being able to participate in the first round of financing, the subsequent benefits will be terrifying.

Wang Zeng also asked curiously: "What is your expected valuation for pomelo tea in two years?"

Yue Dongyi said directly: "At least over 10 billion."

“A tea beverage brand worth over 10 billion yuan?” Wang Zeng thought.

A year ago, this was something that no one would have thought about, and investors would not have lingered on a rubbish project like a milk tea shop, let alone a valuation of tens of billions.

Don’t you take a look at the projects in the market that are valued at hundreds of billions?

But now he was a little unsure.

“It doesn’t feel impossible.”

On the other side, after seeing off Yue Dongyi and Wang Zeng, Cheng Zhu did not rush back to the meeting room, but went to the bathroom to wash his face first.

The ice water washed over his face, making him feel more refreshed.

He has been very busy recently and is actually very tired.

He recalled that the only relaxation during this period was a trip to the rose garden.

As a counselor, it is normal for him to provide physical and mental guidance to students in the class.

The second round of financing is the top priority at this stage, so even Cheng Zhu has to be extremely alert and attach great importance to it.

After returning to the meeting room, Shen Minglang glanced at Cheng Zhu and asked directly: "Cousin, your hair is wet. Were you so nervous just now that you sweated so much?"

"You're crazy. This is water. I just went to the bathroom to wash my face. I've been feeling a little tired lately." Cheng Zhu said unhappily.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingning immediately looked at him carefully.

"Cheng Zhu looks a little haggard." She said in her heart.

After Cheng Zhu sat down in the main seat of the conference room, Shen Minglang asked curiously: "Cousin, do you plan to let Principal Capital lead the investment in your second round of financing or Red Mountain Capital lead the investment?"

"Hongshan." Cheng Zhu said directly.

"Then what do you think the valuation of Youcha will be after our second round of financing? You should have some psychological expectations, right?"

Hearing this, Cheng Zhu smiled and said, "Cousin, although everyone in the room is ours now, you asked a very direct question."

The arrogant girl muttered in her heart: "Who is your friend?"

In the end, Cheng Zhu did not answer Shen Minglang's question, but said: "You are actually wondering how much money your family needs to invest?"

"Ahem! Cousin, you're obviously more direct than me!"

Although they said this, the brother and sister's eyes were focused on Cheng Zhu.

He only said one sentence: "If you are willing to invest all the way, I will not dilute your shares."

This sentence undoubtedly made the brother and sister feel relieved.

Shen Minglang also gave Shen Qingning a look that said "I'll just say it", but was directly ignored by the cold girl.

"Ningning, my guess is right. There's no need to underestimate yourself!" He actually thought to himself.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhuzhen changed the subject and started talking again with the same old words.

"To be honest, I mainly value the personal value of both of you."

"Cousin, you are now completing the most important work for Youcha besides my work. I have also seen the results of your work over the past few months, and I am generally satisfied with it."

“Including Shen Qingning’s wave of publicity at the concert, it was actually very well done.”

"The subsequent public opinions on the Internet didn't have any impact on your life, right?" This bastard pretended to be concerned.

He would occasionally take a look at the rumors about him and Shen Qingning on the Internet, and he would laugh every time he did.

It’s fun, these stupid netizens are so fucking fun!

As for those who support their relationship, Cheng Zhu only has one thought in mind: "I guarantee your wish will come true!"

Lock it up. Lock Ningning and I up for the rest of our lives!

At this moment, the arrogant girl listened to his sudden concern and said coldly: "No."

It really doesn't have much of an impact, except that romance novels are no longer interesting to read. One has to read fan fiction written by netizens, fabricated gossips by netizens, and photos of the two of them photoshopped together by netizens.

Some netizens are really neurotic. Ever since Cheng Zhu's photos were exposed and made public, some people even photoshopped out photos of his and Shen Qingning's marriage certificate.

As a result, Shen Minglang, the big fool, said at this moment: "Hahaha! Netizens are really a bunch of psychos. My cousin is obviously Lin Lu's boyfriend, why are they spreading rumors about him for no reason!"

"Especially those alumni from your Polytechnic University, they all speak so convincingly, as if it were true. This is just nonsense!"

Cheng Zhu: “.”

Shen Qingning: “.”

Today is May 12th, a very special day, but for Ningning, today is also very special.

But my brother's words immediately made me feel worse.

Fortunately, this is the first time that Shen Minglang has participated in a meeting like this, and he still has unlimited imagination about the future of pomelo tea.

Therefore, he immediately changed the subject and turned the topic to the future, saying, "Cousin, Ningning, do you think our pomelo tea will have a chance to go on the market in the future?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu immediately responded, changing the atmosphere, and said with full of force: "If you really want to, it is not impossible in the future."

In his memory, in his previous life, Nayuki's Tea was listed early and became the so-called No. 1 domestic milk tea stock.

Naixue's performance in all aspects, as well as the series of valuations given by the capital market later, are actually inferior to Heytea.

Therefore, they are particularly active in the matter of listing, striving to take the top spot.

But unfortunately, the performance after listing was extremely poor!

After Nayuki went public, everyone thought that the second largest milk tea brand would most likely be Heytea, Guming, Mixue, etc., but in fact, the second largest milk tea brand is Chabaidao.

However, Chabaidao’s stock price suffered a heavy fall on the first day of listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. After opening below the issue price, the decline once reached more than 38%! The market value can be said to have evaporated at the speed of light!

In fact, Cheng Zhu was not particularly eager to go public.

What’s more, many of the data of these internet celebrity brands are actually inflated and are used to create hype!

He is very clear about the major trends of the future.

The popularity period of new tea brands is actually not particularly long.

Brands that were once very popular have started to cut prices if they are high-end brands, and have started to increase franchise fees if they are mid-range brands, engaging in a price war over franchise fees.

For example, after Cha Baidao lost its former glory, it began to implement a franchise exemption policy.

For new partners opening stores, the total fee reduction will be in the terrifying range of 40,000 to 270,000 yuan.

If old franchise partners open new stores, the total fee reduction will be between 90,000 and 180,000 yuan.

The late stage of the milk tea 2.0 era was characterized by a crazy internal competition and price war, and the same is true for the milk tea 3.0 era.

However, when Shen Minglang heard Cheng Zhu casually say, "Going public is not impossible," he immediately became full of energy.

He is already eager to become a shareholder of a listed company.

"No, I'm going to call Old Shen right now!" Shen Minglang began to get anxious.

He wanted to put on a good show in front of Old Shen, then convey his cousin's attitude to him, and then let him raise money for his son!

"Cousin, Ningning, you two chat first. I suddenly remembered something. I'm going to go outside to make a phone call." He stood up and said.

After saying that, he walked out proudly and confidently with his cell phone in his hand.

At this moment, Lao Shen had just hung up the phone.

He just went to Jiang Wanzhou's father to borrow money.

The Shen family and the Jiang family are relatives. The Shen family's business scale is slightly larger than the Jiang family's, and their business is bigger than the Jiang family's. However, the Jiang family's cash flow is not as tight as the Shen family's, so they have more cash on hand.

When he saw that the caller was Shen Minglang, his eyes twitched slightly.

"Hey, what's the matter?" The middle-aged old arrogant said indifferently.

"Dad, I just finished a meeting, and Yue Dongyi from Prin Capital is here too."

"Well, then what?"

"Dad, don't say anything first. Guess who else is going to be there!" Shen Minglang became excited.

The only response he got from the other end of the line was silence.

The middle-aged arrogant guy just ignored him, you can talk or not.

Guess? You kid, still guessing!

More than ten seconds passed, and Shen Minglang asked cautiously, "Dad, are you listening, Dad?"

Shen Guoqiang: “.”

If it wasn't a serious matter, he would have hung up the phone immediately.

This was because he had incomplete information and he didn't know Ningning was also attending the meeting.

Otherwise, Shen Guoqiang would definitely not answer the call, directly hung up Shen Minglang's call, and then called Shen Qingning.

Today is May 12th, a very special day for the Shen family. He would have gone home for dinner anyway, so there was no need to rush for this call.

Finally, Shen Minglang muttered softly: "It's Wang Zeng from Red Mountain Capital. Is the signal here bad? It's really weird."

As a result, the next second, Shen Guoqiang: “Red Mountain Capital?”

Shen Minglang was slightly frightened.

"Dad, are you listening?"

"Wang Zeng from Red Mountain Capital? The one who invested in Zhou Hei Ya?" Shen Guoqiang ignored him and asked on his own.

"Yeah, it's him."

The other end of the phone soon fell silent again.

Shen Guoqiang felt a stronger sense of oppression, and the sense of urgency in his heart was even greater.

There is no need to elaborate on the golden signboard of Red Mountain Capital.

If the second round of financing for Youcha is led by Red Mountain Capital, this news will shock most of the investment circle as soon as it is released!

This internet-famous milk tea brand will immediately become the darling of the capital market again.

Because the participants were too powerful, Shen Guoqiang felt a little nervous.

Fortunately, Shen Minglang immediately conveyed the good news: "Dad, my cousin expressed his position to Ningning and me. He said that he has no intention of diluting our shares. As long as we are willing to invest more, he is willing to let us hold our current shares."

This made the middle-aged old arrogant a little bit unable to hold back: "Really?"

This was the first time Shen Minglang had seen Old Shen like this, and he immediately became excited: "How could this be false? I thought you and Ningning were both worrying too much."

He began to talk at length about his own views, and in the process, he also quoted a few of Cheng Zhu's original words from the meeting, pretending to be second-hand.

Outside the meeting room, the father and son were talking on the phone.

In the conference room, Cheng Zhu and Shen Qingning were alone together for the first time in a long time.

The two of them, who had once developed a "lip friendship" in the car, had not sat so close to each other for a long time.

Cheng Zhu looked at the beautiful girl who was dressed exquisitely and beautifully today and wearing frameless glasses. He could tell that she had no intention of actively finding a topic to talk about.

The tsundere girl is as tsundere as ever.

But Cheng Zhu, this bastard, just loves to bully her.

You want to be awkward, right? Then let's just be awkward.

He deliberately took out his cell phone and started playing with it directly.

This caused a dead silence in the meeting room.

Occasionally, I could only vaguely hear Shen Minglang's hearty laughter coming from outside the door, but I had no idea what he was laughing at.

In the end, everyone's long silence made Shen Qingning inexplicably a little irritated and uncomfortable.

Netizens are making up stories about the two's sweet daily life.

But what is the reality?

They looked at each other in silence!

She said directly: "There shouldn't be anything going on today, right? If there is nothing going on, I'll go back first."

"Okay, nothing happened." Cheng Zhu continued to play with his phone without raising his head.

Shen Qingning stood up, picked up her bag that was on another chair, and turned to walk towards the door of the conference room.

Just as she was about to raise her hand to push the door, she was suddenly stopped by Cheng Zhu.

"Wait a moment." Cheng Zhu said.

Shen Qingning looked back in confusion, and the cold feeling on her body became even stronger.

She was dressed rather formally today and wore frameless glasses, which made her look quite elegant.

The tsundere girl didn't know why Cheng Zhu suddenly called her, and she was also afraid that Cheng Zhu would say something embarrassing, such as mentioning the concert tickets.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhu slowly put down his phone, looked up at her, and said:

"Today is May 12th."

"Happy birthday."

(End of this chapter)