I reckon it will take some time to integrate this memory, so I'll save it for later when I'm resting tonight.
For several days in a row, Zhang Long and his girlfriend Xin Xin were busy packing these things. The main problem was that it was difficult to ask others for help, so they had to work harder themselves.
Xin Xin was also very helpful. She found a master craftsman to study these antiques against the photos, asked him to write down their names and estimated prices, and then made them into small cards so that Zhang Long wouldn't make a mistake.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhang Long had not yet fully digested the master-level knowledge. Every night when he fell asleep, a master would be teaching him about this knowledge.
Zhang Long was live streaming that day, playing games and interacting with his viewers in the chat room.
Suddenly, his personal cell phone rang. Out of curiosity, he glanced at the caller ID and saw a number from Beijing. Although it was unfamiliar, the fact that it could bypass the system's whitelist meant it must have been the work of the system's big boss.
He turned off his microphone and got up to answer the phone.
"Hello, is this Mr. Zhang Long?"
"I am Zhang XX from ByteDance!"
Upon hearing the other party's words, Zhang Long was first taken aback, then realized that the confidentiality period for his shares had expired. (The system had arranged a one- to two-month protection period.)
Mr. Zhang was very sensitive to changes in his company's equity and immediately arranged for someone to investigate Zhang Long's background.
An investigation revealed that this new shareholder was far from ordinary; he possessed substantial financial resources and had powerful backers (including the Hu family business).
Then this phone call came about, and I also wanted to test his thoughts.
The person on the other end of the phone, Mr. Zhang—well, they both share the same surname, so let's just call him Mr. Zhang—was particularly enthusiastic in exchanging pleasantries with him, especially since his shares were purchased from another shareholder, Sequoia Capital.
This has no impact on him personally; on the contrary, it can even win over the other party.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Long said directly, "Mr. Zhang, I invested in your company because I am optimistic about its development and believe that artificial intelligence is the mainstream of the future Internet."
"Of course, this is just a financial investment. In addition, I hope to increase my shareholding in your company's next financing round and add another seat on the board of directors."
"In exchange, I can give the voting rights of my shares to your team, and all of this can be written into the contract."
"What does Mr. Zhang think?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhang on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the newly joined shareholder had indeed become one of their own, which indirectly increased their voting rights.
He immediately chuckled, "Alright, alright, Mr. Zhang, we're from the same clan, we might even have been family five hundred years ago!"
"Since Mr. Zhang thinks so highly of our company, I certainly have no reason to refuse."
"Mr. Zhang, developing artificial intelligence is very expensive. You need to prepare the funds in advance. The company will start its Series D financing round as early as the end of the year!"
The two chatted for a while longer before hanging up.
With the support of ByteDance's CEO Zhang, Zhang Long's team will be able to lead the Series D funding round for ByteDance at the end of the year.
Mr. Zhang was quite happy. On the one hand, he needed the support of Zhang Long, a super-rich tycoon, to raise the company's valuation and reduce the shareholding of other foreign capital.
On the other hand, Zhang Long's voting rights will be handed over to his team for safekeeping. The only cost is that one more financial director will be added to the company's board of directors, which is also a win-win situation.
Mr. Zhang received funding for the company's development, as well as additional voting rights, while Zhang Long received shares. With one side subtracting and the other adding, there was essentially no loss for either party.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Long was in an excellent mood. He walked out of the collection room carrying a cardboard box.
Inside were a bunch of ordinary silver dollars; he planned to hold a raffle to relax.
He picked up a silver dollar and said to the viewers in the live stream, "Brothers, let's have a giveaway today. See this thing in my hand?"
"This is a silver dollar commonly used in Shanghai a hundred years ago. Although it's not worth much now, it has a history of over a century."
"Let's use this as a gift today and draw it for everyone."
Brothers, let's show Brother Long some spirit in the comments section!
As soon as he finished speaking, the live stream chat was already flooded with comments.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he called his assistant in front of everyone in the live stream and asked her to start the prize draw process.
There are probably over a hundred here, so let's draw a hundred spots first.
That's right, Zhang Long now has several assistants in his live stream room because he often does giveaways, and these troublesome matters are handled by the assistants sent by the company.
The chat area gets incredibly lively during the prize draw, causing the entire live stream to lag terribly.
The key issue is that the comments can't be turned off, so I could only complain about Principal Wang a few times in the live stream.
Unfortunately, the person directly responsible caught them red-handed. Principal Wang, who was lurking in the shadows, was extremely frustrated and said he wouldn't take the blame for this.
So he started showering Zhang Long with gifts in his live stream.
"I am Principal Wang" invites "the capricious Brother Long" to eat Buddha Jumps Over the Wall ×1...×99.
Then he sent a few cool comments: "Your live stream is lagging, don't you have any self-awareness?"
"Look how many people are in your live stream now! I've even increased the bandwidth for your backend!!!"
"Also, you're a shareholder of Panda, so don't label me like that, thank you!!!"
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