Chapter 552 I advise you to be more sensible
The Bund night view in Shanghai is unique in its own way.
Bao Fan, who has dark skin, sat in his Maybach and looked at the scene outside the window.
Given his alcohol tolerance, he didn't drink too much today.
He was even rushing to his second drinking party.
Wang Xin will be here later, along with his deputy from Huaxing Capital, Wang Zeng from Hongshan Capital and others.
What’s more, among these people, Bao Fan is bald, Wang Zeng is also bald, and Wang Xin is almost bald.
A group of bald guys gathered together, and the sight was quite beautiful.
After taking a sip of the mineral water in the car, Bao Fan sent a WeChat message to Wang Xin: "I'll be there soon."
He felt that he had talked enough with Cheng Zhu today.
Next, it depends on his own choice.
"It's just that I originally only wanted to use the "treat" card today."
"I didn't expect that while we were chatting, I couldn't stop and used all three cards."
He believed that the other party understood all his explicit and implicit hints, threats and inducements.
If this young boy was not a man with a clear mind, he would not have been able to see through Wang Xin and his own series of "dirty tricks".
Thinking of this, Bao Fan also felt a bit of a headache.
He is an extremely good person in coordinating the overall situation, otherwise he would not deserve the reputation of the king of mergers and acquisitions.
He rarely encounters such a situation, where a person who completely ignores the overall situation can accomplish a great feat with little effort.
Maybach arrived at a private club and Bao Fan walked into a large box.
This box is divided into many floors. In addition to the place for singing and drinking, there are also separate billiard rooms, tea rooms, card tables, etc.
If you need a private environment to talk about serious matters, you can go to these places.
There were six men and four women sitting in the box.
The girls are all delicate and beautiful, but they are not professional hostesses. They are young girls who also work in the financial industry.
The temperaments of these girls are very different from those of hostesses, and they are safer, more reliable and relatively clean.
As we all know, being beautiful or handsome is still useful in the financial industry.
As soon as Bao Fan walked in, Wang Xin, the host, stood up to greet him.
After exchanging greetings with the acquaintances present, he sat down and had a few drinks with everyone.
Then, Boss Bao stood up and waved to Wang Xinyi: "Come, play a game with me."
The two of them walked into the billiard room together.
The two chatted while playing billiards.
"With the boss's help, it will be easy, right?" Wang Xin said.
"He didn't give me an answer at the dinner table, but I have said everything I should say." Bao Fan is quite good at playing billiards and has already scored three goals in a row.
Wang Xin stood aside, leaning on a pole, and nodded slightly: "Actually, I can't think of any reason why he would be reluctant."
"Given his current situation, he is lucky to be able to invest in Hungry. He met someone as talented as Zhang Xuhao."
"If all three companies are eventually merged, giving him a chance to participate in the next round of financing and giving him a small share will make him a shareholder of a unicorn company."
Anyway, at Cheng Zhu's age, Wang Xin couldn't resist this kind of temptation. He might even be so excited that he couldn't sleep all night and had endless beautiful fantasies about the future.
This admission ticket is countless times better than the one Zhang Xuhao gave him!
You know, even among venture capital institutions, only the top ones are qualified to enter, such as RedMountain Capital.
Bao Fan nodded slightly when he heard this.
But when he recalled it carefully, he always felt that something was wrong, so much so that he was a little distracted when playing and missed the shots that should have been made.
After the two of them chatted for a few more minutes, they went out and sat down to drink.
Shang Qi, a partner of Shanghai Tianyun Capital, was sitting in a corner. He had just been drinking with Wang Zeng of Hongshan Capital.
At this moment, he even came over and toasted Bao Fan.
In Shanghai, there are many people working in finance.
But the higher you go in a circle, the fewer people there are, and the smaller the circle becomes.
In the financial circle of Shanghai, Shang Qi is definitely one of the top figures, but compared with Bao Fan, he is still not as good as he used to be.
Boss Bao looked at Shang Qi and suddenly remembered something.
“By the way, you invested in Paipai, right?” He thought of this short video platform.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Shang Qi asked.
"It's nothing. A young man who just had dinner with me is also tinkering with short videos. It will be online soon." Bao Fan smiled.
"Young man?" Shang Qi was slightly stunned, then asked tentatively: "Cheng Zhu?"
"Hey, Wang Xin told you that I had dinner with him, right?" Bao Fan turned his head and looked at Lao Wang.
Wang Xin quickly waved his hands. How could he possibly say this to others?
"Is it really him?" A hint of surprise flashed in Shang Qi's eyes: "I just guessed."
After that, he explained: "You said it was a young man, and the platform will be online in a while. All these combined made me think of him."
As the number one investor of Paipai, Shang Qi's Tianyun Capital has naturally been paying close attention to the short video industry.
He knew that Cheng Zhu was already warming up.
What's more, Zhang Sixing, who has been cheated on by him for so many years, works in Cheng Zhu's company.
This will also make him pay more attention to the company.
He brought Wen Ting to the small gathering today, and she was playing dice with others there.
At this moment, Shang Qi couldn't help but feel nervous when he heard Bao Fan mention Cheng Zhu, and heard that Bao Fan had dinner and drinks with Cheng Zhu in the evening and didn't arrive here until after nine o'clock!
“Isn’t he going to invest in this short video project?”
As soon as this thought came to mind, Shang Qi's heart began to hang in the air, and he panicked in an instant!
In 2015, although many people with unique vision began to enter the short video field, short video platforms were not very popular in the capital market.
A number of top venture capital institutions are not optimistic about companies engaged in short video development.
It is precisely for this reason that many years later, the boss of Red Mountain Capital repeatedly stated that misjudging TikTok and Zhang Yiming was one of the biggest mistakes of his life.
However, Shang Qi is personally quite optimistic about the short video industry.
He never thought that one day short video platforms would dominate all major social platforms. He just simply thought it was promising.
Moreover, this track is not very crowded for the time being, and the competition is not as fierce as that of popular tracks.
At the beginning, he learned from Wen Ting that Cheng Zhu, the new upstart in the capital circle, was going to make short videos and her ex-husband worked for him, so Shang Qi was not afraid at all.
A stinky underwear seller and a stinky computer guy, what are they afraid of?
Social platforms are a game of capital.
What's more, the [PaiPai] that I invested in has already gained momentum!
However, if Bao Fan is optimistic about him, that would be another matter.
Bao Fan is a man with extremely strong personal abilities and enormous energy!
He alone has influenced half of today's Internet unicorn companies. With such a person, the projects he participates in will receive unlimited help.
Apart from anything else, even if you are encountering any problems, Bao Fan has the ability to help you solve them all!
Well, not limited to the business world!
The same is true for those outside the business world!
Therefore, Shang Qi is now feeling overwhelmed just thinking about it.
"Is this kid so lucky to be valued by Boss Bao?"
Indeed, you, Cheng Zhu, are unique among those born after 1995, and you are doing well in your career now.
But this is Bao Fan!
At your current level, you are not worthy of his attention!
After hesitating for a while, Shang Qi asked, "Does Cheng Zhu want you to invest in this project?"
"No way!" Bao Fan saw what Shang Qi was thinking at a glance, smiled and patted his shoulder.
This bald man in Shanghai seems to like patting people on the shoulders, or putting his hands on their shoulders, then turning his head and staring into their eyes while talking.
Shang Qi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, as if the heavy burden had finally fallen to the ground.
Unexpectedly, Bao Fan changed the subject the next second.
"But now that you mention it, it's not impossible. It's still possible to do it a little bit."
He withdrew his hand from the other person's shoulder, then picked up the wine glass on the table and gently shook the ice ball in the glass.
The bald man in Shanghai is currently focusing on O2O. For the time being, this Internet tycoon is not very interested in short videos.
But it has always been like this in the investment circle. Some people invest in projects, while others invest in people.
He thought Cheng Zhu was pretty good and it wouldn't be a big problem to make a small investment in him!
This immediately made Shang Qi's heart plummet.
He didn't think there was any young man in the world who would be willing to refuse the support from Bao Fan!
When Shang Qi sat back in his original seat, Wen Ting beside him immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
She and Shang Qi have been PYs for so many years and are too familiar with each other.
Others might not be able to see anything, but she, a stinky beaker, could tell at a glance that Shang Qi was worried about something at the moment.
"Bao Fan seems to respect Cheng Zhu a little." Shang Qi whispered.
"Ah?" Wen Ting was immediately shocked.
In the eyes of financial women of her level, Bao Fan is like a god and one of the top in the industry!
"Is the young boss of my cowardly ex-husband so popular?" Wen Ting was stunned.
She looked literary, intellectual, and extremely gentle, and she quickly understood why Shang Qi looked so worried.
"If Bao Fan really helps, my ex-husband's project will probably be successful, and he will be able to rise with it!" Wen Ting's heart tightened.
She didn't want him to have a good life from the bottom of her heart.
After a while, Shang Qi patted the back of her hand gently and said, "For now, it's still a long way to go. Let's talk about it later. Just pay more attention to it. You can drink more with Lao Xu. With his low alcohol tolerance, you can handle it easily."
"OK."
On the other side of the sofa, Wang Xin had just been listening to the conversation between Bao Fan and Shang Qi, and he was once again impressed by Cheng Zhu's good luck.
"When I started my own business while I was studying, there was no one of this level to support me."
"If someone had supported my Internet project at that time, I would definitely not have sold it. I think it would have been very successful. It's really a bit jealous." Wang Xin sighed.
Since all his plans were seen through by the other party, and his previous attempt to please Cheng Zhu failed, he did not have a good impression of this guy.
But if everyone is in the same boat in the end, it doesn’t matter. After all, he has demonstrated his value and ability.
"I hope you can understand what it means to be a wise man who knows the current affairs." Lao Wang thought to himself.
On the other side, when Cheng Zhu returned to Hangzhou, it was already late at night.
He asked his driver Xiao Wang to take him directly back to Xinhang Apartment.
After entering the house, he put the suitcase aside. Not wanting to pack it that night, he walked straight into the bathroom in the master bedroom and started washing up.
After washing up, he lay on the bed and video chatted with his girlfriend for more than ten minutes.
After returning from a business trip, he was still a little tired.
But looking at the girl in the video who was still full of energy late at night, Cheng Zhu felt that his fatigue was somewhat relieved.
"Did you have a good chat tonight?" asked the deer.
"The conversation was fine, but Bao Fan will definitely be disappointed."
"Why?"
"He wants to recruit me as his younger brother. But how can a real man be depressed and under someone else's command for long?" Cheng Zhu said, imitating the tone of Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms.
"What a mess! How did I suddenly become someone's younger brother?" Lin Lu was puzzled.
"Alas, but the conditions he offered today are actually quite tempting." Cheng Zhu sighed.
"It's up to you to choose. It's not shameful to make money." She thought Cheng Zhu was still struggling, so she said this.
"Haha, forget it, the fortune teller said that I can't be a man's younger brother. I can only live off women." Cheng Zhu started to make up stories again.
And what this bastard is thinking in his heart is: living off women.
"That's it. You're much richer than me. I can't protect you. So sad!"
"Really? Then I'll go eat someone else."
"Tsk, just go if you have the guts!"
Cheng Zhu, who had already eaten too much during the trip to the Magic City, immediately said, "I dare not, I dare not."
The two chatted for more than ten minutes. After the video call ended, Cheng Zhu typed in the group of three people including him, Zhang Tao and Zhang Xuhao: "I'm in Hangzhou."
After that meal, the three of them formed a group.
Zhang Xuhao also changed the name of the group to [干死米团].
Zhang Tao was more mature and prudent. He thought that the group name looked cool, but it was inappropriate, so he asked him to change it.
As a result, he suddenly had an idea and really thought of a good name - [Youdiane].
Pomelo tea, review, are you hungry? Each word is taken from the Chinese character. And it can also be pronounced the same as "a little hungry".
As for what to eat when you are hungry?
Of course it was the fucking rice ball that ate up its market share!
Hot-blooded brother Hao: Kill Mi Tuan!
Before Cheng Zhu spoke, the group was quite cold, and the two of them didn't chat in the group, but they were chatting privately all night.
Bao Fan invited Cheng Zhu to dinner, but they both still felt a little uneasy.
However, I also hope that Cheng Zhu can get some useful information.
Little did they know that this bastard had no intention of telling them anything at all.
In his opinion, a delicate balance has now been reached.
Wang Xin was waiting for Zhang Tao to sit down and talk, and then he would use his killer move of "50-50".
But Zhang Tao will definitely be reluctant to sit down and talk for the time being. He will insist on breaking one of Mi Tuan's legs first. We can talk again after you become lame.
This means that Wang Xin cannot play out his trump cards.
You can't just say that the other party is unwilling to sit down and talk, so you just tell him "50-50", right?
Then once they sit down, they will dare to call you [4:6]!
However, if Lao Wang talks to Brother Tao about the [6:4 split] now, Brother Tao will definitely not be moved.
What's more, there is a passionate guy next to you who is eager to be the vanguard and charge into the battle regardless of the consequences. You can't let him down, right?
At this moment, Cheng Zhuyi popped up one by one, and the group immediately became lively.
"You didn't drink too much tonight, did you?" Zhang Xuhao, who had the worst alcohol tolerance, asked first.
Zhang Tao, who has the best alcohol tolerance, said, "That's true. Bao Fan can really drink. I've never seen anyone who can drink more than him!"
Moreover, Bao Fan is a man who speaks openly and drinks very happily, and he often gets things done at the dinner table.
"No, no, he's really not as good at drinking as you two!" Cheng Zhuxian complained about them harshly.
Zhang Xuhao was instantly furious: "I made you drunk? You are not ashamed to say I made you drunk?"
He still remembers that when he was about to get drunk, Cheng Zhu mocked him and said, "Can you drink more? If not, go home."
Cheng Zhu sent back an emoticon of a smiling dog.
After chatting for a while in the group, everyone started to get down to business.
This guy came up and said, "Boss Bao admires me very much."
The call of "Boss Bao" made both of them panic.
Shit, he’s been recruited already?
"He also expressed his opinion on behalf of Wang Xin, saying that I could also participate in the next round of financing after the merger."
Zhang Tao, Zhang Xuhao: “.”
"Then I want to create a short video platform. Boss Bao has told me that he can help me."
"How did he make it clear?" Zhang Xuhao was stunned.
"After we finished chatting on the short video, we clinked glasses. The rim of my glass was lower than his. He held up my glass with his other hand and said to me, 'Hey, let me hold it for you.'"
Zhang Tao, Zhang Xuhao: “.”
Damn, you can’t say he’s being sentimental.
Cheng Zhu described in vivid detail what happened at the dinner table in the group, even using some exaggerated words later.
This is exactly the effect he wants.
The more the other party values him, the more it can prove that his ideas are right and correct!
Mi Tuan just wants to switch to Penguin, but there is not much money left in Mi Tuan’s account!
This is actually a bit "cowardly".
All I can say is that Boss Bao was too confident. He was so confident that as soon as he extended an olive branch, Cheng Zhu would definitely accept it.
In fact, having reached the level of Boss Bao, he does have the qualifications to be proud of himself.
People like Cheng Zhu are considered extremely irrational in the eyes of most people!
People have already built the ladder to success for you, but you insist on having a bright future. Should I earn it myself?
Aren't you just asking for trouble? Just for the sake of excitement, right?
"So what do you think?" the passionate Hao brother immediately asked.
Cheng Zhu smiled, picked up his phone and started operating it.
He didn't type in the group, but it made people feel more at ease than typing.
He changed the name of the group to the name that Zhang Xuhao originally set up.
——[Kill the rice ball]!
(ps: asking for monthly ticket~)
(End of this chapter)
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