Chapter 490: The richest man at the age of nineteen
While everyone was discussing, Xue Chunhe walked out of the backstage with a smile on his face, holding the microphone in his hand.
"Friends of journalists, welcome to our press conference, the press conference is now officially started!"
"Next, we are invited to come to the stage with Mr. Sun of Softbank and Director Wang of Jiaotong University Venture Capital......
Masayoshi Son and Director Wang walked out side by side and waved to the audience.
A flash of lights lit up, and the entire conference hall suddenly lit up.
After Son and Director Wang sat down, Xue Chunhe continued: "This time, our SoftBank and Jiaotong University Venture Capital jointly invested in a project, some reporters may have guessed it, and some people still don't know. Now, let's use warm applause to Mr. Cai Congxin......, CEO of Facebook! Mr. Yu Wenfei, Chairman of Facebook!"
The audience suddenly became uproar.
"Isn't Cai Congxin the chief financial officer of Alibaba?
"That's right, I interviewed him last month, at the headquarters of Ali in Hangzhou, Mr. Xue didn't make a mistake, right......?"
"You are still reporters, the news is too backward! Cai Congxin just jumped from Ali to Facebook two days ago, and is now the CEO of Facebook!"
Yu Wenfei and Cai Congxin walked out side by side, and today is also a formal occasion, both of them are wearing crisp dark suits.
Their appearance once again triggered the flash lights of the scene to light up like stars.
Xue Chunhe held the microphone in his hand and said loudly: "Facebook is a wonderful online social platform. Here, you can meet more new friends through your friends. By creating a private Facebook profile on Facebook, you can share photos, journals, and hobbies with a growing mutual circle of friends. You can also see who your friends are or how you connect. You might just need to go through five contacts to meet a famous celebrity!"
"Facebook is an online community for all ages, where friends can talk casually and singles meet their significant other. Celebrity influencers communicate with their "fans" here, and families keep in touch here to keep up to date with each other. Professionals can expand their networks here, classmates and old friends reminisce about the past, and friends who haven't seen each other for a long time reunite here!"
"Also, even if you are just an ordinary person who is inconspicuous in your daily life, here, you have the opportunity to become a star in the limelight!"
"This is Facebook!"
"Let us once again thank Mr. Yu Wenfei with warm applause and thank him for creating such a beautiful platform!"
For Facebook, Xue Chunhe is blowing hard.
However, it is also normal that SoftBank has become one of the shareholders of Facebook, and of course hopes that Facebook can develop better.
He is blowing it on stage, and the reporters in the audience are a little helpless, and the question that everyone is most concerned about is not how Facebook is, but how much money SoftBank has invested this time!
"Mr. Xue, Mr. Xue, can you tell us about the amount of financing on Facebook, and how much is Facebook's valuation now?" asked a reporter in the audience with a raised hand.
This is what everyone cares about the most!
Journalists are always looking for breaking news, and this kind of investment press conference, of course, everyone wants to hear an astronomical figure, and then Facebook's valuation should ideally reach an extremely exaggerated level.
After going back like this, everyone will have news to write.
If it's just an ordinary investment with a mediocre valuation, it's not a waste of everyone's time.
Hearing this question, Xue Chunhe smiled slightly, and he said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, of course this is going to be announced." The press conference that you are invited to attend today is actually the signing meeting between SoftBank and Facebook. ”
Turning around, Xue Chunhe faced the few people sitting on the rostrum, "Let's invite our President Sun." ”
The staff handed over the microphone, and Son Zhengyi's expression straightened up, and he said: "After consultation, SoftBank has officially launched an investment in Facebook, with an investment amount of $400 million!
A stone startled a thousand waves, and a huge uproar broke out in the conference hall, and everyone couldn't believe their ears.
Those present don't know that the highest market value of the domestic Internet is Sina!
But Sina is only worth $3.2 billion, and it's still a listed company.
Why can Facebook be valued at $4 billion?
Other than that......
Everyone thinks of a very serious problem, that is, if Facebook is worth 4 billion US dollars, and Yu Wenfei still holds at least 80% of the shares in his hands, then wouldn't he have a net worth of more than 3 billion US dollars?
This is far more than last year's richest Rong family!
Could it be that a nineteen-year-old richest man in the country is about to be born?
This is definitely great news!
"Mr. Sun, do you think this valuation is reasonable? Is it seriously overestimated, as far as I know, Facebook does not have any profit channels at all. A reporter from the Financial News desperately squeezed to the front and asked loudly.
Sun Zhengyi looked at him with a smile and said, "Whether it's worth it or not depends on how you look at it." In my eyes, Facebook has the best executive team. Mr. Yu Wenfei doesn't need me to introduce him, it seems that he was a big celebrity before he created Facebook. I think that he will achieve great success in everything he does! In addition, Mr. Cai Congxin, the newly appointed CEO, is familiar to everyone. In fact, I don't even think about the current business situation of Facebook, just look at these two people can work together, this company is worth four billion dollars!"
Yu Wenfei and Cai Congxin nodded and smiled at Sun Zhengyi in unison, this is business blowing each other.
Finally, Yu Wenfei also got up and said a few words.
"I am very happy to be recognized by Mr. Sun of Softbank, many journalists may still be questioning whether Facebook is worth 4 billion, in fact, in my eyes, 4 billion is far from representing the value of Facebook. Now, many people may think that SoftBank has been wronged, but in a few years, the same group of people will be amazed by Mr. Sun's vision and courage today!
Even Masayoshi Son couldn't stop saying this, not only did he blow a wave of Masayoshi Son, but he also preached Facebook with it.
But now he is in the limelight, Facebook's results are there, and the VCs do recognize Facebook's ultra-high valuation, even if the reporters in the audience are unconvinced, they can't say anything.
After the press conference, traditional media have to wait for the next day to publish the news, but online media is much faster.
Across the Internet, news about Facebook's valuation of 4 billion and 400 million US dollars in venture capital has been overwhelming.
"Shocked! One of the most valuable websites in the country turned out to be it!"
"At the age of nineteen, he has become the richest man in China with a net worth of more than 20 billion, what are you doing at the age of nineteen?"
"Four Billion Dollars?
"SoftBank Shot Again, Spending $400 Million Just to Get 10% of the Site's Shares!" ......