The "Liancheng International Group" set up in Las Vegas is, strictly speaking, a diversified investment company, and does not specifically involve in the manufacturing industry.

Speaking of Biatti, which is headquartered in the south, I heard that Warren Buffett invested in it, taking advantage of the low level of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the stock price was okay, Fan Liancheng invested 600 million yuan and 200 million yuan respectively, which was at the end of last year, and now the yield has been as high as about 30 percent.

As an investment company similar to Berkshire Hathaway, it is naturally indispensable to have professional investment, finance, legal and other talents under his hands, Song Fuxiang quickly transferred some manpower after receiving Fan Liancheng's order, a total of five people, and bought the nearest flight to San Francisco.

The leading small director is named Xiao Yunlong, graduated from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business, and worked for Lehman Brothers, which just went bankrupt in September last year, and this company is known as the "five major investment banks in the United States" together with Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, and Morgan Stanley.

Different from the tense and high-pressure working atmosphere in those big investment banks, when he met a small boss like Fan Liancheng, who was out of tune and usually didn't even bother to come to the company, Xiao Yunlong joined Liancheng International for more than a year, and his weight soared by more than ten pounds, and he couldn't wear the suits that fit him in his early years, so that he didn't dare to tie the buttons at the moment, for fear of breaking the buttons.

Facebook arranged a car, and soon after getting off the plane, he was picked up by an ordinary business car, accompanied by a small manager of Goldman Sachs, who was profitable to match business on his behalf, and it can be regarded as having a relationship with the "old customer" Fan Liancheng, so as not to have business to go to others in the future, barely a small favor.

Director Xiao was chatting with this white man of the same age named Wharton, mainly talking about the better Internet companies in Silicon Valley, during which he was trying to inquire about the current development status of Apple, so as not to get any news from his own company.

A year ago, he invested a total of more than $280 million in Apple, and as the head of the asset management department, if such a large investment went wrong, he would almost be able to pack up his things and leave.

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Just after a long flight, the group rested, the airport is only more than an hour away from the Facebook headquarters, during which Director Xiao opened his eyes and looked at the side of the road in a daze, and suddenly saw a red sports car passing quickly, without the roar of the engine, and there was not much noise.

I didn't think there was anything, but I saw the white man Wharton sitting in front of him, turned around and opened his eyes wide, and asked excitedly: "Did you see that car just now?" Wow, it's an electric supercar Roadster, I also thought about buying one, but unfortunately it's not clear what happened, the first seven cars were only given to the founders, including the two bosses of Google, and the CEO of eBay, and others, I don't know if these three just passed by our car, I guess it could be Larry Page. ”

This Peppa is not Peppa Pig, one of the founders of Google, a Silicon Valley upstart who is in the limelight, and his worth is much higher than Fan Liancheng.

I have seen a lot of supercars on the streets of Las Vegas, but Xiao Yunlong, an electric supercar, has never seen it, and asked curiously: "Electric sports car, can it run when charged?" Is there a market for this kind of car, and how far can it run?"

"It's almost more than 240 miles (about 390 kilometers), the acceleration is not slower than a supercar, just over three seconds, the price is 98,000 US dollars, I heard that it is preparing to expand to the low-end market, your boss can gamble if he has money, but this kind of business is too risky, now the price of gasoline has fallen, driving an ordinary car is more valuable, and there are gas stations everywhere, it is more convenient. ”

After Wharton finished speaking, he didn't forget to mention that he had an old Porsche 911, and said with emotion that it looked very beautiful, but the power was insufficient, and it left the factory more than ten years ago, and now it can't even run an ordinary new car.

Director Xiao faintly felt that it was a business opportunity, so he wrote down the name of the vehicle casually, thinking that since there are so many Silicon Valley bigwigs who pay attention to investment, maybe there is a bit of a development future, and it is quite good in his eyes to run 400 kilometers after charging, not to mention that the technology is still developing rapidly, and the future may not be what it will look like.

He just collects information and submits it, according to the internal rules and regulations of Liancheng International, he can get bonuses and benefits for giving good projects, and the only person who can call the shots is Fan Liancheng, thinking that the small boss of the company may be interested in such new things.

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After sitting on the plane for so long, the wind and dust are in the dust.

In addition, the founder of Facebook, Zuckerberg, was still in Washington, and he would not be able to return until tomorrow afternoon local time, so they found a hotel near Facebook's headquarters to stay temporarily, and after discussing and calculating, they checked the news to see if there were any other good projects worth investing in.

Said Ben.

Staying at a homestay at the foot of Mount Fuji to eat traditional food, soak in hot springs, take the time to hike up the mountain, and after reaching an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, Luo Jing stopped first, and walked down the mountain after a short rest.

After leaving the night, I continued to take the car, and I didn't have the energy to go to other cities, thinking that it would be convenient to go anywhere anyway with the private jet in hand, so I only walked around Tokyo for the next two days.

Fan Liancheng had heard of electric cars, but he didn't know that they were already on the road, and the negotiating team that went to Silicon Valley had not sent back any news, only that a Russian billionaire was also competing with them, and was expected to invest 10 billion US dollars, and he was also willing to give up decision-making power and board seats, and only wanted Facebook shares.

It is not clear whether it is "singing double reeds" or really making a trip to bite the gold halfway, Fan Liancheng feels that it seems necessary to go in person, let the negotiation team wait and see for the time being, and by the way find out if there are other investors willing to transfer Facebook shares, if the price is right, there is no need to compete, anyway, they are all shares.

Fan Liancheng wanted to wait, wait and see where things go, and after summarizing all aspects of the news, I found that Facebook does not necessarily have to be more than 300 million US dollars, and it has been a long time since the last financing, and there should not be much cash on the company's books to continue burning.

In order to avoid being profited by others and continue to let his subordinates calm down first, Fan Liancheng himself invited the two presidents to the eastern suburbs club to discuss business, wanting to see how much money could be borrowed at most.

The interest rate has been lowered, coupled with some support from above, the current interest rate is more suitable in his opinion, and he can borrow more and take it in his hand first......