Chapter 742: Small Case, Big Potential
Smelling the aroma of barbecue in the air, Wu Tao's stomach suddenly gurgled.
After a long-distance flight of more than ten hours, coupled with half a day's work in the afternoon, he was really hungry at this time, but his whole body was relieved.
Stepping on the lawn in the backyard, I stretched my waist, walked to the table under the umbrella canopy, sat down on a beach chair, and my whole body was sunk in it, lazily watching the sunset on the horizon.
Irvine is some distance from the West Coast, and you can't see the full version of the sea and sky, but it also makes people feel a sense of leisurely heaven and earth, and they are happy.
Molly is in a good mood, and the exaggerated body curves of Western women are vividly reflected in her.
All the way from the wine cabinet with a dazzling array of wine, Wu Tao's eyes were always swayed by her graceful body.
Shi Qianxue is right, she does have a bit of Scarlett's charm.
Putting down the tray, Molly sat down, her slender legs folded together and said, "Since you want to see it so much, do you want me to help you call more people to have a party?"
Wu Tao retracted his gaze, and when he thought of the appearance of those messy uncovered assemblies, he couldn't help but have a big head for a while.
So he waved his hand and said, "NoNoNo, I like to be quiet." ”
Not long after, Qin Xiaoxiao and Wu Yingying came over with grilled meat slices and tin foil plates, and several people began to chat while eating.
Wu Tao seemed to be the most hungry, so he didn't care about interjecting, and stuffed it into his mouth vigorously.
However, the woman was busy for a long time, and she was afraid of getting fat, so she didn't eat much at all.
However, the topic became more and more in-depth, Wu Tao listened silently, and found out that the reason why Molly was in a good mood was that he had won a lot on the Russian side.
The sharp fall of the ruble has led to a sharp rise in the prices of various daily necessities in Russia, which has really set off a wave of panic buying.
This money is indeed coming quickly, and Qin Xiaoxiao and the others are envious when they hear it.
As a financial practitioner, you should be so happy and invincible.
However, Wu Tao always reacted little, and in Molly's eyes, he said unhappily: "What are you doing when you go back to Los Angeles?"
Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at Wu Tao and saw that he didn't stop him, so she said bluntly: "There are several Internet companies with investment and acquisition intentions, so come and have a look." ”
Molly suddenly smiled, "Now that the Internet bubble in the United States is about to burst, various companies that advertise the name of the Internet have long been out of favor. Otherwise, why would we have to make things happen all over the world?"
Wu Tao didn't speak, and Qin Xiaoxiao and the others didn't think of how to refute.
Molly continued, "I'll admit that your attempts at the PC gaming industry have been successful, but that doesn't mean there's more potential in the industry. In fact, among the upper classes of the United States, there is a general belief that the Internet era of turning stones into gold is over. In the future, the Internet industry will tend to develop in an orderly and refined manner. ”
"You're right," Wu Tao said, "But I'm not here to take advantage of the heat, but I want to integrate the resources and talents of the Internet industry to make a reserve for future development." ”
"If that's the case, you just have to sit at home and wait for the group of internet entrepreneurs to come to your door. Molly said with a relaxed face: "The current environment is like this, and investors' money is not as easy to cheat as before." ”
Wu Tao smiled, "AOL spent hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire OICQ, it seems that not long has passed, right?"
"My grandfather said it was a very failed investment. Molly took a sip of whiskey and added, "I think so." ”
It seems that Soros really has two brushes.
Oicq, a live chat tool that showed unlimited potential, reached its peak when it was acquired by AOL. After that, it took a sharp turn and quickly became a money-losing commodity in the hands of AOL, so that it changed hands again more than ten years later, and even the capital could not be recovered.
One oicq has fallen, and thousands of other tools have popped up, such as MSN, QQ, Facebook, ......
"By the way, Wu," Molly paused, then asked, "where do you think the next wave of growth in the global economy is?"
Wu Tao smiled and said, "I said this question when I was in Bangkok. Don't you believe it now?"
Molly immediately remembered, "You mean Huaxia?" The blue eyes flashed sharply, only to realize that many of what Wu Tao said in Bangkok had indeed come true.
"Maybe your quantum fund is not interested in investing in a difficult business like industry. If that's the case, I really don't have much more to say. ”
"Not necessarily. Molly thought and spoke.
After that, I didn't talk much about this topic.
When the sky was full of stars, the woman was a little drunk, and Wu Tao went back to the house to sleep.
Molly narrowed her blue eyes and said, "Qin, doesn't your boss understand anything romantic, or rather, doesn't he have any gentlemanly demeanor?"
"Who is that score against!" Qin Xiaoxiao said with emotion.
Early the next morning, Wu Tao woke up naturally from his sleep, and it was already a lot of light outside.
After washing, I went downstairs, but I saw that the girls were in the gym, each wearing a tight sports vest and shorts, and they looked like they were sweating like rain.
Can't be provoked, can't be provoked.
Wu Tao just glanced at it twice and walked away decisively.
There was not much to eat in the kitchen except some bread and bacon.
Fortunately, when he first arrived in the United States, Wu Tao did not reject these Western-style breakfasts. So while humming a little tune of 'for whom', I made breakfast.
When breakfast came out, a hot woman wrapped in a sweat towel came up.
Entrenched on the edge of the high kitchen bar, Qin Xiaoxiao ate a sandwich and drank milk and said, "Boss, which one are we going to inspect today?"
Wu Tao said without thinking: "Let's go talk to Larry and Sergei first." ”
"The search engine company that only costs $100,000?" Previously, Qin Xiaoxiao knew that Wu Tao valued this company, but he didn't expect it to be so important.
The $100,000 case is really not worth mentioning for today's Apocalypse Investment.
And Wu Tao actually wanted to go to the door in person and talk to the founder.
This made Molly really surprised, "Wu, I told you that now for venture capital in the Internet industry, you just need to sit at home and wait for them to come to your door." ”
Qin Xiaoxiao and the others didn't speak, but judging from their eye contact, they obviously agreed with Molly.
Wu Tao did not agree to this, nor did he say much.
But he knew in his heart that although this $100,000 investment was a small case, the potential in the future was extremely huge.
What's more, because the investment amount is not large, it is not difficult for the two founders to get it. In my impression, about a month after they started their business, they got the investment as they wished and started the process of garage entrepreneurship.
What's more, it is still unknown whether his identity as a Chinese can be accepted by the two founders.
A lot of things are not just a matter of throwing money at them.