The money was given twice, according to the rhythm of 20% plus 20%, and a total of 40% of the initial equity of Ahri Baba was obtained.

It doesn't cost much more than another time and space, Sun Zhengyi directly gives 40% of the full money at one time.

But Gu Kun has gained much more loyalty and a good reputation for conscience in the industry than Sun Zhengyi in another time and space. At least everyone knows that Gu Kun is a guy who "only looks at whether the people and projects are accurate when investing money, and does not look at whether the tuyere is coming or whether the bubble is bursting".

He invested money because he thought it was useful and worth so much money to him.

It's not because "although I don't know how much this thing is worth, as long as I believe that people who come later than me will probably think that this thing is more valuable than it is now, and then I will be able to make the difference by dumping the pot to the people who come after me and cashing out and running ashore."

From then on, people in the circle will know that Gu Kun's house is lived in and not speculated, and the company is strategically held rather than financially held.

You are valuable to my strategy, and it has nothing to do with me, no matter how the financial bubble rises and falls.

"Gu Ye is magnificent, he is definitely not the kind of investor who is interested in following the Internet, he invests in things because he has strategic layout value for his main business, and those who mix with him don't have to worry about him falling into the well when the stock price falls. ”

Among the entrepreneurs of several related projects in the circle, with Gu Kun's second investment in Ma Feng, there are legends. This legend will spread silently until the entire Internet winter.

In the next two or three years, the more other contrasting financial investors are flustered and unprincipled, the more Gu Kun's principles will be set off by his peers.

After the completion of this transaction, it also means that at least in Gu Kun's eyes, the current valuation of Ahri Baba's project has reached about 100 million US dollars (the second round of pre-investment valuation is 80 million, and the injection of 20 million increases the shareholding by 20%. Theoretically, the previous 20% should be multiplied by 80%, leaving 16%, and the total should be 36% equity. Whether this is a math problem or not, it's roughly fine, there's no need to go into detail)

And Gu Kun's magnanimity may also reduce Ma Feng's attempt to replace and escape in the future - although Ma Feng in another time and space took so much money from Sun Zhengyi, he was not very convinced of Sun Zhengyi's control, and after Ahri Baba became bigger, he gradually weakened Sun Zhengyi's control through various means such as "various equity exchanges between Ahri and Yahoo Huaxia, another company controlled by SoftBank".

This kind of thing is certainly inevitable for financial investors. If you meet a founder who is very strong and has a very strong grip on the company, the best way to reduce the probability of being washed out is to reach a tacit understanding with the founder, reduce the other party's rebellious resistance, and squeeze the other party into a difficult position where "washing away the major shareholders will lead to the inability to convince the public and the people to betray their relatives".

In the final analysis, it is to manage the seemingly ethereal thing of the "human heart".

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After the transaction with Ma Feng ended, Gu Kun's last step in the Internet winter was completed.

In the next three or four years, he will have nothing to do in these new economic fields, and all his energy can be recycled to Lanfang's physical construction and other undertakings.

The banquet party in Victoria Harbour also came to an end. His yacht will continue to dock on the mainland for about two weeks to refurbish its equipment before heading back to Lanfang for the final touches before setting sail during the Olympics.

For his newly arrived luxury cars and yachts, Gu Kun will not publicize their awesomeness on a large scale at present, but only spread within a small range of high society circles, and there are no technical details.

In other words, others will only know how much Gu Kun's car and boat are worth, what are the extravagant selling points, and why they are worth it.

But other performance parameters and security facilities that have nothing to do with luxury, Gu Kun is absolutely confidential. Until he returned from the Olympics in Australia in September, he had to ensure absolute confidentiality.

The reason is also very simple, because "how many self-defense weapons and early warning equipment are installed, how high the bulletproof level of the car and boat, and how fast can you drive with only four tires blown out...... these parameters are useless for showing off wealth and attracting attention.

Things that only increase risks and do not increase returns, Gu Kun disdains to do.

In the days when he stayed in the mainland to install equipment, Gu Kun had nothing to do, and held a swimming pool party every day, entertained some of the most connected partners and businessmen to play together, and showed off his wealth by the way, so that the hot news about him could further spread in a controllable direction.

Considering that he himself has been exercising at a relatively low intensity for several years, in order to participate in the Olympics again, Gu Kun has to insist on recovery training for a period of time even if he is talented, which is also for his own health. (He doesn't have to worry about the qualifiers, he is the world champion of the last session, and he has enough valid results to be shortlisted directly, and he doesn't need to participate in the selection process, as long as he passes the drug test)

Of course, there is also a standard swimming pool on his new yacht, or the movable kind, which can be partially transformed and assembled into various water park facilities - this is not unusual, and those three or four hundred meters long luxury cruise ships also have standard swimming pools with rock climbing, diving, and a full set of water park facilities.

Gu Kun just moved the facilities that were only used by boats of three or four hundred meters to medium-sized ships of more than 210 meters.

Who let this boat have six floors of space above the main deck, a lot of area to sit idle, and how to stuff the sports facilities is enough. Gu Kun also plans to continue to remedial training on the ship every day on the way to Australia in the future to maintain his condition.

After a short recovery training, Gu Kun also had a deeper understanding of his current state.

The years are not forgiving, and the physical fitness of the 23-year-old is compared with that of the 19-year-old, mainly because the wine has not been controlled much in recent years, and the decline is still quite obvious. Gu Kun estimates that he has no energy left to ensure that each event breaks the world record he set once in each round, and as for the 400-meter and 400-meter mixed events, which were too big to break the record in the previous session, they may not be able to break it once this time.

In general, with another 10 gold medals and more than a dozen world records, Gu Kun will be satisfied, and it is impossible to pursue perfection.

Swim as fast as you can, and don't think about leaving room for future breaks.

Another benefit of having a pool party on your own yacht is that it can convey a message that is not so convenient to convey on a formal banquet day.

For example, a few months ago, Gu Kun took care of Giorgio Armani himself, customizing a series of summer party casual clothes for him, as well as dresses adapted to the early spring climate in the southern hemisphere, for his own use in the period before and after the competition.

Note that the "private custom" here is not only designed for Gu Kun alone, but also includes asking Giorgio Armani himself to do the tailoring, and there is no one else.

All of this cannot be called "endorsement" for Gu Kun, let alone advertising.

It's like Ma Feng talking about Ahri's business strategy on a TV show, can it be called an endorsement or an advertisement?

Whether the boss or the major shareholder personally uses it or talks about the experience after using it, this cannot be called an endorsement.

At a formal banquet, the gadgets that Gu Kun wants to use are not suitable for showing off directly, and the pool party is much more relaxed.

Therefore, during the intensive spending of more than ten days, Gu Kun showed off the playboys in the mainland and Xiangjiang on the issue of the new height of luxury in clothing, food, housing and transportation.

Even a few rich fourth-generation rich second-generation rich people with a few Yuben and Korean chaebols were also invited to be guests, and they opened their eyes together. (It is said that the young people of this chaebol have reached the fourth generation of the rich, and South Korea is still the second generation of the rich, because they started late)

Subtly, Gu Kun actually has the ability to deviate from a handful of the aesthetics of the top rich four generations, and it is generally believed that Armani is much more high-end than Gucci, and more high-end than Givenchy Versace.

This is the effect that Gu Kun wants: it doesn't matter who is better than Giorgio Armani or Gucci, what is important is to convey a message to the luxury industry, that is, only Gu Kun chooses several top male luxury brands that are originally of the same grade, so that brand's reputation in the Asian market and the ranking of the upper class can be raised by one level.

This kind of thing is done too much, coupled with the intensive bombing of traffic hotspots during the Olympic Games, and other promising top luxury brands will take the initiative to invite Gu Kun to enter the game as a player in the future.

In the end, Gu Kun will definitely find a way to promote the Chinese's own luxury brands. The Chinese manufacturing from "cheap and high-quality" to "luxurious". But this kind of thing is destined to take a long cycle, and it will never be shaped in 20 years.

First sow discord, on the basis of admitting that French and Italian goods are the world's top luxury, let yourself gradually grasp an opportunity to be a referee, and let the Western world subtly increase the default degree of Gu Kun's referee position, and over time, more than ten years later, maybe he will become a "martial arts alliance leader" like Bernard Arnault, and the right to define the dignity will gradually tilt to Gu Kun's hands.

It is impossible to do it in one step, you must first integrate into this international value judgment system, enter it and climb up, and finally be qualified to say whether to start anew.

For example, to get top Chinese designers to fight in big brands for a few years, become brands such as Armani and Gucci, and the chief designer after the death of the founder, accumulate seniority, and then let these Chinese designers independently establish Chinese brands, which may be the safest way for the vested interest groups around the world to control the definition of luxury grades to accept Gu Kun's cannibalization.

For example, the brands of McQueen in the later generations relied on Gucci chief designers to form independent sub-brands after setting up their own portals, and it took many promotional resources in Paris and Milan to hold them. But McQueen is obviously not a top luxury brand, and he is still not as good as Gucci, which was on the list before he established his own door.

The only way Gu Kun can think of to make the rise of Chinese luxury definition is to imitate this way, but replacing someone like McQueen with a Chinese is destined to be more difficult than supporting top Western designers such as McQueen and Galeazzo to become independent.

For the sake of these long-term goals, what is there not to endure if you can't be the most shining playboy in the world, and if you can't let the top luxury see the potential of bringing goods with you, others will not come to ask you to buy shares.

Gu Kun swam a few laps at the pool party every day, half training and half performing, allowing the guests to take group photos, and after training, he wandered among the foreign girls, hugging left and right every day, talking and laughing with the second, third and fourth generations of rich people from all over the world, and only he knew the hardships in his own heart.