Chapter 238: Every Dream Can Be Bid
After handing over the task of buying the online copyright of film and television dramas to Lin Lisong, the first thing Ren Pingsheng did next was to go to the nearest Mercedes-Benz 4S store, and he wanted to buy a car.
When he was in Yanjing before, Ren Pingsheng didn't feel the need to buy a car, after all, the foundation of his career is in Hanhai City, Yanjing has nothing to worry about except for three houses and the "Shunwei Fund", so he will not live in Yanjing for a long time, and it feels not cost-effective to buy a car and put it in the garage all day long.
Anyway, with the traffic situation in Yanjing City, I am also stuck in traffic jams when I drive, so it is better to let others block it, and my mood will be much better.
But now it's different, since the EMBA of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Ren Pingsheng gradually discovered the importance of Yanjing City, whether it is policy resources or network resources, it is richer and more complex than Hanhai City, although Ren Pingsheng will not change the idea of taking Hanhai City as the base point, but he found that he has a lot of industries in the future, which need to be developed in Yanjing City.
In this way, Ren Pingsheng will have no less time to stay in Yanjing City in the future, and it is still necessary to buy a car.
Not to mention anything else, the students of the EMBA president class of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business went out to have dinner together, and everyone was a full-time driver with a luxury car.
Even if Ren Pingsheng wants to keep a low profile, but there are times and occasions when you can't be low-key, and the necessary pomp and circumstance must be exquisite.
So Ren Pingsheng figured it out, since he wanted to buy a car, he had to buy a better one.
Luxury brand C-class cars like Audi A6L have not been able to enter his eyes, and luxury brand D-class cars such as A8 \ 7 series \ S class are qualified, but Ren Pingsheng feels that he is too old-fashioned and too conservative, and it is really unreasonable for D-class cars to not deserve a driver, and he still buys a personality point by himself.
So after walking around the Mercedes-Benz 4S store, Ren Pingsheng pointed to the only titanium silver Mercedes-Benz SLK convertible coupe in the exhibition hall:
"That's it. ”
The receptionist at the 4S point was amazed and hurriedly took the initiative to introduce the performance parameters and characteristics of this SLK.
Ren Pingsheng listened with a smile, but he actually knew about this car for a long time.
The muscular nose, trident star logo and high-tech LED headlamps form an aggressive front end, while a 200-kilowatt 3.5-litre V6 engine is paired with a precise six-speed automatic transmission and 17-inch 10-claw alloy wheels.
But that's not the car's most distinctive feature, what sets the Mercedes-Benz SLK apart from the Porsche 911, BMW Z4 and Audi TT is its unique hardtop convertible technology, a complex mechanical structure that can turn a convertible into a normal closed-top sports car in 20 seconds, and unlike the soft-top convertible constructed by the fabric of its competitors, it is greatly affected by sunlight and rain, and from the outside, the hardtop convertible is also more modern and stylish than the soft-top convertible with a black hat on its head.
Although in the field of supercars, Mercedes-Benz is not as famous as Ferrari, Lamborghini and other Italian car manufacturers, but in terms of mechanical reliability and rigor, the sports cars of German luxury brands are far more reliable than those cool-looking road bombers in Italy, and this car is also more suitable for Ren Pingsheng to drive.
Owning a hard-top convertible Mercedes-Benz SLK is one of Ren Pingsheng's small dreams in his previous life, and now he is fully capable and capable of doing this, so as soon as he sees these two titanium silver Mercedes-Benz SLKs, Ren Pingsheng can't wait to buy it.
It's just that when the receptionist of the 4S store told Ren Pingsheng with an embarrassed face that Mercedes-Benz SLK needed to transfer goods and had to wait for about 7 days, Ren Pingsheng impatiently interrupted his apology and said:
"I don't want to wait, I just want to be in stock, pay now, and drive away now. ”
The receptionist of the 4S store hesitated and said:
"This is a show car, and we also have an SLK AMG in our store, and the original customer canceled the subscription because of some problems with the funds, I don't know if you can accept it. ”
AMG is a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz's professional modified cars, each Mercedes-Benz car with the three letters of AMG has added stronger power, better tuning, and more excellent parameters than the retail version of the vehicle, it can be said that Mercedes-Benz AMG is a higher brand than ordinary Mercedes-Benz.
Of course, compared to ordinary Mercedes-Benz, the price of Mercedes-Benz AMG is also more expensive, just in the case of this SLK AMG, the 5.5L V8 engine, 360 maximum horsepower, are twice as much as the ordinary version, of course, its price of 1.45 million is also twice the retail price of ordinary SLK.
Therefore, when the receptionist of the 4S store mentioned this car, his tone was a little slurred, and he was not so hard to sell.
But Ren Pingsheng didn't pay attention to these, he only asked one question.
"Is the color silver too?"
After receiving an affirmative reply, Ren Pingsheng immediately made a decision.
"You get out of the car, I'll pay the full amount. ”
The receptionist of the 4S store had a golden light in his eyes, he knew that he had met the legendary local tyrant, and at this time, he was immediately full of motivation again, and hurriedly went to the shunting car.
After Ren Pingsheng paid the full amount, he handed over the follow-up procedures to the 4S store agent, and immediately drove the titanium silver Mercedes-Benz SLK AMG onto the road of Yanjing City.
After buying the car, the second thing Ren Pingsheng did was to drive the car to the LG Gemini Building, and this time he was going to the office of the "Shunwei Fund" to find Cai Wensheng.
Recently, under the auspices of Cai Wensheng, the "Shunwei Angel" fund has invested in two start-ups, "59.com" and "Dianping", and the "Shunwei Wind" fund has also completed the capital injection into the "Jingxi Mall".
In particular, the "Shunwei Fund" invested 100 million yuan in the "Jingxi Mall", which surprised many senior VC\PEs in the industry, and also admired the courage and courage of this venture capital, but they still can't understand the investment vision of the "Shunwei Fund" at the moment, nor do they understand the logic behind this investment, but it won't be long before the value of this investment will make everyone envious.
However, in Cai Wensheng's view, the investment in "Jingxi Mall" alone is enough to impress him, and soon after the "Shunwei Fund" completed the investment of 100 million yuan, the famous "Tomorrow Capital" in the circle took out 250 million yuan to invest in the B round of the "Jingxi Mall", which was only 1 month later than the "Shunwei Fund", but "Tomorrow Capital" only obtained 5% of the shares of "Jingxi Mall".
In other words, Ren Pingsheng's investment has increased by 5-6 times in just a few months, which is very rare in the venture capital world.
So Cai Wensheng had to obey Ren Pingsheng.
This young man seems to have a pair of discerning eyes, he can see which projects have great potential, which industries have good prospects, and he invests at a very accurate pace, every time he catches the time when the investee is most short of money, and every time he cuts a rich stake from the investee.
What surprised Cai Wensheng even more was that Ren Pingsheng's investment ability was incompatible with the principles of the ordinary venture capital community, he was not like those senior industry insiders, each project needed to do quantitative analysis, on-site research and other processes, and he did not see any communication with those investees, but made a decision just by relying on his own speculation on the market.
This kind of investment method that relies entirely on intuition is not professional or scientific at all, but the effect that has been tested in Ren Pingsheng is very good.
However, in the venture capital world, heroes have always been judged by success or failure, no matter what your background is, no matter what your educational background is, and no matter what your theory is, as long as you can invest in good projects and get excess profits, everyone recognizes you as a bull.
Ren Pingsheng is such a bull now, even Lei Jun and Cai Wensheng, who have been focusing on venture capital for many years, also look at Ren Pingsheng differently, and only Ren Pingsheng is the first to look forward to the investment business.
Therefore, Ren Pingsheng rarely came to the headquarters of the "Shunwei Fund" today, Cai Wensheng immediately took out the good tea that had been treasured for many years, and made tea with his own hands, while quipping:
"Mr. Ren, what good projects have been sent today. ”
Ren Pingsheng leaned on the sofa relaxedly, casually playing with the car keys of the Mercedes-Benz SLK AMG in his hand, and said with a smile:
"I'm here to ask Mr. Cai for someone. ”
Cai Wensheng asked with a smile while pouring tea:
"Mr. Ren wants someone, I don't have a beautiful woman here. ”
Ren Pingsheng waved his hand and said:
"I don't want beautiful women, I want a man under you. ”
Cai Wensheng picked up the teacup, put it under his nose and sniffed, and said in a condensed voice:
"What's the name. ”
Ren Pingsheng also picked up the teacup in front of him and said softly:
"Li Xinping. ”
Cai Wensheng seemed to have guessed that Ren Pingsheng would mention this person, he was not surprised at all, he took a sip of tea slowly, and said:
"Mr. Ren, it's okay if you want as many other people, this person is my right-hand man, you just took it away, what should I do with my website?"
No wonder Cai Wensheng refuses to let go, Li Xinping is indeed very special and capable.
His story is also legendary.
Li Xinping is a successful example of the Internet webmaster who started from the grassroots in the Chinese Internet industry, not from a scientific class, he mastered web technology through self-study, and in 1999 established a website navigation website called ha123, ha123 This website page is simple, the elements are also very simple, but its convenient and easy-to-use functions and timely and accurate updates, just catering to the many domestic netizens who did not know how to use the Internet at that time, many Internet cafes and PC installers will also take the initiative to set the computer home page to ha123 for the convenience of customers, so ha123 click rate and views increased rapidly, not only is ALEXA statistically the first navigation site, but also close to some traditional portals.
However, Li Xinping's fate with HA123 only ended in 2004, when he sold HA123 to the emerging Chinese Internet search giant Baidu for 11.9 million yuan and 40,000 shares, and helped Baidu occupy an advantageous position in the search engine war.
After leaving HA123, Li Xinping was not idle, he continued to create a "4388" small game website, at present, the development of "4388 game" is very smooth, and has become a leader in web games and flas*** navigation websites.
And the investor and boss of the company "4388 Games" is Cai Wensheng.
This investor, who also has the ability to foresee, recruited Li Xinping into his door early on, and gave him the support of funds and platforms, and Li Xinping did not disappoint him, with his knowledge and understanding of Chinese Internet netizens, the operation of "4388" was very successful.
Ren Pingsheng asked Cai Wensheng for this person, that is, he saw his deep understanding of Chinese Internet netizens, and his ideas and methods of Internet products and web design, and he wanted to build the first shot of the entertainment industry sector is a video website, and how to design and operate this website well requires a competent man.
This person is Li Xinping.
After Cai Wensheng listened to Ren Pingsheng's thoughts, there was a thoughtful expression on his face, but he was still brewing tea in his hand unhurriedly, and said:
"Mr. Ren, you are a very smart person, very investment acumen and vision, I am ashamed of myself. ”
Ren Pingsheng watched quietly as Cai Wensheng poured the tea in his hand into the cup, generally starting with this tone, and then there was a reversal immediately, as expected, Cai Wensheng put down the teapot in his hand, crossed his hands, looked at Ren Pingsheng's eyes, and said sincerely:
"To tell the truth, I have made a lot of money after investing for so many years, but I have always had a regret in my heart that there is no real listed company of my own. “
"I want to make up for this regret, so 4388 and Li Xinping are very important to me. ”
"Can you understand my thoughts?"
Of course, Ren Pingsheng can understand that everyone has their own dreams, but some can be fulfilled, and the vast majority of people cannot.
Ren Pingsheng's dream is to become a capital giant that calls for wind and rain, Lei Jun's dream is to leave his own epic in the Chinese Internet industry, and Cai Wensheng's dream is to build a listed company of his own.
Dreams, no matter how big or small, deserve respect.
Because there are dreams, there will be upward momentum, there will be countless innovations, and our world will become better and better.
But Ren Pingsheng did not give up because of this, although the dream is beautiful, but there is still a long way to go to really make it a reality.
On the way to making dreams come true, in addition to personal talent and hard work, the course of history is also very important.
Although 4388 games have achieved success in the field of web games, there is still a long way to go public, especially the production process of web games, most of the time it is inseparable from plagiarism and imitation, and the resulting litigation will be like maggots to the bones of the life cycle of 4388 games, and it will also consume a lot of time and financial costs in judicial proceedings, even before the reincarnation of Ren Pingsheng, the company that pinned Cai Wensheng's dream has not achieved listing.
Of course, Ren Pingsheng will not directly tell Cai Wensheng the result, but he can point out the flaws of the 4388 game.
After listening to Ren Pingsheng's opinion, Cai Wensheng fell into silence, as a successful investor, he is not unable to see the problem, but he cares about it, since he pins his dream on this company, he will always involuntarily think about the results in the good side, trying to avoid those bad factors that are more likely.
"Mr. Cai, China's Internet is the world's largest Internet and the world's largest user market, and there are many opportunities to realize your dreams, and I believe you will be able to find them. ”
"Even if it can't be listed in the short term, whether it is now or in the future, 4388 games can provide you with a steady stream of cash flow, and you can create another Internet hit product, with your understanding of the domestic Internet industry, this is not difficult. ”
Ren Pingsheng is good at inducing, of course he knows that Cai Wensheng's dream has finally come true, but what makes him realize the dream of a listed company is not 4388 games, but a company called "Meitu", but the smart phone necessary for the birth of "Meitu" has not yet been popularized and become the mainstream of the market.
However, Ren Pingsheng is not a stingy person, as long as Cai Wensheng can cooperate happily with him, he is not hesitant to make a small touch on Cai Wensheng's dream at a time in the future.
I don't know if it's the defect of the 4388 game, or the words of Ren Pingsheng, all in all, Cai Wensheng was moved, he picked up the teacup in front of him, drank it all, and his eyes regained their original brilliance and said:
"I can let people go, but whether Li Xinping is willing to join or not, you have to say it yourself. ”
Ren Pingsheng smiled and nodded, the purpose of his visit this time is for this, for Ren Pingsheng, it is not difficult to move Li Xinping, he just doesn't want to bypass Cai Wensheng to do this kind of thing, after all, everyone is the founding partner of "Shunwei Fund", there are still a lot of opportunities for cooperation in the future, and you can't risk the breakdown of the cooperative relationship for the sake of a project.
Striving for Cai Wensheng's approval is a respect for Cai Wensheng and an emphasis on Li Xinping.
Cai Wensheng obviously also thought of this, for him, the 4388 game is on the right track, although Li Xinping is very capable, but I am afraid that there is no more room to play under his banner.
If Ren Pingsheng's idea of the entertainment section can become a reality, his company will have great potential in the future, and when Ren Pingsheng really wants to poach people, Cai Wensheng will not be able to keep it.
Rather than making everyone's faces look bad, it is better to sell personal favors to Ren Pingsheng.
Cai Wensheng believes that Li Xinping's favor will be reciprocated, and he also seized the opportunity to make a request.
"Also, if you come to this company, I will be the first to invest and give me at least 10% of the shares. ”
Ren Pingsheng nodded with a smile, Cai Wensheng really showed his true colors as an investor, and this result was also expected, he took the initiative to get up and stretched out his hand and said:
"No problem, welcome Mr. Cai to eat soup. ”
The two clasped their hands tightly and agreed.
Although Chua's dream was temporarily frustrated, he also reaped the benefits of the deal.
This is the essence of business, although the dream is beautiful, but it cannot resist the temptation of real benefits.
Businesses, projects, and people are not tradable, including dreams.
Every dream can be bid.
As long as you can afford it.
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