A venture capital institution came to the door, once again proving the value of Discuz, and after getting the exact news, Kangsheng's team was in high spirits, and on the side of Tsingshan Network, everyone's minds were undoubtedly much more complicated.

Chen Qiaoshan didn't intervene much, startups are like this, the team comes first, the product comes second, and sometimes it's a good thing to add a little extra pressure.

Dai Zhikang doesn't understand venture capital, Liu Chang is also a graduate of the Department of Economics and Management, and he still has some understanding of financing, she found Chen Qiaoshan privately and asked: "Do we need to prepare a business plan?"

"No need. Chen Qiaoshan said: "Kangsheng's products and profit model are there, and the venture capital must have studied it, otherwise it would not have been found, so we don't need to toss anymore." ”

"It's not appropriate to go to meet investors empty-handed, right?" Liu Chang hesitated.

Before meeting Wang Sifeng, Liu Chang was familiar with Zhuang Li and Tsinghua code farmers, the Internet is a money-burning industry, she has heard of it for a long time, especially in the software industry, many people have made good projects, but lack of financial support, and it is too common to go around and do small financing cases.

Capital is the right to speak, and this sentence is also applicable in the IT industry.

Chen Qiaoshan glanced at Liu Chang, half teasing and half serious: "Take it easy, don't take venture capital too seriously." ”

Liu Chang was a little surprised, "Why, aren't you optimistic about this financing?"

Chen Qiaoshan didn't answer directly, but brought up the old thing again, "Sister Chang, how much do you think Kangsheng is worth?"

Liu Chang was stunned, she had thought about this question privately, but she couldn't be sure for a while, not to mention anything else, Chen Qiaoshan spent more than 600,000 yuan on advance capital and equity investment in the early stage, and according to this ratio, Kangsheng's current valuation is around 3 million.

There is no premium in this, Discuz has just changed the payment model, no one can tell what the market prospects of this software are, just the team of more than ten people, every month is a lot of expenses, and there is no prospect of profitability for the time being.

But Liu Chang always felt that something was wrong, and after thinking about it, she suddenly realized, the problem is Chen Qiaoshan, this guy is worth a lot of money, Kangsheng really only has such a little value, why does he toss so hard?

Liu Chang couldn't help but ask, "How much do you think Kangsheng is worth?"

Chen Qiaoshan stretched his waist very unvividly, and then said with a relaxed face: "Actually, it doesn't matter how much Kangsheng is worth, the key is how much Kangsheng needs." ”

"Sister Chang, tell me, does Kangsheng still need a lot of investment in the near future?"

Liu Chang immediately understood the meaning of his words, Kangsheng did invest a lot of money in the early stage, but the situation has stabilized, as long as there is no new project, there is no need for financing in the short term.

"Then just refuse directly, why bother to contact those people again, isn't this delaying the time of both parties?" Liu Chang said angrily.

"Why do you want to refuse?" Chen Qiaoshan said with a smile: "Anyway, it's the first time I've come into contact with venture capital, and it's okay to meet and chat, besides, if you don't need it now, it doesn't mean you won't need it in the future. ”

Liu Chang shook his head secretly, and he had to toss it.

……

"Zhikang, how much do you think our Kangsheng is worth?" Back at the rented house, Xu Xiaoyu asked a similar question.

"I don't know, let's discuss it with Dashan tomorrow, he is studying finance, and the doorway inside is more familiar than ours. Dai Zhikang replied casually, his mind was completely out of this.

Chen Qiaoshan's words in the afternoon, undoubtedly touched a certain nerve of Dai Zhikang, Discuz is his hard work, but after all, it is only a forum system software, there are many products of the same type for users to choose from, he knows in his heart that Dz wants to occupy the market, far from writing good code to succeed.

Xu Xiaoyu was very annoyed by his perfunctory, "Chen Qiaoshan just invested some money, don't expect him to do anything, Kangsheng was built by the two of us after all." ”

After a pause, she continued: "To put it mildly, isn't Chen Qiaoshan a little rich, the code of Discuz was written by you, does it have anything to do with him?"

Dai Zhikang had a little headache, he didn't think much about things other than research and development, the so-called art industry has a specialty, if it weren't for Chen Qiaoshan's support, maybe Kangsheng would have been unable to hold on for a long time, thinking of this, he got up with the mud, "Okay, it's not early, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

Xu Xiaoyu glanced at him and said angrily: "Just talk about it!"

"What to say? If it weren't for the mountains behind us a few days ago, we might have all rolled up and rolled back to our hometowns, so how could we have the opportunity to talk about financing!" Dai Zhikang said the truth in a rare way.

Xu Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then she said: "Zhikang, go to see the investor tomorrow, why don't you bring me with you?"

"If you want to go, it's not a big deal. Dai Zhikang agreed with a smile, he knew in his heart that no matter what, Xu Xiaoyu was also thinking about his own family.

……

The next morning, Liu Chang finalized the meeting with the venture capitalist.

Perhaps in order to show its strength, the investors arranged the meeting place at the Friendship Hotel, which is a Chinese garden hotel with a long history, which was a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and a place to receive foreign guests, which is not low-grade.

"Xu Xiaoyu is also going?" Chen Qiaoshan was a little surprised, he thought that he had gone with Dai Zhikang.

Liu Chang nodded and said, "Who did she just say?"

Xu Xiaoyu's careful thinking yesterday naturally couldn't escape Chen Qiaoshan's eyes, he pondered for a while, and then said, "Sister Chang, you should follow too." ”

"I'm going too?" Liu Chang asked curiously, "What am I doing with me?"

"Although our financing intentions are not strong, we still need to take it seriously. After thinking about it, Chen Qiaoshan continued: "Sister Chang, you should remind Xu Xiaoyu when the time comes, don't let the investors see jokes." ”

When interviewing investors, the most taboo is that there is a dispute of opinion in the start-up team, there is no secret in the venture capital circle, and once something similar happens, the impact on follow-up financing is very negative.

Dai Zhikang and Xu Xiaoyu didn't say anything about Liu Chang's sudden joining, everyone was in contact with venture capital for the first time, and it was natural to follow to see it.

The meeting place was arranged in the VIP building of the Friendship Hotel, and the gate was facing Zhongguancun South Street, which was very convenient.

As soon as a few people got out of the car, Xu Xiaoyu asked in surprise: "Is this a hotel, how is it like a royal garden?"

Liu Chang smiled: "I've been in Yanjing for so long, and I'm coming back. ”

A few people talked and laughed and entered the lobby, and as soon as they entered the door, a female voice suddenly shouted nearby: "Liu Chang?"

Liu Chang followed the prestige and said in surprise: "Hu Ning, why are you here, and when did you return to China?"

Seeing that they had met acquaintances, several people stopped taking advantage of the situation.

A young woman walked over to this side, young should be about the same as Liu Chang, but this woman named Hu Ning is obviously better in terms of body shape and temperament.

"Just came back yesterday. Hu Ning glanced at everyone, stared at Chen Qiaoshan and asked, "Liu Chang, this is your boyfriend, and I won't introduce you!"

Xu Xiaoyu has been holding Dai Zhikang's arm since he entered the door, and Chen Qiaoshan is dressed a little old-fashioned today, so it is no wonder that the other party misunderstood.

Liu Chang said: "What nonsense, I'm good with Wang Sifeng, this is my boss, don't talk nonsense." ”

It can be seen that the relationship between the two is very good.

"Come, I'll introduce you. Liu Chang smiled: "This is Hu Ning, who is also from the 96-level computer science department of Tsinghua University, and is now a female doctor majoring in computer science at CMU." ”

"Let me emphasize, she's the best of the best, don't be fooled by her looks. Liu Chang added with a smile.

Chen Qiaoshan didn't feel anything, but Dai Zhikang and Xu Xiaoyu were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.

Compared with famous schools such as Yale and Harvard, Carnegie Mellon University's reputation in China is slightly low-key, but its own strength is not weak, especially the School of Computer Science, which is ranked among the top in the world in all majors, and is a palace-level existence for code farmers to be promoted.