"Mr. Zhou, I don't know what is the matter with inviting us over today?" Waiting for the waiter to bring the refreshments, Chen Qiaoshan took the lead in asking the question.

Dai Zhikang is a stuffy gourd, since he called, he said hello at the beginning, but he didn't say a word, Xu Xiaoyu didn't squeak, Liu Chang didn't say anything, Chen Qiaoshan took the lead.

Zhou Zhengning said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, you may not know much, but we at JAFCO Asia are currently the largest Internet software venture capital fund in Asia, and we are also the most professional investment institution. ”

Everyone at the table did not have a strange look, which was obviously unexpected by Zhou Zhengning.

JAFCO Asia has only a few employees in China, but it controls more than 100 million dollars in venture funds, which is really not bad money, but it has always kept a low profile, and it has never been inconspicuous, which is very different from ordinary venture capital funds.

Those venture capitalists who are active in China are basically in this model, but it is not easy to meet them, because there are too many people who want to invest, but there are very few projects that actively invest.

Zhou Zhengning is very optimistic about Discuz, otherwise he would not have come forward in person, not only the software itself, but also its unique profit model.

One of the main businesses of JAFCO Asia is Internet software, as the head of the fund, Zhou Zhengning has rich experience in the Internet, before joining JAFCO, he also worked in Citi and other Western financial institutions, so he is naturally well-informed, but this is the first time that Discuz has seen this kind of paid value-added model in the software industry.

Seeing that several people were silent, Zhou Zhengning had to continue: "We have studied Discuz and think that this is a very promising software, so we want to talk to the team of Kangsheng. ”

Chen Qiaoshan pointed to Dai Zhikang and said: "Dz is his work, and writing the core code by himself is indeed a remarkable achievement." ”

Dai Zhikang barely suppressed his smug expression, but he was very happy in his heart, as a program developer, it is undoubtedly an extremely honorable thing for his work to be recognized.

"Oh, is it?" Zhou Zhengning's spirit was shocked, this was a new discovery, he glanced at Dai Zhikang, and couldn't help but feel a trace of curiosity in his heart.

Although it is only an intentional investment, it is far from the point of due diligence, but privately, Zhou Zhengning has arranged for relevant institutions to do an assessment of Discuz.

The conclusion is very surprising, this is a work that is enough to subvert the structure of the forum software market, this is the conclusion of the evaluation report, Zhou Zhengning remembers deeply, "Mr. Dai, how long did it take you to complete the research and development of Discuz?"

This question undoubtedly scratched Dai Zhikang's itch, and he said with a smile: "The source code was written by me in my sophomore year, and it took about half a year. ”

"Last year, the core code was rewritten, and new technologies such as PHP syntax generation kernel and automatic cache creation and update mechanism were implemented, which made the software have a huge improvement in performance and load capacity. ”

After a little hesitation, Dai Zhikang added: "Of course, in the early stage of research and development, I also borrowed the same type of foreign software, but after several years of technology accumulation, the current Discuz kernel uses completely original technology. ”

Dai Zhikang is quite confident, he does have the ability to be confident, software modularization itself is a pioneering achievement, coupled with excellent performance, in the forum software market, Discuz is enough to stand out from the crowd.

Zhou Zhengning is from a financial background and does not understand technology at all, but professional issues are handled by industry insiders, and he believes in the ability of his professional institutions and his own vision.

Discuz is a gold mine, just like the first investment he made in China, he stepped in 02 and earned back more than $15 million in one year, which is a miracle in the industry.

Zhou Zhengning didn't want to go around in circles, so he simply said directly: "JAFCO Asia is a professional venture capital fund, we are very optimistic about the future of Discuz, and hope to reach an in-depth cooperation with Kangsheng to bring this software to the market together." ”

The scene suddenly quieted down, the topic was clear, but no one spoke easily.

Zhou Zhengning is not in a hurry, he believes in his judgment, China's software industry seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is a plate of scattered sand, especially Internet software, which is plagued by piracy, but Discuz has something special.

After waiting for a long time, Zhou Zhengning saw something else, and the eyes of several people on the opposite side were obviously focused on Chen Qiaoshan, which made him wonder, wasn't the software developed by Dai Zhikang, why are you looking at others?

Chen Qiaoshan was a little speechless, he didn't want to dominate this conversation, but it seemed that it would not work if he didn't come forward.

"Mr. Zhou, I don't know what price you offer?"

The question is very straightforward, and there is no intention of hiding it at all.

Chen Qiaoshan did not have the slightest roundabout idea, he knew very well in his heart that Kangsheng's profit is unknown now, although the product has been launched, but the number of users has not exploded rapidly, and in the eyes of ordinary people, the investment value is not seen at all.

Zhou Hongyi spent 80,000 US dollars to take 15% of Kangsheng's shares in 06, which is really cheap to think about.

With the layout of Chen Qiaoshan, Discuz completed the product transformation ahead of schedule, and coincided with the era of the rise of the forum, and the prospects are promising in the absence of strong competitors.

Zhou Zhengning felt a lot more relieved, when he first came into contact, he really made Chen Qiaoshan teased, but now, it is not like that at all, this is obviously a stunned young man.

"Yes, we are a professional investment institution, and we need to make a specific assessment of Kangsheng before making an appraisal. ”

As he was talking, the mobile phone in Chen Qiaoshan's pocket rang, he said sorry, picked up the phone and saw that it was Sun Fatzi calling, so he hung up directly.

This guy doesn't have anything to do all day long, and he calls and harasses him from time to time, and he knows that he will meet investors in the afternoon, and he doesn't pick a time.

Zhou Zhengning didn't care, and continued: "If you have no opinion, I hope the two sides can understand each other." ”

As he was talking, Chen Qiaoshan's phone rang again, he was a little speechless, this Sun Fat Man was not finished yet, and he was about to hang up again, but found that the call was from Wang Wei.

Chen Qiaoshan knew that Wang Wei would not contact him if he was fine.

"Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry, I have to answer an important call, or you can talk first, you can ask Manager Liu about the operation, and ask Mr. Dai about the software. ”

Zhou Zhengning smiled and made a gesture to make a gesture for convenience, Chen Qiaoshan got up and walked quickly outside the café, and then pressed the connect button.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, COFCO is on the move. ”

As soon as it was connected, Wang Wei's excited voice came through the microphone.

Chen Qiaoshan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What's the situation?"

"COFCO has issued a tender offer application. ”

"What?" Chen Qiaoshan was stunned, "They haven't reached 5% of the signage line, how can they suddenly issue a request for acquisition?"

Wang Wei said in a loud voice: "Three days ago, COFCO reached an equity transfer agreement with several heavy institutions to acquire 14.5% of Tunhe's shares in one fell swoop, and several of them also signed a secret cooperation agreement to join hands with concerted actors to jointly acquire ST Tunhe, and now their shares have reached the 30% offer line. ”

"Is this true?" Chen Qiaoshan was a little suspicious, there were still two months before the tomatoes were ripe, and COFCO was too anxious.

"It's true, COFCO has already issued an announcement, today is the last day, and it will be a violation if it drags on any longer. ”

Chen Qiaoshan's heart was relieved, the news was solid, he was a little dazed, after a long wait, happiness came too suddenly.