"Tindersource Capital?" Cheryl Sandberg thought for a moment, "I think I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it." ”

"I remember you told me that you were interested in Silicon Valley, that Tinder is a venture capital firm, and now the founder of Tinder wants to hire an assistant and wants to ask if you are interested. Meg Whitman said slowly.

"Assistant?" was a title that didn't appeal to Cheryl, who was now Lawrence Summers' assistant herself. Although the income is not high, being able to be a staff member in the White House is itself an accumulation of qualifications, and there are many benefits to developing in both business and political circles in the future.

So, while the afternoon's events made Sheryl Sandberg hesitate about her future in politics, it was really not attractive for her to be an assistant to a little-known venture capitalist.

Cheryl Sandberg was thinking about how to politely reject Meg Whitman's introduction, but heard Meg continue on the phone: "Maybe you don't know much about Tinder Source in Washington, but now in Silicon Valley, there may be very few people who don't know about this company." ”

"Oh?" Cheryl Sandberg was intrigued, "This VC is growing fast?"

Meg Whitman affirmed: "Of course, Tinder Source should be the fastest-growing venture capital institution in Silicon Valley in recent years, and ICQ was originally invested by them, and they also made their first pot of gold with ICQ." There is also eBay, they have also made two rounds of investment, and now after eBay goes public, they have the second largest shareholder in their hands after Omidyar. There is also the listed Amazon, which also holds a sizable stake. It is said that they have also invested in more than 20 companies in Silicon Valley, and the success rate of the project is very high. ”

"ebay?amazon?" These two names alone made Cheryl Sandberg very interested in this little-known VC upstart. She has always paid attention to the news in Silicon Valley, and when she heard the sentence that she had invested in ICQ, she had some speculation in her heart, "Is the founder of this company Zack, the founder of Matrix?"

The success of iCom has greatly enhanced Zhang Chen's popularity in the United States. No one can deny that the iCom is a highly innovative PC, with powerful performance and art-like styling that has created a rush of sales throughout North America.

"Hehe, yes. Meg Whitman smiled, "Since you know a little about him, I won't say much? Are you interested? He has very high requirements for recruiting assistants this time, and the first person I think of is you, if you are interested, you can send him a resume, and I will introduce him." ”

When Cheryl Sandberg heard this, she was indeed a little interested: "Very demanding?"

Meg Whitman smiled: "It is required to have an academic background, an Ivy League school, preferably an economics and finance major at Harvard or MIT, and experience in the financial industry or consulting industry." Under thirty years of age. ”

When Cheryl heard it, this requirement is really not low, just a Harvard or MIT is enough, with an academic background, it is stuck 80% of the embroidered pillows that enter Harvard with a letter of recommendation, and under this age limit, it is also required to have experience in the financial or consulting industry, and the range of choices is even smaller.

However, I fit all of these things, as if this position was tailor-made for me.

Cheryl Sandberg thought of the disgusting scene a few hours ago, and then thought of the advice of her teacher Ramos, maybe politics really wasn't for her?

Meg Whitman smiled: "Actually, you can send your resume to try it out, it's very comfortable to live on the West Coast, and the atmosphere is more relaxed." Since Zack is so demanding, he will definitely not just do the work of an ordinary assistant, and it should be quite challenging. As for the treatment, I think there should be no problem with your current income, you can talk about it. ”

Cheryl Sandberg thought for a moment: "Thank you, Meg, thank you for introducing me to this opportunity, I'll send my resume in a moment, is it okay to email?

Meg Whitman told Cheryl about Zhang Chen's mailbox, and the two chatted for a few more words, Cheryl hung up the phone, did not use her work notebook, but turned on her personal computer, sorted out her resume, and wrote a cover letter to Zhang Chen according to the email address provided by Meg.

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Pengcheng, Liantang.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang! There are two more people looking for you outside the factory!" Hou Yan, who had just graduated for less than two years, knocked on Wang Chuanfu's office door sweating profusely.

Wang Chuanfu was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, and when he heard that someone was looking for him again, he said nervously: "Which supplier is it this time? Don't let them in! On a business trip!"

The Southeast Asian financial crisis that broke out at the beginning of the year may not be felt by ordinary people, but Biardi, who works as an OEM for a big brand battery factory, felt the biting cold first.

Piardi's biggest business now is to do OEM for Dongying's major battery manufacturers, but with the escalation of the Southeast Asian financial crisis to the Asian financial crisis, major companies have invariably begun to tighten the monetary base, and the payments that can usually be paid on time have also been delayed again and again.

It doesn't matter if these big factories drag the money of Biadzi, a small company like Biadi can't send someone to Dongying to collect the money on a permanent basis. But Biadi also has a bunch of suppliers, these suppliers blocked the factory gate twice for three days to collect money, and they almost put out a big banner that the black-hearted factory cheated me out of money, Wang Chuanfu and my sister-in-law ran away.

But these are easy to do, the most difficult thing to do is that Wang Chuanfu's cousin Lu Xiangyang, as the company's most important investor, is also struggling due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis, and he can't come up with a penny to save his life, not to mention, he also wants to discuss with Wang Chuanfu whether he can first withdraw part of Biardi's funds to save the emergency.

Wang Chuanfu is so troubled, he can only hide everywhere, not only many suppliers, but also hide from his cousin, today the technical department of the factory called and said that there is a difficult point that has not been attacked, Wang Chuanfu, who was born in technology, rushed back to the factory in a hurry, but was blocked again.

Hou Yan touched the beads of sweat on her head: "The two people who came here haven't seen it, it doesn't seem to be a supplier, and they said that it was invested by Suihuang." ”

"Suihuang Investment?" Wang Chuanfu was puzzled, "What are you doing?"

Hou Yan scratched her head: "I didn't understand what they said, it seems that they want to invest in our factory." ”

"Investment?" Wang Chuanfu, who was driven crazy by money, got up from his chair with a bang, and then felt unreliable, his eyes widened, "Don't be a liar anymore, right?"

Now there are too many swindlers in various places, since he came to the sea, Wang Chuanfu has opened his eyes, at least two or three swindlers come to the door a month, in addition to holding back the scammer group that wants to cheat the big one, the people who play the gang to cheat eat and drink are even more like carp crossing the river.

Hou Yan shook his head: "I don't know, the two of them drove a crown, can you see it?"

Wang Chuanfu gritted his teeth: "See! Don't bring them to my office, take them to the small conference room." "Anyway, it's already like this, I want to see how these two scammers can deceive themselves, no matter what people say, they have three no's policies: don't pay money, don't invite guests, and don't give gifts.

Not long after, Hou Yan led the two men into the small conference room that didn't even have air conditioning.

Wang Chuanfu saw that the two of them looked pretty good, the leader looked about the same age as himself, wore gold-wire glasses, and looked gentle and elegant. The other is also twenty-five or sixteen years old, and although his temperament is slightly worse, he feels quite shrewd.

Both of them are in straight suits, this is Pengcheng at the end of July, you can sweat for five minutes when you wear a half-sleeved sleeve, these two people can also wear a suit and tie, the collar is wet with sweat, it seems that you are not a liar.

Wang Chuanfu remained silent: "I am the vice president here, surnamed Wang, can you introduce yourself?"

Wang Chuanfu kept an eye on it, and did not tell them that he was the general manager here, but only said that he was the vice president, and he could still have a buffer to ask the leader when he refused.

The man in charge smiled: "Hello Mr. Wang, you seem to be the general manager of Biadi, right?

Wang Chuanfu blushed, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, this TM must be here to ask for accounts, and now there are so many tricks, sending two people who don't know each other to come to the factory, and he is considered to have been tricked.

Wang Chuanfu changed color and said: "If the two of you come to ask for accounts, don't say it, I, Wang Chuanfu, am not a person who pays for the debts, but now the payment from the international manufacturers has not been paid to me, and when the payment from their side arrives, I will not owe a penny, you can rest assured! If you are a liar, I have nothing now, I have debts, and you simply die!"

After Wang Chuanfu finished speaking, he saw the strange expressions of the two opposites, and then laughed, making Wang Chuanfu laugh confused.

The young man smiled and said: "Mr. Wang, don't worry, we are neither accountants nor liars, we are Suihuang Capital, and we came here today to talk to you about financing." Judging by your reaction, we came at the right time?"

Wang Chuanfu's face turned pale: "Are you usury?"

The two were stunned for a moment, then laughed again, and the man led by took out his business card and handed it to Wang Chuanfu: "You misunderstood, we are not usury, this is my business card." ”

Wang Chuanfu took the business card and looked at it, the material of the business card is good, very tough, there is a glue hot Logo in the upper left corner, which looks like a pot of flames, and the following line of words: Suihuang Capital, Shen Nanpeng, Executive President.

Shen Nanpeng said with a smile: "What about our Suihuang Capital, which is a venture capital institution, have you heard of venture capital?"

Wang Chuanfu shook his head honestly, he really hadn't heard of any venture capital. He has been working on the technical side since he graduated. Later, when he went to the sea, he had his cousin Lu Xiangyang to deal with financial matters, and he had little contact with capital operation.

What's more, venture capital is so new and new in China that even after five years, only a small number of people have heard of the word venture capital.

Shen Nanpeng introduced the concept of venture capital to Wang Chuanfu, and then said: "Of course, if you can't pass our review in all aspects, or if we can't reach an agreement on the transfer of shares and specific contract terms, you still can't get this money." ”

Wang Chuanfu tried hard to digest Shen Nanpeng's words, and doubted: "You are really not liars?"

Shen Nanpeng laughed and said, "Where do you see that we are liars? Like you said, you have nothing, only a butt of debt, what can I deceive you?"

Wang Chuanfu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I still don't understand, you said that you used money to buy some of our shares, how much money did you take?"

Shen Nanpeng patiently explained: "We are based on the value of your current company and the future development potential, to give you a reasonable premium, for example, last year, Biadi made a profit of 7 million, sales of 80 million, according to the ten times the price-earnings ratio, we can judge that your company can be worth about 70 million, if you agree with this valuation, we can talk about how much money you plan to raise and how many shares you are ready to transfer." Of course, this is only an estimate, the real valuation needs a more detailed and complex assessment, and we will also entrust a third-party audit department to make a complete assessment of your assets and liabilities to finally determine the true value of your company. ”

"Seventy million ... Wang Chuanfu thought about it in his heart, this is not much different from his cousin's previous overall valuation of the company, a few days ago the two discussed whether to sell the company, but Wang Chuanfu always felt that the difficulties were temporary, as long as this difficult time passed, there must be greater development, so he rejected Lu Xiangyang's proposal.

But instead of selling a part of the shares to solve the urgent need, Wang Chuanfu really can't make up his mind.

"I don't have any idea of your sudden visit. Wang Chuanfu thought for a while, "In this case, I'll discuss it with the other shareholders of the company first and see their opinions." ”

Shen Nanpeng smiled: "Of course there is no problem, let me say more, just now you and I are considering this matter from the perspective of solving the current funding problem." But in fact, the biggest benefit to you in accepting our investment is not this, but that we can use our connections, relationships and expertise to help you achieve leapfrog development and achieve greater success in the capital market, such as listing. ”

When it comes to listing, Wang Chuanfu's spirit is lifted, although he doesn't know about venture capital, but he still knows about listing. Previously, Lu Xiangyang had also planned with him the future listing route of Biadi, but the two of them were only YY. Now those who can be listed are all well-known domestic enterprises, and it is too difficult for the new generation like Biadi to go public.

"In fact, venture capital has been in the international arena for many years, and we at Suihuang Capital are also IDG Capital's partners in China, holding 50% of IDGVC's shares. With our support, even if we are not listed in China, we can also get the favor of international capital, such as Xiangjiang, the United States, and Dongying, which are all places we can choose to list. ”

After Shen Nanpeng finished speaking, he looked at Wang Chuanfu, who was thinking deeply, and showed a confident smile: "Mr. Wang, judging from your experience of resigning from public office and going to the sea to do business, you also want to make a big difference, this is an opportunity, you should seriously consider it." There is my mobile phone number on the business card, I will be in Pengcheng these days, if you think about it, call me, however, I only have three days, and I will go back to Kyoto in three days. ”

Before Shen Nanpeng came, he used his relationship to investigate the company and found that it was indeed an excellent start-up. The most rare thing is that Bidi has its own research and development capabilities, which is rare in the current Chinese manufacturing industry.

Shen Nanpeng knew that it was only a matter of time before Huaxia joined TO. Although Biardi is now facing some financial difficulties for the time being, as long as the company is allowed to survive this crisis, it is likely to soar like a phoenix.

Wang Chuanfu raised his head: "Okay, I'll contact my cousin, he is also in the investment industry and a shareholder of our company, you wait, I'll come over and reply to you in a while." ”

Shen Nanpeng said with a smile: "Okay, but Mr. Wang, can you change us to an air-conditioned room?"

(End of chapter)