McGovern is the founder of IDG, starting with $5,000 and founding the famous International Data Group (IDG), which is the first venture capital institution to enter China.

Zhang Chen thought about it for a while and sent an email back to McGovern, promising to meet with him and see what McGovern wanted.

McGovern had just flown from Boston to San Francisco in the past few days to meet with a few entrepreneurs. Although McGovern is nearly sixty years old, he has maintained a very high level of energy. Although IDG is already one of the largest venture capital firms, with more than 1,000 employees, he still maintains the habit of meeting with entrepreneurs at least two to three times a week to maintain his market acumen.

In the previous ICQ financing war, IDG also made a tentative offer to ICQ. But later, Sequoia's $20 million financing plan also surprised McGovern, and at the same time began to focus on investigating the hidden story behind the matter.

When all the evidence loomed at Zhang Chen, McGovern became very interested in Zhang Chen.

The meeting place he and Zhang Chen chose was a small café called MoonCafe in Stanford, and when Zhang Chen arrived at the scheduled time, McGovern was already waiting inside, and there was a tall Chinese man sitting next to him.

McGovern is a typical Anglo-Saxon, with a red neck and a red nose, and when he saw Zhang Chen, he gave him a warm hug.

"Zack, introduce you. This is my partner in the Huaxia region – HugoShong. McGovern introduced the Chinese men around him.

Hugo smiled and stretched out his hand and said in Chinese: "Hello Zhang Chen, I'm Xiong Xiaoge. ”

Zhang Chen didn't expect Xiong Xiaoge to come, and hurriedly said, "Brother Xiong, hello, I really didn't expect to meet my fellow countrymen today." ”

After McGovern introduced the two parties, he got straight to the point: "Zack, although you are very young, you have achieved extraordinary achievements in the United States, are you still ready to return home?"

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "Yes, I will return to China in early September." The main purpose of coming to the United States this time is to study abroad, and other aspects are just coincidences. ”

McGovern asked, "Why? Now that there seem to be more opportunities in the United States, and you have a good foundation, who thinks that it is a better choice to stay in the United States." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "Mr. McGovern, my family and friends are all in Huaxia, and I believe that Huaxia will grow into the world's largest market in the next 20 years. At present, in the capital market, the activity of the Chinese market is also the highest. I think there are more opportunities. ”

McGovern slapped his thigh: "Yes, I think so too." So, would you like to join IDG and become one of IDG's partners in China?"

Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Xiong Xiaoge, Xiong Xiaoge explained with a smile: "Although I am the person in charge of IDG in Huaxia, we are the same partner system in Huaxia, and we already have two partners in Huaxia, including me, if you are willing to join, you will be the third partner of IDG in Huaxia, and you will receive the full support of IDG China." ”

Zhang Chen thought about it for a moment and said slowly: "Mr. McGovern, Brother Xiong, you know, I have now set up an investment company by myself. And I'm going to go to high school soon, and I have a lot of coursework, so I probably won't have time to juggle the work at IDG. ”

Xiong Xiaoge persuaded: "Zhang Chen, you can rest assured in this regard, you do not need to participate in the daily management of IDG, McGovern values you for your vision and negotiation ability to select projects." As for your own investment company, it does not conflict with IDG. Moreover, if your investment company has taken a fancy to a certain project and does not have enough funds to invest, then you can pull IDG together, and we will invest together, and the income will still be shared according to the income of the partners. ”

McGovern also nodded, "Yes, IDG is not a company without a human touch, and we can work together in many ways. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chen was quite moved. Although he has made some money recently, this money is not a big wave in the capital market at all, and he can't get it out when he encounters a suitable project and raises more than 5 million. And there are a lot of investment opportunities in your memory, and you will lose most of them on your own.

Zhang Chen pondered for a while and said, "Mr. McGovern, I may need to think about it, and I am not yet eighteen years old, and I do not have full capacity for civil conduct in Huaxia, are you really willing to cooperate with a milky hairy child like me?"

McGovern smiled: "Zack, as far as we know, you should have invested in two companies in Huaxia, one is a computer company, you are one of the founders of this company, and the current development in Huaxia is very good." The other is a catering business, which seems to be a newly established catering business, and the profitability is also very high. ”

Zhang Chen looked at McGovern in surprise, he didn't expect them to understand his situation in China so clearly.

McGovern smiled reservedly: "We have a very strong intelligence network in China and our own consulting company. And don't be surprised, when it comes to business, as long as we want to know, we can investigate it through legal channels. As soon as I came up with the idea, I asked Hugo to start the investigation process, and it only took three days to find out your background. ”

Xiong Xiaoge nodded, "Yes, Zhang Chen, don't be surprised, we didn't use any illegal means, but just made a superficial investigation of you through the industrial and commercial registration and the household registration inquiry system of the public security department." ”

Xiong Xiaoge exclaimed: "I really didn't expect that when you were less than sixteen years old, you could create such a career in just half a year." Just the alien computer, our current valuation of it will not be less than 300 million yuan, especially the business model created by aliens, which is more direct and effective than Dell's, and the future prospects are unlimited. ”

"Before I came to the United States, I went to Bincheng to eat your little sheep, and the taste was put aside, but the service was the best I have experienced in China. And the waiter of the little sheep said that it was all the rules set by their little manager. Haha, this little manager should be you. ”

Zhang Chen nodded silently, he really felt the strength of a large company this time, and in a short period of time, he had a clear understanding of his old bottom.

In later generations, although Zhang Chen changed jobs several times, he was also in the circle of foreign companies. It is no stranger to the background checks of foreign companies, and one of the companies with the most rigorous investigation does know its life history very thoroughly, but I did not expect that in the 96 years when the Internet was not popular, these large companies could also do this in a very short time.