The two owners of the chopsticks studio told Zeng Le that they had just received investment from Mangrove Capital a few months ago and did not accept Zeng Le's equity investment.

Mangrove Capital is a foreign venture capital company, with agents in China, this veteran capital company, but it is not comparable to Zeng Le, it is simply a big monster in the capital market, people are no matter what emerging industries, only a little concept, the rich Mangrove Capital will invest a little money in you, giving birth to a number of unicorn enterprises, these enterprises, as long as one of the ten makes money, the income is still more than ten times and dozens of times, then they are making a lot of money, making a lot of money! Even more cheating than Zeng Le, a reborn person! Zeng Le relied on the "golden finger", and people relied on the real golden finger to turn stones into gold.

Relying on such capital operation, Mangrove Capital is also well-known at home and abroad, chopsticks can get the favor of such a financial giant, and the two bosses and founders are also floating, even if Zeng Le said that he would invest 10 million or even 20 million, they did not bird Zeng Le.

"I'm sorry, Brother Zeng, we accepted a $5 million A round of investment from Mangrove Capital, and now we are not short of money, please go back, as for the investment sponsorship you said before, we can have a good chat, but we don't want to sell the shares of Chopsticks."

The two bosses of the chopsticks are really pure technical talents, different from Mr. Chen, who teases the fish, Chen Lao always only recognizes money and half-witted people engage in financial operations, the two of them are really monks, and this studio is also run by the brothers, all of them are code farmers.

Five million US dollars, in exchange for soft sister coins also have 40 million, for a small studio formerly engaged in dynamic graphics, it is really a sky-high investment, but people have the strength to take this money, dynamic pictures are simple to say, but the research and development technology is unique to people's chopsticks, and it is precisely because of this that it has attracted the investment of Mangrove Capital.

"Well, it seems that I don't have this fate with you, it's inconvenient to sponsor investment before, I will invest five million in you, and you sponsor one million a year for our club, and the price next year will be discussed next year."

"Good!"

Mangrove Capital took 25% of the shares from Chopsticks, because the two bosses each held 30% of the shares, and they really couldn't give too much, and the other technicians in their studio also had to share the shares.

After the miscellaneous land was divided, there was not much left for Zeng Le, the investment of five million, he got 2.5 percent, Zeng Le could accept it, even if it was a fraction, after eight years, Zeng Le still earned more than ten times.

The same process is much faster here in Chopsticks, because they just sent away Mangrove Capital on the front foot, and they still have some experience in this area, but what makes Zeng Le strange is that in his impression, it was not Dawn Capital that gave Chopsticks the first investment back then? How did it become Mangrove Capital, which only entered the game in the B round?

After all, Mangrove Capital is abroad, even if the eyes and hands are long, it will not be far-sighted enough to reach out to the chopsticks.

The doubts were quickly solved, it turned out that he was not the first to be cut off, the first to be cut off was Dawn Capital, and they were also late in contact. However, Dawn Capital does not want the emerging domestic unicorn studio to fall into the hands of foreign capital, and has been negotiating a deal with Mangrove Capital, wanting to buy the chopsticks shares in the hands of Mangrove Capital as a wholly owned company, and the two sides have been arguing for several months.

This news was revealed to Zeng Le by the technical staff of the chopsticks studio, Zeng Le took a look in the studio, and the two bosses went to work on their main business, and a technician came to talk to Zeng Le.

"You didn't sell me this information for nothing, did you? Say, what do you want? ”

"Hehe, Boss Zeng is magnificent, I actually don't have any ideas, Boss Zeng, you seem to be very optimistic about the future of our studio, and you want to buy shares?"

"yes, what, you have it?"

The technician looked around suspiciously, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, he whispered in Zeng Le's ear:

"I have one percent, when I started to transform and develop this from the dynamic picture studio, our boss gave us rewards and dividends, and I didn't want us technicians to run away, but I don't think there is any prospect for the transformation of this studio, what short video, if you want to watch it, you can watch a long video, what can a short video be seen in more than ten seconds?"

"Huh."

Zeng Le did not comment on such an evaluation, in fact, at that time, most people thought so, not many people would think that chopsticks and douyin would be popular, but people are on fire, the pace of life is fast, short videos keep up with the trend of the times, it is the brand of the times, you can't deny people's advanced vision and success.

"Since you sell, then I'll buy it, one percent, I'll give you a million."

Zeng Le gestured a finger, was held by the technician's hands, and smiled.

"Boss Zeng, you're not short of money, just now 4 million bought 2.5 percent, why am I only 1 million percent?"

"Then how much do you want, you can quote a price."

The technician rolled his eyes and said in Zeng Le's ear:

"Boss Zeng, in fact, there are several of our brothers who want to change jobs, and we all have one percent, so you give me two million, and I will introduce these people to you, and you will buy them together, and you will give them a price of one million when you turn around, what do you think?"

"Hey, you're interesting."

Zeng Le was happy in his heart, if he really wanted to sleep, someone would hand him a pillow, and this good thing? This is a win-win good thing, Zeng Le is naturally willing to do it, and immediately agreed, but he sighed in his heart, for the sake of a small profit of one million, you gave up the equity worth tens of millions later, and I don't know if it is to make people.

"Okay, call your brothers, I'll invite you to dinner after work, by the way, are you going to haunt?"

"Thank you, Boss Zeng, but we haven't gone anywhere yet, what advice does Boss Zeng have?"

Zeng Le thought, since I am already the second shareholder of Funny Fish, these technical talents, don't be in vain, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, just for their own family to tease the fish, why not?

"Well, I'll introduce you to someone at dinner in the evening, and your work will be settled again."

At dinner in the evening, the person Zeng Le asked to come was naturally Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen was short of people, with Zeng Le's investment, the money was in place, now is the time to find talents, their platform establishment lacks talents for picture production, Zeng Le introduced these few from chopsticks to jump ship, just subsidized.

"Brother Zeng! You're really my reconstituted parent! Whatever you want! You are a man of God! ”

"Falsely praised."

Zeng Le was so praised by these words that he felt disgusted, damn, I heard in my previous life that Chen Lao, who teased fish, is always a villain, this sycophant is filmed, and even his own relatives have been calculated, he has to guard against him in the future, it is best to cash out and run away when he gets the money in the future, I am afraid that this person will play yin with him behind his back.

The dinner was in the seafood restaurant of the Ni family, Zeng Le greeted Ni Dalan, and the people who entertained these people were in the luxurious private room on the top floor, as soon as they entered the room, not to mention the few programmers who only knew how to type code, even Mr. Chen was frightened by this battle.

The table is full of abalone and lobster, all of which are delicacies from the mountains and seas, and I have never seen it, let alone eaten it.

"Brother Zeng, this meal cost you a lot, right?"

"It's just a hundred thousand, I know a few people worth this price, I'll pay for it tonight, the brothers are open to eat and drink, you're welcome, whoever is distressed about the money I'm anxious with!"

As soon as these words came out, Zeng Le immediately won the favor of a group of programmers, and he hasn't talked about business yet, you are so open, everyone must be willing to cooperate with you, Mr. Chen also worked hard for a period of time, and when he saw the delicacies of the mountains and seas, he immediately couldn't close his mouth, and pulled Zeng Le to a brother, not to mention how close he was.

Full of wine and food, the six people brought by the technician at the beginning also signed an equity transfer contract with Zeng Le one by one, and the seven people had a total of seven percent of the shares, all of which were sold to Zeng Le at a price of one million, Zeng Le shook hands with them one by one, and everyone was very happy.

In private, Zeng Le transferred another million to the technician he introduced at the beginning, which is his introduction fee, and this money must be given, and it is also regarded as hush money, because Zeng Le bought equity and dug up corners, which is really a bit unauthentic, but things still have to be done, money can't be earned, one million has to be spent, and this meal is worth it.

I heard that Zeng Le bought the shares of chopsticks, and dug up the technician of chopsticks for teasing fish, which surprised Mr. Chen.

"Brother Zeng, are you digging your own corner? Anything else that does? ”

"Hey, my grandson and grandson are not the same, I'm teasing the fish is the second shareholder, what is it in chopsticks? Dig it, dig it, everyone hides it from me, don't make me bad, if I let me know, I won't let him do it. ”

Zeng Le narrowed his eyes, with a hint of ferocity, everyone immediately sobered up, and they all rotted this matter in their stomachs.

Zeng Le suddenly remembered that maybe in the previous life, even if there was no leader of his own, these technicians from chopsticks would eventually jump to Teafish, otherwise why did Chopsticks start later, and they had to spend money to buy Teafish's old club A War, which was obviously revenge, Zeng Le could only smile at this, and he understood some of the secrets of the year.

"Then I wish you all a bright future."

After the meal, everyone took a taxi back one by one, Mr. Chen also got on his Mercedes-Benz and went home, Zeng Le stood outside the restaurant and chatted with the manager of the restaurant.

In the eyes of the manager, according to the words of his own boss Ni, Zeng Le is his son-in-law, and the manager naturally wants to talk to this future uncle.

During the conversation, Zeng Le noticed that the technician who accosted him at the beginning did not leave immediately, but was sitting on the steps and making a phone call, with his back to Zeng Le, not knowing that Zeng Le was behind him.

The person who called him seemed to be his girlfriend, and the two were about to get married, and the programmer boy said happily:

"Girl, I'm rich, we'll buy a house tomorrow, that's right, it's the house you fancy in the fourth ring of Tiandu! I also have the bride price money to marry you! Get your certificate now! ”

Zeng Le sighed, in this era of take-off, it is really a starving coward, as long as he seizes the opportunity, anyone can fly to the sky, why not himself.