Hearing that what Gu Cheng said was really about the short video industry, Zhao Tai's eyes also changed, staring at Gu Cheng's eyes, wanting to see something from it.

Gu Cheng also looked at each other calmly, without restraint.

When it comes to ability, Gu Cheng, who has just been reborn, is definitely not as good as Zhao Tai.

But when it comes to the vision for the next 6 years, 100 Zhao Tai can't compare to himself.

They rely on predictions for the future of a certain industry, but what about Gu Cheng? He has already witnessed the rise of the short video industry in the next 6 years.

According to memory, Byte Leap will launch a Series D financing in December 2016, with a valuation of $11 billion, and get $1 billion in financing funds in exchange for 9% equity.

Is it high?

Very high!

You must know that Byte Leap was founded in 2012, and it has only been 4 years this year, and it has become an Internet giant with a market value of more than 10 billion US dollars in four years, which has surpassed the original Ahri and Penguin.

But this is not the upper limit, in the future 2022, Byte Leap's valuation will once be as high as 400 billion US dollars, and it is a well-deserved Internet giant.

If you can get a foot in 2016 today, even if you only get 1% of the equity, then the future will be three or four billion dollars, although backed by the system, but money is such a thing, of course, the more the better, who will be afraid of more money?

Not to mention that the money is the same as picking it up for nothing.

Because the short video industry is still in the competitive period, there is still competition from the same type of platforms such as Kuaishou and Duanzi, and there is only one way for Internet companies to compete in the early stage, burning money!

However, because the direction of profit is not clear, all major capitals are waiting, and there is really not too much capital that dares to take the lead in the market.

Therefore, this window period of capital is the only opportunity for Gu Cheng to enter the market.

After 2018, when short videos exploded in China, and major capitals waved banknotes and begged Byte Leap to take them to play, Gu Cheng would be a fool's dream if he wanted to invest again...

But it's not for sure, maybe at that time, the system was upgraded, and he became the heir of a chaebol?

As for why Gu Cheng could guide Zhao Tai to the topic of short videos, that was his careful thinking...

Because Yunfeng Fund participated in ByteDance's $4 billion Pre-IPO round of financing in 2018, Gu Cheng does not believe that this huge investment in Yunfeng Fund is a temporary intention, and there is only one possibility...

That is, Yunfeng Fund, like major capitals, is watching from the sidelines.

Gu Cheng is not willing to wait until 18 years to enter the market like them, since Yunfeng Fund is unwilling to invest, then come by himself!

And what Gu Cheng wants most is the investment channel of Yunfeng Fund!

As for the money, it is not particularly important, although I can't make up so much money in the short term, but Lao Gu has it!

16, 17 years is the peak of the real estate industry, but since 18 years later, it has begun to gradually decline, the national real estate industry has shrunk, Wang Shoufu sold heavy assets and exited, Xu Shoufu's Hengda debt of more than 2 trillion yuan, in prison, all of which prove the malaise of the real estate industry.

Instead of letting Lao Gu's assets shrink greatly in the future, it is better to let money make money and directly stud byte jump.

According to Gu Cheng's guess, as long as he upgrades the system to level 2, Lao Gu's assets should exceed 10 billion, if Byte Leap is willing, Gu Cheng would rather let Lao Gu sell his assets and eat all the 9% equity of the D round of financing, which is worth more than 30 billion US dollars in the future...

But how to persuade Lao Gu, it depends on Gu Cheng's own ability.

Just when Gu Cheng flashed his thoughts, Zhao Tai slowly spoke: "Do you want to invest in bytes or Kuaishou?" ”

Hearing this, Gu Cheng pretended to smile mysteriously.

"It's not that I want to vote, but the old man in my family wants to vote."

He is still a student, and it would be too pompous to say these words, so in order to ensure credibility, Gu Cheng brought Lao Gu out.

"The real estate industry is now in full swing, and Minghe Real Estate is developing rapidly.

"Now it's in full swing, but the future is uncertain."

Without waiting for Zhao Tai to speak, Gu Cheng continued: "I heard that Byte Leap is preparing for Series D financing, Yunfeng Fund, as a big bull in the investment world, shouldn't be unaware, right?" ”

Zhao Tai nodded and said, "Indeed, in July this year, our fund received a financing invitation from Byte Leap, but just the day before I returned to Jinling, the internal meeting rejected the investment. ”

Gu Cheng was not surprised when he heard this, if Yunfeng Fund agreed, it would be a hell of a thing.

"Byte Leap not only invited our Yunfeng Fund, but almost all well-known investment institutions at home and abroad received the invitation, and most of them refused, do you know why?

The valuation quoted by Byte Leap itself is 13 billion US dollars, but the growth of users in the first and second quarters of 2016 is extremely slow and slow, and not only Bytes, but also the entire industry is like this, and now the profit direction of the entire short video industry is extremely vague, there is no market, but it cannot be realized, which is a taboo for Internet companies.

The real take-off period for penguins is when they find their own profit model.

So now Byte Leap is at a very embarrassing juncture, rich capital is too expensive and not cost-effective, and some promising capital can't afford to bid.

After listening to this, do you still want to vote bytes? ”

Zhao Tai spoke, and Gu Cheng smiled slightly: "Then are you optimistic about the short video industry, or not?" ”

"Of course, I am optimistic, since the beginning of the 4G era, short videos are destined to become the mainstream, but we can't ignore reality because we are optimistic, any investment is to make money, the bigger the capital, the more cautious."

Gu Cheng shrugged his shoulders and continued: "That's not it, it's just a "gamble" word. ”

"It seems that you are indeed very bullish on Bytes."

"Of course, did the invitation given to you by Byte Leap say how much equity you will give away? Of course, I'm just asking, and if it's inconvenient, I don't need to say it. ”

Zhao Tai shook his head and smiled: "It's not inconvenient to say, you can find anyone in the investment circle to inquire about it, and give up 10%." ”

Gu Cheng's eyes flashed, slightly different from the 9% in his memory.

"I don't know if there will be a chance in the future, can Brother Zhao introduce me in the name of your Yunfeng Fund?"

As long as you make sense of Lao Gu, you have to invest this money to smash the pot and sell iron!

"Are you really going to vote?"

Zhao Tai originally thought that Gu Cheng was just optimistic, but he didn't expect him to play really.

"What if it weren't?"

"Did Mr. Gu tell you how much equity he plans to have?"

Zhao Tai's tone also began to gradually become formal.

"The valuation of 10% of the equity is $1.3 billion, and if Byte Leap is willing to let it, we can eat this 10%!"

Zhao Tai: "??? ”

Even if Minghe Real Estate is packaged and sold, it may not be able to sell for 1.3 billion US dollars, Zhao Tai can't understand why Gu Cheng dares to say such a thing.

Looking at Zhao Tai's questioning eyes, Gu Cheng smiled confidently and said, "Brother Zhao, do you believe it only takes a few months for us to raise 10 billion RMB?" ”

With a plug-in, it's so confident.

As long as you talk about the old Gu and upgrade the system to level 2, the financial problem will be solved.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if you can't do the work of the old guy, it's not illegal to brag, right?

And Janel, who had been listening quietly beside her, couldn't help but swallow her saliva when she looked at Gu Cheng's confident smile and the numbers she blurted out easily.

"He's really talking about 10 billion, not 100?"