After a night's rest.

Following.

Shangri-La (Beijing), inside the Presidential Suite.

With the current status of Gu Cheng's Dixing membership, the most basic arrangement for going to any hotel under the Shangri-La Group is the presidential suite.

As for the decoration of the presidential suite, it is also the same as in Shanghai, although it is luxurious, but there is nothing particularly attractive about it.

Not surprisingly, however, Shangri-La's flagship brand is city hotels and resorts, which are well-known in Asia, but they are still a little less luxurious than those high-end hotels that focus on business brands.

On the wide sofa, Gu Cheng was comfortably crossing Erlang's legs, holding a thick dark brown cigar in his hand...

Since Qin Chen gave a cigar, in his spare time, Gu Cheng would also come to have one from time to time.

For the enjoyment of life, Gu Cheng can already match the assets he currently has.

In front of him, a muscular man in a black suit was reporting something in a respectful tone.

If Qin Xi or Zhao Tai were present, they would be able to find that this man was Xiao Peng, the security officer of the Black Shield Security Company who had taken it upon himself to maintain order in the racing track, and then was somewhat appreciated by Gu Cheng.

Originally, for a small person like this, Gu Cheng would not put too much energy on him.

But after the Huang Yiqing incident, Gu Cheng really began to worry about his own safety.

I still have a lot of banknotes to squander, plus I am now inflated day by day, if I meet a stunned young man one day, and I change one with my limit, then where can I cry?

It is precisely because of this that Gu Cheng acquired a security company in his private name.

And this security company is the [Black Shield Security] where Xin Peng is located.

The name is very good, but the actual value is less than 20 million, but Gu Cheng has the idea of picking up a treasure...

There are only a hundred security personnel in the Black Shield Security Company, but almost all of them are retired soldiers from the special forces, and many of them are born scouts, and they are extremely good at collecting intelligence and other aspects.

With the previous operation mode of the Black Shield Security Company, it was simply overkill to let these people act as security guards.

In Gu Cheng's eyes, they were born to be good bodyguards.

Therefore, the first thing Gu Cheng did after acquiring Black Shield Security was to cut off all the company's profitable projects, all the security forces of the entire company, and now there is only one order, that is, to completely serve Gu Cheng personally.

A security team of more than 100 people, with a variety of professionals specializing in firearms, information, hand-to-hand combat, and so on.

Now all of them are only serving Gu Cheng alone, and it can be said that his security force is completely outrageously strong, and ordinary elders may not be able to reach this level.

However, the cost is also quite high, and the monthly expenditure is millions, but if you think about it, it is not much.

After all, Gu Cheng now has 300 million pocket money a month, and it is not outrageous to take out a few million to protect himself.

As for Xin Peng, it was also because he was appreciated by Gu Cheng that he had now become the de facto leader of the entire security team.

"Mr. Gu, I have found out the information you asked me to check yesterday, but it is all relatively superficial information, the authority of the Mr. Lin you said is too high, even if I asked my former leader to investigate in the army, I did not investigate any valuable information."

Listening to Xin Peng's report, Gu Cheng didn't speak, but habitually dusted off the ashes of his cigar and motioned for Xin Peng to continue.

"Lin Xiao, 28 years old, showed the highest identity in 2015, that is, last year became the executive chairman of the Forest Group, as for his father's information can be found very little, almost useless..."

Gu Cheng already knew the energy of Lin Xiao's father through his second grandfather, a character of that level, if he wanted to hide it, ordinary people didn't want to know it at all.

What interests Gu Cheng the most is what is the origin of this forest group?

As soon as he thought of this, Gu Cheng also slowly spoke: "Forest Group? ”

"The predecessor of the Forest Group was a military products factory, and then it was turned into a private enterprise in 85 years...

However, even after turning into a private enterprise, the main business direction of the forest group is the military industry, and within ten years of changing from state-owned to private, it has received a large amount of capital injection, and has developed into a group company with more than 10 subsidiaries.

According to the information that can be found, the forest group has 7 independent laboratories, and is a supporter of many new military materials research and development institutions in the country...

So there have been rumors in the outside world..."

"What's circulating?"

"It is rumored that the forest group may have been founded by the elder above in order to hide people's eyes, although it is ostensibly private, but in fact the ownership is official."

That's not wrong.

After all, in China's military industry, almost no private enterprises can reach out, but anything that can be said to be famous is a state-owned enterprise.

However, due to some special reasons, there will be a lot of constraints after state-owned enterprises are in line with international standards, and the Forest Group is not only a large military enterprise in line with international standards, but also has been treated so favorably by the authorities, if there is no such speculation, it would be strange.

"Alright, I got it."

After probably clarifying Lin Xiao's bright background, Gu Cheng changed the topic and asked, "Is the car ready?" ”

"We have asked the hotel to have a total of 17 courtesy cars, and we have rented 5 of them temporarily.

In addition, the Rolls Royce Phantom you are riding in has also been checked, and there is no safety concealment. ”

"Okay, let's go."

After speaking, Gu Cheng stood up directly, snuffed out the cigars worth thousands of yuan, threw them into the ashtray at will, smoothed out the folds on the dress, and walked towards the door of the president's suit.

Xin Peng also picked up an invitation card on the table and followed closely behind Gu Cheng.

Today is October 28th.

There are only two days left until Byte Leap's Series D funding bid.

Under Zhao Tai's arrangement, Gu Cheng's Gray Rhino Capital was also successfully selected into the ranks of the bidding companies, and the invitation card Xin Peng held in his hand was the invitation to the capital banquet sent by Zhang Yiming, the current president of Byte Leap.

It can be understood as saluting first and then soldiering.

Let the major capitals be familiar with it first, and then go to the business negotiation of the sword.

This kind of experience is also the first time for Gu Cheng, so he is still quite interested in this kind of capital banquet.

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20 minutes later.

The service staff at The Ritz-Carlton, Financial Street, Beijing, are very busy.

Every now and then, a few luxury cars will stop downstairs in the hotel, and then an elder surrounded by bodyguards will walk towards the hotel.

Many customers who were about to stay at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel were also very surprised when they saw one luxury car after another appear.

Although the Ritz-Carlton customers are either rich or expensive, it will not be as outrageous as it is today, right? Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Maybach, have become big road goods.

Even the usual Rolls Royce has become commonplace.

At the front desk, a couple looked at the busy figure of the hotel service staff, and the girl in the couple couldn't help asking: "Is your hotel holding any large-scale events today?" ”

The hotel front desk didn't know how many times she had answered this question, but since the customer had a question, she could only hold up a smile and answer: "The hotel doesn't hold any events." ”

"So what's going on?"

After getting the answer, the girl was a little unwilling, and broke the casserole to ask the end.

"Because our hotel's executive lounge has been chartered by a distinguished guest, and the executive lounge is currently holding a cocktail party, and these distinguished guests are invited to attend the reception."

"Oh..."

Listening to the explanation at the front desk, the girl couldn't help but smack her tongue slightly.

She's been to drinking parties before, but it's just between friends...

What is the level of this kind of cocktail party where people from Mercedes and Maybach compete to participate?

However, she also knew that no matter what level it was, it was impossible for her level to reach it anyway.

At this moment, the sound of tire friction once again attracted the attention of many people, and three pure black luxury cars appeared in everyone's sight, and the little golden man of Rolls Royce in the middle was even more dazzling in the light of the setting sun.

Before the crowd could react, several stout men in black suits walked down from the two Maybachs in front of and behind Rolls Royce.

Xin Peng ignored the gazes of others, went straight to the side of Rolls-Royce, and slowly opened the car door for Gu Cheng.

"Mr. Gu, it's here."

After the car door opened, Xin Peng whispered to Gu Cheng, who was closing his eyes and recuperating.

After bowing slightly, Gu Cheng also walked directly out of the car.

Seeing this situation, the service staff of the hotel also hurriedly greeted him, but because Xin Peng and others were around, the waiter did not dare to get too close, and said respectfully: "Welcome to The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing, is Mr. here to attend the reception?" ”

Gu Cheng didn't speak, and Xin Peng handed the invitation to the waiter.

After reading the invitation, the waiter's waist bent lower, and after handing the invitation back again, he said again: "The cocktail party is located in the executive lounge on the 68th floor, and the VIP elevator entrance is equipped with exclusive leading personnel, and you can see it when you turn left after entering the hotel, I wish you a pleasant evening." ”

Gu Cheng also nodded politely when he heard this, but he didn't rush into the hotel, he just arranged for the bodyguards to park the car and stood aside, waiting for something.

In the car just now, Gu Cheng also talked to Zhao Tai and Lin Xiao on the phone.

They will be there soon.

As for why he had to wait for them, to be precise, it was Gu Cheng who was a little timid...

According to the invitation card, this time ByteDance's capital banquet did invite many big bulls in the capital industry.

What Sequoia Capital, SoftBank, CCB International, Hillhouse Capital.

Which one is taken out, it is a giant in China and even in the world.

As a little budding newcomer in the capital industry, isn't it normal to be a little nervous to participate in such a grand capital reception for the first time?

A few minutes later, another convoy of luxury vehicles appeared.

After a while, Zhao Tai and Lin Xiao appeared in front of Gu Cheng.

In addition to the two of them, even Principal Wang walked in front of Gu Cheng with a smile on his face.

"Brother Lin said that he is interested in the field of short videos, and it is not strange to appear on this occasion, principal, your poor pockets are cleaner than your face now, why are you here to join in the fun?"

Seeing Principal Wang's shyness expression, Gu Cheng also laughed and teased.

Principal Wang, who was excitedly preparing to say hello to Gu Cheng, couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard his complaints.

As the chief rich second generation of Huaguo, there are really few people who dare to ridicule themselves for being poor...

But obviously, Gu Cheng was among them.

"Who said that only you capital parties are allowed to participate in this drinking party? With so many capital parties gathered, many domestic companies in need of financing have come to join in the fun.

My Panda TV is a high-quality project anyway,I'll join in the fun and see if there is any willingness to invest some money on Panda TV! ”

The identities of the four people present were all about the same, so Principal Wang didn't care much when he spoke.

Without waiting for Gu Cheng to speak, Zhao Tai said directly and mercilessly: "As far as your Panda TV, if you want to attract the attention of these international capitals, you really have a lot to go." ”

After speaking, he continued to speak: "Okay, don't talk at the door, let's go up and have a look first." ”

Regarding Zhao Tai's proposal, everyone also directly acquiesced.

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A few minutes later.

Led by the service staff, several people came to the executive lounge located on the 68th floor.

At this time, there was a surge of people in the executive lounge, and everyone's dress was extremely formal, but those who could be invited to the scene, even if they were not all old men, but at least they were all middle-aged people over 40 years old, so when Gu Cheng, a young combination, appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.

After entering the door, Gu Cheng ignored these gazes and looked around, slightly regretful.

I thought that at this level of capital cocktail party, it was very likely that there would be those business elders who could only be seen on mobile phones in their previous lives, but after scanning around, I found that none of them I knew.

"Mr. Gu!"

Just as Gu Cheng and the others walked towards the crowded place in the center, a warm call sounded in Gu Cheng's ears.

“？”

There are even people who know themselves on this occasion?

As soon as he thought of this, Gu Cheng also looked in the direction of the sound, and a middle-aged man with a short stature and a greasy face appeared in front of him.

Lin Xiao and the others saw that Gu Cheng had acquaintances, and they didn't plan to disturb, so they continued to move forward after explaining softly, leaving Gu Cheng alone.

"You are?"

After Lin Xiao and the others left, Gu Cheng looked at the middle-aged short and fat man suspiciously.

"Mr. Gu is really a noble person, we were on the phone a few days ago."

The short and fat middle-aged man handed Gu Cheng a glass of red wine and said with a polite smile.

But hearing him say this, Gu Cheng wondered even more, when would he talk to him on the phone?

"I'm Zhao Kegou, the head of CCB International in the mainland, so do you remember Mr. Gu?"

"You're President Zhao?!"

CCB International is a wholly-owned subsidiary investment company of CCB, and after Zhao Kegou reported his home, Gu Cheng suddenly realized.

A few days ago, when his 4.5 billion yuan arrived, the head office of CCB made several condolence calls in a row.

Zhao Kegou was talking to him as the vice president of CCB at that time, but what Gu Cheng didn't expect was that in addition to being the vice president of CCB, Zhao Kegou was also the head of CCB International in the mainland...

It seems that Mr. Gu finally remembered.

However, today I represent CCB International, not CCB, and Mr. Gu can call me Lao Zhao directly.

I saw that the list of bidding companies included Mr. Gu's gray rhinoceros capital, and I already knew that this bid might meet strong opponents. ”

Listening to Zhao Kegou's praise, Gu Cheng just smiled.

According to the historical process, the two major capital parties of Byte Leap's D theory financing are Sequoia Capital and CCB International.

If it is said that it is like a great enemy, only Gu Cheng has this feeling.

After all, how to snatch the fat of bytes from these two major capitals is what he needs to consider.