Pétain Road.

This is a very famous road in Shanghai, and Guo Tao is now on this road, standing in front of a house facing the street.

This is the office of Zhongxing Investment in Shanghai, which looks no different from the ordinary houses around it, but there is a nameplate hanging in an inconspicuous place, with the logo of Zhongxing Investment.

After hesitating, Guo Tao pressed the doorbell, and a moment later a young girl in professional clothes opened the door and asked Guo Tao for his purpose.

When Guo Tao took out the business card that Du Wenting gave him and told the other party who he was, the other party politely invited Guo Tao in.

After entering, Guo Tao found that the inside of this bungalow has been renovated, compared with ordinary residential bungalows, the decoration here is bright and simple, and this style is more suitable for office style.

After a while, a man in his thirties in a suit and tie walked in, smiled and shook hands with Guo Tao who stood up, and introduced himself.

This man is Paul Liang, the person in charge of the Shanghai office of Zhongxing Investment, he is from Xiangjiang and speaks Mandarin well, but if you listen carefully, there is still a hint of Xiangjiang accent.

"Hello Mr. Guo, may you sit down, tea or coffee?"

"Tea, thank you."

Paul Liang nodded to the girl behind him, and after a while, the girl brought a cup of tea and a cup of coffee, put the tea in front of Guo Tao, and then put the coffee on Paul Liang's side.

Then the girl sat down and took out a notepad and pen, which seemed to be a record of the conversation.

Paul Liang didn't go around in circles, and told Guo Tao bluntly that he had a preliminary understanding of his situation, but he had to ask and confirm it face-to-face.

Paul Liang asked Guo Tao if he had brought the company's information? There are also these things about the order contract, Guo Tao nodded and said that he had already brought it, and immediately opened the leather bag he carried with him, took out the materials from it and handed them over.

After receiving the information, Paul Liang made a waiting gesture to Guo Tao, and then looked at it carefully. He first looked at Guo Tao's factory registration information, then looked at Guo Tao's previous loan information and repayment records in the credit union, and then looked at Guo Tao's current factory equipment and personnel structure information. After reading these, continue to look at the current orders of Guo Tao's factory and the transaction records of foreign merchants.

This looked at it for a while, and Paul Liang also asked Guo Tao a few questions, and Guo Tao answered calmly.

After reading everything, Paul Liang put the information back on the table and continued to ask Guo Tao about some information, Guo Tao did not hide his answer, and the young girl on the side kept taking notes and did not interject.

After more than an hour, Paul Liang smiled and nodded: "Mr. Guo, I have understood your situation, I want to ask how much money you need at present?" ”

Guo Tao had already thought about this question when he came, and he replied: "600,000, 600,000 is enough." ”

"600,000 ......." Liang Paul thought for a while, and then said to Guo Tao: "According to your company's current business situation, I am afraid that only 600,000 may not be able to completely complete all the company's equipment updates, and there is also a lot of pressure on subsequent production and raw material reserves, isn't it?" ”

Guo Tao hesitated and said: "You are right, but from the current situation, there is no need to update all the basic equipment for the time being, some basic equipment is still usable, I just want to solve some key equipment problems first, and then appropriately expand production to ensure follow-up production and order demand." As for the rest, it's not too late to wait until later and slowly improve. ”

"That's not wrong, I can understand it." Paul Liang smiled and nodded: "But Mr. Guo, since you have decided to take this step, why don't you take this opportunity to go further." And the change is also quite beneficial for your company. ”

"Of course, I understand that you think this way, mainly because of the management and control of the company, right?"

Hearing Paul Liang say this, Guo Tao nodded.

"Mr. Guo, I don't know if you know anything about our company?"

"This ...... I have heard of some, but I don't know much, I only know that your company is an investment, and it should be an investment in some potential companies, so as to obtain the company's equity, and then obtain the corresponding profits in the future company's operation, right? Guo Tao thought for a while and replied.

Paul Liang smiled and said to Guo Tao: "You are not wrong to say this, but the investment company is not just so simple...... ”

Paul Liang introduced the situation and operation of the investment company to Guo Tao, and after listening carefully to Paul Liang's explanation, Guo Tao had a deeper understanding of the investment company.

"For your company's situation, from the perspective of future operation and development, the amount of 600,000 is still a bit conservative, my suggestion is to increase the amount of funds, but how much, this still needs to go to your factory to verify before making a decision. Of course, what you are concerned about is nothing more than the issue of equity and management rights, you can rest assured that we will give you several options to choose from, whether it is our company's investment in you, or whether you accept our investment, this is a two-way choice, what do you think? ”

Guo Tao thought about it and felt that what Paul Liang said was correct, but Guo Tao was still wary of investing in investment companies, and the main reason was also because of the issue of control and management rights of the company mentioned by Paul Liang just now.

Although his company (factory) is only a small enterprise, after all, Guo Tao built it with great effort, and it has not been easy to go from nothing to the current scale. If it was just for these investments and gave up his own business, Guo Tao would never do it.

Paul Liang also saw Guo Tao's concerns and gave such a suggestion, Guo Tao hesitated and said that he could first look at the situation of the follow-up cooperation plan, accept it if it is suitable, and if it is not suitable, he can only have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future.

Seeing Guo Tao answer like this, Paul Liang got up and shook hands with Guo Tao, saying that this was no problem. Next, the investment company will conduct an actual assessment and plan formulation for Guo Tao's enterprise as soon as possible, and Guo Tao only needs to cooperate.

The speed of Zhongxing's investment was very fast, and in the afternoon of the same day, people were sent to settle in Guo Tao's company and began to evaluate and formulate plans.

Because Guo Tao's enterprise is not large, the time of establishment is also short, and Guo Tao has been a leader of state-owned enterprises, he attaches more importance to the financial system, and the current account books are very perfect, so a lot of work is done quickly. In just a few days, that is, on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year, the investment company completed all the work and gave several plans.

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After reading the plan, Guo Tao thought about it for a long time, and finally determined one of the plans, selling 39% of the equity to Zhongxing Investment, in exchange for the injection of 1.5 million funds from Zhongxing Investment. In addition, Zhongxing Investment will not interfere with the normal operation of the enterprise, but will send a financial staff into the enterprise to ensure the use of investment funds and daily financial work.

On the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Song Yuanchao received feedback from Zhongxing Investment, and Liang Paul told Song Yuanchao that the formal agreement has been completed, and after the Spring Festival, the funds of Zhongxing Investment will be credited to Guo Tao's account, in addition, for Guo Tao's equipment update and upgrade, Zhongxing Investment has also helped Guo Tao find a more suitable supplier through its own channels, if there is no accident, at most one month, the upgrade of the enterprise can be completed.

After knowing the news, Song Yuanchao also put his mind at ease, he didn't expect that the first investment in the investment company he started would actually be an investment in the husband of his old classmate, which can be regarded as an unintentional insertion of willows.

In fact, Guo Tao's business is not worth the money at all, you must know that Guo Tao took out all the money when he founded this company, but the money does not add up to much, even if it has been more than a year, this company has gradually grown under Guo Tao's management, and has earned a lot of profits, but with the current scale of the enterprise and the existing equipment assets in all aspects, not to mention 1.5 million, these equity is only calculated in terms of assets, I am afraid that even one-third is not necessarily worth it.

But the problem is that there are three main factors in doing this investment project.

The first factor is the product reason of Guo Tao's enterprise, which can be said to be relatively unique in China, and has also obtained long-term orders from abroad.

Compared with Guo Tao, the channel of Zhongxing Investment Company is much stronger, Zhongxing Company has an understanding of Guo Tao's major customer, that is, Mr. Kork, and after learning about the company represented by Mr. Kok, it can be determined that as long as Guo Tao can ensure the quality and supply of products, only relying on a series of retro series, the future profit is very considerable.

The second factor is Guo Tao's personal reasons, Guo Tao is a rare talent in terms of technology and business ability, and people like him are very worthy of investment.

Although the investment target of investment companies is the enterprise itself, in fact, it tends to focus more on the management of the enterprise. For the investment industry, the selection of excellent operators or founders is far beyond the evaluation of the enterprise itself, and although Guo Tao's company is currently inconspicuous, it is very large in terms of potential, although the current investment is a loss for the investment company on the surface, but from the perspective of the future, it is still worth it.

As for the third factor, it is the factor of Song Yuanchao, and Song Yuanchao has given instructions to invest in Guo Tao's company, and it is natural to give Guo Tao some convenience and support under appropriate circumstances. Of course, Song Yuanchao can also do not do this, in terms of Song Yuanchao's financial resources, it is easy to lend money to Guo Tao in a private way, but Song Yuanchao did not do this.

In one sentence, friendship is friendship, and business is business. Since it is in the business field, it is more appropriate to do many things according to the rules of the business field. If Song Yuanchao generously lent money to Guo Tao, although the problem was very simple, it would break the rules of the business field, and it would also lead to subtle changes in the relationship between him and Guo Tao.

Many times, private hands and dealing with problems from a business perspective are completely different concepts. Song Yuanchao experienced a lifetime very well understood this truth, there is an old saying that is good, called emergency not poor, in fact, the same is true in business, if the private feelings are involved in business, if you don't get it right, then everyone's relationship will become sour, and there will be such and such troubles in the future.

It is precisely because of this that Song Yuanchao will come forward through the investment company to avoid such a possibility, which is not only to ensure his own interests, but also to allow Guo Tao and his wife to avoid direct financial dealings with him, so as to determine the equality of cooperation between the two parties.

In addition, Song Yuanchao himself is indeed optimistic about Guo Tao's company, although Guo Tao's company is not a high-tech enterprise, but you must know that even after a few decades, industry still occupies a place. A specialized and refined enterprise, the future future will not be bad, compared with high-tech enterprises may not be in a short period of time to obtain huge benefits, in the long run, this investment will not be bad.