In the afternoon, Gu Wei went to the [ByteDance] company.

With the light of the fire of the new app [Douyin], the D round of financing of [Byte] went very smoothly, and the follow-up financing process was quickly completed after the two Sequoia Funds and CCB International led the investment no longer care about valuation.

Gu Wei, as a major shareholder, went over to sign the authorization in the afternoon.

[ByteDance] Series D financing, the company's valuation is 11 billion US dollars, the financing amount is 1 billion US dollars, and the valuation after financing is 12 billion US dollars.

Gu Wei's 15% stake at the time of initial investment was diluted by two rounds of financing in the middle, and there is still 11% left.

However, the 11% stake is now worth $1.32 billion, 132 times the $10 million he paid for his 13-year investment.

According to Gu Wei's memory, [ByteDance] had a valuation of more than $200 billion in 23 years, becoming the world's largest unicorn company, and subsequently raised 4 times, each time the financing amount was probably within 10% of the valuation at that time.

At that time, Gu Wei's shares will probably be about 7~8% left.

Gu Wei, a big star, appeared at the signing site of [ByteDance's] D round of financing, which also surprised investors.

Neither Sequoia Fund nor CCB International expected that Gu Wei was actually the major shareholder of [ByteDance].

But this also made them figure out why Gu Wei, a popular star, would join a short video app that had just been launched.

You must know that the current [Kuaishou] is not comparable to [Douyin] in terms of size, popularity or funds, if you really invite celebrities, [Douyin] can't compete with [Kuaishou].

At the end of the signing ceremony, [Byte] held a buffet banquet Paty to celebrate the success of the Series D financing.

In addition to the senior management of Byte, the rest of the people present are shareholders who have invested in [Byte] since the establishment of the company in 2012, and many of them are people from some large investment companies and investment banks.

Among this group of elites in the financial industry, Gu Wei, a big star, is still quite eye-catching.

He was dressed in a black slim-fitting suit, standing in the corner of the banquet hall like a domineering president.

However, Gu Wei obviously underestimated his fame and appearance, no matter where he was, everyone's eyes seemed to be looking in his direction, even the corner was like the center of the hall.

In fact, there are not a few real rich people at today's banquet, most of them are fund managers and investment bank executives, although they manage huge wealth, but they are only gold collars.

"That's the big star Gu Wei, right?"

"It's him, exactly like on TV."

"I feel even more handsome than on TV!"

"Celebrities are just different from ordinary people, this figure, demeanor and appearance are too perfect!"

"That's Gu Wei, is it comparable to ordinary stars?"

“.”

Some people gathered together in twos and threes, looking in the direction of Gu Wei from time to time, talking about him in their mouths.

Fortunately, these people in the banquet all have identities, and they will not be very excited to see Gu Wei like ordinary fans, which also makes Gu Wei in the venue breathe a sigh of relief.

He was thinking about it, a plump and beautiful lady wearing a purple slim dress walked up to Gu Wei with a glass of red wine.

"Teacher Gu Wei, hello!"

"Hello~"

Gu Wei smiled and nodded with her.

"My name is Zhong Minglan and I am the fund manager of Sequoia Fund.

I usually like to watch your movies and TV dramas very much, but I didn't expect to meet you on this occasion today, you are really much more handsome than on TV"

"It's over"

Ms. Zhong, who claims to be a Sequoia fund manager, looks to be in her 30s, and after she came over to talk to Gu Wei, she found that the big star had no shelf, so she chatted with Gu Wei very enthusiastically.

The other party is so warm and friendly, Gu Wei is not too cold, although he is not interested in chatting with her, but he responds politely.

After a while, Zhong Minglan also found that Gu Wei was not very interested in chatting.

"Teacher Gu Wei, is it convenient to add your WeChat?"

"My phone is in the assistant's"

Gu Wei politely refused.

"In this way, then this is my business card, you should also know the reputation of Sequoia Fund, the fund under my name is also among the top in the company in terms of profitability, if you have any needs, you can call me."

"No problem, Ms. Zhong, I will definitely contact you if necessary."

As he spoke, Gu Wei took the business card.

"Then it won't bother you"

Saying that, Zhong Minglan turned around and left Gu Wei's side, leaving him with a graceful back.

"Sister Lan, what have you talked about with Gu Wei, doesn't it feel particularly good to talk to big stars."

Zhong Minglan walked back to her circle of colleagues, and immediately several younger men and women surrounded her and asked her what she had just talked about with the big star.

"It's okay, Gu Wei is worthy of being the hottest star in China now, and the closer you get to him, the more you can feel the impact of that superb appearance on your vision.

Of all the people I've seen in more than 30 years, he can be said to be unmatched in terms of appearance and temperament."

"Wow, that's such an exaggeration, should I go over and talk to him too."

"Sister Zhong does she want an autograph?"

Zhong Minglan glanced at a few people with disdain.

"What do you want to sign for, I don't chase stars, I go to chat to discover new customers, Gu Wei, a big star, is our best customer, do you understand?

He is a shareholder of [ByteDance], although he doesn't know how much the shares are, but he can come over and sign the authorization agreement, which shows that he is not the kind of small shareholder who accounts for less than 1% of the shares, and his net worth alone is at least billions of dollars.

In addition, with his current popularity and ability to absorb gold, his annual income is more than 200 million, or cash.

And celebrities generally have no financial channels, isn't this our best customer! ”

Several people suddenly realized after listening to Zhong Minglan's words, and admired Sister Lan's long-term vision and professionalism one by one.

On Gu Wei's side, Zhang Yiyi walked up to him with a glass of red wine.

"Why did you hide in this corner alone?"

Gu Wei smiled.

"I don't mix in the financial circles, I really don't have a common language with these people here, so I go to the side and hide.

Today, congratulations to Mr. Zhang on his successful financing, one billion US dollars has arrived, and he is worth more than 10 billion, no, it should be more than 20 billion! ”

Gu Wei knows that even if Zhang Yiyi is in the D round of financing now, he still holds more than 30% of the shares of [ByteDance], which is almost more than three times the shares held by Gu Wei.

The success of this financing can be said to have skyrocketed his worth.

"Haha~

Don't congratulate me, we should be happy together.

And to borrow what you told me before, it's all book wealth, and the company's financing money can't go into my own pocket, so it's useless."

Although he said that, the smugness on Zhang Yiyi's face could not be concealed.

"I have a few bigwigs in the financial circle here, do you want me to introduce them to you?"

"No, it's not a circle, you don't need to be hard-fused, and I don't feel like I have any common language with them."

Gu Wei shrugged and refused.

"Whatever you want~

I have always felt that with your investment vision, even if you don't become a star and specialize in investment banking, you will soon become the top handful of people in the financial circle."

"Last time you told me to be a product manager, and now you say to be an investment bank, I know that I am very good, but you don't need to praise me so much."

Gu Wei said with some amusement.

"I'm serious"

Zhang Yiyi shook his head and said affirmatively.

The success of ByteDance's D round of financing has caused a lot of shock in the domestic financial circle, and the valuation of $12 billion after financing has made [Byte] truly a superstar in the domestic Internet industry, and countless eyes have focused on this rising new company.

With the injection of new funds, [Byte] has also poured more resources into [Douyin], making this already fast-growing APP more and more popular.

The fact that Gu Wei is a shareholder of [ByteDance] has not been exposed.

On the one hand, [Byte] financing did not involve the media, and the whole process was completed in a low-key manner.

On the other hand, Gu Wei's identity is only known to people in the small circle, and his specific shareholding is only known to real shareholders such as Zhang Yiyi, and none of these people will be idle and take the initiative to tell the media about Gu Wei.

The most important thing is that Gu Wei's shareholding in [ByteDance] is in the name of an investment company under his name, so as long as you don't investigate the root cause, no one would think that the big star is still the majority shareholder of this Internet company.

[Jiaxing Media] in the president's office.

After Li Juan finished reporting to Zeng Jia, he didn't go out, and stood in place with some hesitation.

"Anything else?"

Zeng Jia sorted out the documents on the table and looked up at Li Juan.

"Mr. Zeng, I have news here that you may be interested in.

The Internet company [ByteDance], in which Mr. Gu has shares, successfully raised Series D financing two days ago and is now valued at $12 billion. ”

Zeng Jia was stunned when she heard her words, and was shocked by this huge number.

"When our company accepted the financing of [Shangshi Pictures] at the beginning of the year, the valuation was 1.5 billion yuan, and we had to accept the VAM agreement.

It can't be compared, it really can't be compared."

Zeng Jia sighed.

"By the way, how is the progress of the [Beautiful Li Huizhen] in Shanghai over there?"

"It didn't take long to turn on the machine, and everything went smoothly for the time being."

Li Juan thought for a while and said.

"No matter how much money people make, it's their own, let's be busy with our own one-third of an acre.

No matter what, you have to cultivate Reba, who is optimistic about Mr. Gu, first."

In the next few days, Gu Wei still handled some affairs in the company.

The copyright of [Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms] has been sold.

As Yang Liwen introduced before, in terms of stars, Dragon TV and Blueberry Channel plan to simulcast on two stations.

The video website is a joint purchase of the copyright of online screening by Youku Video and LeTV Video.

After a period of negotiation, several companies decided to broadcast this costume fairy drama simultaneously on January 30, the third day of the Lunar New Year in 2017.

At the latest, a little more than a month, Gu Wei and Yang Mi will start to run some publicity activities for the launch of [Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms].

In the drama of "Wei Mingxia", in addition to "Three Lives and Three Worlds" starring Gu Wei, [Chu Qiaochuan] starring Zhao Liying and Li County will also start to organize film viewing meetings and enter the stage of selling copyrights.

The company also has great expectations for [Chu Qiao's Biography], Zhao Liying has been too popular in the past two years, and her successive hit TV series have made everyone optimistic about her ability to lead dramas.

After the explosion of [Hua Qiangu] last year, the audience has been looking forward to Zhao Liying's follow-up works, and the TV series "The Legend of Chu Qiao", the big heroine, has been very popular since the beginning of filming.

Of course, in addition to Zhao Liying in the play, the male protagonist Li Xian is relatively less famous, and the remaining supporting roles Zhang Binbin and Mencius are not as well-known as the original Dou Xiao and Li Qin.

Therefore, the future copyright fee of [Chu Qiaochuan] will definitely not be able to catch up with [Three Lives and Three Worlds], and Gu Wei is also prepared for this.

(End of chapter)