Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 660 I'm Not Pretending Anymore
The purpose of hiding one's weaknesses is to reveal one's edge at the right time, rather than hiding one's edge and thus dulling one's edge and completely losing the little sharpness that is left in one's heart.
If it were Zhou Dongsheng from before, he might have just chatted and laughed and brushed it off with a sentence like "it's just luck". After all, if he really had to talk, he could only say a few words.
After all, for Zhou Dongsheng, this is like an open-book exam. He answers the questions with the reference answers. He only needs to do a little reverse deduction, add icing on the cake based on the correct answers, and embellish a little solution idea...
Then in this society where heroes are judged by results, this is enough to make Zhou Dongsheng invincible. After all, facts don’t lie. With successful cases as support, even if it is "heresy", it is still "success theory".
It's probably the reason why so-called successful people's farts smell good.
As for Zhou Dongsheng now, he suddenly realized that with the capital he has accumulated now, it seems that it is a bit far-fetched to keep playing the game of "playing the pig and eating the tiger" to hide his shortcomings.
Especially now that we are dealing with a bunch of thousand-year-old foxes, it is no longer tenable to keep playing the tricks of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
In this case, Zhou Dongsheng suddenly felt open-minded. I'm going to reveal my cards. I won't pretend anymore!
Facing the curious gazes of Li Chaohui and his group, Zhou Dongsheng smiled, took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "Although this is the first time I meet Mr. Li, we hit it off right away, so I won't hide anything about this matter."
"Regarding the matter of investment vision, I told you not to be afraid..." Zhou Dongsheng leaned over and said mysteriously.
"Oh?" As soon as these words came out, the curiosity of a group of old foxes was aroused. Even Huang Zheng couldn't help but become interested and wanted to see what Zhou Dongsheng was up to.
"We are all professionals. We are not afraid. Mr. Zhou, just go ahead and tell us what you want!" Li Chaohui said confidently.
"It's intuition! I invest based entirely on my personal intuition." Zhou Dongsheng said seriously, and tapped his forehead with his finger mysteriously.
It has to be said that Zhou Dongsheng's face has been tempered through thousands of hammerings. Although it is not yet invulnerable to swords and guns, he is definitely a mature and shameless person.
"Oh!" Everyone looked as if they had suddenly understood something, and then they retreated tactically in unison, looking at each other, their eyes revealing a look of "so that's how it is."
Obviously, although this statement seems outrageous to them, it is a completely reasonable explanation.
Otherwise, it would be really hard to explain how Zhou Dongsheng, a latecomer, could build such a large business from scratch in such a short period of time, and win repeatedly in the capital market, creating a miracle that is enough to attract people's attention.
In fact, since the birth of the capital market, there have been many geniuses who can thrive in the capital market. In addition to the well-known stock god Buffett, there are also many others.
Especially in the vast China, even if we pick only one out of ten thousand, among the 1.3 billion compatriots, we should be able to put together a football team, right?
Of course, this is describing the number of people, not a football team (funny).
Not to mention the distant past, he once left a legend as the leader of the Death Squad in the A-share market, and can be regarded as a great man who created a myth of the A-share market.
However, the story of this legendary figure who once created the A-share myth has come to an end in the stock market crash in 2015, with the final chapter being written with his imprisonment.
However, in the capital market, the end of one myth often means the beginning of another. After all, capital never sleeps.
Now it seems that Zhou Dongsheng may be the capital genius who stands out from the crowd. In particular, although the concept of "intuition" sounds mysterious, in the ever-changing capital market, sometimes experience is indeed not as good as intuition.
"It seems that Mr. Zhou is indeed gifted and is a natural genius suited to this line of work!" Li Chaohui couldn't help but sigh and expressed his agreement.
As the head of Tengda's strategic investment department, Li Chaohui has a group of talented people under him and no shortage of professional talents.
All team members have emerged from major established capital institutions, and all have a dazzling resume of achievements as a stepping stone.
Li Chaohui, who is knowledgeable and broad-minded, has naturally come into contact with geniuses like Zhou Dongsheng who rely on intuition to invest.
But whether you rely on intuition or experience, there is always a chance of failure. There is no project with a 100% probability of making money.
As long as it is not 100%, even if it is 99.99%, from the perspective of probability, as long as the probability is small, it will definitely happen!
Just like Zhou Dongsheng now, although he hasn’t failed yet, it doesn’t mean he won’t fail in the future.
Including Mr. Chen and Mr. Wei, they obviously agreed with this mysterious statement and even spoke about it with interest.
"In that case, if Mr. Zhou has any investment intuition in the future, I hope you can give me some advice and we can discuss it together. If you need financing, just let me know!" Mr. Wei said with a smile.
"Me too!" Mr. Chen naturally expressed a similar idea.
"Let's not talk about the future for now. Speaking of which, regarding the two investments in shared bikes, I have to admire Mr. Zhou's accurate intuition. Judging from the development of these two projects, it's no problem for Mr. Zhou to get a hundredfold return..."
After briefly touching upon the intuitive issue, Li Chaohui casually brought the topic back to the shared bicycle project.
The reason why intuition was mentioned was naturally the statement Zhou Dongsheng was going to make to the outside world. Compared with excuses like luck, people are obviously more inclined to believe in an "investment genius" who relies on intuition.
Besides, Zhou Dongsheng still understood the taboo of talking about too many details with someone you just met. Considering the current relationship between the two parties, there was obviously no need to reveal all the details.
You think you can win others' trust by being open-hearted, but in fact, in the eyes of others, you are just a fool without any scheming.
If I don’t take this opportunity to teach you a lesson, I’m already a good person.
"Who can predict the outcome of market competition? Before you secure your profits, you may end up with nothing at any time. I do have some awareness of this..."
"But my intuition tells me that the trend of shared bicycles has just started, and it is not time to lock in profits yet. Mr. Li has mentioned this matter again and again. Could it be that Tengda is also interested in this project?"
Zhou Dongsheng spoke ambiguously about the same things, then turned around and kicked the ball to Li Chaohui.
Li Chaohui did not refute, but nodded directly, "Yes, our Tengda Investment Department is almost always busy screening investment projects. A hundred or eighty projects a year is considered a small number."
"Only a few projects can be successfully completed. Although it is tiring, it is also very fulfilling. The sense of accomplishment of watching an investment project grow is the biggest motivation for me to do this job."
Li Chaohui said seriously, and then changed the subject, "I believe Mr. Chen and Mr. Wei have the same opinion on this, right?"
"Great minds think alike!" the two men agreed with a smile.
"Mr. Li is a man of high character and integrity. I am ashamed of myself for not being as high as you in terms of realm. After all, I am just an ordinary person and investing is for making money!" Zhou Dongsheng bowed and said incisively.
"Ahem..." As soon as these words came out, even Huang Zheng, who was drinking water nearby, couldn't help but choke. Although the words were rough but the logic was there, this naked expression was still somewhat hurtful.
This seemingly evasive conversation had actually completed an invisible confrontation.
Li Zhaohui glanced at Zhou Dongsheng calmly, then suddenly smiled and waved his hand, "It seems that I am really getting older and older. I am not as clear-sighted as Mr. Zhou. I will punish myself with a drink!"
After saying that, he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all.
"Hey, Mr. Li, you are too polite. I'll have a cup of tea instead of wine!" Zhou Dongsheng was not vague and drank it all in one gulp. Then the two of them smiled at each other.
The same thought suddenly emerged in everyone's mind: old fox/little fox!
The reason why Li Chaohui emphasized the difficulties of Tengda Investment Department and the investment rate of one in a hundred is nothing more than to emphasize the value of "Tengda System".
This is equivalent to saying that being able to obtain investment from Tengda is like a stamp of approval, with many benefits, and the market value will also rise. Isn’t this the best of both worlds?
For the vast majority of investors and even founders, this statement is not an exaggeration. Whether they want Tengda to add gilding to their investment or to join in the fun, they will definitely welcome it with open arms and feet.
However, for Zhou Dongsheng, who was taking an open-book exam, it was obviously a different matter. Knowing that he could make money, he naturally would not have that inferior attitude of begging for help. He just wanted to take advantage of the situation.
So his attitude naturally seemed very single-minded. He did not fall for Li Chaohui's tricks. Instead, he made it clear that he was only talking about money. In this round of invisible confrontation, Zhou Dongsheng was obviously the winner.
The other three also did not hesitate and joined in with a drink. After three rounds of drinks, the atmosphere at the table became more and more harmonious.
"I wonder what Tengda thinks of the two projects, Mobike and Ofo? I am quite curious about this. I hope Mr. Li can give me some advice."
Zhou Dongsheng simply took over the conversation and threw a question to Li Chaohui.
Li Chaohui pondered for a moment. "According to our evaluation, both projects have their own advantages and are good projects worth investing in. But if we have to choose one, I think Tenda will give priority to Mobike."
"After all, technology is the embodiment of core competitiveness. Although Ofo's current development speed is rapid, it has not yet formed its own barriers in product technology. It is just relying on the advantage of being the first to try it out and constantly expanding with the help of capital..."
“This model certainly has the advantage of quickly occupying the market, but it does not have unique scarcity. Mobike can also follow suit. When the two have similar scales, the problem of technical shortcomings will be exposed…”
Li Chaohui briefly explained his investment philosophy.
"This is a bit beyond my expectation. I thought that Tengda, as a veteran, might attach more importance to the model of Ofo. After all, to some extent, the model of Ofo has some shadows of Tengda..."
“As long as we seize the market first, we can slowly follow up with technological iterations!” Zhou Dongsheng said with a smile.
Li Chaohui shook his head. "Times have changed. Even Tengda has to think hard about change. If we insist on following the old path, we will be abandoned by the times long ago."
"The reason why Tengda is still standing here is because we did not choose to rest on our laurels."
"Just like the e-commerce investment in Mr. Huang, when we cannot gain industry dominance, we will choose to decisively give up the dominance and turn to diversified investments..."
Li Chaohui said calmly.
"Mr. Li has convinced me that if we can get investment from Tenda, I think all Mobike colleagues will be happy from the bottom of their hearts."
Zhou Dongsheng said with a smile.
"Not only Mobike, if we can continue to establish a deeper cooperative relationship with Mr. Chen in the future, we at Tengda will be even happier. After all, we at Tengda have always been eager to recruit talented people..."
Li Chaohui said meaningfully that not only was the project in Zhou Dongsheng's hands attractive, but if Zhou Dongsheng could be included in the project, it would definitely be a profitable deal.
"Of course, of course. I hope I'll have the opportunity to cooperate with Tengda in the future, no matter what aspect it is." Zhou Dongsheng said with a smile.
Having said that, basically everything that needed to be said had been said. During the rest of the meal, the group had a great time chatting about interesting things and anecdotes in and outside the industry.
Even the big guys in the industry are still human beings and cannot escape the influence of the seven emotions and six desires. As long as they can reach the same level, they are often the same as ordinary people in terms of communication and chatting.
They are also interested in some gossip and hearsay information, but relatively speaking, they have more channels and resources to know the content than ordinary people.
Perhaps, this is just like the so-called goddesses who also have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, and their farts also smell bad (funny).
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The next day, the news that Pinxixi completed its Series B financing and received US$150 million in financing naturally spread quickly and circulated in the capital market.
This immediately caused a huge uproar, and many people found it incredible and contrary to common sense.
After all, Internet e-commerce has now become a traditional track. With the giant Alibaba in charge, and competitors in niche areas such as JD.com, Suning, and Vipshop, the e-commerce field has almost been divided up.
Even Tengda tried its best to get into the market but failed. It had to settle for the second best and invest in JD.com to make up for its shortcomings in e-commerce.
If investing in JD.com can be said to be for the purpose of improving the ecosystem, then investing in Pinxixi for the second time is somewhat unreasonable.
Especially the B round of financing of up to 150 million US dollars, which obviously shows that the company is very optimistic about the potential of this new e-commerce company in the field of e-commerce.
Why?
Soon after, Pinxixi announced that its user base had exceeded 100 million, which was like a heavy hammer that decisively broke the market's doubts and showed its strength.
In today's e-commerce arena, it is still possible to accumulate 100 million users as a latecomer. This strength is enough to surprise industry insiders and shatter their lenses.
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