Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 740 This kid is so terrifying!
As the helmsman of the Tengda Empire, one of the two carriages of China's Internet era, he is a mark of the times that cannot be avoided in any way under the background of this era.
Pony Ma is undoubtedly one of the small group of people standing at the top of the times and leading the trend of the times. In just over a decade, he has created a trillion-dollar empire and watched the ebb and flow of the times.
Even though he is the root of all evil in the hearts of many players, it has to be admitted that this cannot shake Xiao Ma Ge's status at all. From a certain perspective, the height he holds is enough to influence the course of history.
Of course, the premise is not to commit suicide (funny).
As a witness and even one of the creators of the annals of China's Internet, naturally there are many heroes and talents in this turbulent history.
Especially for Xiao Ma Ge, what kind of genius has he not seen? The talents within Tengda alone are undoubtedly enough to form a reinforced company.
After all, as an Internet company, it naturally cannot do without the support of technical talents, and Tenda has never been stingy in its investment in talent introduction programs.
He can be said to be the first person to use good steel on the blade. It is the successive talents who burn themselves out that support Tengda's glory.
Every late night, the brightly lit building of Tenda headquarters is undoubtedly the best proof.
Therefore, for Xiao Ma Ge, the so-called genius in the eyes of ordinary people is already commonplace to him. The only difference is...
It's nothing more than whether it can be used by him.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Dongsheng was an exception. He was really that kind of... that kind of rare...
Even though Xiao Ma Ge is well-informed, he never thought that there would be a day when he would "make a mistake".
He vaguely remembered that at the dinner party in Wuzhen, Ding Sanshi brought a very immature young man with him, who seemed to be a completely ordinary person at first glance.
Perhaps the only thing that left some impression on Xiao Ma Ge was the identity of being his so-called "fellow villager".
After all, among Xiao Ma Ge’s many social identities, he is also the honorary president and chairman of the Chaoshan Youth Association, which highlights his status as an outstanding representative of Chaoshan businessmen.
Therefore, for Xiao Ma Ge, he will naturally have more impressions of such outstanding young juniors, but this is all the impression he has.
If Zhou Dongsheng had just become a nobody, this impression would probably have been forgotten. However, no one expected that in , Zhou Dongsheng had caused such a big stir.
Even several investment projects that Tengda had taken a fancy to were actually related to it. At first, Xiao Ma Ge didn't care and just thought it was a coincidence, until Dongsheng Investment appeared again and again...
Until now, unknowingly, it has been enough to attract Xiao Ma Ge's attention and concern.
After all, even in front of Pony Ma, who runs a trillion-dollar empire and is a frequent visitor to the top ten of the wealth list, a billionaire in his early twenties still has a weight that cannot be underestimated.
Not only is he young, he also has time to accumulate wealth, and he has chips in his hands that even Tengda is excited about. With so many factors combined in one person, it is difficult to even describe him as a "genius".
At least, such talents no longer fall into the category of "whether they can be used by me".
"I didn't expect that Old Ding had such a keen eye and could actually dig out such a good seedling. It seems that this guy will be proud of himself again at this year's Wuzhen dinner..."
Xiao Ma Ge read the report with great interest. Most of the information in it was about Dongsheng Investment. The concise summary allowed Xiao Ma Ge to understand Dongsheng Investment at a glance.
Although it was established not long ago and even the initial capital is very limited, after all, it is a private investment institution entirely owned by Zhou Dongsheng personally.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that this investment institution is destined to only be able to adopt an investment strategy that values quality over quantity, and is completely dominated by Zhou Dongsheng's personal will.
Afterwards, Zhou Dongsheng's personal show began, and he came into contact with Huang Zheng and Cai Haoyu from the very beginning. At that time, Xunmeng Technology was just an ordinary company whose main business was krypton gold games.
As for MihaYo, it is just a small workshop with one popular mobile game and annual revenue of just over 100 million yuan.
Precisely because of its small scale, it has a better chance of entering the market and can get an entry ticket at a lower cost. Of course, this also means... extremely high risk!
The greater the risk, the higher the return, and the higher the return, the greater the risk. This investment law is obviously an iron rule that cannot be shaken.
But the facts have proved that Dongsheng Investment's first two investments have undoubtedly made a lot of money, both in terms of return on investment and cycle.
Only a year and a half later, the former had completed financing of over 100 million US dollars, and Zhou Dongsheng's chips had more than multiplied several times.
The latter has produced another hit mobile game with monthly revenue of over 100 million yuan. From annual revenue of over 100 million yuan to monthly revenue of over 100 million yuan, the entire company has achieved a tenfold growth.
This tenfold growth in performance will result in a change in valuation of more than ten times.
Imagine if a listed company on the stock market disclosed a financial report showing a tenfold increase in performance, then the stock price... would probably soar up like a rocket.
Even so, these two investments can only be regarded as a small test, and there are still traces to follow. However, the subsequent PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and shared bicycles are a bit "unreasonable".
I don’t know if it’s because he invested in two “game companies” in succession that he developed a special liking for game companies and was no longer satisfied with just investing in game companies. He turned around and took the lead in establishing a game company himself.
He also recruited a game planner who was a bit of an outsider. After integrating his own resources, he unexpectedly "accidentally" created a phenomenal game that became a global hit...
This kind of thing, even in Xiao Ma Ge's opinion, is a little too unbelievable. After all, Tengda only has one such game.
And it was only by relying on Tengda's strong financial strength and after investing widely that it was able to catch such a hidden pearl.
Zhou Dongsheng is in great shape, and he hits the target with every strike!
Be it luck or means, in Xiao Ma Ge's opinion, Zhou Dongsheng's success is not accidental, but an inevitable result.
After all, the ability to integrate resources is enough to fully guarantee the bottom line of this game company, even bigwigs like Lao Ding have been won over.
As for the upper limit, no one can say for sure. We can only leave it to the market to decide, and the facts have proved everything.
Today, the value of this game company alone is far more than 1 billion US dollars, and as the game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" continues to be popular around the world, this value is still growing.
As the largest shareholder, Zhou Dongsheng is naturally the biggest beneficiary.
The income from this investment alone is enough to make Zhou Dongsheng's title of "billionaire" a fact set in stone, without any exaggeration.
As for shared bicycles, needless to say, after experiencing the stock market crash, the entire investment market was once in a downturn, and hot money in the market tended to invest in relatively stable industries such as real estate.
At that time, the live streaming platform was at its peak and also attracted the attention of most capital.
To a certain extent, Zhou Dongsheng completed the original accumulation of capital through the live streaming economy, but he has no intention of continuing to invest in the live streaming field.
He resolutely dispersed the accumulated capital into other fields. It is hard to imagine such courage and decisiveness in decision-making for a young man in his early twenties.
"Do you think the live streaming market has lost its rationality and is full of bubbles? Just like being able to withdraw from the stock market in 2015, this rationality and decisiveness..."
"It turns out that I was wrong. In this respect, I am not as good as Lao Ding!" Brother Xiao Ma sighed, but in his heart he couldn't help but look at Zhou Dongsheng a few times.
After all, Xiao Ma Ge is extremely confident that his judgment is correct. Even if it is not 100%, it is almost certain to be the truth. If he did not have this confidence, he would not be able to sit in this position.
The concept of sharing economy has a long history and has already gained considerable popularity in overseas markets. Didi is undoubtedly the most successful representative of localizing this concept.
However, shared bicycles are the real driving force behind this concept to the public. Now shared bicycles are spread all over the country, enough for the general public to have a personal experience of this concept.
However, when this business was still in its infancy, Dongsheng Investment had already won these two projects one after another. The yellow bikes that became famous on the Peking University campus can still be traced back...
However, the Mobike project has not yet produced even a single finished bicycle and can be said to be still in the incubation stage.
It can be said that the role played by Zhou Dongsheng is no less than that of an angel investor. He even does the work of venture capital, indirectly providing a lot of support to these two companies.
Including Mobike, at the launch conference held in Shanghai, Zhou Dongsheng used the phenomenal internet celebrity [Papi Jiang] as a promoter, and it can be said that he personally set the stage for it...
As a result, Mobike was able to develop rapidly and become a latecomer, competing against Ofo.
As 2016 is drawing to a close, the two new favorites of the Internet in 2016 have already been finalized.
The first is the internet celebrity economy headed by live streaming, and the second is the sharing economy centered on shared bicycles.
However, behind these two new favorites, there is the active shadow of Dongsheng Investment, and it must have a place among the ranks of vested interests.
Can this still be called a coincidence?
At least Pony Ma is not so naive. He accurately bets on the pulse of the times for every project and gets high returns from it. At the same time, he knows when to advance and when to retreat. Once a certain profit is achieved, he exits decisively without any regrets.
Although this report only briefly summarizes Dongsheng Investment's achievements from the perspective of hindsight, and provides a rough introduction.
But after watching it, it is not difficult for Xiao Ma to draw a conclusion.
This kid is so terrifying!
Ahem, it should be said that Zhou Dongsheng is destined to achieve great things. A golden scale cannot be kept in a pond. Once it encounters wind and clouds, it will turn into a dragon.
Xiao Ma Ge closed the report and became more and more interested in Zhou Dongsheng.
Although Dongsheng Investment has other projects in hand, it doesn’t matter to Ma Ge. After all, he has already come to his own conclusion.
Even if Zhou Dongsheng starts to go downhill after this, it doesn’t matter. The current results alone are enough to explain everything.
On the contrary, if Zhou Dongsheng were to suffer a few setbacks, it would undoubtedly be more in line with Xiao Ma Ge’s expectations. In this case, there might be an opportunity to “buy the dip”…
But even if you don’t buy at the bottom, entering the market at a high level now is definitely a worthwhile deal.
Xiao Ma couldn't help but ponder for a moment, then muttered, "I remember that I seemed to have left this guy's contact information..."
"I wonder if he would give me some respect if I contact him personally?"
Xiao Ma Ge thought about it with interest, especially now that Zhou Dongsheng has completed the integration of his resources and officially established the Dongsheng Group.
If you can become a shareholder of Dongsheng Group in one step, it will undoubtedly be a once-and-for-all thing.
Of course, the price to be paid is bound to be an astronomical figure.
But that depends on the person.
Xiao Ma smiled calmly, revealing an approachable temperament. He then took out his personal phone, searched for it and called Zhou Dongsheng.
This is the first time a call has been made from this number since it was entered.
…
In the Magic City, inside the office of the chairman of Dongsheng Group.
Zhou Dongsheng rested his feet on the desk calmly, listening to his subordinates sorting out the group affairs leisurely.
Although he is a hands-off boss, he still has to have a basic understanding of the group. After this period of time, Zhou Dongsheng has already become adept at it.
Although the company structure has changed, it makes me less worried. Anyway, professional matters are left to professionals, and the people below perform their duties, and the group can operate completely independently.
There are almost no things that Zhou Dongsheng really needs to worry about. After all, everyone is thinking about making achievements and establishing a career. If the chairman has to make decisions for every little thing...
Then let’s just pack up and leave.
Zhou Dongsheng finally had some free time, but as 2016 was coming to an end, he still had a lot of projects that had been prepared for a year and were waiting to explode at the end of the year.
Whether it’s the Wuzhen dinner, the Golden Second Award, or the e-commerce war…
But all of them were gathered together at the end of the year, which gave Zhou Dongsheng some free time and also made him full of expectations.
At the 18th year of my life, at a dinner party in Wuzhen, there were only minions standing around...
But this time, things were obviously different. Zhou Dongsheng had transformed himself and was now officially qualified to attend the meeting, and also had the opportunity to sit at the table.
He was no longer a young man who needed to rely on Ding Sanshi to have a chance to see the world. Although Zhou Dongsheng sat at the table with the children...
But the meaning is different. As for the Golden Second Award, after another year of development, Douyin is no longer the same as it used to be. At the same time, last year's winners include [Papi Jiang] and [Muziqi], as well as many other winners.
This year, everyone has demonstrated the value of this award through their own actions, which also makes this year's award ceremony full of suspense and gimmicks.
There is no doubt that the Golden Second Award, as the first award in the short video field, has the potential to become an industry benchmark.
As for the e-commerce war, it may be the thing that has the least to do with Zhou Dongsheng, but just because it doesn’t matter now doesn’t mean it won’t matter in the future.
The layout of live streaming sales has already started with this charity event...
Just as Zhou Dongsheng was imagining the future, the ringing of the phone brought his thoughts back to reality.
When Zhou Dongsheng saw the number on the caller ID, he couldn't help but exclaimed "Oh shit".
Little brother Ma!
