Ma Huateng held his phone and hurried out of the Guangdong Restaurant's main entrance. When he called his company's team members, his mood was very complex.
What made Ma Huateng happy was that he had finally received a 55.2 million chinese yuan venture capital investment, which would allow him to continue developing and promoting the Qiu Qiu instant messaging software. His painstakingly built Tencent Company would not go bankrupt in the millennium dot-com bubble.
The sad part was that as a result, Ma Huateng and the founding team of Tencent Company's shareholding was reduced to only 40%. With less than 50% shareholding, they lost absolute control of the company.
Ma Huateng smoked cigarette after cigarette, weighing the pros and cons with his company's team members during the call, and difficultly discussing the final decision.
Inside the lobby of the Guangdong Restaurant.
Ma Qiang respectfully lit a cigarette for Lin Lang and flattered, "Mr. Lin, you are truly a god of wealth!"
"It seems my cousin came to Shanghai from a thousand miles away to seek venture capital, and he came to the right place. With this 55.2 million chinese yuan venture capital investment, the money-burning project of Qiu Qiu can continue."
Lin Lang took a puff of his cigarette and replied, "Not at all! Mr. Ma, you flatter me."
Ma Qiang chuckled and said, "Mr. Lin, you are too modest!"
"I personally think that the Qiu Qiu instant messaging software is very promising, because all the young, internet-savvy salesladies under me have Qiu Qiu accounts, and some even have online relationships on Qiu Qiu!"
After hearing this, Lin Lang thought to himself, "As a transmigrator, no one in the millennium understands better than me how awesome the future development prospects of Qiu Qiu, this national social software, will be!"
After thinking, Lin Lang said with a smile, "Mr. Ma, many times the success and occurrence of business cooperation are about fate. I really didn't expect your cousin to be Ma Huateng. Mr. Ma, do you know a man named Ma Yun?"
Ma Qiang shook his head after hearing this and said, "I really don't know a man named Ma Yun. Mr. Lin, are you thinking of investing in this man named Ma Yun?"
As a transmigrator, Lin Lang knew that in the millennium, Ma Yun was also seeking venture capital everywhere. Alibaba was already established in '99, but the funds were only a mere 500,000 chinese yuan.
Fortunately, Ma Yun had a silver tongue, and in 1999, when Alibaba was just established, he secured the first round of venture capital. Led by Goldman Sachs, Alibaba raised 5 million US dollars.
In early 2000, Ma Yun secured a 20 million US dollar venture investment from Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, which allowed Alibaba to survive the millennium dot-com bubble.
Although Ma Yun's Alibaba is now doing well, Taobao was not born until 2003, and many of Alibaba's businesses were gradually derived after the birth of Taobao, such as Tmall, Alipay, Cainiao, etc.
To put it bluntly, Lin Lang missed the best time to invest in Alibaba, but it doesn't affect his venture investment in Ma Yun creating Taobao, Tmall, or even Alipay.
After thinking, Lin Lang exhaled smoke and replied, "As an angel investor, there are too many entrepreneurs I want to invest in."
"Mr. Lin is truly a benefactor to us Lin family brothers!"
"In this year's dot-com bubble, too many internet startup companies went bankrupt. Seeing that my cousin Ma Huateng's company can receive Mr. Lin's venture investment, and the Qiu Qiu instant messaging software has been brought back to life, I am truly happy for my cousin!"
After hearing this, Lin Lang smiled without speaking, somewhat secretly pleased as he smoked.
Lin Lang remembered very clearly that Tencent Company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in mid-2004, with an initial public offering price of 3.7 Hong Kong dollars.
Based on the IPO price at the time, Tencent Company's market value was approximately 6.2 billion Hong Kong dollars immediately after listing.
After that, Tencent Company's stock price continued to rise, reaching 380 Hong Kong dollars by the end of 2011, up from the initial IPO price of 3.7 Hong Kong dollars.
In just seven years of being listed, Tencent Company's market value increased by a hundred times. Lin Lang's venture investment in Tencent Company will make him a fortune.
Lin Lang transmigrated back to the millennium, right in the golden age of the real estate, manufacturing, and consumption boom.
What does it mean to be surrounded by gold?
This is what it means to be surrounded by gold.
A feast of wealth will boil in Lin Lang's hands.
Before Lin Lang could think further, he heard Ma Qiang say, "Mr. Lin, you entrusted me to choose an office building on Jingan Financial Street to buy as a company office building. I did a site visit."
"After comparing the comprehensive selling prices, there is a commercial office building developed by Chumen Real Estate, located at 88 Jingan Financial Street. Its street-facing location and feng shui layout are very good. Mr. Lin, you can visit it in person."
After hearing this, Lin Lang asked, "Oh? Chumen Real Estate, is it a subsidiary of the Chu Group?"
Ma Qiang replied truthfully, "Yes."
After hearing this, Lin Lang laughed and said, "Since the commercial office building at 88 Jingan Financial Street was developed and built by a subsidiary of the Chu Group, I don't need to visit it in person. I'll call Chu Yiren, the Chairman of the Chu Group, now and directly decide on the new company's address."
After hearing this, Ma Qiang exclaimed, "Mr. Lin, do you have a connection with Chu Yiren, the wealthy young lady of the Chu Group?"
Lin Lang smiled without speaking and dialed Chu Yiren's mobile phone in front of Ma Qiang.
Although Lin Lang did not use the speakerphone, Ma Qiang, sitting at the side of the dining table, could still clearly hear Chu Yiren's voice from the phone receiver.
"Hello ~ Yiren JieJie, what are you doing?"
Chu Yiren replied during the call, "Just finished the group board meeting. I dismissed several company executives promoted by my Father during his lifetime. They are all old hands who got their positions by flattering and don't do anything, relying on being company veterans and forming cliques within the Chu Group. I've disliked these old guys for a long time."
Lin Lang held up his phone and said with a smile, "Yiren JieJie, you are really a new official with three fires!"
Chu Yiren replied proudly, "As the saying goes, one era's emperor, one era's courtiers. My Father's era is over. Now is my Showtime!"
"After I succeed as Chairman, the Chu Group will undergo a major change, giving opportunities for young executives to rise. A major reshuffle of the group's senior management will inject new strength, and the Chu Group can be revitalized. Only by making the company younger can it keep up with the times and achieve greater development."
Lin Lang said during the call, "Under the leadership of Yiren JieJie, the Chu Group will definitely achieve new glories."
AI generated beautiful picture of Chu Yiren
"Hehe…"
"My dear, you called me, could it be that you Miss me again so soon?"
Ma Qiang, sitting at the side of the dining table, was shocked and dumbfounded when he heard that Chu Yiren, the wealthy young lady of the Chu Family, was actually calling Lin Lang 'my dear' intimately during the call.
Ma Qiang couldn't help but think, "Holy crap! As expected, good looks are justice. Mr. Lin's popularity with women is too good, isn't it?"
Before Ma Qiang could think further, he saw Lin Lang holding up his phone and replying, "It's not very convenient for me to say mushy sweet talk here. Yiren JieJie, I'm going to tell you something serious now."
"Okay, my dear, tell me!"
"I'm preparing to open a financial company and I'm interested in the commercial office building at 88 Jingan Financial Street. It's a commercial office building developed and sold by your Chumen Real Estate. I'm just giving you a heads-up to directly decide on the company's address."
Chu Yiren said during the call, "My dear, you're just opening a financial company, you don't need such a big office building, right?"
Lin Lang replied truthfully, "I am in negotiations to acquire Tencent Internet Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen City, and its headquarters needs to move to Shanghai City, so we happen to need an office building."
After hearing this, Chu Yiren said gently and coquettishly during the call, "My dear, why didn't you tell me if you had a good investment project?! I want a piece of the pie too and invest. Let's make money together ~"
Lin Lang politely refused, saying, "They all say that couples shouldn't do business together, as it will affect family harmony and career development. Your Chu Group has a big family business. My small profit business, my dear, do you still want a piece of the pie?"
Ma Qiang, sitting at the side of the dining table, overheard the conversation up to this point and was so shocked that his scalp tingled. He never expected that the billion-dollar beauty tycoon Chu Yiren was actually Lin Lang's girlfriend.
Chu Yiren giggled sweetly during the call, "Okay, okay!"
"I'll call the general manager of the subsidiary Chumen Real Estate and reserve the commercial office building at 88 Jingan Street for you. Do you want to buy it at a discount?"
"Or do you want to rent it at a low price?"
Lin Lang said, "Hey... Yiren JieJie, you really are straightforward with your own people!"
"I won't buy it for now."
"I don't want to pay rent either."
"I just want to use it for free first. When my company's operations are on the right track and I have ample funds, I'll buy the commercial office building at 88 Jingan Street, okay?"
After hearing this, Chu Yiren laughed and said, "A Lang, you kid are really dreaming! There's no such good thing in the world, unless you agree to one condition of mine, otherwise it's a no-go."
"What condition?"
Chu Yiren actually said playfully and coquettishly during the call, "No matter how busy you are every week, you have to make time to go on three dates with me. Whenever I Miss you, you have to be available at a moment's notice. How about it?"
Lin Lang readily agreed and replied, "Okay! Mwah mwah ~"
Immediately after, Chu Yiren actually giggled and said, "I Miss you right now, come over and have lunch with me!"
"Uh... Yiren JieJie, I'm in the middle of business negotiations, I can't leave for now!"
"Silly, Older Sister is just teasing you!"
"My dear, I'll hang up now. After the board meeting, Miss will have a simple lunch and then immediately convene a shareholders' meeting. I've just succeeded as the Chairman of the Chu Group, and the handover work is piled up like a mountain. I don't have time to talk about love with you for now ~"
Lin Lang said with a heartache, "You've been busy with the funeral in the past few days, which was already very painful and tiring. The work at the group company is endless, so please don't overwork yourself. Be sure to rest ~"
After hearing this, Chu Yiren felt warm inside and said sweetly during the call, "After we soaked in the hot spring this morning and you gave me a full body massage, my fatigue has been greatly relieved, and I'm full of energy now!"
"A Lang, I won't talk to you anymore! Hanging up, love you ~"
From the receiver, Chu Yiren's sound of kissing the phone and blowing a kiss through the air came through.
"Bye bye ~ I love you too!"
After Lin Lang hung up the phone, he realized that Ma Qiang, who was sitting at the side of the dining table, was completely stunned, his mouth wide open, looking at Lin Lang with eyes full of astonishment.
"Mr. Ma, your eyes are about to pop out. What's wrong?"
Ma Qiang couldn't help but exclaim, "Mr. Lin, Chu Yiren, the billion-dollar beauty tycoon of the Chu Group, is your girlfriend?"
Lin Lang took a puff of his cigarette, exhaled smoke, and replied, "Don't ask about things in society."
"When working under me, you must learn not to ask what you shouldn't ask, and never spread gossip that shouldn't be spread. Understand?"
After hearing this, Ma Qiang sat up straight in his chair and replied respectfully, "Understood, Mr. Lin."
Immediately after, he saw Ma Huateng, who had finished his phone call, hurrying back to the lobby on the first floor of the Guangdong Restaurant.
Ma Qiang asked somewhat impatiently, "Cousin, how did your discussion with the company's founders go? Did you agree to sell 60% of the company's shares to Mr. Lin for 55.2 million chinese yuan?"