Chapter 386: Withdrawal Crisis
"Damn it, it turns out that the drunkard's intention is not to drink."
Chen Jianghe had a smile on his face but was thinking MMP in his heart.
200 million US dollars is not a lot, but it is not a small amount either. If it is an investment in Guochat Voice alone, Chen Jianghe would be very welcome. However, when it comes to Lightspeed Payment, he would not be tempted even if it is 2 billion, let alone 200 million.
Because Lightspeed Payment has already achieved profitability and will apply for a third-party payment license soon, accepting foreign investment would be tantamount to shooting itself in the foot, not to mention that the other party came to them with the idea of picking peaches.
Thinking about the price that Mr. Ma paid for the privatization of Alipay, Chen Jianghe immediately passed over Gaoling Capital and Leading Fund.
"Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang came to see me so early, they probably haven't had breakfast yet, right?" Chen Jianghe smiled and changed the subject.
Li Daluo and Zhang Lei looked at each other and nodded.
"I didn't eat either."
Chen Jianghe continued, "It's not suitable to discuss cooperation on an empty stomach. I'm going back to school to have breakfast with my girlfriend. Please help yourselves."
He left after he finished speaking, and Li Dalu and Zhang Lei stood there looking at each other.
Chen Jianghe is not afraid of offending capital at all, because capital only comes together for profit.
When it comes to profitable things, people will fight to the death and invest money in them. When it comes to unprofitable things, even if you kneel down and lick their shoes, they won’t even bother to even look down at you.
"You can't be small-minded, you have to be high-minded, and you have to be cool."
Chen Jianghe went back to the staff dormitory to have breakfast with Teacher Xu, then took the osmanthus cake she had heated up and drove to the company headquarters to talk to Chief Financial Officer Gu Yuming.
"In fact, Mr. Chen does not need to worry too much. In my opinion, Penguin Group and Red Rock Capital may not be willing to withdraw their investment from Light Chaser."
As soon as they met, Gu Yuming gave Chen Jianghe a reassurance: "To be on the safe side, I have already talked to the senior executives of IDG Ventures, Softbank, Yahoo, and General Atlantic, as well as the leaders of the Social Security Fund, CITIC, and Guangdong East State-owned Assets. It is no exaggeration to say that we now have sufficient resources and capabilities to deal with risks."
Chen Jianghe smiled. Mr. Gu's excellence and competence were fully demonstrated as early as during the B round of financing of Light Chaser. Now that the company is caught in the crisis of major shareholders withdrawing their investment, he has lived up to expectations and demonstrated his general style.
"It's hard to say whether Hongyan Capital will withdraw its investment, but I predict that Penguin Group will definitely withdraw, and there is a high probability that after the withdrawal, it will invest heavily in supporting Youxuan Group Buying, which is currently gaining momentum, and turn its attention to us," said Chen Jianghe.
Gu Yuming frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Both the A and B rounds of financing for Youxuan Group Buying were led by Ali Group. If Penguin Group is added, it is equivalent to the two Internet giants joining forces. Their strength is very terrifying."
"There is also Nuomi Group Buying." Chen Jianghe tapped the table with his fingers: "I have a hunch that Youxuan Group Buying is very likely to acquire Nuomi after obtaining a new round of financing."
“As a result, the takeout group buying industry will undergo major changes,” Gu Yuming lamented.
Chen Jianghe smiled and said, "As the saying goes, if it rains, it will rain, and if it rains, it will get married. We don't have the strength to control the industry structure yet. We can only prepare for the worst and then find a way to break the deadlock."
"This is the only way." Gu Yuming nodded in agreement.
"Next, Mr. Gu will have to visit a few more investment banks and a few more powerful investors." Chen Jianghe said, and handed Gu Yuming a food box: "My girlfriend made sweet-scented osmanthus cake by hand, let me give you a taste."
Gu Yuming was flattered and stood up to take it. He took a piece and tasted it. He couldn't help but praise it: "It's delicious, sweet but not greasy, and full of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance. It's a rare delicacy."
"If you like, eat a few more pieces. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Chen Jianghe glanced at the text message on his phone, stood up with a smile, and turned to leave.
At 12:05 noon, at Baiyun International Airport, Chen Jianghe saw Dr. Wang Yuan pushing his luggage out of the passenger passage alone.
"Welcome to eastern Guangdong, Brother Wang." Chen Jianghe stepped forward enthusiastically and shook hands with him.
Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for picking me up at the airport in person."
"You've worked hard all the way. Let's go eat first."
Chen Jianghe smiled and took the suitcase from Wang Yuan's hand, led him out of the airport hall, got in the car and headed to the Light Chaser's technical department.
The Light Chaser Technology Department started basic research and development around the big data project a year ago. Unfortunately, its scientific research capabilities and technical accumulation are relatively weak, and it has not made any substantial progress in core codes and key technologies.
The arrival of Dr. Wang Yuan can make up for the shortcoming of the technical department's lack of top scientific research talents and project leaders.
Of course, Chen Jianghe’s arrangements for Wang Yuan are not limited to the Light Chaser’s technical department.
Once the cloud computing headquarters in Pazhou is completed, Chen Jianghe will delegate power to him to form a team and serve as the chief technology officer of Lightspeed Cloud Computing.
“As long as we achieve a major breakthrough in cloud computing, we can build a moat for Internet commerce.”
After settling Dr. Wang Yuan, Chen Jianghe went to his aunt's residence nearby.
During the National Day holiday, neither Zheng Jiaxin nor Jiang Yishu went home. As the financial crisis intensified, a large number of physical stores were hit, but cross-border stores with high quality and low prices quietly ushered in spring.
The sales data of the Amazon cross-border store run by my aunt basically changes every day. The sales data has increased so much that she has no time to eat or sleep. She wishes she could sit in front of the computer 24 hours a day to stare at customer emails and backend orders.
"Auntie, drink some water."
Chen Jianghe poured a glass of water and brought it to Zheng Jiaxin.
Zheng Jiaxin turned around and glanced at Chen Jianghe, then smiled and said, "Thank you, little brat, but I have to control my water intake now, so I don't have to go to the bathroom all the time and miss out on making money."
Chen Jianghe rolled his eyes: "Why are you so obsessed with money? Going to the bathroom only takes two minutes at most."
Zheng Jiaxin smiled and hummed: "I'm making about ten cents a minute now."
Chen Jianghe pouted and deliberately frightened her: "Girls should drink more water and hold their urine less, otherwise it is easy to get acne, spots and wrinkles."
"Wow, why do I feel like you're cursing me?"
Zheng Jiaxin glared at him, then obediently picked up the glass of water and gulped down the whole glass of water .
"Get up and walk around. I'll help you reply to customers." Chen Jianghe said, "You can't do much business like this. It won't cost much to hire a few more customer service representatives."
"It won't cost much, but we should save as much as we can. Besides, the business of this shop is sometimes good and sometimes bad, so it's not cost-effective to hire someone. It's better to wait until it stabilizes." Zheng Jiaxin didn't care and asked teasingly, "Is your English level enough?"
"Who are you looking down on? I had a face-to-face conversation with a foreigner in English this morning."
Chen Jianghe angrily dragged her away from the chair, sat down in front of the computer, and immediately opened the translation software in a serious manner.
“That’s it?” Zheng Jiaxin smiled and covered her lips with her hands: “If you have the ability, don’t use translation software.”
"Do you think I'm helpless if I leave the translation software aside?"
Chen Jianghe raised his chin and said, "Don't forget, I have an assistant."
"Your assistant has been working very hard lately, so don't ask her for help."
Zheng Jiaxin raised her hand to cover his mouth: "Just use the translation software to reply to the customer honestly. I'm going to wash my face and put on a mask."
