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Chapter 857
Because this newspaper introduced an aircraft in a very small space.

It is said that the Antonov Design Bureau of the Soviet Union is developing a super-large military transport aircraft. It is estimated that the take-off weight of this aircraft is 640 tons, and it will be completed and tested by the end of this year.

It is reported that the reason why the Soviets decided to build such a huge aircraft was to transport the "Blizzard" space shuttle Barabara.

But just a few words, not even a picture.

This news is estimated to be difficult to attract the attention of ordinary people.

……

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Bernice came to the office to look for him: "Boss, Mr. Valentine and his assistant are here to visit you. They have arrived."

"Oh?" Su Chen stood up, "I have to go see him."

To be able to meet this legendary god, no matter what, is a more meaningful thing.

Soon, Su Chen met Valentine and his assistant in the reception room.

Valentine, who was born in 32 years, is now 56 years old, looking very energetic and stylish.

More than ten years ago, Valentine's reputation in Silicon Valley has been growing.

At that time, Capital Group, one of the three major mutual fund management companies in the United States, came to the door and strongly invited Valentine to join in the establishment of a venture capital institution under the group.

So in 75, Valentine became independent from the capital group company and started his own business.

He has successively invested in the legendary game developers who created the computer game dynasty - Atari, Apple, Oracle, and each investment has yielded fruitful results and rich returns.

If there is no prosperity, then Sequoia Capital will definitely become the investment aircraft carrier of Wall Street.

It's a pity that this world has a prosperous age.

Next, Su Chen will not only steal Cisco, but even other software companies, and at the same time, invest in several small companies around the software industry to form an entire Internet empire in the future.

But this does not prevent him from interacting with Valentine.

"Mr. Valentine, hello, although we are meeting for the first time, I have been yearning for your name for a long time." Su Chen stretched out his hand first, "Your investment in Silicon Valley can be regarded as a legend, and today I finally have the opportunity to meet you You legend."

"Man, you are also very good." Valentine said with a smile, "I heard the story about you and the Blackstone Group. You just met the founder of the Blackstone Group and dared to invest 1 million US dollars. It is the boldest and boldest investment in New York."

Su Chen said: "I think the founders of the Blackstone Group and the founders of Intel and Apple are geniuses, so I decided to invest [-] million US dollars."

Then he briefly greeted Valentine's assistant Moretz.

He asked the two of them to sit down again, and asked the secretary to make a few cups of coffee.

Valentine said, "Man, I read your book and it's pretty good, but what surprised me the most was your investment in Cisco.

You invested 1 million US dollars in Blackstone Group and only entrusted them to manage it, but why did you ask the founders to give up management rights to the company when you invested in Cisco? "

"The Blackstone Group is not the same as Cisco." Su Chen explained, "I asked the founders to give up the management rights of the company, and let me control and manage the company. It was not a malicious seizure of power, but I saw the real problem of Cisco. So that’s how it works.”

Valentine nodded: "Your argument makes sense. The market size is more important than the company founder. We can't change the market size, but we can replace the CEO."

"Yes." Su Chen said, "Genius entrepreneurs are very rare."

"I agree with your statement very much." Valentine said, "I have only seen two entrepreneurs who have surpassed ordinary people-Intel's Noyce and Apple's Jobs."

"So, we prioritize finding the right market, and then the right team. In order to grasp the development trend of a specific industry, we may even choose to invest in many companies in the track, so as to avoid missing investment opportunities in the entire industry due to investing in the wrong company. "

Su Chen picked up the coffee, "Many times we want to bet on the track rather than the players, please."

"It seems that your investment philosophy is very similar to mine." Valentine laughed, "After seeing you, I suddenly feel that I have one more opponent in my life, and I have a hunch that you may want to snatch me away in the future most of the investment.

To be honest, I seldom meet Chinese investors in the United States, especially investors who are as bold as you and have such strong funds. Why don't we form an investment fund together. "

Now the Chinese are very poor, and those who can be regarded as investors have already immigrated, and if they can see it, it is a ghost.

"Establish an investment fund?" Su Chen asked, "A 50% shareholding ratio?"

"Of course, I believe you won't let me dominate alone." Valentine said, "Before I came to visit you, I had already met Mr. Eaton from Wells Fargo Bank. He said that you are like a kind of god in ancient China. It seems to be called Pixiu."

Su Chen spread his hands, "Actually, I'm not Paixiu, but I'm not used to it and I don't like it. I have to discuss everything with all the shareholders. If I have to wait so long, I might lose the business opportunity I was looking for."

"I agree with what you said." Valentine nodded. "Man, why don't we set up a fund company together and call it Sequoia Prosperity? You will be the founding and managing partner of the fund."

Su Chen thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "Thank you Mr. Valentine for the invitation, but I don't think there is anything to invest in China now, that is to say, it is still very early to establish this fund, so it is better to wait until the Chinese market is fully developed. After opening up, we will set up again.”

"It's true that your leaders are too cautious." Valentine said, "When the Chinese market is fully liberalized, it will not be too late for us to establish."

"of course."

After drinking coffee, Su Chen said, "Although we didn't establish a company together, I don't think it will affect our friendship. If there is any industry that Mr. Valentine doesn't like in the future, you can call me .”

"Then I'll borrow your words. If you have any business in the future and you don't want to do it yourself, you can also call me." Valentine said with a smile.

Then he said: "Su, this is the first time we come to your company. We want to visit your company. I wonder if it is possible."

"Of course, please." After Su Chen took them around his company and exchanged contact information, Valentine offered to leave and invited Su Chen to visit his company if he was free. Walk.

Su Chen naturally agreed to this request.

As the saying goes, there is no white man.

This is the case in the circle. If you don't have a bit of fame and talent, you will rarely attract the attention of others.

Although Su Chen and Valentine had never met before, they were both competitors, so Valentine naturally paid attention to this rising star.

Su Chen also admired Valentine, especially his investment vision.

If there is no such person, I believe that many large companies will not be born.

For example, when Jobs found Valentine in 1977, he was only 22 years old. Not only did he only go to college for half a year, but he also liked to go barefoot.

But Valentine still introduced investors to him, and later made additional investments himself.

It can be seen that a person's vision and pattern are really important.

After sending them off, Su Chen continued to work.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xiangqian had been discharged from the hospital. Although his expression was still a little sluggish, his physical condition had begun to recover.

The owner and fellows of the Chinese restaurant were arrested. After various reviews, it is estimated that it is no longer possible to continue to open restaurants in the metropolis, unless they go to some American countryside for farmhouse entertainment.

Su Chen arranged for someone to contact Columbia University, saying that he was going to visit Columbia University.

When Columbia University learned that Su Chen, known as the Eastern Wizard, was coming to visit the school, he was surprised at first, then expressed his warm welcome, and began to arrange various welcome ceremonies.

Try to give this mysterious Chinese a good impression.

But not everyone welcomes this oriental wizard, and the white boy Collison is one of them, because he believes that the emergence of "Currency War" is the reason for the US stock market crash.

If it weren't for this book, then he wouldn't have lost his family.

So I hid this hatred in my heart and was very unfriendly to all Chinese students in the school.

Now that I heard that the author of "Currency War" is about to visit the school, old and new grudges welled up in my heart, and I decided to make a big one...

(End of this chapter)