Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 270 The Silent Unicorn
After leaving Dajiang Company, which was growing up in the warehouse, Ma Liang and Ma Liang took the elevator downstairs and prepared to go back home.

"A small broken company, why did you come all the way to invest?

The result is good, people still look down on you. "For Wang Tao's arrogance, Lin Fengyun is very worthless for him.

What she didn't understand was why Ma Liang invested a huge sum of 200 million in Dajiang Company.

It is a workshop that looks like an electrical maintenance department, but even a huge sum of 200 million is too little, Lin Fengyun feels a little bit aggrieved.

She doesn't know what value to invest in a company that looks like it's going to close down in minutes?
Ma Liang explained with a wry smile: "Investment is investing in people. Dajiang Company is worthless now, but Wang Tao, a research and development talent, is very valuable."

"Then I haven't seen anything researched yet. Their products haven't been launched yet. Why are you in such a hurry?" Lin Fengyun couldn't understand why Ma Liang was so eager.

Ma Liang could only sigh and reply: "I also want to take my time!

But when someone really develops the product, I may have nothing to do with it. Who made us not well-known in the venture capital circle. "

This is not alarmist talk, but a conclusion based on the information he learned in his previous life.

In the previous life, Dajiang Company was called a super unicorn by the venture capital industry. In addition to this title, there is also an unknown title called the silent unicorn.

The reason why it has this title is because the growth of Dajiang Company is not as rapid as that of many Internet giants, but has been dormant for many years.

On the other hand, it is because Dajiang Company has been very low-key from top to bottom, and it has not made much publicity until it became the overlord in the global drone field.

If it weren't for the venture capital media and financial media digging deeply in those years, the public probably wouldn't have heard much about this unicorn company.

Only people in the venture capital circle and hardware enthusiasts have heard of Dajiang's reputation.

It was not until it was sought after by countless capitals and its market value exceeded [-] billion yuan that Dajiang UAV was noticed by many people because of the myth of wealth.

After all, although civilian drones are consumer products, they are not for ordinary people to play.

This thing has an operating threshold, just like a SLR camera, so it naturally rejected many handicapped people.

Unlike smartphones, almost everyone has one, and everyone can play it.

The most important thing is that Dajiang's financing process is also full of mystery, and there is not much information disclosed.

However, based on limited information, it can be known that Wang Tao’s subsequent financing has been smooth.

Except for a capital break at the beginning of the business, I have never worried about money since then.

Sequoia Capital, Yuanzhan Capital, Maixing Investment, Zhongxingguang, New Horizon Capital, Accel Partners, etc.,

Its investors are all well-known big capital, especially in the next few rounds, the boss of the small organization Wang didn't even give a chance to talk, and the financing actually went directly to black-box bidding.

This show operation is true and has turned the entire Chinese venture capital circle. There are almost no such hard-charging start-up companies in China.

So if Ma Liang didn't intervene as soon as possible before Wang Tao developed the product, it would be his turn to intervene in the future.

"Investing so early, aren't you afraid of taking a big risk?

If their research and development strength is not enough and the product is delayed, wouldn't your money be wasted? "Lin Fengyun couldn't help worrying about him again.

Ma Liang could only smile slightly, and fooled again: "If you lose, you will lose. It's like this in venture capital. Profits and risks coexist."

He couldn't explain to Lin Fengyun that he had enough confidence to make such a vote.

But now Wang Tao directly rejected his investment intention, and things did not develop according to the expected direction, which was a headache.

But Ma Liang didn't intend to just return to the magic capital in such a disheartened way, and wanted to fight for it again.

In business, there is buying and selling, and bargaining is normal.Wang Tao felt that the quotation was low, so he could continue the negotiation.

So in the next few days, Ma Liang took Lin Fengyun to play around Pengcheng.

It’s just that I take time to go to the Sunshine Golf Building every day, and chat with Boss Wang, and the quotation has been slightly increased.

What he thinks is that there is no righteousness in buying and selling, and that multiple sets are almost always good.

Even if the investment cannot be negotiated now, when Dajiang Company's funds are tight in the future, Wang Tao will give priority to himself.

But Ma Liang seemed to be thinking about things simply. Seeing that he was so attentive, Wang Tao really thought his project was very popular, and his attitude became even more determined later on.

In the afternoon, Ma Liang left Lin Fengyun to rest at the hotel, and went to Dajiang Company for a stroll alone.

"I said Mr. Ma, why do you come here every day? We've scared our Boss Wang, and now I can't wait to avoid you every day." It was Lu Zhihui who spoke, and he was familiar with Ma Liang now.

It was also Wang Tao who wanted to boost morale and disclosed his investment to the other three.

Today's Dajiang Company, together with Wang Tao, the boss, only has four people. It looks like a grass-roots team, and only Ma Liang can make such a move. Come here to invest at this time.

He smiled and replied, "Today is the last trip, and you won't see me coming tomorrow."

As he spoke, he didn't care about Lu Zhihui's obstruction, and went straight to the inner studio, where Wang Tao was engaged in product research and development.

"Why are you here again?" Wang Tao was very distressed when he saw Ma Liang.

After all, he is just an entrepreneur at this moment, not the CEO of the super unicorn company seven or eight years later, and he dare not directly throw face at the young investor in front of him.

Ma Liang was also very helpless, if it wasn't for picking up a big leak, why would he be so humble as a rebirth boss.

But today he didn't come here to discuss business, but had other arrangements: "Mr. Wang, don't worry, I'm not here to bother you today.

I'm going back to Donghai tomorrow, how about having dinner together tonight? "

"You don't need to eat, do you?" Wang Tao declined embarrassingly.

It was supposed to be him, the entrepreneur, who took the initiative to invite investors to dinner, but since the start of the business, he is also very tight on funds, so it is not easy to arrange such things as dinner.

The bad food offends others, and I want to eat better but feel bad about money.

Ma Liang was already familiar with this guy's pissing behavior, so he immediately added: "Mr. Wang, why not just treat it as a farewell party between friends?

And there will be a heavyweight guest in attendance at night, I'm afraid you won't be able to go if you don't. "

"Heavyweight guest? Who is it?" Wang Tao asked curiously upon hearing this.

Only then did Ma Liang say it: "Your postgraduate supervisor, Professor Li Zexiang Li, now you can't refuse it!"

"Uh, you are really good enough to invite all my teachers." Wang Tao replied with a headache.

Now he really has no way to refuse, because Professor Li is not only his mentor, but also his guide, and also the real angel investor of Dajiang Company.

Regarding this point, we must start with Wang Tao, a person who loves to make troubles.

He was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and later was admitted to the Department of Electronics of China Normal University in Shanghai.

As a result, this guy tossed until his junior year, unwilling to be mediocre, and dropped out of school on his own initiative.

This guy is also high-spirited, imagining that he has submitted applications to world-class universities one after another like those Tianpai entrepreneurs.

His first-choice targets were Stanford and MIT, both of which were rejected.

In the end, only when Hong Kong University of Science and Technology sent an admission letter, did he study in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering there.

In 2005, at the age of 25, from having no goals in life, he began to study the flight control system of remote control helicopters.

Even when he started preparing for his graduation project later, he resolutely took the flight control system of the remote control helicopter as his graduation project topic.

Wang Tao found two classmates together and persuaded the teacher to agree with their research direction, but the core problem he wanted to solve still originated from his childhood dream - to allow the model airplane to hover freely.

With the funding of 1.8 Hong Kong dollars given by the school, they worked hard for more than half a year to get it done.

However, in the final demonstration stage, the airplane model plane that was supposed to hover in the air fell down, and the failed graduation project only got a C evaluation.

This poor grade also made him lose the opportunity to continue his studies at a prestigious European Union university.

Fortunately, Wang Tao's focus was recognized by a professor and he was able to continue his postgraduate studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

While studying, he brought two classmates who were doing graduation projects together to Pengcheng to establish Dajiang Innovation Technology Company, and began to focus on the research and development of helicopter flight control systems.

But those two classmates broke up with Wang Tao a month ago and left Dajiang Company, but he tricked Lu Zhihui and the others into coming in.

And the professor Bole who admired him at Xiangjiang University of Science and Technology is Li Zexiang.

So Wang Tao can refuse Ma Liang's invitation, but he can't refuse the dinner with Professor Li.

"Okay, then I would like to thank Mr. Ma for his kindness." Wang Tao was not stupid, he knew what Ma Liang was thinking.

Ma Liang doesn't care so much, as long as he can invest in Dajiang, a super unicorn company, during the silent period, everything is worth it.

Humility is nothing, compared with great wealth, it is not worth mentioning.

As long as Wang Tao agrees to his investment proposal, even if he doesn't do anything, he can get tens of billions in return after lying down for more than ten years.

That is a technology company with a market value of over 10 billion, even if it is only [-]% of the shares, how much Mala Tang he has to sell to earn back.

　Although some readers don't like to read the career line, many readers like it.

　　It’s not that I want to write such a hard core on purpose. It’s just that every time I see many people in other urban rebirth articles who don’t even have basic common sense, they dare to comment or even make random remarks. I am speechless.

　　Writing career lines is my strong point. After all, I have been in the venture capital circle for several years, so I am a professional in this area.

　　Some of the analysis and summaries are my years of experience sharing, and it is difficult to find relevant information even on the Internet.

　　This is also what some loyal readers like about me, and I can't give up easily.

　　Not for anything else, I just hope that there will be such a book in the urban rebirth article, and share the real things with everyone.

　　In addition to reading books, it's good to gain more knowledge, so as not to make people laugh if you leave a message in other urban articles.

　　The characteristics of a book also represent the characteristics and style of the author.

　　So whether it's a career line or a relationship line, let's seek common ground while reserving differences.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)