Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 374 Investors also eat fast food?
"Boss, Jack Dorsey emailed that Twitter has been spun off from Odeo.

Now another company has been set up to operate independently.

Jack asked me to ask you, when will the remaining $80 from the angel round be transferred?
And he also wants to make an appointment with you for a phone call to talk about Twitter's next round of financing. "Assistant Lu Zhengyang ran into the boss's office and reported carefully.

Ma Liang was looking at last week's market report of [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice], and was delighted to hear this.

So he responded happily: "Understood, the balance will be transferred in two days.

You can contact Jennifer again and ask her to make an appointment with Jack as soon as possible to re-sign the investment agreement.

As for Twitter's next round of financing, let Jennifer take care of it. "

Anyway, [Gale Capital] has the priority investment right, and as one of the major shareholders, Twitter's follow-up financing must also be approved by Ma Liang.

So he didn't panic at all that Jennifer's meeting would collapse, and he just took it as a test for her to test the waters.

I don't know if this blond and blue-eyed beautiful president can tame Jack Dorsey and his technical nerds.

I hope Jennifer will not let herself down and can guide Twitter to the right path.

As for Twitter's next round of financing, Ma Liang is very self-aware, and it is certainly impossible for his family to eat alone.

After all, entrepreneurs in the United States are not easy to fool around, and it is rare for an institution to invest in two rounds in a row.

Not to mention that there is Ivan Williams, a veteran entrepreneur and angel investor, who will definitely introduce other investment institutions to balance the impact of [Gale Capital].

So Ma Liang simply asked Jennifer Graves to be in charge of negotiating the next round of financing, maybe there would be surprises.

It's just that Twitter's total A-round financing is estimated to be quite different from the previous life.

Because of Ma Liang's early intervention, the butterfly effect is not small.

Not only did Twitter perform better than its previous life at the SXSW Carnival, but the number of users and the number of tweets have also doubled several times.

Changing history will change the future, Twitter's fortunes have changed, and with it, more popularity.

According to information disclosed by a number of investment institutions, Twitter’s next round of financing is estimated to reach at least 600-800 million US dollars.

Moreover, the company's valuation is expected to be at least 4000 million US dollars, and as time goes by, this number will increase.

Even if Ma Liang wanted to eat all of this round of financing, he still had more than enough energy.

Who made him not have enough funds? After thinking about it, he should follow the investment and forget about it. He will continue to follow the round after paying 200 million US dollars.

This can be done every round in the future, so as to ensure that [Gale Capital]’s shares in Twitter will not be diluted too much.

As soon as Ma Liang thought of this, he immediately called Deng Jingwen and called to him to give instructions.

On the one hand, he told her to transfer money to Twitter immediately and settle the balance of the angel round investment.On the other hand, she is ready to fund at any time, and arranges 200 million US dollars to follow up with the next round of investment.

After dealing with the Twitter matter, Ma Liang devoted himself to the marketing of [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice].

After a period of operation, the ground push team has become more and more fierce.

The performance of expanding stores is also ups and downs, but objectively speaking, the total number of contracted stores is still getting higher and higher.

The reason for this is mainly because after the ground push team develops a city, it often needs to change to a new battlefield.

Whenever I go to a new area, [Braised Chicken and Rice] becomes something new again.

With novel products and an extremely simple franchise model, it will be easier to accept local promotion work to expand stores in new cities, and the performance will naturally be much better than that of market areas that have been developed for a period of time.

Over time, Ma Liang also had a tacit understanding.

Whenever he sees a big jump in the performance of a certain province, he doesn't need to ask now, he can just guess and know that there must be another promotion group to change places.

……

Magic City, No. 88 Century Avenue, Pudong, Room 38, 3808th Floor, Jinmao Tower.

This is the office location of Capital Today in Donghai, and its headquarters is on the 8th floor of Phase II of the International Finance Center, No. 19 Finance Street, Central, Xiangjiang.

Although Jinmao Daxia is one of the top office buildings in Lujiazui, in fact, not all the people who come in and out of it are rich, but there are also very hard-working wage earners.

Just like Liang Minfei, the investment manager of Capital Today, although he has a gold-collar salary, his life is not much better than that of gold-collar workers in other parts of Shanghai.

Not to mention comparing with gold-collar workers, it is far worse than ordinary white-collar workers.

After all, working in Lujiazui, the daily expenses are much higher than the average person.

Moreover, he is very particular about appearance, and he spends a lot of money on clothing every month.There are seven or eight sets of formal suits alone.

Therefore, Liang Minfei is very economical in eating, especially after get off work.

Basically, he will not choose to eat near the company, but will walk a few more streets to find some cheap small restaurants.

Recently, for Tudou's investment, their team has been busy for more than half a month.

Hao Lai's painstaking efforts were not in vain, Capital Today finally won the main investment right of Tudou's third round of financing.

After finishing the project, there is no need to work overtime.

So today he got off work very early, and Liang Minfei planned to walk a few intersections as usual, to find a small restaurant near the old community on Dongchang Road, and have a casual meal.

Walking and walking, he soon arrived at the place, but when he raised his eyes, he found a difference.

The small shop where I used to eat often has a new signboard next to the original signboard - [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice].

What's this?Is it a new dish?
When Liang Minfei entered the store and saw the brand and product introductions posted on the wall, his appetite immediately whetted.

Originally, he planned to eat a bowl of rice and finish the job today, but the new dishes aroused his appetite, and he yelled at the boss.

"Boss, bring me a large portion of [Braised Chicken and Rice], pack it up and take it away."

"Young man, you are late, today's [Braised Chicken and Rice] are all sold out, you should try something else.

Or is it still the same, twice-cooked meat and rice? "The owner of the small restaurant greeted warmly.

Since joining [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice], the store's business is really booming.Because of this new product, he attracted a lot of customers from the snack bars next door.

Liang Minfei grumbled angrily: "What time is it, are they sold out?"

"Young man, I can't help it. The product is too hot. It was even more exaggerated yesterday. It was sold out at noon, and I didn't even have time to adjust it."

The owner of the small restaurant didn't tell the truth, he actually wanted to play hunger marketing, and he didn't take the initiative to replenish the goods at all.

Anyway, if you can't eat [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice], the guests will still miss it in the future, and the drainage effect will be full.

But Liang Minfei was not happy anymore, he just wanted to try the new product [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice] right now, and the other dishes were unappetizing at first glance.

So angry, he turned his head and left the small restaurant, walking along Pucheng Road towards home.

After walking for another 10 minutes or so, I finally arrived at the entrance of the rented community.

It’s good to live close, you can walk to and from get off work every day, and you don’t have to worry about crowding the bus or subway at all.

Liang Minfei had given up his mind at first, and planned to go home and eat instant noodles, but suddenly Fuyou casually glanced at the opposite side of the community from his heart, and this look immediately lifted his spirits.

There is a row of shops across the street, and a 30-square-meter shop in the middle has been closed for several months and has been rented by no one.

Who would have thought that it opened for business after a few days of not paying attention.

I saw a brand new signboard hanging on the door of the shop, with five big characters written on it - [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice].

Liang Minfei got excited, ran over quickly, rushed into the shop, and shouted: "Boss, here is a large set of braised chicken and rice."

"Hey, the sun is coming out from the west, and the investors are eating fast food?"

A strange voice came from the corner, and Liang Minfei looked up, and it turned out to be his roommate and college classmate, Li Cheng.

It's just that because of a certain contradiction some time ago, the two have become strangers.

(End of this chapter)