Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 445 The Winter is Coming
"Why?" Li Li looked at the new roommate in a daze, not understanding why Su Xiaomi said no.

In the concept of foreigners, if you say you don't like it, then I can chase after it.

She stared at Su Xiaomi in a daze, not understanding what was wrong with her proactive pursuit.

Su Xiaomi yelled angrily: "If you say no, you can't. If you make a bad idea, I will ignore you in the future!"

How does this make her explain, can she still say that Ma Liang is her mother's lover?

Tell her the truth and let her roommates think of her.

"Ah?" Li Li was even more puzzled, but seeing Su Xiaomi's expression suddenly enlightened, "Mia, I understand, hehe
Although you are not together, you must still secretly like him, right? "

As if she had discovered some big secret, she stared at Su Xiaomi and looked left and right, trying to figure out some clues.

Suddenly being exposed to the little thoughts hidden in the deepest part of her heart, Su Xiaomi suddenly became angry from embarrassment: "Stop talking, if you talk nonsense again in the future, I will move out to another dormitory."

She looked fierce on the surface, but she was extremely flustered inside. The biggest secret in her heart was discovered, and she was at a loss at the moment.

Like a frightened little beast, it can only pretend to be fierce and fierce to cover up.

"Ah! I'm sorry, why don't I stop talking?
You must not move out, I can't bear to have you as a roommate. Li Li was frightened by her, and quickly apologized to comfort her.

She didn't want to have trouble with her roommate on the first day they met, and she was still thinking about learning Chinese from Su Xiaomi in the future.

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On the other side, Ma Liang followed Jennifer to The Clement Hotel not far from Stanford University.

This hotel is also a five-star hotel, and Jennifer has arranged suites in advance.

After they arrived at the hotel, they didn't go back to the room immediately, but went straight to the small conference room on the second floor of the hotel.

As a five-star hotel in Silicon Valley, of course it will provide such business service facilities.

After all, staying guests often need a venue to have a private conversation with customers, so conference rooms of different sizes are also standard equipment in Silicon Valley hotels.

As soon as I entered the small conference room, I saw three old friends already there.

Jack Dorsey, Ewan Williams, and Biz Stone, the Big Three of Twitter are all in place.

"Dear Marlon, we meet again!" Ivan Williams was as outgoing as ever, and got up first to greet Ma Liang.

Ma Liang also warmly hugged the other party: "Mr. Ivan, long time no see!"

After hugging the big man, he shook hands with Jack Dole and Biz Stone respectively, which was regarded as a greeting.

Everyone didn't talk too much nonsense, just sat down and started to get down to business.

"Ivan, Jack, Biz, the purpose of the boss calling you this time, I have already informed you before.

If you have any ideas, you can talk about them first. "As the CEO of [Gale Capital]'s US branch, Jennifer has dealt with them a lot.

So without being too polite, I just made a suggestion.

Originally, the CEO of Twitter was Jack Dorsey, but this time he remained silent, leaving Ivan Williams to speak first.

"Marlon, Jennifer, Twitter's next round of financing is really nothing to worry about.

I have contacted several well-known investors who are very interested in Twitter’s Series A financing. "Ivan Williams showed off very proudly.

After all, he is an angel investor himself. Although he is not successful, his contacts in the venture capital circle are there.

As a veteran entrepreneur, I know many IT elites who have achieved financial freedom through entrepreneurship.

These IT elites all have mutual circles, and they will also make some angel investments after financial freedom. Ivan himself also belongs to this nature.

Although it cannot compare with big capital, it is more than enough to invest in some early-stage projects.

In fact, more than half of the entrepreneurial projects in Silicon Valley are invested by IT elites like Ivan Williams.

These talents are the cornerstone of Silicon Valley, and investing in early-stage entrepreneurial projects is like a legacy.Without them taking the lead, the U.S. venture capital circle would not be any better than China.

There are just few such people in China. Even successful IT elites like Baidu Li and Xiao Ma don't pay much attention to early projects.

Only Rebs performed better, and still has a little Silicon Valley spirit in him, and has invested in some early-stage entrepreneurial projects.

But after all, Rebus has been famous for a long time, and ordinary entrepreneurs cannot reach a circle as high as his.

What's more, he is alone and weak, and he can't solve the problems of the entire venture capital circle.

The reason why innovation and entrepreneurship is often reduced to a slogan in China is essentially because of the lack of many angel investors like Ivan Williams.

If there is no money to support early-stage entrepreneurship, it is not so easy to get through the stage from 0 to 1.

Don't look at the fact that there were many small investment institutions in China later, but those people are all masters who don't see rabbits and don't spread eagles, and they don't have the Silicon Valley spirit that angel investors should have.

If you invest 30 or [-] yuan, you have to search and search, and you are embarrassed to come out and mess around.

Their structure and realm are simply incomparable with angel investors like Ivan Williams.

It is also because of this spiritual heritage in Silicon Valley that our big Ivan can confidently say that he can handle Twitter's A round of financing.

Ma Liang was not surprised after hearing this. If the other party didn't even have this ability, he would have suspected that there was something fishy inside.

It's just that he disagrees with Ivan Williams' optimism.

"Ivan, the situation is different now. The Series A financing plan we mentioned before may need to be changed."

A few months ago, Ma Liang entrusted Jennifer to negotiate with them.

Let them not be in a hurry to raise funds, and use the Pre-A round of 200 million US dollars invested by [Great Wind Capital] to operate for a period of time, and wait until the end of the year when the Twitter data is running before starting the A round of financing.

Now the data is really running, Jack Dorsey and others are really working hard, Twitter's performance is many times better than Ma Liang's previous life.

This is why Ivan Williams is so confident in financing. After all, the better the data performance of a website, the more attention it will attract investors.

It’s just that the situation is different now. The subprime mortgage crisis is intensifying. If you want to raise funds next, you may encounter some unexpected things every minute.

Moreover, the gossip received by Jennifer was not optimistic, and Ma Liang became even more anxious.

"What? What's different?" Ivan Williams didn't expect Ma Liang to say that at all.

Ma Liang did not respond directly, but asked instead: "Didn't you read some economic and financial news recently?

The global financial market turmoil caused by the subprime mortgage loans of US real estate is taking place, and it will intensify. Have you not paid attention to these? "

"Of course I noticed, but the governments of all countries are bailing out the market!
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been poured down, and the effect is immediate.Recently, our stock market has gone all the way to Changhong, and it is almost going up to the sky.

Even the stocks of the technology companies I invested in have risen a lot these days. I really made a lot of money! "Ivan Williams replied shrilly.

Ma Liang sneered, and said disdainfully: "Hehe, it's too early to be happy!
There is a saying in China, when everyone is optimistic about something, it must be developing towards the worst side. "

"Marlon, what do you mean?" Ivan Williams felt a little guilty after hearing this.

Before Ma Liang could respond, Jennifer answered ahead of time: "Boss means that things are not as optimistic as you think.

Perhaps as many people predicted, a huge economic crisis is about to strike. "

"No way?" Jack Dorsey also felt guilty after hearing this.

Ma Liang still didn't explain directly, but explained from the side: "In our side, the production orders of many foreign-funded factories are dropping rapidly.

Even some small factories have closed, which is a very obvious signal.

We must know that Huaxia is now the world's factory. If even the orders of the factory are reduced, doesn't this explain anything?

The most intuitive reaction is that you people in the United States have greatly reduced the frequency of consumption under the pressure of mortgage loans.

Even the expenses of some daily necessities have been drastically reduced.

I think about the meaning behind these phenomena, so I don’t need to say more.

So I don't think that this economic crisis can be saved by the governments of various countries throwing some money in the financial market.

Guys, don't blame me for being alarmist.

Winter is coming! "

(End of this chapter)