Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 469

"Oh my God, Brian, come here and take a look!" Joe Gebbia exclaimed loudly.

In the coffee shop, they received a check for one thousand US dollars from Ma Liang and an extremely simple business card. The two of them didn't pay much attention at first.

After all, there is only your name, phone number and email address on the front, and no other information.

When you turn to the back of the business card, the information is even simpler. There is only the LOGO of [Gale Capital] and a string of English names [Gale Capital].

Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia are currently just unemployed young people. They are not even programmers, let alone the venture capital circle, and they pay little attention to the news in Silicon Valley.

So at the beginning, I didn’t associate Gale Capital with the popular Twitter.

They thought Ma Liang was a rich second generation from somewhere, just trying to imitate other people's investments.

But they were still grateful for the $[-] check.They plan to rent an extra apartment and decorate it in the next few days to rent it out.

When you make money later, you must share the profits equally with Ma Liang.

But when he got home, Joe Gebbia checked Ma Liang's business card online out of boredom, and was dumbfounded on the spot.

He never expected that he would meet an angel investor from Twitter.

Brian Chesky was also shocked and froze on the spot, muttering: "How is this possible? We have really met a big shot?"

"Brian, do you think he is lying to us? Is this card fake?" Joe Gebbia asked suspiciously.

Brian Chesky's round face tightened, and he immediately glanced at him: "We two rotten poor guys, what do we have to deceive?"

"Yeah, that's true!" Joe Gebbia suddenly became excited, "I didn't expect that we were so lucky today that we were appreciated by a big shot.

Brian, what are you waiting for? Let’s make our plan quickly.

If renting out air beds is really feasible, then wouldn’t it be possible to do something big next, and maybe even get an angel investment from [Dale Capital]. "

Brian Chesky replied with contempt: "You are too naive. It is not that easy to get angel investment.

Even if we rent out all of our small air beds, it still cannot be considered as a true verification of the business model. Do you think other investors are fools? "

“Then let’s test it first, and if it works, then we can make it bigger.

When we reach a certain scale, we will go to the generous Mr. Marlon to get angel investment. " Joe Gebbia replied confidently.

Brian Chesky: "This, I always feel a little uneasy."

"Don't hesitate, Brian. Anyway, we were planning to rent out air beds to solve the rent problem. Let's do it first and then talk about it!" Joe Gebbia eagerly advised again.

Brian Chesky finally agreed: "Okay, let's try it first.

If it is really feasible, I will bring a technical friend over to help.

After all, we can still handle a simple website, but once the business comes up, we still have to find professionals to develop it. "

The friend he was talking about was none other than Nathan Blekasyak, a software engineer who graduated from Harvard University and was one of the three partners of Airbnb in his previous life.

Twitter has the Big Three, and Airbnb also has the Three Musketeers.

From an entrepreneurial perspective, three founding partners are the best team composition. Like an iron triangle, it is not easy to break up in the early stages.

Some entrepreneurial teams have already had quarrels and even turned against each other before they even received financing.

"No problem. Then you apply for the website domain name first. I'll talk to the administrator and find a way to rent the apartment downstairs." Joe Gebbia couldn't wait.

So the two split up and officially started Airbnb's entrepreneurial journey.

On the other side, Ma Liang was busy packing his luggage, having already forgotten the two founders of Airbnb.

Tomorrow he will rush to Stanford to see Su Xiaomi, and then he will fly back to China directly.

He had to go on a journey the next day, so he went to bed early.

……

Palo Alto, or Joyful Restaurant.

Ma Liang rushed to Stanford University from San Francisco with his assistant early in the morning, and called the eldest girl out to have dinner with her.

Su Xiaomi originally wanted to come alone, but her roommate Li Li kept stalking her and insisted on going to the banquet together.

She really couldn't resist this foodie, so they both appeared in front of Ma Liang.

Although there were only four people eating, Ma Liang still ordered a large table of dishes, and there was no shortage of money.No matter how expensive the food at Xifuju is, it doesn't matter to him.

"Mia, this green pepper fish is so delicious. I have never eaten it before."

Li Li was deeply grateful for his foresight. If he hadn't been so shameless and insisted on coming together, how could he have eaten such delicious food.

Thanks to my cleverness, I could see that Mia had a problem from the beginning.

How about meeting a common friend and making fun of him!

It's been so long since school started. Except for her roommate, Mia doesn't like to interact with people, so she doesn't have any friends.

Sensing something was wrong, she bravely followed.

Thanks to my foresight, otherwise I almost missed a super meal.Li Li was eating deliciously, but Su Xiaomi had no appetite because today's meal was a farewell banquet and the bad guy was going back to China.

Although she knew in her heart that she shouldn't have any random thoughts, and she also knew that the big bad guy would feel more at ease when he went back to take care of his mother and sister, she just couldn't be happy at the moment.

Listening to her roommate chirping, she scolded her for no reason: "If it's delicious, eat more. Even a table full of food won't stop you."

"Yes, yes, I will eat. If I don't eat more, I will suffer a big loss today."

Since the beginning of school, Li Li has become familiar with this roommate's temperament, and naturally he can see that Su Xiaomi is very unhappy.

She was too lazy to get along with this arrogant girl, so she concentrated on the food.

Seeing this, Ma Liang advised: "Xiaomi, you should also eat more! We haven't seen you for just a few days, why do you look so thin?

Are you not used to eating in the school cafeteria?
Do you want to recruit a Chinese chef to prepare three meals a day for you? "

Not to mention that recruiting a full-time chef is just a piece of cake for him. For the sake of Sister Bingmei, he also has to take good care of the eldest girl.

"No need, the food at school is very good, I just miss mom and Momo."

Su Xiaomi shook her head violently and hurriedly found an excuse to explain.

However, this reason is not complete. It is just one of the factors of normal lack of appetite, and there is another part that cannot be said at all.

Ma Liang didn't know her little thoughts, so he just comforted her mechanically: "Silly girl, you are such a big girl, you have to learn to take care of yourself.

If you really feel homesick, just buy a plane ticket to go back. It’s not like we can’t afford the money. "

"I know, it's so long-winded," Su Xiaomi replied stiffly, but hearing these words of concern, her eyes couldn't help but get a little moist.

Once Ma Liang left, she really had no relatives in the United States.

While she was feeling sad, her roommate beside her became excited again: "Marlon, when Mia returns to China, can I go with her?"

"Of course, you're welcome!" Ma Liang also found it funny when he heard this, and agreed happily.

Li Li grinned happily: "Yeah, great!"

Su Xiaomi immediately became unhappy and raised a short message directly towards her roommate: "Go, go, go, do you know how expensive the air ticket is? Are you willing to spend the money?"

"I can go work to earn travel expenses!" Li Li glanced at her and replied proudly.

Su Xiaomi was so angry that she was speechless and glared at the other party.She secretly made up her mind that she would never bring this bastard with her when she returned home.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Ma Liang joked: "Lily, don't listen to Xiaomi's nonsense. You don't need to pay for the air ticket."

With the rich woman's love for her daughter, the eldest girl will definitely have to charter a flight to return to China.

Li Li wants to go to China with him, so there is no need to buy a plane ticket.

"Huh? That's not good. I can handle the air tickets myself." Li Li didn't know this situation at all. She thought Ma Liang was going to generously pay for her air tickets and was too embarrassed to accept it.

Ma Liang just smiled and didn't explain too much. Anyway, this little mixed-race beauty will naturally understand by then.

After dinner, he sent the two girls back to school, and he was about to leave with his assistant.

Su Xiaomi looked reluctant. She wanted to say something but felt that the words were stuck in her throat. After holding it in for a long time, she said: "When you go back, don't bully Momo."

"That's nonsense, Momo, that clever little girl, who can bully her!" Ma Liang replied without temper.

When Su Xiaomi thought of her sister's ghostly appearance, her mood suddenly improved a lot.

"You guys go back, it's time for me to leave!" Ma Liang waved to the two of them, said hello, and was about to get in the car and leave.

Su Xiaomi nodded sadly, turned around and left with her roommate.She couldn't bear to watch the parting scene, for fear that she would not live up to expectations, because tears were already welling up in her eye sockets.

As a result, before taking two steps, Li Li broke away from her arm, ran to Ma Liang and asked, "Marlon, do you have an MSN or Hotmail email address?"

She knew that after today it would be difficult to have another chance to contact her, so she ignored her roommate's anger and thought of something of her own.

"Uh, no, I only have a QQ number!" Ma Liang replied blankly.

He subconsciously told the other party his QQ number. For some reason, he couldn't resist this little mixed-race beauty.

Although Li Li has never used QQ, he still wrote it down seriously: "Hehe, let's keep in touch then!"

After saying that, he happily ran towards Su Xiaomi again.

"Yes!" Ma Liang responded with a wry smile, turned around, got in the car and left.

Li Li caught up with Su Xiaomi in a few steps and saw his roommate glaring at him angrily. He immediately stepped forward to please him and said, "Mia, please don't look at me like this. I'm afraid."

"Hmph!" Su Xiaomi snorted coldly, her little face turned red with anger, and she hurried to the dormitory. She no longer wanted to deal with this nymphomaniac roommate.

Li Li chased and shouted from behind: "Mia, don't be angry!

Don’t you understand how I am as a person? Don’t worry, I just want to get to know you and I will never steal your good brother..."

"Come on, I don't want to talk to you again within three days."

Su Xiaomi shouted angrily, "I am so angry because I know your humanity very well."

(End of this chapter)