Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 503 Premiere
All the major investment institutions are interested in Twitter, but Ma Liang really can't control that much.

But if you want him to agree to Twitter immediately opening the financing window, you have to follow the rules he set.

The valuation cannot be low, and the conditions cannot be too few.

In short, the plan to change one's fate against fate has not come to fruition, and the initiative must be controlled in his hands.

It was so easy to be reborn. I worked hard to save resources and make investments, and I worked so hard to lay out the plan for so long. How could it be possible to give up halfway like this?

If Twitter doesn’t reach the top for a day, he won’t be able to completely relax.

He has to wait until Twitter completely defeats Facebook and achieves the status of a Silicon Valley technology giant, that is when he will truly retire.

So this B round of financing must help Twitter make more money.

The original financing plan is no longer applicable. Now Twitter's development situation is gratifying and it is about to take off. How can it be feasible with [-] million U.S. dollars? It must be at least [-] million U.S. dollars.

After all, when expanding the market on a global scale, the more "ammunition" there is, the better.

When Apple launched the iPhone 3G, mobile Internet and smartphones really began to explode, and that was when Twitter began to show off its power.

As for the subsequent round of Series C financing, it is estimated to be the last fundraising opportunity before Twitter goes public.

Ma Liang's requirements are not high, so he can just raise 30 billion US dollars.

This sounds exaggerated, but it’s actually not much. It’s only one billion dollars more than Facebook’s last round of financing in its previous life.

If Twitter can't win the social war, this number won't matter.

But once Twitter really wins, with the momentum of sweeping Facebook, raising more money will mean nothing.

They are already quasi-tech giants, shouldn’t they only have 30 billion US dollars?

With Twitter’s future market value of hundreds of billions of dollars, I wonder how many large investment banks will rush to invest in it.

Google's success stories are there, and investors will know how to choose.

So the further things go, the less worried Ma Liang becomes.

At the moment, all of his attention is focused on the plan to change his destiny, and he does not allow anyone to interfere.

……

Seeing time passing day by day, the Chinese Spring Festival is approaching.

Ma Liang kept meeting with senior executives to arrange work matters during the holidays.In more than a week, he plans to return home with the demon girl.

He just finished handling the matters at hand that day when he received a call from Master Xing.

"Mr. Ma, the premiere of "Yangtze River No. [-]" will be held in Times Square in Hong Kong in a few days. I wonder if you have time to attend?"

Stephen Chow has always been very polite to him, a big investor, and it was only right that he be invited to the premiere.

Ma Liang thought about it and responded tactfully: "Thank you, Director Zhou, for the invitation. I'll confirm the schedule and get back to you later. Do you think it's okay?"

"Mr. Ma is busy with things, it should be, it should be!" Zhou Xingchi didn't insist too much, just said a few polite words and quickly hung up the phone.

He wasn't sure whether Ma Liang was deliberately keeping a low profile or if he was really busy.

Ma Liang had just hung up the phone when his cell phone suddenly rang again. He picked it up and saw that it was the caller from Chai Daguan.

"Brother Ma, Director Zhou invited us to attend the premiere of "Yangtze River No. [-]" in Xiangjiang.

What do you say, how about we go together? "Chai Daguan asked excitedly on the other end of the phone.

Ma Liang didn't think too much and responded directly: "I don't know if I have time yet!
Those days coincided with the peak of the Spring Festival travel rush, and I didn't know if it would be easy to book air tickets. It wasn't troublesome enough to go to Xiangjiang. "

He was not worried that he would not be able to buy tickets if he had money, but he was worried that there would be too many people during the Spring Festival during the premiere days. If the flight was unexpectedly delayed, it would definitely conflict with his schedule.

Because the day after the premiere was the day when he and Liu Feifei made an appointment to return to their hometown together, the first-class tickets were booked in advance.

If I miss going back to my hometown, I will definitely make the enchantress very angry.

You should know that air tickets back to Bashu are not easy to buy, especially in the days leading up to the Chinese New Year, they are already sold out.

"Hey, what did I think it was?

Don't worry, brother, I will personally fly over to pick you up that day, hahahaha." Chai Jin laughed endlessly after hearing this.

Only then did Ma Liang react, slapping his head so hard that he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He was also used to being poor in his previous life, and he is still bound by his previous thinking inertia, and he still doesn't act like a wealthy person.

Now that I am considered a wealthy person, I still worry about air tickets when traveling.

For his boss Ma now, chartering a business jet to travel is nothing. Why does he need to consider the situation of Spring Festival travel or not?

The response just now is really embarrassing to the rich.

Feeling extremely embarrassed, Ma Liang had no choice but to reply awkwardly to Chai Daguan: "Okay, I'll see you on the day of the premiere." After hanging up the phone, he just put the phone on the table, and it started vibrating again. .

This time instead of the phone ringing, I received a text message.He picked it up again and saw that it was from the girl Zuo You.

[Director Zhou will hold a world premiere in Hong Kong in a few days. Can you accompany me? ]
"Yangtze River No. [-]" has finally come to be released, and as a star girl, she will officially come to the stage. It is impossible not to be nervous.

Whether she, a star girl, can be recognized by the audience, and whether her unfamiliar acting skills will attract criticism from many people, Zuo You is worried when she thinks about these.

Moreover, the premiere was held in Xiangjiang, a place she was unfamiliar with, so Xiao Nizi felt a little flustered.

Ma Liang looked at the text message and smiled proudly. This girl knew that she was the first one to find him despite her anxiety. This was a good start, so she immediately replied with a text message.

[Okay, you wait obediently at school that day, and I will arrange the rest! ]
This time, Shi Nizi couldn't avoid him.

[Um! ]
Although Zuo You only replied one word, he felt much more at ease.She put down her phone and subconsciously raised the corners of her mouth.

She might not have any idea herself, but she actually laughed out of nowhere.

But suddenly thinking about the pain caused by the bad guys that night, Zuo You frowned again unconsciously.

……

A few more days passed, and finally it was the day of the premiere.

Ma Liang wore a formal suit and a long coat, and was waiting in the office of [Bai Mansion] early.

Chai Daguan is a kind of human being, and he is naturally quite good at life. A commercial vehicle was specially sent to pick him up and take him to the airport.

Ma Liang got into the car and directly asked the driver to go to the theater for a tour.

Ten minutes later, we quickly arrived at the place.

I saw Zuo You wrapped in a pure white extra-long down jacket and wearing a white pure wool hat on his head, waiting at the school gate.

It was rare for this girl to appear in such a pure dress, and Ma Liang was quite surprised when she saw her.

If it weren't for the exquisite makeup on her face, no one would believe that she was a star girl preparing to attend the premiere.

The business car slowly stopped in front of Zuo You, and the door opened smoothly.

"Get in the car, why are you standing there stupidly!"

Seeing her stunned there, Ma Liang immediately greeted her.

"Ah! Why did you change your car?"

Zuo You thought he would drive that SUV to pick her up. Just now he saw the car parked in front of him and deliberately moved a few steps to the side.

Ma Liang explained casually: "Brother Chai arranged the car, come up quickly!"

When Mr. Xing was soliciting investment in the capital, this girl and Chai Jin also had a relationship, so he mentioned it in passing.

"Oh!"

Zuo You knew that most of his friends were wealthy people and big bosses, which was not surprising at all.

Especially Chai Daguan, who was one of the investors of "Yangtze River No. [-]", of course she remembered it more clearly.

Just as he was thinking about the scene about Mr. Chai, his cold little hand was suddenly held by someone.

Move gently, fingers clasped together.

Everything happened very naturally, as if it had been practiced countless times, and I soon felt a warmth in my palms.

This kind of action only between lovers made her face turn red.

Thump, thump, thump, the little heart beat very fast and faster than expected, and the speed was getting faster and faster. This feeling was very strange.

She secretly glanced to the right and found that Ma Liang was acting like a normal person. She immediately felt a little frustrated and lowered her head unconsciously.

I have to say that this girl's life is really miserable and she has never been in love.

She had never experienced this kind of extremely normal little gesture between lovers, so she and Ma Liang went straight to the topic.

Looking back now, she felt it was new and strange. It was difficult to describe her mood at the moment.

Ma Liang didn't notice anything was wrong with this girl at all. He was feeling comfortable holding her slender little hand.

However, he soon noticed that Xiao Nizi's palms were cold. She must have been waiting for the cold on the roadside, so he immediately ordered to the driver:
"Master, turn up the heat."

Just this unintentional bit of thoughtfulness instantly warmed Zuo You's heart.

She raised her head and looked at Ma Liang weakly, her previous frustration suddenly dissipated, and her eyes softened a little unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)