Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 535: There is no such thing as starting from scratch

In Beijing, on the Airport Expressway, a Maybach 62S picked up Ma Liang from the Capital International Airport and was heading into the city.

This Maybach is naturally Chai Jin's car, and it is the same model as Ali Jackma's car.

Not only did Chai Daguan send a car to pick him up, he even arranged for a private jet to pick him up all the way from the Magic City to the capital.

However, Ma Liang would not be so arrogant that he would take it for granted that he was better than firewood.

In terms of wealth, he may be close to catching up with others. When Twitter goes public, he may even surpass it by a large margin in minutes.

But when it comes to influence in Beijing circles, he is incomparable to Chai Daguanren.

Especially the official connections and what Chai Jin, a big man who started out as a traditional business man, had accumulated over the years, was simply beyond his reach.

The influence of wealthy people can not be easily judged just from wealth figures.

Therefore, Ma Liang would not be easily distracted by Chai Daguan's attentiveness. He just wanted to meet his temporary needs.

This time he was invited to come to the capital just to help the opponent stand up.

The Maybach drove very steadily, and the young driver looked like a veteran, and his masculinity was very obvious.

Judging from his solid driving skills, it is very likely that he has been driving for a leader in the army for many years.

Ma Liang didn't ask any questions, he was only thinking about his arrangements before going to Beijing. He had already made an appointment with Master Xing to meet in the capital in two days.

It's not rush hour now, and the airport expressway is smooth all the way.

More than half an hour later, Maybach 62S stopped steadily in front of a brand new office building at No. 6 Chaowai Street B.

Chaoyang District CBD central business district core area, Chaowai SOHO.

That's right, this 5A-class office building, which was delivered less than half a year ago, is the new office of the private equity fund [Tianhao Capital].

Chaoyang District understands everyone and is known as "China's first foreign-related district".

Almost all embassies are gathered in Chaoyang, more than 90% of international media organizations, more than 80% of international organizations and associations, 70% of regional headquarters of multinational companies, 70% of foreign financial institutions, and more than 50% of international conferences and exhibitions. In addition, more than half of the foreign population in the capital is basically concentrated in Chaoyang.

The foreign-funded enterprises here account for about half of the entire capital, and the world’s top ten well-known law firms, top ten advertising companies, top ten consulting agencies, top ten human resources service agencies, three major rating agencies, etc. are gathered here.

Even two of the Big Four accounting firms are located in Chaoyang District, and most VCs and PEs have also set up their headquarters here.

Even though the city is clamoring to build an international financial center all day long, it is actually just a stinky younger brother.

Anyone who knows the industry knows that the real financial center of China is in the capital. After all, all the competent authorities of the financial port are here, and all new policies in the financial industry are issued from here.

As for the real financial center of Beijing, its core area is in Chaoyang.

Anyone who has been in the venture capital circle for a few days knows that despite the slogans of "mass entrepreneurship and mass innovation" in Shanghai, Pengcheng, Hangzhou and other places, when it comes to financing, if you want to raise big money, you have to come to the capital. , come to Chaoyang.

Chaowai SOHO is one of the most impressive office buildings in Chaoyang District today.

After all, Beijing's real estate has just begun to make major strides in development. CITIC Tower, China World Trade Center Phase [-], and Fortune Financial Center have not yet been built.

Some of them are even in the process of planning, and there is not even a shadow to be seen.

Although Jianwai SOHO is more famous in the capital city and is closer to the core business district of Guomao, Chai Daguan doesn't care about this. He has taken a fancy to the location of Chaowai SOHO.

After all, the location here is more central, and the future development will be better. To explain it in metaphysics, the Feng Shui of Chaowai SOHO is more prosperous.

Chai Jin, who comes from a traditional business background, naturally prefers this place.

However, this shabby place was a bit unsatisfactory in Ma Liang's eyes. After all, he had seen many more impressive office buildings in his previous life.

"Mr. Ma, please follow me upstairs!"

The person who spoke was Xia Yuqing, a beautiful assistant newly recruited by Chai Daguanren. She led the way in an extremely respectful manner.

This beautiful assistant has a very good figure. She is wrapped in a tight black suit. She not only shows her professional style, but also has the charming temptation of an Office Lady.

Ma Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Comrade Lao Chai would enjoy it!

He followed the beautiful assistant into the elevator and went straight to the top floor, the 29th floor, where the office of [Tianhao Capital] was.

The high-speed elevator quickly reached the top floor.

As soon as the elevator door opened, I saw Boss Chai waiting there.

"Haha, brother, I'm looking forward to the stars and the moon, but now I'm looking forward to you!" Chai Jin was obviously very happy to see his face.Ma Liang replied angrily: "Look, brother, what you said is that exaggerated!"

"It's necessary, brother, if you don't come, I won't be sure!" Chai Jin flattered him again, "Please sit inside, brother, I just got a can of the best Dahongpao!"

After saying that, he pulled Ma Liang towards the office, which is on the right side of the elevator entrance.

This guy was so enthusiastic that Ma Liang couldn't bear it: "Brother Chai, we brothers don't need to be so polite!"

In fact, except for a few very large investment institutions, the office area of ​​most venture capital companies is not very large, and the same is naturally true for [Tianhao Capital].

This newly rented office is only five to six hundred square meters in total.

Chai Daguan wanted to save face and deliberately rented the venue for ostentation. In fact, employees of his private equity fund could not use such a large venue.

"Brother, does my newly rented office look like a big institution?"

While Chai Jin was showing Ma Liang around, he couldn't help but show off.In fact, in terms of luxury and ostentation, this place is far worse than his old office.

The furniture and displays in the old office are simply not comparable to this one.

His large tea table alone, carved from the roots of a thousand-year-old rare nanmu tree, is worth several million.

But even though he is so arrogant, he is often complained that he looks like a nouveau riche and does not look like the office space of an investment institution at all.

That’s why Chai Jin rented this new office on the top floor exclusively for Tianhao Capital.

He deliberately decorated the interior to be very modern and turned it into an open-plan office. Even the office furniture was full of design, giving it the feel of a technology company.

And looking down from the office, you can not only overlook the scenery of Chaoyang District CBD, but also enjoy the sky garden on the seventh floor of Chaowai SOHO.

As an office space for an investment institution, the quality is definitely enough.

Even Ma Liang couldn't help but praise when he saw it now: "It's really good. Brother Chai is so generous!"

There is a saying that the offices of [Dale Capital]’s New York branch are not as grand as other offices here.

"Brother, if you say yes, then it must be good, hahahaha..." Upon hearing his praise, Chai Jin felt quite proud.

After wandering around for a while, Ma Liang followed him to the big boss' office at the back.

As soon as he walked in, Ma Liang raised his eyes and saw a middle-aged man already sitting on the sofa inside.

He is tall and thin and wears glasses. At first impression, he must be an IT professional.

"Brother Ma, this is the founder of [Kaixin.com], Mr. Cheng Binghao." Chai Jin introduced him.

Ma Liang hurriedly stepped forward and shook hands with the other party: "Mr. Cheng, nice to meet you!"

In his two lifetimes combined, this was also the first time he had seen this big boss in person. He had never even seen photos of him online in his previous life.

After all, [Kaixin.com] rises quickly and falls even faster.

Not many people who are not professionals in the venture capital circle will deliberately pay attention to a "failed" entrepreneur.

But this is just the understanding of ordinary people. Boss Cheng cannot be considered a failure. After all, [Kaixin.com] helped him become a billionaire even if he pulled his hips again later.

"Mr. Ma, I have admired your name for a long time, but I didn't expect you to be so young and promising!"

In fact, before Ma Liang came, Cheng Binghao had already learned some simple information about him from Chai Daguan.

When they met at this moment, Boss Cheng was still shocked by Ma Liang's youth.He was stunned for several seconds before he regained consciousness, and then he praised him sincerely.

Chai Daguan continued to introduce: "Brother Ma, Mr. Cheng is not an ordinary person!
He previously served as deputy general manager of wireless technology, deputy general manager of enterprise services, and chief technology officer at Sina.

Participated in the entire process of Sina from its creation, listing, to becoming China's leading portal website.

This time when I started my business from Sina, I was deeply inspired by Twitter and planned to build the first social networking site in China that mainly focuses on office white-collar users, which is [Kaixin.com]. "

Ma Liang was not surprised at all when he heard this. It would be strange if the other party didn't have this background.

There is no such thing as a true self-made story. The stories of many business tycoons on the Internet are very glorified.

Especially among the big guys who are involved in the Internet in China, every one of them basically has background support, and you can’t even count a few real grassroots people.

(End of this chapter)