Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 539

Next to the south gate of Houhai Park, No. 11 Yangfang Hutong, Lijia Cai Main Store.

Anyone who has stayed in Beijing for a few years will probably know about this private restaurant opened in a courtyard.

As famous as Tan's cuisine, this "palace cuisine" restaurant has been popularized by various miraculous royal chefs, and has been selected by ambassadors from various countries and Michelin.

It was also praised by a best-selling book in the United States - "If you want to do 1000 things in your life, one of them is to eat at Li's Restaurant."

Since it was rumored to be so evil, it was naturally sought after by many dignitaries.

Especially when the high-end catering industry was not yet developed enough, top-notch private dishes like Tan’s cuisine and Li’s cuisine were even more rare.

Of course, what follows is that consumption is extremely expensive, basically starting at 4 digits per capita.

After a few years, the domestic high-end catering industry was booming, with more and more restaurants to choose from. Government private restaurants such as Tan's Cuisine and Li's Cuisine soon fell off the altar due to blind expansion.

By then, a person only needs to spend a few hundred yuan to enjoy it.

Otherwise, if a private kitchen restaurant like this that has been passed down for hundreds of years adheres to the ancestral precepts and does not engage in blind expansion, it may dare to raise the price to five digits per capita.

But it's only 2008, and Lijia Cuisine is still one of the places where wealthy people host banquets.

After all, rich people come here to spend money, and what they want is not only the taste, but also the "natural and authentic" and "meticulously crafted" super-class service.

A dozen well-known investors in the Chinese venture capital circle were arranged by Chai Jin into the largest private room in Lijia Cai's main store.

Just this big table of delicious food plus drinks would cost tens of thousands of yuan, which is definitely not worth it.

With Chai Daguanren, a very entertaining host, there is no way that today's dinner will be a quiet affair.

A group of investment tycoons were coming and going, changing cups and cups, and it was quite lively for a while.

Even though there are only five or six investors outside, they naturally don't show off in a private dinner.

After all, everyone understands that no matter where you invest, connections are very important.

Because no matter how good your investment is, you still have to find someone to take over, otherwise how will you cash out.

So a dinner party like today is the best occasion to expand connections and deepen relationships.

And Ma Liang, the "big boss" of venture capital, has naturally become the target of a toast from investors.

Who makes him awesome? No one here has a better investment record than him.

The Twitter project alone has surpassed several years of other people's efforts. Who can I respect if I don't respect him?

No, less than an hour into the meal, Ma Liang was given a big toast.

Almost everyone has done it once, and some people have even done it two or three times.Fortunately he drank red wine, otherwise he would have been laid down by now.

Fortunately, Chai Daguan was very discerning and would stop drinking for him from time to time, otherwise he would not be able to bear it even if he drank red wine.

Just as Ma Liang was sipping shark's fin soup to relieve his hangover, someone came to pay him respects again.

"Mr. Ma, let me toast you again!" It was Zhang Sanshi of Hillhouse Capital who spoke, "I, Zhang, have never convinced anyone in terms of investment, except you.

I heard that Mr. Ma also started his own business while making investments, which is even more admirable.

I don't know if your business is still short of funds. If you need it, just let me know.

Whenever you ask, no matter how much money you want, even if I, Zhang, go to beg for food, I have to collect the money for you. "

Ma Liang had a headache when he heard this. This guy came back to propose a toast for the third time, and his words were different every time, making it difficult to refuse.

He had no choice but to say in embarrassment: "Mr. Zhang, there's no need to be like this, I really can't drink anymore."

"Haha. Mr. Ma, don't panic. I'll do it, you can do whatever you want." Zhang Sanshi drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp.

Ma Liang was very embarrassed, but fortunately there was not much wine left in the glass, so he had to drink with him.He knew that Zhang Sanshi was definitely an arrogant master and would not come here to show his courtesy for no reason.

Although he is very good at Twitter, he is not going to put the opponent in such a bad position.

After all, the more capable a person is, the less likely he is to convince others. Putting aside Zhang Sanshi's character, he is definitely talented in investment.

If it hadn't been for this person's existence in the previous life, Goose Factory's investment path would not have been so smooth.

It is precisely because of Zhang Sanshi's ability to pull the strings and pull the strings that the investment of Xiao Ma Ge in Goose Factory has been rising steadily, almost dominating the world.

The three BAT giants all have investment businesses, and competition was once fierce.

If any one party invests in a project, the other two will inevitably invest in a competing product. Everyone is afraid that due to neglect of a certain track, everything will be lost.

But in the same investment, Baidu and Alibaba are investing more and more, but Goose Factory's investment is everywhere.

This is not only related to the garbage corporate culture of Baidu and Alibaba, but also to Zhang Sanshi's huge contribution.

This guy can be said to have invested in most of the Chinese Internet, and he basically made big bets.

Since he has made a big bet, his shareholding ratio is naturally very high, and he has a very large say in every project.

With this skillful operation, he was playing investment while guiding the goose factory to follow the investment.

This has made Goose Factory's territory grow larger and larger, and its investment projects have also formed a super strong Internet ecosystem.

On the other hand, the BA two teams had obviously invested in so many tracks, but failed one after another. They watched helplessly as Ma Ma became the final winner.

Most people would only think that Mr. Ma has a good investment vision, but don’t they know that many projects are planned by Zhang Sanshi behind the scenes, and he also persuades many project founders to only accept the olive branch from Goose Factory.

In particular, the integration of star projects such as JD.com and Meituan into the Goose Factory ecology is the result of this guy’s planning.

Otherwise, Baidu and Alibaba are not fools, how could they let go so easily.

You must know that Alibaba was the earliest investor in Meituan. When Wang Xing first started his business, Alibaba invested US$2000 million. Meituan received another US$5000 million in Series B, and Alibaba was the lead investor.

But the merger of Meituan and Dianping, and finally its integration into the Goose Factory ecosystem, were all orchestrated by Zhang Lei.

Including Goose Factory axed its own e-commerce platform and instead invested in JD.com; Meituan acquired Mobike, and Mogujie merged with Meilishuo; Didi merged with Kuaidi, and then merged with Uber. Zhang Sanshi was behind all of this. shadow.

It can be seen from these cases that Zhang Sanshi has really understood this violent investment method, which also reflects his super capital operation ability from another aspect.

But such an outstanding person actually toasted to him frequently today, and even said that he would throw money at him unconditionally.

How could Ma Liang not be suspicious of such unwarranted courtesy?

He refused directly and said: "Thank you Mr. Zhang for your kindness. My small business won't cost much for the time being, so you don't need to worry about it.

Whenever I really need it, I will shamelessly speak to you, Mr. Zhang. "

"Haha, it's easy to say!"

Zhang Lei laughed loudly and did not continue to dwell on this issue. "There will be many opportunities in the future. We can also cooperate more on other projects."

There was no more nonsense, and after that, he mysteriously returned to his seat with the cup in hand.

Such a superficial toast without any substantive discussion really confused Ma Liang.

He won't be too surprised if the other party yells that he wants to use Twitter.

He couldn't figure out this guy's intentions anyway, so Ma Liang simply didn't think too much and continued to drink his shark fin soup.

Nothing else mattered to him at the moment, hangover relief was the main thing.

(End of this chapter)