Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 652 The drunkard doesn’t care about drinking

"Ma Sheng, you don't need me to introduce you to the gambling king!"

Xia Jiali led everyone to the entrance of the banquet hall to welcome the last two important guests.

The first one is none other than He Hongshen, the gambling king of Xiangshan Ao.

Ma Liang didn't dare to make excuses, so he immediately stepped forward and greeted warmly: "Mr. He, good evening!"

This is a dominant figure in the party, and his prestige and influence in a certain three-point area of ​​Xiangshan'ao is much greater than that of Old Man Li in Xiangjiang.

"You're welcome!" The gambling king responded enthusiastically without any pretense,
"I heard that a business genius has emerged from the Mainland, and today I saw that he is indeed well-deserved. He is really a formidable person!"

Hearing this, Ma Liang hurriedly said humbly: "I don't dare, I don't dare, senior has given me a reward!"

"Ma Sheng, this is Ms. Zhou, the founder of Victoria Harbor Investment." Xia Jiali pointed at another middle-aged lady who was no longer young and introduced her with great enthusiasm.

The reason why we still call each other "Ms. Zhou" is entirely because this lady has a very special status.

Zhou Kaixuan, Li Chaoren's confidante who is 33 years younger than him.

This lady is known to everyone in Xiangjiang, and her relationship with Old Man Li has long been publicized by various gossip tabloids.

If it were just like this, it wouldn't be enough for Xia Jiali and others to be so polite to him.

The most important thing is that Ms. Zhou has been following Old Man Li for twenty or thirty years without fighting or asking for any status. She is also very smart in business and has helped Old Man Li make a lot of money.

As early as 2006, Ms. Zhou was named one of the "Top Ten Business Women in Asia" by the Wall Street Journal.

If not, how could the dignified Li Chaoren leave full control of Victoria Harbor investment to this confidante?

You must know that Victoria Harbor Investment is a fund specially established by Mr. Li to invest in global technology companies. In addition to Facebook, it also invested in well-known companies such as Alibaba. At its peak, it had at least tens of billions of dollars in assets.

This was also the reason why Xia Jiali treated her so politely. If she were just Old Man Li's mistress, she wouldn't get such respect from him.

Although Ma Liang had never met each other before, Miss Zhou's reputation was well known in her previous life.

Therefore, he greeted the other party very politely like he treated the gambling king: "Dr. Jay, nice to meet you!
You are a senior in the venture capital circle, and I will ask you for more advice in the future..."

When you praise someone, you can't brag. You must praise the things that the other person is most proud of, and the investment record is what Ms. Zhou is most praised for.

"Sheng Ma, there's no need to be polite!" Zhou Kaixuan smiled slightly and responded helpfully, "When it comes to investment, we old-fashioned people can't compare to you!
The Twitter project alone has exceeded all my past investment returns, so how dare I say anything arrogant and give advice..."

Ma Liang hurriedly said humbly: "No, no, this junior is just lucky for a while. Compared to Jay Chou's impressive record in the venture capital circle, it is simply not worth mentioning."

There is a saying that he relies on his reborn foresight to make investments, which is incomparable with other people's success based solely on vision.

"Haha, Ma Sheng, it's not good for young people to be too modest!"

Zhou Kaixuan smiled even more happily this time, "I have never heard of anyone who can easily list a company just by being lucky!"

Ma Liang was speechless for a moment, and replied with embarrassment: "It's all my friends who help me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it alone!"

He is not being falsely modest. The quick listing of Liupo Malatang was made possible by the efforts of Mr. Chai and venture capital queen Xu Xin. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to IPO in Hong Kong so soon.

"Oh, I wonder if Du Wang and I have the honor to be Ma Sheng's friends today?"

Zhou Kaixuan smiled again, and after looking at each other with He Hongshen, he looked back expectantly.

Ma Liang was confused when he heard this, and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What do you mean by Chairman Zhou? To become friends with you two, shouldn't we be the juniors who have reached out to you?" "Sheng Ma, Miss Zhou doesn't mean that. It's just a casual acquaintance." The gambling king He Hongshen responded appropriately at this time.

Ma Liang heard Xian Zhi's elegance and immediately asked: "Oh? It's my honor that these two seniors think so highly of me!
If it’s about business cooperation, it’s okay to just say it…”

"Ma Sheng is indeed a person who does great things, so refreshing!"

Zhou Kaixuan nodded with satisfaction, "Since your subsidiary is about to go public, I wonder if He Gambling and I have a chance to get on the bus in advance?"

What she said was quite clear, and almost no one present could not understand it.

That means I want to ask Ma Liang, since [Liupo Malatang] is preparing for an IPO, a certain proportion of its shares will be reserved for black market trading before the official opening.

Not to mention anything else, the underwriter Goldman Sachs alone will definitely have this kind of behind-the-scenes operation.

This is basically the routine process before the IPO of most listed companies. Very few companies are so stupid that they don't know how to do this.

Although Ma Liang was well prepared, he couldn't agree to the two people in front of him.

After all, he basically left most of the quota for black market trading to [Dale Capital], and only a very small amount was handed over to Goldman Sachs for processing.

[Liupo Malatang] finally went public, and the issue price was far lower than he expected. How could outsiders take advantage? Naturally, he had to take the bulk of the profits.

And this is also one of the ways for him to rationally realize domestic assets. There is really no need to sacrifice his own interests to please the two people in front of him.

So he could only reply tactfully: "Sorry, you two are really late this time!"

"It doesn't matter...it doesn't matter!"

Not only was Zhou Kaixuan not angry when he heard this, but he showed his goodwill again and said, "But don't worry, Mr. Ma, everything about raising the stock price after the listing is entirely on me and He Gambling King."

This made Ma Liang even more puzzled, and he asked tentatively: "Dr. Zhou, He Gambling King, thank you in advance!
It's just that this junior is very confused. Is there anything you two need me to do? "

He couldn't help but worry too much. After all, with the capital and status of the two people in front of him, there was no need to please a junior like him.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ma, we are really sincere in wanting to make you our friend.

Of course, if possible, we would also like to follow up on Twitter’s next round of financing. "He Hongshen didn't hide it, he just said it straight to the point.

After all, given his status, there is no need to play tricks with a junior like him.

Zhou Kaixuan immediately echoed: "Yes, that's what King He Du and I meant.

And I heard that Ma Sheng’s [Dafeng Capital] has also started private equity business. If necessary, we can provide financial support at any time!

Within 500 million U.S. dollars, as long as you say a word, you can get it within three days. "

As soon as Zhou Kaixuan said these words, the heroic spirit of a woman was immediately revealed. She was indeed the confidante that Old Man Li took as his right-hand man.

Even though he has an investment fund under his banner, he can still make bold statements about injecting capital into [Dale Capital]. This attitude is already quite high-spirited.

Ma Liang suddenly realized after hearing this, no wonder he was willing to help boost the stock price.

After doing this for a long time, I realized that I was a drunkard and didn’t care about drinking...
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PS: My condition has improved a bit. I have been coughing for more than half a month and finally stopped coughing. I will resume updating tomorrow!
This book is expected to be completed in about fifty or sixty chapters.

If there are any holes that have not been filled, we will fill them in the form of extra chapters later. Thank you brothers for your continued support!

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