Reboot 2003

Chapter 204 112: Red Water Fund ([-]-in-[-])

Although it is not a big deal, and the domestic rectification cannot control him as an external manager, Lao Xu is a bit embarrassed. At least he is now a prominent figure. Making some news like this at such a critical period makes it seem like he is How embarrassing it is to go against people in China.

But what can Chen Qin say... Anyway, please be quiet and don't let the paparazzi catch you, okay?never mind.

After all, the focus on this matter should actually be on the other two aspects.

Chen Qin asked angrily: "You have parties every day, can you make a decision on the open registration to the public first? I remember that Zuckerberg was arguing in the middle of the year, why hasn't it been decided yet?"

This is the business that Lao Xu is paying attention to recently... Listening to Chen Qin's question, Lao Xu said awkwardly: "Are you talking about Facebook opening registration to external parties?"

"Ah."

Lao Xu introduced: "Zuckerberg has tried several times recently, but Facebook users are very dissatisfied. Many people say that if Facebook no longer imposes restrictions, then they might as well come to Weibo. Some people say that this must be Santiago's bad idea that we've been making a hodgepodge of every social network we can get our hands on..."

"So their management is willing to do it?"

"Of course they are willing." Lao Xu said, "Now Facebook has occupied all universities in the United States and has been successful in many European universities. However, the number of universities on this planet is limited. They have only two ways to continue to expand, or Either go to a university in China or lift the registration restrictions...both of which require our cooperation."

Then he said: "But we can't count on us now, because we can't give up our market to them, and this is not necessarily a good thing in itself. They are very hesitant now..."

Chen Qin asked: "Because users object?"

"Absolutely. Apart from that, I'm still hesitating that opening up registration restrictions will change the community environment. I can't understand this aspect..."

There was nothing to say about this. Chen Qin explained to him: "It's normal. You can slowly think about ways to increase community activity, but social networks have to develop into places with more users. This is the only way for them to maintain growth."

Old Xu said: "In addition, we are also directors of Facebook after all, and we still hold a lot of resources that Facebook needs. Zuckerberg has been very attentive recently..."

Chen Qin asked him: "So you go partying with them every day?"

Old Xu was embarrassed: "It's not open every day, it's not that... Anyway, didn't we plan to refuse from the beginning..."

That's true.

Recently, Facebook is preparing to make a large-scale business shift. They are preparing to open Facebook to everyone for registration.

From a product perspective, this does not seem to be a good idea. After all, Facebook's success started with the unique social atmosphere of college students. In this community, 'how to get users to interact' is a problem that does not need to be considered at all.

However, as that rule summarizes, sooner or later the growth momentum of a field will encounter a bottleneck. To maintain growth, it can only continue to lean towards other tracks. Just like Alibaba must rely on Taobao, Facebook must also They have to find a way to expand social services to all ages... The problems before them are diverse, but they are basically concentrated on Waibo.com, a friend.

In order to maintain a social atmosphere after opening registration, they need the help of Weibo. Flash games seem to be a solution to the problem-the recently popular crooked neck seems to have taken a good lead. As a catch-up, Facebook also They have reached a cooperation with Adobe, the developer of Flash, but they still need the content of Flash Empire and the technology sharing of Waibo.com.

In addition, Santiago is a member of their board of directors, and even holds the domain name FB.com. After the lawsuit, they only got Facebook.com, and the two-letter domain name FB was only given to them for redirection. Ownership remains with Santiago.

For these various reasons, Zuckerberg has been a little too solicitous lately.Chen Qin originally wanted to whet their appetite, but now it seems... he seems to have underestimated these people's methods.

"Just take it easy. If you want to play, can you find someone more serious..."

Chen Qin made a restrained comment. After thinking for a while, he, a primary school student, decided not to say more, and then abruptly changed the topic: "Since there is no problem, you can show your cards to them as soon as possible."

Lao Xu was helpless: "But doesn't the company want to delay and force them to make concessions as soon as possible...so do they have to agree now?"

"It's almost there, not to mention there's no time." Chen Qin said, "Just say you can cooperate, but you can't compromise on that condition. If they are willing to agree, then let's do it!"

Lao Xu was stunned for a moment: "So can I agree to the cooperation with the Flash Empire?"

"Yes, all conditions are negotiable, as long as they cooperate in marketing our mobile phones."

"Okay, I'm going to talk to them today, but are you sure this is okay? After all, our original goal was to get patents, and the two stuck patents have been approved recently..."

"Doesn't it mean it can be used if it passes the preliminary examination? Tianchao's patent can be invalidated in litigation, and Meilican's patent can also be used maliciously in litigation. What's more, once the product is made, it is sold for money. It has reached this point. There is no reason why it should not be used. !”

"Okay, then I'll go talk to them this afternoon..."

After saying that, Lao Xu quickly ran away. He had almost known Chen Qin's plan before, so he responded and said that he was going to work. He didn't know where he was working... Forget it.

Chen Qin re-read the report just now. Now everything has come to the last minute. With the help of elite lawyers introduced by Democratic Congressman Joseph, several patents have successfully passed the preliminary review. The company's reorganization is almost complete. Although the loan It's a bit outrageous to use a full position in financial products, but this is a natural operation for a reborn person. It seems that everything is back on track as planned.

Speaking of changes... actually there aren't many. After all, these problems were just minor childhood worries. Even if something goes wrong, it won't have much impact. But now, he almost knows what he should do.

"Aotian, people from Merrill Lynch have also come to us to sell CDS. The CDS market has fallen recently, and investment banks seem to have begun to look for individual investors. Speaking of which, do we really want to continue to follow up on the remarks of the Democratic congressman?"

Gu Wenjie sent an email, and Chen Qin replied, 'Be patient and don't be impatient'.

Things have to be done one by one. Now the layout of the subprime mortgage market is almost complete, but you have to finish the things at hand first, and the thing at hand now...

In addition to company reorganization, patent application, and the original project not to collapse, of course, buying CDS also requires some preliminary preparations, and now these preparations are almost complete.

The reason why Goldman Sachs was so confident was that it was outrageous for Chen Qin to buy all CDS. If he wanted to buy it, he could buy it. Anyway, it would be best if he lost money and went bankrupt, so that Goldman Sachs could sell the company to Yahoo and Google and earn the difference.

Of course, Goldman Sachs's confidence is justified. Of course, Chen Qin, a reborn person, doesn't care what Goldman Sachs thinks. Goldman Sachs provides him with convenience, and he can also open Goldman Sachs's eyes. However, when it comes to the future and destiny of his own company, it is still This kind of 'negative-sum game' is disgusting to everyone, so rushing in foolishly is a bit hasty, and before the final execution, there is indeed one last thing to do.

So Chen Qin turned around and flipped through the 'whistleblower' email just now——

This is also the second point worthy of attention in the incident just now, which is the old acquaintance Manjun Group.

Recently, Manjun Group was bought by him and will be integrated with Galaxy Investment to operate as a separate asset management company... Of course, the operating entity is still in Shanghai. After all, Galaxy Investment's employees are basically from Shanghai. , it is somewhat inconvenient for them to move here.

But this shell is still in Xiangjiang, so in order to facilitate its operation, it has to look a little self-sufficient.

And this 'Manjun Group' itself is just an agent with little profit. It feels like it's quite a big deal to open hundreds of thousands of dollars for such a company. People in the investment department seem to be quite critical of this, but Chen Qin is very enthusiastic. After talking to Lao Xu, he turned over the document again——

In addition to the 'internal information' provided by the young lady with a nice voice, the email also contained a file of information compiled in the past two days. Chen Qin downloaded it and looked at it carefully, but could not find the 'San Diego' information about him from the Manjun Group. I don’t know if the backup data is hidden deeper or something else...

However, his grandmother Wang Yinglan's name is written on it. It seems to be high-net-worth customer information to be sold to a telephone advertising company. There are also some information written with the grandmother that the name is also from the mainland of China. There is an ID number and There are phone numbers, residential addresses, and even rough property clues. For example, a foreign trade boss has a yacht under his name, and a government clerk named Lu has real estate overseas. In contrast, Wang Yinglan’s information column is blank, and the phone number next to it is blank. It was Chen Qin's earliest mobile phone number. It was crossed out because it was shut down for a long time, and now it is replaced by the official number of the Galaxy Investment department.Chen Qin spent this money just for this information.

He has always been able to manage his own information fairly well. The tools used by the government to manage the Internet are not yet mature, the 'Prism Project' has not started yet, and his Weibo has not received any similar inquiries, so he probably doesn't need to worry too much for the time being. .

But the time is almost up. Considering that this time there is indeed going to be big news, we must make some preparations in advance.

The two BVI companies still need to continue their shelling, which is nothing to say.

However, in the financial world, you can't avoid the eyes of the upper class of society just by hiding, so at this time, you have to think of other ways.

Chen Qin rolled up his sleeves and drafted an email himself:
"Hello, dear Mr. xx, I am Xiaoli, the customer service representative of the group. Due to the recent strict inspections in the mainland, our company needs to complete some packaging procedures in the asset field to better provide customers with property custody services."

"Recently, our company has launched a charity fund 'Red Water Fund', aiming to contribute to China's environmental protection and water resources public welfare projects. We are recruiting external investors. You can join with only 500 yuan..."

Chen Qin scribbled something and opened the channel to discuss with the people from Galaxy Investment.What the modern capital market can do is concentrated on platform tools. Although Wall Street capitalists can use financial tools to cut off small countries and destroy their families, they still have to assassinate their opponents like in novels, or directly give some money to let their subordinates give administrative services. The business of stuffing people with red envelopes is not done well. This is how many Caotai accidents often occur.

Chen Qin's previous order to give money to local patent lawyers was quite unsuccessful. This time it was also a gray method, so he had to personally participate.

If there is email, send an email, and if there is no email, use a copywriter to call. After the discussion, Xiaoli from Manjun Group honestly made the call.

And the targets of these exchanges are basically old customers of Manjun Group... In the past, Manjun Group was engaged in a leather company. Although this will indeed play some legitimate roles in the market, such as overseas listing, transnational investment and so on, but Nowadays, most of the clients are still the shells of some immigration agencies and illegal property transfers. These people are especially good at hiding from the surveillance at the national level, and they are suitable as good teammates for shorting the real estate market this time.

In this way, I asked people one by one along the contact list, and Xiaoli, an acquaintance of mine, was probably of some use. After Manjun’s boss cashed out and ran away, Xiaoli continued to work hard. She hinted to the client that she had recently checked It’s a bit tight, so let your BVI company donate money to a charity fund and be a named member; this way it will be easier to excuse if it is exposed in the future...

Some people seem to have some doubts: "Is your fund legal? And what's the situation with the wind? Can you tell me no?"

Of course Xiaoli didn't know. After all, this rhetoric was originally made up by elementary school students. However, being a Riddler naturally has its benefits. Recently, the anti-corruption in China has been very strong. Some places even invested in an anti-corruption-themed online game. In the newspaper The above report caused quite a stir. Under the excessive publicity, these big bosses are also a little bit weak, and they all have an attitude of preferring to believe this kind of thing.

Someone paid out money on the spot, including some big bosses who spent a lot of money - the foreign trade boss with a yacht asked on the spot: "How much does it cost, 500 million? Will you send someone over?"

"No, Xiansen, five hundred yuan is enough! After all, ours is a closed charity fund. The donation ratio is not announced to the public. There is no formal operation plan for the time being. The 500 yuan is just a management fee."

"Hey, water resources are environmentally friendly, isn't that great? I've wanted to invest in it for a long time, but 500 yuan is not enough."

……

It can only be said that he is a boss who can afford to drive a yacht after all, and his vision is quite accurate. However, Chen Qin wants to use this shell as a short seller, and he is not prepared to make money for these people.

Of course, there are some people who don't believe it: "Why didn't I know that I was checking my previous foreign exchange transactions recently? Who knows if there is any problem with your fund? I'm very busy, you go find someone else!"

After Xiaoli tried to persuade her, the client still refused to accept the request and even threatened to find another agency. Chen Qin tried to persuade him twice but got no response, which made him a little angry: "I said it was to check foreign exchange, but he Why don't you believe it? So and so, go to ICBC and ask for the complaint hotline of the Foreign Exchange Bureau. By the way, just send his information to ICBC and see if he believes it..."

Xiaoli, who had just dealt with the new company boss, had mixed feelings. It seemed that the new boss was not very interested in the company's previous business content. Can she make money by doing this?In addition to making phone calls, some clients had to be contacted by email. In this way, almost all clients who seemed to have some money were provided with 'services'. The red water fund that had not yet been established suddenly turned into a company with more than 30 clients. Chen Qin, an environmental fund for high-net-worth investors, was happily looking at the names on the watch when he suddenly felt someone's breath blowing on his neck.

"what!"

Chen Qin was completely frightened, "What are you doing?"

"Look at what you are doing, you were sneaky just now..."

"You scared the hell out of me..."

Even though I was complaining like this, this kind of thing had never happened before, and I really felt a little guilty this time.

Chen Qin moved the stool in frustration, but Xu Lingling was a little different today for some reason. She lay on Chen Qin's shoulder, as if she had something to say.

"what's wrong?"

"Aqin, do you like McQueen or Banya?"

Who is McQueen...oh yes, it's Aqiang.

"It's all okay."

"I like Sally. She doesn't like the pace of big cities, so she likes to stay in Water Tank Hot Springs all the time. I think I am the same."

"Well, it's really good."

"Then we will always be together from now on, okay?"

"Okay."

"That's what you said."

"I think you're acting weird today."

"No..."

Chen Qin closed the chat window without leaving a trace, but fortunately Xu Lingling didn't notice.

The next day, the first half of the sixth grade semester officially started. Although they will graduate next year, the primary school students did not seem to feel much about it. On the contrary, the scene of the newly married teacher Xiao Meng handing out wedding candies to the class was more shocking.

And time continued to pass. On Teacher's Day, the whole class sent a flower basket to Teacher Xiao Meng. When receiving the flower basket, Teacher Xiao Meng cried with joy.

During the National Day and Golden Week in October, Lao Xu was busy with business and did not go home, but he said he could take his two children on a trip on New Year's Day.

On the other side of the ocean, two new phones from Galaxy Software are ready to be launched.

Galaxy Software, which has been plagued by a lot of negative publicity recently, seems to attach great importance to this announcement. However, because this is a product for overseas markets, the conference was finally decided to be held in Silicon Valley. In the notice to the media, it was confusing There is still a lot of information——

Everyone quickly discovered that not only was the venue of this conference strange, but the person hosting the conference was not Galaxy Software or the manufacturer ZTE, but the person in charge from friendly companies Facebook and Goldman Sachs.

(End of this chapter)