In this life, we don’t even talk about love dogs.

Chapter 694: Creating a Different Company (4000 words)
Sitting on the plane to the United States, Ye Ge closed his eyes and was resting, but he didn't fall asleep. Even though it was a first-class cabin, Ye Ge felt that it was not easy to sleep on the plane.

Next to Ye Ge, Yan Cici was holding a notebook and still working.

As for the businessmen and officials that he would meet in the United States next, Yan Cici was looking at their background information in order to be prepared to know himself and his enemy.

However, in Yan Cici's opinion, going to the United States to open a branch is not a difficult thing.

But Ye Ge made a lot of preparations, including meeting with the Governor of California.

It’s like there will be many difficulties in stabilizing the sound, so Ye Ge needs to be prepared in advance.

Among these many executives of large companies and California officials, one person's information does not seem so prominent.

This person's name is Zhou Zhi.

According to information, Zhou Zhi is Singaporean.

In 01, Zhou Zhi joined the army.

In 2003, Zhou Zhi retired from the army with the rank of captain.

In 10, he joined DST as a partner.

He is currently still working at dst.

Zhou Zhi's family background is actually quite good. His mother is an ordinary courier, but his father founded a construction company in the 60s. It happened that Singapore supported the construction industry at that time, so he made money quickly.

He studied at the Department of Economics at the University of London. After graduation, he joined the financial giant Goldman Sachs in London and worked as an investment bank analyst.

Being able to join this group is enough to prove how outstanding Zhou Zhi is.

Many elites dream of joining Goldman Sachs.

Normally, after joining such a large company, one would choose to work hard, strive to produce content at work, and then get promoted.

Basically, as long as you work hard, you will be financially free in this life and won't have to worry about money.

But Zhou Zhi made an important decision in 08. He moved from the UK to the United States and pursued a master's degree at Harvard Business School.

In 08, he moved from the UK to the US and studied for a master's degree at Harvard Business School.

In 09, when Zhou Zhi was still studying, he came into contact with a startup technology company at the time, which is now famous as Facebook.

In 10, after graduating from Harvard, Zhou Zhi joined the Damao international investment fund Digital Sky Technologies DST as a partner.

In December of that year, with Zhou Zhi's help, DST invested US$12 million to purchase 5% of JD.com's shares and even successfully invested in Alibaba.

In 11, it was Zhou Zhi who arranged for the founder of DST to contact Dami, and eventually purchased 5% of Dami's shares for US$7 million.

Judging from the final results, these investments are basically very profitable.

His vision is extremely cruel and unique.

These companies have been developing rapidly recently, and as of now, there is no sign of stopping. They will continue to develop rapidly for a long time.

The more Yan Cici watched his investment process, the more he thought of Ye Ge who was beside him.

The fields he entered and the companies he invested in were extremely similar to Ye Ge's.

Could this be what they call great minds think alike?

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me then?"

As soon as Ye Ge opened his eyes, he noticed Yan Cici's gaze.

"Nothing, I just wondered how you found this person and chose him as the first person to meet?"

Yan Cici asked curiously.

In fact, even though this person is very outstanding, it is indeed surprising that Ye Ge chose him as the first person to meet.

And to be honest, this person is not that famous now.

At that time, Ye Ge asked Xu Xin to look up this person's information.

In order to find out this person's information, Xu Xin even asked Xuetang Group for help.

Xuetang Group was also troubled at first because they had never heard of this person.

Later, Mr. Tang found out that it was Ye Ge who wanted the information of this person. Considering that it was Ye Ge who needed it, he personally went to ask some of his friends and mobilized his own connections, and finally found all the information.

In other words, if Ye Ge didn't specifically ask for it, this person's information would be really difficult to obtain.

Ye Ge smiled and said: "Don't underestimate this person, and don't think that this person is young. In fact, this person's vision and work ability are definitely beyond your imagination.

If nothing unexpected happens, I will hand over our overseas stabilization business to him in the future."

"..."

Yan Cici knew that Ye Ge valued this person very much, but she didn't expect that he valued him so much.

Ye Ge has been seeking the development of Wenyin overseas.

Unexpectedly, Ye Ge would actually hand over the sector that he valued most to the other party.

Although Yan Cici didn't know how Ye Ge knew the other person, he didn't know why Ye Ge had such great confidence in him.

But Yan Cici believed in Ye Ge's decisions. So far, none of the decisions Ye Ge made were wrong, and some were even a little ahead of the times. However, these were also decisions that were ahead of the times, and in the future, they were all proven to be correct.

When Yan Cici and Ye Ge got off the plane and arrived in the United States, they were indeed a little uncomfortable due to the jet lag.

However, they didn't have time to adjust to the time difference, as the trip to the United States was very rushed.

Basically every day is fully scheduled, so on this day after checking into the hotel, they just slept for a while before setting off.

Ye Ge and Yan Cici went to the first agreed restaurant.

Although both of them were still a little groggy, they forced themselves to persevere after drinking one or two cups of coffee.

In that restaurant, Yan Cici met Zhou Zhi in person.

This Zhou Zhi looks gentle and elegant, with a feeling of a Confucian scholar.

He was about the same height as Ye Ge, and was wearing a suit that made him look very decent. He did not have too many decorations, and gave people a very smart and capable impression.

"Mr. Zhou, right? Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule."

Ye Ge stepped forward and said with a smile, he stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other person tightly, holding it for a long time before letting go.

"Mr. Ye, you are too polite. When you invited me to dinner, I suspected that you were a liar. After all, for someone as unknown as me, I am flattered to be invited to dinner by you."

Zhou Zhi also had a smile on his face, which gave people neither a feeling of being too close nor too distant. In fact, from the first impression, Yan Cici felt that this young man was indeed not simple.

Normally speaking, an ordinary person would feel flattered if he were personally invited to a meal by a billionaire, not to mention that the other person is actually quite young.

However, although the other party said that he was flattered, he actually behaved neither humble nor arrogant.

"Mr. Zhou, please take a seat."

"Please take a seat first."

After Ye Ge sat down, Zhou Zhi sat opposite Ye Ge, and Yan Cici sat next to Ye Ge.

"This meeting with Mr. Zhou was indeed a bit abrupt." Ye Ge said.

"No, no."

Zhou Zhi spoke quickly.

"I just wonder if Mr. Ye has taken the time out of his busy schedule to come and see me. Is there something important?"

"Actually, it's nothing." Ye Ge smiled and took a sip of water. "I just want to ask Mr. Zhou, how do you feel about your current job?"

When Ye Ge asked this question, Zhou Zhi had already guessed Ye Ge's purpose. It was very likely that the other party wanted to poach him to his company.

But this made Zhou Zhi even more confused, because he really had no reputation. Even if he had some fame, it was only in a small circle.

"I am actually quite satisfied with my current job. The company has given me a lot of trust."

Zhou Zhi tactfully expressed his current thoughts.

That is, I am quite satisfied with my current job and have no plans to change jobs.

But Zhou Zhi didn't finish his words.

After all, if there were better opportunities for development, Zhou Zhi would definitely want to show his talents.

Hearing the other party's answer, Ye Ge's mouth curled up slightly. The other party's answer was also within his expectations.

As of now, he is definitely valued in the company and will definitely not have any dissatisfaction with the company.

Generally speaking, he won't leave easily.

But he didn't say anything definite, which means that if he has a good opportunity, he is actually willing to change jobs.

"It's like this. I heard from a friend that you, Mr. Zhou, are actually a very talented person, and you have your own unique insights in the business field and various investments.

The company I recently founded is called ByteDance.

We have invested a lot of money in this company.

In my opinion, this is not an optional project, but a project that must be developed. Now, in just a few months, the software Wenyin we launched has 1 million users in China.

I believe the number of this user will increase.

But I am not just satisfied with just being in China, we want to develop overseas.

So what I was thinking about was to set up a branch overseas, mainly responsible for overseas business.

I wonder if Mr. Zhou is interested in becoming the general manager of our overseas branch?"

We are all smart people. After a little politeness, there is no need to beat around the bush.

So Ye Ge directly expressed his thoughts.

After hearing the conditions given by Ye Ge, Zhou Zhi was also shocked.

If the other party wants to poach you, the conditions they offer must be better than those of your current company, which may be in terms of position or salary.

Now, leaving aside the salary, just from the position, Zhou Zhi could feel that the other party valued him.

As for the byte jump that Ye Ge mentioned, he must have heard of it.

Not only has Zhou Zhi heard about it, he has also been researching this company recently. The more he studies it, the more he feels that this company has great potential.

Even Zhou Zhi was thinking about whether he should ask his boss to invest.

So this time Zhou Zhi came to see Ye Ge not just because of Ye Ge's invitation, in fact Zhou Zhi also had his own little idea, which was to see if this young billionaire was ready to accept investment.

Because according to my understanding, this billionaire actually holds ByteDance's shares very tightly.

Currently, the company has only two major shareholders, one is Xuetang Group and the other is Penguin.

In fact, these two major shareholders only hold 10% of the shares, which is actually not enough compared to Ye Ge's 80%.

What I didn't expect was that before I even tried to test the waters, the other party had already extended an olive branch to me.

Although the overseas company has not yet been established, according to my understanding, the other party does have plans to expand overseas, and this is why the other party came to the United States in person to pave the way for the branch.

The fact that the other party asked me to be responsible for all overseas business is enough to show how much they value me.

"Is Mr. Ye so anxious to expand into overseas markets?" Zhou Zhi asked curiously.

Zhou Zhi knew that the other party had plans to expand overseas, but he was not sure whether they just wanted to give it a try or focus on development.

If the other party just wants to give it a try, then I feel there is no need to go over.

“Yes, I am very anxious. I attach great importance to the overseas market, which is still in a relatively blank stage at present.

If our software can be connected outside, there will be billions of users using our software, and our software will be able to gain a firm foothold in the international arena.

As of now, all my liquid funds are basically used to develop business in both domestic and overseas markets.

My companies, Bilibili and Mihoyo, are also constantly providing capital transfusions to ByteDance.

But I believe that everything we do will definitely pay off, and I think what I am doing is also very meaningful. Nowadays, the world's discourse power is monopolized by Western media.

I think it’s time to have a platform that can break these monopolies and make some different voices heard.

Our ancestors once said that we should open our eyes and see the world.

I think it's not just us opening our eyes to the world.

Today, the right to public opinion is becoming increasingly important in the entire world.

So we need to get people in the West to open their eyes and look at us.”

Ye Ge stood up and held out his hand to him. "How about it? Are you willing to start a different company with me?"

(End of this chapter)