Rebirth of the Burning Era

?Since the Bezos and his wife are willing to come to China to meet with Liang Yifei, it means that they are sincere, and at least they do not resist the investment of Chinese entrepreneurs; after contacting Liang Yifei, McKinsey is more certain of this, but it still depends on the other party. what do you want.

"What do you need in exchange?" she asked.

"Of course it is equity." Liang Yifei said: "30% equity."

"Impossible." McKinsey shook his head without hesitation.

Whether it is discussing a business of several hundred million or a business of a few dollars, there is essentially no difference. They are asking for the price in the sky and paying the money on the ground. Liang Yifei smiled and said, "Then how much do you think is suitable?"

McKinsey did not directly quote, but said: "First of all, although five million US dollars is a huge sum of money for my husband and I at present, we can still think of other ways to raise it, and it is not necessarily necessary to pay equity; Secondly, the future of Amazon is predictable. It is certain that more than one investment bank will extend an olive branch like us before long. Finally, I want to say that a company needs to go through several rounds of financing from its inception to the listing stage. Every time, it has to be exchanged with equity. Although the investors in the first round are the most cost-effective, 5 million can never be exchanged for one-third... Or put it this way, no matter how much money, we will not pay in the first round. one third."

"I can give up the decision-making power together and let you and your husband exercise it." Liang Yifei still smiled and said, "25%."

"You know, although I admire you, and you and my husband share the same philosophy, business is not about making friends, and the points you just said, other than money, are either too far away or too much for Amazon. Not core interests." McKinsey continued to smile.

"22%." Liang Yifei also smiled and reported another number.

McKinsey continued to talk to himself, as if he hadn't heard Liang Yifei's words at all, saying: "You are a knowledgeable Chinese entrepreneur, so you must know that corporate financing is for the purpose of going public. Although US investment banks are greedy, But for Amazon's future listing, it will help a lot, and you have nothing to do in this regard."

"These words are also true in reverse." Liang Yifei said: "I can say that although I don't have much ability to help Amazon go public, I will never interfere with Amazon's operation and management. You and your husband can be safe. To achieve your ideals as you wish, without worrying about the founders being oversold by investors like Yahoo before. The choice before ideals and money has always been painful, and I can help you avoid this to the greatest extent possible. pain."

After speaking, seeing McKinsey continue to speak, Liang Yifei laughed, waved his hand, and said, "Ma'am, even if you haggle for a pound of apples in the supermarket, both parties should make their own bids, right? You can't always let me Come and retreat, always test my bottom line, but don't give me your opinion."

"It seems that bargaining is not allowed in supermarkets, at least in American supermarkets." McKinsey shrugged and said, "Unless it is a discounted item that is about to expire, or a slow-moving item, and Amazon, Mr. Liang, you and I know it. , it's a rising star."

This time, Liang Yifei did not follow her words, shook his head, and said seriously: "Ma'am, any investment is essentially gambling, it's just that the gambler and the banker think there is a difference in how much they hold. That's it. The Internet is indeed an outlet industry, and I appreciate Amazon's model, but no one has the ability to guarantee that a correct enterprise will surely reach the end and be successful."

After a pause, he said seriously: "In fact, most startups fail. At least 80% of investment banks lose money, isn't it?"

McKinsey raised his brows slightly, and stared at Liang Yifei for a moment with those big eyes that were somewhat happy and protruding slightly outwards.

"I think 5 percent is an appropriate number," she said.

"Ma'am, $5 million is a huge amount of money in today's China, and I can use it to do a lot of meaningful things. If a gambler's potential benefits from playing at the gaming table can't exceed that of normal hard work, then Is there any need for gambling to exist for gamblers?"

This time it was Liang Yifei's turn to shake his head and said, "20%."

"Then you are not gambling, but preparing to rob a casino!" McKinsey toughened his attitude and said, "5% is not a small amount."

Liang Yifei pondered for a moment, and said: "There are many people in the world, and there are many paths. Some paths, not all people can walk, all dare to walk, and all are qualified to walk. At this time, a like-minded person who has enough Competent companions are very important. In addition to all the practical factors of mutual assistance and interests, there are also reasons to avoid the spiritual realm of loneliness. Human beings must always face their own spiritual realm, be troubled by it, be inspired by it, and be inspired by it. It's infected and affected by it."

After saying these words, the scene suddenly quieted down, and the tense atmosphere that had been rattling with swords just now cooled down.

McKinsey was stunned. What do you mean by this? Isn't it a good thing to talk about investment and equity? What do you mean by these words? Does it have anything to do with equity?

Does he mean that he and her husband are like-minded on the road to the Internet, so there is a reason to ask for more shares?

This reason seems completely untenable.

But I have to say that McKinsey is not disgusted by this sudden remark. On the contrary, she, who studied sociology and anthropology, finds this sentence very interesting.

Behind McKinsey, since Liang Yifei and her started talking about business, they couldn't keep up with them at all, and they couldn't care about the female translator who rolled her eyes at Liang Yifei, but this time she looked at Liang Yifei with surprise.

A little girl who studies liberal arts will always be fascinated by romantic affairs and be fooled by the philosophy of life, especially if she has a high degree of education and a good background, she thinks she is a social elite, but she has not experienced too much real temperament of the middle class Literary girl, eat this set.

Philosophy, art, life, these three things, if you are proficient in any of them, you have the foundation to be a scumbag.

Therefore, when an entrepreneur who should be very pragmatic starts to talk about life, art, and philosophy, it indicates that this person is ready to play hooligans and fool people.

The two people in front of them are essentially women.

"Mr. Liang, what do you mean..." McKinsey asked uncertainly.

"Actually, I'm a real astronomy enthusiast. Although I don't know too many constellations, from a very young age, I thought that humans should explore the universe."

Liang Yifei said very seriously; "The Internet is a great invention that can change human life, but personally, I want to detach from this earth and go to the vast universe to find those mysteries that human beings have never known, which is beyond human beings. thing."

The little translator behind McKinsey began to feel confused. McKinsey himself felt that these words were very familiar.

Because she has a husband who has also longed to explore the universe since she was a child.

For her husband, the Internet, Amazon, is a career, an important thing, a great thing;

But exploring the universe is a personal interest, an interesting thing, and if you have everything, it is worth pursuing with all of it.

People, rich enough to a certain point, can't do the vulgar pursuit of yacht tender models all day long. Many people will embark on a journey to pursue mysterious journeys. The low-end ones seek immortals and worship Buddha, and seek folk snake charmers; high-end ones, go to enlightenment. Physics and philosophy; what can reach the limit is to explore the universe by oneself.

In later generations, as far as Liang Yifei knows, there are two such people, and Bezos is one of them. A "big toy" ten thousand year clock with a height of more than 150 meters is built in the mountains. The smallest unit of time is year. Only the chiming bird jumps out to tell the time.

All of these, in his lifetime, it is difficult to say that it will bring any economic return, but whenever he thinks that after thousands of years, human beings will return to the ancestral planet Earth, seeing that huge ancient clock, the expression on his face. With the various expressions hanging on it, Bezos, who has reached his prime, is very happy.

"Space exploration is a very expensive business, so I have to make sure that when I am young, I can earn enough money and have enough energy sources to continuously generate wealth assets to provide me in middle age. Do what interests you."

Liang Yifei said: "As you think, this reason is not convincing from a commercial point of view, and may even be ridiculous and naive, but this is my true opinion, and because of this, I cannot accept too low a stake."

"Mr. Liang..." McKinsey took a long sigh and said, "I thought that when I came this time, you would talk to me about the Internet, how rich you are, and at least about China's development status. , you and I are talking about philosophy and ideals."

"All disciplines and religions will ultimately be attributed to philosophy, and all undertakings are ultimately for the realization of ideals." Liang Yifei said: "People without philosophical thinking and great ideals are not enough to talk about the greatness that affects human beings. business."

"Okay, Mr. Liang, I admit that as a woman studying sociology, perhaps my pattern is smaller than yours." McKinsey's expression was a little helpless, but also a little joyful, always complicated, and said: " Since 5% is too little, let’s double it, which is the upper limit we can accept.”

"This is also the lower limit I can accept." Liang Yifei stood up, stretched out his hand like McKinsey, smiled and said, "Congratulations to you and your husband, you have not only received your first investment, but also have a like-minded partner."

"It sounds like a good deal." McKinsey shrugged, hesitated for a few seconds, and then reached out and held Liang Yifei's hand.

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