Rebirth of the Financial Crisis Sweeping the World

  Chapter 452 452 is worth over 30 billion U.S. dollars, and the two Silicon Valley bosses are kneeling!

  Wang Guanxi’s investment in Facebook is confidential and not public.

  Makzak curiously asked: "Wang, why should it be kept secret and not disclosed?"

  This time, Wang Guanxi invested so much money in Facebook, not with one fund, but a joint investment of multiple offshore funds, diversifying his 25% equity.

  This makes him wonder.

  It would be great to disclose this investment to the public, so that other financial institutions who are not optimistic about it can regret it.

  Be aware that he had talked to many financial institutions about financing before, but the other party refused, and the loan was also refused.

  Now that Facebook is rich, these people just want to raise money in the future, and he doesn’t need it anymore, just waiting to go public.

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said: “I don’t want other financial institutions to know that I have invested in Facebook. Of course, if they want to check, they can still find it, but I don’t want too many companies to know.”

  The Twitter company he invested in and WhatsApp are all competitors of Facebook.

   Mark Zak: "Well, well, I won't tell the public."

  Stayed in Lanai for a few days.

  April 28th.

  ’The Crown’ took off from Lanai Airport and flew to San Francisco International Airport.

  On the plane, Wang Guanxi and Mark Zak had lunch.

  This time received 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in funds, and spent a few days on Lanai Island, which made Mark Zack extremely comfortable and relaxed.

  The 2.5 billion US dollars, but a huge sum of money!

  Even if Facebook spends 50 million US dollars every month, it can still spend 50 months, and it is impossible for Facebook to fail.

  Makzak estimates that this economic crisis will last at most two years, and Facebook currently spends 20 million US dollars every month.

  Just ensure enough cash for 25 months of expenditure.

  The 25-month expenditure is only US$500 million.

  It’s a lot more calculation, then 800 million dollars.

  The remaining $1.7 billion can allow him to start acquisitions. Those companies that he is optimistic about, beneficial to Facebook, or threatening, can all be acquired.

  Such as Twitter, Markzak is very excited to think about it.

  There was an uncontrollable smile on his face.

  But he didn't know that the secret controller of Twitter was Wang Guanxi, and it was impossible for him to acquire it.

  At this time, Wang Guanxi said: "Mark, this time Facebook has a lot of cash. You can also raise funds for other technology companies, or directly buy companies that threaten Facebook."

Mark Zak: "Wang, I think so too. Google previously offered me a valuation of 2 billion U.S. dollars, and they looked down on me. They didn't expect you to value me 7.5 billion U.S. dollars and inject 2.5 billion in capital. Since the dollar came, now Facebook has money, so you don’t have to suffer from Google and Yahoo.”

  In 2006, when he was 22 years old, he was insulted by Yahoo. This time he was insulted by Google.

  Now his Facebook company has more cash than Yahoo!

  Now Wang Guanxi has valued Facebook at 7.5 billion US dollars and injected 2.5 billion US dollars, making Facebook valued at 10 billion US dollars.

  Facebook has US$2.5 billion in cash, while Yahoo is still struggling to raise funds with less than US$1.8 billion in cash.

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said: “It’s true. The profit announced by Yahoo! has lost a lot of money, the debt on the book is also large, and the cash flow is not much.”

Markzak laughed and said: "This Yahoo company is getting worse and worse. Last year, it also rejected the acquisition of Microsoft. Now the market value has shrunk a lot. Market value."

This Yahoo Company had a market value of 30 billion U.S. dollars in February 2008. At that time, Microsoft’s Bill Gates offered a purchase price of 45 billion U.S. dollars. Yahoo did not agree. Three months later, Bill Gates offered 50 billion. The US dollar price was almost 66% premium, but Yahoo still refused.

  After the economic crisis broke out, Yahoo's market value has shrunk from 30 billion U.S. dollars to 12.8 billion U.S. dollars today.

  Soon Facebook will surpass Yahoo.

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said: “Mark, your company’s going public will definitely push Yahoo far away, and it’s okay to exceed US$100 billion in the future.”

   "Haha, I hope so. I can't think of 100 billion US dollars. The valuation before the listing has doubled five times. I will be satisfied with 50 billion US dollars."

   "Of course, after a few years of listing, it will definitely surpass Yahoo's peak market value."

  He is very confident that in the future, Facebook’s listing will definitely surpass Yahoo’s current market value.

  This Yahoo company, as the dominant Internet industry, used to have a market value of 100 billion US dollars. Now it has declined and is dying. Now, Facebook will definitely become an Internet giant, surpassing the highest market value of Yahoo.

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said, "It will definitely be."

  Makzak thought for a while and said, "Now that the company has so much cash, I plan to set up branches in Hong Kong, Bay Island, Singapore... and acquire small local Internet companies..."

  Thinking about it, he said again: "I plan to use 1 billion US dollars to acquire Twitter, and Facebook will build a headquarters building."

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said: "Your company is up to you."

  At present, after Wang Guanxi’s financing of Facebook, Markzak still controls 70% of the voting rights.

  Wang Guanxi holds 25% of the shares and the voting rights are less than 8%.

  And on May 18, 2012, when Facebook was listed, it was valued at more than US$100 billion, making it the third largest IPO case in the history of the United States.

   has doubled by 10 times, and Wang Guanxi's investment of 2.5 billion US dollars will also receive nearly 10 times the return, which will be worth at least 20 billion US dollars by then.

  Furthermore, Facebook’s market value will rise all the way in the future. It is okay for the US$2.5 billion to increase to US$200 billion.

  If you change to another CEO, the market value of Facebook will not reach a market value of $1 trillion.

  Just like Apple, if Jobs did not come back, there would be no Apple in market value.

Markzak said: "Wang, I like investors like you. I remember that when my friend and I just founded Facebook, PayPal founder Peter Thiel gave me the first seed investment, 500,000 US dollars. , The conditions were very harsh, and I still accepted it."

At that time, Peter Thiel agreed to invest in the form of convertible bonds. If the number of Facebook users reaches 1.5 million by the end of 2004, Peter Thiel’s 500,000 will be automatically converted into Facebook shares. If it does not reach, he can ask Facebook to pay back the money and Make up the interest.

  Although Facebook failed to meet the target later, Peter Thiel agreed to transfer shares.

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said: "I've heard of Peter Thiel. He is a well-known Silicon Valley venture capitalist."

  Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal in 1998 and sold it to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002, with a personal profit of $60 million,

  Future Iron Man Musk is also the co-founder of PayPal. The relationship between Peter Thiel and Musk has been very bad in the company.

  Musk once squeezed out the original founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, and became the CEO. As a result, he was jointly impeached by employees and the board of directors when he went to spend his honeymoon with his girlfriend because of poor management.

  I took a flight back and found that he had been dismissed. Peter Thiel's joint board of directors drove the majority shareholder Musk out of the company, and then Peter Thiel returned to PayPal as CEO.

  Finally sold PayPal and made a lot of money.

  Peter Thiel, Musk, and their former colleagues at PayPal called Silicon Valley Heibang. These people have their own business after PayPal is sold, and they have done a lot.

  Markzak said: "At the beginning, Facebook users did not meet the standard. Fortunately, Peter Thiel did not withdraw his capital and agreed to transfer shares, otherwise my Facebook company would go bankrupt because of his withdrawal."

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said: "Peter Thiel is still very foresighted. When Facebook goes public, he will get super high returns."

  Mark Zak smiled and said: "He also invested in many companies, and I plan to make strategic investments in the technology companies that Peter Thiel invested in."

  Thinking about it, he said, "Wang, he invited me to dinner tonight. You can get to know him. If you want to invest in a technology company, he should have a lot of good projects on his hands."

  Wang Guanxi said: "Yes, go to my manor tonight."

  Mark Zach: "Okay, when I get to San Francisco, I will call him"

  Time passed in a flash.

  The'Crown' landed at San Francisco International Airport.

  Markzak called Peter Thiel.

  At night, Markzak and Peter Thiel all came to Wang Guanxi’s Crown Manor in Pacific Heights.

  Peter Thiel is dressed in a formal suit, with a black suit and a brown tie, looking very cold and handsome.

  Wang Guanxi knows that he is a homosexual, has a boyfriend of the same sex, and will be married in the future.

  Of course, Wang Guanxi does not discriminate, and respects others in his heart.

  Markzak introduced: "Wang, this is Peter Thiel, one of the leaders of the Silicon Valley Black State"

  Wang Guanxi smiled and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Peter Thiel, welcome"

  Peter Thiel also enthusiastically shook hands with Wang Guanxi, his heart was shocked, and his expression was excited: "Mr. Wang, you are so young, it is unimaginable."

  "You must be a genius among financial geniuses. No one I know on Wall Street is as good as you."

  Speaking of which, Peter Thiel can't admire Wang Guanxi.

  So young, he is super rich.

  Although he has founded many companies and his FoundersFund has invested in many companies, the return is still not obvious.

  Wait for the company to be listed before seeing the return.

  Since the sale of PayPal, he has received 60 million US dollars, spent 50 million US dollars to set up a founder's fund, and set up some small companies.

  But his assets have not increased much over the years. How can this be compared with Wang Guanxi, the gap is too big.

  Wang Guanxi smiled faintly: "It's just good luck, it's actually nothing."

   "Let’s go, let’s have dinner first"

"it is good!"

  Then everyone entered the manor and then to the luxurious restaurant, where the maids delivered dinner.

  At dinner, Peter Thiel asked: "Mr. Wang, Murdoch’s Lanai Island has been sold. You should be the mysterious buyer, right?"

  Wang Guanxi thought that Mark Zach, who had lived in Lanai for a day, would tell Peter Thiel, but he didn’t expect this to be kept secret, so he nodded: "Yes, now I am the owner of Lanai."

  Peter Tilton took a deep breath, breathing quickly.

  Learned from a CIA friend.

  That is the existence worth more than 30 billion U.S. dollars.

  Thinking of this, Peter Thiel feels very small. To be honest, his net worth is only a few hundred million dollars, and most of them are still valued.

  Includes Facebook’s valuation.

  However, if you want to realize the cash, you need to wait for the company to go public, or sell the stock to other venture capitalists when financing.

   And his first pot of gold was the founding of PayPal. After selling it, he personally received 60 million US dollars.

  Financial freedom, he began to join the venture capital industry. Over the years, his net assets have increased a lot. As a well-known venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, he is far behind Wang Guanxi.

  He couldn't help but said: "Mr. Wang, it is rumored that you are worth at least 30 billion U.S. dollars. Is this true?"

Markzak listened to Peter Thiel saying that Wang Guanxi was worth more than 30 billion U.S. dollars, and he was stunned. He did not ask Wang Guanxi's assets, that is to say, he guessed Wang Guanxi was worth about 10 billion US dollars. He did not expect Peter Thiel. After learning that Wang Guanxi is the owner of Lanai Island, it is incredible to say that Wang Guanxi is worth more than 30 billion US dollars.

   "Wang, what Peter Thiel said is not true, right?"

   "My God, are you worth more than 30 billion U.S. dollars?"

  He thought that Wang Guanxi had just made a lot of money in the financial market, had a lot of cash, and was very optimistic about Facebook, so he invested a huge amount.

  He estimated that Wang Guanxi is worth about 10 billion US dollars.

  After all, these private jets, private islands, and Silicon Valley Bank were all bought this year, as well as Hawaiian Airlines and Hawaii International Hotel, which cost 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.

  Plus the investment in Facebook, 2.5 billion US dollars.

  Wang Guanxi still has billions of dollars, which is the top of the sky.

  At this time, Peter Thiel spoke again: "The oriental crocodile often reported by the media is Mr. Wang, right?"

  In fact, he is engaged in the venture capital industry, and he often deals with financial institutions. Many of his Silicon Valley Black State members are executives in hedge funds, and they are spreading the glorious deeds of oriental predators from time to time.

  Wang Guanxi nodded and smiled, and had no choice but to showdown and said: "Outside, I did arrange the nickname of an oriental predator."

  Thinking about it, he continued: "Actually, I am still a major shareholder of Amazon, Bank of America, Citibank, and Wells Fargo."

  On Amazon, Fund 1 bought 80 million shares. Now Amazon’s stock price has risen to $70, worth $5.6 billion.

  On Citibank, Fund 2 bought 200 million shares, and Citibank’s stock price has risen to $31 per share, valued at $6.2 billion.

  On Wells Fargo Bank, Fund 3 bought 400 million shares, and now Wells Fargo’s stock price has rushed to US$20 per share, worth US$8 billion.

  On Bank of America, Fund 4 holds 1 billion shares, and the current stock price of Bank of America has risen to 9 US dollars per share, valued at 9 billion US dollars.

  It is already 28.8 billion US dollars.

  Then he continued: “East West Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Huntington Bank, Bank of Hawaii, Macy’s, and Ford Motor Company are all companies under my control.”

  Fund No. 1 alone also holds 1.5 billion Class A shares of Ford Motor Company. Now Ford Motor Company’s stock price has risen to US$5 per share, which is worth US$7.5 billion.

  Calculating, the value of his four offshore funds holdings is as high as 36.3 billion U.S. dollars.

  Thinking of this, he continued: “I have a net worth of more than 30 billion U.S. dollars at present!”

  In the recent period, the stock market has risen a lot, the value of his stocks has doubled, and his assets have expanded.

   After listening, Peter Thiel and Markzak knelt on the ground, their heads were split, and they looked at Wang Guanxi dumbfounded.

  This TM is too incredible, unimaginable.

  Mark Zach realized that he knew Wang Guanxi, and it was just the tip of the iceberg. If it weren't for Peter Thiel to break the news in person, he would not have known that Wang Guanxi controls so many banks and big companies!

  That Macy’s store is not far from his home, and he often goes shopping.

  And he has been driving a Ford before.

  These are all enterprises controlled by Wang Guanxi!

  This is the existence of the world's top five hundred.

  Peter Thiel asked excitedly: "Mr. Wang, how did you do it? I'm very curious, why can you have such a huge amount of wealth at such a young age?"

  He just can't imagine how Wang Guanxi made so much money. Now the economic crisis has caused the wealth of the rich to shrink, and Bill Gates has a net worth of US$40 billion, making him the richest man in the world.

  While Wang Guanxi is worth more than 30 billion U.S. dollars, it is conceivable that his wealth must be close to the current world's richest man.

  Mark Zak excitedly asked: "Yeah, how did you do it? I have told the story of my entrepreneurship, and you can also tell the story of your making money in the financial market."

  His entrepreneurial story is quite difficult and very exciting, but Wang Guanxi’s story is definitely more legendary. He also really wants to know how Wang Guanxi makes money in the financial market.

  It was worth more than 30 billion US dollars in a short period of time. How did this happen?

Wang Guanxi smiled; "Actually, I made my fortune in the economic crisis. I shorted the stocks of many listed companies, such as Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, American International Group, Washington Mutual Bank, among which I shorted Lehman. Brother company twice,"

  Makzak and Peter Thiel heard that Wang Guanxi had shorted Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, American International Group, and Washington Mutual Bank when Wang Guanxi broke out in the financial crisis last year, and they immediately admired them.

  This is simply amazing.

  It is important to know that the stock prices of these four financial giants all fell to historical lows at that time, and Wang Guanxi was still short at historical lows, and short selling was extremely risky.

  Wang Guanxi took a huge risk to short the large sum, which is simply extraordinary courage.

  If you change to them, you definitely don’t have the courage.

  Mark Zak said: "At that time, I used my own millions of dollars of spare money to buy Lehman Brothers stock, and as a result, Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, and all the stocks I held became waste paper."

Peter Thiel also sighed: "I used two million US dollars to buy the bottom of Washington Mutual Bank. The price was 2 US dollars per share. I thought I could earn tens of millions of dollars after holding it for a few years. I think the Bank of Washington is also bankrupt."

Both of them bought Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual Bank last year. After all, they are both century-old companies. After the Great Depression, the two world wars, and the economic crisis of the 1980s, they both believed that Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual Bank will not go bankrupt, but it will go bankrupt.

Wang Guanxi smiled and said: "The two of you are just out of luck. If you copy the bottom right, such as Bear Stearns Bank and Midland Bank, you will make money. Before Midland Bank was acquired by Wells Fargo, I bought the bottom of the United States. Union Bank made more than $1 billion in profit"

  At that time, Midland Bank was short-selling by Soros. Coupled with the impact of the financial crisis, the stock price fell into shit. Wang Guanxi bought a lot of dips and then borrowed 200 million shares to short the Black Shirt Alliance.

  Finally, Wells Fargo Bank acquired Midland Bank, and the stock price skyrocketed. Wang Guanxi earned US$1.09 billion. Looking back, it’s really cool.

Mark Zack immediately said with envy: "Wang, you are so brave. At that time, when Midland Bank was on the verge of bankruptcy in a major crisis, my wife still sold the shares of Midland Bank in a very low position. Union Bank was acquired by Wells Fargo at a high price, and my wife lost a lot of money in vain.”

Speaking of this, Mark Zak said admiringly: "Wang, your courage is really extraordinary. You actually bought a lot of money from Midland Bank when Midland Bank was on the verge of bankruptcy. You are so sure that Midland Bank will not follow Lei. Is Mann Brothers and Washington Mutual Bank as bankrupt?"

Wang Guanxi said: "At that time, Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual Bank brought huge debts after the bankruptcy. The U.S. government definitely does not want Midland Bank to also go bankrupt and suffer more financial shocks, so it will definitely support other banks. Acquiring Midland Bank and guaranteeing the bad debts of Midland Bank at the same time."

After listening to Markzak, he took a deep breath and said: "Wang, your vision, pattern, and courage are really unmatched. If someone like you doesn't make money in the financial market, that's really a violation. Heaven is right."

  Peter Thiel also echoed: "Mr. Wang, you are really a genius among financial geniuses. You have made so much money from the financial crisis in a short time."

Wang Guanxi smiled and said, “It’s just good luck. After the financial crisis broke out, I continued to short Citibank, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America. I went short twice and made money. Then I went to the lowest share price position to buy bottoms. I made tens of billions of dollars."

  Makzak knelt down with Peter Tilton.

  The stock prices of Wells Fargo, Citibank, and Bank of America have been declining. Citibank and Bank of America have all been capitalized by tens of billions of dollars, and some of them have been nationalized, and their stock prices have fallen miserably.

  Wang Guanxi’s two short shorts must have made a lot of money again.

  After shorting, then buy the bottom.

  This is simply a god-like operation.

  No wonder it is worth more than 30 billion U.S. dollars.

  This is simply an operation beyond the reach of the two of them.

  When will they make so much money?

   "Wang, in this life, I will not accept Bill Gates, I will obey you now" Markzak said with a serious face.

   "Mr. Wang, me too" Peter Thiel also echoed.

  (End of this chapter)