Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 124 Anyone Can Speculate in Futures

   Carneg just happened to be fine, and after waiting for a while, he went out with the little boss Ye Dongqing to the Fifth Avenue in Midtown.

That night, they met Zeng Qing, who is now the chief operating officer of Tencent. This person is one of the five founders of Tencent. He joined the company in 1999. Considering the current valuation, it can be said that his ability is not low. .

Bonnie Ma recently had an unavoidable meeting to attend, so the task of meeting with Ye Dongqing to discuss financing was handed over to Zeng Qing. The two parties met during the road show, just to say hello, not The kind who have talked too much and are not familiar with each other.

   Until now, Carneg still didn't understand why his boss valued that company.

   After all, counting down the market value rankings of global Internet companies, there is currently no company in China that can squeeze into the top 50, and there is not a single Internet company with such strong influence as Microsoft, Oracle, and Yahoo.

In his view, Tencent is similar to instant messaging tools such as America Online and ICQ, and there are actually some in the market. Considering that Ye Dongqing has been busy running the start-up company called Facebook recently, it is reasonable to value this field. Tonight is just to accompany the guests, after I introduced myself, I just sat there without saying a word.

  There are also reasons why they don’t understand. The two talked in Chinese, so it’s strange that Carneg could understand.

The name of the restaurant is "Golden Coast", and it specializes in all kinds of seafood western food. Ye Dongqing ordered an Australian lobster and an abalone after finishing the courtesy, and handed the menu to Zeng Qing, asking him to order casually. We have met until now Haven't gotten into the topic yet, the topic mainly revolves around jet lag, New York attractions and other topics.

  They are not very old, Zeng Qing and Kanek are about the same age, and Ye Dongqing is several years younger than them.

It may be because of the kindness that he met Chinese in New York. Zeng Qingzheng said with a smile: "Xiao Ma has already told me your thoughts. This time I came to the United States mainly to investigate the market. In fact, I don't know much about the merger of Sohu. Agree, it will help Tencent to develop its business, but it will not play a big role, and it will only make us fall into a loss again.

  According to my opinion, we should focus on building the current business. Our company needs the funds in your hands. If we give up the acquisition, we may use the money to develop games and news websites. He has a special feeling for Sohu. Maybe you don’t know it. One of the reasons why Bonny is on this road is because he listened to the speech of the founder of Sohu. It cannot be said that Sohu is no longer good. For major needs, we have a closer idea. Since we can do it ourselves, why spend so much money to buy it. "

   "From an investor's point of view, I don't think it's necessary. Let me explain in advance that I don't mean to interfere with your company's management. I'm just making a suggestion."

Seeing that he finished ordering, Ye Dongqing handed the menu to Kanek again, and continued: "I don't think your company has clearly realized the value of so many users. Tens of millions of users are enough to accomplish many things. , For example, develop products by yourself, and then use your own channels to promote them. American Internet companies like to do this.

The reason why I came up with the idea of ​​investing in you is that I value this part of resources. Unlike traditional companies, you and Bonnie should think more divergently. Think more about using this part of resources. What areas can you seize the market in? The games and news you mentioned just now are quite good, and online shopping malls, search engine tools, etc. are also worthy of attention. "

To communicate and understand, it’s because it’s straight forward. Zeng Qing doesn’t like those vain, left-handed, right-handed ways of talking, nodded and said: “I’m also trying to persuade Boni to continue to get the 50 million yuan from you. The reason for the US dollar financing, he told me that it will take several months for the funds to arrive?"

   "That's right, I have a good project in my hands now, taking up a lot of funds, and they will be invested by me in about four months.

Since everyone thinks that financing is a good thing, I think we can continue to talk about it. I told Boney last time that I only invest and don’t have decision-making power. I will give some suggestions according to my ideas, how to implement them, and whether to adopt them or not. , That's all your business. I will never hurt myself by investing such a large amount of money, so don't treat it as nonsense, at least you should understand it seriously. I have to say these ugly things up front, you know what I mean, right? "

"This is what it should be. You are also engaged in the development of Internet products, and you know the market in the United States. Although the national conditions are different, the principles of doing business are similar all over the world. If you finally reach a cooperation, do you have any suggestions? Tell me or Bonny It will be all right."

Zeng Qing replied earnestly, how could it be possible not to pay attention to potential investors who can come up with 50 million US dollars at once? Currently, there is only one "giant" staring at Tencent, MIH Group, with a single source of funds, which leads to MIH Group Holdings are getting higher and higher.

   At present, it is so high that the founders have to be vigilant. It is beneficial for them to add another funder. At least they don’t have to worry about the decision-making power falling into the hands of others.

  Although MIH Group and Tencent maintain a delicate and harmonious relationship at present, no one can be sure, and it will be the same in the future. They have not signed an agreement to completely give up decision-making power, but only reached a verbal agreement. There is no guarantee that the future will not change.

"That's good. If you are interested, you can visit New York these two days, or I can accompany you to Seattle and Silicon Valley to see some other companies I have invested in. Among them is an online shopping mall called Amazon. The business model is quite good." Looking at the other party's attitude, Ye Dongqing felt that this business could probably be negotiated, and couldn't help but feel good.

  Zeng Qing told him: "I know about Amazon. We also have a similar company in China called Alibaba, but the specific business is different. In Alibaba, private merchants and customers are directly connected through this platform."

   "I know, you should pay more attention to that company. If you invest in it with the money you plan to acquire Sohu, I definitely agree with it."

   Deliberately revealed some information.

With the smooth negotiations between the two parties, Ye Dongqing is quietly trying to instill some of his own ideas into the mind of the Tencent COO. They will not make Tencent take off all at once. If they are really adopted, the future more profits can be realized.

   This is very necessary. Fifty million dollars is not a small number. He must ensure that his investment will not go to waste. Even if he makes less money, it also means failure.

   Food and drink are taken care of, and we have seen each other for three consecutive days.

Zeng Qing has been communicating with Bonnie Ma, and after he felt that there was no problem, he quickly finalized the financing matter. The MIH Group temporarily kept it secret from them, so as not to let them know that the plan to acquire Sohu had faltered. They attempted to raise funds first, and then talk.

MIH Group, including Ye Dongqing, are considered outsiders. The relationship between the founders and the team is better, and the starting point for making decisions is to consider their own interests. After everything is settled on January 20, the two parties A provisional agreement was signed, and the official documents will not be signed until after the lawyer draws up a solid contract, but it has already been finalized.

The investment layout is slowly being perfected. According to the development that Ye Dongqing hopes to see, coupled with the warrants he has bought in succession, he is investing in several high-potential companies in the Internet, a field that is about to achieve high growth in the future. He can almost breathe a sigh of relief, as long as there are no accidents, including Facebook, the capital in his hands is enough to allow him to eat and drink for a lifetime.

  The crude oil futures market has been pretty crazy lately. After falling back, it started to rise again. The ups and downs made Carneck sleep restlessly recently. Little Edward also called to communicate with Ye Dongqing once.

   Holding a large amount of oil and long orders in his hand, it is enough to make the name "Leo Ye" come into the sight of some people.

  He is used to being low-key, with the style of making a fortune in silence, never showing off unless necessary, but things are not as expected, Ye Dongqing doesn't look for trouble, the trouble actually finds him on his own initiative

  The origin of the whole thing starts from yesterday.

A well-known reporter from the "Wall Street Journal" found Mr. Andy Kessler, a well-known American venture capitalist, for a special interview. He was supposed to talk about health care reform. The open topic was unknowingly brought to crude oil futures market.

As one of the recent bearish forces, this well-known venture capitalist seemed to be joking, during which he said: "Oil prices will definitely fall, and several of my friends and I are bearish. Who are the people who are bullish? I heard that there is a Chinese who is still in high school, who seems to be only 17 or 18 years old. It’s not that my friend is being honest, I must have thought he was joking with me, now that the barriers to entry have become lower, anyone can enter and play futures, I hope he won’t lose all his parents’ money in the end, because the price of oil will definitely fall.”

  Being in an extremely irritable working environment for a long time, few bosses in the financial industry are good-tempered, and there are many who scold employees when they disagree with each other.

Mr. Kessler said casually, so that the "Wall Street Journal" found a bright spot, and published an article around this topic, titled "Several Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Oil Futures for High School Students?" Ye Dongqing's name was in the article, Danshui The name of the fund company is also there. It seems that the editor has worked hard and even found Ye Dongqing's teacher.

   Just lying on the gun like this quickly caused most of the financial circle to know that Ye Dongqing is such a ignorant little guy.

Apart from being a joke, I was a little envious. After all, it was not easy to get tens of millions of dollars for futures. According to the "Wall Street Journal", the teacher didn't know that this little guy had money at all, and he had been very He is withdrawn, doesn't like to participate in group activities, and is more talented in mathematics. These are all his teacher's words.

  (end of this chapter)