The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

After Jiang Jia had some unpleasantness with these classmates.

He didn't stay to attend the next class reunion.

Instead, he turned and drove his Mercedes back to the company.

Guazi Used Cars has been established for a year, with a total investment of approximately 80 million yuan.

It was actually her and her two senior brothers who put together the money.

Eighty million had exhausted all their energy.

Relatives and friends are trying to raise money everywhere, but unfortunately, there isn't a single person who can help them complete their Series A funding.

After Jiang Jia returned to the company, her two senior colleagues remained quite optimistic.

One is a seasoned tech geek, and the other is in charge of operations.

The company rented a separate floor of office space in the Third Ring Road as its headquarters.

The company has fewer than 300 employees, and its main operations center is currently located in Beijing.

The internet has penetrated into every aspect of people's lives in recent years.

Jiang Jia also sees the used car market as having huge potential, and that no unicorn internet company has yet emerged.

That's why he resolutely quit his job at a foreign company with an annual salary of 600,000 yuan and joined this company to co-found an internet platform that sells used cars.

Success! Financial freedom! Life will be completely different from now on.

Even if it doesn't work out, it doesn't mean I've wasted my youthful entrepreneurial enthusiasm.

It can only be said that the difficulty of starting a business on the internet is beyond imagination.

They submitted countless financing plans to various investment institutions.

As a result, all of them disappeared without a trace.

The reason for this is not that their project is bad, but that no one is willing to believe in them at all.

To put it bluntly, it's because they lack the necessary qualifications.

"So, did you see him?"

The senior student who wore glasses and specialized in technology asked her.

Jiang Jia shook her head. "No."

"It's okay, if it doesn't work this time, there's always next time."

Mature teams encourage each other.

Ninety-nine percent of internet startups fail halfway through; those who survive are either lucky or have exceptional skills.

The key is to have a mentor or expert to help you out.

Jiang Jia didn't say much; this was already the umpteenth time she'd gone from hope to despair.

Just as she was getting ready to go to work, her cell phone rang in her pocket.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an unfamiliar number. I slid the arrow lock open.

"Hello... This is Chen Pingsheng."

Just a few words instantly pulled Jiang Jia out of her disappointment and into surprise and disbelief.

The changes in facial expressions were extremely complex and were completed in a very short time.

But she jumped up with joy immediately after receiving the call.

Just like when I took the college entrance exam and got into the university I was most satisfied with.

"Senior brother, it's Chen Pingsheng. He wants us to bring the project proposal to see him."

"Is it really him?"

"That's right, it's him. He's really interested in our project."

Undoubtedly, that short 30-second phone call gave their entire team a shot in the arm.

Internet projects typically rely on losing money in the early stages to maintain their market presence.

When you're broke, that's when you're about to go bankrupt.

……

Tencent Entertainment, Headquarters Building.

Chen Pingsheng stood on the top floor of the eighteenth floor and looked up at the taller buildings.

Looking down, I saw the bustling crowds on the street.

Just like his brother-in-law, if he hadn't married his younger sister, he would have been just another face in the crowd.

If you're asking if he treated Chen Qi badly, that's definitely not true.

No matter how busy he is, he will buy groceries and cook for her at home. You could say he's a good person, but he clearly lacks the maturity and insight of a seasoned adult.

Even he himself was clearly unable to cope with this sudden wealth.

It can only be said that the young couple is still adjusting to each other.

Chen Qi wanted to try her best to integrate into his life, and Hu Lin also wanted to do everything he could to be good to her.

Little did they know that when immense wealth and power descended upon them, those former relatives and friends would turn their backs on them.

Everything changes.

Chen Pingsheng himself disdained to deal with such matters, but his wife rushed over.

Back when his family became wealthy, many relatives would come to borrow money every year.

Song Yanxi also borrowed money. When she went to ask for it back at the agreed time, she was met with scolding from her relatives: "Your family isn't short of money, why do you still want me to pay you back?"
Well, that's not what you said when you borrowed the money.

Song Yanxi thought about it for three days but couldn't figure it out. Later, she simply stopped thinking about it and sent a court summons to her relative's house.

Fine, you don't want to pay me back!

I'll sue you to death.

Once his company grew large, countless people tried to use their connections to secure a good job there.

Isn't Han Fei a perfect example?

What happened next? He jumped off the building.

Even now, some relatives still blame him.

His younger sister has clearly encountered a similar situation.

In situations like this, his wife steps in.

Not to mention those classmates, if any of Hu Lin's relatives in his hometown borrowed money from Chen Qi and didn't pay it back, they would be disgusting.

His wife will definitely send him a court summons.

Go and try to play the rogue with the judge!

Life is full of disappointments, and there are always these trivial things everywhere.

Chen Pingsheng simply couldn't be bothered to care.

Jiang Jia came over with her two senior brothers. Bai Xin knocked on the door for them. In the president's office, which was more than 200 square meters, there was a middle-aged figure standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the building, without saying a word.

Standing inside this billion-dollar building, as the sole owner of this skyscraper, one's aura is extremely mysterious.

"Where are you coming from?"

Chen Pingsheng asked them to sit down, while he himself sat on the sofa, his thoughts unreadable.

Jiang Jia was very nervous, even though the big shot in front of her looked ordinary and was actually Hu Lin's wife's older brother.

I had seen him toasting everyone at the wedding, but that was only one side of the story.

Standing in this building, sitting on a simple sofa that's neither too high nor too low, you can decide the lifestyle of countless people with a wave of your hand.

They can often determine the success or failure of their projects.

This is the right way to treat Chen Qi's brother.

"Mr. Chen, this is our financing plan. Would you like to take a look?"

"Need not."

Chen Pingsheng said, "It's only 100 million. I don't need to spend too much time thinking about it. You can introduce your projects in the shortest time possible, focusing on the core and key points. I don't want to hear too many complicated things."

Jiang Jia understood that the big boss's time was not meant to be wasted.

It's pitiful that his former classmates thought they could solve their job problems by drinking with him.

It's ridiculous.

According to Jiang Jia, she is very experienced in project presentations.

The current used car market is chaotic, with flood-damaged cars and accident-damaged cars everywhere.

These are things that those who sell used cars will never tell their customers.

Whether it's good or bad depends entirely on luck.

and.

All used cars involve middlemen, making it impossible to sell them directly to the people who need them.

Their platform aims to address three key areas.

The first step is to eliminate intermediaries, allowing customers' cars to be sold directly to those who need them most through the platform.

Their platform only takes a certain percentage of commission.

Secondly, before a vehicle is sold, the platform staff will thoroughly inspect its condition, and there is a seven-day return period after the sale.

In other words, if you are not satisfied with the car within seven days.

You can return it.

To prevent customers from buying flood-damaged or accident-damaged vehicles.

The third and most crucial point is to make the prices in the entire used car market transparent and open.

We use word-of-mouth to make the used car market a place where buyers and sellers can buy and sell with confidence.

"Mr. Chen, what do you think of our project?"

Jiang Jia gave a three-minute presentation, then nervously asked him a question.

Chen Pingsheng said, "One hundred million is too little. It's not enough to keep your project burning for long. I'll give you two hundred million, 50% of the shares."

undoubtedly.

The potential of the used car market is absolutely enormous.

If the project succeeds, it will be worth at least 20 billion.

If the project fails, he'll just consider the 200 million as a waste of money.

Learn from the experiences and lessons of an internet company.

Investing is inherently risky; who can guarantee their success? (End of Chapter)