Force me to be reborn, right?

Chapter 630 Penguin strikes again?

At the tea table, Zhao Qing felt his head buzzing.

"Cheng Zhu rejected the lead investment from RedShan Capital?" He found it unbelievable.

Red Mountain! That's Red Mountain!
Short videos are not a hot field. If Hongshan leads the first round of financing, the capital market will have more confidence in this app!

The road ahead will suddenly become much easier.

“This is what many Internet entrepreneurs dream of!”

Zhao Qing was so jealous that he wanted to go crazy.

As a result, you, a pretentious guy, actually refused!

You treat the things we desire as if they were trash, right?
You look down on the things we envy, right?
You drive away the things we desire, right?
Why!

Zhao Qing is not a fool. He always feels that something is wrong here.

Evil, so evil.

Shang Qi thought so too.

Otherwise, his tone would not be the same when he was telling the gossip in this circle.

Although [PaiPai] and [YouQu] are not the same type of short video apps, their current target user groups are relatively similar.

They all want to attract trendy young people in big cities first and create a short video APP that can lead the trend.

Therefore, the direct competitive relationship between the two is actually stronger than that of [Block Hand].

After the previous incident, Shang Qi and Zhao Qing had already witnessed Cheng Zhu's terrifyingly powerful "background".

I still haven’t figured it out yet, I can’t figure it out at all!
It would have been fine if they had just kicked a steel plate, but they had been asking around for several months and still couldn't find out who they had offended!
This is the most terrifying thing!

They even began to "rationalize" many things, attributing Cheng Zhu's current success to his "backer."

This is actually part of human nature, and there are too many people in life who think this way.

Many people are accustomed to attributing a person’s success to his family background, background, connections, etc.

As if he possessed it all and could stand taller than him.

This may indeed be one of the factors for the other party's success, and perhaps it may account for a considerable proportion.

But whether such thinking is right or wrong is a matter of debate.

Therefore, neither Shang Qi nor Zhao Qing found it strange that Red Mountain Capital was willing to make a big bet on Youqu and take the lead in this round of financing.

However, Cheng Zhu rejected Hongshan’s lead investment, so who does he plan to let lead the investment?

This reveals an unusual atmosphere.

"There's something fishy!" This was Shang Qi's first thought after learning about this.

Wen Ting, who had been concentrating on making tea without saying a word, seemed to be quite active at this moment and actually joined in the conversation.

"Do you think he wants Yue Dongyi's Prin Capital to lead the investment?" she made a guess.

"I've thought about that too." Shang Qi nodded.

After all, if it weren't for Yue Dongyi's astonishing 1 million investment, Youcha would not have developed so rapidly.

It can even be said that Yue Dongyi's astonishing 100 million yuan directly revitalized and heated up the new energy milk tea market!

All of a sudden, entrepreneurs from all walks of life flocked into this industry, and a new trend was formed.

Various investors have also gradually begun to pay attention to this field. Previously, no one took milk tea seriously.

From an investor's perspective, this legendary figure Yue Dongyi has discovered another underwater project. He has an extraordinary vision and dares to think and act!

Before him, who the hell would invest 1 million in milk tea? That must be crazy.

Strictly speaking, Yue Dongyi has never taken over the top-level large projects. Otherwise, he can be regarded as a unique figure among domestic investors.

The old king of bullying is so terrifying!
Today, the valuation of Youcha has exceeded 10 billion yuan.

And judging from the current momentum, it may even increase several times in the future!
A mere milk tea project has been turned into one of the top projects in the domestic catering industry.

Shang Qi, Zhao Qing and Wen Ting all agreed that if Cheng Zhu recognized this sentiment, it would be very likely that Prin Capital would lead the first round of financing for Youqu.

Judging from the current development momentum of [Youqu], it will definitely be popular in the future, the only question is how popular it will be. It will definitely be a good project.

"If Prin Capital is the one to do it, I can understand it." Zhao Qing nodded.

Shang Qi said solemnly: "This is the best situation."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Qing was stunned for a moment, but he reacted immediately.

For a moment, his eyes widened a little under his silver-rimmed glasses, and he couldn't help but look at Shang Qi, and his heart tightened instantly!
If Prin Capital had not led the investment as a way of repaying the favor, things would have been a big mess!
No one would think that Cheng Zhu is a complete fool.

A qualified businessman should at least be able to look at the pros and cons.

If they rejected the lead investment from RedMountain Capital, it must mean that they had better options in mind, or they had probably already reached an agreement!
"It's even more tempting than Hongshan Capital." Zhao Qing looked at Shang Qi and didn't continue.

Looking across the country, there are only a few of them!

For example, Penguin, Ali.
"There is one main thing that makes people worried. Don't forget that Penguin also invested in Cheng Zhu's Youzu Tea in the latest round of financing!" Shang Qi tapped the tea table with two fingers, his tone becoming more solemn.

Zhao Qing couldn't help but feel his throat dry when he heard this. He couldn't help but pick up the slightly scalding hot tea and took a sip.

After being slightly burned, his facial features were all twisted together, and then he spoke with difficulty: "Didn't you hear the news?"

“No, if I wasn’t familiar with the people at Hongshan, I wouldn’t know that Cheng Zhu rejected Hongshan’s lead investment.” Shang Qi shook his head.

Both of them know clearly that just because Penguin owns Weishi, it won’t invest in other short video platforms.

People in the industry like them are familiar with the nature of this domestic Internet giant.

Penguin has no shortage of money and doesn't mind a little "internal competition".

Although Weishi is not taken seriously internally, the route taken by Youqu is different after all.

This is only the first round of financing, and the money invested is just a small amount, which is just a drizzle for Penguin.

In fact, if things had gone according to the normal timeline, Penguin would have invested in Blockbuster next year.

Therefore, it is actually very normal for Zhao Qing and Shang Qi to have such thoughts, and it is a guess that can be traced.

This made the two people, who had just gone through a period of fear, go through another period of fear!
No! You, Cheng Zhu, are just trying to mess with our mentality, right?
If [Youqu] can really rely on Penguin next time, what can [Paipai] use to fight it!

Wait to die, wait to die, everyone wait to die, hehe.

"There's nothing we can do now." Shang Qi finally showed his big brother's magnanimity and said that we must stabilize the aura first and can't panic at this moment.

"Let's wait and see what happens," he said.

Zhao Qing nodded: "We can only wait and see what happens."

If [Youqu] had received investment from Penguin in its early stages, when its profit model was still unclear, he would have been so angry that he would have been grinding his teeth in his sleep in the middle of the night!

You might suddenly wake up and sit up in bed.

"No! Why?"

Cheng Zhu didn't know that he had rejected Hongshan's lead investment, and the news would spread in a small range within the capital circle.

Of course, he didn't care about that.

He has been busy with the financing of [Youqu] these days, and has only visited Youcha once. Basically, all matters, big or small, have been left to Ningning.

These days, there are quite a lot of trivial matters involving Yuzucha.

The reason is simple, New Year’s Day is coming soon.

Christmas and New Year's Eve are too close together, and the new force milk tea has to cater to the holidays, so it will naturally be extra busy.

As for the dog man, he also has something that sticks very closely to him in his private affairs.

That is Lin Lu and the counselor's birthday
The deer was born on Christmas Day, while the counselor’s birthday was after New Year’s Day, which is January 2nd.

In other words, the two of them are actually only a few days apart.

The former is the official girlfriend and the wife.

The latter is the recipient of the first blood honor after Cheng Zhu's rebirth, and is his exclusive tutor.

We must pay attention to it.

In addition, [Youqu] originally planned to end the [cold start phase] by the end of the year, so this round of financing was quite efficient and a bit rushed.

Before the New Year, [Youqu] announced the situation of its first round of financing.

Logically speaking, a short video company in its early stages of development obtaining financing would not have attracted too much attention nationwide.

However, the list of investments is indeed very impressive.

Moreover, Cheng Zhu is very popular on the entire Internet!

As a recognized leader among post-95 entrepreneurs, his new company has once again gained recognition from the capital market, which is an eye-catching thing.

There is no way, this man full of gimmicks, with his invincible identity of "college student", has come back again!
When many people saw the words "college students' Internet company obtains financing", they instinctively began to think in their hearts: Could it be Cheng Zhu again?

There aren't so many awesome college students in the country, right?
After all the fuss, we are attracted by this gimmick, and every time we click in, it's all him!

Shang Qi of Tianyun Capital and Zhao Qing of Paipai are naturally keeping a close eye on Youqu all the time.

Zhao Qing hadn't slept well these past few days, and he couldn't sleep soundly at all.

His wife recently got pregnant with their second child, and the day before yesterday the couple went to the Guanyin Temple to fulfill their wish.

When he made his wish, he kept repeating in his heart: "Don't be a penguin, don't be a penguin, don't be a penguin."

Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth: Why the hell should I care about this?
It’s so annoying. What should I do if I want to urgently retrieve the baby in her belly?

The development of events indeed fulfilled his wish.

Shang Qi called Zhao Qing immediately.

“It’s not Penguin! It’s Shunwei Capital that led the investment!”

Suddenly, hearty laughter rang out in Zhao Qing's office, and the heavy stone hanging in his heart fell instantly:
"Ha ha!"

(ps: It’s the end of the month, please give me double the monthly tickets!!

The cards of Lin Lu and the counselor are out, you can draw them if you are interested.)
(End of this chapter)