I'm not interested in money or women.

Chapter 64: Do you believe what I say?

Zhang Xuhao's rhetorical answer was to buy time for thinking.

Lu Feng smiled and said, "That depends on whether my senior brother will give me this opportunity to learn!"

Hearing him call him "senior brother", Zhang Xuhao raised his eyebrows and a smile appeared on his face.

In order to raise money in the past two years, Zhang Xuhao has met many professional investors.

Some are arrogant, some are full of professional terms, and some are calculating returns all day long, but everyone only has money in their eyes.

When Zhang Xuhao interacted with them, it was just business, and there wasn't much emotion involved.

But the Lu Feng in front of him, at a young age, has already started his own business, which makes him see his own shadow in the past.

Especially the call of "senior brother" made him feel warm in his heart.

More than half of his colleagues in the company are his juniors from school. In front of him, they never call him Mr. Zhang, but always call him "senior brother".

Therefore, when he looked at Lu Feng, he felt more and more intimate with him.

However, he was not carried away. After all, although Lu Feng was a college student, he was not from the same school as him, and they did not have much friendship.

If Lu Feng is allowed to join, it still depends on his strength.

After a brief thought, he asked, "How much money can you invest?"

After he asked this question, Lu Feng felt much more relieved.

This shows that Zhang Xuhao is really considering accepting his investment.

"It depends on how much you need it, Senior Brother. I'll try to help."

Lu Feng took the opportunity to address Zhang Xuhao as "senior brother". "But I don't have much money to spend in the short term. It's okay to get 2000 million US dollars first. It will take some time to get more."

"$2000 million?"

Zhang Xuhao’s eyes widened instantly.

Twenty million US dollars, that’s more than one hundred million!

It’s enough to buy Ele.me!

Beside Lu Feng, Feng Xiaoxiao also looked at Lu Feng in surprise, but did not show much reaction.

She didn't know Lu Feng's family background, but she could feel that Lu Feng's family must be very rich.

Otherwise, Lu Feng would never have such amazing futures trading skills at such a young age, nor would he be so familiar with a restaurant of the level of Xin Rong Ji.

However, what Zhang Xuhao and Feng Xiaoxiao didn't know was.

Lu Feng now has no money, let alone 20 million US dollars, let alone 2 million US dollars.

But Lu Feng was very calm and did not feel guilty at all.

Just because he doesn't have it now doesn't mean he won't have it in the future.

As long as Zhang Xuhao wants it, he will give it to him.

This is his confidence.

Zhang Xuhao could sense his confidence and shook his head with a wry smile: "Junior brother, even if you give me so much money, I can't give you so many shares!"

After he calmed down, he said in a serious tone: "Let me be more direct! Although my company doesn't have much money in its account now, I can start the B round of financing at any time if I want.

To be honest, GSR Ventures, which provided us with Series A funding, has always wanted to invest in Series B.

A few days ago, I met Mr. Cong, a partner of Matrix Partners, and he also wanted to invest in our company.

These two are both relatively large-scale venture capital firms, and it is actually safer to cooperate with them..."

Having said that, Zhang Xuhao looked at Lu Feng.

Lu Feng just listened with a smile and did not refute.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Xuhao felt embarrassed and added: "Of course, you also have your advantages, such as your online marketing and publicity channels, which are very suitable for cooperating with us for promotion.

In addition, there is the live broadcast platform, which happens to be particularly suitable for our user group.

The main group of people who watch live broadcasts now are college students, and our user group is also mainly college students... Yeah."

As he spoke, Zhang Xuhao couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The advantages he mentioned are also the reason for his hesitation.

Venture capital firms such as Jinshajiang and Jingwei can only provide financial support, but cannot provide much help in terms of operations.

On the contrary, if we cooperate with Lu Feng, his publicity channels will likely provide direct help to Ele.me.

Thinking of this, his expression became serious.

Looking at Lu Feng again, he asked seriously: "Tell me first, what are your promotional channels, and how big is that live broadcast platform?"

Financing is not something that can be achieved overnight. It is a matter of mutual assistance, and both parties must have sufficient understanding of each other to reach a cooperation.

Lu Feng knew this very well, so he patiently explained: "My promotional channels are mainly online, covering all major social platforms, Tianya, Renren, Weibo, Douban, Tieba, etc.

The live streaming platform is still under development and should be online by the end of the month. However, after I return to Jinling next week, I should start to attract traffic. You can see the results then.”

After listening to Lu Feng's explanation, Zhang Xuhao had a rough idea in his mind.

After a moment of hesitation, he spoke in a deep voice: "Xiao Lu, I'll tell you the truth. I have indeed been thinking about doing a B round of financing in the past few months, but I can only take out 25% of the shares. Jinshajiang and Jingwei will definitely come in. We have almost reached an agreement. If you also want to come in, it's not impossible, but I may not give you too many shares."

"It's ok."

Lu Feng smiled slightly: "I am already very satisfied that my senior brother can give me this learning opportunity."

"As long as you understand."

Zhang Xuhao sighed and said regretfully: "It was mainly because I did not negotiate well in the A round. I couldn't hold on and was fooled by Mr. Zhu from Jinshajiang. He took away 100% of the shares with 37 million US dollars.

If I had held on to 20% of my shares, I wouldn’t have to worry so much and be so strapped for cash now.”

Listening to his sigh, Lu Feng also sighed inwardly.

Zhang Xuhao didn’t know that six years later, in 6, Ele.me would be acquired by Alibaba for 2018 billion yuan, and then merged with Koubei, with a maximum valuation of 665 billion US dollars.

The 37% stake taken away by Jinshajiang was valued at US$111 billion at the time, which was more than 1 times the original value.

However, it was all about fate and timing. If it hadn't been for the US$100 million from GSR Ventures, Ele.me might not have been able to survive until now.

After confirming the investment intention, Lu Feng started chatting with Zhang Xuhao.

Thanks to his backward compatibility, the two had a very pleasant chat.

If Zhang Xuhao hadn't finished his work, he would have dragged Lu Feng home for dinner.

Today is our first meeting, and it’s pretty fast progress to have come this far.

Besides, Lu Feng doesn’t have that much money now. Even if Zhang Xuhao asks him to invest, he can’t take it out for the time being.

After being urged again by his subordinates, Zhang Xuhao ended the conversation reluctantly.

"That'll be it for today!"

He stood up and warmly embraced Lu Feng: "I've added you on phone and WeChat. We can keep in touch anytime. I'll let you know when I'm doing the B round."

"no problem."

Lu Feng smiled and responded, "Then I'll say something that won't make you laugh. I hope you can take care of me more in terms of investment shares, and don't look down on me just because my private equity is small."

"Don't worry, I've never been someone who only has eyes for money."

Zhang Xuhao patted his chest and said, "We college students are the future of our country. We have finally started a business and made some money, but it will all be harvested by the capitalists? I will find a way for you!"

"Then I will wait for good news from Senior Brother."

After some chatting and laughing, Zhang Xuhao warmly escorted Lu Feng and his friend out of the company.

They took the elevator downstairs and watched the elevator door close. Feng Xiaoxiao, who had been silent, couldn't help but ask, "Little handsome boy, you have so much money? Why do you still want to go to school with 20 million US dollars? It's enough for you to travel the world freely!"

"Who said I have 20 million US dollars?"

Lu Feng glanced at her indifferently.

Feng Xiaoxiao was stunned: "Did you just say that in there?"

"You believe me when I tell you?"

Lu Feng smiled and said, "Actually, I only have 600 million RMB in my hand right now, not even 100 million USD."

"what?"

Feng Xiaoxiao stared at him in astonishment: "Then why did you tell Mr. Zhang that you wanted to invest 20 million US dollars?"

"I'm just talking, and we haven't signed a contract. What are you afraid of?"

Lu Feng didn't care: "Besides, just because I don't have it now doesn't mean I won't have it in the future. When he needs me to invest, I can just take out the money to invest, right?"

"But he said he'll be doing Series B funding before the end of the year at the earliest?"

Feng Xiaoxiao was puzzled: "It's less than three months until the end of the year. Where are you going to get 20 million US dollars?"

"Who said we have to invest 20 million US dollars?"

Lu Feng calmly explained: "Didn't you hear what he said? Last year, his 37% stake was only sold for 100 million US dollars. This time, he took out 25% of the shares, and at most he could raise or million US dollars.

Even if I were to invest alone, it would only be 5000 million RMB at most.”

"But we have to make 5000 million RMB by the end of the year!"

Feng Xiaoxiao was shocked: "You only have 600 million now, what about the rest?"

"Want to know?"

Lu Feng looked at her with a smile.

"Yes I do!"

Feng Xiaoxiao nodded.

"That's easy."

The elevator door opened and Lu Feng stepped out: "Let's go!"

"where to?"

"Go to your home."

(End of this chapter)