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Chapter 482 First Encounter with Jack Ma

Seeing Jiang Xiaoshuang roll her eyes at him, Cao Sheng smiled and said, "Are these two episodes of your show available online right now? If they are, I'll watch them online later."

Jiang Xiaoshuang's eyes flickered slightly as she looked at Cao Sheng, a smile appearing on her face. "It's on our TV station's official website. How about we check it on your computer later?"

Cao Sheng: "So urgent?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang scoffed, "I'm going to make sure you watch! You said you'd watch my show the other day! And what happened? Did you even watch it? Hmph, this time I'm going to watch it with you!"

She rarely acted coquettishly in front of Cao Sheng.

But at this moment, it had a hint of coquetry.

Cao Sheng looked on with curiosity and nodded with a smile, "Okay! Let's go upstairs to watch after we finish eating."

Jiang Xiaoshuang: "Then let's eat quickly!"

As she spoke, she immediately sped up her eating. Seeing that Cao Sheng wasn't eating faster, she couldn't help but put food on his plate, saying, "Eat quickly! What are you dawdling for?"

After meal.

The two went to the study on the third floor.

Cao Sheng turned on the computer and sat in the computer chair, with Jiang Xiaoshuang sitting in his lap, because there was only one computer chair in the study.

Jiang Xiaoshuang used Cao Sheng's computer to log in to the official website of Huizhou TV Station, found the two programs she hosted, and first clicked to play the first episode.

Since the two of them were watching together, she unplugged the headphones from the computer and turned on the external sound.

Who are we interviewing this time?

The internet speed was very slow, and the program's opening sequence kept freezing. While waiting for the network to buffer, Cao Sheng asked curiously.

Jiang Xiaoshuang: "Take a guess?"

Cao Sheng chuckled, "How am I supposed to guess? There are so many celebrities in the country, how am I supposed to know who you're interviewing?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang: "Then I'll give you a hint: the first interview was with a woman."

Cao Sheng: "There are billions of people in the world, and at least three or four billion of them are women. Even in our own country, there are six or seven hundred million women, right? With so many, how am I supposed to guess?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang wanted to laugh, "Then let me give you another hint: this time we're interviewing a female celebrity."

Cao Sheng: "Don't give me that! Are there few female celebrities in China?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang: "Then let me give you another tip..."

"Um..."

She had barely begun to speak when her words were cut off, and she could only make muffled sounds as Cao Sheng covered her mouth with his right hand.

He didn't want to guess.

Why do I need to use my brain when I'm just watching an interview program?

I covered her mouth, and suddenly I had peace and quiet.

Jiang Xiaoshuang raised her hand and pulled down his hand covering her mouth, turning back to glare at him with annoyance, "What are you doing? If you don't want to guess, then don't! And why are you covering my mouth? Do you find me annoying?"

No! How could that be?

"Hmph! How could that be? You just find me annoying!"

"Bah!"

Cao Sheng smiled and kissed her on the lips, "Sweetie! Don't be angry!"

Jiang Xiaoshuang's lips curled up, wanting to laugh but quickly frowning, "You think a kiss will make me stop being angry?"

Cao Sheng smiled, cupped her face in his hands, and brought his lips close to hers.

"Beep, beep, beep, beep..."

He kissed her seven or eight times in a row, then laughed and asked, "Is that enough?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang blushed, looking at him speechlessly, then suddenly chuckled, raising her hand to lightly punch him in the chest, "You're so shameless! You're so indecent!"

At this point, the video buffering on the computer finally finished, and the video started playing.

Jiang Xiaoshuang and the female guest took turns appearing on stage.

To Cao Sheng's surprise, the female celebrity who appeared on stage this time to be interviewed by Jiang Xiaoshuang was actually Li Bingbing.

Cao Sheng: "Hmm? Your TV station has some impressive resources! You actually managed to get a celebrity on board?"

Huizhou TV Station is, after all, not a provincial-level TV station.

In Cao Sheng's memory, celebrities rarely appear on city-level television stations.

Jiang Xiaoshuang leaned against Cao Sheng and smiled, saying, "Someone in our station happens to know her. The station director said that for this kind of interview program, we must invite celebrities as guests, the bigger the better, especially for the first episode, we must invite a star, and so we invited her. What do you think? Isn't Li Bingbing very beautiful?"

Cao Sheng smiled and nodded.

He remembered that Li Bingbing was born in the 1970s.

She debuted quite early and is already quite famous.

He appeared in "Young Justice Bao" and "Clever Little Master" a couple of years ago.

Both of these shows were popular during the summer season.

Many viewers have seen it.

After all, people have very few forms of entertainment these days.

Ultimately, only a very small minority can afford to go online.

Most young people spend their summer vacation watching TV, but these days, ordinary households in China can only receive a very limited number of TV channels.

There was no cable TV, and no internet TV.

Most televisions rely on only one built-in antenna to receive signals from television stations.

Each year, very few domestically produced TV dramas are of high quality.

"Young Justice Bao" and "Clever Little Master" are among the well-made series.

With limited choices, many viewers, regardless of their personal preferences, have no choice but to select these shows to pass the time during their summer vacation.

In short, many viewers have watched these two dramas.

Li Bingbing's popularity soared as a result.

He is currently hailed within the industry as one of the "Four Dan and Two Bing" (referring to four top actresses and

However, due to the current lack of strength and influence in the mainland film and television industry, the star power of the "Four Dan and Two Bing" (referring to four top actresses and two top actresses from mainland China) is generally not as great as that of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars.

Regardless, Li Bingbing is already one of the best actresses of the new generation in mainland China, and she is quite famous. Her participation in the interview program on Huizhou TV is definitely a great honor for Huizhou TV.

During the program.

Jiang Xiaoshuang's hosting style is very natural and has a friendly feel to it.

In just a few words, he had closed the distance between himself and Li Bingbing.

Cao Sheng watched the show with Jiang Xiaoshuang in his arms, and thus learned more about Li Bingbing.

For example, on the show, Jiang Xiaoshuang asked Li Bingbing what year he debuted.

Li Bingbing said, "I debuted very early, in 94. But I didn't become famous in the first few years after my debut, haha."

For example, Jiang Xiaoshuang asked, "Sister Bingbing! Where are you from? To be honest, I really can't tell where you're from from your accent."

Li Bingbing said, "I'm from Harbin."

and many more.

Before we knew it, this episode had ended.

Jiang Xiaoshuang clicked on the second episode with the mouse, and soon the second episode began to play.

But this time, the person she was interviewing was a male celebrity.

It is Ren Quan.

"Hmm? Does someone at your TV station know him?"

Cao Sheng was curious.

Jiang Xiaoshuang chuckled lightly, "No, not at all! This guest was actually introduced to us by Li Bingbing. Li Bingbing said he's a very good friend of hers." To be honest, Cao Sheng wasn't very interested in Ren Quan.

Before his rebirth, Ren Quan had long since stopped acting.

Watching Jiang Xiaoshuang and Ren Quan chatting and laughing on the show, Cao Sheng felt bored and his interest gradually shifted to Jiang Xiaoshuang's fair neck.

He couldn't resist blowing a breath on her neck, and a smile appeared on his face as he watched the fine hairs on her neck being gently stirred.

"hiss……"

Jiang Xiaoshuang shrank her neck, turned her head to look at him, and glanced at him sideways, "What are you doing? Watching the show!"

As she spoke, she simply reached out and turned Cao Sheng's face. Cao Sheng cupped her face in his hands and, to her surprise, kissed her lips firmly.

It was just an interview program.

I'm pretty much done after watching the first episode. Do I really need to watch the second episode?

The key issue is that Cao Sheng had absolutely no interest in learning more about the guests in the second episode.

Instead of patiently watching this episode, I'd rather do something I enjoy.

"Um..."

Jiang Xiaoshuang struggled at first, but soon gave in and began to respond.

The temperature in the study seemed to be gradually rising.

Their faces grew increasingly red.

……

Two days later.

Accompanied by Wang Jing, Qu Hai, and Huang Lijun, Cao Sheng boarded a passenger plane bound for Hangzhou.

Qu Hai and Huang Lijun are veterans who are nominally Cao Sheng's assistants, but in reality, they work as bodyguards.

on the plane.

Wang Jing was sitting next to Cao Sheng, speaking to him in a low voice.

"Boss! I really don't think a company like Ali is worth investing in. If you want to change your mind now, it's not too late. Why don't you reconsider?"

Cao Sheng smiled and shook his head.

Wang Jing frowned and spoke again: "Boss! Even if you want to invest in internet companies, you can invest in other internet companies! I've recently looked into Ali's business in detail. In January 2000, just before the dot-com bubble burst, it received a $25 million investment from SoftBank and six other institutions. Shortly after receiving this investment, the global internet bubble burst, and the stock prices of many internet companies plummeted. For example, Xinlang's stock price fell from $60 in June 2000 to only $1 in October 2001. And NetEase's stock price fell from $4 to only 13 cents in the summer of 2001."

As far as I know, both of these companies are currently short of funds. If you really want to invest in internet companies, I suggest you invest in these two.

In contrast, Ali received a massive investment of $2500 million before the dot-com bubble burst, and it's not actually short of funds now. Therefore, their asking price for your investment in this company is clearly too high, and I think it's not a good deal.”

Cao Sheng looked at Wang Jing.

I didn't expect her to have done so much research recently.

He knew that Xinlang and NetEase were also good investment targets.

Both of these companies will become major internet companies in the future.

However, he currently has very limited funds.

If he had to choose one of these three companies to invest in, he would definitely choose Ali.

reason?

Needless to say?
In the original timeline, Ahri reached heights that neither Xinlang nor NetEase had ever achieved.

Jack Ma became the richest man in mainland China overnight because of Ali's listing in the United States.

Have Xinlang and NetEase ever created such a legend?
"We've already set off for Hangzhou, why are you still trying to persuade me like this?"

Cao Sheng chuckled and asked in return.

Wang Jing gave a self-deprecating laugh, "I really can't understand why you insist on investing in this company. I'm just offering you some advice from my perspective, but you still don't want to change your mind, right?"

Cao Sheng nodded slightly.

Wang Jing smiled bitterly.

She opposed Cao Sheng's investment in Ali from the very beginning.

However, at Cao Sheng's insistence, she actively helped him negotiate with Ali's side. Cao Sheng was able to go to Hangzhou today to sign the shareholding agreement because she had negotiated the terms of the shareholding.

In 2000, SoftBank invested $20 million in Ali, acquiring a 2000% stake in the company.

But that was the price before the dot-com bubble burst.

Currently, domestic internet companies have not yet emerged from the shadow of the bursting of the internet bubble, and the valuations of each company have plummeted.

The investment terms that Wang Jing helped Cao Sheng negotiate were: 500 million RMB for 8% of Ali's shares.

This was also a major reason why Jack Ma was unwilling to let Cao Sheng invest in the company.

Ahri's current valuation is much lower than before.

Ali and Tencent are different.

Although Tencent's valuation has fallen considerably, its main product, QQ, continues to see rapid growth in user numbers even after the dot-com bubble burst.

It is already showing signs of becoming the number one instant messaging tool in China.

And what about Ahri?

Taobao.com has not yet been established.

Online shopping is far from being a popular trend, and user growth is very slow.

Currently, we are mainly in the stage of hyping up the concept of e-commerce.

Therefore, its valuation has dropped much more than that of Tencent.

This is why Cao Sheng, who previously spent over 5000 million yuan to acquire 10% of Tencent's shares, only needs to pay 500 million yuan to acquire 8% of Ali's shares.

Even so, it was because Jack Ma stubbornly refused to budge on the price.

Otherwise, given Ali's current valuation, an 8% stake wouldn't even fetch 500 million.

……

When the plane landed in Xiaoshan, Cao Sheng and his group came out of the arrival gate and Jack Ma was already waiting with his team.

Upon seeing Cao Sheng, Jack Ma immediately greeted him with a broad smile.

"Mr. Cao! Welcome to Hangzhou! It's a pleasure to meet you! I really like your work, that's for sure."

Jack suddenly trotted over, startling Wang Jing so much that she instinctively took a step back. It wasn't because Jack was walking too fast, but because his appearance caught her completely off guard; she hadn't seen any pictures of Jack online before coming to Hangzhou.

Jack Ma's appearance was completely beyond her expectations.

She never dreamed that the boss of a company would look like this.

Cao Sheng was mentally prepared and was naturally not frightened.

Seeing Jack Ma trotting over, Cao Sheng smiled and reached out to shake Jack Ma's outstretched hands.

The Jack Ma standing before him was much thinner than he was before his rebirth.

Very thin.

Because he was so thin, his face appeared even smaller and his cheekbones more prominent.

"Mr. Ma! It's an honor to meet you! Thank you for your support."

Cao Sheng's natural and amiable attitude surprised Jack Ma. He had known about his appearance for many years.

He was used to how people usually reacted when they met him for the first time, and he was mentally prepared for it.

Therefore, Cao Sheng's reaction at this moment was quite unexpected.

This pleased Jack Ma, and his attitude immediately became even more enthusiastic.

He immediately grabbed Cao Sheng's arm and led him outside. "Mr. Cao, come this way! Come with me! You might not believe it, but I have actually read your works. I especially love your new book, 'The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts'! I used to really like Master Jin Yong's works, and I even gave myself the online name Feng Qingyang! You must know Feng Qingyang, right? I wonder which character you like the most in Master Jin's works? Hehe."

(End of this chapter)