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Chapter 153 0150 [Happy Farm Launches: All I Can Think About Is Harvesting Crops]

Another day passed, and Lin Dongliang and Chen Guiliang signed a confidentiality agreement. ByteDance submitted the company's core data to IDG.

Lin Dongliang jokingly said, "How about we sign Game Science too?"

Chen Guiliang politely declined, saying, "We'll talk about it next time when we're short of money."

Lin Dongliang said, "IDG will send someone over in three days to verify the data you provided. I have to fly to Hong Kong for something, so I'll leave this to Xiao He for now."

"Thank you for your trouble, Ms. He," Chen Guiliang said.

He Fang smiled slightly: "I hope we can have a pleasant collaboration."

Just then, Ao Yanchen knocked on the conference room door: "President Chen, Mr. Fu Jixun from DFJ has arrived."

He Fang frowned upon hearing this.

Lin Dongliang smiled, but there was a slight unnaturalness to the smile.

Fu Jixun's breakthrough was his leading investment in Kongzhong.com.

Young people may not know Kongzhong.com, which was once the most profitable internet company in China. Two years ago, its MMS and WAP revenues were both number one in the country, and it even surpassed QQ to become the largest client of MMS.com.

The confidentiality agreement had been signed. Chen Guiliang apologized and went out to meet Fu Jixun of DFJ.

Lin Dongliang quickly followed.

Wang Kai was chatting very warmly with Fu Jixun in another meeting room.

"Mr. Fu, President Chen has arrived," Ao Yanchen said.

Fu Jixun was about to stand up and shake hands when he saw Lin Dongliang following behind Chen Guiliang.

Lin Dongliang winked at Fu Jixun, who nodded in understanding.

When two venture capital firms collide, they generally don't compete; instead, they join forces to invest.

Of course, if a project is very promising, they will privately compete for control to determine who will lead the investment and who will follow suit.

When you encounter a project that is extremely popular or has a huge amount of funding, there may even be two lead investors and a bunch of other institutions investing in it at the same time.

Fu Jixun went through the motions, making initial contact with Chen Guiliang and Guo Feng, and left in less than an hour.

Wang Kai was overjoyed and said to Chen Guiliang, "With two venture capital firms coming at the same time, Xiaonei.com is a hot target for investors!"

"Thanks to Professor Wang and the support of Peking University Science Park," Chen Guiliang said, flattering him casually.

Wang Kai was quite pleased: "I'm just doing my job and serving the vast number of entrepreneurial teachers and students. It's because you did a good job with your project that you were able to attract so much venture capital."

Chen Guiliang promised, "When the company goes public, there will be a generous reward."

"Just treat me to a barbecue outside the south gate of Peking University, that'll be enough. Don't try to corrupt me while you're at it." Wang Kai said with an upright expression, but his eyes were full of expectation.

Chen Guiliang quickly replied, "How can you call it corrosion? It's definitely legal and compliant."

Wang Kai became even more enthusiastic: "Once you get the venture capital, submit some materials to me. I'll help you apply for three exemptions and two 50% reductions!"

"Professor Wang is truly a mentor and friend to us entrepreneurial students!" Chen Guiliang exclaimed sincerely.

……

Lin Dongliang and Fu Jixun chose a coffee shop.

"Why are you here too?" Lin Dongliang asked.

Fu Jixun laughed and said, "If you can come, why can't I?"

Lin Dongliang said, "Everything is about first come, first served, and I must lead the investment in this project."

"You think it's so promising?" Fu Jixun asked.

Lin Dongliang said, "I have high hopes for this founder."

“I am optimistic about Renren’s 80 student users,” Fu Jixun said. “Just 12 days ago, we announced that we had over 70 registered users, and 4 days ago we announced that we had over 80 registered users. In just 8 days, the number of users has increased by 10.”

With a series of activities including story relay, three-line love poems, and the song "The Wind Rises," Renren.com continued to gain traction on various universities.

Using the campus network has now become a trend among college students.

Rapid fission in progress!
To be on the safe side, Guo Feng recently upgraded the server to a capacity of 100 million users.

It's estimated that we'll need to upgrade the servers and bandwidth again soon.

Website maintenance costs have increased significantly.

"How many shares do you want?" Lin Dongliang asked.

Fu Jixun said, "At least 15%."

“Impossible. You get 15%, I get 20%, that's 35%,” Lin Dongliang said. “Chen Guiliang won’t agree to that. Even if he did, I wouldn’t agree, it would affect our Series B funding!”

A Series A funding round of less than 15% not only ensures the founder's control but also attracts more Series B investors.

A Series A funding round of 15%-25% is standard practice and is usually done this way.

In Series A funding, founders typically need to allocate 25%-35% of their shares to dual-class shares, which can be very difficult for Series B investors.

If the Series A funding exceeds 35%, it will inevitably make Series B funding extremely difficult, and subsequent investors may even demand that the founders buy back the Series A equity.

Fu Jixun asked, "IDG China has been throwing money around these past two years, how much capital do you have left?"

"We have plenty of funds," Lin Dongliang said.

These two are vying for dominance, and the party forced to compromise will definitely have less than 8% equity in the Series A round.

……

Chen Guiliang didn't care how they talked, and he didn't even participate in IDG's initial due diligence. He just sent Senior Sister Ao to liaise with He Fang.

King against king, against general.

Only if Lin Dongliang intervenes will Chen Guiliang step in; letting Senior Sister Ao deal with He Fang is sufficient.

Chen Guiliang began to love learning, attending classes diligently every day and writing sequels to "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty" whenever he had time. He even made plans with Bian Guanyue to visit Zhongshan Park together on weekends.

"After 'The Wind Rises' was uploaded, did you become a celebrity at school?" Chen Guiliang asked.

"Ugh!"

Bian Guanyue sighed: "Last year when we were chosen as the school's most beautiful girl, I was already a celebrity at school. Our English teacher is a literary young woman, and just a few days ago she asked if I sang 'The Wind Rises'."

"Not bad, your teacher is still your fan," Chen Guiliang said with a smile.

“I told you we should choose a stage name,” Bian Guanyue said. “The name Li Jing is great; I guarantee no one will recognize us.”

Chen Guiliang asked curiously, "Why did you insist on using Li Jing instead of Zhang Jing or Wang Jing?"

Bian Guanyue said, "When I was studying in Chengdu, I had a good friend named Li Jing."

The two arrived in front of the Sun Yat-sen statue and took a photo of each other.

"Brother, could you please take a picture for me?" Chen Guiliang called out to a tourist.

The tourist, who was traveling with his family, started examining his digital camera: "Is this the shutter button?"

Chen Guiliang said, "Yes, just press it. It's even simpler than a film camera. Just press it randomly, it won't waste any film."

The older brother took several photos and then looked at them with his wife to see how they turned out.

His wife said, "This is very convenient, why don't we buy one too?"

The older man asked, "Young man, how much is your camera?"

“It cost over 3000 yuan. I bought it last year. It should be cheaper this year,” Chen Guiliang said, taking the camera. “Thanks.”

"You're welcome."

The two continued their tour, taking photos at each attraction they encountered.

Bian Guanyue had a wonderful time: "I want to develop these photos, along with the ones from last year's National Day, and send them to my grandparents. They'll be so happy!"

“Okay, I’ll send a few home too,” Chen Guiliang said.

Neither of my parents had a cell phone, and there was no landline phone in the whole village.

There's a teahouse next to the village committee office where you can call the teahouse owner's mobile phone for a fee.

Chen Guiliang has been in university for so long, but he has only spoken to his parents four times on the phone. Mainly, his parents are worried about the cost, thinking long-distance calls are too expensive.

While resting on a bench near the Altar of Earth and Grain, Bian Guanyue asked, "Where in the capital is there an amusement park?"

"I'll go back and ask," Chen Guiliang joked. "You're so old, why are you still going to amusement parks? Want to ride the carousel together?"

"Okay," Bian Guanyue said with great anticipation.

The two of them were having a great time, but He Fang was getting a little anxious.

ByteDance is just a small startup, and the initial due diligence was completed in a day. He Fang wanted to arrange formal negotiations, but Chen Guiliang disappeared, leaving Ao Yanzhen to stall her.

"When exactly is your CEO Chen free?" He Fang was getting impatient.

Ao Yanchen smiled and said, "Ms. He, why don't you see what happens tonight?"

"Are you organizing another event?" He Fang asked.

Ao Yanchen said, "Game Science developed a mini-game and licensed it to ByteDance for operation."

He Fang thought to herself: They're playing this trick of passing the buck again. I must add restrictive clauses when signing the agreement!

In the evening, Ao Yanchen invited He Fang to have lunch at the cafeteria.

Back at the company, Ao Yanchen waited until 8 p.m., saying, "We upgraded the servers and bandwidth again for this game."

"Are you so sure that a lot of people will play this game?" He Fang thought the people in this company were very confident.

Confident to the point of arrogance.

Ao Yanchen logged into his Renren account: "Ms. He, why don't you come and play?"

"Happy Farm?" He Fang curiously checked out the gameplay, then started loosening the soil and planting vegetables.

Ao Yanchen instructed from the side: "The campus network has already launched a recharge system. In addition to purchasing stationery and other items, campus currency can also be used to buy game items in 'Happy Farm'. I have money in my campus account, so check the game store yourself."

He Fang clicked into the shop to check; it contained various seeds, fertilizers, and other items. She could also directly click on unlocked land to purchase plots for developing a farm.

She tried out all sorts of props and quickly became immersed in the world of the farmer.

After a while, Ao Yanchen reminded him: "You can steal vegetables from your friends' farms."

He Fang quickly clicked on Ao Yanzhen's friends on campus and visited more than ten farms before finally finding a crop that was ripe but had not yet been harvested.

Steal it quickly.

He Fang felt a great sense of accomplishment and found it particularly exciting.

Just then, the friend whose vegetables had been stolen sent a message: "Ao Yanchen, you thief, give me back my cabbage!"

"Ha ha……"

He Fang laughed out loud, but then felt she wasn't being reserved enough, so she quickly suppressed her smile and continued looking for vegetables to steal.

That night, countless students couldn't sleep soundly.

Some people even set alarms to get up in the middle of the night and steal vegetables from the internet.

He Fang returned to the hotel and called Lin Dongliang: "Game Science has developed a mini-game and has Renren.com act as its agent for its operation."

"Is there a large market for it?" Lin Dongliang asked.

He Fang said, "I think I'm addicted to the game. Now all I can think about is harvesting crops."

Lin Dongliang: “…”

(End of this chapter)