Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 467 Schedule

After giving the instructions, Li Weidong took the tea cup from Zhang Dongshuo and returned to the office alone.

After entering the office, Li Weidong closed the door and almost smiled to the sky. He was just worried that the sound insulation effect of Jiang Zhili's office was not good, so he tried his best to suppress it and made a horrifying "gurgling" sound.

At this time, Li Weidong completely stopped thinking about his mental arithmetic. This cash-out was successful and his money was about to arrive.

Even if these companies regret it now, it is too late, at least the 10% guarantee has been received.

Zou Yi and Zhang Dongshuo saw that Li Weidong had no intention of inviting them into the office. They looked at each other and understood what the other meant. The boss needed an independent space.

The two returned to the conference room. They still had work to do. First, they needed to convey Li Weidong's instructions, and second, they needed to strike while the iron was hot to complete the signing of the contract.

After Zhang Dongshuo and Zou Yi entered the conference room, Jiang Zhili's eyes happened to look over, their eyes intertwined in the space, and then he nodded slightly.

Jiang Zhili understood the meaning immediately and felt relieved. After working for so long, the results finally came today, and he felt a little more excited.

Then he continued to shake hands with the tall white man next to him as if nothing had happened and said: "Steve, unfortunately there may be no chance of cooperation this time. We have to wait until next time!"

Currently, there are many projects invested by Peking Capital, except for those special ones. According to Li Weidong's requirements, they all need to be invested in a short period of time.

Although those projects are much smaller than Yahoo and not that troublesome, they still have to deal with people from investment companies, management companies, and equity funds.

It's rare to get together like this today. Although some of them have not reached cooperation, saying hello and building a relationship can also lay the foundation for the next cooperation.

This Steve is the senior vice president of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Capital is a peer of the same industry, both doing venture capital.

In fact, there are dozens of venture capital companies gathered on a hilly road in Silicon Valley, and there are three leaders among them.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital are representatives among them, while Peking Capital is a rising star, but its recent performance is beyond the reach of established companies like them.

In the venture capital industry, everything is based on strength. Peking Capital has continuously pressured several large-capitalization companies to obtain huge returns, which is the best footnote of his strength. Although he is young, he has gained a great reputation.

KPCB is also very good in this industry, and has successfully invested in many large companies, such as Compaq, Sun Microsystems, America Online, and later Netscape, Yahoo and Amazon. He has his shadow.

Of course, if it weren't for the bug of Li Weidong, KPCB would have entered the market earlier, the chips obtained would have been lower, and the benefits gained would have been greater.

But venture capital firms including KPCB and Sequoia Capital will never have the chance to know these things.

Steve is the plenipotentiary representative of KPCB Investment Company in this matter, and this quotation naturally reflects Steve's own will.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is also a shareholder of Yahoo!, so it is impossible for him to not know Yahoo!. Since Steve quoted this price, he has no intention of acquiring this part of the stock.

This naturally involves his decision-making, which actually comes from Peking Capital.

In fact, Steve has been dealing with Jiang Zhili since they were at Netscape, and they have maintained a good relationship ever since.

Steve himself has extraordinary trust in Peking Capital. As long as it is a project led by Peeding Capital, he will try his best to persuade the company to join. When Peking Capital withdraws, he will also withdraw as much as possible.

Because they suffered a loss from Netscape. They entered Netscape in a financing before it went public. Although the chips were much higher than that of Peking Capital, as long as they entered before Netscape went public, they would definitely make some money, and quite a lot.

However, Peking Capital cashed out when the price was high, and by the time KPCB withdrew, Netscape's situation had become clear and the stock price had fallen a lot.

Loss is only relatively speaking, floating profit is less, profit is still made, but it is just a waste of a lot of money and time!

It is not only a Chinese proverb, but also a proverb of people all over the world.

Now that Peking Capital is selling its shares in Yahoo, Steve came here just to find out the truth. Now he is sure that it is time to persuade the company to sell its shares in Yahoo.

A few months later, the most bragging thing about Steve was that he gave up the acquisition of Yahoo stock. The most regrettable thing was that he failed to persuade the company to sell Yahoo stock.

Steve hugged Jiang Zhili and said with some regret: "Mr. Jiang, we were too cautious and missed this great opportunity for cooperation. I wonder what other stocks your company wants to sell?"

This was what Jiang Zhili was waiting for, but he still pretended to ponder and said: "I heard what you said above, there is a plan for China recently, but I'm not sure yet, I must be sure, I will let you know as soon as possible!"

"I wonder if your company has any plans to sell shares in Amazon?" Steve asked in a low voice, seemingly afraid that others would hear.

Jiang Zhili was convinced and looked at Steve slightly differently. The two had been in a relationship for several years. Even if they were opponents, they were also partners. It was not difficult to understand this.

Steve is lying!

Jiang Zhili pondered for a moment and then said in a low voice: "You think too highly of me. I am just a part-time worker and I act according to the boss's instructions!"

Steve glanced at Zou Yi, who was chatting with others, and wondered whether this was the boss behind the scenes. It was obvious that he would not fully believe Jiang Zhili's words.

Jiang Zhili sent the people from KPCB away, and then exchanged greetings with several colleagues, testing each other until all the people not related to the acquisition left.

At this time, the bank staff have confirmed the performance certificate and signed an entrustment deposit agreement with Peking Capital, so we can proceed.

Putting such a large amount of money in the safe of Peking Capital is obviously a risky thing. It is relatively safe to store it in a bank.

Negotiating a contract is a long, tedious, and even torturous matter, but at the end of the day, the signing is an extremely simple matter, with just a pen.

Then came the process of opening the champagne to celebrate. As cheers rang out in the conference room, a bottle of champagne worth tens of thousands of yuan was sprayed out, which meant that the matter was successfully concluded. The remaining thing was to raise money.

"Chairman, I will take tonight's flight to New York and deliver it to the exchange early tomorrow morning!" Jiang Zhili pointed to the piles of documents on the table and said to Li Weidong.

This is the original and a copy of the contract. In theory, it is now in effect. It just needs to be filed with the settlement agency to complete the payment of money and goods and officially take effect.

"So anxious?" Li Weidong said in surprise. Of course, after saying it, he knew that what he said was a bit excessive. If he hadn't asked for it, why would he be anxious?

But once the words were said, they could not be taken back, so Li Weidong continued: "Don't worry, let's go tomorrow, it's only a day or two away!"

Before Jiang Zhili could express his position, Li Weidong said: "Well, I'll go there tomorrow too. If I don't go to see the World Center, wouldn't it be in vain?"

"Well, are you going too?" Zhang Dongshuo said doubtfully.

This was not on their schedule. Li Weidong made a sudden decision, which surprised Zhang Dongshuo, so he blurted out such an inappropriate sentence. Fortunately, Li Weidong didn't pay too much attention.

"Waiting here is just waiting, and going to New York is also waiting. It's better to go over there and stay here every day. I'm tired of it!" Li Weidong explained.

Zou Yi and Jiang Zhili also looked at each other. Naturally, they didn't want Li Weidong running around, which would have a great impact on their security work.

However, the boss said that they could not stop it, but had to try their best to facilitate it. Moreover, the boss had already stated that he was tired of staying here. This was because he was dissatisfied with their arrangement.

However, Li Weidong's travel will definitely be more troublesome than Jiang Zhili's travel. There will not only be one or two bodyguards, but also a lot of various entourages.

"Yes, I will ask someone to book a flight!" Jiang Zhili knew that the most important thing to do at this time was to arrange the itinerary and provide good service.

"I think it's better to charter a flight. We have more people, so it's more convenient!" Zou Yi suggested from the side.

"Is it too late to charter a flight?" Li Weidong has never experienced the benefits of a chartered flight in his entire life.

But he had experience in chartering a car, so he had to make an appointment in advance anyway. They were leaving tomorrow, and he only thought about chartering a flight today. It was a bit late.

Jiang Zhili replied: "It's too late. All the major airlines in the United States provide charter flights. They have fast approval channels for routes, and even filing is enough. They have ways to solve it!"

Li Weidong's intention was obvious. If he had time, it would be a charter flight, and Jiang Zhili would understand. So he had to answer this way. It was wrong to refuse leadership.

As for whether it is really troublesome, only he knows, but in a capitalist society like the United States, money is everything, and everything is easy to say if the price is in place.

Enjoying the special services of charter flights is naturally good except for the price, but compared to their convenience, everything is worth it!

"Then let's charter a plane!" Li Weidong made the final decision. Even if he has money, he doesn't want to experience it yet. He has already been low-key enough without buying a plane. Chartering a plane is nothing.

At this time, there were four people standing in front of Li Weidong, Zhang Dongshuo, Fu Xiaomin, Jiang Zhili, and Zou Yi. Chartering a flight is not as simple as booking a ticket. The one who can do this is obviously Fu Xiaomin.

So Fu Xiaomin said with great discernment: "Yes, Chairman, I will contact the airline right away!"

"The flight time is set for tomorrow night, and it will arrive early the day after tomorrow," then he said to Zhang Dongshuo, "Please contact Consul Wang at the Consulate General in San Francisco!"

Li Weidong paused and continued: "We will leave for San Francisco later to see if he has time, and then I will go visit him!"

After hearing this, Fu Xiaomin nodded to express his understanding. Jiang Zhili and Zou Yi also understood that Li Weidong wanted to stay in San Francisco for a day, and they had to arrange his tour itinerary. It was also important for the boss to have a good time.

As for the visit to Consul Wang, it was probably just a normal etiquette. Although there was nothing to trouble him, Tang Zhenhua asked Li Weidong to come to him if he had something to do, and he would certainly inform him in advance. He should pay him a visit no matter what.

"Chairman, you have to meet with Yahoo's management at two o'clock in the afternoon!" Zhang Dongshuo reminded.

"Oops, I almost forgot about this!" Li Weidong slapped his forehead and said angrily. He didn't have any business to do here, but this one was on the agenda.

"How about canceling it?" Zhang Dongshuo suggested. In theory, Li Weidong is no longer a shareholder of Yahoo, and the date of the equity transfer contract is today.

"How about that? We'll leave after meeting them later. You go to the hotel to pack your luggage first!" Li Weidong glared at Zhang Dongshuo. This was a bad idea.

Even if Li Weidong is no longer very optimistic about Yahoo, Yahoo is still a top star with a market value of hundreds of billions and is favored by capital. It would be rude to break the contract casually.

Furthermore, he went to San Francisco to travel, see the scenery, and relax after work. If he let others go because of this, I'm afraid his own employees would look down on him.

"Okay, I'll go to the hotel to pack my luggage!" Zhang Dongshuo felt that he might have been a little too excited today and had made several mistakes. It would be better to talk less. He didn't want to lose this job with more money, less work, and close to home.

Li Weidong did not return to the hotel at noon, and stared at the sofa in the office for a while.

At around 1:30, Li Weidong woke up and waited for several Yahoo managers to come over. At the same time, he was thinking about what to say to break up!

Goodbye in the world, will we be strangers from now on?

Or is it more lyrical? Holding hands and looking into tearful eyes, you are speechless and choked?

Li Weidong suddenly shivered, it was so damn disgusting!

At this time, there was a knock on the office door. Li Weidong glanced at his watch. It was one fifty, someone from Yahoo should be here. He was very polite and knew to arrive ten minutes early!

Seeing Zhang Dongshuo push the door in, Li Weidong said directly: "Let them in!"

Zhang Dongshuo was stunned for a moment before he understood what the boss meant, which caused him to misunderstand, so he smiled and said: "Chairman, they haven't arrived yet!"

"Is something wrong?"

"Oh, I've already contacted the consulate. General Wang went to the state capital to attend an important event. He just left at noon today and won't be back until the day after tomorrow at the earliest. Besides, my luggage has been packed and has been put in the car!"

"Forget it, prepare a gift to express our feelings!" Li Weidong thought for a while and said.

It's okay as long as the intention is met. They don't have direct friendship. This friendship comes from Tang Zhenhua. As long as it doesn't make Tang Zhenhua look bad, it's enough to express it by sending a gift.

Ten minutes after two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Dongshuo knocked on the door again and said angrily: "Chairman, Yang Zhiyuan from Yahoo and several senior executives are here. Let them come in, or should we wait for a while?"

In Zhang Dongshuo's memory, there were many times when others were waiting for Li Weidong. It seemed that except for picking up Li Qian and his sister from school, no one had made Li Weidong wait for ten minutes for a long time.

In fact, in business dealings, at their level, punctuality is a very important quality. Being ten minutes late is definitely considered rude.

That is to say, Li Weidong has a better temper. As the chairman of such a large company, his time is very precious. The schedule is calculated by the minute. If it were someone else, there would probably be no chance to meet him.

If an online taxi waits for you for five minutes and no one arrives, it can be canceled without any responsibility, let alone such a big chairman.

Li Weidong glanced at his watch and saw that it was ten minutes later than the agreed time. Just now, he thought that he was sensible and arrived ten minutes early. Now the polarity has reversed.

However, Li Weidong is a well-educated person. Even if he is angry, he will not tell it to his mouth. He still politely said: "What are you waiting for? Invite them in!"

(End of chapter)