Chapter 565: Harvesting Capital (Part 1)

Capital is bloodthirsty.

At the same time, capital is also impetuous and monopolistic.

They want their investment market to be the earliest and the only one that has an advantage!

They want the investment funds to return to themselves tenfold, a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold in the shortest time.

Naturally...

They can't choose to do dirty work like developing batteries, and it's even more impossible for them to invest hundreds of millions of RMB at this critical juncture of the booming Internet to lay a [physical] network that takes half a year, a year, or even two years to see a little bit of results.

In the box of [Fat Xiaoan Hotel].

Outside the window, a bright moon floated in the sky, and the bright moonlight sprinkled on the ground, making the land in the distance more desolate and cold.

Li Zongyao frowned and looked at Kelly next to him.

Kelly nodded solemnly at him.

As an analyst sent by the head office of [Hongtian Capital], Kelly has been following Li Zongyao with his market analysis team since Q Dog of [Tengji Technology] to make plans.

In these years...

They saw the rapid development of China's economy, and various markets are booming at an astonishing speed...

During this period, they invested in the Internet, real estate, and food...

Every investment made a lot of money.

Li Zongyao has absolute trust in this old friend.

After seeing Kelly's expression, Li Zongyao's frown gradually relaxed.

Then...

The door opened.

"Mr. Li, how are you thinking about it?"

Zhang Sheng wiped his hands with a napkin and sat in front of Li Zongyao, with no expression on his face.

He sat opposite Li Zongyao, holding a menu in his hand, but did not order.

"Round A, I will invest 50 million first and see the market..."

Li Zongyao's face was no longer smiling, as if he thought for a moment, and then he said this sentence slowly.

"Oh." After hearing the words 50 million, Zhang Sheng had no other expression on his face, but nodded silently.

Then he pressed the bell at the table, and then there was a knock at the door, and a little girl walked in.

"Xiao Chen, bring two servings of fried rice..."

The girl in uniform was stunned, as if she could never have imagined that Mr. Zhang would order two servings of fried rice for less than 30 yuan when he came to the hotel for the first time.

She hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Li Zongyao and Kelly: "Mr. Zhang, do you need anything else besides fried rice?"

"Two servings of fried rice will do..."

"Two servings?"

"Yes! Mr. Li came from afar, it must be inappropriate to let him go there hungry?"

"What about you?"

"I'll go to the second floor to eat!"

"..."

When Zhang Sheng said this, the girl's face flushed a little, and after a moment, she nodded.

The atmosphere in the VIP room suddenly became solidified, and Li Zongyao's originally calm mouth twitched slightly, and then took a deep breath.

After the girl left, he stared at Zhang Sheng.

"Zhang Sheng! A round A investment of 50 million is what every investor would do. 50 million is not a small amount, it is enough for you to manage the whole plate! You come to me for investment with just an ordinary taxi app. I haven't even seen the market, but I will invest in you. What else can I say if this is not sincerity?" Li Zongyao's face gradually became slightly distorted, and he lowered his voice when talking to Zhang Sheng.

"50 million is too little..." Zhang Sheng sat there motionless, still expressionless.

"I spend 20,000 yuan and make a taxi app casually, which can replace your product!" Li Zongyao saw Zhang Sheng's expression, and his face became colder.

"I have a complete industrial chain. Do you believe it or not? You make a taxi app, and you still buy your car from me?" Zhang Sheng calmly drank a sip of tea.

"Zhang Sheng, do you really think you can cover the sky with one hand?" Li Zongyao stood up suddenly.

"I have never been so powerful, but I am sure that as long as I make a phone call, someone will immediately invest in me!" Zhang Sheng put down the teacup, and his voice became calmer and more penetrating.

Li Zongyao's face was uncertain.

After a long time, he sat back in his chair.

He lit a cigarette and held it between his fingers to smoke.

But the moment he lit it, he saw Zhang Sheng frowning: "Smoking is not allowed here. If you smoke, please go out!"

"Zhang Sheng, I don't even have the right to smoke here?"

"This is the rule, this is my territory, you have to follow the local customs." Zhang Sheng stared at Li Zongyao.

"..."

The air froze again briefly.

Li Zongyao's anger in his heart was beyond words.

He took a puff of the cigarette, stared at Zhang Sheng, and even blew out a few smoke rings, and the provocation was very obvious.

Zhang Sheng did not move, just looked up.

Just when Li Zongyao took the second puff, water suddenly sprayed down from above, and Li Zongyao was caught off guard and was instantly drenched.

"Zhang Sheng!" He wiped his face and spat out these two words viciously, looking quite embarrassed.

"I said, this is the rule." Zhang Sheng pushed his glasses and handed the napkin to Li Zongyao.

"..."

………………………………

Night.

It was getting late.

Li Zongyao got into the car with Kelly.

Disappeared in the vast night.

Zhang Sheng watched the two people leave, handed the contract to the lawyer next to him, and then got on the car to the airport.

Along the way...

Zhang Sheng received many calls.

"Mr. Zhang, are you done?"

"I'm done."

"Do you have a new project recently?"

"Yes, I'm going to make a taxi-hailing software..."

"Ha, you don't talk to me about good things, you are not nice enough..."

"This software is not mature now..."

"..."

Not long after Li Zongyao left, Pang Lei of [Redson Capital] called Zhang Sheng immediately.

The other party obviously knew that Li Zongyao had just met Zhang Sheng and talked about new projects.

Zhang Sheng did not hide it, and told Pang Lei directly that Li Zongyao took out 300 million yuan and invested it in his taxi-hailing software.

Although Pang Lei's voice was very calm and he looked cheerful, it was obvious that he began to be a little anxious in his words.

He made an appointment with Zhang Sheng for a midnight snack.

Zhang Sheng refused.

"Mr. Pang, I'm going to Hangzhou. Let's forget about the midnight snack!"

"Hangzhou?"

"Yes!"

The other party paused for a moment, and then immediately asked where Zhang Sheng was.

When Zhang Sheng said he was going to the airport right away, Pang Lei hurriedly told Zhang Sheng to wait for him first, as he also had something to do in Hangzhou.

Pang Lei then asked Zhang Sheng what ticket he bought and what seat he was in.

When Zhang Sheng's car arrived at Yanjing Airport, just as he got off the car, he saw Pang Lei, who was wearing glasses and had a gentle face, rushing over from outside with a few foreigners.

"Mr. Zhang!"

"Mr. Pang, what a coincidence." Zhang Sheng looked at Pang Lei of [Redson Capital] and smiled.

"Mr. Zhang, there is no coincidence in the world. Let's talk on the plane?"

"Okay!"

When Zhang Sheng and Pang Lei got on the plane, Pang Lei immediately changed Zhang Sheng's economy class to first class.

When the plane took off, the enthusiastic smile on Pang Lei's face gradually turned serious.

"Mr. Zhang! Have you sold your taxi-hailing software?"

"Not yet... Mr. Li has offered 300 million, but he is hesitating. I am going to wait a little longer..."

"I will invest 300 million directly in you. I just found out that you have registered a company called [Didi Taxi], right?"

"Yes."

"I want 30% of the company's shares! But I hope to be the only investor in the software."

Zhang Sheng was silent for a moment, then laughed: "Mr. Pang, are you sure you want to invest?"

"I will! I brought a lawyer here. If you want to sign a contract, you can sign it immediately..."

"Mr. Pang is quick-witted. OK, let me take a look at the contract first." Zhang Sheng looked at Pang Lei's expression, his eyes flickered, and then nodded.

"Okay!"

"..."

Zhang Sheng took the contract.

When he saw the gambling agreement and some trap clauses in the contract, the smile on his face disappeared: "Mr. Pang, I hope to see a risk investment agreement, not a gambling agreement..."

"This is a guarantee for both of us... There is a way for capital cooperation." Pang Lei explained with a smile on his face.

"I want to find a partner, not a worker..." When Zhang Sheng saw a series of [capital terms] in the agreement, some of which he couldn't even understand, he realized that something was wrong with the contract. He handed the agreement back to Pang Lei and shook his head.

Pang Lei and the other foreigners looked at each other, then the smile disappeared, and then squinted his eyes: "Mr. Zhang, if you are not satisfied with this contract, it doesn't matter if we change it to an ordinary investment contract... But, 300 million yuan may have to be invested in stages..."

"In the first round, my minimum requirement is 200 million..." Zhang Sheng responded.

"200 million, this..." Pang Lei was silent for a while, and looked at the foreigners again.

This time, the foreigners did not respond, and it seemed that they were communicating with their eyes.

After a while, the foreigners and Pang Lei left the first class cabin.

Zhang Sheng looked at the clouds and the vast void outside the airport, and silently closed his eyes to rest.

About 2 hours...

Pang Lei followed the foreigners and walked over, hesitated for a while, and woke up Zhang Sheng.

"Mr. Zhang, 200 million is 200 million for the first round, but we will send someone to Didi Taxi to supervise the work. At the same time, we need detailed information and planning of the company..."

"First transfer the money, then look at the planning!"

"Okay!"

…………………………

Early morning.

Li Zongyao discussed with the analysis team whether the taxi app was worth investing in.

After confirming again that it would be a hot topic in the future and a project they must invest in, he called Zhang Sheng again.

But...

Zhang Sheng's phone was always on the line.

Until two o'clock in the morning, the call finally got through.

"Mr. Zhang, I've thought about it, and I'll do as you say..."

"Sorry, Mr. Li, it's useless for you to think about it. I have already accepted the investment from Hongsen Capital!"

"What!"

"..."

Li Zongyao's face changed drastically!