[ps: An extra chapter will be added tomorrow]
"Brother-in-law, is this Shenzhen? It's so prosperous, even more prosperous than our Wenzhou!" As she stepped off the plane, Leng Zhimeng couldn't help but exclaim as she looked at the city of towering buildings.
This was the first time she had ever left a radius of 100 kilometers from Wenzhou.
"It will be much more prosperous in the future!" Huang He also glanced at Shenzhen. In fact, he understood Shenzhen much better than others because he had worked there for five full years.
"Brother-in-law, I've made up my mind. My first step in life will start from Shenzhen. I want to find a job in Shenzhen, get promoted and earn raises step by step, accumulate connections, and then start my own business to become the queen of this city!" Looking at the bustling city before her, Leng Zhimeng was ambitious, as if she were about to conquer the entire city.
"Well, I believe you can!" Huang He said flattering words. At this time, although Huang He didn't know Leng Zhimeng's abilities, encouragement was never wrong.
"But brother-in-law, why did you bring me to Shenzhen this time? You didn't even bring my second sister!" Suddenly, Leng Zhimeng asked Huang He vigilantly.
"What nonsense are you thinking in your head!" Huang He knocked on Leng Zhimeng's head. "Brother-in-law wants to buy QQ. Of course, it's unrealistic to buy the entire QQ. It should be buying a portion of QQ's shares, but the overall management will definitely still be handled by that Mr. Ma!"
"This way, brother-in-law needs someone in Tengda's management to oversee and help brother-in-law keep an eye on the company. The person in this position must be the one brother-in-law trusts the most!" Huang He knocked on Leng Zhimeng's head again. "Now you know why brother-in-law brought you here, right?"
"Wow, brother-in-law, if that's the case, I won't have to rise from the grassroots and can directly become a senior executive in a network company!" Leng Zhimeng became instantly excited.
"That's right!" Huang He nodded.
"Thank you, brother-in-law!" Leng Zhimeng forcefully pecked Huang He on the cheek, catching Huang He off guard.
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"What? You're saying you've completed the second round of financing?" Three days after arriving in Shenzhen, Huang He sat in Tengda's somewhat narrow reception room. Huang He's mouth was wide open as he spoke, while a female secretary opposite him looked at Huang He helplessly, thinking about where this country bumpkin, this nouveau riche, had come from, and that this kind of thing actually wanted to buy their Tengda.
Huang He realized he had made another not-so-small mistake, which was misremembering the time Tengda was for sale.
Huang He had always remembered that when Tengda was first founded, Mr. Ma didn't have money to maintain the servers and was looking for money everywhere. In the most desperate times, he was even willing to sell the entire Tengda and QQ for just 2 million yuan.
So Huang He arrived with confidence and 5 million yuan, intending to buy Tengda. However, upon arriving in Shenzhen, entering Tengda's door, and having a not-so-pleasant communication with the secretary of the president's office, he realized he had gotten the timing wrong.
The story of Tengda being willing to sell for 2 million yuan was true, but that was in 1999. That year, after Mr. Ma had talked to more than a dozen investors and was close to collapsing and disbanding his company, he finally reached an agreement with IDG Capital and Pacific Century Group, obtaining a total of 2.2 million US dollars in investment from the two companies in exchange for 40% of his own shares.
Hearing this news from the secretary's proud mouth, Huang He was so embarrassed that he wanted to slap himself. It turned out that 40% of Tengda's shares in 1999 were actually sold for 2.4 million US dollars, equivalent to 19 million yuan. Even if he had brought 5 million yuan in 1999, he wouldn't have been able to compete with his rivals!
Incidentally, the boss of Pacific Century Group was Richard Li, whose father was Li Ka-shing.
And now it was July 2001. Coincidentally, in June, Tengda had completed another round of financing. First, Pacific Century Group sold its 20% stake in Tengda, which it had originally bought for 1.1 million US dollars, for 12.6 million US dollars to South Africa's...
"Did you remember something happy?" Huang He narrowed his eyes, his face showing no expression.
"What happy thing?" the female secretary asked curiously.
"Like your wife being pregnant."
"Mr. Huang, please be respectful, or I will call security!"
"It's alright, I'm leaving!" Huang He smiled faintly and closed the reception room door. No more laughter could be heard from inside.