my return 2002

Chapter 54 Willing to gamble to admit defeat.

On Sunday, Shen Lang took Feng Xiaoxiao to Century Park to play for a day. Shen Lang also took Feng Xiaoxiao's hand successfully on the grounds that there were too many people afraid of being squeezed out. Feng Xiaoxiao was still very nervous at first. My palms were sweating all the time, and gradually I got used to it.

However, going to the park with girls is also very tiring. That night Shen Lang simply washed up and fell asleep, and didn't wake up until the alarm clock rang the next morning.

On the bus, Shen Lang took Feng Xiaoxiao's hand again. I don't know if it's because she has some baby fat, but her hand is also fleshy and soft, as if she has no bones, and it is very elastic when held in her hand .

"Don't do this, it's not good for people to see." Feng Xiaoxiao protested in a low voice.

However, Shen Lang approached her ear nonchalantly, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that you won't be able to hold on and fall."

Feng Xiaoxiao pursed his lips, this guy even made excuses so perfunctory now, he wanted to break free, but he was a bit reluctant, in fact, it was quite comfortable to hold.
Of course, when Feng Xiaoxiao got near the company, he resolutely shook off Shen Lang's hand, which made Shen Lang quite upset, and gritted his teeth.

"I can't get it out or what?"

Feng Xiaoxiao tugged at the corner of Shen Lang's clothes fawningly: "Oh, it's embarrassing to be seen by my colleagues. At most, I will let you hold it when I go back at night."

Shen Lang glared at Feng Xiaoxiao resentfully, please don't pant when you speak!

After clocking in at work, Shen Lang hummed and opened the office door, and Xiao Cai came over to report: "Manager Shen, Director Jiang asked us to go to the conference room for a meeting."

"Xiao Cai, you... didn't sleep well last night?"

Seeing Xiao Cai with dark circles under her eyes, Shen Lang couldn't help asking.

Xiao Cai looked at him with resentment on his face: "Manager Shen, apart from you, our department has been working overtime in the company these two days, and we don't get off work until three or four in the morning every day."

The corner of Shen Lang's mouth twitched, and he sneered: "Ah, that's really hard work for you."

Alas, this is the terrible thing about 996. Everyone is working overtime, which will create an atmosphere invisibly. Others are working overtime, and you don’t work overtime. Are you embarrassed?

Of course, this set is completely useless to Shen Lang, as long as he is not embarrassed, it is someone else who is embarrassed!

Jiang Yan was not embarrassed, but she was very upset, because Shen Lang didn't come to work overtime on the weekend, and today, Monday, he stepped on the clock, so many people were waiting for him.

"Manager Shen, can you come a little earlier next time?" Jiang Yan gritted her back teeth and asked.

Shen Lang didn't argue either, but glanced at the "low-quality quartz fake mechanical watch" in his hand.

"I don't seem to be late."

Jiang Yan almost vomited blood, and decided to quickly bypass this topic, as she would be pissed off sooner or later if she kept pestering her.

"Ahem, everyone has worked hard these two days, but our hard work is worth it. Our investment plan has passed the company's internal review."

Speaking of which, Jiang Yan glared at Shen Lang fiercely, but unfortunately she couldn't find a trace of guilt from the other party's face at all, so she had to give up.

"In addition, I have already made an appointment with Mr. Zhu of the Ninth City to meet at ten o'clock. Manager Shen and Xiao Cai will come with me in a while, and the others will continue to collect information about the Ninth City to prepare for the next asset evaluation. "

"Manager Shen, do you have anything to add?" Jiang Yan asked.

Shen Lang shook his head and said, "No, everyone take their place and do their own thing."

After the employees had left, Jiang Yan said solemnly, "When will your 500 million funds be in place?"

Shen Lang pondered for a moment: "September 9th at the latest."

"Then I'll take this money as a personal investment and add it to our investment plan. Don't let me go!" Jiang Yan is not afraid that Shen Lang will break his promise, it's only 500 million, and she can still get it if she raises money.

Shen Lang made an OK gesture, indicating that there is no problem.

"By the way, do investors have any requirements? If so, please add them to the proposal." Jiang Yan asked again.

Shen Lang thought for a while, then shook his head: "No."

"Don't you need to communicate with investors?" Jiang Yan asked suspiciously.

"No, we have communicated before, as long as I can make money, he will not interfere with my operations." Shen Lang spread his hands and replied casually.

Jiang Yan looked at Shen Lang with great interest and asked: "Are you so sure that this investment is profitable? If the Miracle MU game is not popular with mainland players, the Ninth City may go bankrupt immediately."

"If such a good game can't save Ninetowns, it can only mean that this company deserves to go bankrupt, and I'm willing to accept the bet." Shen Lang shrugged and said with a smile.

Miracle MU was definitely considered a game ahead of its time in 2002. Many players who have played Legend, after switching to Miracle MU, often ask: Why are the skills and equipment in this game so cool?emotion.

Especially the pair of dazzling big wings on the back of the characters has become the root of all evil, and has been imitated by various web games and mobile games in later generations.

"Will you bet and admit defeat?" Jiang Yan muttered in a low voice.

Indeed, in a sense, venture capital is gambling. Even if he invests in companies such as Ali, Shanda, Ctrip, and Byte, Sun Zhengyi, known as the king of investment, will still be burdened by too many investment failures. .

From starting a company to going public, the hardships that a company needs to go through in the middle are comparable to those of the monk Tang Xitian. Only a very small number of companies can truly become unicorns in the industry. Many companies don’t even know what mistakes they made. When they wake up the next day, they find themselves has been eliminated from the market.

At 09:30, Shen Lang and his party came to the building at No. 3000 Longdong Avenue where the Ninth City is located.

At this time, Ninetowns was still a small company with a small scale, and it was not conspicuous in the building. After explaining his identity to the front desk, he was taken to a conference room.

Not long after, a young man with a square face and dark skin walked in.

"Mr. Zhu, my name is Jiang Yan. I'm the director of Fuhua Financial Venture Capital Department. This is Manager Shen and Xiao Cai." Jiang Yan took the initiative to shake hands with Zhu Jun.

"Director Jiang, Manager Shen, Ms. Cai, welcome." Zhu Jun was very polite. In fact, just as Shen Lang expected, The Ninth City has put all its funds on Miracle MU's mainland agency rights. Now the company He was even nervous about renting the server, so Zhu Jun was naturally overjoyed when he heard that Fuhua Finance wanted to invest in Ninetowns.

At the beginning, the conversation between the two parties was very friendly, until Jiang Yan and Zhu Jun began to discuss the valuation of The Ninth City, Zhu Jun's face became a little ugly.

According to Jiang Yan's valuation, The Ninth City is only worth 500 million RMB, which is obviously far from Zhu Jun's psychological expectations.

"Director Jiang, I spent nearly 2000 million yuan just to obtain the mainland agency rights of the Miracle MU from the Korean company Wangchan! Your valuation is too outrageous. If you insist, there is nothing to talk about." .” After Zhu Jun finished speaking, he got up and was about to leave.

Jiang Yan was a little panicked, and was about to call Zhu Jun to stop, when Shen Lang, who hadn't spoken all this time, said something lightly.

"However, the 2000 million has emptied the entire company, and the business of the virtual community can't find any outlets to realize it. Now there are only two roads in front of Ninetowns, or the Miracle MU will catch fire, and Ninetowns will turn around beautifully. Either the Miracle MU will be cold in the mainland online game market, and Ninetowns will go bankrupt.”

Zhu Jun paused when he got up, suddenly smiled, and looked directly at Shen Lang: "Then why do you want to invest in me at this time?"

"I want to gamble with you!" Shen Lang met Zhu Jun's gaze.

"Aren't you afraid that I will lose?"

"I'm willing to admit defeat!"

(End of this chapter)