Rekindle 2012

Chapter 231
Jian Xiaohao thought about the matter of being poached and decided to talk to his boss to avoid misunderstanding after the boss knew about it.

However, when he called, he found that his boss's phone had been turned off.

In the office of the general manager of Sequoia Capital Shanghai Branch.

Li Chenyang waited for a long time and finally met the person in charge.

Ms. Qian Chunlan.

"I've read the information on Snail Takeaway, and it's developing pretty well... But Greentown is too far away, so we have to make a decision after inspection."

"Of course."

Li Chenyang smiled lightly.

Qian Chunlan looked at this confident young man and asked one more question: "How much do you want us to invest?"

"Five million dollars."

He emphasized the U.S. dollar with some emphasis.

This is really not just nonsense from Li Chenyang. Food delivery is a very money-consuming industry. If you want to compete with Meituan Ele.me outside of Greentown, you must have sufficient funds. The same is true for both of them. Financing.

"2000 million US dollars..." Qian Chunlan frowned.

It’s not that Sequoia Capital lacks such a small amount of money.

just.

Qian Chunlan has been an investor for so long, and she has never seen an entrepreneur who is less than 20 years old and still a freshman in college need to raise so much money.

The key is that this snail takeaway has previously raised 500 million and 2000 million respectively.

Age is not a flaw, but it is a factor that she must consider.

If the investment succeeds, of course it doesn't matter, but if it fails, these unfavorable factors will be used by others to attack her.

Compared with snail takeout.

Not long ago, she came into contact with another entrepreneur, who was relatively reliable and had a master's degree from a prestigious school.

I started my own business in Shanghai.

The results are clear at a glance.

The direction of starting a business is exactly the same as that of Snail Takeout. They are both in the Internet takeout platform industry... In other words, the two of them are absolute competitors.

Psychologically, Qian Chunlan is more optimistic about the project called Ele.me, but judging from the report, this snail takeout seems to be ahead.

This made her hesitate.

"Twenty million US dollars is a lot of money. We need to study it before making a decision. If we consider investing, we will contact you."

"no problem."

Li Chenyang stood up calmly, without any trace of disappointment.

He knew that the possibility of the other party saying this was no longer high, just like after you went for an interview and someone told you to go home and wait for notification.

If you weren't a fool, you wouldn't really wait for any notification.

Li Chenyang came here with the mentality of giving it a try and without high psychological expectations.

If there are no expectations, there will naturally be no disappointments.

However, he came into contact with investors, which gave him some entrepreneurial experience.

"Manager Qian, I won't interrupt your work. If you have any further requirements or need to add any information, just call me."

"Walk slowly."

……

After leaving the Sequoia Capital Building, Li Chenyang exhaled and took a taxi to a private house two kilometers away.

In the core area of ​​​​Shanghai, such a piece of private housing is worth a lot of money. In addition to some original residents, there are some senior white-collar workers who work in the financial center.

Looking at the familiar building.

Li Chenyang smiled.

Just like the day he was reborn, when he returned to his rental house in Haizhu City, it felt very strange.

The same is true here.

This is where Li Chenyang lived when he was working in Shanghai.At that time, he was lucky enough to join a large Internet company and was responsible for JAVA development. His monthly salary reached over [-] yuan, so he had the capital to rent such a house near the company.

Although it is only a standard room, only about 5000 square meters, the monthly rent is more than [-], not including property fees, water and electricity.

If it were other young people who had just come to Shanghai to work hard, or those intern programmers, they might not be able to pay the rent here with a month's salary.

It's still a familiar building.

Li Chenyang seemed to still be able to recall the appearance of the old landlord. His family had a total of three houses here. He lived in one house and rented out two houses. The two houses were divided into five standard rooms. The monthly rent was more than 2 yuan. .

Looks pretty good, right?

It's a pity that all their children have gone abroad.

The children basically only come back once every few years, and his wife passed away early, leaving him alone.

He kept saying that whoever helps him take care of his old age in the future will have his house given to him.

Of course, no one would believe him.

Until Li Chenyang returned from Shanghai, it still looked like a village in the city and had not been demolished. Probably because the land price here was too expensive. In those years, developers had a hard time and no one dared to think anything about it. .

Returning to his old place, when he passed the gate of the community, he did not go in, but continued to walk forward. He had not eaten lunch yet, and now he was very hungry.

If I remember correctly, there is a Northeastern dumpling not far from the front of the community. It tastes very good. It is the restaurant where Li Chenyang has eaten the most after returning from get off work.

The dumpling shop already exists, but it is much newer than I thought. It must have been renovated not long ago.

The divorced young woman in her 20s is no longer here. Now there are only two middle-aged people in their 50s and [-]s.

There is only one guest.

When Li Chenyang entered the door, the two of them stood up quickly.

"Young man, what do you want to eat?"

asked the middle-aged woman.

Li Chenyang looked up at the menu posted on the wall and said, "I want a shepherd's purse and pork dish, and a beef and green onion dumpling, both of which are large."

The shepherd's purse and pork dumplings are 18 yuan each, and the beef and green onions are 22 yuan each.

The price is not cheap to be honest, but it depends on where it is.

If the prices in Greentown University Town were the same, no matter which portion of the same dumplings, it would cost no more than ten yuan.

"Young man, have you finished the two big portions?"

The woman was a little surprised.

Li Chenyang waved his hand and said, "After eating, I have a big appetite."

"Then I'll give you the shepherd's purse dumplings first, and when you're almost done eating, I'll give you the beef and green onion flavor. If you're full, just tell me and I'll take one less portion."

The woman still said.

"Okay." Li Chenyang didn't say anything. He couldn't eat so fast. It didn't matter if he didn't eat together. The boss was still the same as before, thinking about the customers. No wonder he still misses it after so many years.

Of course Li Chenyang will not admit that what he really misses is the dumpling Xishi, ahem...

of course.

He was just admiring the beautiful women. At this time, maybe everyone was already married.

Soon a large plate of dumplings was brought over. It seemed that the dumplings were all made by hand, and the dumpling-making stall over there hadn't even been removed yet.

There were no guests, so the old couple just chatted while making dumplings, and their life was quite happy.

In addition to the dumplings, the women also helped bring a bowl of hot dumpling soup, which was free of charge.

After delivering the dumplings and soup, the two returned to their previous positions and continued making dumplings.

Li Chenyang also took a bite of the shepherd's purse dumplings.

Still the familiar taste.

Fragrant!

Being able to taste the dumplings that I had always missed, this place was worth it... He ate one for two, and the dumplings on the plate were quickly decreasing.

At this moment, the door of the dumpling restaurant opened and two more people came.

(End of this chapter)