Chapter 884: Domestic Side Story 1: Little Ma Comes to Hong Kong, Investing in Penguin!

October 1999.

Hong Kong,

Central Plaza reflected blinding light from its glass curtain wall under the sunshine.

Ma Huateng stood downstairs at the Central Plaza building.

The sea breeze carried the chill of autumn, but it was hard to dispel the anxiety in his heart.

At this time, his company, Penguin, was in a desperate situation.

There was only 10,000 yuan left on the books, while the number of OICQ users was soaring like an out-of-control rocket to 1 million.

This should have been an achievement worth cheering for, but in Little Ma's eyes, this number of users meant a sharp increase in the demand for server resources, and its cost was like a bottomless pit that could never be filled, constantly devouring funds.

Not enough money!

Not enough money!

To save Penguin, Little Ma had tried every method he could think of.

This trip to Hong Kong to find Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was Little Ma's last hope.

He looked up at the towering building, took a deep breath, trying to calm his wildly beating heart.

Although he had made 6 versions and a business plan of more than 20 pages, facing a figure like Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu who could flip his hands to create clouds and rain in the business field, he still felt uneasy, worried that he wouldn't be able to move the other party.

In Shenzhen, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu could be considered a legendary figure.

Rich!

Charitable!

A succubus!

Especially the Hong Kong financial defense war, which Shenzhen TV broadcast every day.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was completely deified.

Carrying a nervous yet expectant mood, Little Ma stepped into the building.

"Hello, my name is Ma Huateng, I have an appointment, going to Five-Star Group..."

A month ago, Little Ma had used his father's connections to make an appointment with Ah Ting from Five-Star Supermarket in Shenzhen to have a meal, and then made a connection.

Then he continuously introduced the OICQ in his hands; after using it, Ah Ting felt it was quite convenient, so he agreed to recommend it to Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

Today was the day appointed to meet Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

"Mr. Ma, right..."

After the receptionist checked, confirmed it was correct, and sent someone to take him to the elevator.

The elevator rose slowly, and with every floor it rose, Little Ma's heartbeat accelerated by a point.

He was finally going to see that legendary person!

When the elevator door opened with a "ding," he subconsciously straightened his suit.

Arriving at the secretary's office.

"Hello, I'm here to see Mr. Guan."

"Mr. Ma, right? The boss is busy right now, please wait in the conference room next door."

"Thank you."

Then Little Ma drank tea in the small conference room, waiting and waiting.

Half an hour later,

"Mr. Ma, the boss is free now, please come over..."

"Thank you."

At this moment, Little Ma became nervous.

Following Wu Lianqian, he pushed the door and entered Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's office.

At this time,

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was sitting behind a wide desk, reviewing documents.

Behind him was a piece of calligraphy.

"Abide by the law, be kind to others."

Originally, there were also things like "Virtue" or "F*** it," but his status and position were different now, so he had to take care of his image of majesty and righteousness, so he simply put those elsewhere.

"Boss, Mr. Ma is here."

"Mr. Guan!"

Little Ma bowed slightly.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu looked at Little Ma, the corners of his mouth curling up.

I didn't expect you to eventually fall into my hands.

In his previous life, a large part of Penguin's shares were in the hands of foreigners; this wasn't to say Little Ma was worshiping foreign things, it was just that the financing environment at the time was all about foreigners waving banknotes to invest domestically.

Early domestic rich people simply didn't have the idea of investing in Penguin.

Other big companies were the same, such as the other Old Ma.

Therefore,

And Penguin was still okay; the first investment was from Young Master Li Er + IDG Venture Capital, each contributing 2.2 million USD, each holding 20% of the shares.

Then...

The famous story of Young Master Li Er selling Penguin stocks for 100 million and then being mocked came out.

Young Master Li Er even went on interview news, expressing great regret for this decision.

And in this life, with Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu here, he naturally wouldn't let it fall into the hands of foreign venture capital institutions.

After all, Penguin didn't need to go public in the US, and the market wasn't abroad, so the benefits brought to it by international venture capital were only funds. ===== CHAPTER 885 =====