Chapter 104: 101 First Sword

Dizzy, full of anger, and helpless!

What is all this?

When Xu Xin sat in the office, she only felt her temples still throbbing.

No need to eat dinner.

She drank tea silently, slowly calmed down, and after a while, she waited for Liu Jiankai, the vice president who had been responsible for investigating the specific situation of Bai Xiaosheng for the past few days.

"Hi, Kathy." Liu Jiankai knocked on the door and walked into the office with a smile, calling her English name, "Have you eaten?"

Xu Xin shook her head and pointed to the seat opposite her desk.

Liu Jiankai quickly discovered that the boss's face was not good and turned into a serious mood: "Xu Zong, do you want to conduct a formal report on the situation of Bai Xiaosheng now?"

Xu Xin was the one who called Liu Jiankai, but now listening to his words, she couldn't help but have a headache again.

She couldn't help but support her forehead with her hand, and her left hand tapped the table twice: "Say it simply."

Liu Jiankai read the boss's body language. This kind of helplessness was something he had never seen since joining the company.

He didn't need to make expansive guesses and only said based on his work: "The Bai Xiaosheng website has only been operating for two months since it went online, and it has only been three months including its preparatory work such as early registration. The current number of users has exceeded 100,000."

"And, a large part of the website users come from word of mouth."

"In such a short time and without any advertising, its performance is excellent!"

"We initially investigated the user group of Bai Xiaosheng now, and it is indeed as they said, quite targeted, which means they still have great development potential."

"Workplace social networking is not a new topic, but looking back at the internet development history of the past ten years, there is no successful company."

"We discussed this phenomenon internally. There are hardware problems, the user foundation is not in place, and there are software problems. Our country has not formed a particularly good workplace social culture, so it is indeed relatively difficult to do workplace social networking alone."

"But Bai Xiaosheng added the 'topic' angle, which is a bit interesting."

"Most of this growth in the past two months comes from workplace topics, so we have a question: is this growth sustainable?"

"The time is relatively short, but from the current observation and use and relevant feedback..."

Liu Jiankai snapped his fingers: "This is a good new attempt."

He licked his lips and moistened his throat with air: "The most rare thing is that the management of this small company looks very clear in planning, and the execution of the two months is also very in place, which is too rare."

Many venture companies grab everything, but Bai Xiaosheng's strategy is appropriate, execution is in place, and the effect is obvious, which really shows a lot of skill.

Liu Jiankai saw the boss's hand had moved away from her forehead, obviously thinking about what he said, and continued to say: "We studied the entrepreneurial team of this company. They initially invested their own money, especially the core figure Yu Xing. This money came from, uh..."

Xu Xin said lightly: "It's all money from my husband's company."

Liu Jiankai: "..."

In a sense, it is like this.

A thought flashed through his mind: Zhen Ai Wang's value belongs to the joint property of husband and wife, Li Song's money is also Xu Zong's money... Xu Zong pays, Yu Xing starts a business, Yu Xing wants money, Xu Zong pays again...

Fate!

"It's just looking at Yu Xing's determination to invest like this, he obviously believes in his judgment," Liu Jiankai didn't play, just spoke based on facts. "He brought his old team from the previous company this time. Hmm, saying 'old' is a bit strange. After all, his previous company only took four months from doing to selling, but undoubtedly, he himself has certain abilities."

"The market for workplace social networking exists, and the entry point of workplace topics is novel. Subsequent revenue, including advertising and even inserting mature recruitment methods, can be imagined."

"Their team has also been initially tempered, and the core figure has been recognized to a certain extent."

"Now there is another problem. I was still pondering on the way here: how Bai Xiaosheng should respond to the follow-up of big factories. This is already an entrepreneurial pain point in the industry."

Liu Jiankai pondered after summarizing.

Xu Xin said lightly: "Tencent has a position."

Liu Jiankai was stunned, pondered the five words of the boss for a while, and the more he thought, the more he felt it was incisive, and applauded sincerely: "Xu Zong, your view is simply hitting the nail on the head!"

He said excitedly: "Ah, yes, Bai Xiaosheng's business attribute is placed here, tsk, good, good, this is the different situation of internet business entering the vertical field!"

Liu Jiankai really opened up. Speaking of vertical, really doing it, really vertical down, a new world of entrepreneurial projects really appeared!

He exclaimed again: "Xu Zong, your vision is really sharp!!"

Xu Xin could actually understand this excitement, but she strangely couldn't get happy at this moment and said truthfully: "This is Yu Xing's reply to me."

This aspect was not written into Bai Xiaosheng's financing letter of intent.

Liu Jiankai was very surprised. His exclamation dropped a bit, but he still said: "So that's it... Hmm, Yu Xing is not bad. Without thinking about the industry and judgment of the project, he couldn't say this."

He suddenly remembered browsing Bai Xiaosheng yesterday: "Xu Zong, Yu Xing has a speech at the Internet Conference, and the content is quite good. Looking at it this way, although he is from a medical background, he has many thoughts on the internet."

Although Xu Xin was in a bad mood, she still objectively said: "Not only is it good, I went to see Liu Qiangdong last year, and he strongly recommended me to read this speech at that time. Later, he even wanted to recruit Yu Xing to JD. Our evaluation at that time was half-joking, thinking that this judgment perspective of the industry development stage was very high-level."

Liu Jiankai was a bit surprised. He heard it. Half-joking, and the other half was naturally serious.

Although JD's scale is not big now, Capital Today is very optimistic about JD's future and also recognizes Liu Qiangdong's ability.

One person says good, two people say good, three or four have similar views, that is really good.

What's more, there are figures like Ma Yun, Xu Xin, and Liu Qiangdong here.

"The logic of his speech is very self-consistent," Xu Xin said. "Some people have their own set of theories, some people can explore and practice. If you have both theory and practice, it is really good."

Liu Jiankai couldn't help but nod. Setting aside the involvement of Yu Xing's previous project, his preliminary investigation result was that, considering various factors, Bai Xiaosheng had great development potential and was worth investing in.

There is naturally no risk-free investment target here, at least, that "workplace topic" tending to corporate negatives has quite a few risks.

However, a risk-free investment target is another price.

What are investment institutions for?

It is to need to chase profits while facing risks.

Liu Jiankai's speech basically ended. This was just temporary overtime today, and there will be formal discussions later.

Hmm, as for the reason for this temporary overtime...

Liu Jiankai didn't try to ask. Anyway, his opinion was clear, and the decision-making power of whether to invest or not was in the boss's hands.

Xu Xin could feel the vice president's restraint and first said the time for the next contact: "On the morning of the 10th, we will talk to Yu Xing and the others again. You confirm the itinerary."

Immediately, she also expressed her attitude, and her speaking speed slowed down: "Bai Xiaosheng's workplace topics indeed involve Zhen Ai Wang, but our decisions only need to be responsible for Capital Today's funds. Others are irrelevant factors."

Liu Jiankai was not surprised to hear such an answer and said immediately: "Understood!"

Capital Today was founded by the boss herself, and she cherishes this brand more than anyone else.

Whether to invest in Bai Xiaosheng or not is not important in a certain sense. What is important is that she needs to practice her work principles and professional ethics. Otherwise, how to convince many partners?

In addition, Liu Jiankai really looked forward to Bai Xiaosheng's future and was very looking forward to the development changes brought about by their capital injection.

If Bai Xiaosheng really goes public one day, and the boss didn't invest today due to other factors, it would undoubtedly become a joke.

Liu Jiankai thought of this and suddenly felt... hmm, if there is a dispute between husband and wife because of

"Alright, you guys continue to follow Bai Xiaosheng." Xu Xin sent the guests away, "Yu Xing called for a price of 5 million US dollars, which is clearly an overestimation. You determine a range before the 10th."

Liu Jiankai nodded and agreed, suppressing the thoughts turning in his mind.

Only one person remained in the office.

Xu Xin's mood didn't lighten because she had clarified her decision-making attitude; instead, she felt it was even more tricky.

It would be fine if Bai Xiaosheng wasn't good, but if everyone really felt that this Bai Xiaosheng could be invested in...

It's the New Year on the 25th...

Will this year even be a good New Year...

Xu Xin sighed, feeling that although this case was small, it gave her more of a headache than "Qunar."

She knew her husband's attitude toward Zhenai. com; he was truly aiming for a listing.

If she invested this time...

Xu Xin opened the financing letter of intent on her desk, but her focus wasn't on it.

If she really invested, that would truly be the first sword of the New Year, cutting the person beside the pillow first.

The conflict between Yu Xing and Li Song gave potential financiers a headache, but the employees of Bai Xiaosheng were very excited.

This conflict itself was very lively.

The boss of the company involved, who was previously only online, actually showed up at the door. This status was much higher than the previous two groups!

Also, also, the famous investor Xu Xin is actually this person's wife!

And, the progress of the Series A financing mentioned by the boss is true!

Oh right, there is also a defector from Zhenai. com sitting beside him; his mouth is truly tight!

There is excitement, gossip, interests, and even personal participation in the war of words and pushing. This B-class job is truly worth it!

However, early the next morning, Yu Xing issued a gag order to the employees.

"Don't spread yesterday's events outside, and don't post them on our website."

"The company's two major goals now are to develop users and to obtain financing."

"If we actively make the conflict boil over, it is very likely to affect the views of investors. If we can't get investment, everyone's stock options won't know when they can be finalized."

Yu Xing gave the reason and also obtained everyone's guarantee.

He is relatively cautious. Although he has the idea of looking for other investors, the progress of Capital Today is clearly better.

Riding a donkey to find a horse is fine, just don't end up with nothing.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the topic from Xiecheng was still fermenting. In addition to the insurance fraud of the customer in November, other insurance policies confirmed problems one after another, which led to media reports on a larger scale.

Xiecheng is a listed company, and the problem of such fake insurance policies is quite bad.

Compared to this, the storm of internal layoffs was not as big.

At ten-thirty, an anonymous account certified as a Xiecheng employee posted a new post, stating that HR had come to find them and proposed a more sincere layoff compensation, which meant that the matter for this batch of employees was initially resolved.

Such news is naturally worth being happy about, and it was also seen by other users who were watching the event.

Brothers, exposing is really useful!

This platform, Bai Xiaosheng, must never fall...

Yu Xing noticed such posts and was quite dumbfounded. This could also be considered initial word-of-mouth.

At noon, the steel chairman, who had been hospitalized for a night, was discharged again. This was already his third time being discharged.

"Brother Xing, I can also be considered to have shed blood for the company." Song Yufeng said with pride.

Yu Xing gave a thumbs up: "Brother Feng, when we have money to take over the place next door, I will definitely assign you an office."

"Whether there is an office or not is not important, it's just..." Song Yufeng was a bit resentful, "Brother Xing, remind me next time you run. You ran too fast yesterday!"

Yu Xing was a bit embarrassed: "I was also a bit scared at the time, thinking about mobilizing everyone quickly."

Song Yufeng accepted the boss's explanation. After all, yesterday was just a scare, and there was no real injury again.

"Going to Capital Today on the morning of the 10th, do you want to come along?" Yu Xing asked.

Song Yufeng was energized: "Yes!"

Having been to the hospital three times, it was finally time for something to save face!

Just as Yu Xing was about to speak, his phone suddenly received a text message.

Liu Wan Ying: Boarded the plane, flying to Xiangjiang.

His heart shook. Xiao Ying flying to Xiangjiang meant this first sword of shorting was finally about to be swung.

If shorting can succeed, Bai Xiaosheng's demand for financing will drop significantly.

If it fails... then they must accumulate funds and find another target. The financing matter still needs to be secured.

Money, money, money, it's almost New Year.

Yu Xing really hoped that he could see a harmonious group of relatives and friends when he went home for the New Year, but that required an economic foundation.

Even if he doesn't give it, seeing the economy is fine too.

"Brother Xing, what's wrong?" Song Yufeng saw the boss's expression suddenly turn cold and thought there was some bad news.

Yu Xing put down his phone and smiled: "Nothing, it's good news."

Song Yufeng's own heart turned a bit cold. What good news? Why is the boss smiling without mirth?

Yu Xing raised his voice: "Come on, come on, let's see how we can spend this New Year!"

Song Yufeng echoed twice, certain that there must be something tricky in this; otherwise, the boss wouldn't have such a tone of sharpening his sword toward the pigs and sheep!

But he also had expectations. After all, having been to the hospital three times and with his arm in a sling, he could have a fat New Year to make up for it, so that he could carry bigger things with this tough body in the coming year.