My Age of Investment

Facebook's press conference was like a bomb thrown into the water, causing huge waves.

250 million U.S. dollars in Series B financing, with a post-investment valuation of 10.25 billion U.S. dollars.

Facebook why?

Not only people on the Internet are hotly discussing it, but ordinary Americans are also discussing it hotly.

Internet professionals feel that the bubble is too big, and Facebook is not worth so much money.

In order to prove their point of view, these professionals also come up with various arguments, comparing Google and Yahoo in the same period, comparing the number of users, and inferring Facebook's revenue and growth potential.

Ordinary people don't care about these things, they only care about wealth.

In order to cater to the curiosity of ordinary people, the media started digging in depth.

Soon, reporters dug out the fact that Xia Jinghang still held 41.64% of Facebook shares.

Roughly calculated, the value of these shares is about 4.27 billion US dollars!

At the age of 21, he became the youngest super rich man in the world.

The media reported extensively and gave Xia Jingxing various titles: the next Jerry Yang, one of the six most successful Chinese in Silicon Valley, the richest man in China...

It was also exposed by the media that Xia Jingxing only obtained the right of permanent residence in the United States, but did not obtain American citizenship.

This came as a surprise to many, especially Facebook users.

Most of them always thought that Xia Jingxing was Chinese American, or they never cared about this issue.

Knowing the result now, some people said that they didn't care, and even felt that the United States should recruit such outstanding talents as Xia Jingxing.

But some young people are very dissatisfied and fan the flames everywhere on the Internet.

"The Chinese stole the Internet wealth that belongs to the Americans!"

This view has won the support of many white supremacists.

They cursed on the Internet, feeling that the government was too open, allowing a Chinese to earn a huge amount of wealth on white land in less than three years.

Although the United States is a country of immigrants,

But the gap between the rich and the poor is huge, and class, race, political stance, etc. are all divided.

Xia Jingxing came to the United States to study, and dropped out of school to start a business in the United States.

In the eyes of these people, the United States gave Xia Jingxing a chance.

In China, Xia Jingxing may never be able to earn so much wealth.

Xia Jingxing's start-up capital came from lawyer Andrew and Stanford University President John Hennessy, which were also provided by Americans.

It is equivalent to saying that the Chinese did not invest a penny in the United States, and they obtained a company with a valuation of tens of billions of dollars.

If a white man had achieved such an achievement, they would only envy it.

But if it is a Chinese, it becomes jealousy.

I don't know if anyone has contributed to the flames, but this kind of public opinion on the Internet has intensified.

Some people even shouted the slogan "Abandon Facebook, Abandon Youtube, Use Americans' own social networks and video sites"!

What's even more exaggerated is that some people shouted the slogan of "dividing the riches by beating the local tyrants", thinking that Xia Jingxing's shareholding in Facebook should be distributed to the American people.

Because without the support of Americans, Facebook would not be where it is today.

Seeing such a big public opinion, Old Man Gates, Old John, Andrew, Peter Thiel, Breyer and other shareholders all came out to speak for Xia Jingxing.

"In my eyes, the United States is an inclusive and open country, and because of this, it has attracted talents and funds from all over the world to flow here, and the United States is also great because of this...

I haven't known Darren very long, but I know that this is a very good guy, hardworking, smart and creative.

His appearance has injected fresh blood into Silicon Valley, and social networks and online videos have enriched the life and entertainment of the American people.

I hope you all treat this matter rationally!

The United States has investments in China as well as in the whole world.

Private property is sacrosanct, as written in the Declaration of Independence.

I hope people will respect the law and respect the rights and interests of foreign investors in the United States..."

Bill Gates' speech was reprinted by major media.

Some sane Americans think this is a very correct point of view, and those words about dividing up other people's property are indeed too much.

But the extreme racists don't like this, they call Bill Gates a "beautiful traitor", because they have invested in Facebook, they are protecting the interests of the Chinese people everywhere.

Entrepreneurs from the Huayuan Science and Technology Association, such as Deng Feng and Zhu Min, also expressed their support for Xia Jingxing in the media.

Yang Zhiyuan was no exception. When interviewed by reporters, he also said a few fair words for Xia Jingxing.

In addition, Yang Zhiyuan also called Xia Jingxing.

"Jing Xing, let me declare first that Yahoo definitely did not contribute to the flames of public opinion."

Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "I believe in you, thank you for what you said to the media."

Seeing how Facebook has grown to this point, it would be a lie to say that Jerry Yang has no regrets at all.

I regret that I didn't make a higher offer to buy Facebook, and I regret that Yahoo entered the social network too late...

But as a Chinese, he slandered Xia Jingxing and used public opinion to attack Facebook. He resisted such things from the bottom of his heart.

"This matter, you think about how to deal with the aftermath..."

Yang Zhiyuan paused, and continued: "If you are naturalized quickly, Mr. Gates should be able to help you."

Xia Jingxing didn't expect that Yang Zhiyuan would give his competitor a trick, and it wasn't random, without malice.

This surprised him, and he felt that the other party was not a bad person.

"okay, thank you!"

Xia Jingxing hung up the phone, leaned back on the chair, and pondered over the public opinion.

He speculated that competitors such as Google and Juyou.com may have done something secretly.

If Facebook cannot be defeated on the frontal battlefield, these small means are used.

As long as you can win and make a profit, who cares about the process?

Of course, the most important thing is that Americans are xenophobic in the final analysis.

People like Deng Feng and Zhu Min earn hundreds of millions of dollars, and most Americans recognize them by pinching their noses. What's more, many Americans don't know such a thing at all.

His situation is different. Facebook is engaged in consumer-grade Internet, C-end, and its influence is naturally greater than those of Deng Feng and others who are engaged in enterprise products.

In addition, he earns more than Deng Feng and the others, and he is younger, so success comes more easily.

How can all this not attract people's envy?

Fortunately, he also registered several offshore funds in the Cayman Islands, and concealed 20% of the equity through layers of complicated equity structures as a cover.

The names of the funds are also related to "Facebook". From the perspective of outsiders, most of them will be mistaken for employee option pools.

If he does not hide the 20% stake, the outside world is afraid that the public opinion will be louder.

With a 61.64% shareholding ratio, he owns most of Facebook.

From the perspective of Americans, he holds 41.64% of the shares, which means that he, a Chinese, only holds less than half of the equity, and the other half belongs to Americans.

In addition, there are 2% Russians, but in the final analysis, Facebook is still dominated by Americans.

It's not that he doesn't want to hide more, but the scale and valuation of Facebook's three rounds of financing are transparent, and the outside world can easily calculate the equity structure.

He concealed 20% of the equity, which is basically the limit.

If you hide more, it's a bit of a cover-up.

To get rid of the thoughts in his mind, Xia Jingxing called the puppy.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

After Xiaogou entered the office, he carefully observed Xia Jingxing's expression while talking.

As the chief information officer, he naturally saw the public opinion on the Internet, and knew the various slanders and pressure Xia Jingxing was under at the moment.

"What do those people on the Internet say? Tell me!"

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