Silicon Valley

A hotel in China.

"Mr. Ma, we have gone to more than 20 banks, and none of them are willing to lend us a loan! Now, there is not much money left in the company's account. Even if the employees don't get paid, we can't last for two months!"

Sitting on the sofa against the wall was a thin, strange-looking middle-aged man. He is Jack Ma from Hangzhou Taobao.com. He frowned when he heard the words, and said slowly: "It seems that the way of the bank will not work, we can only find another way!"

"Mr. Ma, what can you do?" the man continued to ask. He is an employee of Jack Ma, named Cai Chongxin, looks Wen Qing, wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and serves as the CFO chief financial officer. This person originally worked in a German investment company with an annual salary of more than 700,000 US dollars. As a result, he was persuaded by Ma Yun's three-inch tongue, and he came all the way to join Ma Yun, and only took a salary of 500 yuan per month to help Ma Yun to register the company. His arrival made the company truly standardize its operation.

Ma Yun pondered for a while and said, "Go to Lenovo tomorrow to try!"

"Lenovo?" Cai Chongxin nodded and said, "Lenovo's performance is good, they should be very rich..."

...

The next day, Jack Ma and Cai Chongxin came to Lenovo.

After being informed by the lady at the front desk, Lenovo CEO Liu Chuanzhi met with the two.

In the office, the three briefly introduced themselves.

Liu Chuanzhi stared at Ma Yun with great interest, and said with a smile, "You are Jack Ma of the Chinese Yellow Pages!"

"Yes, Mr. Liu."

"Haha, I've heard your name for a long time, the Chinese Yellow Pages are doing a good job!" Liu Chuanzhi laughed.

"Don't dare to be... China Yellow Pages is nothing compared to Lenovo!" Ma Yun shook his head.

Liu Chuanzhi laughed twice and greeted, "Please take a seat, don't be restrained!" "Oh, Secretary Wang, give President Ma and Mr. Cai two glasses of water!"

"Yes, Mr. Liu." A female secretary responded and went to pour water.

At this time, Liu Chuanzhi sat on the chair, turned to look at Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin, and said with a smile: "This time you guys came to visit me, there must be something wrong?"

"That's right, you can go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything." Ma Yun nodded and said, "That's right, Mr. Liu, I founded a company in Hangzhou. You know, generally speaking, the biggest difficulty for startups is funding. So , we are here this time, in fact, we are asking Lenovo to invest in us!"

Liu Chuanzhi pondered for a while and asked, "What is the name of the company you created? What does it do?"

"Taobao, an e-commerce site!"

"E-commerce website?" Liu Chuanzhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Mr. Ma, 8848.com is also developing an e-commerce website, and it is developing very well. It's not easy for you to compete with it. Besides, Nicholas International, a foreign company. E-commerce companies have also entered the Chinese market, and the competition is very fierce!"

Hearing this, Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin suddenly felt a drum in their hearts, and Liu Chuanzhi was obviously not optimistic about Taobao. The two looked at each other, Ma Yun said to Liu Chuanzhi at this time: "The competition is fierce, but this is China. Compared with Nicholas International E-commerce Company, we have a local advantage!"

"What about 8848? They have developed better than you!" Liu Chuanzhi said with a faint smile on his face.

Ma Yun said confidently: "Although they are stronger than us now, I believe that Taobao will definitely surpass 8848!"

Liu Chuanzhi couldn't help shaking his head, obviously the 8848 website has become the representative of China's Internet e-commerce, while Taobao is unknown, but Ma Yun did not take his opponents seriously in his words, and he was very arrogant! At that time, Liu Chuanzhi's impression of him immediately decreased.

"Mr. Ma, are you coming to Lenovo this time for financing?" Liu Chuanzhi said indifferently.

"That's right, Mr. Liu!" Ma Yun nodded and said confidently, "If your company can invest in Taobao, I can guarantee that you will never regret the future earnings!"

Hearing Ma Yun's words, Liu Chuanzhi's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and he laughed: "Hehe, President Ma, listening to you, investing in Taobao must be a very profitable investment. It's a pity, in recent years, Hongnian Technology The company launched cheap computers, and Lenovo was greatly affected, resulting in insufficient funds. Therefore, we do not have any extra funds to invest in Taobao at present, which is really embarrassing!

When Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin heard this, their faces were not very good-looking. Naturally, they could hear Liu Chuanzhi's words, which was obviously dodging. The Chinese market is so big, even if Lenovo is influenced by Hongnian Technology, it has made a lot of money. As China's largest computer manufacturer, how could it be out of money? Moreover, the other party simply refused to put forward the specific amount.

If you don't agree, go away!

Ma Yun is also very arrogant in his heart. You are not willing to invest in me today, and I will make you regret it in the future! ! !

Ma Yun took the lead to stand up from the stool, and Cai Chongxin stood up immediately when he saw him like this.

"Okay, Mr. Liu, what an interruption, we'll leave now!" Ma Yun said.

"What's the hurry, drink a glass of water before leaving, the secretary just brought it over." Liu Chuanzhi pointed at the female secretary who came over and chuckled.

How can Ma Yun be in the mood to drink water, "Thank you, we are not thirsty..."

With that said, Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin walked out of Liu Chuanzhi's office quickly.

Not long after, Yang Yuanqing, vice president of Lenovo, walked in.

"Mr. Liu, what are they doing? When I just went out, my face was not very good..."

Liu Chuanzhi smiled and said, "Hehe, that thin, ugly guy is called Ma Yun. They founded an e-commerce company and want to find us Lenovo for financing."

"It looks like you rejected them!"

"Of course!" Liu Chuanzhi shook his head amusingly and said, "Hehe, this Jack Ma, I look like a liar, and he is very arrogant and arrogant, and he doesn't take 8848. The Internet will definitely bring huge benefits to Lenovo. I think, if you really invest in them, the money will be wasted!"

...

Lenovo door.

Ma Yun stopped and stopped.

"Mr. Ma, we really can't raise funds in China. We can contact foreign venture capital companies. I worked in a German investment bank before, and I have accumulated some contacts and know many executives of international venture capital companies!" Cai Chongxin sighed. He took a breath and said to Ma Yun.

Ma Yun remained silent. After a while, he said: "Well, after this trip to Beijing, if we still can't get the investment, we can only contact foreign venture capital firms..."

"Yeah!" Cai Chongxin nodded in response.

"Let's go and have a look at NetEase. Companies like Lenovo are reluctant to invest in us because they are not Internet companies, so they don't understand the Internet and don't understand us. NetEase, as a well-known portal website in China, may recognize us more."

"Mr. Ma, are you planning to seek financing from NetEase?"

"Yes, that's right."

(To be continued ~^~)