Chapter 1455 Do you understand investment!
In today's business world, Lu Heng's age is always an amazing point.
It can even make people feel trance-like and make them feel as if they are dreaming.
Can such a dazzling achievement be achieved by a person of his age? What would he be doing at this time?
In other words, it shouldn't be the case now. Even looking back at the past or looking at the future, any young man in his teens or 20s who opens a big company and becomes the boss will make everyone curious and talk about it.
Of course, none of you here are curious babies. After meeting Lu Heng, you stopped paying attention to him.
Because there is only one protagonist today, Shen Ya!
There is only one topic today, whether Vipshop should be listed!
"The company is about to celebrate its third anniversary. I have been grateful for your support along the way. I, Shen Ya, would like to thank you in advance!"
Shen Ya clasped his fists and said some polite words, and then went straight to the topic!
"Xiaobo and I have discussed it and the company has reached the point of listing. I have called everyone here today just to hear your opinions."
"Vipshop has developed so far. Although it has excellent momentum, it has encountered a bottleneck. Going public is one of the ways to break through this bottleneck."
Beside Lu Heng, Qin Xinkun softly explained to him why Shen Ya was eager to go public.
His voice was very low and did not affect Shen Ya's speech above. Lu Heng could take care of both ends.
A scene like this happened not only on Genesis' side, but also on the other two major venture capital companies.
For example, Lu Heng's old acquaintance Ji Yue was also talking to Adrian from Sequoia.
On the contrary, the other three founding investors, the old gods, were sitting aside, looking at their noses and noses, silently, as if they had already made plans.
Lu Heng looked at this scene and roughly understood that instead of discussing with all shareholders, Shen Ya wanted to defeat Lu Heng and the other three shareholders today and get the entire board of directors to agree to the listing of the company.
"What bottleneck?" Lu Heng asked calmly.
Qin Xinkun said quickly: "First of all, it is the company's reputation. Now Vipshop's reputation cannot be improved. It is not due to publicity, it is just that it has reached the upper limit. Once listed, it can be seen through press conferences and other public channels, as well as the company's stock price every day The performance on the stock market has attracted the attention of the business community, investors, the press and even the general public.
And if a listed company operates well and is full of hope in the future, then the company will have a first-class reputation, which will provide the company with various immeasurable benefits."
Lu Heng was thoughtful and tapped his fingers on the table.
"go on!"
"The second is the financial situation. Vipshop's funds are starting to get tight!"
Lu Heng frowned, "Why are you so nervous? The last time we invested, three companies jointly invested US$100 million. How long has it been since then, and it's all gone?"
No wonder Lu Heng was so surprised. Vipshop's investment was not only Genesis' largest investment, it was even the largest amount of venture capital financing in the first round of domestic e-commerce.
Unparalleled!
Qin Xinkun smiled bitterly, "President Shen is really good at spending money. In just one year last year, Vipshop, which received financing, did too many things. New products on the website were launched from one issue a week to four issues a week. Now there are seven issues a week, which means there are new products every day!”
"In addition, the bulk of the money was spent on establishing branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other places. Tens of millions were spent just like this."
Lu Heng ignored Shen Ya's talk on the other end and looked at Qin Xinkun in confusion.
"Just like this, it won't cost 100 million US dollars!"
Qin Xinkun took a deep breath and whispered: "Vipshop has built a logistics park in Foshan, with a warehouse area of 20,000 square meters. It is the largest b2c logistics center in South China. Also, they have built a logistics park in Chengdu to lay out Southwest Logistics .Officially operating a logistics park in Beijing and laying out the North China region. The warehouse area in these two places is as high as 24,000 square meters. These are the real spenders!"
You know, the latest warehouse area of Jumei Youpin led by Chen Ou is only 5,000 square meters.
Vipshop, on the other hand, has built three logistics parks in just one year, and none of the warehouses has an area less than 20,000 square meters.
Lu Heng clenched his hands unconsciously and narrowed his eyes when looking at Shen Ya.
Being able to make money is a skill, being able to spend money is even more important!
How to spend money wisely, do it quickly and well, and even earn back several times in the future, this is undoubtedly his skill!
This low-key man is actually not low-key at all.
In some ways, he did it more high-profile than anyone else.
And his ability is also evident.
Thinking of the future success of Vipshop and the talent displayed by this man now, Lu Heng made a rough decision in his mind
"Now, with the addition of the three newly constructed logistics parks, we have four logistics parks. But in the future, I hope we can have more logistics parks and the national warehousing area will reach 500,000 square meters!"
"Vipshop needs to build its own research institute to be responsible for innovating new curriculum research, scientific research projects, and leading the company's technological development direction, instead of holding its throat in the hands of outsiders."
"Lefeng.com is our strategic goal and must be controlled and acquired!"
"Vipshop is by no means a special sales e-commerce company limited to China. My goal is the whole world, at least to become a cross-border platform for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan!"
"And the conditions required for all this are by no means as simple as investing hundreds of millions of dollars. Going public is the best way to achieve the goal!
Shen Ya looked around and said decisively: "The plan to go public is urgent and I hope you can agree!"
Everyone looked at each other, even the three old investors who were prepared were very surprised at this time.
They didn't know that Shen Ya had such a big appetite and thought of such a long-term destination.
Of course, if he follows his plan, going public is indeed the best way.
Only by going public can you obtain sufficient funds and fame, and then do those seemingly impossible things.
"Ahem"
A heavy cough came from Adrian, an American with slightly gray hair, who was the representative of Sequoia at this time.
"President Shen, I can understand your thinking, and I even admire your ambition. But I have to mention that according to your listing plan, it is definitely not a good time to log on to the New York Stock Exchange next year."
From 2011 to 2012, it was indeed not a good time for Chinese Internet companies to list in the United States.
However, this is relative!
Shen Ya frowned and looked at him coldly: "I know what you mean, but every minute of delay is a waste of opportunity for Vipshop to become bigger and stronger."
Just as Adrian was about to speak, Jerry, the person in charge of DCM, shouted loudly: "Are you really sure that you know what Mr. Adrian means? In other words, do you realize how much this will do to our investors?" Big loss?”
Adrian was silent, and together with Jerry, stared at Shen Ya with an unkind expression.
This Chinese man is as tough as when he first raised funds. It is clear that their top international venture capital is the leading party.
Shen Ya turned his head and did not directly answer Jerry and Adrian's questions. He suddenly looked at Lu Heng.
"Mr. Lu Heng, what do you think of the company's plan to go public?"
Lu Heng looked at everyone with interest, resting his elbows on the table and rubbing his chin with his fingers.
Then he made his first public voice today, which was refreshing and clear.
"I support President Shen."
Shen Ya's expression softened slightly, and her eyes looking at Lu Heng became much softer.
But at this moment, Jerry slammed the table.
"Young man, are you sure you know how to invest? Once you do this, how much money our three companies will lose, have you ever calculated it?"
The corner of Lu Heng's mouth curled up slightly, "I don't need you to judge whether I understand investment or not, but are you sure you know how to run a good business?"
Jerry's expression froze
Chapter completed!