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Chapter 1492 The top party invitation

At the cocktail party, it was believed that Li Mu and Anne Hathaway were surprisingly matched, and there was also Sequoia Capital's eO and Steve Johnson.

Stevejohnson, who had been chatting with several bigwigs in the capital circle, had an idea in his mind after seeing the intimate actions made by Li Mu and Anne Hathaway from afar.

Stevejohnson kept paying attention to Li Mu. Seeing that he finished chatting with Spielberg and Anne Hathaway. After leaving the other people, Stevejohnson walked to Spielberg with a glass of wine, and said to him with a smile: "Steven, my friend is gone!"

Spielberg looked up and saw that it was him, and smiled in surprise and said, "Hello, Mr. Johnson, it's really been a long time since I saw you! I didn't expect you to be here today."

Stevejohnson smiled slightly and said, "Makino Technology is a partner of Sequoia. How can I not support such a big thing?"

After saying that, stevejohnson looked at Spielberg and asked, "I heard that you have been making movies in China recently?"

"That's right." Spielberg nodded and said, "I have been busy filming recently."

Immediately, Spielberg introduced to Stevejohnson: "You should know all of Leonardo, Tom Hanks and Anne Hathaway?"

"Of course, of course." Stevejohnson said with a smile: "The three are very famous in Hollywood and are all actors I like very much."

Spielberg hurriedly introduced to the other three people: "stevejohnson, the eO of Sequoia Capital."

As Spielberg was introducing himself, Stevejohnson shook hands with the three of them one by one. People from Hollywood knew politicians and capitalists very well, so they all heard of Stevejohnson Daming.

Unlike most professional managers of companies, SteveJohnson is also one of the shareholders of Sequoia Capital. In addition, he also has many private equity funds with outstanding achievements and is very prestigious in the capital market. People like him, just looking at his own value, may only be one-tenth of Li Mu. But the key is that he has strong resources in the capital market. As long as he speaks, a large amount of hot money will be gathered to him, and he can gather hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in cash anytime and anywhere, and no one dares to underestimate it.

Several people greeted Stevejohnson one after another, and stevejohnson responded one by one very politely, and then focused his eyes on Anne Hathaway.

"Miss Anne, can you talk to you in private?"

Anne Hathaway didn't know why Stevejohnson had first met, so she wanted to chat with herself in private, but out of politeness, she nodded gently.

Stevejohnson apologized to the other three, then walked to the corner with Anne Hathaway, and then asked her: "Miss Anne, I wonder if you are interested in going to London to attend an intimate party in the middle and late next month?"

"Goal?" Anne Hathaway looked at Stevejohnson in surprise, looking confused.

Stevejohnson explained: "This party is a castle blak-tie held by members of the British royal family and some famous British nobles every three years. In addition to royal nobles from all over the world, there are also some well-known big families and entrepreneurs. This party is usually about five days, and we will be responsible for arranging all food, clothing, housing and transportation."

Blak-tie is literally translated as a black tie, but in the upper class, this represents a party specification. Generally, blak-tie, both men and women, must attend in full costumes. In the upper class, this kind of party is the highest-standard one except for public occasions.

Anne Hathaway had heard of this kind of blak-tie held by the British royal family and aristocrats when she was in Hollywood. It is said that this kind of party is the world's top upper class gathering, and I have never heard of any Hollywood movie stars invited to attend.

After all, the European royal nobles themselves are somewhat incompatible with the culture of the United States. The former has been despising the latter for centuries. Stevejohnson suddenly invited her, which really made her feel incredible.

However, Stevejohnson is a British man and comes from a powerful old aristocratic family in the UK. He has participated in the world's top blak-tie since he was an adult and has not yet lost. He has the qualifications of his identity as a person, so if he invites Anne Hathaway, then Anne Hathaway will have the opportunity to attend the party.

Stevejohnson was surprised to see Anne Hathaway, and explained, "Miss Anne, I'm going to tell you, the reason I want to invite you is because I'm also going to invite Li Mu, and I think if you will be there, Li Mu's chance of accepting the invitation will be higher."

Only then did Anne Hathaway realize that Stevejohnson was not drunk.

However, not only did she feel disappointed, but she felt a sense of joy in her heart. The meaning of Stevejohnson seemed to be that he felt that Li Mu would accept the invitation because of him. Is he a basis for saying this?

Stevejohnson saw Anne Hathaway not speaking for a long time, but his face turned red. He even more aware of it and hit the railway while it was hot: "Miss Anne, you don't have to make things difficult for me. I have a meeting with Li Mu tonight. If you want, I can tell him the news that you will be there first. If he still refuses, it doesn't matter if you don't want to go. I can understand it completely, and I will definitely keep it 100% confidential."

Anne Hathaway hesitated for a moment, nodded ashamed, and said, "Mr. johnson, if Li Mu agrees, I'll be fine..."

...

Li Mu did not pay attention to stevejohnson. He was holding the wine glass and finding Mark Zuckerberg who was alone in the corner.

In this cocktail party, except for Li Mu, Mark Zuckerberg was the youngest, and his personality was not as outgoing as Li Mu, so he seemed a little out of place with the surrounding environment.

Everyone was chatting in groups of three or five. Mark Zuckerberg was holding a glass of non-alcoholic drink mixed with soda, standing alone in a corner, doing nothing and looking around with awkward smile on his face.

For Mark Zuckerberg, he was like a kid who broke into an adult club, and his most obvious experience was at a loss.

When Li Mu was chatting with Spielberg and others, he saw Mark Zuckerberg's dilemma in the distance. After a while of greeting with the people, he found an excuse to say goodbye temporarily and came to Mark Zuckerberg with a glass of whiskey.

When Mark Zuckerberg was bored, Li Mu suddenly appeared in his sight and asked him with a smile: "Hey Mark, why are you standing alone?"

Seeing that it was Li Mu, Mark Zuckerberg hurriedly scratched his head and smiled shyly and said, "I did nothing, I just stared in a daze."

Li Mu asked him: "Why don't you go and chat with others?"

Mark Zuckerberg laughed at himself and said, "I don't feel like I can talk to them."

Li Mu smiled and said, "If you can talk together, you have to talk first before you know."

After saying that, Li Mu said: "Many of the people who come here today are very famous in Silicon Valley, and there are also very famous bigwigs in the venture capital industry. If you get familiar with them, you may be able to get more help in many places in the future."

Mark Zuckerberg nodded slightly and said, "Then I'll try to talk to them later."

Li Mu instructed: "It is best not to drink alcohol-free drinks when chatting with others on such occasions. Holding a glass of wine will make you more sincere and shorten the actual age gap."

Mark Zuckerberg hurriedly said, "Then I'll go and ask for a glass of wine later."

Li Mu waved his hand, called a waiter directly, and said to him: "Get this gentleman a cup of whiskey."

"Okay Mr. Li." The waiter quickly walked over with a glass of wine containing about a quarter of whiskey and handed it to Mark Zuckerberg.

Li Mu picked up the wine glass, touched the wine glass in Mark Zuckerberg's hand slightly, then took a sip, and asked him, "How is Faebook doing recently?"

Mark Zuckerberg hurriedly took a sip of whiskey. He coughed for a long time after choking, and his face turned red before he improved slightly. He said to Li Mu: "Febook has developed rapidly recently. According to Mr. Li, you reminded me, we deliberately strengthened and emphasized the search function on Faebook. This function has been highly recognized by users. Now our registered users have exceeded 5 million, and their daily active users have exceeded 600,000, which is five times the time you went to Harvard last time."

Li Mu smiled and said, "It seems that you have found a way to viral transmission. If you continue to work hard, I think you can have at least 2-3 million daily active users by the end of the year."

Mark Zuckerberg said: "Fast promotion is also very expensive at the capital level. I am still exploring ways to monetize. If there is no good monetization channel, the development speed must be more rational."

Li Mu asked him: "How much money has been spent?"

Mark Zuckerberg said: "You and your fund invested a total of 6.02 million yuan, and so far, they have spent 3.3 million yuan, and there are still $2.7 million left."

Li Mu asked again: "How many employees are there at this stage?"

"Thirty-three," Mark Zuckerberg said: "Most of these people are promotional staff and technical teams."

Li Mu nodded and said, "If you are worried about money and feel it is completely unnecessary, I can add another round of investment to use it as Faebook's pre-a round of financing."

Mark Zuckerberg said: "If I keep burning money, I always feel a little unsure, because the larger the number of users, the higher the cost of the company. If the cash cannot keep up, it is easy to fall into a situation where the capital chain is broken."

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "The current Internet social networking is like before the real estate outbreak. Not only is the business growing at an extremely fast speed, but the recognition of capital is also increasing rapidly. What you have to do now is to exchange money for real estate at all costs. Even if you spend all the money in your hands, it doesn't matter if you have a lot of debt, because once the real estate skyrockets, you can immediately make huge profits."

Mark Zuckerberg hesitated, nodded, and said, "Mr. Li, please set a valuation for faebook, and then increase capital according to the valuation. If I don't get cash, just dilute the shares instead of investing."

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "I will invest five million dollars more in this round. You don't need to dilute your shares, and the share structure does not require any changes. Just open it after you get the money. As for cashing out, don't worry too much for the time being."

Mark Zuckerberg hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, this is really unfair to you. Since you have additional investment, it is natural for me to dilute the shares..."

Li Mu smiled, patted his shoulder gently, and said, "Stop talking nonsense, I control the company, so listen to me on this kind of issue."
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