Time goes back, an hour and a half ago.

Xu Daqiang was sitting in the private room of the tea house, looking at the tea master who was making tea for him rather unscrupulously.

The tea sommelier wearing a traditional Chinese cheongsam is naturally good-looking.

only……

When the middle-aged rich man's eyes fell on the other person's chest, he showed a slightly disappointed look.

But he didn't say anything. He was holding a cigarette and watching the news on the WAP network on his mobile phone.

Soon, a call came to Li Hao's mobile phone.

After Li Hao responded a few times, he covered the phone and said:

"Uncle, that person has arrived."

"Well, then you go pick it up."

"good."

Li Hao walked out, and soon, two men who looked to be in their forties walked in with polite smiles.

When he saw Xu Daqiang, the slightly fatter middle-aged man put his hands together and bowed:

"Haha, Brother Xu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late."

Hearing this, Xu Daqiang waved his hands and looked casually:

"It's so similar."

Then, he set his sights on the middle-aged man with glasses and short hair in the back.

"Ancient board, right?"

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the middle-aged man surnamed Gu quickly took a step forward and took Xu Daqiang's hand in a lower posture:

"Hello, Mr. Xu, my name is Gu Yongqiang. It's our first time meeting you. Nice to meet you."

But this time, Xu Daqiang’s attitude was much more enthusiastic:

"Ah, don't be so polite. Come, come, sit, sit, sit."

After inviting the two of them to sit down, he started to smoke.

The fat man accepted the offer, but Gu Yongqiang accepted it politely, then picked up the lighter on the table and bent down to light Xu Daqiang's cigarette.

Xu Daqiang waved his hand again:

"Ah, I told you not to be so polite. You can do it yourself~"

"Well……"

Now Gu Yongqiang was a little unsure.

This one...is a little too polite.

Could it be that... he is not the rightful owner?

That's not right, the real owner's surname is Xu...

Today Gu Yongqiang is here to attract investment. Or in other words, the investor next to him told him that there is an investor here who wants to invest in your project, so come and meet him.

Gu Yongqiang is naturally happy.

Because everyone who works on the Internet actually knows that running a website, whether it is space, bandwidth, servers, etc., actually requires real money.

Not to mention anything else, just assuming servers in various places is a big expense.

Fortunately, he had already obtained an initial amount of capital.

It was his former boss, Sohu founder Zhang Zhaoyang, who used his connections to help him raise three million US dollars.

Logically speaking, it's enough.

But it's just enough, and some places still have to live a tight life.

But the three million is not without cost...

After he resigned as president and CEO of Sohu, although his boss helped him raise start-up capital, he didn't know who spread the news that he had prepared a project. The project... was a little dirty, and then the investment threshold was raised.

It’s also very high, starting at 10 million.

The so-called uncleanness refers to messy things like theft of ideas that are common among Internet companies.

But the problem is that Gu Yongqiang has resigned as the president of Sohu for more than a year in order to accompany his wife to study in the United States.

Where does the term "unclean" come from?

As for the threshold of 10 million, it is even more outrageous.

It is precisely because of this rumor that no one is interested in his project at all. When he took the initiative to look for investment, some investment companies would also take into account Sohu's current momentum. They were really afraid that the project was not clean and would offend the other party, so they gave him

Money is just a decent thing.

Although money can be raised in this way, the problem is... Gu Yongqiang himself came from Sohu. Sohu went public in the United States in 2000. Before the listing, due to continuous losses, the board of directors at the time almost sidelined Zhang Zhaoyang, and even developed to the point of holding a meeting

The secret board of directors is about to replace Zhang Zhaoyang.

If the former boss hadn't found the company's largest shareholder and convinced him thoroughly, then Sohu would still have no idea what his last name was.

Therefore, from that time on, Koo Yongqiang firmly believed that his company should not, firstly, have "various" shareholders, and secondly, never give these shareholders great rights.

So his idea is doomed that he will not be favored by many investors, because the cake of the Internet is... too big. Shareholders who are used to making huge profits simply cannot stand his restrictive conditions. People want to invest in you.

Make money. Who will give you money and treat it like a grandson?

Coupled with this inexplicable "ten million" rumor, he now feels a bit in a dilemma.

But at this moment, the investor next to him suddenly said that he wanted to introduce a rich man to him. Moreover, this rich man was not an investor. Moreover, when people heard that they were investing tens of thousands of dollars, they didn’t care at all...

Then here comes the problem.

If he's not an investor, why is he looking for me?

It doesn't matter if you have money or not. If someone can make an appointment with you after "hearing" about your so-called "investment threshold", it means that you are at least sincere and will not take advantage of you.

But what exactly is this person going to do? Gu Yongqiang is actually confused in his heart.

In the midst of such doubts, the tea master brought the tea, and the fat middle-aged man next to him served as the introducer and said to Xu Daqiang with a smile:

"Brother Xu, did you have good profits last year? Last year's coal consumption seemed to be more than 900 tons per ton?"

"That's great~ Do whatever you want."

Xu Daqiang smiled and waved his hands:

"I just earn hard money, but it can't be compared with you intellectuals. You rely on your brains, but you can only rely on your efforts."

"Hahaha, what Brother Xu said, brother, I am really ashamed of myself."

The slightly fat middle-aged man said and looked at Gu Yongqiang:

"Brother Xu is engaged in industrial coal mining. With his strength... Needless to say, it is easy to buy half of Yanjing City."

"..."

Gu Yongqiang's mouth twitched...

Xu Daqiang also rolled his eyes:

"Qiu! Half of it... It's hard to buy a toilet... I go and go, every day it's not like Brother Xu is rich, but Brother Xu is rich in minerals... That's an old man."

"Mr. Xu, please don't be so polite. Just call me Yongqiang or Xiaogu."

"Oh, that won't work. I'm a scholar, not that... old American student studying abroad?"

"Well……"

Xu Daqiang doesn't speak Mandarin...or to be more precise, Northern Shaanxi Mandarin, so it's a bit difficult for him to listen.

I didn’t know how to reply for a while.

Just keep smiling.

Xu Daqiang flicked the ash from his cigarette and continued:

"I also want to send my baby to study abroad... I don't like him. It's because I can't get used to the steak. Now I'm studying in that... film school, and my husband likes him quite a lot."

"Well……"

Gu Yongqiang was a little confused.

His son has just entered junior high school...and hasn't gone to college yet.

Although I can understand Mr. Xu's concern for his son, but... I have never heard of any famous university in China named "Film School"?

Where did Pheasant University come from?

And... shouldn't we talk about investment and prospects?

Why did you pick up the child?

"Yongqiang."
To be continued...