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"Boss, do you need to hold a press conference?" Ruiz confirmed to Yang Cheng before leaving.

"Yes, but I won't attend. It's enough for you to clarify for me. 80 million is the best proof." Yang Cheng thought for a while and decided to give up this opportunity to appear in public. He is not a star and does not need too much exposure.

, and if he personally came forward to explain this kind of thing, it would create the illusion that he was guilty. Instead, he would easily throw out 80 million US dollars, which would make it easier for the people who want to pay more attention to him.

After a moment of pause, he continued, "By the way, the instigator this time has been found out, and he is a member of the Hearst family."

Seeing Ritz's puzzled expression, Yang Cheng waved his hand, "It's not Amanda, there is someone else who is trying to remove the Hearst Group from the list of shareholders of New Era Media."

Ruiz said without thinking, "Simple, just a few rounds of financing can dilute Hearst Group's shareholding indefinitely."

"This won't work. Hearst Group has the same proportion of follow-on investment rights." Yang Cheng rejected this method immediately. He also knew that dilution was the easiest and most direct method, but who asked Amanda to sign the contract at that time?

It’s not okay if we don’t give you the right to follow the investment.

"Then we can only start from the outside and find ways to make them give up voluntarily."

"It's quite difficult. You go ahead and do your work first. If you have any good ideas, let me know at any time." When Yang Cheng thought of Paris Hilton's evaluation of William IV, he was very pessimistic about it.

To be honest, Yang Cheng thought about it all night last night and didn't even sleep well. When he woke up in the morning, he turned into a national treasure panda, but he still couldn't find a place to fight back. It wasn't because the opponent was too strong, but because Yang Cheng didn't know William well enough.

, I can’t start, I can’t use my strength, let alone counterattack, now I can’t even find the opponent’s people anywhere.

However, the way of heaven is reincarnation, and you will have to pay it back sooner or later. No, in the evening Yang Cheng was invited to attend an investment cocktail party. At the cocktail party, he met the person he 'missed' in his heart, William IV. Coincidences often happen, especially this year.

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The organizer of this reception is Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Company. The purpose is to create this platform and conditions so that managers of small and medium-sized startup companies have the opportunity to have in-depth exchanges with Wall Street investment companies and provide more convenient financing.

shortcut.

There are countless such cocktail parties in Manhattan, almost every week, but the scale is different. For cocktail parties held by influential figures on Wall Street like Bill Ackman, participants flock to them. Yang Cheng is alone tonight.

Come here, you don't expect to find a golden chicken that has not laid eggs. Companies with real potential have been divided up as early as the incubation stage. Is it his turn?

Holding a champagne glass, I wandered through the venue, and the high-pitched talk buzzed in my ears like mosquitoes and flies. It was very noisy, especially the flattering faces of some entrepreneurs, which really made me sick.

Otherwise, you have some backbone and maintain a neither humble nor arrogant attitude from beginning to end, but you can be respected by others. You hate this kind of asking people for money to pretend to be a grandson. When you turn around and develop, you will start to be arrogant again and try your best to invest your money.

People kicked away.

Just when he drank all the champagne in his mouth and was about to find an excuse to say goodbye, a figure caught Yang Cheng's attention. Looking at the high-spirited white man and his handsome profile, at that moment Yang Cheng's

A layer of goosebumps appeared on his body. Last night, he specifically asked Paris Hilton for William's photo. He looked at it carefully for a long time. At this time, it was still fresh in his mind. He would not admit that he was William IV.

The emperor really paid off, beckoning the waiter with the wine tray to come over, changed a glass of red wine, and stood calmly near William, listening to his energetic speech.

"To be honest, Charlie, I don't agree with your company's operating philosophy. Most of the funds Quora has raised so far are sitting in the bank. I understand your concerns, which are nothing more than to prevent a financial crisis or other special circumstances.

But from an investor's perspective, this is a waste of resources! Moreover, Quora's expansion is too slow. You and your partners are obviously not qualified managers. You might as well sell it to me. With the help of Hearst Group,

Quora will go further, you can use your money to enjoy this fancy world."

The word Quora in William's mouth gave Yang Cheng a flash of inspiration, but it was fleeting. He seemed to have heard of this term, or heard of this company, but he couldn't remember what it did.

Looking at the fat white man with brown-red curly hair named Charlie opposite William, he seemed to have never seen him before, and he was filled with doubts.

The fat man named Charlie argued disdainfully, "Humph, the reason for this is to prevent crocodiles like you who try to annex us, to ensure that our products and services can survive and remain independent forever. It is me and us

The consensus of the company is that every time we expand, we will proceed very steadily and we will not be a rootless duckweed."

Charlie was very dissatisfied with William's arrogant attitude, but it could be seen that he was not a radical guy, and was still trying to use data to change William's view of his company, "And so far, Quora has never announced the users of its products to the outside world.

Regarding the data, I can clearly tell you, and everyone present, that in the United States, the number of visitors to Quora in February this year was 5 million, which is much higher than the external estimate of less than 2 million."

"So? You still haven't found a profitable direction!" William's disdain hung on his face without any attempt to hide it.

"Mr. William, the Hearst Group is great, but obviously we are not from the same group. We look forward to our next cooperation." Charlie didn't know how to refute, blushed and forced out a polite smile, turned around and left.

At this time, Yang Cheng suddenly remembered what Quora is. It is a question and answer website in the United States, similar to Zhihu in country Z. Of course, it is the founder. It developed the original version of the question and answer website as early as 2009. In the following years,

The rapid development of this website has brought this website closer to the direction of Google and Yahoo. It has a huge database of primary data and is the second largest encyclopedia in the world after Wikipedia, and has therefore successfully joined the ranks of unicorns.

Looking at Charlie again, his eyes were full of '**', because Toutiao app's future big data plan will be more effective with less effort if Quora helps.

Sneering at William's back, they will settle their accounts later!

Yang Cheng didn't stay any longer and chased in the direction Charlie left.

"Mr. Charlie, please wait a moment. Can I have a chat?" Yang Cheng caught up with Charlie before walking far, walked a few steps forward and stopped him.

Charlie's mood was a little low. He raised his head after hearing this and was about to get angry when he spotted a familiar face that had been frequently seen in public recently.

"Um~ maybe you are Mr. Jason Yang in the four-dimensional space?" Charlie scratched his head and asked uncertainly.

He was not good at talking and dressed plainly. This was the first impression Charlie left on Yang Cheng. He was a typical coder.

"That's right, you know me? That would be great. Can you spare a few minutes and we can talk about your company, Quora, right? An interesting name." Yang Cheng's elegant and indifferent smile made Charlie feel

I am very old-fashioned.
Chapter completed!