The 37th floor of Futian Shangri-La Hotel. The night filled the sky and the earth, and a light rain suddenly came.
After dinner, Guan Yujia was working at the desk in the living room of the executive suite when she received a call from the capital, "Sister Guan, the courtyard has been cleaned and the appliances are complete. You can move in."
"Okay. Xiaohe, you have worked hard." Guan Yujia complimented casually. She had been following Mr. Qiao for a while, and her management skills had improved rapidly.
Xiao He said hurriedly: "It's not hard, it's not hard."
Guan Yujia smiled, said a few words and hung up the phone. Get out your notepad and cross off one of the items on your to-do list. The top item on the to-do list is: buy two Mission Hills golf villas.
She works as an assistant to Mr. Jing, and there are a lot of people in the company who work as assistants for her. Zhongrun Company recruits assistants for her without any quota. These tasks around Mr. Tianjing were slowly handed over to her by Qiao Shuang and Yu Jiashi.
She followed Qiao Shuang's division that day: living group and administrative group. She now has 13 people under her command. There are also more than 100 employees of Zhongrun Company and employees of branches in various places for her to mobilize.
After closing her notebook, Guan Yujia held her cheeks and looked at the drizzle outside the window. Mr. Jing was probably still socializing in the bar at this moment.
Since this week, he has been following Mr. Wang from Vanke around Shenzhen to visit investors and entertain them constantly. Thank you for bringing Lin Xuanzhong, a guy who has been "tested by alcohol for a long time", otherwise he would be drunk every night when he comes back.
"Jingle Bell…"
A cheerful cell phone ringtone rang. Guan Yujia came to her senses and answered the phone. The caller introduced himself, "Hello, Assistant Guan. I am Guo Lingyu, executive director of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific."
Guan Yujia said clearly: "Hello, Ms. Guo."
Guo Lingyu laughed heartily and said, "Assistant Guan, I'm sorry to disturb you. I would like to visit Mr. Jing in the hotel tomorrow. Is it convenient? I heard that Mr. Jing is meeting investors in Shencheng during this time."
The Asia-Pacific headquarters of Goldman Sachs is located on Hong Kong Island, just across the border from Shenzhen. The business exchanges between the two places are very close.
For example, Xiao Ma lives in Hong Kong Island and drives to the Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen to work every day.
Guan Yujia thought for a while and said, "Ms. Guo, I'll check Mr. Jing's itinerary and call you later. Do you think that's okay?"
She understands Jing Gao's thoughts very well. Uber (China) financing is not about finding funds, but about finding connections. Goldman Sachs’ connections are not what Uber needs for the time being. Goldman Sachs is only useful if it is listed in the United States.
Of course, the executive director of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific is not even qualified to pay a visit to Jing Gao. She needs to ask for advice.
"Okay." Guo Lingyu felt slightly unhappy. Phoenix Fund is a bit arrogant. She was requesting a meeting on behalf of Goldman Sachs, the world's top investment bank!
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By Saturday, August 20, Jing Gao came to Shencheng for a week and basically completed all the things that needed to be done.
In the morning, Jinggao received the visiting Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific executive director Guo Lingyu in the chairman's room on the 40th floor of the Shangri-La Hotel.
The sun shines on the balcony after nine o'clock. The height of the 40th floor gives the two people a wide view, overlooking Lianhuashan Park and the spacious leisure area in front of the Convention and Exhibition Center.
Guo Lingyu came to visit Jing Gao today. She was not wearing a suit, but a fashionable summer dress.
Aqua blue silk gown, novel style. The lower body is paired with a black skirt. At the age of thirty, she looks like a beauty in her twenties, with bright eyes and white teeth, and she is as beautiful as she is beautiful.
With a figure of 1.70 meters, she is slender, plump and graceful, with a very good figure. Those long, snow-white legs sat crossed over each other, exposed under Jing Gao's eyes, and his skin was as smooth as jade. Full of unique charm and style.
Guo Lingyu sat on the sofa, admiring the beautiful scenery of the park, took a sip of coffee, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jing, are you still used to living in a hotel? If there is anything that needs improvement, you can mention it to them."
These words are very master-like.
Jing Gao raised his doubts and said with a smile: "What do you call Ms. Guo and Mr. Guo Henian, the Asian Sugar King?"
Guo Lingyu looked at Jing Gao with approval with her big beautiful eyes. She reacted quickly and smiled, "That's my grandpa."
Jing Gao nodded with a smile and took a sip of ice coke.
Guo Lingyu sipped her coffee elegantly, stopped beating around the bush and got to the point, "Mr. Jing, Mr. Liu from Didi worked for Goldman Sachs a few years ago, and I was fortunate to work with her. She is also my senior at Harvard University. I'm here to visit today. , it can be said to be two things, or it can be said to be one thing.”
"oh?"
Guo Lingyu said: "Uber and Didi are currently starting a subsidy war in China again. More than 100 million US dollars are burned every day. This situation is absolutely unsustainable. I think both of you are willing to negotiate.
Therefore, Mr. Liu asked me to send a message and ask Mr. Jing about the price of selling Uber (China).
As an employee of Goldman Sachs, I hope to facilitate the merger between you two and invest in a certain share of the new company after the merger. "
Guo Lingyu said this very confidently! He looked at Jing Gao with burning eyes, waiting for his answer.
Jing Gao couldn't help laughing and said leisurely: "Ms. Guo, you made a subjective mistake. Uber (China) can continue to burn money."
Guo Lingyu immediately burst into anger from his heart. She came to visit with sincerity. Jing Gao What's this answer? Can burning more than 100 million US dollars a day be sustainable? Which company in the world can be said to be sustainable?
Is your money washed away by the flood?
If you don’t agree, you won’t agree. Who doesn’t know how to brag?
Guo Lingyu's face changed slightly, and she persuaded in a cold voice: "Mr. Jing, a profit of 1 billion US dollars is quite considerable and rare. The 450 million US dollars you raised have now been burnt down. How can this continue? Don't be arrogant in doing business, be kind and make money. .”
This statement has the meaning of "teaching you how to be a human being". Perhaps Guo Lingyu was born in the Guo family and was used to speaking in this tone. Besides, she is three years older than Jing Gao, so she seems to be teaching children.
Jing Gao felt a little unhappy. He glanced at his phone and said, "Ms. Guo, please check the Weibo messages."
After that, I drank Coke and looked at the scenery of the park under the hotel. On a hot summer morning, there are still tourists under the shade of trees and by the pond.
you! Guo Lingyu almost didn't come up in one breath. She seemed to know where Phoenix Fund's arrogance came from. It’s all a trend brought about by the young man in front of me. She usually works on Hong Kong Island and installs WeChat to facilitate communication with friends in the mainland. What Weibo is on her phone? She uses facebook, Twitter, and instagram.
Guo Lingyu waved and called the hotel service team who was far away, "Open Weibo on your phone and show me the news."
"Okay, Miss Guo." The hotel executive took out his mobile phone in cooperation.
Guo Lingyu asked angrily: "Mr. Jing, what news do you want me to read?"
Jing Gao said: "Search Uber (China)'s official Weibo, there is announcement news on it."
Guo Lingyu slapped her phone on the table and ordered the senior manager: "Help me search."
The middle-aged hotel executive lowered his head, not daring to look at the collarbone of Guo Lingyu's shirt or the fierce curve under her collarbone. He honestly searched for the official Weibo account of Uber (China). He looked slightly startled, then handed over the phone.
Guo Lingyu frowned. The expression on the hotel executive's face gave her a bad feeling. When she looked at the news on her mobile phone, she took a deep breath.
The official Weibo message of Uber (China) is: The latest news is that Uber (China) has recently completed Series C financing, with a joint investment of US$2.5 billion from Poly Real Estate, OCT Group, Shenzhen Venture Capital, and Shenzhen Metro.
The valuation of Uber (China) remains at US$12 billion. Original shareholders such as Phoenix Fund, Vanke, and HNA will continue to invest. This round of financing raised a total of US$5 billion.
The comments under Uber (China)’s official Weibo account have exploded.
"Old man, 666."
"Made, these people in the Internet field don't treat money as money."
"Who can explain it? What's the secret of this financing?"
"The first two are state-owned enterprises under the State Council. Do you know the list of China's top venture capital institutions? Shenzhen Venture Capital is a large local venture capital enterprise as famous as IDG, SoftBank, and Hongbin China."
"I have the latest news. Of the US$2.5 billion in follow-up investments, the Phoenix Fund invested US$2.4 billion."
"Awesome!"
"Mr. Qiao from Phoenix Fund is awesome. She is only 25 years old this year, right? I wonder if she is married?"
"Mr. Qiao, I love you."
"Get lost. That's my wife."
Guo Lingyu is a venture capital investor and knows the financing data of Didi and Uber very well. Uber (China) has raised US$5 billion, which is really not much worse than Didi. Moreover, Phoenix Fund seems to have strong financial strength.
She returned the phone to the hotel executive speechlessly and asked him to stay away for now. What she just said to Jing Gao was a bit inappropriate. Jinggao is indeed not bragging. US$5 billion can be burned for more than a month.
Jing Gao turned around, looked at Guo Lingyu, and said, "Ms. Guo, Mr. Liu wants to acquire Uber (China), and I also want to acquire Didi. Please help me ask Didi what price they will offer."
Guo Lingyu smiled helplessly, "Mr. Jing, I will take your words to you." At this point, his momentum was gone. Her senior wanted to eat Uber, but others also wanted to eat Didi! This is really... Who will annex whom in the end?
It is estimated that Mr. Liu should have seen the financing news of Uber (China) by now. I wonder what she feels at this time?
Jing Gao nodded, stood up, stretched out his hand to shake Guo Lingyu's hand, "Then that's it for today. Mr. Wang and I made an appointment for tea at noon."
Guo Lingyu stood up and watched Jing Gao leave.
The pride of being the granddaughter of Asia’s Sugar King is gone. The pride of being the Asia-Pacific executive director of Goldman Sachs, the world's top investment bank, also disappeared. I'm afraid she needs to make a good friend of Mr. Jing. This is a great guy!
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The news of Uber (China)’s financing caused an uproar on the Internet. Jing Gao took his assistant and bodyguard to have tea with Wang Shitou at the beach.
After coming to Shencheng for a week, the financing matters were settled. He had to say goodbye to Wang Shitou and it was time to go back.
