Chapter 21: Venture Capital

Chapter 21: Venture Capital

That's right, the two mothers also saw it early, the world is really so small, and the two children are really a pair.

At first, the two inexperienced people felt a little embarrassed, but they both regained their minds and even communicated happily.

Bai Yaojin already knew the identity of Professor Shi, a high-level intellectual, and a very powerful scholar.

Looking at Yan Chengan's performance in the drama today, not only is she a talent, but she also has a good performance in her profession, which is better than the popular male protagonists she has seen in TV dramas now.

Professor Shi is also quite satisfied. She trusts Yan Chengan's gaze, don't look at him as if he is easy to deal with and easy-going in everything. In fact, he is a hidden perfectionist and idealist, as well as some emotional and moral cleanliness, and he is very demanding. I heard Bai Yaojin introduce that her daughter graduated from the world's No. 1 business school and is now working in her own company. Looking at Bai Yaojin's gentleness and gentleness, he is also a very educated person, and he can't pick out any faults.

Simply, the two made an appointment to leave a contact information directly.

Not to mention, their family actually knew the girl's name for a long time, but they never made an official appointment to meet.

Bai Yaojin's thinking is similar, she trusts her daughter's vision. And her daughter's character can make her come to watch her boyfriend's performance, which shows that she recognizes this lover very much and is very serious about this relationship. At this time, Bai Yaojin's mind had forgotten all kinds of terrifying conjectures in her mind that she didn't dare to think about before going out, and her mind was full of her daughter's love life and future development.

When Su Man came to the door, Professor Shi friendly extended his hand to greet her: "Hello, is this Su Man? Chengan mentioned you to us before. I'm his mother, you can call me Auntie Shi."

Looking at Su Man's former mother-in-law, Professor Shi, who was no stranger to Su Man, Su Man obediently stretched out her hand and shook her lightly, called out to Auntie, and then introduced herself with sincerity and certain tone.

"Hello Auntie, I'm Chengan's girlfriend Su Man. I'm very happy to meet you. Please rest assured and leave Chengan to me. We are very serious about this relationship, and I will always treat him well in the future. ."

In fact, Professor Shi, who has seen a lot of the world and once imagined the appearance of the girlfriend brought back by his son, was stunned. What his son likes... Is it this type of girl?

Because Su Man did have work to do, and Professor Shi still had things to do in his school, everyone didn't have time to communicate too much, so they said goodbye to each other and left. But for such a somewhat coincidental and somewhat unusual meeting, everyone was quite satisfied.

And, there will be opportunities in the future.

Maybe next time we meet, everyone will have a more formal opportunity and a different identity.

In the small restaurant at the entrance of the school, the students of the first class of the performance department gathered together for a meal. Yan Chengan came over and sat down for a while. He temporarily received a call and had something to deal with. After saying hello to everyone, he planned to leave early.

Director Lou's movie is about to start shooting, and he has to do a lot of preparations during this time, and he also makes time to attend the class reunion that may be rare. However, Director Lou suddenly called him and said that there was something for him to come over, and he could only say goodbye.

Walking out of the restaurant at the entrance of the school, Yan Chengan stood at the entrance of the store, waiting for the agent and driver who would arrive soon.

At this moment, Yan Chengan noticed that someone was walking behind him, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Zhou Han.

For today's dinner, she was a "non-staff" who came with Lin Ran, and she came out early for some reason.

"Cheng An, I want to tell you something. Give me a minute. I know that such opportunities may become less and less. If I don't say it, I'm really unwilling."

Zhou Han lowered his head, revealing his beautiful neck, and clenched his hands tightly.

"I really like-"

"There is nothing to say between us other than our normal classmate relationship. Otherwise, it would really bother me."

In the cold wind, Yan Chengan didn't let her finish her confession, and a clear answer like I would trouble her also bluntly expressed his attitude.

Because the hall of the restaurant was reserved by their classmates, it is not a normal meal time, and there are not many people in front of the restaurant at this time. Zhou Han stood beside him, but he couldn't see the impatience and boredom in Yan Chengan's eyes.

"I just like you, what can't I say? Like you is just my own business, and I can't control it. You don't need to hurt people so much."

Zhou Han finally couldn't bear it any longer and complained to him. Tears welled up on her beautiful face.

"I can't compare to her. If I can dress up a little, become famous, and have a better family background, I can also have a chance. Now you don't like me, maybe it's just that you don't see me. "

Hearing this, Yan Chengan didn't want to endure any longer because of the affection of his classmates. He didn't want to hear a word of these words, and he didn't want to pay attention to a word.

In the cold wind, no one around could hear their conversation, and no one in the distance could see the expression on Yan Chengan's face.

So, Zhou Han not only didn't hear Yan Chengan's consolation in her imagination, but heard him whisper in his usual warm and moving voice.

"Why do you have such a ridiculous idea?"

"You are—nowhere else."

"It's especially ugly to be entangled now."

Zhou Han's original sadness and unwillingness suddenly stopped, she couldn't even believe her ears, but Yan Chengan said these words.

In his four years of college, Yan Chengan was considered a perfect gentleman in everyone's mind. He spoke and acted completely unlike his peers of his age. He was always so appropriate and measured, making everyone who came in contact with him feel like a spring breeze. Even though Yan Chengan had hinted that he had rejected her before, he took his face into consideration euphemistically and did not embarrass her at all.

Therefore, Zhou Han had never seen Yan Chengan's current appearance, which made her feel too unfamiliar, embarrassed, ashamed, and even frightened.

It was also the first time for Yan Chengan to look at Zhou Han for a long time in a non-acting state, but there was undisguised contempt and annoyance in those beautiful black eyes, but the beautiful face was very split as usual. He smiled politely, seemingly unaware of what he had said.

If it wasn't for hearing his words, seeing his eyes up close, no one would know what Yan Chengan said to her from a distance.

"You still have your friends, don't get close to us, don't get close to me, don't get close to my girlfriend, this will only make me hate you even more."

"Also please don't confess to someone you have a lover next time. Even as a classmate, I feel unbearable."

Yan Chengan warned her with a light expression on her face but a resolute tone. Just at this time, the car to pick him up came, and Yan Chengan also stopped talking with her.

At this time, in the hall of the small restaurant, some classmates also saw that a car seemed to be coming to pick him up, shouted at him twice, and waved, Yan Chengan also waved goodbye to the classmates.

Then, he directly skipped Zhou Han, who was standing beside him, and got into the car.

And Zhou Han watched him leave without giving him the slightest look, and stood there for a few minutes until Lin Ran came out and asked her what was wrong, and what had she said to Yan Chengan just now.

Zhou Han just pushed aside Lin Ran's hand, and left here in resentment and shame.

In the car, Yu Xing and Yan Chengan talked about the next arrangements for weight loss for the filming of this movie. A professional coach has been found and the plan has been arranged. Director Lou didn't tell him what to do, but it was likely that he suddenly thought of some character characteristics or background and explained to him.

Yan Cheng listened quietly, and then said that he had no problem with this arrangement, and he would reduce the weight before entering the group.

By the way, let Yu Xing help him collect more background and current situation of criminals with similar experience. Try to find as many opportunities as possible to meet these people before joining the group. He also plans to live in the poorest residential area in the nearby city for a period of time in advance to simulate the living environment of the protagonist.

Yu Xing naturally said that there was no problem.

More specific things in filming and things that are helpful to character shaping still require more communication and consideration between Yan Chengan and the director. After all, the time before the official shooting is also very tight, and we can only seek the most efficient way.

"Two months of preparation before joining the group and the estimated four months of filming time, together at least half a year, I hope it's worth it."

The two talked for a while, and Yu Xing suddenly sighed.

Yan Chengan glanced at him, he remembered that Yu Xing and others were full of confidence and anticipation for this movie, even more excited and excited than him. How suddenly the state of the words seems to be very different from before.

However, Yan Chengan didn't think much about it. Of course he was happy to receive the role of the male role in Director Lou's new film, and it was not that he had not thought that the play could be a great success, and even brought him great honors and honors.

But things like winning awards and becoming famous not only depend on strength, but also fate and luck.

He's still young and doesn't need to be too utilitarian. To be able to film Director Lou's play, what he values ​​most is to grow up with the other party.

Even if the final box office is not good and he won't get any awards, as long as he can improve his understanding of the characters and drama during the shooting process, it will be worthwhile.

As long as you do your best, you won't regret it.

Now, it's not a bad thing for Yu Xing to be mentally prepared in advance that he may not get good grades.

However, Yan Chengan listened to Yu Xing's arrangement just now, and thought that he would join the group for the next filming. Director Lou's habit of filming was closed and secret, and he was notorious for being annoying. He would never give if he failed to meet his requirements. It is also well known in the circle that I often shoot dozens of times over and over for a single shot.

I am the absolute core of this play, and the play is the heaviest and most laborious. Coupled with the extreme depression in the character's own character and story direction, it must be hard to suffer.

Losing weight by 15 pounds and reaching the protagonist's weight and mental state is the first step.

Yan Chengan thought that if he wanted to make an agreement with his family in advance, he also had to explain it to Su Man.

Thinking of this, Yan Chengan pursed his lips slightly, and suddenly asked Yu Xing.

"Have you met with Suman and talked about something?"

Yu Xing's heart was tight, and his first reaction was to worry about whether Su Man said anything in front of Yan Chengan. While guessing, he secretly observed Yan Chengan's expression.

"How do you know? We briefly talked about your next arrangement and some of her thoughts."

Yan Chengan nodded and didn't say anything about the meeting, but turned to ask another question that Yu Xing found more difficult to answer.

"What do you think of Su Man?"

Facing Yan Chengan's look and this seemingly random question, Yu Xing felt his palms sweat a little. Why did Yan Chengan suddenly ask this question.

"What can I think? She's your girlfriend, I'm your manager, and we all wish you well."

"Other than that, we don't really have much contact."

Yu Xing used the most conservative answer, and it is not easy to make mistakes without revealing too much information.

Yan Chengan was a little surprised by Yu Xing's second answer, but not particularly surprised. He knew that Yu Xing and Su Man were two completely different people, and they didn't share much interest.

But he originally thought that the relationship between Yu Xing and Su Man was at least very peaceful, just like what they said on the surface. They hardly have much contact with each other on a daily basis, and naturally there should not be many contradictions.

But Su Man's attitude that day, and the extra caution in Yu Xing's words today, made Yan Chengan think a little more. Their relationship seems to be worse than he originally thought?

In Yan Cheng'an's thinking, he naturally couldn't think of any other reason why Yu Xing hated Su Man, and it could only be attributed to the incompatibility of the two people's personalities.

Yan Chengan, who had no vision of rebirth, thought for a while, but he didn't find any reason that would directly cause them to dislike each other. But when he came out tonight, seeing Yu Xing, he was inexplicably upset.

This question has always stuck in his mind, making Yan Chengan feel a little uncomfortable and blame himself for some unknown reason.

"I'm very serious about this relationship, and I hope this relationship will last long. You can tell me what's wrong with her, but what I hope most is that you can also like her and look at her. Be yourself."

"She's actually a very simple and very good girl. I don't think it's difficult to like or dislike her."

What Yan Chengan said, he really thought so.

How many people don't like Su Man? She's so nice, so cute, so worthy of being liked.

Yan Chengan took it for granted, and counted the various advantages of Su Man in his mind. Smart, kind, independent, independent, talented, ambitious and motivated, his temper is also very suitable for his appetite. The more he thought about it, the more he didn't understand the information Yu Xing had just said that he didn't have much affection for Su Man.

Breaking free from the thought of taking stock of the cute things about Su Man, Yan Chengan made a conclusion.

"Anyway, I hope you can treat her as you treat me."

After Yan Chengan said these words, he realized Yu Xing's embarrassed expression. Maybe he was off topic just now, or did he show some strange expression?

Although Yu Xing may think that he is making a fuss, he must give Yu Xing a good shot. In fact, he has some understanding of some of Yu Xing's personalities that are occasionally revealed in private. Some of Yu Xing's thoughts are not quite incompatible with some of his own concepts, but nothing has really happened that is intolerable to each other.

Maybe it was overthinking, but Yan Chengan didn't want such a thing to be related to Su Man one day because of Yu Xing's careful thoughts.

Hearing this, Yu Xing felt a little cold in his heart, but also some anger and panic.

In Yu Xing's eyes, he put Yan Chengan's career first. It was just some newly born ideas. Not only was Su Man slapped him in the face, but he was reminded by Yan Chengan when he came back.

He, who has always been high-spirited, felt aggrieved in his heart, but his reason told him that he couldn't express his true thoughts at this time.

Saying it will only cause a split between him and Yan Chengan.

Seeing that Yu Xing had not spoken, Yan Chengan was even more certain in his heart that he really did have some disagreements or disagreements with Su Man that he did not know very well. He is a smart man, and he is not slow, but he really did not expect such a situation.

"Anyway, you can understand what I mean. I suddenly talked to you today because of Su Man, not just because of her. Our cooperation time is not short, and I hope we can always respect each other. The basis of cooperation will always be Candid, friendly, respectful.”

"do you think so?"

Yan Chengan speaks to Yu Xing very seriously and sincerely, which concerns both his career and his life. He wanted to fix the problem before it happened.

Today, I made clear his attitude with Yu Xing. Whether it is his lover or the disagreement he will encounter in his future work, Yu Xing must understand his bottom line.

Hearing this, although Yu Xing still felt that Yan Chengan valued Su Man's girlfriend too much, even a little too romantic. But he did calm down to reflect on his own mentality, and avoid this contradiction first.

After a while, he calmed down and nodded to Yan Chengan: "Well, I will pay attention."

Having said that, the two quickly changed the subject tacitly and didn't say more.

Yu Xing's mood was still a little heavy, and he tried his best to tell himself that he had to handle his relationship with Su Man. There is really no need to fall down on this kind of thing, and ruin the cooperative relationship between the two of them.

Yan Chengan seems to be a person who can do well in society, but he is still a somewhat innocent and pure person. recognition and appreciation.

This character, which originally made Yu Xing very satisfied, now gave him a headache. He was suddenly a little afraid that he might not be able to reach the end of his career with this actor.

At this time, Su Man did not know the conversation between the two, but complained to Gao Jian in the newly rented office building.

"I really got water in my head and lard in my heart. Why did I listen to your pie and go back to China to start a business."

"As soon as I come back and find that there is nothing, I have to start from scratch. You, the principal, are not around all day long. You want me to run away. I'm so worried!"

Gao Jian angrily complained to Su Man about her extremely shameful behavior as a shopkeeper, which was outrageous.

"It's progressing well. But where did I become the hand-slinger?"

Su Man did not change his face in the face of the accusations of his old classmates. There is also the mood to watch the office environment that has just been set for a circle.

"Did I provide the company's start-up capital? Did I make the company's business direction and plan? Did I dig up the current core employees?"

Su Man calmly and objectively took stock of what he had done, and refuted Gao Jian with reason.

"You are also the shopkeeper, and I gave all the power, so what are you doing?"

Gao Jian listened to her saying this too, he really couldn't refute it. He could only hold his head and let out a long sigh.

"Xing Xing Xing, what you said is reasonable, I am actually happy to play for you."

"I can see it clearly. You came to me to find a big butler who can make you feel at ease and easy to use."

Gao Jian thought about setting up the entire company according to what he had discussed with Su Man during this time.

However, he said so. The buttocks was still sitting firmly, and the information in the hand did not stop at all.

It is normal to be tired when starting a business. He is also an old overtime worker, not to mention that he is working overtime for himself now. Su Man did not discount his partner position and real shares. At present, the contacts and target projects in the financial circle that he has contacted after returning to China are also very promising, and everything is going smoothly towards their plan.

He just couldn't help muttering a few words, who kept Su Man from showing up all day long, and he had to do all the things that came forward. But when he was the most tired, he also learned that Su Man actually had a part-time job and had to watch his little boyfriend's graduation drama, so he had the courage to complain about her.

"The company is barely set up now. You have really worked hard, you are a great hero. We can really take action. In fact, I have been waiting for a long time."

Hearing Gao Jian's chatter in front of him and his focused, ambitious face in front of the computer, Su Man's eyes were determined.

The company's current source of funds basically comes from Su Man's short-selling of stocks, and only spends money in the early stage, not making profits. Due to the domestic stock market policy, you cannot short domestic stocks to make a profit, and you can only focus on the beautiful country stock market. This kind of opportunity is also rare.

She intends to temporarily put aside the black materials of several listed companies that Su Man knows in her mind, and use it as a source of funding from time to time in the future.

The money from shorting corporate stocks comes too fast, and it is really hard to live without making money. But it can only be regarded as a strange and dangerous move. Domestic investment companies are the core business that Su Man relies on. They need to appreciate the money they get from short selling as soon as possible. More importantly, they need to build a professional investment team and build the team's reputation in the country.

Predicting the plot can certainly allow you to see many business opportunities in advance. However, the large amount of funds, manpower and resources that need to be invested behind the business opportunities are not easily available to ordinary people.

No matter how powerful people are, their energy is limited and their professional abilities are also biased. It is unrealistic to make money all at once.

The book-wearer chose to start by opening a milk tea shop and making snacks. Later, with some capital and Su Chengwen's start-up capital for his business, he began to "touch" the future bosses and slowly accumulate their goodwill. Invest a small amount of money to show support.

Until later, the book-piercer entered the Su Group, instructing Su Chengwen to take the land that will be developed in the future, and acquire small companies that will develop in the future. With more and more funds and contacts in his hands, his reputation as a business genius also increased. come bigger.

Now, Su Man and Gao Jian are going to take the second route - to set up a professional venture capital company.

Relying on their hundreds of millions of cash, outstanding graduates of the world's No. 1 business school, and founders of well-known investment banks in the United States, they have attracted the wealthy second-generation circles around them and the names of their own teachers as investors who endorsed them and made angel investors. People, directly spend money on domestic projects they like.

Before returning to China, Gao Jian had already obtained the plan written by Su Man and several entrepreneurial projects that she "looked forward to", intending to support these people to start their own businesses.

Su Man really didn't have any spare time during this period of time, and she also went to find some of her subordinates that she used easily in the previous life, and Gao Jian also brought in his classmates. The two found their own contacts, and relatives, teachers, and friends gave some advice. They also invited Su Man's graduate tutor who was willing to help them serve as honorary advisors. We also dug a few good talents through headhunting, and quickly built up the current investment review team with a small number of people and a very decent gold content.

The team is not too expensive. What they need to do is to inspect and supervise the entrepreneurs who need to invest and their projects, and have high requirements for the professional ability and investment vision of the employees in the team.

Compared with ordinary angel investors or investment companies, Su Man and Gao Jian are aware of their disadvantages. He is young and has little experience, he is not familiar with domestic contacts, and his current investment strength is not strong enough...

But everyone is also confident that shortcomings can also be advantages and great potential.

Compared with most countries in the world, which have not yet emerged from the haze of the financial crisis, the domestic economic development momentum has become more and more rapid, the market size is huge, and there are still huge vacancies for a large number of diversified, personalized and high-end needs.

All kinds of new business forms spawned under the new economic situation are good opportunities for investment.

Although the average age of Su Man's team is very young, they are all young people who have graduated from the top universities at home and abroad. Most of them have experience in studying abroad. They have a younger and more global vision, and are better at discovering new things and daring to fight.

Of course, Gao Jian looked at Su Man who was researching investment projects beside him. He was not wrong at all. How could he, the second boss, be afraid.

Ahem, not only that. Gao Jian didn't know where Su Man had found so many promising business projects and entrepreneurial teams.

Come to think of it, Su Man must have prepared for a long time in China in the past two years. It was only after 100% sure that the official action was taken, which also made Gao Jian and others in the investment company more stable.

This year, there are also many domestic investors who are investing frantically, only to feel that there is gold everywhere. Weibo, which has just been launched for a year, Youpants and Leshi.com, which have just been launched, and group buying websites that have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain... It seems that the market prospects of the entire Internet industry and other traditional industries are very good. Su Man's newly registered investment company is not conspicuous in it.

Whether it is a reborn person like Su Man or an investment manager of these young investment companies. Everyone is interested in Internet giants such as Alibaba Dad and Tengxun and the current investment hotspots, but they have been listed a few years ago, and the market value has exceeded 10 billion US dollars. Now, what is more suitable for Su Man and the others is a commercial project that has not yet emerged, and only requires a small investment in exchange for the maximum return. In fact, there are not many such projects.

Manying Venture Capital, founded by Su Man, also quickly contacted and inspected her first-stage investment goals.

There is no need to look for reliable projects one by one in the vast sea, and look for business ideas with real profitable growth points from all kinds of investors who are messy and have no investment value at all. The existing employees of Manying Venture Capital directly follow Su Man. The given list contacted the entrepreneurs in the first stage list listed as trade secrets one by one, to understand their entrepreneurial team, product advantages, business status and financing intentions, and to have an understanding of the industry's competitive advantages, competitors, and industry prospects and investment risks. Evaluate, discuss, and make investment proposals.

Although the process of cleaning sand in the sea is omitted, since its establishment, everyone in Manying Venture Capital has been very busy.

Although the list omits the first stage of screening in the grape investment company, it is because the quality of the project is good and the boss has ordered it. For almost every entrepreneurial team and entrepreneurial project, everyone has to conduct several rounds of market research and project discussion.

With their professional knowledge and investment vision, they give the decision to invest and the valuation of this round of investment.

Many entrepreneurs contacted by them are also very puzzled. They have never contacted this venture capital company and their related personnel, and some even have no plans to raise funds at all. Where did this company find them?

But in the early stage of entrepreneurship, apart from the founders who really have the golden key, or who have excellent connections and are confident that they can attract higher-level angel investment, how many entrepreneurs will let go of the angel investment that falls from the sky in the early stage of entrepreneurship?

They can't grab it.