Chapter 1363 Xia Zekai Is Really Rich This Time(4000words)
“$48 billion!”
I don't know when, but there was another dull call for price, but this time the price shouted made more than half of the people present feel pressured.
At this time, even Xia Zekai began to take a closer look, and it was only one step away from the base price of 50 billion US dollars he said.
He didn't expect that it would reach the target price he just jokingly mentioned to Shen Nanpeng so quickly.
However, at this time, as the price of 50 billion US dollars is getting closer and closer, the capital parties present are becoming more and more cautious in bidding, and there is no longer the excitement of raising prices by 2 to 3 billion just now.
"$48.5 billion."
"$48.6 billion."
"..."
"$49 billion."
As we get closer to the important milestone of 50 billion U.S. dollars, it seems that even the most powerful people in the last wave are not as arrogant as they were just now.
But even so, this number is still moving infinitely towards the round number mark of 50 billion US dollars.
Seeing this result, and seeing how many people at the scene recognized this result, Shen Nanpeng was completely confused.
"Boss Shen, what do you think?" Xia Zekai asked with a smile.
Zhou Hongyi and people from Shunwei Capital stood together. After they discussed for a while, Zhou Hongyi made up his mind and shouted loudly: "50.1 billion US dollars!"
The moment this number was shouted out, the scene fell completely silent.
This is just like the difference between a piece of clothing selling for 99 yuan and 100 yuan. In fact, the difference is only one yuan. But after a piece of clothing is priced at 100 yuan, many people will feel that it is a bit expensive, and it may break through.
This is a psychological line of defense that some people can accept.
When the price was lower than 50 billion U.S. dollars just now, many capital investors shouted happily, but when Zhou Hongyi called out the number "50.1 billion U.S. dollars," the scene fell silent for a moment.
This time, no one was really in a hurry to raise the price. Psychologically, they felt that the price of more than 50 billion was a bit high.
Until Guo Houzhao of CITIC Industrial Fund shouted again: "50.6 billion US dollars."
This time there were no more bidders at the scene. Perhaps some people had acquiesced in a price of more than 50 billion, but they would not accept a higher offer.
After waiting for three full minutes, there was still no one at the scene calling out the price. Only then did Yu Shuping ask: "Is there a higher price?"
No one responded, and the capital investors present were not all fools. They also had a strong idea in their minds, and everyone knew that this price had basically reached the upper limit of "travel-friendly".
"Okay, friends, please wait for a moment." After seeing no response, Yu Shuping came down from the stage and walked to Liang Rubo. He communicated with him in a low voice for a while, then walked back to the stage and asked:
"$50.6 billion. Friends who agree, please raise your hands and let me take a look."
As soon as he said this, the first person who raised his hand in agreement immediately appeared on the scene. He was Guo Houzhao.
As he said himself, CITIC Industrial Fund Management has great business and is really rich.
Then Zhou Hongyi raised his hand for the second time. He had already quoted a price of 50.1 billion U.S. dollars, which was only 500 million U.S. dollars different from Zhu Houzhao's quotation. Compared with this size, it was really nothing.
But what people didn't expect was that the third person who raised his hand was an investor who was not well-known in the investment circle, called Jinshajiang Venture Capital, and the person in charge was named Zhu Xiao.
There were several capital investors who knew him at the scene. When they saw him raising his hand, those people were obviously stunned for a moment, and some people came close to him and whispered something to him.
But none of this stopped Zhu Xiao from being determined to invest.
In addition to these three companies that have clearly stated that they will enter the second round, there are also China Investment Corporation, Tencent Investment, Apple, and Dan Maxi Investment Fund, which has already participated in the C round of financing.
Except for these 7 companies, no other capital parties responded, which also means that they were defeated by this price.
But among these 7 companies, there is another company, Danmaxi Investment, which has entered the game itself, and it has made it clear that it will join the investment in this round.
Everyone present, including Xia Zekai, could only say that this investment company from Singapore and established by the Singaporean finance department is really rich.
At this time, Shen Nanpeng was also convinced. He said: "Actually, I think there is no need to conduct a second round. If this round requires a lot of funds, just let them share one point."
Indeed, as Shen Nanpeng said, after Yu Shuping came down from the stage to discuss with Liang Rubo, Liang Rubo came over to seek Xia Zekai's opinion. The final unanimous result was that these six new companies were approved for the first phase.
However, this 'China Investment Corporation' aroused the ideas of Xia Zekai and Shen Nanpeng.
Nothing else. Its full name is "China Investment Co., Ltd." with a registered capital of 200 billion US dollars, and its source of funds is 1550 billion yuan raised by the domestic finance through the issuance of special treasury bonds.
It is also one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds.
The management team is star-studded.
When they saw this background, Xia Zekai and Shen Nanpeng looked at each other. Just now, they were discussing the possibility of listing "Yixing" in the United States, but there were investment funds from the state.
Reject it?
Only a fool would refuse this investment goodwill from the national level.
At certain special times, it is also a kind of background and strength.
A very special company like Yixing does need such a background.
Xia Zekai didn't care how they distributed it. He knew that Liang Rubo must be well aware of this.
At the noon celebration banquet, Liang Rubo, Zhang Yiming and the seven shortlisted capital parties sat at the same table.
The little-known head of China Investment Corporation and Guo Houzhao, the head of CITIC Industrial Fund, seemed to be acquaintances, and the two had been communicating cordially and in low voices.
According to Guo Houzhao's introduction, the person in charge of China Investment Corporation was named Peng Yang. After Xia Zekai heard this surname, he subconsciously looked at him a few more times and found that he did not see any familiar shadow on his face, and his expression was relaxed.
A lot.
On this day, all the TV reporters, newspaper reporters, as well as media reporters from various channels and self-media people present started to write articles frantically, proclaiming the greatness of the D round of financing of "Yixing".
To be precise, it should be the D+ round. In this round of financing, it set a record for the largest amount of market valuation funds before the company's IPO. No one can clearly know whether any latecomers can break this record, but looking at the past few years
The company is very difficult.
As the market value of "Yixing" was finally determined, on the other hand, all shareholders of "Yixing" were once again picked up by the media and Internet scavengers.
Among them, Xia Zekai, Liang Rubo, and Zhang Yiming, the individual major shareholders with the largest shares in Yichuang, are all talked about by netizens who eat melons.
What makes most people on the Internet curious about the three of them is that this time after 'Toutiao' and 'Yixing' successively received highly recognized valuations from the market, as these two unicorn companies were reborn and completely emerged,
Where do these three hot young people Xia Zekai, Liang Rubo and Zhang Yiming rank on the Forbes rich list?
Some people are also speculating on how many shares Xia Zekai has left in Yitrip and Toutiao at this time.
What are his personal assets?
These two pieces directly arouse people's desire to explore.
However, Xia Zekai, the person involved, has no intention of disclosing his wealth to the public, and people who know the inside story will not casually tell these things to the masses on the Internet.
This result actually aroused the curiosity of melon-eaters on the Internet.
So much so that there was a popular entry on the Internet called, 'Let's all guess how much money Xia Zekai has, and the one with the closest answer will win a prize.'
This popular entry is no joke, there is a real bonus, but the bonus is only 500 yuan, which is not a lot.
These bonuses were put together by a few curious people.
But just like that, more and more people are participating in guessing riddles.
Most of the people who participated really didn't come here for the 500 yuan bonus, but they also thought that if they guessed correctly, they would still get bonuses, which is quite fun to think about!
The final estimate of Xia Zekai's wealth by all participants will be based on the Forbes Rich List to be released in the first half of this year.
The person with the closest guess wins.
According to the timing of the release of the Forbes Rich List in previous years, it is usually at the end of March or the beginning of April, which is relatively soon.
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"Boss Xia, are you free now? I'll treat you to dinner." When Zhou Hongyi found Xia Zekai, it was noon the day after the completion of Yixing's D round of financing.
After the celebration banquet at noon that day, Liang Rubo was still very happy. He called Zhang Yiming again in the evening and called on Xia Zekai, Yu Shuping and Yang Bin. The five of them gathered alone to toast to their dream of wealth four years ago.
That night, except for Xia Zekai, Liang Rubo, Zhang Yiming, Yu Shuping and Yang Bin all drank too much.
Even Yu Shuping and Yang Bin, who have the smallest shares here, still hold 1.44% of the shares after several rounds of financing diluted their shares. According to the latest market valuation, these shares are worth approximately US$726 million.
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Calculated based on this month’s latest US dollar-to-RMB exchange rate of 6.1214, it is equivalent to RMB 4.444 billion when converted into RMB.
Even Yu Shuping and Yang Bin dare not imagine that they only invested 500,000 yuan each at the beginning. It has only been a few years, let alone achieving financial freedom. If one day Yixing really successfully IPOs, they
I'm afraid my personal assets will exceed tens of billions by then, right?
As for the value of the shares of Xia Zekai, Liang Rubo and Zhang Yiming, let alone them.
Although Yitrip has conducted four rounds of financing, which has diluted a large part of their shares, this still does not affect the continued appreciation of their personal assets, and it is a substantial appreciation.
Xia Zekai smiled as he thought about the five of them drinking last night.
Looking at Zhou Hongyi across from him, he nodded gently: "Okay!"
"Boss Xia, I don't want more. If you still have enough shares, how about you give me 10 million shares?" Zhou Hongyi asked.
He originally wanted to buy more from Xia Zekai, but the problem was that the current price of "Yixing" was too expensive. After investing in Toutiao, he could no longer afford so much money.
If I buy another 10 million shares from Xia Zekai, I won’t feel pressured by my attitude.
Combined with the 10 million shares he received in this round of financing, it will be equal to the shares received by China Investment Corporation and CITIC Industrial Fund.
For the remaining shares, Tencent Investment and Apple each received 15 million shares.
It wasn't that Zhou Hongyi didn't want to rob them, but the problem was that he couldn't rob them.
Apart from money, the resources he can provide are not as many as those provided by these companies.
Fortunately, he still has a way out, buying some shares from Xia Zekai.
"You want 10 million shares?" Xia Zekai was very surprised. Lao Zhou didn't have this attitude before. At that time, he acted like he was very rich. He would get as much as he wanted and would not refuse anyone who came. How long did it take?
Just changed your mind?
Zhou Hongyi was embarrassed, but he still nodded, pretending to be nonchalant, and said: "10 million shares will be enough, settle in cash."
Good guy, he is still rich!
Xia Zekai was also happy. After thinking about it, he immediately nodded in agreement. He stretched out his hand to shake Zhou Hongyi's hand and said, "It's a deal."
Calculated at US$48.42 per share, even these 10 million shares are worth US$484.2 million, equivalent to RMB 2.964 billion.
Even after paying 1.16 billion yuan for the house price of the courtyard house, he still had 1.8 billion yuan in cash left.
Never before in this moment did Xia Zekai feel that he was truly rich.
It's not the string of numbers on the book, but the actual money in his bank card.
"Damn it, what can I do with the money?" Xia Zekai immediately began to think about it. He thought: "What gifts should I buy for my parents, wife and children?"
You must buy it this time, and you must buy it well, otherwise the value of the money will not be reflected.
But the problem is that after buying gifts for his parents, wife and children, he still has a lot of money left. What will he do with it?
Xia Zekai was so engrossed in his thoughts that he became a little distracted.
When he came back to his senses, he thought that he still owed the bank a mortgage loan, but he didn't want to rush to repay the money now, so he should pay it back in installments slowly.
So what to do with the rest?
After much deliberation, Xia Zekai couldn't figure it out. Is it possible to really put it in a bank card and get a wave of current interest first?
But this is too sad!
"I'll think about what to do." Xia Zekai pondered in his mind.
Zhou Hongyi didn't know what Xia Zekai was thinking, so he called Xia Zekai again: "Boss Xia, what do you want to eat? I'll arrange it?"
"Whatever, I don't have any special taboos except leeks," Xia Zekai said.
His stomach hasn't been feeling well lately, and it's difficult to digest leeks, so Xia Zekai won't eat them if he can.
After hearing what Xia Zekai said, Zhou Hongyi stopped asking him for his opinion and said, "Boss Xia, are we leaving now?"
