After talking to Cai Bingyao on the phone, Chen Dongcheng looked at Song Meng. This girl had a strange facial mask on her face, which was somewhat similar to the color of volcanic mud.
"Do you want to apply it?"
Chen Dongcheng waved his hands quickly. His skin, which had been optimized by the game, was far more effective than these facial masks.
Song Meng pinched Chen Dongcheng's face enviously, and Chen Dongcheng glared at her: "What are you doing?"
"I'm envious. You don't know how to take care of your skin. It feels better than the facial mask I use."
"This is something you are born with, you can't envy it."
Chen Dongcheng sighed and began to think about the expenses during this period.
Normally Chen Dongcheng would not ask about it, but Xie Jingyu would record every expense and make a summary for Chen Dongcheng at the end of the month.
Of course, with Chen Dongcheng's habit, he spends money like water.
Chen Dongcheng just glanced at the monthly bills.
I always mutter in my heart, why do I spend so little? I have to continue working hard next month.
In these boring days, Chen Dongcheng sometimes wants to find someone to share his worries.
If rich people want to maintain their dignity, they spend a lot of money.
For example, Chen Dongcheng had to pay tens of thousands of yuan a month, not to mention anything else, just for property fees for the properties under his name (not counting office buildings).
Other car maintenance fees, gas money, air tickets, daily meals and shopping, etc.
If the monthly income is less than 500,000 yuan, Chen Dongchengdu can say that he can save enough.
But still, there are more places to make money.
Chen Dongcheng laid out his stall in advance and waited for the seeds of investment to gradually sprout, bringing him huge returns.
For a company like Grab, if Chen Dongcheng hadn't left early, it would have been his turn to invest.
Even if Chen Dongcheng goes, he will still have the bonus of being a Didi shareholder.
Grab had just been established, and Didi was in urgent need of technical support, so Chen Dongcheng successfully entered the game.
Xie Jingyu didn't know what kind of monster the boss was, he wanted to see the flow of water.
But I still gave Chen Dongcheng the detailed analysis of the prepared data.
"This month, the decoration fee for this house alone cost more than one million?"
When Chen Dongcheng heard the bill, he couldn't help but asked in surprise.
Xie Jingyu thought that Chen Dongcheng suspected that he had deliberately quoted a high price, so he quickly explained: "As per your request, the quilt is Brinkhaus's silk Arctic bird down, priced at 90,000 per bed.
Your villa has eight bedrooms, and each bedroom will provide you with two quilts.
Their goose down pillows cost 4,500 each, and they purchased 32 of them.
I chose Frette’s four-piece set, which cost 20,000 yuan per set, and I bought 16 sets.
Since I was purchasing in bulk, their store in Pengcheng gave me a 20% discount, and I spent a total of 1.52 million."
Hiss, terrible.
Chen Dongcheng suddenly realized that he really found a good secretary.
Such a challenging task of spending money, with Xie Jingyu here, Chen Dongcheng feels that upgrading is not that difficult.
"Well, that's good. All the houses I buy in the future will be decorated according to this standard."
Chen Dongcheng's tone made Xie Jingyu breathe a sigh of relief: "Okay."
As long as Chen Dongcheng is not angry, everything will be fine.
Besides, it’s too late for Chen Dongcheng to be happy. He has too much money to spend, so shouldn’t he use it to improve his quality of life?
After a few casual remarks to Xie Jingyu, Chen Dongcheng hung up the phone and checked the game interface.
Number of steps: 14.06 million
Assets: 103.164 million
Experience value: 2.048/10 billion
The consumption rebates during this period are mainly used to repay the interest on previous loans from ICBC.
I just finished paying off the interest on my first 200 million loan from ICBC, which is exactly 12 million a year.
At that time, Chen Dongcheng used the office building on the Global Center floor and the Sheshan villa as collateral, and Zhu Tao loaned him 200 million.
After receiving the loan, Chen Dongcheng invested 60 million in the nightclub, and the rest was invested in Didi.
Compared with the 12 million in interest, Chen Dongcheng made no idea how many 12 million he earned from investing in Didi.
Chen Dongcheng thought for a while and called Xie Jingyu again.
"Jingyu, help me find a headhunting company to recommend talents. You will be responsible for interviews first. I plan to form a think tank."
Xie Jingyu was stunned for a moment and immediately replied: "Okay, I'll contact you right away."
"Well, thank you for your hard work."
"Yes, you should go to bed early."
In the past, the stall was not that big, but Chen Dongcheng could still hold it by himself.
But now that there are more and more companies investing in it, it’s impossible to do everything by yourself.
Besides, when it comes to matters like due diligence, it is the most professional and scientific to have your own think tank responsible for it.
I couldn't afford the salary of a think tank before, but now Chen Dongcheng can't afford it.
However, the think tank cannot be established overnight. Let Xie Jingyu contact and screen it first.
When there are many suitable candidates, Chen Dongcheng will screen them one by one.
Chen Dongcheng was absentmindedly playing with his mobile phone, full of thoughts.
When Song Meng was watching TV, her little feet were dangling restlessly in front of Chen Dongcheng.
I had drank some sake in the evening, but then I saw this girl wearing a silk pajamas, with the neckline wide open, looming.
"You mean it, right?"
Song Meng noticed something was wrong in Chen Dongcheng's eyes, so she quickly retracted her feet, turned around and wanted to run away.
"That's it, what can you do to me?"
Song Meng trotted upstairs, not forgetting to lock the door.
Chen Dongcheng walked to the TV cabinet, squatted down and rummaged through the drawers.
Holding a bunch of keys in hand, he walked upstairs slowly.
All I'm thinking about is my legs, no, it's my legs...
Chen Dongcheng was too lazy to correct her, but this girl's teeth really needed to be sharpened.
…
The next morning, Song Meng finally didn't have to prepare for the exam. In addition, she was too tired last night and stayed in bed refusing to wake up.
Chen Dongcheng cooked a meal, left a note for Song Meng, and took a plane to Kuala Lumpur.
On the plane, Xie Jingyu sat next to Chen Dongcheng.
Holding a tablet in his hand, he quietly reported to Chen Dongcheng the candidates recommended by the headhunting company.
"Boss, these are all elites from major investment banks. If you want to poach them, the salary will be very high."
Chen Dongcheng looked at the information on the tablet. They were all elites who graduated from top foreign universities and had rich career resumes.
Such talents are usually only seen on TV.
Now as long as Chen Dongcheng is willing to spend money, he can hire them to work for him.
Chen Dongcheng pointed to a middle-aged man with short hair on the tablet. He looked very ordinary, but his resume was extraordinary.
"This is Li Changming. If I want to poach him, how much will it cost?"
"The annual salary needs to be at least US$7.8 million. He is a managing director at Goldman Sachs.
Of course, this position is just a false title, and it is far less than the income and power of a partner.
It is said that Goldman Sachs plans to promote more than 400 managing directors this year, making this position even less valuable."
Xie Jingyu smiled: "Elites like Li Changming are usually the initiators of investment banking business and travel around.
Look for any avenues that can potentially make money for the company and for them.
A friend of mine described them as having licked more customers’ butts than the toilets in public restrooms licked in a year.”
Chen Dongcheng asked curiously: "How to say?"
"In an investment bank like this, if you want to go from being an ordinary analyst to a managing director, it can take as little as ten years or as many as twenty years."
Xie Jingyu rarely expressed emotion: "I have a friend who is an elite in this field and graduated from a prestigious Ivy League school like Pennsylvania.
It has been several years since I joined Goldman Sachs, and now I am only a director.”
Chen Dongcheng was a little confused: "Isn't the director a very high position?"
"No, within Goldman Sachs, there are many people at the director level, and they are also the group that is being squeezed.
I suffered daily bullying and abuse from the vice presidents above.
According to my friend, they only have three options.
Either he is promoted to vice president, he resigns, or he commits suicide, then the suffering will end."
Chen Dongcheng was stunned. He didn't expect that there was so much pressure within Goldman Sachs.
Seeing that Chen Dongcheng was interested, Xie Jingyu continued to introduce: "My friends told me that they are like slaves and have to flatter the vice presidents above them every day.
Because the vice presidents can decide the amount of their bonuses.
So, don’t look at their job titles.
The director of Goldman Sachs seems to be very powerful, but in fact he is nothing.
Even though he was treated like a dog by the VP above.
But when meeting with clients, they have to sit there like animals dressed like animals, acting as high-level attendants for the managing directors.
To put it simply, they are not as good as dogs.
If it weren't for the attractive position of managing director, no one would be willing to stick with it."
This is more naked in foreign countries than in China, and it seems natural for the upper level to exploit the lower level.
Xie Jingyu said so much just to expose the true face behind the glamorous appearance of these elites, so that Chen Dongcheng would not be deceived.
"Then contact this Li Changming first. I need elites who are proficient in investment to help me, and then contact elites in the legal field."
Although Luo Yunqi is good, he cannot be on call 24 hours a day.
But for these elites, it's normal.
If you want to achieve the position of managing director, learning how to kneel down and lick your customers is one of them, and it is even more important to work hard to your death.
The culture of Goldman Sachs is that I don’t encourage you to work overtime, but you can see that your colleagues around you work 17 hours a day, seven days a week.
As a result, someone got promoted, one level above you, and started exploiting you. What are you going to do?
Obviously, once this overtime culture is formed, no one can stay away.
These elites are more aware of their replaceability, and no one dares to be careless.
When I arrived in Kuala Lumpur, I got off the plane and was picked up by someone sent by Cai Bingyao.
As a wealthy family in Malaysia, the energy of the Chua family goes without saying.
Including Softbank investing so much in Grab, it’s not because of Cai Bingyao’s background.
Ability is one thing, but family background can completely bridge this gap.
When he arrived at the company, Cai Bingyao was waiting downstairs.
He opened the car door enthusiastically, shook hands with Chen Dongcheng and said, "Mr. Chen, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come to Kuala Lumpur."
"I attach great importance to this investment. The due diligence process requires Mr. Cai's cooperation."
"Yes, please do it first. I have reserved a restaurant for tonight, so please do me a favor."
Cai Bingyao kept his attitude so low. Chen Dongcheng naturally appreciated it and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll trouble Mr. Cai."
"You're welcome."
Cai Bingyao breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his entrepreneurial partner Chen Huiling: "This major shareholder doesn't seem that strong."
In addition to Chen Dongcheng, there were eight elites in suits and leather shoes who came this time, all of whom were contacted by Xie Jingyu.
Their main task is to have a detailed understanding of grab and reduce the risk of Chen Dongcheng's investment losses.
As Chen Dongcheng nodded, the other party immediately began to ask Cai Bingyao and Chen Huiling in detail.
Including the specific whereabouts of the previous rounds of financing, whether public funds were misappropriated for consumption, etc.
Cai Bingyao was a little surprised by the importance these elites attached to due diligence.
The well-trained elites were brought from China, and Cai Bingyao didn't even know them.
Naturally, there is no such thing as being bribed.
Cai Bingyao himself is a child of a wealthy family, and there is no misappropriation of public funds.
The previous money was indeed used to burn money to train drivers and technical updates and research and development of back-end software.
Due diligence lasts a long time, and there are people responsible for detailed review of legal affairs, finance, and specific business.
Generally speaking, the due diligence time is usually two weeks, which is a relatively common figure.
Unless an individual company has very few problems and investors are too anxious, the due diligence time will be too short.
Chen Dongcheng is not in a hurry to invest, nor is SoftBank. The most anxious one is Cai Bingyao.
Uber has been temporarily suppressed by Didi in China, and they plan to try to clean up the situation in the Southeast Asian market first.
Fleas like grab can be easily crushed to death by Uber.
If the funds from Chen Dongcheng and SoftBank arrive, it will be impossible for Uber to easily squeeze Grab.
Cai Bingyao looked anxious and said: "Mr. Chen, can you pay us a sum of funds in advance? Now the funds in our account will bottom out at any time, please forgive me."
If we were just in Malaysia, the money raised before would be enough to last for a long time.
Unable to resist Cai Bingyao's ambition, he attacked directly from Malaysia.
Try to promote the business in several countries such as Indonesia and Singapore.
The stalls are bigger, there are strong local competitors, and Uber is eyeing it from outside.
Internal and external troubles are nothing more than this.
If given a choice, Cai Bingyao would not want to hand over 50% of his shares.
For him who received an elite education, this was undoubtedly a very stupid behavior.
But if you don’t get shares, how can you compete with Uber and develop business in Southeast Asia?
Chen Dongcheng looked at Cai Bingyao, his anxious look didn't seem to be fake.
"Well...then I will invest 37.5 million US dollars in you first, and the rest will be discussed after the due diligence is completed."
Cai Bingyao was stunned and quickly nodded in surprise: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, we will fully cooperate."
This investment amount is just enough to ensure that Chen Dongcheng's shares will not be diluted.
It is normal for Chen Dongcheng to invest the remaining US$62.5 million after the due diligence is completed.
The investment agreement was temporarily modified, and the first payment was US$37.5 million.
In the evening, Cai Bingyao specially invited Chen Dongcheng to a banquet at one of the most upscale private restaurants in Kuala Lumpur.
In order to show respect for Chen Dongcheng, grab's top executives all attended and gave Chen Dongcheng the highest courtesy.
The hotel he stayed in was also booked by Cai Bingyao out of his own pocket, and it was in the Mandarin Oriental Presidential Suite opposite the Twin Towers.
From the moment Chen Dongcheng signs, it means that he will become grab's largest shareholder.
As long as the due diligence is completed, this identity will be completely justified.
For Cai Bingyao, if he doesn’t lick the big boss now, when will he lick him?