Chapter 283 Eating Pandas Raw
After seeing off Master Wang, Xie Jingxing's trip to the capital came to an end.

There were many unexpected events throughout early December, which was understandable. It would be strange if there was no turmoil in the handover of power after a large number of people resigned from their positions, but he had no obligation to tolerate everyone's troublesome behavior.

"Since ancient times, only by killing oneself can one achieve martyrdom. Don't leave any room for him. Help him and let him die." Xie Jingxing said softly.

Song Anli nodded slightly with an expressionless face. She had been in a bad mood recently because the last heavyweight project that Li Ming invested in before his death, "The Crossing", had failed.

The total investment was nearly 4 million yuan. On the first day of its release earlier this month, it only earned 34 million yuan at the box office with a 3000% theater film shooting rate. She immediately flew directly from Yunnan to Beijing and has been stranded there ever since.

LeTV Pictures, which is responsible for the distribution business, was torn apart on the spot. The most embarrassing thing was that this movie had a second half, and according to the subsequent cooperation terms, it should be released as usual. Countless partners and investors were trapped by this sinking ship and were left bubbling in the sea.

The box office model predicts that the final box office of the first half will not exceed 2 million yuan, which will wipe out the revenue growth contributed by the two high-return investments "Lost in Thailand" and "So Young" to Xiaoma Pentium's financial report that year.

The loss is a small matter, but the setback in the road to listing is a big deal. Pei Fei, who worked hard to promote the film with the crew of "So Young", almost couldn't help but scold the director of "The Crossing" at the roadshow.

"Since she has put herself in the position of an investor, she should have a matching mentality and not have any childish thoughts." Xie Jingxing recalled his thoughts and reminded her.

Song Anli pursed her lips and said, "She has been very diligent in promoting the film recently. She included the investment return of Fleet of Time in that year, and the financial report still showed a net profit."

"Just do what you want. Don't waste too much energy. Xin Da'e also has a meeting to attend."

“Noila is following up. I will be returning to the Magic City the day after tomorrow. Do you want Chen Xi to accompany you on a business trip to Singapore?”

"No, Meizu's new round of financing is progressing very quickly. Li Nan is busy with his concert and can't take care of it, so he asked Chen Xi to help keep an eye on it."

"You have plenty of time when you come back from Singapore, so you can catch up with Yunshan's annual meeting."

"Then arrange a performance program, as promised to our grassroots colleagues last year. Also, the annual meetings of Taihe and Xiyou will be held separately. We will invite investors to the domestic meeting and we will hold the overseas meeting by ourselves. I will not attend the overseas meeting. Everyone should relax after doing a good job this year."

After dealing with trivial matters along the way and rushing to the airport, Xie Jingxing boarded the flight alone on a business trip to Singapore to deal with the year-end financial accounts.

The same is true for the entire assistant team, including Song Anli. They are all busy as hell, with endless amounts of money and debts to calculate.

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In the Magic City, at nine o'clock in the morning, Xie Jingxing had been busy all morning and took off into the scorching sun.

He Chuan, MD of the Internet Innovation and Technology Investment Group of Grapefruit Capital, just woke up from a nap and got up from the bed. He casually put on a pair of shorts, and sat down at the dining table with a dazed look on his face, his hairy legs shaking.

"You're awake. What do you want to eat? Sandwich or bun?"

My girlfriend whom I met through a blind date had a gentle smile on her face. Her fair and tender hands with glazed nails were digging into an avocado. She was an only child of a middle-class native in Shanghai who had never done housework. She made both Chinese and Western breakfasts and was very attentive.

Boss He Chuan was still in a daze, thinking about getting married next year. This year he would be able to get about 90 months' year-end bonus plus a dividend, which would roughly be three million.

Arranging a wedding, paying off a mortgage, and having a baby, all three of them are done without any pressure. My girlfriend's family can also pay for a mid-range car worth 500,000 or 600,000 yuan as a dowry, let's say a Touareg, which is more practical for taking my wife and children to the suburbs for a holiday.

A warm little family was formed. He Chuan picked up the cold coffee and drank half a cup. His mind, which was numb from last night's business trip, finally became clear and he thought of the phone call he received early in the morning.

President Xie is impeccable in every aspect and has always been generous to his colleagues. This year he gave everyone at least 20 million in bonuses, not counting various hidden benefits.

Then looking at his shy and lovely girlfriend beside him, He Chuan drank the remaining half cup of coffee, reached into the cup, grabbed two ice cubes, put them in his mouth and chewed them crunchily.

Going over your head and looking for trouble with Mr. Xie means you want to destroy my warm little family. I'll pick on anyone who doesn't let me get married and have kids, even the son of the richest man!

"Silly, don't eat ice. It's bad for your stomach."

With his girlfriend's coquettish voice lingering in his ears, He Chuan picked up his phone with determination. Before he called his subordinates, an investor called him first.

"Xiao He, have you been busy recently? Nothing major. I read your recent post-investment management report. The Panda TV project is in charge of your team, right? This project is pretty good, and their founding team has done a great job. Should we give them more trust and support? After all, the entrepreneurial team is the driver, and we investors are sitting in the co-pilot seat as the navigator."

Grapefruit Capital has raised tens of billions of yuan in funding. In addition to professional institutional investors, there are also a large number of high-net-worth individual clients.

Investors who can come up with a single investment of several million and a lock-up period of up to seven years have a certain influence in all walks of life. It is no exaggeration to call them the best of the best. Those who have been relocated and coal miners are not included.

For this kind of LP, He Chuan usually emphasizes respect, saying that as long as they pay, they are the boss. Besides, you never know when there will be more cooperation.

"Leader, thank you for your concern for us. We have been following up on the Panda TV project since its inception. Mr. Xie attaches great importance to post-investment management and has served as a co-founder. Recently, the project has gradually gotten on track, and we are also gradually adjusting the corresponding post-investment work rhythm."

He spoke in a cheerful tone, his face expressionless, and raised his hand to rub the eye boogers.

"I have always approved of Mr. Xie's investment decisions, but the market is still changing very quickly. I heard that the live broadcast industry may face policy risks in the future. Is there any opportunity to exit the Panda TV project early? According to their current valuation, there should be a 7-10 times return rate, right?"

Mr. Xie’s halo was shining brightly, and the person on the other end of the phone couldn’t stand the Tai Chi stance anymore, so he just came clean and spoke frankly.

He Chuan put down his phone, raised the coffee cup and shook it towards the phone's microphone, and the ice cubes made a crackling sound.

"Hello, Boss, can you hear me? Hello, hello, what did you say? Boss, I'm sorry, I'm on a business trip right now, and the signal is not good on the green train. I'll call you back later."

He hung up the phone, turned on the flight mode, ate a few buns slowly, and then sent his girlfriend out to work.

I turned off the airplane mode on my phone and saw that it was already half past ten. This investor did not call me again, but two other investors sent me text messages to ask about Panda TV's situation because they could not get through. It is rare for a founder to kick out an investor on the grounds of choosing between two options, but there are many cases of investors being killed by normal internal fighting. The son of the richest man still has some skills. His Pusi Capital even made it into the list of the top 50 venture capital institutions this year.

"Mr. Tang, what do you think of the pressure from investors?" He Chuan scratched his messy hair and held his mobile phone for instructions.

Tang Man fully displayed her calm and detached temperament as a venture capitalist who had overcome tribulations and ascended to become Xiao Pa: "Hand it over to the IR team (Investor Relations) to handle it. If all investors can make decisions, will their bonuses be wasted? Don't worry about the pressure, just handle the business as usual."

"Okay, okay, I understand."

He Chuan nodded repeatedly and just as he hung up the phone, his WeChat notification popped up, with a message from "Assistant Song" - you are the ultimate person in charge.

“I am the ultimate person in charge?”

He Chuan pondered the profound meaning of this. What if I were to pick his shrimp thread?
挑！
I am ultimately responsible.

He Chuan suddenly had an idea to use an LED truck to block Mr. Su downstairs of Meituan’s headquarters and to kill Mr. Tang of Wufeng Agriculture. Then he realized that he was about to take off.

I washed, changed my clothes and went out to have lunch with a fellow investor. We had a great conversation and both criticized the current bubble in the venture capital market. Everyone was rushing in and driving up the valuations of startups too high.

Finally, a colleague asked with a smile, "The Mobike project, which recently received money from Tencent and Didi, was the seed round invested by you, Xiyou. Do they still have a share of financing? Please help us set up a connection. A valuation of 3000 million, 5000 million, or even 1 million is all possible. We will help you!"

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The whole morning passed like this, and in the afternoon, Mr. He Chuan finally walked into the company leisurely, chatted with the girl at the front desk, and then asked Xiao Huya Wanzai from the active strategy securities group for advice on market analysis.

When the man ran into the trading room with an ice cream in his hand, he cleared his throat contentedly and said, "Hey, Director Gao, ask the legal colleagues to notify the law firm to come to the meeting."

"Don't send the middle grades to deal with things, let their partners do it."

He Chuan dug out the investment agreement and post-investment management materials for Panda TV. "Does the expert interview fund in the group still exist? If so, there is no need to apply for it. It is very troublesome. Let's arrange a dinner party in the evening and invite two legal experts in corporate management fiduciary relations, and let the legal department follow."

"Uh, Mr. He, what is this?"

Director Gao's eyes were a little blunt. It was a bit too weird to take such a heavy hand on an invested company with good prospects.

"Pay attention to the principle of confidentiality and compile relevant evidence as soon as possible."

He Chuan clapped his hands and finally emphasized that Director Gao and his two young colleagues were so scared that they fled in all directions.

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"Mr. Zhou, in fact, the relationship between investors and founders like Panda TV is very common nowadays, but everyone essentially wants to make money in harmony."

The Huangpu River flows smoothly and the years are peaceful. Jin Xiu, MD of Pusi Capital, who came from Beijing, is exhausted and has no appetite for the exquisite afternoon tea for two people for 588 yuan.

Zhou Wei has been working on a construction site in a mountain valley of China Construction Fifth Engineering Bureau for two and a half years. He has developed the ability to curse everyone and eat raw dog meat. He is extremely talented and hardworking, and is favored by his superiors and is about to be promoted to project manager.

He couldn't stand it anymore, he wanted women, he wanted to make money just by talking.

So he switched industries and joined Grapefruit Capital. The young woman in front of him looked like a decent person, but she was not threatening enough. She was not as strong as the old woman tightening steel bars on the construction site.

Still too young.

"Mr. Jin, is Pusi Capital also a shareholder of Panda TV?" He gave a wicked look.

Jin Xiu exhaled, "Mr. Zhou, we all know what's going on. There's no need to say such things. I'm here today hoping to represent the chairman of Panda TV and discuss an effective and practical plan with Xiyou."

"What plan?"

Zhou Wei shook his head slowly: "If you say one more word, a lawyer's letter will be sent to your company, stealing the secrets of our investment project."

"There's really no need to do this." Jin Xiu tried to persuade him helplessly.

She helped review the investment agreement of Panda TV, and Grapefruit Capital did not set up any traps. So in her opinion, Young Master Wang could not do anything to Xie Jingxing, and the latter could not do anything to the former.

In this case, why force the situation to the point where both sides suffer losses? If you are really unable to cooperate, then just negotiate terms that are acceptable to both sides and end the situation.

"You don't seem to know your boss very well."

Zhou Wei laughed jokingly. The premise for being unable to do anything to the richest man's son was that he himself did not suffer from a sudden serious illness. If he insisted on seeking death, who could stop him?

Jin Xiu inexplicably had a bad premonition, vaguely guessed something, and his mentality collapsed in an instant.

"Pack up and prepare to defend yourself. We'll see you in court."

Zhou Wei, who eats raw dog meat, is preparing to eat raw panda.

(End of this chapter)