Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

"Haha, that's definitely no problem! Our company's five founders have internal numbers from 10001 to 10005. If you successfully invest, number 10006 will be yours. Besides that, the company has reserved quite a few premium numbers, like 66666 and 88888, which are really good and haven't been released yet. You can choose any of them!"

Mr. Ma laughed heartily and made the promise directly.

What are a few premium phone numbers? They're worthless, just a small piece of code in the backend. But to get an investment of 200,000 yuan in return is absolutely worth it!

"Alright, I'll be going to Shenzhen in the next couple of days. I'll come to the company for an interview then. Are you Mr. Ma? By the way, my surname is Wang, and my name is Wang Feiyang."...

After agreeing on a meeting time and hanging up the phone, the two people sitting opposite each other were so anxious they were scratching their heads.

"What do you mean? Is someone going to invest in our company? Is it a venture capital firm?" Ah Qing asked eagerly.

"It's probably not a VC. Two hundred thousand is a bit too little for a VC. It's probably an individual investor," Zhidong analyzed, shaking his head.

Mr. Ma nodded and said, "He's one of our company's customers. I guess he heard about our difficulties and is willing to personally donate 200,000 yuan to support the company. From the phone call, I could tell he's quite young, probably from a wealthy family. I guess his investment in our company is really just to get a few premium phone numbers, haha..."

Although the amount of money wasn't much, it was still good news for Tencent at that time, so both Zhidong and Aqing smiled.

"By the way, if we're investing 200,000, how many shares should we give him?" Mr. Ma remembered the important matter, so he put away his smile and looked seriously at his two partners opposite him. They were also shareholders of the company, so they naturally had a say in this matter.

"Our company now has one million registered shares, and after a year of development, the number of users has also exceeded one million. In fact, a valuation of three million is quite reasonable. Why don't we let that person invest based on a valuation of three million?" Zhidong suggested.

Mr. Ma remained noncommittal and turned to look at Ah Qing.

Aqing frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly said, "I think a valuation of three million is a bit high. Everyone in the industry knows how much our company is worth. The person who wants to invest is a loyal customer of ours, and they're giving us a helping hand right now, so we should be fair. How about we calculate it at a valuation of one million? After all, the actual amount our company has invested is only one million."

After listening to their opinions, President Ma considered them carefully and finally made a decision: "Three million is too high, and to be honest, one million feels like we're losing out. How about this, Wang Feiyang will invest 200,000 and give him 10% of the shares. This amount isn't much anyway, just enough for our emergency needs. Giving him 10% of the shares is just right, and it's enough for each of us five to contribute a little."

Before making that call, Wang Feiyang had already obtained a border permit from a scalper. These days, you need this permit to go to Shenzhen, otherwise you can't get through the border!

He didn't even consider the possibility of being rejected.

After all, Tencent is in such dire straits right now that it's almost impossible for them to refuse such a sum of money that's practically handed to them. It's just a matter of how many shares they'll get.

Wang Feiyang is very open-minded about this. As long as it's not too excessive, he can accept receiving fewer shares!

After all, this is a penguin that actually lays golden eggs...

The phone conversation went even more smoothly than he had expected, indicating that things were indeed very difficult for Tencent.

So after hanging up the phone, Wang Feiyang dialed the airline ticket office and booked a flight to Shenzhen.

These days, plane tickets aren't so easy to buy, and there aren't many flights, so I could only get a ticket for departure the day after tomorrow.

I need to ask Lao Wu for leave again, and this time it will be at least two days!

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On November 25th, Mr. Ma and several shareholders arrived early at B402, East Tower, Building 11, SEG Technology Park, and personally cleaned the office.

Looking at the small but clean and bright office, Mr. Ma clapped his hands in satisfaction and said with a smile, "The investor will be here soon, and I'll negotiate with him according to the terms we all agreed on. If all goes well, the company will soon have 200,000 yuan in revenue, and the server room rental and bandwidth issues that were put on hold a few days ago can be pushed forward again. I think as long as we persevere, we'll definitely see a turnaround; gold always shines!"

The company currently has only five people, all of whom are shareholders!

Around noon, Mr. Ma received a call informing him that Wang Feiyang had arrived downstairs and would be coming up soon.

When Mr. Ma arrived at the company entrance, he saw a tall, handsome young man walking towards him. Although he was mentally prepared, Mr. Ma was still somewhat surprised by Wang Feiyang's youth when he actually saw him.

He must be under twenty years old, probably still a college student!

After a warm handshake and greeting, General Manager Ma led Wang Feiyang into the company. After briefly introducing the shareholders and colleagues, they went to the small conference room inside.

"Mr. Ma, I've prepared the money. It's not a huge investment; it's more of a personal preference, so let's keep it simple. I'll personally invest 200,000 yuan in Tencent. How many shares will you give me? But there's one thing to make clear first: my shares must have the same rights as the shares held by you founders."

Wang Feiyang got straight to the point right away.

He had been preparing for this meeting for almost two months, having already planned what to say and what not to say, and to what extent to say certain things.

He can accept having fewer shares, but he cannot accept receiving shares that are "inferior." He doesn't want Tencent to dilute his shares infinitely without consulting him when raising funds and expanding its share capital. That's definitely unacceptable.

Therefore, he needed to make sure that the shares he received had the same rights as the founders.

Mr. Ma was taken aback. To be honest, he didn't know much about the company's financing. Judging from Wang Feiyang's words, could there be differences between different shares?

He said sincerely, "Of course not. The investment agreement will state that you are one of the company's founders! After all, our company has only been established for less than a year, so joining now naturally makes you a founder. I've discussed it with the other shareholders, and we can give you 10% of the company's shares, which means the company is valued at 1.8 million. After you join, you will be the company's sixth shareholder, with the internal OICQ number 10006, and you'll be permanently linked to the company!"

Wang Feiyang remained outwardly calm, but frowned slightly and said, "Based on a valuation of 1.8 million, my 200,000 should be more than 11% of the shares, right? Why is it 10%?"

He's just pretending to be confused. After all, he's now a "rich second generation," so it's normal that he doesn't know much about investing.