America's Road to Fame

Chapter 220 I Want to Invest in You
The reception in the evening was really lively. William Chen saw almost all the big shots in Silicon Valley here, except Bill Gates, Oracle, Google, Facebook...the founders and executives of companies that are well-known in the Internet industry at this time, all attended for this reception.

Bill Gates was very kind. After seeing William Chen, he took him to introduce the guests who came here one by one.Naturally, everyone has heard about this young rich man who is in the limelight in the United States, and some of them have had an intersection with William Chen before.

One of the founders of Google, Larry Page, met Chen William and said in a joking tone:

"William, you're a little naive, and we lost a genius at Google."

Knowing that he was referring to Sundar Pichai, whom he had just hired from Google, Chen William said with a smile:

"You can't blame me, who made Google gather so many geniuses, I searched all over Silicon Valley, and all the people I wanted to find went to Google, so I was told, if you want to find a genius who can surprise you, then Just go to Google to find it.”

Seeing William Chen spread his hands with a helpless expression, Larry Page shook his head and said:

"Next time, it's best to tell me in advance, William, that the CEO of the Android company that was originally scheduled has been selected by you, which is a headache for our board of directors."

"Okay, Mr. Page, I will definitely discuss it with you next time, even though I know you will definitely reject me."

"That's because you always give us trouble, dear William, you gave Yahoo $40 billion in cash last time, so we have to face their challenge again."

At this time, it became Larry Page's helpless expression.

"Come on, I don't believe that you will still take Yahoo seriously. In the search field, Google has no enemies worth standing up to now. On the contrary, everyone else needs to be cautious when facing Google."

I have to say that what William Chen said made Larry Page sound very comfortable, and a smile appeared on his face:

"Challenges always come inadvertently. For example, your company makes us feel this way."

Having said that, this kind of occasion is indeed a good opportunity to make friends with these bigwigs in the industry, just like after this time, after William Chen got to know them, next time if there is any conflict between the two companies, they should communicate with each other. After that, even competition will be enough.

Of course, this is also a competition in an unimportant field. If he reaches out to the core field of the other party, then the business belongs to the business, and he will work hard. Do your best to kill the opponent first.

"William, I am very glad to see that you have also joined the field of charity. I hope that all of us can work together to change the world through charity."

Sure enough, as William Chen expected, Bill Gates mainly talked to him about charitable foundations, and told William Chen some of his experience in the field of charity.

Not all rich people can get good results in charity, especially these new rich people in the Internet field. After entering the charity field, they took a lot of detours at the beginning. At present, the size of the Gates Foundation has exceeded 350 billion US dollars. It is expected to exceed 400 billion US dollars in the next few years, so he is still very experienced in this regard.

At the same time, Bill Gates also mentioned the "Donation Pledge" activity of their foundation to William Chen. William Chen expressed his participation without hesitation. Isn't it just donating half of his property, so that William Chen will be like Zuckerberg in his previous life? , Donate all assets - naked donations are fine.

Anyway, it's not that I don't know the way inside. In the end, these properties are still controlled by my family, and only 5% of them are used for charity every year. This so-called "charity" can also squeeze out a bucket of water.

But there is one thing William Chen didn't guess, Bill Gates didn't mean to ask William Chen to donate to his charity fund, but to send money to William Chen.

It was indeed a gift of money, but not for nothing. He wanted to invest in the fund of William Chen Meta Investment Company. He also knew that most of the other party's net worth was obtained through short selling in the subprime mortgage crisis by this investment company.

"Mr. Gates, we do have a private equity fund, but the fundraising window has ended and it is still closed. If we are ready to open fundraising, we will definitely notify you."

"That's not what I mean, William. I know that your private equity fund has John Paulson as the fund manager. It does have a high return, but what I want to invest in is not this fund. I want to invest in you."

"Invest in me?"

"Yes, many people may think that it is because of your luck that you found John Paulson to help you short the subprime mortgage crisis to get so much assets, but not including me. I know, after you found John Paulson Before Erson, your investment company’s rate of return was already very high, and being able to accurately find the right people to do the right things is an extraordinary ability in itself.”

Bill Gates looked at William Chen with admiration in his eyes, and said:
"In addition, your investment in the industry is also very unique. The Meta Technology you just formed and its companies have great potential, so I hope to invest in you. I know that you will form your own investment fund in the United States sooner or later. Yes, like what you did in Huaguo. If not, I suggest you do it, and I will first take 5 million US dollars from my fund to invest in your fund."

This... Chen Weilian did have an idea. He personally took charge of an investment fund. From Fund No. 3, he has already deeply realized the feasibility of gathering many forces around him in this way.

However, the fund manager of Fund No. 3 is John Paulson, and William Chen cannot guarantee that he will still stay in his company in the future.You must know that people are subject to change. At this time and at that time, when John Paulson was down, he would be willing to join his company and help him short the subprime mortgage crisis. The fund is divided into about 3 billion U.S. dollars, so will he be willing to be subordinated by then?No one can guarantee this.

Even if John Paulson resigns from his current position and works on his own, William Chen is not surprised. In the United States, this is normal. It can be said that such things have been happening all over the world.

Therefore, William Chen also needs to have a longer-term plan, and he needs a more stable channel to gather strength. When he hired Martin Stephenson, the deputy manager of the securities investment department of Meta Investment Company, William Chen was preparing for this day.

And he also knew that in his previous life, John Paulson did perform very well during the subprime mortgage crisis, but after the subprime mortgage crisis ended, his fund expanded to a scale of tens of billions, and his performance was very mediocre. In the end, he disbanded his fund.

Through his performance in the Asian financial crisis and the subprime mortgage crisis, it also shows that he is better at shorting in the crisis, while in other periods, the performance of the fund is not good, so this is why William Chen established his own fund one.

However, he believes that it is still too early. In his plan, at least until the subprime mortgage crisis enters the third stage, Treasury Secretary Paulson and the Federal Reserve start quantitative easing policies, and the dollar enters the era of flooding.At that time, both the stock market and the economy will gradually start to recover, and it is also time to use his previous life experience to invest in companies or tracks that will perform well in the future.

As he analyzed before, although the world has changed, it may be specific to a certain company, and its future development will be different from his previous life.But the progress of science and technology will not change much, and those tracks will gradually enter the boom period, and there are traces to follow.

Therefore, William Chen does not need to be specific about the companies that need to invest, but casts a wide net and devotes all his efforts to laying out the track, and he will be able to reap extremely high returns.Then, if he follows this line of thinking, he establishes a fund under his control and conducts this type of investment, which will also have a rate of return far exceeding that of other funds. Using other people's funds to make money for himself will also allow more Strength is on your side, so why not do it?

"Mr. Gates, you are really good at predicting things. I have plans in this regard, but I haven't had time to establish that fund yet, and it may take a while."

Hearing William Chen's words, Bill Gates showed a satisfied smile. He patted William Chen on the shoulder and said:
"Don't worry about this. When your fund is established, remember to be the first to notify me."

(End of this chapter)