Game within game: chess player

"You don't even ask about the project and you trust me so much?" Ye Fang said deliberately.

"Small investments look at projects, while big investments look at people, not projects!" Wu Jianian said, looking at Ye Fang with burning eyes.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Ye Fang said three good words in a row. Wu Jianian's words immediately made Ye Fang look at him with admiration. Bankers are usually investors. There is nothing wrong with this. They have the same mind and vision. Wait a minute.

"I will try my best to raise funds." Wu Jianian's attitude was very determined. He knew that the project that would allow Ye Fang to go to Binhai in person must be huge, otherwise he would have done it himself in the capital.

"Don't worry, you also have shares in Yongcheng. You can mortgage your shares to me, and you don't have to pay interest. As long as you are still in Yongcheng Bank, Yongcheng's annual dividends will be regarded as the interest you give me. How is it?" Ye Fang said.

When Wu Jianian heard this suggestion, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly stood up and said, "Thank you, brother! This is equivalent to lending me money to invest in shares."

"Wu Xing, you're welcome. What we are doing is business and trading. If you fail to pay back one day, your shares will be mine, so just don't bear any burden." Ye Fang said with a smile.

"No matter what, thank you brother." Wu Jianian said sincerely.

Although Wu Jianian's shares in Yongcheng Bank were not large, less than [-]% after dilution, Ye Fang was very optimistic about Yongcheng's future development, so he was willing to pledge [-] million in cash to Wu Jianian, which made Wu Jianian grateful.

In the evening, Wu Jianian booked an extremely secret private room in Jinmao Tower. The attendees included Ye Fang, Lang Wenyao, Lin Hongshen, Rong Xiafei and Wu Jianian. The dishes at Jin Mao Tower are all delicious and delicious. It is said that everyone got to know each other because of Yongcheng Bank. Ye Fang is not only the largest customer of Yongcheng Bank, but also one of the shareholders of Yongcheng Bank. Invisibly, everyone on the table now is A brother in the trenches, there is a combination of interests, and of course they also value each other's character. Otherwise, how could the young Ye Fang be able to put together this game with just a phone call? You must know that everyone here often has appointments at night. It is arranged a week or even weeks in advance.

After three drinks and five dishes, the few people seemed to be chatting about insignificant things, but they were all word by word. What everyone let go of was their attitude, but what they couldn't let go of was their interests. Everyone was waiting. Ye Fang spoke.

"Xiao Fang, you've eaten the food and drank the wine. What's the good thing?" The first person to speak was Sister Xia, who among the others had the best friendship with Ye Fang because of her relationship with the small village.

"I am currently planning a project with an initial raised capital of RMB [-] billion. The investment direction is mainly high-tech and high-end manufacturing enterprises. The funds raised are on the one hand the funds for acquiring equity shares, and on the other hand they are also funds invested in research and development. I am leading the project , the sales of the products produced are guaranteed. This is the basic information. Do you bosses want to participate? Do you have any questions you want to ask? I will answer patiently." After Ye Fang finished speaking, he paid careful attention to everyone's reactions. Lang Wenyao was the most calm. Lin Hongshen's expression remained unchanged, Sister Xia was thoughtful, and everyone was trying their best to digest the meaning of Ye Fang's words.

"Will the initial capital of [-] billion be increased in the future?" Lin Hongshen asked.

"The initial capital of 50 billion is just an estimate, with a minimum of 50 billion to start. I will find ways to make up for the shortfall. If it exceeds 50 billion, it depends on the situation. The current domestic economic situation is not good, and the cost of acquiring companies will not be very high. But the investment in research and development will be very high, so don’t expect early returns on the entire project. This is a long-term investment that spans ten, 20 years or even longer.”

"So long?" Sister Xia said in surprise. This obviously exceeded her expectation. Originally, Sister Xia believed that there would be a return in three to five years at most. If it spanned more than ten years, the funds invested would definitely not be borrowed from oneself, but must be self-owned funds and funds that could be left idle for a long time.

Ye Fang nodded and said, "If the project operation cycle is one or two years, I can just issue a fund product to make up for it. Let alone [-] billion, [-] billion is no problem."

"Is there any target company for acquisition?" Lin Hongshen asked every question on the point.

Ye Fang nodded and said, "Yes, quite a lot."

"Can I understand it this way? What we want to establish is not a simple fund, but a holding group."

"Director Lin is right. The foundation has an exit mechanism, but this project does not. Everyone's shares are only transferred and there is no exit. Of course, if the initial investment is involved, subsequent funds coming in will increase the valuation, so you don't need to worry about exiting. The problem."

"The project you just mentioned is led by you. Do all shareholders only have dividend rights but no decision-making rights?" Rong Xiafei asked.

"Yes, Sister Xia is right." Ye Fang replied affirmatively.

"There is something wrong with this. If there is a problem in the intermediate decision-making, it will harm the interests of all shareholders." Lin Hongshen said.

"The so-called decision-making is nothing more than the choice of the target company, as well as the sales of the products produced. To put it bluntly, shareholders are only concerned about two points, one is which company to invest in, and the other is who to sell the product to. If these two points are invested in If everything has been resolved at the beginning, does Director Lin think there will be any risks?" Ye Fang asked rhetorically.

"Are you saying that in addition to the target enterprise, even the future product sales have been locked?" Lin Hongshen felt that there seemed to be many information points hidden behind Ye Fang's project, and everyone could only find out through constant questioning. Obtaining a little bit of information, it would be impossible for Ye Fang to tell everything. This should be an absolute business secret, especially now that everyone is in the wavering stage of whether to invest.

"Xiao Fang, can you tell me who is investing now?" Rong Xiafei asked the first sensitive question.

Ye Fang smiled, but did not directly answer Sister Xia's question. He said, "I had a simple exchange with Wu Xing a few hours ago. I agree with what he said. He said that small investors only look at projects, and big investors look at projects." Investment depends on people. The reason why I don’t want to tell you who have already participated in investment is that I am worried that it will mislead you. What this project requires is solid trust between partners. But there is one person who can tell you, and that is Wu Xing .”

Wu Jianian nodded sheepishly.

"It seems that our realm is not as good as Wu Xing's." Lin Hongshen said with a smile.

At this time, Rong Xiafei kept noticing that Lang Wenyao had not spoken. Rong Xiafei asked, "Lao Lang, what's your attitude?"