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Silicon Valley.

Liu Dong, the founder of Dongjing Mall, has been in a state of distress these days.

He originally naively thought that his company's sales and revenue had improved, and logically speaking, financing would be much easier than before.

Unexpectedly, after I submitted a price that I thought was reasonable, I was either rejected or on the way to being rejected for a week, and no one cared about it at all.

Although some money was obtained by relying on previous relationships, it was far from the expected financing target of US$300 million.

Liu Dong therefore fell into a state of self-doubt.

Thinking that the valuation of US$1.8 billion was a bit high, that's why it was rejected one after another.

in this case.

David Levin, a senior partner at Goldman Sachs, took the initiative to invite Liu Dong to meet in a cafe and asked for details about Dongjing Mall. His attitude was quite enthusiastic.

Knowing that there was still a funding gap of US$210 million, David Levine agreed to fight for it from above without saying anything.

It's not a small amount of money after all.

The Goldman Sachs representative, who often worked with Suri, could not make decisions on his own and had to negotiate with the headquarters.

After the initial discussion.

With a little curiosity, Liu Dong asked casually with the help of a translator:

"I wonder how Mr. Levin learned about our company? I have communicated with Goldman Sachs before, but it seems that he has no intention of cooperating."

Domestic businessmen often encounter scammers when they go overseas to do business. They eat and drink while taking advantageous fees, and then disappear in the blink of an eye.

Faced with David Levine who came to the door, Liu Dong felt a little doubtful.

David Levine didn’t hide anything, he immediately smiled and replied:

"It was Su Rui's secretary who contacted me over the phone, and I learned that your company was seeking financing. Since he is your shareholder, I don't have any pressure at all. I have known him and his father for many years, and I haven't seen this before. The investment in father and son has failed, but the 100% winning rate is simply a legend in the investment world! Su Rui is optimistic about your company, and this is your biggest advantage."

After hearing what the translator said, Liu Dong was deeply moved.

I thought Su Rui was a hands-off shopkeeper who often ignored me for several months without any news. It turned out that he had been silently paying attention to his company.

David Levin then asked:

"I'm curious, why didn't Suri personally participate in this financing? I help manage many of his businesses. Recently, he has cashed out Apple shares through large transactions many times. There should be a large amount of idle funds in his account."

This question made Liu Dong sigh secretly.

I feel that in order to maintain a balance, I did not accept Suri's proposal for additional financing, and I was simply judging a gentleman with a villain's heart.

As a partner, Suri is definitely very competent.

They say they will not interfere in the company's decision-making, and they will not interfere in the company's decision-making. Moreover, they have previously provided up to 1 billion yuan in low-interest loans. Which venture capital institution can be so generous and trust Liu Dong's ability so much?

When thinking of this, Liu Dong replied:

"It's my fault that I failed to reciprocate the favor. I listened to the advice of a third-party company and believed that dispersed equity would make the equity structure safer. Let's discuss it again. It's best for Goldman Sachs to raise US$100 million and leave the remaining share to Su Rui. , this way it will be easier to pass the application from your headquarters, what do you think?"

"???"

The young girl Bai Nen, who acted as a translator, has an English certificate and several years of study abroad experience, was confused after listening to it, mainly because she didn't know how to translate the idiom "reciprocate love".

After brainstorming for a few seconds, I replaced it with "exchanging gifts with each other."

As a veteran, upon hearing the concerns about the equity structure, David Levine immediately guessed what was going on and replied with a smile:

"There's no problem with me. You'd better discuss it with Su Rui first, and then I'll apply to the headquarters. When it's time to go public, please give priority to asking me to be responsible..."

As soon as the two finished talking, Su Rui received a call from Liu Dong.

When he learned that he had the opportunity to raise additional financing first, he certainly had no objection. Once successful, he would have the opportunity to obtain dozens of times the income, and he would only push the money out if his head was caught in the door.

As a host.

Suri also invited Liu Dong to stay in Los Angeles for a few days to experience Hollywood film and television culture.

When he returns to China, whether he can half-deliberately experience the fun of "changing to the next batch" depends entirely on Liu Dong's emotional intelligence.

After all, he is a celebrity, but he is still unfamiliar with the place. Without the cover of commercial entertainment, Suri cannot go to KTV on his own. It is easy for someone to secretly photograph him and ridicule him on the Internet.

Because he had never been entertained before, he wanted to know whether he could stand the test, mainly to gain experience and broaden his horizons.

…

The day after I received Liu Dong’s call.

It rained heavily in Los Angeles. Since the crew of "Inception" was on vacation, they needed time to renovate the set that had been built at a huge cost and sort out the previously filmed content. Daddario therefore received a week's vacation.

She didn't ask, but Suri had to clarify.

After taking the initiative to confess the scandal that occurred in Hong Kong City, Daddario did not ask in detail, obviously he had heard about it beforehand.

I haven't seen him for a while. It seems that he was exhausted from filming. He was immersed in the character and couldn't get out of it for a while.

That night, Suri took her out for a French dinner and taught her everything after returning home. The girl's smile returned to her, and she talked about interesting things during filming in San Francisco, and soon fell asleep.

"Inception" has many big scenes, and the quality requirements are also very strict. This filming was even harder than Daddario's previous work.

In the world of Hollywood directors, there are three "notorious" devils.

They are "Tyrant" James Cameron, "Explosion Bay" Michael Bay, and "Real Shot Maniac" Christopher Nolan.

Some scenes could obviously be done with computer special effects, but this great director insisted on focusing on the details. Scenes like the big truck flipping over and the cafe blowing up were all shot in real life.

Acting under him, even though Daddario has a close relationship with Suri, he doesn't receive much special care.

Daddario, on the other hand, is more like a vase actor who became famous for his looks and figure. His acting skills are incomparable to those of DiCaprio and others. He often needs to reshoot. It is no wonder that he is always out of shape this time and is a bit in a trance. During this period Under a lot of pressure.

It was her second day back in Hollywood.

Suri was still asleep when she was woken up by the old housekeeper who hurried upstairs and knocked on the door.

Thinking that the housekeeper was about to come in, Daddario was so frightened that he hurriedly pulled up the quilt and reached out to pull the pajamas on the bedside.

Through the locked door, Su Rui glanced vaguely at the alarm clock that just showed 6:49, and asked loudly: "What's going on? Is it an earthquake or a fire?"

The old butler responded quickly with a British accent:

"It was Secretary Amanda who called me. She asked you to quickly go online and check out the stock market. It seems to be plummeting at an alarming speed."

Still a little confused.

Su Rui wondered why Yu Haohao had plummeted, so he replied loudly that he knew it, and quickly picked up his mobile phone to check the data.

Then I unexpectedly discovered that just ten minutes after the East Coast opened, the Dow Jones Index had fallen by more than 7.2%. This drop was simply terrifying.

For a moment, Suri even thought that Washington had been defeated, otherwise it would be difficult to explain such an exaggerated diving trend... (End of Chapter)