The constant exposure in the media gave Li Mu a chance to re-examine himself. He used to rush too hard, looking far away, rarely caring about his feet and surroundings. Now he finally calmed down, thought about it, and talked to other people. , only to find that there are still many aspects that I lack.
The more things he did and the greater his achievements, the more Li Mu felt that he had many inherent shortcomings. The most important one, and one that he had always ignored, was financial operations. In fact, there were many awesome Internet people in later generations. , Entrepreneurial bosses themselves are not really very proficient in financial operations, but they have a strong and professional team behind them to solve this problem. Looking back on themselves, they have engaged in so many businesses, so many companies, and established He has a huge actual business team, among which the strength and scale of the technical development team alone far exceeds that of any domestic Internet company. However, he does not have a team dedicated to capital and financial operations. This is indeed a huge mistake.
Let’s take another look at our current team leadership. Liu Edong, who has the greatest potential, has just started to get involved in the Internet. It would be good if he can figure out Internet issues at this stage. It is still a fantasy to expect him to have strong capabilities in capital operations. Tan; as for technical talents like Kong Lingyu and Fang Xudong, the same is true. They have sufficient technical capabilities, but it is difficult for the overall structure to break through their own shackles; Lin Qingya's execution ability is 100%, but her experience is not sophisticated enough; as for Wang Nan, Chen Hui, and Lu Xinyi all have standard skills and specializations. They are all very good in their respective fields, but their overall control is still blank.
Establishing an offshore company system as soon as possible is a top priority, and finding someone who is truly proficient in capital operations and can spend money has become Li Mu's top priority right now.
Xu Jiaming also saw Li Mu's biggest problem at the moment, and said to Li Mu: "It is important to build a watertight offshore company system, but you must also pay more attention to relevant talents. Now you not only need people who can make money, but also people who can make money." There are people who know how to play with money, and in the future there must be people who know how to spend money. In my personal opinion, after a company reaches a certain scale, it must invest frequently. It should not only invest in companies that can make money in the future, but also invest in companies that can make money in the future. For companies that play various roles on their own, such as upstream and downstream vertical industry chains, and horizontal industry chains with similar positioning, you can’t do everything yourself, right? Sometimes you have to buy ready-made products.”
Li Mu nodded, deeply convinced: "Several companies combined will probably not be able to find anyone who truly understands capital operations. It seems that building a team dedicated to financial operations as soon as possible is the top priority."
Xu Jiaming said with a smile: "Actually, the focus is different. You have always focused on the Internet and technology products, and your company rarely raises external financing. Until now, you have not established cooperation with any real big venture capital, so You don't pay enough attention to the financial circle. Big investment banks are full of financial talents. If I have the opportunity, I will take you to get in touch with this circle and introduce you to some of the more powerful people in the investment banks. You can try it and see if you can Dig a few to Makino Technology."
Li Mu suddenly had an idea in his heart and said to Xu Jiaming: "I think you might as well help me spread a message in the investment banking circle."
Xu Jiaming asked curiously: "What news?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Makino Technology needs to find suitable capital to raise Series C. We plan to take out 15-20% of the shares in Series C. After completing Series C, we will plan to go public in the United States."
Xu Jiaming asked subconsciously: "Didn't you say that Makino Technology will not raise funds before going public?"
"That's right." Li Mu said: "I really don't plan to do any more financing before going public, but that doesn't stop me from using this gimmick to attract the attention of some investment banks. Just imagine, if Makino Technology wants to raise Series C, those venture capital The company is probably going to be in a frenzy. The people who can be sent to talk to me about Series C by then should be top talents from major venture capital firms, right? Let’s meet and chat first. If you think they are reliable, just hire them with a high salary. "
"Fuck..." Xu Jiaming stared at Li Mu dumbfounded, and then said after a while: "Do you know what your greatest advantage is?"
"What?"
"thief!"
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Li Mu entrusted the offshore company affairs to Xu Jiaming for help, and he began to look for suitable security personnel to build a security team for himself.
Li Mu didn't even have a nanny in his last life, let alone security, and he didn't know much about the security industry. However, in his opinion, security simply requires personal experience and ability, as well as a high degree of alertness. Where are the most talented people like this? Of course it's the army.
In Li Mu's mind, veterans, especially retired special forces soldiers, are the most suitable for his needs. However, Li Mu didn't know anyone in the army. The veterans seemed to know Xu Jianjun, so he asked Xu Jianjun to come out to meet him, hoping that he could help. .
The two made an appointment to meet at the teahouse. After the meeting, Li Mu did not play tricks with Xu Jianjun. He directly said to Xu Jianjun: "Old Xu, why don't you bring your team to be my security guard? How much does it cost per year?" Price."
Li Mu really wanted to recruit Xu Jianjun and had cooperated with Xu Jianjun several times. He admired Xu Jianjun's ideas and execution ability very much. Most of his team members were from the military and should have the strength. If he could agree, he would not only have With a security team and a reconnaissance team, it will be much easier to do things in the future, even if the cost is higher, it is acceptable.
Seeing that Li Mu had invited him and his team as soon as he came up, Xu Jianjun hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, to be honest, I am a scout. I am alert, but my combat ability is average. Most of the people in my team are also I am a scout, so I am not suitable to be a bodyguard..."
Li Mu looked at Xu Jianjun and saw the embarrassment in his eyes. He probably understood in his heart that Xu Jianjun probably disdained the development direction of being a bodyguard, so he said to him: "Old Xu, if you don't bother to be a bodyguard, then you Just help me introduce a few reliable veterans.”
Xu Jianjun frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said to Li Mu: "Okay, Mr. Li, I will reveal a shortcut to you in private, but after you hear this, don't mention to others that I said it."
Li Mu nodded: "Don't worry, I've never been loudmouthed."
Xu Jianjun said: "In fact, you can ask the Du Wei you have always admired for help with this matter."
"Du Wei?" Li Mu frowned: "What kind of shortcut is this? I want to find some veterans as bodyguards. Why do you want me to ask Du Wei for help?"
Xu Jianjun smiled slightly and said: "Du Wei's grandfather and his family are all in the army. Her uncle is an officer in the Garrison District of the Yanjing Military Region with the rank of senior colonel. He is in charge of the Shenjian Brigade of the Yanjing Military Region. I will introduce you to two of them. As a soldier who has retired from the Excalibur Brigade, your safety will be greatly guaranteed."
Li Mu was very surprised. He didn't know much about the family backgrounds of Du Wei and Du Fei. From what Xu Jianjun said, it seemed that Du Wei's family was quite capable in the army.
So Li Muxi asked Xu Jianjun: "Old Xu, what does the Excalibur Brigade do?"
Xu Jianjun explained: "Each military region and each armed police corps in China has its own special forces. The Shenjian Brigade is the name of the special forces of the Yanjing Military Region. Its comprehensive strength ranks first in the country, and the special forces are different from other forces in that they have actual combat capabilities." Experience, our scouts have not had any actual combat experience even after ten years of service."
Li Mu nodded. Since Du Wei has this kind of relationship in his family, it is indeed very useful to him. However, it is not easy for him to ask Du Wei to help communicate with him on this kind of matter. It would be more appropriate to ask Du Fei.
He has some clues about the bodyguard matter, but Li Mu is still unwilling to let Xu Jianjun go easily. Although he has not had much contact with him, this person is really useful to Li Mu. There will definitely be many things that require his help in the future. It is best It can make him tie himself tighter, so Li Mu said to Xu Jianjun; "Old Xu, how about this? You assign two smarter people from your team to me. These two people will follow me and obey me full-time." My instructions, if I need your help with anything, they can ensure high efficiency by working with you."
Xu Jianjun hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Li, I'm a little short on manpower right now..."
Li Mu said: "We are two people. I pay one million in consulting fees a year. If I need your help with anything, we will calculate the money separately. We are all friends, so you can treat me as a favor."
One million a year for two people, this price is already very high. After Xu Jianjun meets the salary of his subordinates, he can also earn a lot from it, so he thought for a moment and agreed, saying: "Okay, I will choose two people , let them report to you tomorrow."
Li Mu was overjoyed and said, "I will transfer the money to your account later today."
Xu Jianjun nodded: "Okay, since Mr. Li is so cheerful, I can't be too dissatisfied. The two of us can't spend that much money, so let's give it a 20% discount."
Li Mu waved his hand: "Old Xu, don't give me any discounts. Just pay more attention to my affairs from now on."
Xu Jianjun stopped being polite, smiled slightly, and said, "No problem!"
Just when Li Mu met Xu Jianjun, Xu Jiaming had already helped Li Mu drop a big bomb in the investment banking circle: Makino Technology was about to close the Series C round! And this time we will have a big round, directly financing 15-20%. You must know that Makino Technology’s current conservative valuation is several billion, 20%, which is a large project worth more than one billion or even two billion.
This news suddenly made the investment banking circle excited. The entire circle knew that if Makino Technology’s Series C financing is successful, it will definitely be the largest financing for a domestic Internet company to date. Moreover, such a large-scale financing is difficult to complete. When a company invests alone, it is usually led by one venture capital and followed by several venture capital investors.
This also means that everyone has the opportunity to take a bite of the cake, so all of a sudden, dozens of venture capital firms, large and small, are excited to contact Makino Technology, and their interface people responsible for contacting Makino Technology are almost all from various companies. The most capable high-end talents...
(End of chapter)