Qin Fen didn't care about his background.
At the very least... currently, he was still the one hailed as the emperor of shanghai.
The resources and connections he possessed were still relatively extensive, so the information he had was more accurate.
"Are you really planning to invest?"
Qin Fen curled his lip and said, "I advise you to cool your head. This is a business deal worth over a billion us dollars; it's not that simple."
Standing to the side, Zhang Yan's heart constricted.
A billion... and a business deal in us dollars at that.
She looked at the young and upright Zhou Xing standing there, her heart trembling.
Zhang Yan had long known that Zhou Xing had five hundred million us dollars in his account, an amount countless people would find difficult to achieve in a lifetime.
Now... he actually intended to invest, and it was an investment of over a billion us dollars.
One had to remember that Zhou Xing was only eighteen years old.
Where on earth did he get so much capital?
"What do you mean?"
Zhou Xing caught the implication in Qin Fen's words; it seemed... there was new information.
"It can basically be confirmed now that the news of the financing was released by ByteDance. This company plans to release ten percent of its shares."
Qin Fen said, "These are unprecedented shares. You should know that in the previous three rounds of financing, ByteDance only gave up less than thirty percent of its shares in total."
"Logically speaking, financing of this magnitude should definitely cause an earthquake in the investment circle."
Qin Fen shook his head and said, "But... the news has been out for several days now, and there hasn't been much of a reaction. I also asked some friends in investment firms, and they generally aren't very optimistic about this project."
"In '14, ByteDance raised a hundred million us dollars for a twenty percent stake. At that time, the company was only valued at five hundred million us dollars. After receiving that financing, two full years passed, and besides burning through money like crazy, they haven't achieved anything. Not only have they failed to find a revenue stream, but even their valuation hasn't increased much."
Qin Fen made a gesture: "With a floor of a billion us dollars, they only plan to release ten percent of the shares. Calculating it this way, their company's valuation would have to be over ten billion us dollars."
"ByteDance burns too much money, and their appetite is huge. It's completely more than what an average person can handle. If you keep those billion us dollars for yourself, you won't finish spending them in a lifetime. If you throw them into this, you might not even see a ripple."
Qin Fen advised, "I think you should give it some serious thought. These waters are a bit too muddy; getting involved isn't necessarily a good thing."
Hearing this, Zhou Xing rubbed his chin, his face showing little expression. "Do you know when their financing starts?"
"ByteDance made such a big stir specifically to attract the attention of venture capitalists."
Qin Fen pondered for a moment. "According to the currently circulating news, it might take more than two months. But by my estimate, conservatively, it'll be at least three months from now. For such a large sum, it depends on how ByteDance's boss can persuade those venture capital firms."
Three months... Zhou Xing nodded.
At least a billion us dollars was not a small burden even for him.
However, no matter what... he absolutely had to get on board this giant ship of ByteDance, the future internet monster, if he had the chance.
Not only did he want to get on board, but he also wanted to swallow these shares all by himself in one bite.
Fortunately, time was still relatively ample.
More than a month had passed since the system was activated.
Three months would be enough for the system to upgrade.
He believed that... once the system upgraded, an investment of a billion us dollars would be an easy task for him.
Otherwise, with his current five hundred million us dollars—of which he had already spent a bit—
It would be completely impossible to monopolize ByteDance's shares.
He also needed to set aside funds to register an investment company.
Although ByteDance was the top priority,
Influencer streaming and the film and television sectors... couldn't be neglected either.
All of this required a large amount of capital to support.
"Alright, I understand."
Zhou Xing replied.
At this time... Chen Maohua also came in holding the contract, his face piled with smiles as he stood respectfully before Zhou Xing. "Mr. Zhou, this is the contract. Please review it."
Zhou Xing took the contract, gave it a cursory glance, and then tossed it to Qin Fen.
Qin Fen scanned it, closed the contract, and nodded to him.
Zhou Xing didn't pay it much more mind.
After all, this kind of lease contract was relatively simple.
There wouldn't be any contract traps laid inside; at least Chen Maohua didn't have the guts for that.
Zhou Xing took the pen Chen Maohua handed over and then signed his name on all three copies of the contract with a flourish.
After pressing his thumbprint,
He then went with Chen Maohua to the company's finance office.
Swipe the card!
Enter the password.
Over eight million was swiped out in one go.
Chen Maohua handed the contract, as well as the passwords and company keys, to Zhou Xing. "Mr. Zhou, welcome to the Hucheng Center Skyscraper. You can now proceed to move your company in."
Zhou Xing nodded, and Zhang Yan very tactfully took the items from him.
Escorted by Chen Maohua, several people arrived at the skyscraper's entrance.
"If there's nothing else, I'll head out first. I happen to have some matters at my company that need handling."
Qin Fen said to Zhou Xing.
"Alright, thanks."
Zhou Xing gave a word of thanks. "I'll treat you to a meal another day."
"Why so formal between brothers?"
Qin Fen smiled and said, "Once you've got your company sorted out, I'll give you a real fleecing. We can talk about that influencer company then."
"No problem."
Zhou Xing agreed immediately.
Qin Fen promptly walked to the parking lot. Today he was driving a Rolls-Royce Dawn, which seemed quite low-key.
After watching Qin Fen drive away, Zhou Xing turned to Zhang Yan beside him and said, "Let's go too."
"Okay."
Arriving at the mclaren, Zhou Xing sat in the car.
Zhang Yan also sat in the passenger seat holding the contract and fastened her seatbelt.
Zhou Xing ignited the engine and started the car.
The air conditioning gradually dispelled the heat.
But he didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave.
Instead, he said to Zhang Yan, "Now that the office space is settled, I'll have to trouble you with the company registration next."
"No problem, I'll handle that right away."
Zhang Yan said seriously, "I will register the company using the bank's status. The process is expected to take only about three days, and the company should be ready by then."
"However, there is still one small issue..."
Zhang Yan paused and said.
"What issue?"
"What do you plan to name our company, Mr. Zhou?"