Chapter 1314 A Qualified Businessman

At different stages of life, people have different friends; some can accompany you to the end, while others drop out halfway.

This is a normal thing, because when a person's thoughts begin to disconnect from society, trouble will follow one after another. Those who lag behind society are generally considered fools, while those who lead society are usually called saints or madmen.

Zhao Fusheng did not consider himself qualified to be regarded as a saint, and of course, being considered a madman was not interesting either, as it risked being locked up in a mental hospital.

So for a long time, he had been striving to expand his circle and make those around him as excellent as himself. Because Zhao Fusheng understood that only when a group of people were significantly more capable than others would his success not seem so strange.

His favorite thing to do was to choose the direction of a project, then act as a hands-off boss, quietly hiding behind the crowd, watching the project get better and better, and quietly making money.

For example, the Hurun Rich List had once contacted Future Group, intending to include Zhao Fusheng, but Zhao Fusheng simply had Zheng Yao refuse.

In Zhao Fusheng's view, exposing one's wealth in broad daylight was itself a foolish act.

Unless there was no other choice, Zhao Fusheng would never disclose his wealth figures, and he believed this was also the choice of most wealthy people.

"Huang Guangyu is not simple, and neither is Chen Xiao." Zhao Fusheng said calmly to Dong Chenxi: "Your idea is good, but whether it can succeed, to be honest, I have reservations."

It wasn't that he didn't trust Dong Chenxi's ability, but Zhao Fusheng harbored full malicious intent toward both Chen Xiao and Huang Guangyu. In his view, these two were pure businessmen, with only making money in their minds.

Naturally, although Dong Chenxi's schemes were good, they would be hard to escape the other party's eyes.

"I understand what you mean, but even if they have any ideas, it doesn't matter. Our funds have been invested; even if they have other plans, we have the shares in hand, so we don't need to worry about other schemes." Dong Chenxi explained to Zhao Fusheng: "Actually, I hope Chen Xiao can be defeated by Huang Guangyu, so we can sell our shares to Huang Guangyu."

Blinking his eyes, Zhao Fusheng suddenly felt that this seemed to be Dong Chenxi's true purpose.

Schemes are not as complicated as many people think. The successful cases handed down in human history are all classics, but if these successful cases are averaged over the five-thousand-year long river of history, we will find that these few events are just splashes in the vast river of time.

What is truly weighty and memorable is the way of dealing with people. Because with schemes, as long as time, place, and opportunity are perfectly coordinated, even the simplest scheme can have unexpected effects.

Favorable timing, geographical advantage, and harmonious human relations—none can be lacking.

"Forget it, I only have one request: if there's a chance, try not to become a partner with Huang Guangyu." Zhao Fusheng said to Dong Chenxi.

"Why?" Dong Chenxi frowned, somewhat puzzled. In her view, although Gome's expansion seemed too fast and might have unstable foundations, Huang Guangyu's domineering presence was quite famous in the industry, not to mention that as the richest man in China, he was at the height of his pride.

Zhao Fusheng waved his hand: "Simple, because I don't like this person. He is too deeply involved with the authorities. It's said that pulling one hair affects the whole body. Once the people behind him fall, what will he do? How will he handle himself?"

Dong Chenxi was startled, seemingly never expecting that Zhao Fusheng would have such a negative view of Huang Guangyu.

"Do you mean you are optimistic about the home appliance retail industry but not about Gome?" Dong Chenxi thought for a moment and asked Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "I am optimistic about the development of this industry, so I invested in Jingdong. I even think Liu Qiangdong will give me a big surprise; he and his girlfriend Gong Xiaojing will surely succeed."

Dong Chenxi remained silent. Zhao Fusheng's words, though not explicit, clearly indicated that he believed Huang Guangyu would get into trouble.

"Huang Guangyu's problem is indeed like this."

After a long while, Dong Chenxi slowly raised her head and said to Zhao Fusheng.

In fact, as the head of Future Investment, Dong Chenxi had naturally studied Huang Guangyu. She had to admit that Zhao Fusheng was right; this guy was a crazy businessman.

Of course, this was not to belittle Huang Guangyu but rather a compliment. He had a kind of bandit spirit, a posture of being the only one, which allowed him to always impress partners in the shortest and fastest way during business activities, even defeating opponents.

On this point, Zhao Fusheng had to admit that he was still inferior to the other party.

Or rather, the experiences of his previous life had brought Zhao Fusheng's mentality to the age of knowing fate, so many times he sought stability in his actions, while Huang Guangyu was now at the height of his success, naturally different.

"You need to pay more attention to Future Technology." Seeing that Dong Chenxi understood his words, Zhao Fusheng stopped dwelling on the issue and turned to other topics.

He believed that with his instructions, Dong Chenxi would know what to do next.

"You mean the Jiayuan website?" Hearing Zhao Fusheng's words, Dong Chenxi was stunned and looked at him with surprise.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "How is the acquisition going?"

He had little impression of this website; the only thing he remembered was that it seemed to go public later. As for the specifics, he didn't know, having only recalled it inadvertently while browsing the internet.

He wasn't a professional internet elite, so he really didn't know much about this area.

Dong Chenxi nodded: "It's almost done. The founder is a graduate student, very capable. We negotiated, and the company invested ten million yuan for a 45% stake."

Pausing, she introduced: "The founder of this website was a second-year graduate student at Fudan University. He said he started Jiayuan because he saw many highly educated classmates and friends too busy with work and study to find ideal partners. The membership growth is very fast, and now many people use it to find dates."

Obviously, after Dong Guoxiang contacted her, Dong Chenxi had done her homework.

"Forty-five percent?" Zhao Fusheng muttered to himself, then nodded, satisfied with the number.

Angel investment in such internet companies, in simple terms, is the investor's expectation of the company's future. If they believe the company has development potential, they invest; if not, they might pass.

As for the entrepreneurs themselves, they are not usually within the investor's consideration, because every entrepreneur will go all out during the entire entrepreneurial process.

But effort is effort, results are results. Some things in this world are not guaranteed to yield results just because you try your best. This is a straightforward truth that anyone with a bit of logic would agree with.

Hard work is a good quality, but it does not mean that hard work will necessarily lead to success.

Just as poverty cannot be a criterion for measuring whether a person is kind.

"We are responsible for technical promotion, but the management of the website should still follow the founder's opinions." Zhao Fusheng looked at Dong Chenxi and said.

Dong Chenxi was taken aback, somewhat surprised. She had originally thought that Zhao Fusheng intended to take over the website, but now it seemed clear that his calculations were not focused on the ownership of the site.

"What, don't you understand?" Seeing Dong Chenxi's expression, Zhao Fusheng knew she was puzzled and asked with a smile.

Dong Chenxi honestly nodded: "Since you are optimistic about this website, can we operate it like the blog network?"

Obviously, Miss Dong's ambition was not limited to acquiring that 45% stake.