High School Belle Fell in Love with Me

Chapter 400 - 191: The Hunter Often Appears as the Prey (Part 3)

At least we can still eat for four more rounds.

As long as the family is willing to invest, even if it’s just to secure this round, the future returns will definitely exceed a billion!

By securing this round, they will become the largest shareholder of the OFO with a 51% stake.

After Cen Yezhen finished speaking, someone immediately asked, "Ye Zhen, according to you, the family needs to come up with more than 150 million for this round, that’s not a small amount, the family may not be able to afford it."

If the Cen Family could easily come up with two or three hundred million, Yuancheng Capital wouldn’t be so obscure.

Cen Yezhen had already thought of a response, saying, "I don’t think 150 million is very difficult, it’s an opportunity for the family, and there hasn’t been any significant gain from investing in Boss Jia or Principal Wang before. Besides, even if everyone doubts my ability, surely no one would doubt Li Yang’s foresight, right?"

This statement hit the mark.

Even though it was aimed at Li Yang, it still had to acknowledge his foresight.

The OFO bike project, if not for Li Yang, they wouldn’t have looked at it twice.

Where does the Cen Family have that much money to gamble, even over twenty million is a lot, losing it would be crippling.

But now, they’ve made huge profits.

Someone else asked, "We are newcomers in the venture capital circle, unfamiliar with how things work, wouldn’t making such a bold move with so many stakes impact the company’s operations?"

Cen Yezhen, making a big gesture, said, "Who is David? He knows more about capital operations than anyone. His willingness to take it shows there’s no problem. Besides, while we are newcomers in the venture capital circle, we have relationships in the capital sector, and not just there, we can also get some policy support. The main point here is, don’t be fooled by the number of shares we hold; after a few more rounds of financing, our shares will quickly fall below 20%, so what impact can it have on the company?"

According to Cen Yezhen’s analysis, the potential for OFO could be in the hundreds of billions, and currently, it’s only valued at a few billion.

Though in the next financing round, it looks like David will only hold 40% of the shares, he actually has control, and he can incentivize himself later.

But by then, it wouldn’t be the Cen Family footing the bill; it would be up to the later investors.

If you don’t make a significant entry now, are you going to wait for someone else to get in first?

Overall, Cen Yezhen’s thinking wasn’t flawed.

But he was indeed a newcomer.

On December 30, at the OFO financing conference, Cen Yezhen boldly secured the A round financing of OFO with 180 million.

This money was all of the Cen Family’s financial liquidity.

Because... they really couldn’t see a reason to lose money!

How would they lose? On the 31st, several venture capital companies came knocking at the door, wanting to buy some of their stakes, offering a premium of 5-10% compared to yesterday’s valuation.

Where else in the world could you make money this fast?

The Cen Family couldn’t be more grateful to Li Yang, thanking him for making them rich!

...

New Year’s holiday.

Jiang Banxia also had a holiday.

The group of five became a group of six.

Although the winter in the Capital City was cold, it conveniently welcomed the first snowfall on New Year’s Day.

At this time, on January 3rd, Li Yang and He Lewei each drove a car to the outskirts of the city.

The outskirts of the Capital City were no different from other suburban areas.

Bare trees, low houses, and narrow country roads.

They found a lamb soup restaurant, sat six to a table, and ate lamb hot pot while chatting.

Halfway through eating, He Lewei suddenly said, "Yang, should we have a drink?"

Li Yang glanced over, "Drink, my ass, we still have to drive later. Haven’t you heard this phrase: ’Don’t drink and drive, don’t drive and drink, unsafe driving leads to tears of your loved ones’?"

"Damn, I didn’t say I wanted to drive, can’t we just call two drivers?"

"Out here in the middle of nowhere, where would you get drivers?"

"?????"

He Lewei was fed up with Li Yang’s country bumpkin thinking.

Clearly, he was quite wealthy, yet he acted like a pauper.

Hiring two drivers doesn’t cost much, does it?

He Lewei never said he wanted him to pay.

At this moment, Gong Chenlin said, "You guys can have a drink; I can drive with Jiang."

Li Yang looked at Jiang Banxia, who nodded and said, "Yeah, go ahead and drink; I’ll definitely get you home safely!"

"Then I must entrust my life to you."

Li Yang actually didn’t want to drink because he didn’t trust Jiang Banxia’s driving skills.

But at this point, he couldn’t outright say for He Lewei and the others to drink.

He Lewei just wanted to have a drink, gather some courage, and say a few words while Gong Chenlin was still around.

After all, in their usual online chats, there had been little progress.

Using a current popular phrase, they were "not quite lovers."

Half an hour later, they were mostly finished with their meal, and Li Yang and his friends had had a bit to drink, now wrapping up at the dinner table.

Jiang Banxia had long been full, resting her chin on her hands and listening to everyone chat.

She was even more socially anxious than Gong Chenlin.

At least Gong Chenlin became normal once she got familiar with people, but Jiang barely said a word tonight.

At this time, He Lewei was eloquently praising Gong Chenlin’s virtues, making her a bit embarrassed, constantly signaling him to stop, even making small gestures under the table.

But He Lewei pretended not to see or feel it.

Li Yang seemed drunk, dizzy, and leaned his head against Jiang Banxia’s shoulder.

He Lewei was momentarily stunned.

Tonight, the four of them barely drank any alcohol, and surely he knew Li Yang’s alcohol tolerance?

At this point, Gong Chenlin noticed the situation and finally found an excuse, "Is Li Yang tired? Let’s head back, then."

Jiang Banxia nudged Li Yang, "Master Li, wake up..."

Li Yang didn’t budge.

He Lewei finally spoke up, "He’s drunk! I’ll help him to the car!"

After saying that, He Lewei ’wobbled’ as he stood up.

Seeing this, Gong Chenlin quickly stood up and pushed him back down, "You’re not looking too good either. Sit down for now."

Just then, Li Yang groggily woke up and asked, confused, "Finished chatting? Then let’s head back?"

He then got up woozily and directly put his arms around Chen Weixing and Tan Kai’s shoulders...

"Old Chen, Old Tan, give me a hand..."

Chen Weixing and Tan Kai still hadn’t quite grasped what was happening.

The two with the weakest tolerance in the whole dorm were standing fine, yet the ones with the best tolerance were now down?

They were both dragged out by Li Yang, and when they reached the car, Li Yang handed the keys to Chen Weixing, "Old Chen, you drive."

At this moment, Jiang Banxia followed, annoyed, "You’re still pretending!"

"Where’s He Lewei?"

"Senior Sister Gong said we should go first; she’ll take He Lewei back later."

"Okay, then let’s head back."

"Don’t I need to drive?"

"No, no, Old Chen insisted on showing off in front of you, so we’ll give him the chance today."

Li Yang pulled Jiang Banxia into the back seat, then leaned on her shoulder.

"Master Jiang, I’m really drunk."

...

Meanwhile, in the restaurant, He Lewei was being helped out by Gong Chenlin.

When they got outside, finding only one car left, he asked confusedly, "Senior Sister, where did everyone go?"

Gong Chenlin said, "I don’t know, maybe they left early. I’ll give you a ride home later."

"Thanks, Senior Sister..."

"It’s nothing, but I’m not the best driver, and the road isn’t great, so I might drive a bit slowly..."

"It’s all my fault; I shouldn’t have suggested drinking when I don’t handle alcohol well myself..."