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The plane took off, and Li Xingyao sat on the far side by the window, looking out at the vast white snow.

"What's wrong?"

"A little bit sad."

"That's not easy. We'll just have to come back next year."

"My family won't agree. Being able to do it once this year has already made my parents very angry."

Li Xingyao turned sideways and looked at Chen Dongcheng, handing him the bank card and the 10,010 red envelope.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll let you have this first. This is what your family gave to your daughter-in-law. If we come to the end, I will ask for this money again. If not..."

Before Li Xingyao finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Chen Dongcheng.

"We will definitely make it to the end, so you can keep this money with peace of mind."

The red envelope and card were back in his hands, and Li Xingyao didn't care at all.

What she cared about more was Chen Dongcheng's firm tone.

"Well, I also believe that we can get to the end."

Li Xingyao softened her tone and leaned on Chen Dongcheng's shoulder, speaking softly.

Arriving at Bao'an Airport, Chen Dongcheng first sent Li Xingyao home, and then went to Shangdong Technology.

Today is a good day for Shangdong Technology. The C round of financing has finally been reached.

Tengxun will no longer follow the investment this round. The reason is very simple. It’s just that the tea is cool after people leave.

The projects that Peng Zhijian is optimistic about do not mean that his successor is also optimistic about them.

Even though Tengxun did not follow suit, Peng Zhijian spent a lot of time convincing several other institutions to finalize this round of financing.

After the investment, the valuation was US$500 million, and this round of financing raised a total of US$50 million.

This instantly caused an earthquake in the Internet fitness industry.

This round of business not only refreshed the records of the Internet fitness industry, but also caused more venture capital institutions to start paying attention to this market.

China's demographic dividend has always been the ultimate reason for the rapid rise in valuations of Internet companies.

For a long time, the development of offline gyms has reached a bottleneck.

But online fitness, keep, which has a huge user base, is another model.

It has nearly 100 million users and nearly 30 million daily active users.

From the perspective of traffic alone, it is enough for any investment institution to take a gamble.

Of course, the core factor is that keep has successively proven several profitable directions.

Whether it is treadmills co-branded by keep, paid courses, or some peripheral products, many keep users have paid for them.

Proving that keep has the ability to monetize is very important for hesitant investors.

"Congratulations to Mr. Chen, we have added another company with unlimited potential."

Peng Zhijian shook hands with Chen Dongcheng and said with a smile.

"Thank you to Mr. Peng for your optimism. This financing is thanks to Mr. Peng for arranging it."

Chen Dongcheng thought to himself that Peng Zhijian and he were really destined, and he was chosen by Peng Zhijian for several projects in succession.

Peng Zhijian has a ruthless vision, and the companies he invests in are unlikely to miss their targets.

The most important thing is that Chen Dongcheng is a cheating player, and the companies he founded basically have great potential to be tapped.

"Your own efforts are more important. With Cao Cao's speed, the conditions I offered should be generous enough, right?"

Peng Zhijian said with emotion: "I personally admire Mr. Chen's vision very much. If possible, I hope Mr. Chen will join Yuansheng Capital as a partner."

"Sorry, I have my own investment company."

Chen Dongcheng smiled and shook his head in refusal. He did know that many companies were waiting for help, eagerly waiting for the patronage of many investors.

But the key is that there is not much money at the moment, and the next few big plans will require huge financial support.

During the Chinese New Year, Chen Dongcheng often received information from Lu Guangyu about Cao Cao's Suda financing.

Peng Zhijian is very optimistic about the field of instant delivery. Companies that can solve the last three-mile problem will take the initiative.

Just by looking at the cooperation between Hungry? and Cao Cao Suda, you can see how important delivery is to a food delivery platform.

Some investors questioned that Cao Cao Suda is just a crowdsourcing platform and has too much freedom.

As long as other platforms offer higher benefits, delivery workers may change jobs at any time.

Of course, the main reason is that the valuation issue cannot be reached.

The project is definitely a good project, there is no doubt about it.

"With a valuation of US$300 million, Mr. Peng is indeed courageous."

Chen Dongcheng felt a little emotional, there is a reason why some people can succeed.

In addition to his good vision and deep connections, Peng Zhijian's courage in doing things is also one of the essential factors for his success.

"If I hadn't tried so hard to keep Didi here, I would have gone to Ahri long ago."

Peng Zhijian rarely has moments of pride, but Didi is undoubtedly one of his most proud creations.

"I will notify Guangyu and be ready for due diligence at any time and fully cooperate with Mr. Peng."

"Cao Cao's 10% stake in Suda is really hard to get."

Peng Zhijian smiled and shook his head: "I have a bigger appetite this time, and I took 10% of the shares alone. There are also objections within the company.

I hope to prove to them with facts that I was right."

"I believe Mr. Lu will give you a satisfactory answer."

Chen Dongcheng knows very well that Cao Cao's potential is definitely not only 300 million US dollars.

"Okay, Mr. Chen, stay here. I have other company founders to meet. Let's talk another day."

Peng Zhijian looked at his watch and left in a hurry.

Zhuang Manting was chatting with investors from other institutions, which was a way to strengthen their relationship.

We are all grasshoppers on the same front. Only by sticking together for warmth and uniting as one can we make the company bigger and bigger.

All investors left one after another, and Zhuang Manting announced the good news of the successful Series C financing under the watchful eyes of all employees.

"That's awesome! We're in round C!"

"I can't believe we survived!"

"Awesome, we will definitely be able to go public!"

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Surprise sounds kept coming, and the employees couldn't hide their excitement.

Having seen many companies lay off employees, it is not easy for Keep to reach this point.

Especially some time ago, there was vague news that investors were not optimistic about keep, which made people inside the company panic.

Now that the investment has been finalized, many investors have shown up, and the morale of the company has been determined.

"Both Director Chen and I have seen everyone's past efforts. The next step we need to do is to explore more ways to make money and turn users into profits."

After Zhuang Manting concluded, she left with a smile, leaving behind many employees who could not calm down.

As the brains of the company, she must remain calm and accept everything with the calmest attitude.

After round C, in addition to continuing to place ads and harvest users.

The research and development of paid courses and testing the waters of paid subscription have begun to become the main theme of Sundong Technology.

Back in the office, Zhuang Manting was finally able to take off her disguise and celebrate this joy with Chen Dongcheng.

I forgot how many days and nights I worked hard to raise funds.

Now that the financing was finally completed, Zhuang Manting found that she still felt a little empty.

"Congratulations, but you have to be prepared.

In June at the latest, I will take you to the Magic City to create our new business territory."

Chen Dongcheng saw Zhuang Manting's business management skills getting better and better, and his impulse to launch the project he had been planning for a long time became stronger and stronger.

It is estimated that by June, it will not be difficult for Zhuang Manting to break through the expert level in business management capabilities.

How could he rest assured that a company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars did not have expert-level business management capabilities?

For professional managers, this level of ability is normal.

But their loyalty will definitely be marked with a big greeting by Chen Dongcheng.
Chapter completed!