Chapter 1832 Official Withdrawal

In Bangalore, the secretary knocked on the door twice and pushed open Zuckerberg's office. Seeing him sitting at the table leisurely, he knew that he was just worrying for nothing and reminded him, "Boss, the meeting with the architectural design team from the United States will start in five minutes."

"Got it," Zuckerberg nodded.

According to Feng Yiping's habit, in India, it is naturally best to have his own park.

He gave Zuckerberg full authority to handle this matter. Whether to build this park in Mumbai, Bangalore, or Chennai, and what kind of park to build, all depended on Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg finally chose Bangalore, because in his opinion, this is simply the Shenzhen of India.

This is actually a manifestation of Feng Yiping's trust and reliance on him, because such an engineering project that seems to be expensive is really all under his responsibility.

Although the company's perfect management system prevents him from making profits for himself in such a project, it is also a very rare thing to hand over such a thing to a young man like him who is only in his early twenties.

For Zuckerberg, this is also a task that is very helpful for his growth. Being responsible for such a project means that he has to contact all parties again and handle the relevant relationships well.

I believe that after such training, he may be able to handle things like the meeting with Bruce and others from LinkedIn more calmly.

Of course, perhaps he will still have the same attitude as today, which is the most typical approach of Zuckerberg, who is pragmatic.

Some things are not that he can't do them, he just thinks it's unnecessary to do them.

Take his meeting with the architectural design team from the United States. During the whole process, he has been very polite and mature, completely unlike the young man in front of Bruce and others.

After the greetings, his first sentence was, "Gentlemen, the only factor that prevents us from cooperating now is your asking price..."

He was also very skilled in bargaining.

So sometimes the best way to make a person grow quickly is to give him the greatest trust. Trust is actually a kind of pressure at such a time.

And pressure will force him to burst out with the greatest enthusiasm and the highest enthusiasm, so as to achieve the best results.

In this regard, Lao Ma, who has experienced many failed entrepreneurial experiences, obviously has more experience.

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At 2:30 p.m. on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the banquet hall of Jiasheng Holiday Hotel in Jiasheng Building on the bank of Huangpu River gathered the largest number of reporters after the Lunar New Year.

Originally, Feng Yiping thought that the two parties should just sign the agreement in the conference room, but Lao Ma insisted on holding a ceremony and he would be responsible for all the arrangements.

So, many reporters who were still on vacation rushed from home.

Although they were mainly local media, the number was considered large.

At this time, everyone was discussing what this so-called withdrawal meant. After all, it was the first time for them to participate in such a ceremony.

Regardless of whether they understood it or not, when Lao Ma appeared on the stage with Masayoshi Son, the flash lights flashed crazily.

For Chinese people, they did not know Masayoshi Son at this time. Even if these invited media did not know before, they knew it now - they would naturally go online to check the relevant information.

Therefore, they all knew that this was also a legendary figure, and it was rare to have such an opportunity today.

On such an occasion, Ma naturally had to say a few words.

"Today is a very special day for me and Alibaba. Mr. Masayoshi Son, an old friend of mine and Alibaba who helped us greatly when we needed him most, has officially decided to withdraw his investment from Alibaba,"

"Six years ago, I was honored to have the opportunity to shake hands with Mr. Sun. Without his help, my business with Alibaba would not have been as smooth as it is today..."

Because of Masayoshi Son's cooperation, Ma really didn't hesitate to praise him.

Of course, this may also be a true expression of his emotions.

Later, many people were dissatisfied with Masayoshi Son's huge returns from investing in Alibaba, and a large part of the reason was because of his nationality.

Such emotions are indeed understandable, but from a business perspective, it is actually fair for Masayoshi Son to get such a return.

SoftBank accepts investment applications from 700 companies every year, and only invests in 70 of them in the end. Masayoshi Son only negotiated with one of them in person. He chose Jack Ma's Alibaba and decided to invest in Jack Ma a few minutes after meeting him. Such vision has brought him high returns later. In fact, from a business perspective, it is really understandable.

When Alibaba was just starting out and many people were not optimistic about it, he quickly decided to invest, and after the investment, he rarely intervened in the company's related affairs. Such trust is also particularly rare.

"Now, when Alibaba has entered a new era, Mr. Sun has complied with our request and withdrawn his investment, which further confirms what he said when he invested. He invested in us for the common belief with us and for the better development of Alibaba."

Some people who didn't quite understand the truth at the bottom realized at this time that Masayoshi Son's withdrawal was also to help Alibaba.

That's right, if not, what's the point of holding a ceremony? Generally speaking, only when investing, like when Alibaba accepted Feng Yiping's investment, is it necessary to hold a ceremony.

"I have met many smart people, but Mr. Sun is undoubtedly the most special one. If I were to make a metaphor, he is like Qiao Feng in Mr. Jin Yong's novels, wise but foolish, loyal and righteous,"

Such an evaluation can be said to be quite old.

There are many domestic entrepreneurs who like Jin Yong's martial arts novels, but he is the only one who likes it so much and never stops talking about it at work.

"Mr. Sun, Alibaba and I thank you, and we are willing to be friends with you for life," said Ma to Masayoshi Son.

He gestured to Masayoshi Son and gave up the podium.

"Thank you, Jack," Masayoshi Son said as he walked behind the stage, "I am willing to withdraw because I am willing to be your lifelong friend."

Feng Yiping, who was not at the scene but had been paying attention to the scene, would agree with the media present. Since the two big brothers love each other so much, are inseparable, and have a common mind, why don't we change the nature of this ceremony now?

"Jack is the only entrepreneur I have come into contact with who has a unique leadership temperament, which is also the main reason why I decided to invest in him,"

"I also know his past experiences. There must be not many people who still stick to their ideals at the lowest point, and there are not many people who still stick to their original intentions after falling down again and again,"

"And Jack is such a person who still sticks to his entrepreneurial ideals at the lowest point, after falling down again and again. There is no reason for such a person not to succeed,"

"If his entrepreneurial venture is not smooth due to various objective reasons, I will invest in him without regrets, and will continue to support his next attempt,"

He also spared no effort in praising Lao Ma.

"Fortunately, God rewards hard work. Jack has already embarked on the road to success this time. Although withdrawing now will cause SoftBank to lose a lot of economic benefits, we are willing to do this for Jack and for his company to have a better future..."

In terms of form and content, this should be a perfect example of venture capital withdrawal.

When most venture capital withdraws before a company goes public, it will definitely be like a couple divorcing, and most of the time it will be very ugly.

Those media practitioners who canceled their vacations or decided to make this trip in this country that is still in the Chinese New Year mode all felt that the trip was worthwhile. Such a harmonious parting scene and the atmosphere of a good friend celebrating the Chinese New Year are really rare.

However, at this time, they all noticed such a problem. Whether it was Lao Ma or Masayoshi Son, when they spoke, they mentioned the development of Alibaba and entered a new era. It sounds like there should be a big move, and Masayoshi Son's withdrawal was to make way for this matter. So, what exactly is this?

Also, as a businessman, why did Masayoshi Son do this?

However, after Ma and Son signed and exchanged the agreements in front of them, they did not answer questions and left the venue together with a smile.

Soon, Li Zhixiong, a reporter far away in the capital, got the news. When he saw that the ceremony was held at the Jiasheng Holiday Hotel, he immediately made a judgment: Could the rumor be true?

He immediately hurried to the east.