Chapter 994 Xie Qiao: Rich Woman Seeks Support

After returning to Beijing, Qin Hao once again devoted his main energy to the development of Yiguo.

After taking the money from the venture capital institution, of course, it must be spent effectively.

On the one hand, Qin Hao is committed to building warehousing and logistics centers in various transportation hub cities to speed up the speed of logistics transportation and get rid of the constraints of dealers. Previously, Yiguo was able to allow customers to pick up the goods the next day mainly relying on local dealers, bypassing the links of manufacturers and agents.

However, this has obvious disadvantages. The weight of dealers in big cities is still good and they have the ability to lower the price of goods, but some dealers in third- and fourth-tier cities do not have that strength. Moreover, as Yiguo's sales volume increases, the cost-effectiveness of getting goods from dealers is not as good as buying directly from manufacturers.

Although Yiguo's current outlets are still concentrated in first- and second-tier cities, Qin Hao is very clear that the market in first- and second-tier cities will be saturated sooner or later, and with the promotion of the Internet, a large number of third- and fourth-tier cities will burst out with strong purchasing power. Now is a good time to lay out, which is why he suddenly started the A round of financing.

On the other hand, offline group buying is also the direction Qin Hao vigorously develops. In addition to attracting users, it is also to continuously blow up the balloon of "Internet +". Only in this way can it obtain a higher valuation in the next few rounds of financing.

The large amount of funds invested has an immediate effect. By the end of December 2004, Yiguo had started construction of warehousing and logistics centers in 12 major hub cities with a total investment of US$500 million. In addition, the online business has also ushered in a wave of explosive growth due to the news that Yiguo's A round of financing has been valued at US$1 billion.

The number of registered users of Yiguo is close to 70 million. Of course, there are still a lot of water in this registered user. Many users often register several accounts in order to obtain coupons for new registered users. However, even so, this number is already terrifying. You must know that there were only about 120 million Internet users in the country in 2004.

What makes the market more popular is that Yiguo's sales are also growing rapidly. The total sales for the whole year have exceeded RMB 2.8 billion, and the profit has exceeded RMB 300 million.

You know, this was in 2004, when countless mainland Internet companies were still feeling their way forward. When a number of e-commerce platforms were still struggling to find a balance between users and profits, Yigoo's data immediately attracted countless greedy eyes.

The venture capital institutions that had previously participated in Yigoo's A round of financing but were eliminated because of their low bids regretted it so much, because according to their estimates, Yigoo's valuation had increased several times in just a few months.

Qin Hao received calls from venture capital institutions and various investors almost every day, all asking indirectly when Yigoo would start its B round of financing.

In response, Qin Hao could only say that Yigoo was not short of money for the time being, and would consider them first when it needed money.

Of course, these were all polite words, and anyone who believed them would be a fool.

So these venture capital institutions began to invite Qin Hao to various gatherings, on the one hand to get closer to each other, and on the other hand to show their own strength.

Qin Hao rejected most invitations directly. If he couldn't refuse, he would bring Xiao Qianxi with him. Over time, Xiao Qianxi, who was always very attentive, became a "problem student" in the eyes of the teachers. Fortunately, her grades were always among the best, so the teachers turned a blind eye and pretended not to notice.

Winter passed and spring came. In a blink of an eye, it was already the spring semester of 2005.

Xie Qiao and Xu Lin, who hadn't seen each other for a winter vacation, embraced each other warmly in the dormitory.

The two new roommates who just moved in last semester felt a little out of place with them.

Although Xie Qiao and Xu Lin were quite friendly to them, they were not as open-hearted as they were with Xiao Qianxi and Wang Ying. They always felt that they couldn't play together.

"By the way, have you contacted Qianxi recently? The blizzard in our house has damaged the line recently, and we have been unable to contact you." Xu Lin said to Xie Qiao.

Xie Qiao pouted: "I was just saying that. We were all so worried that we couldn't contact you."

"Don't worry, Qianxi is very happy. She is busy attending various high-society activities all day long."

Xu Lin was interested: "Really? Why don't you let Qianxi take us to see the world? I haven't participated in high-society activities yet."

"What high-society activities are nothing more than people who are short of money looking for money, and people with money looking for projects, each taking what they need."

Hearing the sound at the door, Xu Lin and Xie Qiao's eyes lit up, almost in unison.

"Qianxi, you are here."

Xiao Qianxi gave the two of them a hug with a smile: "Let's go."

"Where to?"

"There happens to be a cocktail party later. Don't you want to go and see it? Let's go together."

Xu Lin scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Qianxi, actually I just said it casually. It's not appropriate for us to go to that kind of occasion, right?"

"What's inappropriate? With you accompanying me, I won't be so bored."

Xu Lin and Xie Qiao looked at each other and saw the heartbeat in each other's eyes.

"Then let's go see it together?"

In the end, Xiao Qianxi drove the two of them to a shopping mall in Wangfujing.

"Qianxi, aren't we going to a cocktail party? Why are we shopping in a mall?"

Xiao Qianxi was happy: "How can a cocktail party be held at this time? It's still early."

"Then why did you bring us here?"

"You don't want to dress like this to attend a cocktail party, you will be surrounded by people."

Then, Xiao Qianxi made a comprehensive transformation for the two of them.

Xu Lin was actually okay, she was not suitable for the ladylike route, so she bought a neutral little dress, while Xie Qiao changed everything from hair to shoes.

"Don't say it, Xie Qiao looks really like that after dressing up like this."

Xie Qiao felt uncomfortable: "What's wrong with it? Why do I feel so exaggerated?"

"Exaggerated is right, it fits your overall temperament now."

"What overall temperament?"

"A princess in distress."

Facing Xu Lin's ridicule, Xie Qiao was about to change back to her previous clothes, but was stopped by Xiao Qianxi.

"Don't listen to Xu Lin's nonsense, you are particularly beautiful like this."

"Really?" Xie Qiao posed in front of the mirror suspiciously, and it seemed that she was really more beautiful than before. Well, how should I put it, it should be more mature and more feminine.

"Hey, I'm just kidding. This one suits you very well. Don't change it."

When it came time to pay, Xie Qiao looked at the bill in surprise, his eyes almost falling out: "Isn't this too expensive? It's tens of thousands. I'd better return it. I don't deserve to wear such expensive clothes."

"Swipe the card, no password."

Xiao Qianxi handed over the credit card directly.

Xie Qiao quickly lowered his voice: "Qianxi, isn't it inappropriate for me to spend Lao Qin's money like this?"

"This is not his card, it's my own card."

"It's still the same. In the end, Lao Qin will still pay it back."

Xiao Qianxi shook his head: "Do you remember the Internet cafe management software project?"

"I remember. Lao Qin made his fortune with that, and today's Yiguo was established. Xie Qiao and I even worked for Lao Qin on a voluntary basis." Xu Lin thought about it.

"He transferred 30% of the shares of that project to me. Starting this year, there will be a considerable income every month. This amount of money is nothing to me now. Are you relieved now?"

Xie Qiao and Xu Lin asked with gossipy faces: "How much is a considerable amount?"

"About two or three million a month."

"Rich woman, please support me."

"Please support me +1"

After laughing and joking, Xu Lin said with emotion: "Old Qin really has nothing to say about Qianxi. The shares with an annual income of 30 million are transferred to you just like that, and every year."

"Yeah, even if Yang Cheng's family was not in a bad state, it would be impossible to give him so much money in a year, right?" Xie Qiao's perception of rich people only stayed on Yang Cheng.

In fact, Xiao Qianxi was not prepared to accept it subconsciously at first, but then she thought that Wang Ying seemed to have 30% of the shares of this project. As the "first wife", why couldn't she take it?

In addition, Xiao Qianxi specifically asked Qin Hao for 1% more shares, not for money, but simply to suppress Wang Ying.

"Okay, it's almost time, let's go."

...

Villa complex in Xicheng District.

In a villa, the lights are bright.

After Xu Lin and Xie Qiao got off the car, they whispered behind Xiao Qianxi: "You said that if we come here by ourselves, the momentum of this gate alone can stun us."

"That's right, this villa is too big, is this the life of rich people?"

The three of them walked through the garden under the guidance of the waiter and came to the main entrance of the villa.

"Where is Lao Qin? Why don't I see him?" Xie Qiao asked in a low voice.

Xiao Qianxi pointed in the direction of the backyard swimming pool. Xu Lin and Xie Qiao realized that Qin Hao was surrounded by a group of people and was talking about something. The people around him were all listening seriously with serious faces. From time to time, someone raised a question. Every time Qin Hao answered, he would be praised by the people around him.

"It's worthy of being Lao Qin. In such an occasion, he is still so calm." Xie Qiao said with sincere admiration.

Xu Lin corrected: "It's more than calm, it's like giving a lecture. Don't you see the eyes of those people around, all of them are admiring."

Xiao Qianxi quietly watched Qin Hao's endless narration. She always felt that Qin Hao at this time had a kind of magic that made people addicted.

Qin Hao also discovered the presence of Xiao Qianxi and the other two, so he greeted the people around him and walked into the villa.

"Not bad, this is a change of clothes." Qin Hao teased.

Xie Qiao and Xu Lin looked at each other a little embarrassed.

"Is it not causing you any trouble?" Xie Qiao asked cautiously.

"Hey, what's the trouble? You are here, I can find more excuses to rest for a while." Qin Hao said, pulling Xiao Qianxi's hand and taking the two to the self-service area.

"You haven't eaten yet, eat something to fill your stomach first, and drink less wine later, otherwise I can't handle you two by myself."

Faced with Qin Hao's ridicule, Xu Lin said disdainfully: "Don't underestimate me, my alcohol tolerance is no worse than that of boys."

"That's perfect, there are really a lot of good wines here that can't be bought outside, I'll have someone bring it to you later."

Xiao Qianxi patted Qin Hao: "If she gets drunk later, let's see what you will do."

"If she gets drunk, she will stay here. I'm quite familiar with the owner here."

Just as they were talking, several investors came over in a group.

"I was wondering why Mr. Qin disappeared in a blink of an eye. It turns out that he was secretly meeting a beautiful woman here."

Qin Hao laughed and scolded: "If Mr. Zhang says so, I will admit defeat. Everyone knows that you are the headline figure in entertainment news."

After a round of ridicule, Qin Hao patted Xiao Qianxi's hand: "Take them around, I'll deal with it here, and come to find you later."

"Okay, go get busy first." Xiao Qianxi nodded obediently.

Mr. Zhang teased, "Mr. Qin won't blame us for getting in the way and letting you ignore the beauty, right?"

"If Mr. Zhang says so, don't blame me for ruining your good deeds next time."

"Haha~~~"

After Qin Hao and his group left, Xu Lin and Xie Qiao both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is that the guy just now from Sohu?"

"It should be. I've seen him on TV before." Xu Lin was surprised and said, "Old Qin is dealing with such people now, and we are still in school. There is a big difference in our conduct."

"That's right. If Qianxi hadn't brought us in, we wouldn't have been able to get in even if we broke our heads."

While the three were chatting, the waiter brought over a few bottles of wine, all with French labels on them.

"Isn't this wine cheap?" Xu Lin pointed to one of the bottles of wine and asked the waiter curiously.

The waiter smiled and replied: "This is a wine that Bordeaux Margaux has collected for ten years. It is almost unavailable in the mainland. The market price is about 10,000 US dollars a bottle. Do you want me to pour you a glass to taste?"

Xu Lin swallowed his saliva: "Pour, pour a little, a little bit of the same."

"Give me some too." Xie Qiao was also very curious about what this 10,000 US dollar wine tasted like.

"Okay, take your time. Call me anytime if you need anything. I'm happy to serve you."

After the waiter left, Xu Lin and Xie Qiao stared at the little bit in the glass and couldn't figure out why this thing could be sold for 10,000 US dollars a bottle.

"Qianxi, didn't I embarrass you just now?" Xu Lin asked cautiously.

Xiao Qianxi teased: "Not bad, I thought you would let him keep all the wine."

Xu Lin blinked: "Can you still let him keep all the wine?"

Xiao Qianxi held his forehead for a while, it seems that you really want to do this?

Xu Lin took a sip of the wine and frowned: "It doesn't taste very good, why is it so expensive?"

"Really? Let me try it." Xie Qiao took a sip: "It tastes good, much better than what Yang Cheng took me to drink before."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Qiao suddenly rubbed his eyes: "Am I dazzled? Do you think that's Yang Cheng?"

"It shouldn't be? Didn't the Yang family go bankrupt? Why did Yang Cheng come to such a cocktail party?" Xu Lin replied subconsciously.

As a result, he looked over in the direction of Xie Qiao's gaze and found that it was indeed Yang Cheng.

"Speaking of the devil, what is this kid doing here?"