Chapter 293 Good News From Silicon Valley and Midnight Sisters

Four days later, when Li Xiaofan was working overtime in the office at Singapore Science Park at night, he received an email from Jerry Yang to him and Moritz.

Jerry Yang said in the email that Morgan Stanley's "Internet Analysis Report" had indeed had a huge impact after being circulated in the industry. In the past few days, several well-known Wall Street investment companies in the United States, such as DFJ Investment, IDG and Carlyle Group, have sent teams to Yahoo to conduct research and communication, and they obviously have a strong investment interest in the Yahoo project.

Li Xiaofan is very familiar with IDG and Carlyle Group, but it is the first time he has heard of DFJ Investment.

After Li Xiaofan received Jerry Yang's email, he searched the Internet for relevant information and found that the strength of DFJ Investment in the United States is no worse than that of IDG and Carlyle Group.

DFJ Investment, abbreviated as DFJ, is headquartered in Silicon Valley and is a world-renowned large venture capital company. What Li Xiaofan didn't know was that this investment company had invested in Baidu, Focus Media, Kongzhong, Longqi and other projects in China in its previous life, and obtained a fifty-fold return on the Baidu project.

However, in terms of popularity in mainland China, DFJ Investments is not as well-known as IDG and Carlyle Group. This company is relatively low-key, not very fond of publicity, and rarely appears in mainland media.

After receiving Jerry Yang's email, Li Xiaofan immediately responded to encourage and praise.

Now that Yahoo's new round of financing has the participation of several top American venture capital companies such as DFJ Investments, IDG and Carlyle Investments, Yahoo's valuation can be raised further, and SoftBank cannot have the final say.

Li Xiaofan's heart is that it would be best if Yahoo's third round of financing could be delayed until the end of this year or January next year, forcing SoftBank Group to go all in and invest the last $100 million.

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After replying to the email and taking a look at the Netscape stock market after the opening of the Nasdaq stock market, Li Xiaofan returned to the townhouse dormitory.

The living room of the townhouse dormitory tonight is much more lively than usual, because Liu Mengchen came back from visiting relatives in China in the afternoon.

Liu Mengchen's hometown is Chongqing. In 1995, Chongqing was not directly under the central government. It was not until two years later in 1997, the year when Hong Kong returned to China, that Chongqing was upgraded to a municipality directly under the central government.

Liu Mengchen is a typical Chongqing girl. She seems to always be passionate, clear about what she loves and hates, and bold and independent. To use a popular local saying: they are the most beautiful flowers blooming on the banks of the Yushui River. They are kind and straightforward, worthy of trust and deep friendship. People say that Chongqing beauties are rarely pretentious, and rarely look down on the surface but fight secretly; in terms of dealing with people, they say what they want to say and are straightforward. For those who they don't like, they don't give them the opportunity to be attentive; and for friends who they recognize, no matter whether they are men or women, they will treat them sincerely and help them with all their strength.

Li Xiaofan just smelled a pleasant spicy aroma before he entered the door. When he went in, he saw that Liu Mengchen and Guo Hanyue cooked Chongqing hot pot and waited for Li Xiaofan to come back for a midnight snack.

After seeing Li Xiaofan coming back, Liu Mengchen came out to greet him happily: "Boss, you are finally back! Here, I brought you some snacks from your hometown..."

Li Xiaofan took it and looked at it. It was a big bag full of local Chongqing delicacies such as Hechuan peach slices, Zhangfei beef, Ciqikou lotus cake and Chen Mahua.

On the table, there were also Liaoji Bangbang Chicken, Baishiyi Pressed Duck, beef sauce, small noodle seasoning, "Qiaotou" brand hot pot base and other specialties brought by Liu Mengchen.

This pot of Chongqing spicy hot pot uses the "Qiaotou" brand hot pot base brought by Liu Mengchen.

In addition to being famous overseas for its spicy taste, the soup base of Chongqing hot pot is also quite particular. Most of them use beef oil from Ganzi, bean paste from Pixian, pepper from Hanyuan, fermented black beans from Yongchuan and local erjingtiao. In addition, there are old ginger, Sichuan salt, fermented glutamate, rock sugar, monosodium glutamate and more than ten kinds of Chinese medicinal spices...

This mandarin duck hot pot brought by Liu Mengchen is divided into two parts like gossip, one is spicy and the other is clear soup. On the side are piled up fresh ingredients such as beef, fish, shrimp, seafood and vegetables that she bought from wet markets and supermarkets, as well as a dozen cold beers.

The spicy part of the mandarin duck hot pot is bright red, and the aroma of chili spreads, making Li Xiaofan salivate.

"Wow, this hot pot is so fragrant! It smells delicious!" Li Xiaofan praised.

"Boss, can you eat spicy food?" Liu Mengchen smiled.

"Sure, no problem, I like spicy food the most!"

"So you people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang can eat spicy food, that's great, I would have made a red oil hot pot, all spicy!"

"Then the yuanyang hot pot is more suitable, you can switch the taste, all spicy is too much for my mouth and tongue..."

Guo Hanyue opened a can of ice beer for Li Xiaofan and said, "Come on, let's eat, it's getting late!"

Li Xiaofan picked up a piece of beef from the spicy pot, tasted it and praised, "It tastes really good, it's not easy to eat authentic Chongqing hot pot in Singapore..."

Liu Mengchen smiled and said, "Boss, this time I brought a lot of our famous Chongqing Qiaotou hot pot base, enough for us to eat dozens of hot pots, as long as you like it, we will make it for you next time!"

Eating the delicious Chongqing hot pot, Li Xiaofan laughed in his heart. The two girls in front of him would never have thought that the richest man in Singapore in the previous life was actually a new immigrant from the mainland: Zhang Yong and his wife, the founder of Haidilao Hot Pot.

In the middle, when Liu Mengchen went to the bathroom, Guo Hanyue said to Li Xiaofan with a little shyness: "Today, my period is finally over..."

Li Xiaofan chuckled softly, "Does that mean we can do that tonight? The condoms I bought can finally come in handy..."

"Hate it! Be gentle tonight..." Guo Hanyue said shyly.

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After Liu Mengchen came back from the bathroom, the three of them played around, and the sumptuous hot pot supper lasted until after midnight.

Tonight, Liu Mengchen and Guo Hanyue drank a lot of beer. Their faces were flushed, their cheeks were rosy, and their beautiful eyes looked slanted and misty. This pair of beauties looked like "a face as rosy as peach blossoms, and a charming look that just happened to be in spring."

When Li Xiaofan went into the bathroom to take a shower, Guo Hanyue said to Liu Mengchen, who was leaning on the sofa in the living room, "Mengchen, we will wash the dishes and chopsticks on the table tomorrow. You have been tired from traveling all the way today, and you have to buy vegetables and make hot pot when you come back. You should go upstairs and wash up early!"

Liu Mengchen stood up, leaned his head on Guo Hanyue's body, and hugged Guo Hanyue and said angrily, "Well, okay, Yueyue, I'm a little drunk. Honey, we haven't seen each other for several days. I miss you. Can we sleep together tonight?"

Guo Hanyue smiled and said, "No, I'm used to sleeping alone now, so I don't want to sleep with you..."

Liu Mengchen shouted, "Oh, Yueyue, you are so heartless! When we just moved in, you begged me to sleep with you every day..."