si-mexico Chapter 288: Wealthy Investor Ms. Fu
Chapter 288: Wealthy Investor Ms. Fu
The city of London is romantic and elegant after the first snow, and the whole city seems to be covered with a thick layer of white snow.
Outside, the wind was howling and the ground was covered in snow. However, in an office building on a certain floor in the city center, the heated office was as warm as spring.
knock knock --
"Please come in."
Yvonne walked in with the documents: "Miss, this is the investigation report summarized by the investigation team."
Fu Ziyan took it and after a quick glance, she could tell how much effort was put into it. She nodded with satisfaction and said, "Thank you for your hard work. The entire team will receive three months' salary as a bonus. You and the assistants will also receive a bonus. It will be deducted from my account."
Three months’ salary!
It seems that I can take my family on vacation near the Mediterranean during this Christmas holiday~
Yvonne was delighted: "Thank you, Miss."
"You're welcome. Thank you for your hard work over the past six months." Fu Ziyan looked at her with a smile. "Have you applied for the flight route for the day after tomorrow?"
Yvonne nodded: "The application has been completed and the connection has been made with the US. Butler Edward will pick you up at the airport."
"Okay, I understand," Fu Ziyan lowered her head to look at the document, "You can go out."
The snow in London lasted for two days and one night. The snow stopped in the evening of the next day, the sky turned from dark to bright, and clouds appeared, and the sunset was picturesque.
At that time, Wilda was on the campus of London Business School, walking with Fu Ziyan, who had just finished her assessments for this semester. Although her face did not show it, her heart was filled with reluctance to part.
"Selene, why don't I go to the United States with you? We can catch the Sotheby's winter auction."
Fu Ziyan tilted her head and looked at him with a smile: "I remember that the Westminster family has a tradition of a family Christmas banquet every year. It's okay for you to go to the United States, but it may not be easy when school starts next year. Are you sure you want to go with me?"
Wilda frowned, thinking about the consequences of his absence from the family Christmas dinner, and when he looked up at Fu Ziyan, his eyebrows drooped.
Seeing Wilda's beautiful green eyes dimming, and his pitiful and aggrieved look, Fu Ziyan couldn't help but feel pity for him, even though she knew that Wilda did it on purpose to gain her sympathy.
The beauty is alluring, but she also enjoys it~
As soon as Fu Ziyan raised her hand, Wilda lowered her head in tacit understanding.
A smile flickered between her eyebrows. Her right hand naturally rubbed Wilda's curly hair, and her voice was soft: "Since you can't go to the winter auction this time, I will go to see it on your behalf. We can go together for the spring auction next year, okay?"
In the silver-white snow, Fu Ziyan's already gentle smile was even more shrouded in a layer of soft light, making Wilda unable to take his eyes away.
Although Fu Ziyan knew that the so-called "participating in the Sotheby's winter auction" was just an excuse and that Wilda was really reluctant to leave Selene and wanted to go to the United States with her, she still brought up the topic of the auction when trying to coax her boyfriend.
Wilda's self-proclaimed rational, well-behaved and good boy character was not exposed, but his secret concealment of "I can't bear to leave Selene".
Wilda: How could a good boyfriend let love bind Selene? Even in a relationship, Selene is free, and his greed shouldn't disrupt her plans. He can only bring her happiness, not trouble, not even sweet trouble!
Fu Ziyan didn't know where Wilda's weird ideas came from, but as a girlfriend, she was happy to pretend not to know about the little thoughts that Wilda wanted to hide from her.
Wilda looked up and smiled, her beautiful green eyes shining again. "Let's go to the spring auction together next year?"
Although his core point is "not wanting to leave Selene", Selene's words of comforting him completely deviate from the core. But it doesn't matter, the key point is that Selene comforted him~
That's Selene galloping freely on the snow horse track. She is so busy, but she still takes time out of her busy schoolwork to coax him. Isn't this a manifestation of her love for him?
And he also grasped the key point - Selene said she would go to the spring shoot with him next year. This wasn't just a casual date while doing work, but a special date planned with him!
Fu Ziyan admired the joy in Wilda's eyes, which made her smile even brighter. "Yeah, you want to go, don't you? If it's not a good time this year, I'll go with you next spring."
Wilda pursed her lips, feigning composure, but the pink bubbles around her couldn't be concealed: "Then it's a deal."
*
Unlike London, which had just cleared from heavy snow, it was drizzling in San Francisco when Fu Ziyan's plane landed.
Ever since her father invested in NM Electronics, he had bought a house in Seacliff, San Francisco, for easy living. Fu Ziyan came here to invest in high-tech industries, and to save time, she skipped New York and went directly to San Francisco.
Fu Qiyuan does not live in the Seacliff mansion very often. He usually settles in New York when he comes to the United States to inspect properties, so he only leaves two or three servants to guard it.
Upon learning that the eldest daughter was coming to live in this house, the butler Edward specially brought several servants and flew from New York to San Francisco in advance to prepare the house for the eldest daughter.
After an eighteen-hour flight, even on a private plane, fatigue is inevitable.
Fu Ziyan didn't know how Edward arranged and took care of everything, but when she arrived at Seacliff, the bedroom was warm and soft, the jewelry and clothes in the cloakroom were neatly arranged, and everything was in a livable condition.
Delicious meals, bath water with sleep-inducing essential oils, a bedroom at the perfect temperature...
Fu Ziyan fell into a sound sleep in the comfortable sleeping environment. She woke up in excellent condition the next morning and started working after breakfast.
The secretary who stayed in the US to help her with her work was named Rory. A Stanford graduate, she was efficient and decisive, a true assistant who could get things done wherever she was asked. For the past two years, when Fu Ziyan was too busy with her studies to attend Zephyr board meetings in the US, Rory attended on her behalf.
Fu Ziyan had just finished breakfast and came to the study when Luo Li came forward with a stack of documents. "Miss, as you instructed, these are the specific information of the selected high-tech industry team."
When she was in the UK, she asked Luo Li to send her some documents. At that time, they were not very detailed. After Fu Ziyan read them, she made a list of the projects she was interested in investing in and faxed it to Luo Li, asking her to check them in detail.
Time was limited, so Fu Ziyan didn't waste any words: "Okay, organize the information you think is suitable for investment on the left."
Luo Li was prepared. She raised her hand and gently moved the top few documents to the left. "Based on your investment preferences, I think these are the most worthwhile."
Fu Ziyan nodded, picked up the file on the left and began to look through it.
After years of study and investment practice, Fu Ziyan's investment direction is no longer limited to the memories of her previous life.
She would certainly invest in unicorn companies from her previous life, but she would also invest in companies with teams she believed had great potential. Many companies that didn't thrive in later lives weren't necessarily due to lack of potential, but rather a lack of funding and resources.
If she only relies on the memories of her past life, then what is the point of all the business investment knowledge she has learned in the past ten years in this life?
With Chengzhen APP and her father supporting her, Fu Ziyan is not afraid of investment failure, as she can afford to lose.
I looked through them one by one, picking and choosing, and the morning passed in a blink of an eye.
The number of documents Fu Ziyan had on hand had shrunk from a huge pile when Luo Li first moved in to only eight.
She raised her hand and rang the bell. Within two minutes, Lori knocked on the door and came in.
"Miss."
Fu Ziyan hummed and handed her the eight selected documents: "Help me arrange a meeting with the leaders of these teams as soon as possible."
Lori looked down and saw that in addition to the five software and hardware investment projects with slightly lower risks that she had screened out, the eldest lady had also added three high-risk and high-return projects.
Personal computer development company, biomedicine R&D team, new material R&D team.
Seven of these projects were either startups or teams formed by students. Their initial investments wouldn't be large, totaling no more than $5 million. Considering the young lady's financial resources, Luo Li felt the investment was a no-brainer.
Only the biomedical research and development project...
Medical research and development is a project with a very long payback cycle, and the initial investment required is not a small amount. The team selected by the young lady has been working on the project for more than two years and has yet to produce any results.
The previous investor suffered an investment loss not long ago, and the team did not want to fill this bottomless pit anymore, so they were looking for new investors, so the investment information was handed to the eldest lady.
Luo Li looked up at Fu Ziyan and said, "Miss, this genetic recombination technology research and development project..."
After reading documents for the whole morning, Fu Ziyan was indeed a little tired.
She leaned back on the sofa, pinched her nose, and said slowly, "Dr. Herbert successfully conducted an experiment to achieve cross-species gene recombination last year. The investment cycle of biomedical research and development projects is long, but I have sufficient funds, so it's worth a gamble."
Since the eldest lady had made up her mind, Lori stopped trying to persuade her. Investing always involves risks, and as a secretary, she only needed to do what the eldest lady asked.
"Okay, then I'll go and make an appointment with the project leaders right away."
For start-ups, the importance of investors is self-evident.
Therefore, even on Christmas when everyone is on vacation, the heads of these small company teams would not be reluctant to meet with the investor's secretary when he called to arrange a meeting.
This is investment money!
For a startup team, if money falls from the sky, who would not pick it up?
*
Luke was amazed the first time he met an investor.
He knew that he was a young investor, but he didn't expect that he would be someone with both the aura of a superior and the elegance of a wealthy socialite.
As Miss Fu approached him, accompanied by her legal assistant and bodyguard, she exuded an aura that subconsciously suppressed those around her, daring them not to offend. But after taking her seat and smiling gently at him, she seemed like someone who had been pampered since childhood, her every frown and smile revealing the elegance of a socialite.
"Mr. Johnson, nice to meet you. I'm Selene."
Luke had expected to be awkward and awkward sitting across from such a young lady, who was also an investor. However, his nervousness suddenly eased under her gentle, tolerant smile and eyes. "Hello, Miss Fu. Just call me Luke."
"Luke," Fu Ziyan said with a friendly smile, "I'm glad to see your project proposal. Your team's ideas are very interesting..."
Fu Ziyan smiled as she recounted her thoughts and feelings upon seeing the project proposal, and then discussed her own ideas for software development. Her memories of the internet, which she had learned later in life, gave Luke many new insights.
Like meeting a kindred spirit, Luke's previous nervousness vanished, no longer worried about whether his performance would displease investors and affect their investment. He excitedly combined Fu Ziyan's words with his own new ideas, continuing to refine them.
Fu Ziyan listened to Luke's thoughts with a smile. After he finished speaking, she brought the topic back to the project book: "I have some questions about the investment in this project..."
The excited Luke had no idea that Miss Fu had inadvertently become the leader of the conversation.
"I'm looking forward to the future development of this project, but before I inject funds, I think you should know in advance my arrangements for the team's finances." Fu Ziyan smiled slightly. "To avoid any accidents, I will send someone to the team to oversee the finances."
She didn't block normal R&D spending; she was wary of people absconding with the funds. While the initial funding for a project might be small, it might become more complex later on. Fu Ziyan had heard of numerous cases of startups absconding with funds after their success.
Luke was startled, but he quickly reacted and smiled, "Our team is mostly made up of R&D personnel. It's already troublesome to sort out the money. It would be great if Miss Fu could send the finance department."
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After Luke, under Lori's time coordination, Fu Ziyan met with the remaining seven project leaders over the next two days and had a very pleasant conversation with each of them.
Unlike software development, where Fu Ziyan could collide with imaginative software developers, generating more inspiration, Fu Ziyan's knowledge of other areas was limited, limited to the private lessons she had taken.
However, several responsible persons still have a very good impression of investor Fu Ziyan, mainly because she is generous and has sufficient financial resources.
Real money ability.
Moreover, the investor Ms. Fu is not only wealthy, but also expressed that she would support the person in charge's research and development ideas as much as possible. She is simply a dream investor!
Fu Ziyan proposed as usual that she would send a financial officer to the company to supervise the team.
But anyone who can become the head of a small team is certainly not a fool.
Regardless of whether they felt awkward about having an extra person on the team, they all expressed understanding. Some even joked, "With the financial department sent by Ms. Fu here, we can more efficiently seek your help when our project is short of funds."
With the assistance of the legal team, Fu Ziyan signed eight contracts in two days, spending nearly 10 million US dollars.
Tens of millions of dollars is not a small number. After hearing this news, there was an uproar in San Francisco. When more and more startup teams or companies wanted to take their project books to meet this wealthy investor, Fu Ziyan was already on the plane back to Hong Kong.