Reborn multinational giant

Late at night, a lively party was being held in the backyard of Ehrlich's house in the suburbs of Silicon Valley.

The colorful lights, the fragrant wine, the cheerful kidrock on the small temporary stage and the more than a dozen men and women who followed the rhythm of rock and roll, everything shows that this is a joyful celebration Grand event!

Just three days ago, the stranger social application kiki made by Richard's team invested by Ehrlich was launched, and in less than three days, without any promotion, the number of natural registered users of kiki broke through. 500000!

With over 500,000 downloads in three days, Kiki has climbed to the top 10 list of social apps in the United States, and at the same time, dozens of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and even the United States have called Ehrlich!

Ehrlich, who has been an angel investor in Silicon Valley for more than ten years, is the first time he has enjoyed such a kind and sought-after treatment, 1 million US dollars, 2 million US dollars, 2.5 million US dollars, 3 million US dollars...500 Ten thousand U.S. dollars, the valuation quotations of Kiki by various venture capitalists have been rising.

Ehrlich knew that he was going to make a lot of money this time. Thinking about the 700,000 dollars he invested before and after, he would soon double, dozens or even hundreds of times. Ehrlich’s inner ecstasy was more than sucking ) Ma must be refreshing!

In the old days, I begged grandpa to tell grandma to let you invest. You all ignored me. Now I see that I’m getting rich and want to take a ride?no way!

Ehrlich arrogantly hung up more than a dozen venture capital calls with a valuation quotation that did not even cost $3 million. In Ehrlich's view, they were too insincere!

The deafening rock music turned the backyard of Ehrlich's house into a temporary dance hall. On the big screen of the stage, the real-time downloads of kiki, watching the number of downloads increase by a few or even a dozen every second The amount, Ehrlich's inner ambition has become infinitely expanded!

Thanks to my wiseness, I invested 200,000 US dollars and recruited a few more people to make Kiki go online as soon as possible. Otherwise, how can I have the current grand occasion?

1 million users, 10 million US dollars!This is the bottom line that Ehrlich has set for himself. According to the current crazy growth rate of kiki, I am afraid that the total number of registered users will exceed 1 million in less than a week. This is also the current VC crazy pursuit of Ehrlich. The main reason for Lixi's call, coupled with the fact that in faraway China, Momo, a software that also does social networking with strangers, has accumulated 20 million users in just one month and is valued at more than 500 million US dollars. Silicon Valley investment People, there is no reason not to be crazy!

Investors in Silicon Valley have not considered that the Chinese software named Momo might land in the United States, but in their opinion, all these risks are worthwhile. Historically, Chinese software and products have rarely entered foreign markets. Moreover, as long as one to two months of time advantage, with preconceptions, even if Momo enters the US market in the future, I am afraid it will not be able to recover.

Compared with the loss of millions of dollars and the temptation of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, investors in Silicon Valley are willing to take risks!

Richard took a few entrepreneurial partners, raised their wine glasses and happily gathered in front of Ehrlich.

"Ehrlich, your swimming pool needs to be renovated. Every time I want to swim in the backyard, I don't have any interest in swimming when I see this swimming pool!" Some drunk Richard complained.

"Richard just received a call from a woman. She said she is Mary, the investment broker of the Founders Fund. She wants to meet with Richard tomorrow!" Dinesh on the side supported the drunk Richard. Interrupted and explained.

"Founders Fund? The fund founded by Peter Thiel?" Ehrlich asked loudly, eyes widening.

"Are there other funds called Founders in Silicon Valley?"

"****God! I finally caught a big fish!" Ehrlich was excited. Billionaire Peter Thiel is one of the most famous investors in Silicon Valley. His deeds of investing in Facebook with $500,000 in Facebook were even worse. Known as the Silicon Valley investment myth, although Facebook has now declined due to the "privacy gate" and the struggle with mypsace for several years, Peter Thiel's return on investment is still more than a thousand times!

In addition to being a billionaire, Peter Thiel also has great influence in Silicon Valley. If he can get his favor, Kiki's valuation and future are unimaginable!

"Did you agree?" Ehrlich asked urgently. Seeing Dinesh nodded, his heart was relieved, and at the same time he felt uncomfortable. He is an angel investor in Richard's team, and also theirs. The broker of the grass team, anyone outside or venture capital who wants to invest or cooperate with them should contact him. This is also one of the conditions for him to invest in and support Richard’s team’s entrepreneurship. Now this one is called Mary The agent bypassed himself and contacted Richard directly, which made him smell dangerous.

"Next time there is a venture capital to call you, you can directly ask them to call me, don't make any claims!" Ehrlich warned the dizzy Richard and the others, and said this. , His mind was awakened by the cheers from around him again. Following the eyes of the crowd, the downloads of kiki on the big screen of the stage have exceeded 600,000!

Ehrlich's adrenaline soared further, a week?I am afraid that in two days, the number of registered users of kiki will have to exceed 1 million. With a valuation of more than 10 million US dollars, even if you sell one-third of the shares, it will be enough to recover all the investment costs.

Of course, Ehrlich wouldn't let others take advantage of him so stupidly, 10 million dollars?You must have a valuation of at least 50 million US dollars before you can consider selling part of the shares!

Alcohol, music, and messing up from the backyard to the living room and even the bedroom. After a sound sleep, when Ehrlich was awakened by a rush of phone calls, he was lying on the recliner in the backyard, throwing himself Know which beauty's burgundy underwear!

"At least it's D! I don't know myself last night..." Ehrlich thought obscenely in his mind before he took out his cell phone and answered the damn call. What was the noise? Did you know you disturbed someone? The dream of future billionaires?

"Ehrlich, something has happened, momo is online!" On the other end of the phone, there was a man's anxious and rough roar.

"Momo?" Ehrlich, who had drunk all night, was still a little confused, until he repeatedly nagged twice before waking up suddenly: "Momo? That Chinese software Momo?"

After hearing the affirmative answer from the man on the phone, Ehrlich’s head went down for a few seconds. Then, Ehrlich, who was only manic and angry, threw the phone not far away. In the swimming pool, he stepped heavily on the red "bad omen" that fell because he got up!

"Fuck, ****china, ****chinese, ****god!****************"