But this $2 billion fund is not the entirety of Jindong Venture Capital's fund. As a private equity fund company, they always invest in a project by using a small portion of their own money first, then privately raise the majority of the funds from a specific group of people, and invest together.
Generally speaking, those who can have soone like Huo Jindong voluntarily raise investnt funds are never ordinary people, they are either wealthy or noble. This ans these people must have the necessary status and sothing that attracts Huo Jindong's attention.
Now, the implication of Huo Jindong's words is clearly not to raise funds from Chen Feng for a specific project, but to directly invite him to join the company and beco a shareholder.
This kind of private invitation, although not very formal, undoubtedly shows the venture capital giant's appreciation of Chen Feng.
Therefore, it wasn't just Chen Feng himself who was a bit surprised by this invitation. Tao Yaoyang and Tang Xinyi were both wide-eyed.
Particularly Tao Yaoyang, at this mont his inner feelings were not just shock but more of envy and jealousy.
Though he himself also owns a fund called Hengsen Fund, and he is the executive director of this company.
But his private equity company, Hengsen Fund, compared to Jindong Venture Capital, is like a goat to an elephant, if not an ant. The scale is vastly different.
If possible, he too wants to join Jindong Venture Capital. Unfortunately, until now, it seems Huo Jindong isn't interested in him. This ti Huo Jindong attended this gathering mostly to et Chen Feng.
The benefits he promised Tao Yaoyang were rely to let him join in on an investnt project in Xiu Zhou involving a minimally invasive enterprise. The gap is too big.
Of course, Tao Yaoyang also knew that the reason Chen Feng caught Huo Jindong's attention was clearly because he sohow heard about Chen Feng's powerful connections, and then eagerly ca to et him.
Tang Xinyi also slightly guessed this. After all, ever since Fan Yigang stepped down, it has been rumored in the entertainnt industry that it was Chen Feng's maneuverings behind the scenes. She now looked at Chen Feng with a different gaze.
Previously, she did not have a clear understanding of Chen Feng's influence, but now seeing how even a bigshot like Huo Jindong is eager to make his acquaintance, she realized Chen Feng's remarkable standing and unfathomable depth.
"Mr. Huo, do you an you want to invest in your Jindong Venture Capital?"
Chen Feng was undoubtedly calr than Tao Yaoyang and Tang Xinyi, calmly asking in return.
Huo Jindong smiled, nodded, and said, "Yes. I am the CEO of Jindong Venture Capital, and we have five partners. I think it necessary to add one more partner who is perfect for the role, and that would be you."
Chen Feng smiled and shook his head, saying, "I'm completely clueless when it cos to company managent or investnt. As I ntioned before, starting a company and making money was purely luck for ."
Huo Jindong laughed heartily and said, "I know you dislike managing companies and see your investnts as a matter of luck. So, I won't force you to manage the company. I just hope that as our partner, you can lend a hand at critical tis, especially when it cos to public relations tasks. If you can do that, you will be the sixth partner of Jindong Venture Capital."
Undoubtedly, Huo Jindong valued Chen Feng's "public relations capabilities."
It was so clear that Chen Feng understood it. He could tell it might be the chain reaction caused by the situation with Fan Xin and Fan Yigang that led more people to mistakenly believe he had strong support behind him, hence the idea to include him in the partnership.
But Chen Feng knew very well that he had no such strong backing. If anything, it was his remarkably good luck granted by heaven.
So, Chen Feng was quite self-aware. Even if it was a delectable cream cake handed to him for free, Chen Feng didn't want to take it.
"Thank you for your kind offer, but I am currently not interested in joining your company. I have no great ambitions, nor do I wish to make enormous wealth or stir up significant moves in business. I just want a peaceful life, with enough money to spend."
Huo Jindong was montarily stunned, then imdiately laughed heartily: "Mr. Chen, you really are a sincere person. My apologies, it was inconsiderate of . I should've realized that Mr. Chen, you are indifferent to fa and fortune, or you wouldn't have left your film company entirely in the hands of managers. This is sothing I must admire about you. Compared to you, I am just an ordinary person, engrossed in money affairs."
Tao Yaoyang quickly chid in, saying, "Mr. Huo, you are wrong. As a venture capital expert like you, you are simply angels to those startup companies, the re-creators of wealth. You could even be called philanthropists."
Huo Jindong just shook his head with a smile and said nothing.
Chen Feng also realized that his straightforward refusal might be a bit disrespectful, so he thought for a while before explaining: "Mr. Huo, you may not know, but even if I wanted to beco your partner, I wouldn't have much money to contribute."
Upon hearing this, Huo Jindong smiled and waved his hand, saying, "This isn't an issue. To beco a partner of Jindong Venture Capital doesn't necessarily require a large financial input. You could beco our partner even without investing a single penny, provided you can demonstrate appropriate value. In my opinion, Mr. Chen, your intangible value is at least worth 100 million. If you are willing to join Jindong Venture Capital, even without putting in a penny, we are willing to offer you an annual salary in the millions and a 1% annual bonus."
Chen Feng said with a smile, "Mr. Huo, you truly overestimate . Honestly, I am not worth such a significant investnt from you."
Huo Jindong also smiled, saying, "Whether or not you are worth it, I have a good sense of it. We can completely give it a try, and you'd be at no loss, right?"
Chen Feng shook his head and said, "Let's just forget it. As they say, one shouldn't accept rewards without rits. I don't want to accept the benefits you're offering. Moreover, I reiterate, I am not worth such significant input from you. I am rely an ordinary person with just over a billion in assets."
The mont Chen Feng said this, the three people present were first stunned, then couldn't help but laugh.
Tang Xinyi laughed and said, "Boss Chen, if your assets exceed a billion, can you still say you are an ordinary person?"
Chen Feng rolled his eyes at her, saying, "Our country's economy is flourishing right now, especially in East Sea Province. There really are too many individuals with assets over a billion. There might not be ten thousand, but there are at least eight to nine thousand people like that. With so many billionaires, could they not be counted as ordinary people?"
Tao Yaoyang waved his hand toward Chen Feng, saying, "Alright, we're only four people here. You don't need to deliberately downplay yourself. We all know you have connections and background. Otherwise, how do you explain the situation with Fan Yigang?"
When Chen Feng heard it was indeed about this, he could only shake his head helplessly, saying, "Fan Yigang's situation really has nothing to do with . If you don't believe it, there's nothing I can do."
Upon hearing this, including Huo Jindong, they all looked at him sowhat speechlessly. They clearly didn't believe his words.
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