Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

Cai Yongjin nodded in agreement, then exchanged brief pleasantries with Ma Liyun and Gao Weilin.

The group chatted as they walked, stepping into a lavish and exquisite banquet hall.

The moment Yu Heng of Huake Capital and Zhu Xiaohu of Jinsha Venture Capital saw Cai Yongjin, they couldn’t remain seated. They quickly stood up and hurried over to greet him.

”President Cai, what brings you here?” Zhu Xiaohu asked with a subservient, beaming smile.

After all, in the investment banking world, Cai Yongjin was his senior. Before Zhu Xiaohu had even started university, Cai Yongjin was already at Morgan Stanley, serving as a senior investment manager in the project finance department.

”I’m here for Fast Taxi’s Series B financing, of course. Your performance these past two years has been quite remarkable. You’ve made great progress.”

Cai Yongjin said, offering praise.

Normally, the investment projects he personally oversaw were mostly collaborations in the oil, power, and automotive sectors. While Goldman Sachs did dabble in internet companies like Fast Taxi, the person in charge was usually just a lower-level investment manager.

Watching Cai Yongjin, Yu Heng mentally raised his estimation of Fast Taxi’s value and potential by another level.

The party took their seats one by one. Chen Yansen glanced around and noticed that the representatives from Penguin had not yet arrived.

No sooner had the thought crossed his mind than Liu Zhiping, Lin Chenfeng, and their group walked in briskly from outside.

”Apologies, we were held up for a few minutes on the way,” Liu Zhiping said, greeting everyone in turn.

”Now that everyone is here, why don’t you share your thoughts, President Chen? I presume you’ve already seen the bids from all the investment firms.”

Cai Yongjin leaned back and asked, getting straight to the point.

”Huake and Jinsha Venture Capital submitted the lowest bids. My bottom line is 3.2 billion US dollars. For any figure lower than that, I can only say I’m sorry.”