My Age of Investment

  Chapter 37 Prelude to Counterattack

  Andrew’s method is very simple. Contact the law schools of eight Ivy League schools, preferably students of intellectual property law, to organize an activity to "protect originality and resist plagiarism".

  Campus daily newspapers, broadcasts, and various propaganda are all used. The bigger the momentum, the better.

  In addition to fighting opponents, you can also beat Facebook’s reputation and help the website promote registered users in these universities.

  Kristina frowned, “But we don’t know so many students from Ivy League schools, especially law schools, and even students majoring in intellectual property.”

   Andrew smiled slightly, “Maybe I can help a little bit. Many of my former colleagues and colleagues are from the Ivy League school.”

  Kristina looked at Andrew again and asked: “If you want to ask you for help, how much should we pay you?”

  Americans are so direct. They usually don’t talk about feelings, but only about money.

   Andrew rolled his eyes, "I don’t want money."

  Xia Jingxing frowned, he didn't believe that there was a free lunch in the world.

  Don’t need money, do you want shares?

   "I don't want shares either."

  As if reading Xia Jingxing's heart, Andrew added another sentence.

  The little dog also looked at this strange lawyer in amazement, not knowing what the other party wanted.

  "When you set up your company, if you need angel investment, I can provide it.

  In addition, the legal affairs of your company can also be handed over to our law firm. "

  After speaking, Andrew took the teacup and drank it, and looked at the three of them in a circle.

  Surprise, surprise, doubt...all kinds of expressions are in sight.

   "You are so optimistic about us?" Xia Jingxing asked with a smile.

"certainly!"

  Andrew spread his hands, “I’m very direct. Your website is a registered patent, and it has caused opponents to imitate. In less than two weeks, half of Stanford’s students have become your users...

  Intuition tells me that this is a good project for you, maybe you will log on to Nasdaq someday. "

  Andrew changed the conversation, “Of course, I still need to further investigate you and your project before I decide whether to invest.

  In addition, the consultation fee this time is waived. In Chinese, "This is called multiple friends and multiple roads." "

  Both Puppy and Christina were a little dazed, always feeling unreal.

  Xia Jingxing is different, his performance is fairly calm.

  Many times, projects contacted by VC organizations are also recommended by accounting firms and law firms.

  Law firms have many contacts with companies, and a certain lawyer finds that a certain start-up company has potential, and it is not a fantasy to make angel investments.

  It’s just that Master Ma’s attitude is more casual!

  "Well, your angel investment, we can also consider it.

  If the website is really financing, under the same conditions, the priority will be given to you. "

  Xia Jingxing’s statement made Andrew laugh, and said in his heart: It’s nice to be young! Just so confident.

  He didn’t tease these young people. After all, the angel investment was still intact. He smiled and said, “Okay, that’s the deal!”

  After the negotiation, the three of Xia Jingxing did not leave the law firm, but under the guidance of Andrew, they began to draft the relevant documents of the patent application.

  Little dogs and foreign girls are in charge of the work, while Xia Jingxing borrows Andrew’s computer, logs in to his securities account, and prepares to sell part of NetEase stocks to pay for patent application related fees.

  In fact, he is reluctant to sell, but now his eyebrows are burning, and he has to sell some stocks first.

  As for investment profit, a little less is a little less.

  NetEase’s current stock price is US$3.08 per share. Compared with his average purchase price of US$2.97 last time, the increase is very small.

  He operated the account, sold 2,000 shares, deducted various transaction fees, and exchanged more than 6,000 US dollars in working capital.

  5000 US dollars were paid to Andrew Law Firm, and the other more than 1000 US dollars were left as living expenses.

  Finally, 63110 shares of NetEase remain in his securities account, with total assets of US$19,4378.8, of which the loan is US$85,000 (excluding interest) and the net asset is more than US$100,000.

  The money is more and more, and less is less. He doesn't want to take it out yet.

  Because of the current expansion of Facebook, what is most urgently needed is not money, but time and various network resources.

  In addition, he has to consider what he will use to support the development of the website if Facebook’s future financing is not smooth;

  Or if the investor requests too much, does he have the confidence to refuse.

  Currently, the capital is limited, and the future of Facebook is not easy to predict. He must be more comprehensive and cautious.

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  The three of them finished their work, and after returning to school, they started their actions separately.

  Andrew got the contact information of law students in each Ivy League school from a friend, and sent it to Kristina’s mailbox.

  Because Christina is a girl, she is responsible for contacting these future legal elites and persuading the other party to participate in the "attack against counterfeit" activities.

  The foreign girl is still a bit eloquent, and Andrew’s friend also said hello. The law school elites from the Ivy League school almost didn't think much about it, and agreed to help.

  The other party also asked Christina to send them relevant information and documents by email, and let the babes relax, they will definitely do their best to help.

  Xia Jingxing is responsible for contacting Andrew, coordinating and handling matters such as patent registration.

  In addition to staring at the website, the little dog also shoulders the important task of finding "plagiarists".

  At present, he has found some methods and is verifying them one by one.

  On this day, he saw a Stanford student on the ThisFacebook website. Looking at the file, it turned out to be a Stanford senior or computer science department.

  He sent an application to add a friend, and it passed within two minutes.

  It seems that the people over there are online.

  So the little dog sent a letter from the station: "Hello, I am also a Stanford student, do you know who the creator of this website is? I admire them so much and want to join their team."

  After sending out, the little dog looks for the next target.

  Yes, he just added friends to ThisFacebook indiscriminately, and then asked him if he knew the creator of the website.

  The method is a little stupid, but he firmly believes that someone will know the creator of this website.

  "Hello, I don’t know the creator of the website, but I heard that I’m also a student at Stanford.

  I was recommended by a classmate to register, I can help you ask. "

  The little dog was very excited when he saw this letter from the station, and quickly replied by typing: "Thank you so much, my phone number and email address are..."

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   "Someone wants to join us? Do you want to contact us?"

  Through a conversation with someone, Ryan learned of the news and was discussing with Phyllis at this time.

  Phyllis squeezed his beard-covered chin, "I think it's better not to."

  Lane looked at his partner in confusion, "Why? To attract more talents to join is also beneficial to our future development."

  Phyllis smiled, "You forgot how we did it?"

   "Uh... are you afraid that someone will plagiarize us again?"

   After finishing speaking, Ryan scratched his head, it seemed that this was not impossible.

  "It's not just this, I'm also afraid that the news will leak. Others know that we are plagiarizing Facebook."

  Phyllis sighed, "Have you seen this morning's "Stanford Daily"? It scolded us as thieves, and the appearance and functions of the website were plagiarizing Facebook.

  Dalun and his team may have discovered our website and are trying to prevent us from developing. "

   "What are you afraid of?"

  Ryan said with a look of disdain: "Thieves? If we develop and then buy Facebook, we will be the winners and no one will call us thieves anymore.

  Everyone will only adore us, praise us, and envy us. "

  Phyllis nodded, he was extremely approving of this.

  Fame is not important at all, only winning is the most important.

  Fyllis frowned and said, “The website is developing a bit slowly. There are only more than a thousand registered users, which is many times worse than Facebook.

  Moreover, our current users are very scattered, unable to form a brand effect, and the reputation is much worse than that of Facebook. "

  Ryan nodded, "We must concentrate all our strengths and take the next Ivy League school first, so that we can equal Facebook."

  Phyllis asked again: "Which university to choose?"

   "Harvard, the first college is the most symbolic."

  　Thank you for your rewards!

  (End of this chapter)