"Mr. Zhou, I wonder if there is anything wrong with inviting us here today?" After the waiter gave us some refreshments, Chen Qiaoshan took the lead in asking the main topic.

Dai Zhikang was a dull man. Since he came over, he said hello at the beginning, and he was so proud that he didn't say a word. Xu Xiaoyu didn't say anything. Liu Chang was inconvenient to say anything, so Chen Qiaoshan had to take over the dominance.

Zhou Zhengning smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, you may not know much. We are currently the largest Internet software venture capital fund in Asia and the most professional investment institution."

None of the people on the other side looked strange, which was obviously beyond Zhou Zhengning's expectations.

Jifu Asia has only a few employees in China, but it controls venture capital funds worth over 100 million US dollars. That is really not short of money, but it has always kept a low profile and never showed any signs of water. It is very different from ordinary venture capital funds.

The venture capitalists active in China are basically in this way, but it is not easy to meet them because there are too many people looking for investment, and there are very few projects that actively invest.

Zhou Zhengning is very optimistic about discuz, otherwise he would not have come forward in person, not only the software itself, but also its unique profit model.

One of Jifu Asia's main businesses is Internet software. As the head of the fund, Zhou Zhengning has rich Internet experience. Before joining Jifu, he worked in Western financial institutions such as Citigroup. Naturally, he was knowledgeable. However, this is the first time that Discuz has seen a paid value-added model in the software industry.

Seeing that few people didn't say anything, Zhou Zhengning had to continue: "We have studied discuz and thought it was a promising software, so I wanted to chat with Kangsheng's team."

Chen Qiaoshan pointed to Dai Zhikang and said, "Dz is his work. It is indeed an amazing achievement to write the core code by one's own strength."

Dai Zhikang barely suppressed his proud expression, but was very happy. As a program developer, it is undoubtedly an extremely honorable thing to be recognized by others.

"Oh, is that?" Zhou Zhengning was shocked. This was a new discovery. He looked at Dai Zhikang and couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Although it is just an intentional investment and is far from due diligence, Zhou Zhengning has arranged for relevant institutions to conduct an assessment of Discuz.

The conclusion is surprising. This is a work that is enough to subvert the market structure of the forum software. This is the conclusion of the evaluation report. Zhou Zhengning remembers it deeply, "Mr. Dai, how long did it take for you to complete the research and development of discuz?"

This question undoubtedly touched Dai Zhikang's itch. He said with a smile: "The source code was written by me in my sophomore year, and it took about half a year."

"Last year, the core code was rewritten, and new technologies such as the PHP syntax generation kernel, automatic cache creation and update mechanism were implemented, which greatly improved the software's performance and load capacity."

After pondering for a moment, Dai Zhikang added: "Of course, in the early stages of R&D, I also learned from the same type of software abroad, but after several years of technical accumulation, the current discuz kernel uses completely original technology."

Dai Zhikang is quite confident, and he does have the capital to be confident. Software modularization itself is an innovation, and with its excellent performance, in the forum software market, discuz is enough to stand out among the most popular players.

Zhou Zhengning is a finance department and does not understand technology at all. However, professional issues are left to industry insiders to deal with. He believes in the capabilities of his professional institutions and his own vision.

Discuz is a gold mine. Just like the first investment he made in China, he intervened in 2002 and earned more than 15 million US dollars in a year, which is a miracle in the industry.

Zhou Zhengning didn't want to go around the circle, so he simply said directly: "Jifu Asia is a professional venture capital fund. We are optimistic about the future of discuz and hope to reach in-depth cooperation with Kangsheng to promote this software to success together."

The scene suddenly became quiet and the topic was clear, but no one spoke easily.

Zhou Zhengning was not in a hurry. He believed in his judgment. China's software industry seemed to be prosperous, but in fact it was a mess inside. Especially the Internet software, which was deeply troubled by piracy, but discuz revealed something unique.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Zhengning saw something else, and the eyes of the people on the other side were obviously focused on Chen Qiaoshan, which made him wonder, wasn’t the software developed by Dai Zhikang? Why are you looking at others?

Chen Qiaoshan was a little speechless. He didn't want to lead the conversation, but it seemed that he would not be able to not show up.

"Mr. Zhou, I wonder what price you offer?"

This question is vulgar and has no intention of hiding it at all.

Chen Qiaoshan had no idea of ​​detour. He knew very well that Kangsheng's profits are unknown. Although the product has been launched, the number of users has not exploded rapidly. In the eyes of ordinary people, there is no investment value at all.

Zhou Hongyi spent 80,000 US dollars to take away 15% of Kangsheng's shares in 2006. It's really cheap to think about it.

With Chen Qiaoshan's layout, discuz completed product transformation ahead of schedule, which coincided with the era of the rise of forums. In the absence of strong competitors, the prospects are promising.

Zhou Zhengning felt much more at ease. When he first came into contact, he made Chen Qiaoshan tease him and felt a little wary. But now, it is not the case at all. He is obviously a naughty man.

"It's like this. We have a professional process and risk judgment mechanism. We need to make a specific assessment of Kangsheng before evaluating it."

As he was talking, the cell phone in Chen Qiaoshan's pocket rang. He said sorry. He took out the phone and saw that it was called by Fatty Sun, so he hung up directly.

This guy has no serious business all day long and calls to harass him from time to time. He knows that he will meet investors in the afternoon, but he doesn't pick them.

Zhou Zhengning didn't care, and continued, "If you don't have any objections, I hope both sides can get to know each other."

After saying a few words, the phone rang again. Chen Qiaoshan was a little speechless. Fatty Sun was not finished yet. He was about to hang up again, but found that the phone was called by Wang Wei.

Chen Qiaoshan knew that Wang Wei would not contact him if he had nothing to do.

"Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry, I have to answer an important call. Otherwise, you can talk about it first. You can ask Manager Liu about operations, and you can communicate with Mr. Dai about software issues."

Zhou Zhengning smiled and made a self-righteous gesture. Chen Qiaoshan got up and walked quickly outside the cafe, then pressed the answer button.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, COFCO has started to act."

As soon as it was connected, Wang Wei's excited voice came through the microphone.

Chen Qiaoshan was shocked and asked, "What's the situation?"

“Cofco has issued a tender offer application.”

"What?" Chen Qiaoshan was stunned. "They didn't even reach the 5% of their placing lines, so why did they suddenly issue an acquisition request?"

Wang Wei explained in a loud voice: "Three days ago, COFCO reached an equity transfer agreement with several heavily held institutions, and acquired 14.5% of Tunhe shares in one fell swoop. Several of them also signed cooperation agreements and joined forces to jointly acquire st Tunhe. At present, the shares they hold have reached the 30% offer line."

"Is this true?" Chen Qiaoshan was a little suspicious. The tomatoes were still ripe for two months, so COFCO was a little too anxious.

"It's true that COFCO has issued an announcement. Today is the last day. If they drag on it, their transaction will be violated."
Chapter completed!