Chapter 268 Negotiating a Business

Pengcheng, one of the most economically dynamic areas in China, is also the most suitable city for young people to pursue their dreams.

Especially in terms of entrepreneurship, it is far from comparable to other cities.

Since the early days of reform and opening up, countless young people have flocked to this city to pursue their dreams of wealth.

Even at the grassroots level, you can start from scratch and build a career here.

Although many companies are not large in scale and are not as famous as Internet companies, and their revenue and market value are far less than those of those giants, they can still bring entrepreneurs a wealth that would make ordinary people extremely jealous.

Especially in the field of electronic hardware, due to the foundry industry driven by Pengcheng for more than 20 years, it has an incubation soil unmatched by other regions.

If the best place to start a business in the Internet field is Beijing, then Pengcheng is the dream place to start a business in the field of hardware technology.

Too many small giants in the field of hardware technology were born here, and these companies further drove upstream and downstream development, forming a unique industrial ecology in Pengcheng.

If you want to start a hardware business, you can easily find suppliers of various spare parts in Pengcheng.

Because of this, many talents in the hardware field have regarded Pengcheng as the first choice for starting a business.

Wang Tao, the founder of Dajiang UAV, is one of them.

Futian District, Shennan Avenue, near Chegong Temple, and Sunshine Golf Building are the birthplace of Dajiang UAV.

I arrived in Pengcheng yesterday afternoon and stayed in a hotel for one night. Early this morning, Ma Liang came to visit with Lin Fengyun.

No contact in advance and no appointment.

Because today's Dajiang UAV has only been established for less than half a year, it is still nothing, and no information can be found online.

Even if Ma Liang wanted to contact him in advance, he didn't have his number.

He could only take the initiative to come to the door based on the information he learned in his previous life. He didn't care whether it would scare people or not, and just came over to kill them.

"Are you sure it's here? Why isn't there even a sign?" Lin Fengyun didn't understand what Ma Liang was thinking at all, insisting on investing in a company that didn't even have a formal office location.

Ma Liang was also a little anxious. According to the information from his previous life, he should have found the right place: "Wait a minute, I'll go find someone to ask."

The entrepreneurial path of Wang Tao, the founder of Dajiang UAV, has not been smooth sailing.

Although he was born in a middle-class family and had no financial worries at all, that was all. The most the family could do was support him to study at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, but there was nothing else they could do.

As for the start-up capital for starting a business, he finally found two classmates to raise it together.

And the most important thing is that in the early days of starting a business, I didn’t even have an office. Instead, I borrowed a warehouse from my uncle’s magazine and used it as a temporary office.

Although Ma Liang remembered this information and found the magazine, he didn't know where the warehouse was.

He could only run to the magazine's office and ask someone to inquire.

I knocked on the door, walked straight into the magazine, and asked the lady at the front desk: "Hello, I'm here for an interview. Is Dajiang Company, which makes remote control helicopters, located here?"

He won't say that he is here to invest. Naturally, the lower profile the better for this kind of thing.

"Go out and walk along the aisle to the end, then turn right. The innermost warehouse is there." The girl at the front desk pointed in the direction impatiently without raising her head.

Recently, people have been coming to inquire about interviews, and the young lady has also been annoyed recently.

If it weren't for the fact that Wang Tao is the nephew of the magazine owner, she might not even have such a perfunctory attitude.

Ma Liang thanked him, turned around and led Lin Fengyun inside.

Walking to the end, I saw an extremely simple office, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a warehouse.

"Is this the company you want to invest in?" Lin Fengyun looked at the extremely simple office in front of her, her eyes widened, and she even wondered if Ma Liang had done something wrong.

Ma Liang was also very embarrassed, after all, Da Jiang was really nothing at the moment.

Technology start-ups like Dajiang can rarely successfully raise funds in the initial stage unless they have particularly hard-core patents.

At the very least, you have to create a product prototype and even have a certain amount of orders before you can talk to an investment institution.

Not to mention domestically, this is true even abroad.

For example, Qiao Gangzhu, who founded Apple, also worked in a garage in the early days of his business. The later Google was actually similar.

Therefore, in the American technology and venture capital circles, the culture of starting a business in a garage has always been popular.

This trend has slowly spread to China, and many cup makers even find garages or warehouses to work in in the early stages of starting their businesses.

Just like if you don't build a warehouse as an office, you won't be able to show your determination to start your own business.

Even the Entrepreneurship Street, which Zhongguancun in the capital built with great efforts seven or eight years later, opened a coffee shop with the theme of venture capital exchange activities, called [Garage Coffee].

This shows how much influence the old and American garage culture has on the venture capital circle.

According to rumors, Dajiang founder Wang Tao’s idol is Gang Leader Qiao. He chose to start his business in a warehouse. I don’t know if he did it deliberately.

Seeing Lin Fengyun's eyes full of doubts, Ma Liang could only add: "This is what technology startups are like. Only through hard work and simplicity can they concentrate on research and development."

With that said, he rushed into the warehouse, fearing that Lin Fengyun would continue to ask questions.

If he continues to ask, he doesn't know how to justify himself. After all, with Dajiang's current situation, no one in their right mind would choose to invest at this time.

"Who are you looking for?" Seeing the two people rushing in, a slightly fat young man raised his head and asked.

Although he had only seen photos online in his previous life, Ma Liang quickly recognized the person in front of him who was asking the question. Lu Zhihui, one of the Four Founding Kings of Dajiang.

The reason why I recognized the other party was that he also founded an industrial drone company after leaving Dajiang Company.

Although it is not as famous as Dajiang Company, it is still a quasi-unicorn company.

In his previous life, Ma Liang had seen Lu Zhihui's highlight moments in the media several times, so he was deeply impressed by this guy.

Faced with Lu Zhihui's inquiry, he still did not explain his purpose of coming, but directly asked: "Is Mr. Wang here?"

Although the guy in front of me is one of the founders of Dajiang, he can't make the final decision when it comes to investment.

"You are here for an interview, right? Sit down and wait for a while. He went to the toilet and will be back soon." Seeing Ma Liang's young age, Lu Zhihui guessed secretly.

But looking at Lin Fengyun next to him, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

Which young master is this? He is so timid even in interviews, and yet he brings such a beautiful sister with him?

Lu Zhihui planned to persuade Wang Tao later that he would not take Ma Liang even if the conditions were suitable. After all, such a pretentious guy would not last long.

Just as he was talking, a young man with glasses but his hairline receding almost to the top of his head walked in.

"Wang Tao, have you invited someone for an interview again?" Lu Zhihui turned his head towards Ma Liang and immediately signaled.

Wang Tao glanced at Ma Liang and was also confused: "No!"

Although the previous founding team of Dajiang Company was completely disbanded, and even the three great kings Lu Zhihui, Chen Jinying and Chen Chuqiang were his new recruits, they have not continued to recruit in recent days.

"Mr. Wang, I'm not here for an interview.

Can you find a quiet place to chat? I want to discuss some business with you!" Upon seeing this, Ma Liang immediately walked up to the other party and explained.

Now Wang Tao was even more confused. Dajiang Company had not even developed a mature product yet, and sales were impossible to talk about. How could anyone come to him to discuss business?

What's more, he didn't publicize it to the outside world, so how did Ma Liang find out about his place.

Wang Tao was very puzzled and couldn't help but feel wary, so he asked: "Excuse me, who are you...?"

"Mr. Wang, how about we go to the coffee shop downstairs?" Ma Liang looked around and deliberately showed a disgusted expression, indicating that this warehouse was not a place for conversation.

When Wang Tao saw this, he agreed: "Okay then!"

After saying that, he told Lu Zhihui to keep an eye on it, and followed Ma Liang downstairs.

On the elevator, Wang Tao looked at Ma Liang, who was younger than himself, and kept mumbling in his heart.

But no matter how hard he thought, he would never guess that Ma Liang came to him for investment.
Chapter completed!