Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 932 - 866: Helping Every Dream_2

Chapter 932: Chapter 866: Helping Every Dream_2

But the downside was that it required a large amount of capital to stock up on inventory!

After all, having just started this project, and only preliminarily cooperating with many brand manufacturers, they couldn’t possibly offer him very favorable terms.

Most of the merchandise had to be paid for upfront and in full.

In the future, after a long partnership and a larger business scale, perhaps he could obtain preferential policies like "inventory financing."

Now, Da Qiangzi faced the predicament of having not enough products to sell on his website.

To solve this problem was actually quite simple, which was to secure financing and obtain a sum of money to purchase inventory. This way, one could start a snowball effect...

But the problem was that this first round of financing was extremely difficult!

During this time, Da Qiangzi had been desperately seeking investors everywhere, but he had not managed to find any.

Zhang Xiaoxi’s asset management company, which was also a longtime client of Da Qiangzi, once gave him a glimpse of its strength when he personally delivered goods there!

It was said that the company had bought an entire floor of the International Trade Building.

Moreover, in the Xidan business district, it had purchased a huge building to create the capital’s largest shopping center!

Da Qiangzi was astounded, thinking about how much money must have been invested in such a venture...

A company so wealthy, if it merely let a little slip through its fingers, wouldn’t that be enough to fund his website...

After several calls to Zhang Xiaoxi, he had not even met her and was flatly rejected, as she expressed no interest in his e-commerce website.

...

As Da Qiangzi was in the depths of depression, his phone suddenly rang.

He glanced at the screen and it was actually Zhang Xiaoxi calling; Da Qiangzi leaped to his feet in excitement.

He quickly answered the call.

With a smile plastered on his face, he said, "Manager Zhang, you..."

"President Liu, you need to come immediately to the Royal Mansion in XX Hutong. A big boss is interested in your e-commerce website, and you have half an hour to introduce your project," Zhang Xiaoxi said abruptly on the phone.

Da Qiangzi was startled and then overjoyed, quickly asking, "Manager Zhang, what kind of big boss, how big?!"

"How big? Don’t ask too many questions. All I can tell you is that it’s beyond your imagination! Oh, this boss is the sole shareholder of my company, and my company is just the least noticeable one among the many groups he owns. Do you understand now?" Zhang Xiaoxi said with profound implications.

She wasn’t boasting on behalf of Wang Ye or trying to intimidate Da Qiangzi; it was a kind-hearted reminder to let Da Qiangzi realize the magnitude of the opportunity he was facing tonight!

Indeed, Da Qiangzi was a smart man.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately sprang up, rushed into the bathroom to wash his face with cold water to invigorate himself.

Unfortunately, there was no time to change his clothes, so he could only straighten them out to look neater.

Grabbing his briefcase, he packed the website documents he had prepared for potential investors and dashed out of the office building.

He flagged down a taxi at the roadside, "Driver, XX Hutong, please hurry, it’s urgent!"

"Alright, please sit tight..."

......

When Da Qiangzi got out of the taxi and stood in front of the Mansion Garden’s gate, he stared blankly for a while.

He had been in such a hurry to get here that he hadn’t paid attention to what "Mansion Garden" meant.

Now that he had arrived and looked up at the solemn and luxurious pure copper gate, and the walls on both sides stretching out of sight, he realized that this place was a private residence!

What kind of background did one need to own such a mansion in the capital!

Thinking back to Zhang Xiaoxi’s words on the phone about it being "beyond your imagination"...

Da Qiangzi’s heart began to beat wildly!

...

Under the guidance of a housekeeper, Da Qiangzi entered the first-floor living room with a nervous heart.

The dazzling crystal chandelier made him a little dizzy, and the thick, soft wool carpet made his footsteps feel uneven.

Anyway, the whole person just seemed to be in clouds and mist, like in a dream, everything felt so unreal.

It wasn’t until he stood in front of Wang Ye, and Zhang Xiaoxi introduced him as "Mr. Mikhail", that Da Qiangzi finally came back to his senses a bit.

Although he was astonished to find that the big boss mentioned by Zhang Xiaoxi was so young, and looked like a Chinese person, yet had a foreign name...

He pressed those questions deep inside, not daring to show them.

Wang Ye looked at Da Qiangzi, indeed, he was the "Brother Dong" he remembered, just looking a bit more "youthful".

This year, Da Qiangzi was still not yet thirty, still a "young man".

"Please sit down, Mr. Liu. I’ve heard from Xiao Xi that you’ve launched an e-commerce website focusing on 3C products, and all of them are sold under a self-operating model. Can you tell me more about why you wanted to create such a website? And, what is your ultimate goal for starting your business?"

Wang Ye asked with a smile.

Da Qiangzi steadied himself, sat upright, and pulled a thick stack of documents out of his briefcase.

He passed the documents a bit awkwardly with both hands to Wang Ye, "Mr. Mikhail, this is the detailed planning and business model for the website, please take a look..."

Wang Ye waved his hand dismissively, saying indifferently, "I don’t look at these things, when making investments, I never invest in projects, but in people! Actually, I’m not interested in your e-commerce website this time, but after hearing a bit about you from Xiao Xi, I became a bit interested in you as a person, which is why I asked you to come."

Da Qiangzi was taken aback. Are all wealthy people this eccentric...

Projects don’t need to be introduced?

Just to hear one talk about some "empty words", sharing so-called "dreams"?

But since the big boss was asking for it, he might as well do it.

So, Da Qiangzi gathered his thoughts, mustered his emotions, and began to speak with a grave tone:

"I am a kid from the countryside.

That year I got into university, the first one in our village to do so.

To send me to university, the whole village...

After getting to university, other students could enjoy the wonderful college life, but not me!

I had to earn my own living expenses, tuition fees.

That’s why, while at university, I started dabbling in business...

Later, after earning my first pot of gold, I opened a store in Zhongguancun...

And then, I was exposed to e-commerce and believed that this model would inevitably defeat or even eliminate physical stores.

Because with just a website, you can do business with the whole world!

Whereas with a physical store, at most, you can do business in one city, or even just a business within a few kilometers radius...

If I have to state a dream, I hope to be able to sell genuine good products to people nationwide!"

In truth, Da Qiangzi’s story wasn’t all that attractive, his dream not "grand"...

But after listening, Wang Ye nodded slightly and said without hesitation, "I’ll invest in this project!"

"What?"

"What!"

Da Qiangzi and Zhang Xiaoxi exclaimed at the same time.

They both felt it was unbelievable because Wang Ye was being too casual, right...

Just by listening to a "story", without asking for details, he decided to invest directly?

Wang Ye clearly saw their surprise and said with a smile, "Supporting every dream is my investment philosophy. Mr. Liu’s dream seems very real and valuable to me, so I invested. Mr. Liu, how much money do you need?"

Da Qiangzi, still confused, held out his hand with fingers spread, his lips moved a few times, unable to speak due to being too excited.

Wang Ye nodded and said, "Fifty million US dollars? No problem."

With that, he gestured, and an assistant who had been waiting nearby brought over an exquisite chequebook and a pen.

Wang Ye scribbled decisively, swiftly signing a cheque!