"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it, Mr. Ma, you can just call me Xiao Yang."

In front of so many business elites and leaders on and off the stage, Yang Xiao was really flattered by Lao Ma's support.

"That's fine, Xiao Yang. I saw online that you're only a sophomore. So if you calculate your age, you're only 20, right? Then I guess you're older than your dad."

"My dad was born in 69, how about you?"

"I'm 64, five years older than your father."

As Lao Ma explained, he praised, "Xiao Yang, you are really good. If you ask a few young people on the street nowadays, few of them can immediately answer the date of birth of their parents."

Although what Lao Ma said is true, his current attitude, which has swept across the vast majority of young people, is somewhat suspected of being a case of taking advantage of his seniority.

Therefore, Yang Xiao must refute him at this moment!
Because on the stage at this moment, Lao Ma represents the older generation of Internet people!

Although he also has many young fans, Yang Xiao also represents another new generation group, and their respective camps are different!

Yang Xiao also knew that by then the fans of the two groups would be clearly divided, so he would have to make a statement.

At least at this moment, he has to stand on the side of the young people and speak for them!

“Perhaps young people today are too tired and can’t remember a lot of things. That’s how I got through it. Think about it, Mr. Ma. When you’re a student, you’re busy studying and taking the college entrance exam. When you enter society, you’re busy working and dealing with your future life.

Sometimes when you are busy, you may even forget your birthday, which is normal.”

Yang Xiao was speaking from his heart, especially for those born in the 90s, it is so miserable!
Not only can they not get the dividends, but they have to be cut like leeks, and they even have to face the delay of turning 65. Where can they cry?
Lao Ma, who was standing by, was stunned when he heard Yang Xiao's rebuttal.

I was thinking, I was just saying it casually, why are you taking it so seriously?

He didn't want to argue with Yang Xiao at this moment, so he could only nod and agree: "Well, what you said makes sense. In the first few years of my business, I was often too busy to worry about these trivial matters."

Seeing this, the host took the opportunity to say, "Mr. Yang, if your [Food Benefit Group] starts a C round of financing again, and your investors are here now, can you demonstrate on the spot how to persuade Mr. Ma to continue to invest?"

Yang Xiao smiled, hesitated for two seconds, picked up the microphone and said, "I want to raise funds. [Ali], be smart and transfer the money quickly!"

“Hahahaha!” The audience burst into laughter.

The host was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this the end?"

Yang Xiao nodded, looking innocent: "That's it, what else do you want to say? I think I've said enough, I think it would be better to be more concise and just say 'Ali transfers money'."

"Boss Yang, are you and your investors so rude?"

"You're welcome. Well, let me think about it. I'll change it to - Uncle Ma, please give me money!"

"Hahahaha!"

There was another burst of laughter from the audience, and everyone thought that this young man was really interesting.

Yang Xiao's response not only showed his humor, but also made up for the advantage that Lao Ma had just taken advantage of. It was truly a high EQ speech.

Wang Xiaoya also found it funny at this moment. He turned his head and looked at Lao Ma as if he was watching a good show:

"Mr. Ma, now your nephew has come to you to claim kinship with you, and he has said such heartfelt words. Can he move you and allow you to invest in him?"

"Then he should call me Mr. Ma, and I'll call him Mr. Yang. We can just call each other normally. After all, the C round of financing for [Food Benefit Group] is definitely going to be over 10 billion. Calling him Uncle Ma is too expensive."

Lao Ma also responded very humorously.

After everyone in the audience finished laughing, he continued, "Actually, even if he doesn't call me Uncle Ma, I will continue to invest.

There is no reason to miss out on a high-quality enterprise like [Shihuituan] founded by Xiao Yang.

Moreover, I only regret that I didn’t become Xiao Yang’s angel investor at the first opportunity.

Of course, as far as I know, Xiao Yang’s company and angel investors are all his own. He is truly self-made. I have to say that Xiao Yang is amazing.”

"Listen, President Ma calls us "Little Yang" all the time. It seems that he admires our President Yang very much as a person!" The host Wang Xiaoya commented with a smile.

"As a rising star in the Internet, there are so many people who are optimistic about him." Lao Ma said with a meaningful smile.

At this moment, even Yang Xiao who was standing by heard something wrong. Is this old Ma really that good?

However, Yang Xiao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Regardless of Lao Ma's age or status in the underworld, there was nothing wrong with calling him Xiao Yang, and it sounded pleasant.

Besides, it was Yang Xiao himself who asked Lao Ma to call him that, so he couldn't blame anyone else.

"Mr. Yang, Mr. Ma thinks highly of you and is willing to continue to raise funds and invest in your [Food Benefit Group]. Do you have anything to say to Mr. Ma?"

"Well, my advice is that Mr. Ma should keep the money and stop following."

Wow, the old one is chasing for money, but the young one refuses to take it!

Many people in the audience showed surprised expressions.

How awesome is Yang Xiao!

Even if Mr. Ma offered money, they would refuse it? Are these two playing a script?

Wang Xiaoya was also surprised, but quickly came to his senses: "Look, how many unique founders and investors are there in the market?"

Yang Xiao knew that many people in the audience thought he was showing off, so he explained with a smile:
“I am not arrogant, but I know myself. Let me tell you this: another competitor of [Food Benefit Group], I won’t mention the name here, also has shares of Mr. Ma.

I can tell you that the third and fourth rounds of financing for [Shihuituan] are intended to reorganize the group buying market and take the top spot in the market.

However, this means that both companies will be burning Mr. Ma’s money, which is probably not what Mr. Ma wants to see.”

"Oh? There is such a situation?"

When everyone heard Yang Xiao’s revelation, they were all shocked as if they had just heard something big.

It turns out that Lao Ma is betting on both sides!

However, only a few insiders know the inside story. Yang Xiao started from the takeout market and then turned to the group buying market.

If Alibaba had known this, it might not have invested in the first round.

But there is actually nothing wrong with betting on both sides in the business market.

Because in the end, as long as both companies can survive, one of them will definitely take over the rest of the other.

From this perspective, it can only be considered that the initial investment is a little more, but as long as you are the one who survives in the end, it can't be considered a loss at all!

"I have never regretted any of my investments, so there is no such thing as hope or despair."

Old Ma showed off his coolness and cleverly avoided the topic. Then he smiled and said, "Let me tell you the truth. According to my understanding, Xiao Yang is not suitable for group buying. Instead, he should focus on the 'big entertainment' business he started. Maybe it will be better."

The host added: "Let me give you some information. This year's Chinese-language movie box office champion, "Lost in Thailand," was produced by Mr. Yang's company, and the script of this movie was also written by Mr. Yang himself!"

"Oh? Xiao Yang wrote it himself? I didn't know that."

Lao Ma was very surprised. He never expected that Yang Xiao had such talent. He immediately looked at Lao Wang in the audience and said, "Didn't Lao Wang just acquire AMC Cinemas? It is now called Wanda Pictures. I am here to act as a middleman for you. Xiao Yang, you can cooperate with Lao Wang's Wanda Pictures."

Yang Xiao said: "Haha, thank you Mr. Ma for your help. Wanda's cinema chain has cooperated with my [Wanda Tianyi]."

"Look, this is our number one marketing person in China. Previously on the screen, Mr. Ma's spirit when he went door-to-door to sell the Yellow Pages has continued to this day."

When the host saw Lao Ma pull Lao Wang in again, he praised Lao Ma and signaled to the staff to give the camera and microphone to Lao Wang in the audience.

In fact, before this, Lao Wang didn’t know Yang Xiao at all!
There is no other business dealings or intersections between them!
Including Wanda Pictures, it is just one of Wanda's businesses, which is managed by a dedicated person. As such a busy man, would he care about what movies are released in his own theaters?

But at this time, Old Wang showed a kind and gentle smile, and his words were flawless:
"Okay, as long as it's Mr. Ma who's initiating the connection, I will definitely strongly support it. I'll arrange for people to increase cooperation with Mr. Yang's film and television production company when I get back. I hope Mr. Yang will make another box office champion movie next year so that Wanda Pictures can make some money." "No problem, Mr. Wang, don't worry. I can guarantee that next year's box office champion movie will definitely be produced by my company."

Yang Xiao also used some polite words to deal with him.

Xu Zheng's "Lost in Thailand" has been completed and will even be on roadshow in the next few days at the end of the month.

The original version of "Lost in Thailand" was released on December 12th.

But "Lost in Thailand" was released in the middle of this year and won the box office championship for the whole year. There was no need for him to postpone "Lost in Thailand" to this year.

What’s the point of competing with yourself?
So he decided to release "Lost in Thailand" on New Year's Day.

Let’s start 2013 with a bang!

As for how much profit Wanda can get, that is not Yang Xiao's concern.

Yang Xiao has more than just Wanhe Tianyi film and television production company.

So far, he and Lao Wang haven't had much interaction, but he has come into contact with his bastard son twice.

"Look, Xiao Yang is truly a versatile person in the business field, and his achievements are good, but I think he is more talented in the "big entertainment" business group, which is also an area that Alibaba plans to get involved in, including Tencent. Xiao Yang is already far ahead in this area, which neither of us has achieved."

"Boss Ma, do you mean to persuade our Boss Yang to give up the group buying market?"

"I don't, Xiao Yang does too many things, and they are too complicated.

I just want to advise him that if he can focus more on the field he is good at and do it to the extreme, it will be better and his achievements will be greater!

Alibaba is what it is today because of its focus on e-commerce.”

While Lao Ma was admonishing Yang Xiao seriously in the tone of a senior, he was also pretending to be a big shot!
But Yang Xiao knows that in today's group buying market, compared with [Meituan] and [Shihuituan], Ma is definitely more interested in [Meituan].

After all, [Meituan] is currently the number one in the market, and [Shihuituan] can only be the second or third at best.

The most important thing is that [Meituan] has now achieved profitability!

Anyone can tell what is more important!
Moreover, Wu Wei of Alibaba and Zhang Lei of Hillhouse Capital have advised Yang Xiao more than once to focus on food delivery, deeply cultivate the market, and then occupy the national food delivery market.

But Yang Xiao refused!
Now that he has connections and money, it doesn’t mean he can’t beat Meituan.

Tencent hasn’t really entered the market yet, and the melee hasn’t even begun, so who can tell for sure?

Yang Xiao smiled at this time, and said jokingly: "Thank you for your advice, Mr. Ma. I promise to listen to it, but I may not be able to do it. After all, I am still a student, and I am still a rebel!"

Hearing this, Lao Ma was also amused.

He was also very humorous. He just stood on the stage, pursed his lips, and spread his hands to express his helplessness.

"Hahaha!"

The audience burst into laughter again.

The director of the [China Economic Person of the Year Ceremony] program was also in the audience. Seeing this situation, he began to weigh the issue in his mind. Should we find more young and outstanding entrepreneurs in the next few sessions?
This stage has always been exclusive to some old Bidens.

Young faces like Yang Xiao's are rare.

But as soon as this idea came up, he immediately extinguished it.

Without outstanding achievements, there is no way to step onto this stage and no qualification to win the award.

People like Yang Xiao, who appear once in recent years, are considered scorpion poops - unique.

However, Yang Xiao himself has so many attractions, so the restaurant is considering inviting him to come again in the future.

Yang Xiao on the stage didn't know about this situation. If he knew, he would probably be cursing a thousand times in his heart.

This B show will come to an end next year.

And this Director Guo and the male host named Rui next to Yang Xiao, both have to shed tears behind bars.

Dare to think about the future?

Don't be too dedicated, man.

Wang Xiaoya saw that Yang Xiao's words made everyone laugh, and began to smooth things over for him:

"It seems that our President Yang's current success proves that he has a very good quality, that is, he sticks to his own opinions!"

"Thank you, Miss Duckling."

Yang Xiao picked up the microphone and began his high emotional intelligence performance, "In fact, no matter whether it is industry or Internet, every entrepreneur has this quality, that is persistence.

The same goes for Mr. Ma. No one believed that he would succeed at the beginning, but Mr. Ma himself believed in himself very much and persisted, which led to his success today.

I am actually just learning from seniors like Mr. Ma.

In fact, Mr. Ma’s persistence can no longer be considered persistence. I think we should use a different term.”

"Oh? What's that?" Lao Ma asked curiously.

"I would call it stubborn!"

"Stubborn, hahahaha!"

When the audience saw that Yang Xiao actually started to tease Lao Ma, they burst into laughter again.

"This is a compliment. Moreover, I personally think that stubbornness is a better expression than persistence. Stubbornness is the most accurate word to describe entrepreneurs!"

"well said!"

clap clap clap!
When everyone heard what Yang Xiao said, they applauded from the bottom of their hearts and began to admire Yang Xiao in their hearts.

At first, they were dismissive of the young man.

But now, the view has changed.

In fact, these words actually hit the nail on the head for everyone at this moment!

Especially some old entrepreneurs in their fifties and sixties. Many of them have experienced the tide of the times, passed through the barbed wire in Shenzhen, and some even swam to the Hong Kong River with bare hands.

They even risked their lives to find opportunities to start a business!

If it’s not being stubborn, then what is that?
"What Xiao Yang said makes sense. The term stubborn is very accurate. Maybe I was also stubborn when I was in the outside world."

Old Ma was lost in reminiscence at this moment, and he spoke from the bottom of his heart, appearing to be deeply moved.

In the previous VCR, there were scenes of Lao Ma going door-to-door to sell his business in the early days of his business, as well as him making big promises to his team members in a meeting in the office.

In one section, a dozen people sat together and listened to Lao Ma holding a meeting.

Facing the recording camera, Lao Ma began to brag: "When the stock price rises sharply, we will not get one house, but fifty!"

This scene is just like a pyramid scheme.

It's even crazier than being stubborn!
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting heated, the host Wang Xiaoya decided to stir up the atmosphere again and started to dig holes:

"Boss Yang, before you came on stage, Boss Ma and Boss Wang made a bet. Boss Ma just gave you a suggestion. Now it's your turn. Can you comment on this bet between Boss Ma and Boss Wang?
Or, which one of them do you support? Who do you think will win? "

(End of this chapter)