At this moment, the researcher walked over, "This generous boss, please, I'll give you the virtual currency."
Seeing the researcher's appearance, Jian Ai exclaimed in surprise, "Sher, you're here?"
Seeing Jian Ai's surprised expression, was this Sher very famous? Zhang Tianxing wondered with a bit of confusion.
At this moment, Jian Ai realized her gaffe and immediately became dignified.
"This Sher is a famous genius, very skilled on the internet. By the way, Sher, what were you just talking about, virtual currency? What is that?" Jian Ai had never heard such a term and asked with some curiosity.
"This is a little thing I discovered by chance. I just used it to exchange for a meal. I was almost starving to death," Sher said with a sigh of relief. It felt good to be full.
Humans are iron, and food is rice. Not eating for a meal makes one feel hungry.
"By the way, beautiful Miss Jian Ai, are you willing to invest in my virtual community?" Sher quickly asked.
His project had reached a critical juncture and was in dire need of funds, yet no one was paying attention.
Especially the sharp drop in stock prices of internet technology companies had made everyone anxious.
If he couldn't attract funding, his project would have to end in regret.
Jian Ai looked helpless, "Sher, this isn't good. We are good friends, that's true, but you know I can only invest my pocket money. I've already prepaid six months of pocket money, and now I can only live in the lab and work to make a living. I really have no money."
Sher looked disappointed. It was so close, why did the internet economic bubble appear now, leaving him nowhere to seek investment?
Many investors directly shook their heads and refused when they heard it was an internet community.
Past experience is a teacher for the future.
Now, in the beautiful stock market, a liquidation of internet technology companies had begun, and many shell companies had delisted.
Whether the remaining internet technology companies could survive the coming cold winter was an unknown.
This day came too quickly. Even the giants of internet technology companies, such as Ya Tou and Wei Ruan, Amazon, etc., had recently announced salary cuts.
To save on expenses and increase revenue, they were all trying to find new profit models. Without profit growth points and stable revenue streams, the overall industry landscape would not change.
He could only sigh that he was born at the wrong time. If his idea had come out even a little earlier, before the internet's peak.
Jian Ai saw Sher's disappointed expression and felt helpless. She mentioned it to her father, but as soon as he heard it was related to an internet community, he directly rejected it. The internet was now a minefield; whoever stepped on it would die. This had become a consensus within the industry.
Didn't you see that among the more competitive internet technology companies in China, Wang Yi, who went public on Nasdaq, also sank?
It fell below the issue price on the first day and was now in a downward trend, with no one knowing when it would stop falling.
Jian Ai's eyes darted around and she saw Zhang Tianxing beside her. She thought Zhang Tianxing was rich. He was the number one short-seller of the Nasdaq index, and he had made a considerable amount of money this time alone.
"Sher, this is the legendary Harvard's number one male god, the number one short-seller. If your project lacks funds, he can help." Jian Ai solemnly introduced him to Sher.
A flicker of light flashed in Sher's eyes. It seemed heaven had not cut off all paths. He didn't know if Zhang Tianxing would invest in this project.
Now he wouldn't let go of any opportunity. The project was just a little bit away from success.
"Mr. Zhang, as Jian Ai just said, I can introduce my project to you. You will definitely be interested," Sher quickly stepped forward and said to Zhang Tianxing.
Zhang Tianxing waved his hand at Guo Jiajia, "Sister Jiajia, come here and listen to Senior Brother's project with me."
Guo Jiajia walked over gracefully. Harvard University was indeed a world-renowned school. In just a few days here, she had encountered several projects, two of which Guo Jiajia believed had great potential.
However, Zhang Tianxing, as the boss, had always been picky and disliked low-profit projects. To use Zhang Tianxing's words, "My brother was born to be a remarkable figure, destined to do great things."
Alright, you're the boss, you call the shots. Let me see Senior Brother Sher's project.
"My project is like this. I want to build an internet community, with users mainly from the Ivy League universities around us," Sher began to introduce the project's purpose and design concept.
Zhang Tianxing suddenly interrupted Sher, "What is unique about your online community? How will it attract people to register? How will you improve user stickiness?"
Hearing Zhang Tianxing's question, Sher's eyes lit up. This was the boss, a boss with interest.
The previous investors had all said goodbye as soon as they heard "internet community," saying that the internet had peaked and it would take at least eight or ten years to recover.
Investors these days were shrewd. For every dollar they invested, they expected ten dollars back. If the return didn't meet their goals, they wouldn't invest in your project.
Capitalists were all about making money; making money was the top priority.
Those who find fault are the real buyers. Seeing Zhang Tianxing's interest, Sher quickly said, "Ours is different from traditional internet chat rooms. This is a social platform where we can write diaries, express our views on the world, and convey our true feelings."
Zhang Tianxing nodded repeatedly, "This idea is good and very feasible. If it works, the market should be good. However, I have one question: how do you plan to operate this internet community, or more directly, how will this internet community generate revenue?"
Sher's face turned red, "I haven't thought about that yet. My idea is to build the website first, increase our user base, and then talk about profitability."
It seemed Zhang Tianxing was no exception. All investors invested for profit; no investor invested for their ideals.
"How about this, go back and do an investment report, write down everything we've discussed, and also the questions I asked. Think carefully and prepare a proposal to give to this lady. She will contact you then," Zhang Tianxing pointed at Guo Jiajia, saying, "It's only natural to have a secretary for business."
Sher nodded repeatedly upon hearing this. It seemed Zhang Tianxing did have this intention. He decided to write it carefully and also research current internet monetization methods. Then he would see how this internet dating platform could generate revenue. He was determined to convince Zhang Tianxing to launch this internet dating platform; it was his brainchild.