217: A perfect match! And Old Ma, a friend I haven't seen in years!

Perhaps the two of them had common topics?

For instance, when they first met, it was due to the promotion of ZFB.

Wang Lin had exclusive resources in this area and could indeed offer some help to Old Ma.

However, later on, Old Ma, with his vast enterprise, actually provided more assistance to Wang Lin.

Just the ZFB platform alone helped Junlin Finance achieve a leap from tens of billions to hundreds of billions in Public Funds.

Other traditional platforms simply couldn't achieve this.

Of course, Wang Lin's inherent strength also played a huge factor.

Or perhaps, Old Ma saw Wang Lin's potential?

Wang Lin's rise to prominence was incredibly clean.

He borrowed 1 million from a female classmate and then began operating in the stock market, with every transaction traceable.

Later, he even donated a library to his alma mater and established Private Equity Funds for local social security and Pension.

This year, the company's marketing department also began actively engaging in public welfare.

Not for anything else, but because he had money, and he wanted to gild his own reputation.

As for tax avoidance, was that a reason Wang Lin considered?

Money came too quickly; he paid taxes in full!

Coupled with the beginning of this year, Wang Lin entered the stock market with massive capital, like a dragon drawing tigers.

Wang Lin's presence was felt in every major market trend.

Even those Institutions couldn't withstand Wang Lin's sharpness.

He truly lived up to the name King Over the World.

In the world of Big A, in this land, a freshly graduated young man crushed a multitude of old leeks.

This point earned Old Ma's extreme praise.

Or perhaps there were other reasons.

For example, Wang Lin's current net worth?!

Hundreds of billions is definitely not Wang Lin's limit.

Old Ma knew about the things Wang Lin invested in; every point was blossoming in multiple areas.

Friendships also need to be on the same level; 'a match made in heaven' is a very fitting phrase for friends as well.

Friends of different social strata will eventually drift apart.

Because there are no common topics, unless they are the earliest friends.

But even the earliest friends might not work out, for example, Zhou Shuren and Runtu?

A single address of 'Master' made Zhou Shuren's heart tremble.

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In any case, on this day, at the peak of Old Ma's unprecedented success, his phone call actually went to Wang Lin.

And the witnesses to this scene were Guli Nazha and Tang Yixin.

It must be said, fate plays strange tricks.

"Alright, Old Ma, when I'm free, I'll come find you for a drink. Now you're the nation's Father Ma; it's time to enjoy your peak moment!"

Wang Lin said with a smile.

Old Ma was at the New York Stock Exchange in Beautiful Country.

This truly the world's largest financial center, the beacon of global finance.

At this moment, he was at his peak!

No one knew who he was calling, but they all knew that anyone Old Ma would share his joy with at such a moment was certainly no ordinary person.

Some said it was Cai Chongxin, but Cai was also present at the scene.

Others said it was someone else.

But, none of them guessed correctly.

Old Ma looked back.

Indeed, many people were already looking at him: black hair, yellow hair, all sorts of hair, with expectant, eager, envious, and fawning eyes.

Old Ma felt another surge of emotion in his heart.

It seemed that his sudden thought of Wang Lin at this moment was also inseparable from Wang Lin's gaze.

From beginning to end, Wang Lin's eyes never held that utilitarian look when he looked at him.

It was more like looking at a friend not seen for years!?

"Mr. Ma, please come this way. The organizers would like you to give a speech about today's stock market success!" A finely dressed female host looked admiringly at Old Ma with his crooked face.

At a time like this, that face looked handsome no matter how you viewed it.

Old Ma nodded, then looked around, finally stepping onto the highest stage in his thousand-soled black cloth shoes.

The repercussions of this event were enormous.

Even the officials publicly mentioned the matter.

No matter how big the commotion outside, it didn't affect Wang Lin.

To be honest, matters of love between men and women, at Wang Lin's level, could be obtained at the highest tier with just a thought.

How does that saying go? When you eat delicacies every day, you eventually get tired of them.

Instead, interesting things attracted Wang Lin's attention more... The successful IPO of Ali Baba further stimulated domestic and international venture capitalists.

It's worth noting that the Japanese SoftBank company profited more than 2,500 times its investment in this feast.

In 2000, they invested 20 million US dollars, and in just 14 years, that 34% stake is now worth 50 billion US dollars.

Of course, besides SoftBank, the biggest winner, there were also companies like Yahoo, Goldman Sachs, Boyu Capital, and China Investment Corporation.

These companies were all well-prepared for Ali Baba's listing this year; it was a feast, a carnival of capital.

If there was anyone who regretted it, it was definitely Goldman Sachs.

During the capital winter, when Ali was less than a year old, Goldman Sachs immediately took a liking to them, investing just over 3 million US dollars to gain more than 26% of the shares.

But unfortunately, they didn't hold on to the end, choosing to sell in 2004.

However, they still made a 7-fold profit.

The resulting ripple effect was that spring had arrived for entrepreneurs!

Originally, in 2013, the previous year, IPO transactions had dried up to an appalling extent, and investors held a conservative attitude towards exiting through listing.

To put it plainly, for a final round of financing like Ali Baba's, which was about to go public, no one would choose to invest.

Because everyone didn't want to be stuck with the chips.

No one knew what the situation would be like after listing.

So, cashing out when the financing market was good was the best option!

But the news of Ali Baba's successful IPO set a benchmark for the entire capital market.

Look, the venture capital market still has great potential!

From then on, venture capital bigwigs, contrary to their usual behavior, began to frantically all-in on late-stage investments.

Rounds like C-round and D-round are generally called late-stage investments.

Mogujie, Todays Headlines, Tujia, Didi Chuxing, Renzhongdai, etc., all had very stable market conditions this year.

What made Wang Lin happy was that the enterprises he invested in were now also rising with the warming capital market!