"Mr. Zhou, CITIC Bank will try its best to meet your requirements. I wonder what else can we serve Pinduoduo in addition to what we have discussed before?" Li Ziwen asked politely in the office of Toutiao's new headquarters.

In order to allow CITIC Bank to take the fast train of Toutiao, CITIC Bank is full of sincerity in this financing of Pinduoduo.

In addition to agreeing to Pinduoduo's valuation, he is also willing to take out $2 billion as a loan alone.

A loan of US$2 billion is actually nothing, because so many companies under Zhou Yujie are developing well, and repayment ability is absolutely impossible to be a problem, but the interest attached to the loan is very low, only 3%. This interest is lower than that of ordinary users in three years of deposit, and it is purely to give Zhou Yujie such a large amount of cash flow.

But for CITIC Bank, it is worth it to be able to exchange for a ticket to Pinduoduo with no profit or risk.

In addition to loans, CITIC Bank also promises to carry out further cooperation in financial cooperation.

Zhou Yujie nodded and said, "I am very much looking forward to further cooperation with CITIC Bank. Pinduoduo's needs have basically been met, but I personally have another requirement."

"Please speak, Mr. Zhou." Li Ziwen said quietly with a smile. Although there are many conditions, it is basically the same at this point.

Zhou Yujie said: "Toutiao has been unswervingly developing in the Internet field over the past few years, but I personally have my own views on other industries, so I am planning to use my personal funds to enter another industry. However, because this belongs to a traditional industry, it is too difficult to start from scratch. I want to directly acquire a company with scale and technology on the market."

"What industry is Mr. Zhou going to enter? How much acquisition funds?" Li Ziwen immediately smiled when he heard this question. The trading company is actually a business of the bank. Not only is it very familiar with this aspect, but it can also make money from small and medium-sized funds.

Zhou Yujie said: "I want to enter the medical equipment manufacturing industry!"

"Medical equipment?" Li Ziwen was stunned for a moment, his mind was a little unturned. From the Internet to medical equipment, this seemed to be a bit far behind. Based on her understanding, Zhou Yujie should be ready to enter some people's livelihood technology industries, so that he can bring out the value of headlines.

However, with a very high business literacy, he immediately said: "The medical industry involves many aspects. Does Mr. Zhou have a general direction? I can find a suitable company for you based on the products."

Zhou Yujie said: "There are many fields in medical care. I want to start with a simple one. The first direction is the blood, respiratory medical equipment and medical protective supplies. The company I want to acquire does not need to be very large, but it cannot be too small. At least it needs rich production experience and a complete quality control system to expand its scale in the future."

"Blood replacement, ventilators and protective supplies are not high-tech products. There are still many such companies on the market. I will immediately arrange for people in this field to consult to see if there are any suitable companies looking for sale." Although Li Ziwen found it strange, he did not ask any more questions.

It is normal for a super rich man to have his own fun. This fun may be to play or to want to enter a certain industry. For example, a super rich man in the UK started his business with a supermarket, but insisted on opening an airline. It was just a hobby.

With Zhou Yujie's net worth, spending hundreds of millions of yuan to acquire a medical equipment company is just a drop in the bucket. Since the other party needs it, then you can just meet the requirements yourself.

Li Ziwen continued to ask: "Mr. Zhou, although there are many medical equipment companies, they are large-scale and are still ready to be sold. It takes a lot of effort to find them. Will this affect Pinduoduo's development plan?"

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "These are two different things. Pinduoduo's financing plan will come out soon. We will discuss the details at that time."

"Okay, then I'll wait for good news from you, Mr. Zhou." Li Ziwen said with a smile.

...

After returning to the hotel, Li Ziwen quickly walked to the balcony, took out an elderly machine from his backpack, and then dialed a number.

"Awen, how is Pinduoduo's investment?" A majestic voice came from the opposite end of the phone.

"Dad, it's basically done, and the subsequent question should be about how much shares it is." Li Ziwenhui reported.

"Okay, this time you won the shares of Pinduoduo for CITIC Bank. The credit can be said to be enough. I will help you operate. It is not a problem to upgrade to a higher level. Then you can be transferred out of the bank and you can become a department-level directly." A satisfactory voice came from the opponent of the phone.

Although expected, Li Ziwen was still overjoyed. In the current officialdom, even if there are people behind him, it is difficult to get promoted quickly. Many processes have to be followed step by step. Although under normal circumstances, they can reach the end, it takes too much time.

Central enterprises are different. Although they are also administrative agencies here, the nature of semi-enterprises can enable people with contributions to be promoted quickly. If they can be transferred from central enterprises in the future and have sufficient relationships, the rank will be retained, which will make time demand much more convenient.

Li Ziwen thought for a while and said, "By the way, Dad, Zhou Yujie also made a strange request. He wanted to enter the medical equipment field and wanted CITIC Bank to come forward to acquire a company that meets his requirements."

"Medical equipment?" The phone caller was silent for a moment and said, "No matter he is, it is enough to meet his requirements. There should be a lot of such companies in China, and it is not a problem to acquire funds in place."

Li Ziwen said: "I understand this."

After hanging up the phone, Li Ziwen thought for a while, took out his Huawei phone, dialed a phone number, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, I have a customer here who wants to acquire a medical equipment company. See if there is anything suitable there..."

...

After another month of negotiations, the seven major investment institutions led by CITIC Bank once again reached a strategic investment agreement with Pinduoduo.

Seven major institutions jointly raised US$1.5 billion from Pinduoduo. Among them, CITIC Bank invested a total of US$750 million because it was the lead investment. At the same time, it also borrowed a loan of US$2 billion.

Since then, Pinduoduo has added 3.5 billion US dollars in cash, and the subsequent battle for money-burning subsidies is about to break out.

However, unexpectedly, Pinduoduo suddenly submitted a listing plan to the Hong Kong government exchange. As soon as the news came out, the whole country and even the world were shocked.

It is incredible that Pinduoduo chose to go public so quickly, which is enough to break the record of new companies in many places.

And most importantly, this is the first company to be listed among Toutiao’s many businesses.
Chapter completed!