MTL - America’s Road To Fame-Chapter 473 Zhou Fan's first investment

The whole method is similar to the "DD trip" of Chen William's previous life, except that the objects called are all regular taxis in Atlanta Island. The taxi that successfully accepts the order will be able to rush to the other party's location for service.

And the income of each order needs to be deducted as a proportion of the cost of the Atlanta Taxi Company that provides vehicles and operating services, and the rest is attributed to the taxi driver.

Yes, taxi drivers do not need to buy their own vehicles. All taxis in Atlanta are provided by officially operated taxi companies. After passing the review, drivers can use the taxis provided by the company to take orders and earn money. .

This method, in this day and age, is still very novel, and it is also a way to make all the tourists who come to Atlanta feel novel and convenient.

However, at this time in the United States, there is also a company that provides a similar service. The name of this company is called Uber.

A year ago, Uber, which officially launched its app less than a year ago, received a $30 million investment from Meta Investment Company and paid 30% of its shares. This also made the company's founder very excited, because it meant So that they can get the support of the famous Meta Group, so as to develop smoothly.

Recently, Zhou Fan, who is in charge of the Atlanta Fund, also went to the United States. This time, the Atlanta Fund will join Uber's B round of financing, with an investment of $200 million in exchange for 20% of the company's shares.

With this investment from the Atlas Fund, Uber is ready to pursue their ambitious plans to expand into the European market.

Interestingly, Uber’s earliest idea came from Europe, and now it’s time to go back to the place where the idea started to develop the market.

One night in 2008, Uber's founders, Travis and Gretel, were good friends at a conference in France, when they walked out of the venue to find that they couldn't get a taxi on the streets of Paris.

As a result, the two shivering people decided on the spot that they must launch a revolutionary application software to solve the problem of difficulty in getting a taxi.

And it's better to be able to call a car at the touch of a button.

And so, Uber was born.

At that time, both of them had just finished their first business ventures, had a lot of money in their hands, and were looking for their next business idea.

So after this idea came up, they took action and prepared to develop a taxi-hailing software to solve the problem of people's difficulty in getting a taxi.

In a big city like San Francisco, for example, on Friday and Saturday nights, getting a cab is more difficult than skyrocketing. If there is a software that allows people to call a car with a click when they need it, there is definitely a market.

So after they returned to the United States, they bought a few high-end Mercedes-Benz sedans, hired some professional drivers, and began to pick up early Uber users in New York. The first batch of Uber tests was completed in New York.

In fact, the early users of Uber were friends of Travis.

At the time they were set up like this, you had to have an "invitation code" to use Uber.

Originally, they just wanted to try this idea, but as a result, more and more people asked for invitation codes. Travis realized that he really found a big market, so he established Uber and released the first One product - UberCab.

At the beginning of Uber's establishment, Nielsen, CEO of Meta Investment Company, accidentally used the company's services, and immediately realized that this was a good project, and immediately reported to William Chen.

In his previous life, William Chen naturally knew the name of Uber, but he didn't know that the company was founded so early, so he immediately agreed with Nielsen's suggestion to invest in the company and asked him to find Uber and talk about financing. .

At this time, the Meta investment company was not as obscure as it was when it was first established. The Meta Group in the United States can be said to be on a par with giants such as Google and Facebook.

Therefore, after the Meta Investment Company approached Uber, the other party quickly agreed to their investment. The one-year-old startup company, at a post-investment valuation of $100 million, paid 30% of the shares and got the Meta Investment Company $30 million investment.

Now, a year later, with the development of Uber, it has consolidated its foundation in the United States, and hopes to continue to expand the European market.

Therefore, Uber is about to launch a new round of financing. This time, the Atlanta Fund will participate, investing $200 million at a post-money valuation of $1 billion, and getting a 20% stake in this promising company.

Because he was in charge of the outstanding performance of the Atlan Fund business, Zhou Fan was also affirmed by the Atlan Management Committee. With the approval of Chen William, he became the head of the Atlan Fund's foreign investment department.

This investment in Uber is also the largest business since she took office. She personally led the team to the United States to negotiate.

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The helicopter took off from Atlanta and headed to Marcus Island.

"The construction vessel below is laying the power transmission cable from the Loire nuclear power plant to the Isle of Machus."

In the cabin, Li Ying sat beside Chen William, pointed to the sea where the helicopter just passed, and said to him:

"At present, the scale of the economic zone on Majus Island has been constrained by the lack of electricity. Before, the emergency was temporarily handled by thermal power plants. However, although thermal power plants were built faster, the pollution was serious. Once the transmission lines are laid, the problem will be solved.”

"However, through submarine cables, more than 20 kilometers, there is always loss."

Chen William watched the construction of the power transmission cable. The speed is not slow, and it is expected to be completed within a month.

"It's also acceptable, relatively speaking."

Li Ying introduced to him that the current plan is to wait until the second phase of the Loire nuclear power plant is completed and the two 35-megawatt generator sets are connected to the grid, so that the natural gas power station on Atlanta Island can be dismantled and installed in Malaysia. The economic zone of Russ Island.

Now Matsu Island ~www.novelbuddy.com~ has begun to build LNG storage tanks in advance for the transfer of natural gas power stations.

Originally, with the increase in the population of Atlanta, the demand for natural gas for daily use has also continued to increase, so the LNG storage area near the Freeport of Atlanta has needed to be expanded.

However, after the natural gas power station is transferred to the island of Majus, the LNG storage area on Atlanta Island can save a lot of consumption, and there is no need to increase the storage area for the time being.

The distance of nearly 40 kilometers was soon reached, and the helicopter landed in the Atlanta Economic Zone of Majus Island.

Li Ying accompanied Chen William to visit some of the current factories here, including cement factories, petroleum refining and chemical bases, paint factories, and AT cosmetics production workshops.

At the beginning, the population of Machus Island was about 26,000 people, including the number of refugee camps that PNG helped Australia set up there.

However, after Atlanta has successively invested in the port area and economic zone on Marcus Island, the population of Marcus Island has increased to 50,000 people, and more than two-thirds of them are directly employed by these project.

Most of the remaining people are also associated with various projects in Atlanta, such as providing various materials and services for the residential area here.

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