Chapter 319 - I Need an Investment Consultant Who Would Not Provide Any Investment Advice (1/2)

Ma Yang looked slightly puzzled. “Er… why does it sound like we’ll be doing charity?”

Pei Qian quickly shook his head and explained, “This isn’t charity!

“Tengda will do charity in the future, but this firm is meant to be a legitimate venture capital firm. The difference is that we would never receive any money in return for doing charity.

“On the other hand, while we could incur losses by investing, we could also profit. Who would be able to tell?

“All I’m saying is, don’t prioritize generating profit. Our priority should be realizing dreams, understand?

“If we end up incurring losses, it’ll be alright. After all, providing venture capital is risky. I’m sure everyone appreciates that there will be risks involved.”

Ma Yang was beginning to understand. “Well… Brother Qian, does that mean that we can invest in any dream that needs to be realized?”

Pei Qian nodded profusely. “That’s right! Old Ma, I love that you’re so fast in comprehending me!”

Ma Yang became even more excited.

At the beginning, he had thought that investment firms were where money bred more money.

However, after hearing Pei Qian’s description, Ma Yang realized something else. Not only could investment firms generate profit, but they could also help businesses-on the brink of insolvency-to realize their dreams.

Thinking about it this way made Ma Yang feel like an angel in white, responsible for saving the lives of others.

At once, he felt much better about himself!

“Brother Qian, when do we start investing? I can barely wait!” Unable to sit still for much longer, Ma Yang immediately tried to jump to his feet.

However, Pei Qian quickly held him down. “Don’t be too eager.

“In order to do a good job, we must have the best tools. I will look for a satisfactory assistant for you in the next few days.”

Investing was complex and highly technical. Ordinary venture capital firms normally took many steps before deciding to invest in a particular company.

They had to shortlist the investment proposals provided by various entrepreneurs, review them, consider the investment projects from various angles, interview the ventures’ managers, understand businesses’ history, and engage in complicated negotiations and valuations…

Ma Yang could do none of these.

At most, he could read the investment proposals and decide how much to invest in each venture. However, he knew nothing about the concrete operations behind the scenes.

Of course, this was also why Pei Qian chose him to take over this responsibility.

However, in order for the venture capital firm to operate as per normal, he needed someone to take care of the miscellaneous tasks.

Even if Pei Qian did not hire an assistant for Ma Yang, Ma Yang would look for someone to help him once he realized that he could not handle everything on his own. Then, Pei Qian might end up with an unsalvageable mess.

Thus, Pei Qian decided to take the initiative!

He decided to hire a knowledgeable and experienced assistant for Ma Yang, who would do all the work but not interfere in Ma Yang’s decisions.

It would be best if the assistant did not even answer Ma Yang’s questions.

Pei Qian asked, “As a future venture capitalist, do you have any expectations of your job?”

Ma Yang confidently patted his chest and said, “Don’t worry, Brother Qian! I know it all!

“Many businesses will hand their proposals to me. In turn, I will transfer them all to professionals, who would then brief me on which ones had potential and which ones didn’t.

“I would filter out the scammers first! Then, I would ask them to point out to me the ventures that had the most potential and then invest heavily in those!”

Pei Qian was speechless.”…”

Now that you said that, I don’t want to hand the investment firm over to you anymore.

Ai, Old Ma… when will you finally understand your role?

Pei Qian shook his head. “You cannot do that. You cannot allow your assistant to shortlist the proposals. You must do it on your own!”

Ma Yang looked confused. “Huh? Why? I know nothing about this.” Pei Qian said solemnly, “You might not understand the figures, but you definitely understand what a heart with a dream looks like!

“Think about it. How would small companies with lofty dreams have the energy to do up their investment proposals?

“Dreams are often up in the air and filled with emotions. How can one write them in detail and reduce them to cold, hard numbers so that they look realistic and pragmatic?

“If someone else filters the proposals for you, they would have to filter out all the small companies with lofty dreams, which really need the money!

“That’s why you have to do this job on your own!

“Any well-knit, carefully-worded proposal with detailed and reliable figures is devoid of dreams! The beautifully-worded proposals with missing figures and infectious energy are the ones with real dreams! Dream Realization Ventures would only be investing in dreams if we invest in the latter type of ventures!

“You must remember this. Hidden inside every unreliable investment proposal is an even bigger dream!”

A realization dawned on Ma Yang, causing him to nod. “So that’s the case. That makes

sense!”

Seeing that Ma Yang was becoming persuaded, Pei Qian kept working hard. “You must remember that the name of our investment firm would be Dream Realization Ventures.

“Whether we make money or not would not be important, but we must invest in dreams!

“We can relax on every other standard, but not on realizing dreams. We must insist never to invest in projects that do not contain dreams, understand?”

Ma Yang nodded profusely. “I understand!”

Pei Qian could tell from Ma Yang’s expression that his brainwashing attempt had succeeded. As long as no one tried to correct Ma Yang’s understanding, the latter would probably hold onto this mindset for a long time.

“Brother Qian, I’m going into seclusion for now, then. I’m going to buy some books on investment and try to get a good grasp of the relevant knowledge!”

Ma Yang looked very excited. Pei Qian was just about to stop him, but when he recalled how Ma Yang had performed even after reading technical books on game design, he immediately relaxed.

He decided to allow Old Ma to work hard. The harder he worked, the quicker they would fail…

When he returned to Tengda, Pei Qian approached Assistant Xin.