CHAPTER 740: CHAPTER 740

That day, the most sensational news in the investment world was that the richest man in Yun City, Lin Fan, and the financial diva Feng Ruolan, had jointly established an investment institution called Ruofan Capital.

The identities of Lin Fan and Feng Ruolan were the reason for the sensation, as people were eager to know what Ruofan Capital would become in the future.

"Mr. Lin is the fastest rising tycoon I’ve ever seen. He rapidly rose to a 200 billion market value company by acquiring Celestial Aviation. Mr. Lin himself is an extraordinary investment master!"

"Feng Ruolan is a financial diva who dominates the industry. Her partnership with Mr. Lin is a powerful alliance!"

"In my view, Sequoia Capital has traversed the investment world for years, unbeaten. Perhaps the emergence of Ruofan Capital will change this situation."

"What? Ruofan Capital is challenging Sequoia Capital? I’m getting excited!"

"Haha, that’s too ambitious. Defeat Sequoia Capital? Better defeat the Wei Family’s Wansheng Capital first!"

"Don’t say any more, anyway, it’s a battle among big shots. Let’s just grab some popcorn and watch this tycoon’s game."

There was plenty of discussion among the investment community, with most leaning towards favoring Ruofan Capital. After all, this was Lin Fan and Feng Ruolan — no one dared to underestimate them.

Of course, there were also some who were not optimistic, maintaining a skeptical and observing attitude. After all, it is not easy for an investment institution to succeed!

Regardless, Ruofan Capital had already surfaced, and entrepreneurs looking for investment from Ruofan Capital flocked in, with countless business plans and financing proposals flying in like snowflakes, piling up on Lin Fan’s desk.

Lin Fan received a system task that required him to complete ten investments within seven days. This task seemed not difficult. Let alone ten investments; with Lin Fan’s substantial financial resources, even investing in 100 projects at once would be easy.

The difficulty lay in that it wasn’t just about spending money, but rather required that these ten projects all achieve great success in the future and become leaders in their industries.

Lin Fan really liked the movie "Legend of Wang Duoyu", where the protagonist is tasked to spend a billion in a month and, exhaustively thinking about ways to spend the money, one idea is to invest under the guise of helping ordinary people realize their dreams, declaring that anyone with dreams or projects can come to Wang Duoyu.

"This project, I, Wang Duoyu, will invest in!" became an iconic quote.

Now, Lin Fan was in a situation similar to Wang Duoyu, facing countless projects flying in like snowflakes.

But Lin Fan was different from Wang Duoyu in that Wang Duoyu just needed to spend the money, so no matter how absurd or ridiculous the project was, he could invest.

Lin Fan was not. Lin Fan’s goal was to find the ten most top-notch projects, which was very challenging, not something a regular person could achieve.

Even the top investment masters, proclaimed as elite both domestically and internationally, do not dare guarantee that all their investments will succeed, nor dare guarantee they won’t miss some good projects.

Fortunately, Lin Fan possessed top-level investment master skills.

"Is this the entrepreneurial proposal sent over today?"

At Ruofan Capital headquarters, Lin Fan asked his secretary, Zhao Jiayi.

Zhao Jiayi said: "Yes, apart from these proposals, there are countless people wanting to meet Mr. Lin to discuss investments."

Lin Fan smiled and said: "No rush. I’ll decide who to meet after going through these proposals."

Lin Fan then sat down, started quickly browsing through the folders before him, spending a few minutes on some projects, but mostly just a few seconds, essentially skim-reading them.

Soon, the folders on the table quickly reduced while the ground was littered with folders rejected by Lin Fan — all of them start-up projects he dismissed.

This scene left Zhao Jiayi beside him dumbstruck. The chairman was so impressive! Generally, judging a project’s feasibility requires careful consideration!

But the chairman was almost reading at ten lines at a glance, making decisions in mere seconds.

In the end, all entrepreneurial proposals on the table were tossed to the ground, covering it completely.

Only one proposal was left in front of Lin Fan.

Lin Fan opened the proposal, revealing a satisfied smile: "An intelligent operating system? Very good. Notify these students, I want to meet them. I plan to invest in this project."

Lin Fan handed this proposal to Zhao Jiayi.

Zhao Jiayi took a look. The proposal came from four university students — truly unexpected. Out of so many proposals, the chairman only favored this one.

Soon, the news of Lin Fan rejecting over a hundred start-up projects in one day spread unstoppably in the investment world, shocking everyone and sparking wide discussion in the industry.

"Mr. Lin certainly lives up to his reputation; he rejected over a hundred entrepreneurial projects in one day — that’s just absurd!"

"Amazing! How does he do it?"

"It’s said Mr. Lin decides a project’s fate within seconds. This speed is unmatched."

"If it were someone else, they might have been laughed at. But this is Mr. Lin — who dares laugh at him!"

Everyone was repeatedly amazed.

The emergence of Ruofan Capital quickly caught Wei Tiansheng’s attention, especially Lin Fan’s feat of rejecting more than a hundred projects in a day, which Wei Tiansheng also noticed.

Wansheng Capital, Wei Tiansheng’s firm, had always been renowned in Jiangnan’s investment circles, unparalleled in Jiangnan.

However, the arrival of Ruofan Capital undoubtedly posed a threat to Wansheng Capital.

"This Lin Fan is really at odds with me everywhere. He established Ruofan Capital precisely to rival my Wansheng Capital!" Wei Tiansheng gritted his teeth, very annoyed.

In fact, Lin Fan merely wanted to complete a system task and had no intention of targeting Wei Tiansheng.

Of course, the emergence of Ruofan Capital indeed made Wei Tiansheng feel challenged, which was natural; Ruofan Capital, having Lin Fan and Feng Ruolan joining forces, already stirred a sensation in the investment circles.

Wei Tiansheng couldn’t help but see Ruofan Capital as an opponent, as if facing a great enemy.

However...

When Wei Tiansheng learned Lin Fan rejected over a hundred projects but kept only one, which happened to be the one he had previously dismissed!

Wei Tiansheng couldn’t help but laugh out loud, laughing until his belly hurt: "Lin Fan, oh Lin Fan, I thought you were formidable, but you actually picked up the trash I threw away, hahaha..."

Wei Tiansheng burst into laughter, suddenly holding some disdain for Lin Fan. Lin Fan making so much hype was just spinning PR, revealing Lin Fan indeed knows how to create sensationalism, but his investment acumen, really, is not that great!

He reviewed that proposal from the four university students, even had a meeting with them, confirming it was a trash project — no prospects, no feasibility, just four naive and overconfident young people dreaming blindly.

"What?"

"Lin Fan invested 50 million in that project outright?"

Wei Tiansheng was stunned for a while, murmuring, "Lin Fan, isn’t he a fool?"