Gu Tong was inwardly surprised after sitting down. The guest list described Lin Chu as a well-known private investor, but as an industry insider, she had made a point to look him up and had drawn a complete blank.
Now, seeing him in person, she was shocked by how young he was.
However, anyone who could become a Chartered Diamond Member of the Mission Hills Golf Club had met a certain threshold. So, she committed no breach of etiquette and remained exceedingly polite.
After a few pleasantries, the conversation began to flow with a natural back-and-forth.
Lin Chu had heard of MQ Investment. The venture capital firm was quite influential in Peng City.
Investment firms with English acronyms for names were usually the domestic arms of international capital. For the past decade, they had reigned supreme.
But now? With interest rates rising overseas and capital flowing back, the entire market had slumped.
'They were probably having a tough time too.'
