After the Lantern Festival, online discussions about Golden Harvest's financing showed no signs of cooling down.
Even news of JD.com securing over thirty million dollars in its second round of financing failed to siphon off much attention. At that time, JD.com was still a relatively unknown internet company, with operations limited to major cities. Consequently, news of its funding mostly circulated only within investment and internet circles. However, the inclusion of Liu Zhou's Zhoushan Capital among JD.com's investors added a spark of heated debate to this second funding round. Still, because JD.com was largely unfamiliar to the general public, people quickly lost interest after a brief discussion. Compared to JD.com, Golden Harvest's financing captured much more public fascination, becoming a favored topic of conversation over drinks.
Yet, compared to the outside world, the news of Liu Zhou investing in JD.com made a much bigger splash within investment and internet circles. Although Liu Zhou had not made any investment moves for a long time, his razor-sharp vision was legendary. This applied not just to investments, but equally to the operation of Sina. Leaving aside investments, Sina Group's two core businesses—Sina Video and Sina Weibo—were both developed under Liu Zhou's direct leadership. Therefore, both circles held a deep-seated respect for him. The fact that Liu Zhou had unexpectedly invested in an e-commerce company that nobody favored naturally aroused conside…
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