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Chapter 552 I might have been tricked (two in one)

Western time, on the evening of February 2th, Gao Yang and his party arrived at San Francisco Airport.

Wu Fei and Dorsey each drove a car and came to pick up the plane.

At 6:[-] in the evening, Gao Yang set foot in his coastal villa for the first time.

This half-mountain coastal manor covers an area of ​​15 mu, and has a double-storey villa with a total construction area of ​​more than 1800 square meters, 12 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms.

Under the lights, it looks like a splendid little castle.

After getting off the car, Lin Yunjiao took a few glances and exclaimed, "This villa is so beautiful!"

Wu Fei smiled and said, "Manor villas worth 1800 million dollars are rare in San Francisco."

"Brother Yang!" Shao Hanyun, who was wearing a maternity dress with a big belly, greeted him with joy.

Gao Yang asked with a smile: "When will you give birth, boy or girl?"

Shao Hanyun smiled and said: "There are still two months left, the due date is April 4th, and this baby is a girl."

Gao Yang said: "Then you and Jack have to work hard to have a boy. Anyway, you can have children casually in the United States."

Shao Hanyun smiled sweetly: "Jack and I have discussed it, and we will have three children, and the three of us are just right."

Shao Hanyun is now a little rich woman, and she is about to have a baby again, with a little happiness on her face.

Chen Lan also came over with two children. After the group entered the room, Shao Hanyun and Dorsey took Gao Yang and the others upstairs to settle in the room.

Shao Hanyun introduced:

"Brother Yang, this house is too big, we moved in before Christmas, and we were not used to it at first.

Four nannies were hired, all of whom were Chinese immigrants, and two of them were part-time housekeepers.

There is also a gardener who comes to help take care of it every half a month..."

After Gao Yang washed up, he went downstairs to the restaurant for dinner. Shao Hanyun knew that Gao Yang liked to drink Moutai, so he went to Chinatown to buy some old wine from five or six years ago.

Under Shao Hanyun's influence, Dorsey could drink a few glasses of white wine, and he was quite proficient in using chopsticks.

The nanny that the family invited to cook was a new immigrant from Shuchuan. The 45-year-old eldest sister was a housewife before immigrating.

After Gao Yang drank three glasses of wine, he began to ask: "What's the situation with Twitter now, why does Williams insist on talking to me about the equity transfer?"

Dorsey said: "We already have 460 million users. After New Year's Day this year, nearly 100 million new users have been added. This may be related to the subprime mortgage crisis. Our monitoring shows that more than 40% of the information is discussed every day. It's the subprime mortgage crisis.

From January to now, almost all the topics of Chaohua are the subprime mortgage crisis, and many people hate Wall Street.

There is only less than 60 US dollars left in the company's account..."

According to Shao Hanyun's request, Dorsey has to speak Chinese at home. Although there are a few English words in between, Dorsey's Chinese is already relatively fluent.

Chen Lan added: "Gao Yang, when we arranged for Android to invest in Twitter, the text of the agreement stipulated that the founding shareholders have the first right to acquire the shares of the shareholders, followed by the directors or management personnel of the company.

According to the terms of this agreement, Williams suspects that we have designed it from the beginning.

He thinks that Android, Jack, and Biz joined forces to remove him from his management position on the board of directors, which is also planned, and you are the commander behind the scenes.

Therefore, he said that he must negotiate with you face to face. "

Shao Hanyun also said: "Brother Yang, Jack and I started trying to negotiate an agreement with Williams to acquire equity at the end of November last year, and we talked about it 11 times.

This last time, we reported the purchase of 800% of the company he held for 13 million US dollars, and Williams began to let go.

Williams said that if he communicates with you smoothly, he can sell 20% or even all of the equity.

He hopes to have a higher quotation, and he believes that both you and the android company can afford the money.

Williams has seen that we are doing it on purpose by not taking ads to improve our financial situation. "

Gao Yang said: "It's normal, Williams is not an idiot, it's easy to guess."

Dorsey sighed: "Biz and I also communicated honestly with William. We didn't mean to push him out, but we had big differences on Twitter's financing, operations and values.

Williams also admitted that this is true.

From what I know of him, after losing hope of controlling twitter, he wanted to sell his shares as high as possible.

The market value of twitter has already begun to show. If it continues, Williams' asking price will be even higher. Therefore, we have to ask you to come forward and communicate with him. "

Gao Yang asked: "Does Williams know that you live here?"

Shao Hanyun said: "He knows that after we moved here, we held a party with Sister Lan and Brother Fei, and invited some Android and Twitter colleagues to the party, including Williams."

Gao Yang thought about it: "Then invite Williams to come to the house to talk. If he is really willing to sell 20% or even all of his shares, we can add a little more to our offer, which contains the funds in hand. We should consider taking over 13% of the shares. % of equity.

For the rest, the android company can take over first, and then transfer it to Yunyun, Jack and Biz.

It is enough to maintain the current proportion of Android company's equity.

After solving the equity problem of Williams, Android will continue to inject capital as originally planned, and Twitter can also try to open ads to improve cash flow..."

After dinner, Chen Lan reported to Gao Yang the return of shorting the US stock futures index:
"U.S. stocks began to fall in November last year. So far, the Dow has fallen by nearly 11%, and the Nasdaq has fallen by more than 12%.

The 3 times short index ETF we bought, under the guidance of Ruohan, the current overall yield is close to 30%, and the position is maintained at 4.5%. "

Gao Yang asked: "What is the income of the funds transferred from Hanyun?"

Chen Lan said: "Hanyun invested 2000 million US dollars in, so far, the overall profit is a little more than 25%, rolling to more than 2500 million US dollars."

Gao Yang thought for a while, and said: "In this case, if Williams is willing to transfer all the shares, Hanyun can take over 20%, and Biz can take over the remaining 3%.

The android company will not consider taking equity, and the next step, android will inject capital into twitter, which means that their equity will be diluted..."

At the beginning of November last year, Wu Ruohan raised Shao Hanyun's A-share capital to 11 million. After clearing the warehouse, he transferred 1.86 million US dollars to Shao Hanyun through a foreign trade company.

Then, let Shao Hanyun invest 2000 million US dollars in Titan Fund.

Shao Hanyun has more than 3600 million of the funds left in his A-share account, and temporarily arranges to do reverse repurchase of national debt.

After dinner, Gao Yang visited Wu Fei's house next door.

The straight-line distance between the two manors is less than 50 meters. Wu Fei's villa has an area of ​​just over 900 square meters and is designed with 7 bedrooms.

Gao Yang returned home, ran for half an hour in the gym, and then went to the swimming pool to swim.

The swimming pool is 25 meters long and 16 meters wide, including auxiliary facilities, covering an area of ​​460 square meters.

In a manor with a total area of ​​just over 1 square meters, it is not too small.

After swimming in Gaoyang for nearly an hour, let yourself be a little tired, so as to adjust the time difference.

This is the benefit of the capitalist society. As long as you have money, you can buy 100 acres of land and use it to build a private estate.

San Francisco has a Mediterranean climate, and the current temperature is around 10 degrees.

Lin Yunjiao and Molly both put on sexy bikinis and went swimming with Gao Yang.

Dorsey, Shao Hanyun, and Zhang Wei all went into the water.

After Gao Yang asked, he found out that Shao Hanyun had to swim for half an hour every day after she was five months pregnant.

Lin Yun woke up after swimming for half an hour, and chatted with Shao Hanyun wrapped in a bathrobe.

Shao Hanyun smiled and asked: "Yunjiao, San Francisco is still relatively cold this season, aren't you afraid of the cold?"

Lin Yunjiao said: "Don't be afraid, I grew up in the capital. I have been insisting on winter swimming since I was 10 years old, and I started practicing judo when I was 12 years old."

Shao Hanyun said: "No wonder you are so tall and have such a good figure..."

Later, when Gao Yang came ashore, Lin Yunjiao hurriedly handed over the bathrobe and helped Gao Yang dry his hair with a towel.

Looking at this scene, Shao Hanyun remembered the days when he was Gao Yang's assistant, and had a good impression of Lin Yunjiao.

Gao Yang and Gu Yawen treated Shao Hanyun as younger sisters, and Shao Hanyun also treated them as brothers and sisters. Now, even Dorsey changed his name to Brother Yang when he saw Gao Yang...

On the morning of February 2, Dorsey invited Ivan Williams, or Biz Stone, and asked Gao Yang to replace Shao Hanyun to discuss the equity transfer with Williams in person.

Seeing Williams, Gao Yang went straight to the point and asked, "Mr. Williams, why do you have to talk to me?"

Williams bluntly said: "Mr. Gao, you are a big shot, I believe that Jack and Biz will listen to your opinions, I have a big difference with you on the development plan of twitter.

I can quit twitter, however, I hope to get a reasonable return.

I can even give up all my twitter equity if the offer satisfies me. "

Gao Yang smiled slightly: "Mr. Williams, there is an old saying in Huaxia, 'Different ways, don't conspire with each other', since everyone has major differences in Twitter's development plan, it is beneficial for us to separate.

Previously, Jack and Hanyu had given a valuation close to 6200 million US dollars. They authorized me and were willing to increase the quotation.

Mr. Williams might as well be happy and directly report your expected twitter valuation, and we will discuss it later. "

Williams also smiled slightly: "Well, Mr. Gao, I think Twitter's current reasonable valuation is 1.2 million US dollars."

Gao Yang looked stunned, shook his head and smiled: "No matter how optimistic you are about Twitter's venture capital, it is impossible to give such a high valuation.

If twitter is worth 1.2 million US dollars, then 51 Group's 51 Weibo is worth at least 20 billion US dollars, and it is impossible to have such a crazy valuation.

If twitter is now open for financing, venture capital can give a valuation of up to 4500 million US dollars, we are willing to pay a substantial premium to acquire your shares in order to solve the company's equity problem..."

Gao Yang fought with Williams and gradually increased the price until it reached 8500 million US dollars.

At this point, Williams had given up a valuation of $9500 million.

Gao Yang said: "Mr. Williams, the valuation of 8500 million US dollars is already a substantial premium of nearly 90% compared to the market price. This is why we are willing to give such a high price considering your contribution to twitter. offer.

The premise is that you need to withdraw completely. If you still do not agree, our transaction cannot be negotiated. "

Williams pondered for a while, then suddenly raised his head and smiled: "Mr. Gao, I agree, 8500 million US dollars is a reasonable offer, and I can transfer all the shares in Twitter."

Gao Yang also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. Williams holds 23% of twitter shares, with a valuation of 1955 million US dollars.

In a few years, when Twitter develops to the point where it can apply for an IPO on Nasdaq, the value of this part of the equity will increase by more than 20 times.

If Williams is unwilling to give up these shares, it will inevitably seriously affect the development behind twitter.

Now, paying a price of nearly 2000 million US dollars to win the equity in Williams' hands is worth it.

For Williams, twitter, which was founded less than two years ago, can make him nearly 2000 million US dollars, which is also a big profit.

Next, both parties arrange their own legal counsel to prepare a share transfer agreement.

Gao Yang requested that the agreement be initialed on February 2 and the transaction be completed within this week.

For specific arrangements, Gao Yang discussed with Dorsey, Shao Hanyun and Biz Stone.

Shao Hanyun invested 1700 million US dollars to take over 20% of the equity held by Williams, and Biz Stone took over the other 3%.

Stone originally held 5% of twitter shares, but he did not have 255 million US dollars in his hand, so he arranged for Stone to mortgage his shares to Android Company, and raised 255 million US dollars at the bank loan interest rate. Interest will be repaid together.

Shao Hanyun took over 20% of Twitter's shares, and then he could transfer 5% of the shares to Dorsey in the form of a gift between husband and wife.

With such an arrangement, Android will continue to hold 60% of Twitter's equity, Dorsey's 22%, Shao Hanyun's 15%, and Stone's 8%.

This is a relatively ideal shareholding structure in Gao Yang's mind. Dorsey and Shao Hanyun can jointly control the company. Their combined voting rights are the most, and the android company still only has 35% of the voting rights.

At noon, Williams, who seemed very satisfied, was about to say goodbye. He held Gao Yang's hand tightly and said, "Mr. Gao, the agreement will be initialed tomorrow afternoon. We are still friends, right?"

Gao Yang smiled slightly: "Mr. Williams, of course we are still friends, business is business, I hope you can understand."

Williams said with a smile: "Yes, business is business, and I hope to continue to be friends with Mr. Gao.

Tomorrow afternoon, I want to hold a party at home, invite Mr. Gao, Jack, Biz, and Mr. Rubin as guests to witness and celebrate the agreement we have reached. "

Gao Yang thought about it: "How about this, Mr. Williams, we will arrange this party, and you can bring your friends to play together."

Williams said: "Okay, we need a party, and it's best to hold it in your beautiful manor..."

At 2:12 p.m. on February 4th, Western time, Williams initialed an equity transfer agreement with Shao Hanyun and Biz Stone.

At 5:10 p.m., the party officially started. The android company came to Andy Rubin and more than 5 people plus female companions. Williams and two friends brought [-] female companions.

A total of 50 people attended the party. Shao Hanyun ordered a buffet at a hotel and held the celebration reception on a large lawn next to the manor swimming pool.

Williams dressed like a playboy and brought two female companions, both young and beautiful girls in their 20s.

Holding a glass of red wine, Williams introduced two female companions to Gao Yang.

A girl of Chinese origin, named Zhu Ting, English named Lucy, about 168 cm tall, quite beautiful.

Another girl, blonde and blue-eyed, named Susan Miller, is Zhu Ting's friend.

Zhu Ting told Gao Yang that both of them were third-year computer science students at Stanford University.

Susan Miller, about 170 centimeters tall, with exquisite features, Gao Yang saw her for the first time, and immediately thought of the Hollywood actress, Scarlett known as the Black Widow.

The faces of the two were actually [-]-[-]% similar, so Gao Yang took another look.

Gao Yang's special look at Susan Miller was noticed by Williams, who had been observing secretly, and he gave Zhu Ting a wink.

Zhu Ting whispered something in Susan's ear, and Susan went to fetch two glasses of red wine and walked towards Gao Yang who was chatting with Lu Bin and others.

"Mr. Gao, can I buy you a glass of wine?" Susan looked at Gao Yang with a sweet smile.

Gao Yang had already drank a lot of wine just now, but he still took the wine glass handed over by Susan, and smiled slightly: "Miss Miller, thank you!"

Gao Yang followed Gu Yawen and Wu Ruohan to learn spoken English for more than a year, and now the basic daily communication is no problem.

After clinking glasses with Susan, Gao Yang took a sip of the wine and said with a smile, "Miss Miller, you remind me of a Hollywood actress."

Susan smiled sweetly: "Mr. Gao is talking about Scarlett Johansson, many people say that I look more like her."

Gao Yang nodded and smiled: "Yes, but you should be much taller than her."

Susan said: "Yes, I am 10 centimeters taller than Scarlett. Is Mr. Gao a fan of Scarlett?"

Gao Yang shook his head and smiled: "Not really, I've only watched a few of her movies, such as "The Horse Whisperer", "American Paradise", "Lost in Translation", and "Scoop".

Scarlett is an excellent actress. She looks pure and lovely, and she smiles beautifully, just like you. "

Susan had a sweet smile on her face: "Mr. Gao, please..."

The two drank fine wine and started chatting. Slowly, they began to call each other by name, as cordial as friends.

Later, Susan brought two more sandwiches, and had dinner with Gao Yang.

While eating and drinking, Susan's eyes began to look coquettish, and her words gradually became provocative.

Gao Yang felt somewhat amused, this little foreign girl can really think, it's quite fun to tease her.

until……

Suddenly his throat felt dry, his body became hot and dry, Gao Yang suddenly woke up when he had the idea of ​​throwing himself at the foreign girl immediately.

Damn, something's wrong, there's something wrong with the glass of red wine just now.

At this moment, Gao Yang remembered the incident that Dongge Liu Dong had encountered in the United States.

Gao Yang didn't change his face, and said with a smile: "Susan, I'm sorry, I'm a little thirsty, I'm going to find a glass of water."

Susan hurriedly said, "Lucas, I'll call the waiter for you."

Gao Yang waved his hand: "No, thank you, I will go by myself."

Turning around, Gao Yang's eyes flashed a coldness.

In his current status, if he is greedy for beauty, it can be said that he takes what he gives, what kind of beautiful girl can't get it?

But just now, in the face of this foreign girl's faint teasing, I actually had the urge to fall down.

At the beginning, after meeting Gu Yawen, when they first established a relationship, Gu Yawen was so pure and beautiful, Gao Yang could control his impulse and respect Gu Yawen's request at that time.

Susan couldn't imagine that this handsome and rich oriental man, the women around him were more beautiful and gentle than the other, which was far from what she could compare with.

Even if the Hollywood star Scarlett stood in front of Gao Yang at this moment, he would not be moved.

Gao Yang's forehead began to perspire slightly, and his body became even hotter. He found a bottle of mineral water and gurgled...

I drank it down in one go.

Then, he walked slowly to Lin Yunjiao's side, touched her waist lightly, and whispered:
"Yunjiao, I might have been tricked, don't be nervous, be natural..."

Lin Yunjiao's heart trembled, she turned to look at Gao Yang, kept a smile on her face, and said softly, "Brother Yang, what's wrong?"

"Don't be nervous, there is something wrong with the glass of wine that that bastard Susan handed me just now, it must have been drugged, and I put the glass under that oak tree," Gao Yang whispered, "I went back to my room to rest, You greet Zhang Wei and Molly quietly, and monitor closely later to see who will touch my room..."

(End of this chapter)