my return 2002

Chapter 328
Bai Yongxiang came to the door of a teahouse with some doubts, and subconsciously glanced around. After finding no one he knew, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then stepped into the teahouse.

"Sir, how many are you?" The welcoming lady asked enthusiastically.

Bai Yongxiang said: "Which box is Mr. Shen in?"

"plz follow me."

All the way to the box on the second floor, the waiter pushed open the door.

Shen Lang waved to Bai Yongxiang: "Boss Bai is here, please sit down."

Bai Yongxiang hesitated for a moment, but he went to the opposite side of Shen Lang, and greeted cautiously: "Mr. Shen."

"Okay, you can go to work first." Shen Lang said to the tea artist.

After the tea master left, Shen Lang poured Bai Yongxiang a cup of tea.

"How long has Mr. Bai been working in Meizu?"

Bai Yongxiang was startled by Shen Lang's words, and then replied: "It's been five years, Meizu was founded not long ago, and I followed Mr. Huang."

"You guys have a good personal relationship?" Shen Lang smiled.

Bai Yongxiang said with emotion: "Otherwise, I wouldn't drag my family and follow him to start a business."

Shen Lang nodded: "What kind of person is Huang always in your opinion?"

Bai Yongxiang was a little confused by Shen Lang: "Boss Shen, if you have anything to say, you might as well just say it."

"Since Boss Bai is so straightforward, I won't hide it anymore." Shen Lang looked directly at the other party and said word by word.

"If Mr. Huang leaves the management position of Meizu one day, I hope you will be the one to replace him."

Bai Yongxiang broke out in cold sweat as soon as he heard it. This is no longer a hint, but a naked statement.

All of a sudden, Bai Yongxiang stood up: "Mr. Shen, just pretend I haven't been here today."

Said to leave.

Shen Lang called him: "Boss Bai, don't be impatient, you're here, finish your tea before leaving, Dahongpao is quite expensive."

Bai Yongxiang's face couldn't help being a little embarrassed, Shen Lang's faint smile seemed to be mocking his poor acting skills, and he couldn't help but lament, sure enough, a man of science and technology is not suitable for playing tricks.

Helpless, Bai Yongxiang could only sit down again, took a sip of tea to hide his embarrassment.

Shen Lang smiled and helped him refill the tea, then said calmly.

"Five years, I remember that Meizu was only established in 02, right?"

Bai Yongxiang nodded silently.

Shen Lang raised his eyebrows: "How many five years are there in life? Boss Bai dedicated such precious five years to Meizu. At that time, Boss Huang didn't seem to be able to pay you much, right?"

The corner of Bai Yongxiang's mouth twitched, and he still didn't speak, but the expression on his face had already betrayed him.

"As a partner in starting a business together, why doesn't Mr. Bai have any shares in Meizu?"

These words were like an arrow piercing through Bai Yongxiang's psychological defense in an instant.

That's right, Sassafras has indeed raised his salary a lot over the years, but when Meizu first started, there was nothing he wanted, except that the funds came from Sassafras, and the technicians, factories, production lines, and design teams included parts supply He built it up little by little.

However, five years later, Sassafras did not replace the shares at all. Yes, Sassafras did give him full trust, but in the end, he was only regarded as an ordinary manager, not a business partner at all.

"Did Mr. Shen call me here today just to ridicule me?"

Bai Yongxiang was a little annoyed when his scars were uncovered.

Shen Lang just smiled faintly: "Boss Bai is being paranoid, I'm just complaining for Boss Bai."

Bai Yongxiang snorted, picked up the teacup and downed it in one gulp.

Shen Lang laughed secretly in his heart. Lei Jun always said that he was a miser, but in fact, Sassafras is the real iron cock when it comes to shares. He doesn't give up a dime. Partners like Bai Yongxiang who accompanied him to start a business for five years, unexpectedly got a little share Not even giving it is weird enough.

"Mr. Bai, tomorrow Meizu will conduct its third round of financing. If everything goes well, I will soon propose to the board of directors to take 10% of the shares as an option reward."

Bai Yongxiang sat up straight when he heard it, but then he smiled wryly and said: "Boss Huang won't agree."

"It's up to him to answer or not." Shen Lang sneered for a while.

Bai Yongxiang's heart trembled, and he looked at Shen Lang in disbelief: "Boss Shen!"

"That's right, it's exactly what you think. Sassafras has been playing tricks behind her back recently, and even secretly contacted Google to obtain the authorization of the Android system. Do you really think you can hide it from me?" Shen Lang glanced at Bai Yongxiang coldly. .

Bai Yongxiang suddenly felt his hands and feet were cold. Only a few executives knew about the contact with Google, but Shen Lang could know it. Obviously, Meizu's senior management has been captured.

"What do you want me to do?" Bai Yongxiang is not stupid, he naturally knows that the 10% option reward is not for nothing.

Shen Lang spread his hand to refill Bai Yongxiang's tea again, and handed the teacup in front of him: "It's very simple, you don't need to do anything. After Mr. Huang retires, I hope you can take over the position of CEO of Meizu. , a safe and steady transition, everyone is good, isn't it?"

This is also the basis for Shen Lang to be able to convince other investors. What venture capital institutions want is a thriving Meizu. As for who is the CEO, they don’t care at all. The key is to make money. After a few years, they will invest in Meizu. Money can be returned more than ten times.

Bai Yongxiang's hands on his knees kept shaking, and he didn't know whether it was his hands or his feet shaking. He knew that once he agreed to Shen Lang, it would mean a betrayal of Sassafras.

The reason why he stayed in Meizu these years is that on the one hand, his salary is really good. He takes care of his family and needs a stable environment; Besides, he is still a good person, and it is very comfortable to work under him.

However, all of this is too fragile in front of the 10% option reward. Without shares, no matter how high the position is, no matter how high the salary is, it is nothing more than a high-level wage earner, just like Tang Jun, no matter how much he brags, whether he is Microsoft is still Shanda, he does not have any right to speak, but is just a screw that can be replaced at any time.

Bai Yongxiang picked up the teacup, drank it down, and then put it back on the coffee table.

Shen Lang smiled and stretched out his hand to Bai Yongxiang: "Trust me, this will be the wisest decision you've ever made in your life."

Bai Yongxiang forced a smile: "I hope so."

With the successive explosions of Meizu M6 and M7, Meizu's influence has completely changed from a small MP3 factory in Zhujiang to become the leading mobile phone brand in China.

Sassafras is also proud of the horseshoe these days. Since the news of Meizu’s third round of financing was released, many venture capital institutions at home and abroad have actively sought cooperation.

Thinking back to when he first started his business, in order to get some investment, he would beg his grandpa to sue his grandma everywhere, which is completely different from the current situation.

The third round of financing went extremely smoothly, and Meizu’s valuation was also called to 80 billion yuan, still selling 20% ​​of the shares. Among them, IDG finally got the qualification to lead the investment as it wished.

What reassures Huang Zhang is that Shen Lang did not participate in this round of financing, and his shares were diluted to 30%, while he still has 37% of the shares and is still the largest shareholder of Meizu.

The progress of this financing also made Huang Zhang very satisfied. In just one month, the funds of all venture capital institutions reached Meizu's corporate account.

However, on the second day, Sassafras was woken up by a phone call early in the morning, and immediately felt bad.

Shen Lang held a general meeting of shareholders in the name of the company's second largest shareholder.

Sassafras was a little caught off guard by the sudden shareholder meeting, but he was not too worried. His shares were more than Shen Lang's, and Meizu's performance was booming under his leadership. Even if Shen Lang wanted to do something, the shareholders would not will be on his side.

However, Sassafras still made sufficient preparations before that, visiting investors one by one.

The result of the visit surprised Huang Zhang. Many heads of investment institutions either avoided seeing them, or evaded their words and looked away, which made Huang Zhang feel alarmed.

As the day of the general meeting of shareholders approached, Huang Zhang only had time to pay a quick visit to some investors who had invested in Meizu since its inception, and finally got some support.

On New Year's Day 2008, Meizu's headquarters held its first shareholder meeting after the third round of financing.

As the largest shareholder, Sassafras, the CEO and chairman of the company, came to the conference room early in the morning and made friends with the investors who came to the shareholders meeting.

The attitude of these investors towards Sassafras is also friendly, which makes Huang Zhang feel a little relieved, maybe the situation is not as bad as he imagined.

"Mr. Xiong, welcome."

Huang Zhang enthusiastically shook hands with Xiong Xiaoge, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Xiong, you must support me today, we agreed before."

Xiong Xiaoge withdrew her hand without a trace, and smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Huang, I really want to support you, but I also have difficulties at this moment and at that moment."

At this moment, Shen Lang brought people to the meeting room, and what surprised Huang Zhang most was that Bai Yongxiang was following behind him.

Sassafras' brain exploded with a "hum", and the moment he saw Bai Yongxiang, he knew that Shen Lang was fully prepared to oust him from the stage at today's shareholders meeting.

"Bai Yongxiang, what are you doing here? Get out!" Huang Zhang pulled Bai Yongxiang past him, gnashing his teeth.

Stared at by Sassafras' bloodshot eyeballs, Bai Yongxiang subconsciously took a step back, and just as he was about to say something, he put a hand on his shoulder.

As soon as he turned around, he saw that it was Shen Lang, and Bai Yongxiang calmed down a little.

Shen Lang said to Bai Yongxiang: "President Bai find a seat first."

But Huang Zhang made up his mind to hold Bai Yongxiang, and shouted loudly: "Today is the general meeting of shareholders, he is not eligible to attend!"

This sentence completely hurt Bai Yongxiang's psychological defense. Originally, he was a little embarrassed to face Sassafras, but now he stood firmly behind Shen Lang.

Shen Lang smiled and separated the two: "Mr. Huang, don't be in a hurry, this is my first proposal to hold a shareholders' meeting today."

After speaking, he greeted everyone: "Everyone sit down first, I think everyone is here, let's start."

Huang Zhang could only give Bai Yongxiang a vicious look.

"Mr. Shen, what exactly are you going to do?" Huang Zhang gritted his teeth and stared at Shen Lang.

Shen Lang shrugged, and with a wave of his hand, his assistant Yang Mei sent the documents in his hand to all the shareholders.

"Everyone, you must all know that Meizu is today because of the combination of Mr. Huang and Mr. Bai these years. Meizu is now in a period of rapid development, and talents are rare. In order for Meizu to have a better development in the future, I have made a Option incentive plan, in the next five years, 10% of Meizu’s shares will be used as options to reward the executive team and core technical personnel, so as to increase Meizu’s core competitiveness.”

As soon as the words were spoken, the meeting room was full of noise, but Huang Zhang found that most of the heads of venture capital institutions did not show the slightest surprise, and his heart sank.

"Mr. Shen, this seems inappropriate, right? You are undoubtedly infringing on the interests of the majority of shareholders!"

After Huang Zhang finished speaking, some shareholders nodded.

Shen Lang smiled calmly: "In the 21st century, what is the most important thing? Talent! Especially for technology-driven companies like the mobile phone industry, there is a steady stream of demand for talents. If there is no complete set of equity rewards mechanism, how to attract outstanding talents and ensure competitiveness?"

"Everyone knows that the star system has been open-sourced, and the competition that Meizu will face in the future will be extremely cruel. If the management team and core technical personnel do not feel safe and are poached collectively, our shares will become a pile. Worthless waste paper, what do you guys think?"

As soon as the Star System open source Sassafras was mentioned, he became very angry, and now Shen Lang actually used this to get shareholders to agree to his option reward plan, Sassafras almost vomited blood from depression.

However, after listening to the shareholders present, they felt that it was very reasonable. Anyway, the 10% shares were not sold by one company, and the value of the shares was diluted, which was more beneficial to them.

In this way, through voting, the final option reward plan received a support rate of 58%, more than half, and passed.

The moment the resolution was passed, Bai Yongxiang was so excited that he almost jumped up from his chair, and his gaze towards Shen Lang became extraordinarily firm. As for the murderous gaze cast by Sassafras, Bai Yongxiang directly chose to ignore it.

Huang Zhang was about to leave the scene angrily, but was stopped by Shen Lang.

"Mr. Huang, don't worry, I have another proposal here."

Huang Zhang clenched his fists, suppressed his anger and sat down.

However, as soon as Shen Lang opened his mouth, Huang Zhang couldn't sit still.

"Today's second proposal is to remove Mr. Huang from the position of CEO of Meizu! Bai Yongxiang will take over as Mr. Bai!"

The meeting room was completely silent at first, and then with a burst of anger from Sassafras, the whole thing exploded.

Huang Zhang slammed the table hard and shouted: "Don't even think about it, I am the chairman, have you passed the board of directors' acceptance of the CEO?"

However, the next moment, Shen Lang also stood up and stared at Sassafras, saying word by word.

"Then I will make a third proposal, which is to remove Mr. Huang from the post of chairman of Meizu and let me take over!"

Huang Zhang slumped on the chair all of a sudden, he looked at the board members present with some horror, and the latter followed Shen Lang.

"Hands up in favor."

The board members raised their hands one by one, also more than half.

Only then did Huang Zhang realize that he had become a loner unknowingly.

(End of this chapter)