The Age of Rebirth

Chapter 465
"Chairman, this is the signed contract. Tomorrow and the final offer letter will form the official contract text!"

On the morning of the third day after Li Weidong came to San Francisco, in Jiang Zhili's office, he finally heard from Zou Yi that a node of this work had come to an end.

"Let me simply report to you that there are [-] companies that have finally reached an agreement with us. Here is a list of companies. You can take a look at it later!"

"These companies are basically relatively large-scale asset management or investment companies, and there are two private equity funds, of course Yahoo is also in it!"

"In order to give them enough time to consider the quotation, and to have time to prepare the performance guarantee, we have extended the deadline for quotation to twelve o'clock tomorrow!"

"Before twelve o'clock, each company's quotation and performance bond will be submitted together, and they will be told that there is only one chance. This is an official document, please take a look!"

"Here is the template that we have translated into Chinese. Except for the difference in the company name, the rest of the content is the same." Zou Yi put a stack of documents on the desk.

Li Weidong looked at the list summary at the top. Although it was printed in English, there was a handwritten translation beside it.

Seventeen companies are listed in alphabetical order. The three giants in the asset management industry, Pioneer Group, BlackRock Group and State Street Group are all present. This is Li Weidong's target company.

At this point in time, the sale of Li Weidong's shares is basically stable. With so many companies, it is estimated that the possibility of these shares being "unsold" is very small.

"Yes, I have finally made great progress. You have also worked hard. You can take a break for the time being. After tomorrow, you will have a complete rest!" Li Weidong flipped through the files casually.

In the past two days, Zou Yi led them to talk with these companies one by one. The main reason is that the time and ratio of money and goods transactions are different. It is difficult to unify so many companies.

Otherwise, there would be only [-] companies left. There were originally more than [-] interested companies, and more than half of them were eliminated just because of the payment problem.

Of course, most of these companies are estimated to be empty-handed preparations, taking 10% of the performance guarantee, obtaining the ownership of these stocks, and then selling them to perform the contract.

It's a beautiful idea, but everyone is smart. Li Weidong has an expert team composed of dozens of people. How could he fail to see through their tricks and agree to this request.

Zou Yi smiled wryly and said, "It's not that easy. As of twelve o'clock tomorrow, we only have 20 hours. We still have a lot of preparations to do!"

Zou Yi had a bitter face, but he was actually very excited. No matter who he was, he would not be calm in the face of such a big project. This is probably an event that will be recorded in history.

Once it is achieved, the media will definitely spread the hype. After all, it is not always possible to hear or even experience the investment income of hundreds or thousands of times.

"Haha, then after signing the contract, I will give you time to take a vacation, and the company will reimburse you!" Li Weidong said with a smile, without any embarrassment.

When this matter is over, whether it is according to the convention or the company's regulations, Li Weidong will definitely distribute a bonus. For such a big transaction, the bonus must be quite a lot.

However, the bonus belongs to the bonus, and the benefits belong to the benefits. The difference between the two is indispensable, and Li Weidong's presence in person naturally has additional preferential treatment.

"Then I'll thank the chairman in advance for them!" Zou Yi said with a smile on his face. It's a good idea to go on a public holiday. It's relaxing and comfortable, and you don't need to spend your own money.

"By the way, several executives from Yahoo want to meet you, and hope to have a chance to have dinner with you!" Zou Yi said as if he had just thought of it.

Based on Zou Yi's understanding of Li Weidong, it is difficult for people like Yang Yuanzhi to realize their ideas. It may be possible to meet them, but it is more difficult to invite Li Weidong to dinner!
Sure enough, Li Weidong waved his hand and said, "I'm not Buffett. Why are you having dinner together? They're also participating in tomorrow's quotation. It's better to avoid suspicion. Then I'll treat them to tea tomorrow afternoon!"

Zou Yi asked suspiciously, "Buffett, what does it matter to him?"

At this time, although Buffett already has the name of a stock god and his strength should not be underestimated, he is far worse than Li Weidong, a stock god.

Li Weidong picked up a newspaper and handed it to Zou Yi. There were traces of translation with a pencil on it. This is when Li Weidong saw this person's head portrait and was very bored while translating. Then he came across an advertisement promoting Buffett's auction lunch.

Fortunately, the newspaper is for the public, and the words used are relatively simple, otherwise Li Weidong would be troublesome to translate.

"Auctioning the opportunity to share lunch to help the homeless and the poor in the San Francisco area, this person has a very special mind!" Zou Yi took a look and said.

Zou Yi could easily read it without Li Weidong's translation, but the content inside felt a bit strange. What kind of person is this to do this.

Who do you think you are, if you want to donate, just donate directly, it’s not that you don’t have the strength, and you have to package yourself when donating, which is too high-profile.

"How brilliant is this, with one arrow and several carvings. It can not only increase his followers, but also increase the reputation of those who invite him to dinner, and he can also do charity without spending his own money!"

Li Weidong said with a smile, but he remembered that several Chinese big coffees invited Buffett to dinner in later generations, and the various benefits they brought were very rich.

Even for a certain period of time, who can have a meal with Buffett can brag for a long time, as for the actual content of the conversation is unknown.

But Li Weidong couldn't understand, Buffett is not a reborn person, how can he know the future direction, what is there to talk about, if he does this, he should have a better future than this guy.

It's just that Li Weidong is not a high-profile person, and this thing really can't raise much money. How much money can be auctioned for a meal is not as much as he earns in a day.

"It won't raise much money, and the number of people who can help is limited. The suspicion of putting on a show is too great!" Zou Yi shook his head and said, she had been in contact with Li Weidong for a long time, and her personality had become low-key.

"As long as it's for charity, it's okay to be high-profile. As long as it's real money and puts out your own money, as long as you don't insult others, it's okay to show off!"

Li Weidong is a person who likes to argue, and especially likes to argue with beautiful women. Although Zou Yi is old, he still has charm, and he is definitely a beauty.

"You're right, I'm superficial, so let me inform them that I'm in this office at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon?" Zou Yi stopped talking about this topic and returned to the original question.

"That's it. I think Lao Jiang's tea here is not bad. I didn't expect that a person who grew up drinking coffee has a lot of research on tea, and there are all kinds of tea!" Li Weidong said, pointing to a cupboard opposite.

Zou Yi also followed Li Weidong's fingers and looked over, and sure enough there were all kinds of tea and tea sets inside.

"What is good at the top must be good at the bottom!" Zou Yi said in the bottom of her heart, and she naturally couldn't say this, even if they were familiar with each other, they had to be careful.

"Okay, I will notify them to come!" Zou Yi nodded, and then said, "I have a personal opinion, I wonder if I can say it?"

"Then don't talk about it!" Li Weidong said with a smile, such offensive words naturally came out of his mouth.

"Since you have met the management of Yahoo, why don't you also meet the management of the companies you are optimistic about!" Zou Yi ignored Li Weidong's refusal and said directly.

But I also learned that in the future, I will resolutely not say whether I can say it or whether I am there. If I ask, I can’t or I am not there. If there is something to do, just say it.

Zou Yi also just saw the news that Buffett was going to auction for lunch, and he thought of it. Others took this opportunity because they wanted to get some investment know-how from this investor.

Compared with Buffett, Li Weidong is even more powerful. Li Weidong must have his judgment to value these companies.

If we can communicate with these management teams and give them some pointers, will it also play a role in promoting and let them avoid some detours.

Zou Yi doesn't know about other things, but those companies in Li Weidong's country can develop so rapidly. In addition to having a steady stream of financial support, the most important strategic direction is no problem, and these are all determined by Li Weidong.

This shows that Li Weidong's execution ability has no chance to prove how powerful it is, but his strategic vision must be accurate.

Li Weidong deliberately kept these companies, which shows that he is more optimistic about these companies, so why not make an appointment with their management.

As a major shareholder of the company, even a major shareholder with veto power, Li Weidong has the right to put forward his own views on the company's strategic direction, and the company must also consider it carefully.

There are not many companies in Li Weidong's circle, and most of them are in Silicon Valley. There is even a small company called Google that rents downstairs from them. It is easy to meet.

Even if Amazon is far away on the other side of the mainland, as the major shareholder of Anma Capital, let them come over, I think they have no reason to refuse.

After all, during the growth of these companies, Mayfly Capital provided them with valuable funds and development opportunities. In addition to business cooperation, it is more like their God.

Li Weidong pulled out a list from his temporary desk, which included several companies that he specially marked this time, which can only be harvested in the future.

Apple, Amazon, Nvidia, and Google are all among them. Of course, there may be many more powerful companies, but Li Weidong in his previous life can't remember.

And not all the remaining companies can be great companies, otherwise there is no way to explain how he has such a very precise investment ability.

Mayfly Capital is a venture capital company, investing in start-up companies, and rarely participates in the investment of listed companies. That is the business of Orient Fund, but there are few, but it does not mean that there are no exceptions.

A few years ago, by chance, when Apple was in its worst decline, Anma Capital bought 8% of Apple's shares and became a shareholder of Apple. This is also the reason why Apple can appear in the list of companies invested by Anma Capital reason.

Seeing these lists, Li Weidong thought for a while and still refused, "Forget it, they all have their own core business and core competitiveness. As long as they don't mess around with Yahoo and make random acquisitions, there will be no problem in their development!"

Li Weidong doesn't want any godfather, mentor or other titles, and future history proves that he can do a good job, and it may not be good if he intervenes.

Besides, he has already sent directors to the boards of directors of these companies. If there is anything to do, he can directly contact the directors, and there is no need to do this.

As for being able to meet people from Yahoo, it was entirely out of gratitude to them for creating so much wealth for him, two or three hundred billion in funds.

And there is another reason, everyone is going to break up in the future, let's get together and have a breakup tea together, and you don't hold grudges against me in the future, it can be regarded as the end of this fate.

Zou Yi nodded in agreement with Li Weidong's statement. A company management team with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars has become a fool in Li Weidong's mouth.

Of course, to be honest, Zou Yi also doesn't have a good opinion of Yahoo's management. In fact, this situation can be seen everywhere in Silicon Valley, a paradise for entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship has encountered an unprecedented explosion of technology stocks, and a humble company can be touted by capital as a company with a valuation of hundreds of millions or billions.

For entrepreneurs, it is not an exaggeration to say that they become rich overnight from almost nothing and become billionaires in a very short period of time.

If a poor person, or a person who is not very rich, becomes a rich person too quickly, and huge wealth suddenly becomes within easy reach, it will be very scary.

If you can control it, the money is yours. If you can't control it, the money is not yours, and it will cause serious problems for yourself.

There are not many people in this world who are as calm about wealth as Li Weidong. The rapid arrival of wealth will make people lose their awe of the world and even lose their minds.

Look at the current bosses of technology companies, who walk with their nostrils upturned, buy luxury cars and houses, and the luxury cruise ships docked in the nearby San Francisco Bay are all full.

I don't know if one day, the stock market crashes and the stock price falls, how will they end up with the spending power they obtained in advance by pledging stocks.

But Yahoo seems to be more serious, and the opinions of major shareholders don't care anymore, and Mayfly Capital has already stated that it does not support Yahoo's acquisition of Broadcast.

However, the final board of directors passed, of course, partly because Yahoo played a small trick.

This is also the main reason why most of the insiders believe that the capital may withdraw from Yahoo this time. Of course, this is what Li Weidong wants others to think.

The multi-billion dollar acquisition case, according to the size of Yahoo, has not reached the red line of a major asset acquisition accounting for 50% of the total assets or 50% of the total revenue.

Therefore, in theory, there is no need to vote at the general meeting of shareholders, but the amount is relatively large. According to the company's articles of association, more than two-thirds of the votes of the board of directors are required to approve it.

Yahoo currently has [-] directors, and according to regulations, Anma Capital has three places on the board of directors.

Ten directors attended this time, and the other director was unable to attend due to illness and did not entrust others to vote on his behalf, so he was deemed not to participate in the board meeting.

So the board of directors has ten people voting, as long as seven people vote in favor, it can exceed two-thirds, and it happens that the other seven people voted in favor.

The final result: Ten members of the board of directors participated in this meeting, meeting the statutory requirements, with seven votes in favor, more than two-thirds, the vote was valid, and the acquisition resolution was passed.

If the directors who did not participate were deemed to have abstained from voting, then the final result should be 7/11, which was not passed. However, this is the case with the charter, and they have nothing to do.

Even if they think it's tricky, there is no evidence, and according to Li Weidong's request, they voted to abstain from voting, not to vote against, so why should they pursue it.

Even though he explained it this way, Zou Yi had concluded in his heart that this was an example of Yahoo not respecting major shareholders, and messing around with this definition is quite accurate.

Of course, even so, in Zou Yi's heart, it is still a bit regretful to quit Yahoo. After all, Yahoo's momentum is so good now that it has almost no opponents. However, no one can change what Li Weidong has decided.

At twelve noon the next day, in Jiang Zhili's office, although Li Weidong was calm on the face, the movement of looking up at the clock from time to time already revealed his inner anxiety.

　The working people are the most glorious, I wish you all a happy Labor Day!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)