Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 565 Don’t play tricks with lawyers
Seeing all the investment tycoons in the conference room blushing and vomiting over [Dajiang]'s investment quota, Ma Liang acted as if nothing was wrong.

He just sat aside and watched the show indifferently, neither participating nor disturbing.

Anyway, the overall situation has been decided. No matter how the investment shares are allocated, it will not have any impact on [Dale Capital], so why bother to intervene.

Ma Liang watched Wang Tao perform hard and enthusiastically made peace with the investment tycoons.

This guy is also taking the opportunity to get closer, expand his contacts in the venture capital circle, and strive to create a happy situation for [Dajiang]'s Series B financing.

Not to mention, Wang Tao seems to have the demeanor of a business tycoon now.

It's normal to think about it, after all, people grow.But no matter how powerful the other party was, they were still working for him, a capital boss, so Ma Liang didn't bother to pay attention.

While he was watching the show, his cell phone rang suddenly, so he walked out of the conference room and went outside to pick it up.

The call was from Jennifer, and as soon as the call was answered, the charming voice reached her ears.

"BOSS, I have fulfilled the task requirements perfectly. Is there any reward?" Jennifer started her daily routine of teasing her boss on the other end of the phone.

The investment agreement has just been signed with GoPro, and now [Gale Capital] already holds 49% of the shares of this startup.

Ma Liang felt a headache when he heard this: "Okay, I'll give you a bigger bonus later."

"BOSS, you know, this is not what I want..." Jennifer continued to tease playfully.

After getting along for a long time, she now has a complete grasp of her boss's temperament.

Jennifer feels like she has discovered a new world, and recently she has completely fallen in love with this game.She knew that as long as she didn't go too far, it wouldn't matter even if the teasing was a little more explicit, and she really enjoyed it.

Ma Liang had no choice but to scold him with a straight face: "Stop making trouble and get down to business!"

"He's such an anxious little man, but I like it." Jennifer still teased, and then got down to business, "As you wish, 2000 million US dollars, I got 49 from the eldest son of the Woodman family. % shares.

And by the way, I also invested US$100 million in Twilio’s angel round, accounting for 20% of the shares.

BOSS, I have done research on this startup company in advance, and it is quite promising. It will definitely bring great returns in the future..."

In fact, Ma Liang has already given Jennifer the power to make angel investment decisions of less than US$300 million.Anyway, there was a performance review, so she didn't dare to mess around.

Besides, there is Sister Jiang University helping to check things in, so nothing big will happen.

But when he heard Jennifer's report, he suddenly recalled it, as if he had seen the name of this company in the news in his previous life.

Twilio is a cloud-based communications platform-as-a-service company that provides communications building blocks and custom communications services across voice, video, chat and SMS messaging.

Yes, just looking at these businesses, you will know that it is another technology startup company.

Although it is not as eye-catching as Twitter, it was successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange in June 2016, making it a proper unicorn company.

If Jennifer hadn't cast a wide net in her business, Ma Liang would never have thought of investing in this company.

This was really an unexpected surprise, and he didn't know how to praise this blond and blue-eyed right-hand man.

Ma Liang only responded: "Well done, I will give you a 20% bonus at the end of the year."

"I don't care about any bonuses. Can I exchange them for other rewards?
For example, BOSS and I went to Hawaii for a beach vacation. You can also specify the style of swimsuit. This is a great idea! Jennifer was very dissatisfied after hearing this and immediately expressed her proposal.

Ma Liang was almost moved, and then he quickly started to lecture: "Come on, don't try to trick me in the future!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone directly, not daring to say another word to this dangerous woman.

He turned around and returned to the conference room, where he saw a group of investors still arguing with each other, and no one was willing to give in.

Even Zhang Sanshi of Hillhouse Capital has joined in, striving for more investment shares for his own benefit.

After several rounds of confrontation, everyone finally reached a preliminary consensus.

The investment quota of US$1000 million was divided up by more than a dozen institutions.Even Ma Ge from Goose Factory was represented by an assistant and invested US$[-] million in this round.

This made Zhang Sanshi, who had come to disrupt the situation from the beginning, a little disappointed.

Originally, his true intention was to invest about US$5000 million, but in the end, his long-awaited plan came to nothing, and Hillhouse Capital only secured an investment share of US$2500 million.After all, everyone knows that this round of financing is the last chance. If we don’t get the car, the return on investment will not be too exaggerated.

Therefore, everyone wants to gain more share and hopes to make a lot of money from [Dajiang].

Now that the distribution ratio has been discussed, the investors are no longer as angry as before, and instantly become a harmonious group.

They even got in touch with each other and went to dinner together under Wang Tao's warm invitation.

Changing glasses on the wine table, I felt so unhappy.

Seeing that [Dajiang] is about to take off, it will reap tens of millions of dollars in profits, and this investment record can be boasted for more than ten years. Anyone would be happy.

After the meal, Wang Tao sent all the investors to the car one by one, feeling very unhappy.

After all the US$2 million in Series B financing is received, [Dajiang] Company will have no worries and can fully promote the market.

Even if the financing situation gets worse in the next few years, the company's development will not have any impact.

He immediately turned his attention to Ma Liang, looking at the angel investor of [Dajiang] Company with complicated eyes.

Both grateful and a little wary.

Fortunately, now that the overall situation has been decided, Wang Tao can finally relax.

Because after this round of financing, Ma Liang's shareholding ratio was diluted to about 26%. Even if Chai Daguanren's shares were added together, it did not exceed 30%.

If the equity ratio does not exceed 33.31%, it has automatically lost one veto power.

This means that Ma Liang's influence on [Dajiang] Company is no longer strong, and there is no longer any means of checks and balances.

When he thought of this, Wang Tao couldn't help but feel a little lucky.

He was once again proud of his decision to introduce Zhang Sanshi from Hillhouse Capital. If not, he and Dajiang Company would still be shrouded in Ma Liang's shadow.

As an arbitrary entrepreneur, this is something Wang Tao doesn’t want to see anyway.

Now that he got what he wanted, he was in a great mood instantly, so he walked to Ma Liang and showed his kindness proactively: "Mr. Ma, I have to thank you even if I say a thousand words or ten thousand!
Without your strong support, [Dajiang] would never have developed to where it is today so quickly. "

"Mr. Wang, you're welcome. We also achieve each other's success, haha..." Ma Liang couldn't help but feel contempt for the other party.

Let this guy play for a few days, exciting things are yet to come.

When GoPro also develops, he will launch a new round of capital bureau to facilitate the completion of a share exchange merger transaction with [Dajiang] Company.

You must know that in the early days of the mobile Internet, GoPro's performance was even better.

By then, except for Wang Tao, no investor will object to the stock exchange merger between the two companies, and the board of directors will definitely approve it unanimously.

After all, from a capital perspective, M&A transactions will only benefit the valuations of the two companies, making the shares more valuable, and the return on investment will naturally be greater.

As an investment institution, you will definitely have to cash out in the end, which is not consistent with the interests of the founders most of the time.

Even though he lost his veto power, Ma Liang was still very confident in this matter.

When that day comes, Wang Tao will definitely know what the ruthlessness of capital means.

So seeing the proud look on this guy's face at this moment, Ma Liang couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

When I heard that the board of directors almost unanimously approved the resolution to exchange shares with GoPro that day, I guess this guy's face would be very good-looking...

Thinking of the wonderful expression Wang Tao would make when he was angry, Ma Liang couldn't help but curled his lips and almost laughed.

You are still young when it comes to playing tricks with lawyers! ——
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Therefore, I can only guarantee one update every day, and try to publish the new book as soon as possible. After all, the author also needs to make time for the meal.

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(End of this chapter)