Reboot 2003

Chapter 209 117: Efficiency (two-in-one)

It was raining heavily outside, and people were coming and going in the lobby of the industrial park building. The Goldman Sachs manager looked as if there was no one around. His tall head, over 1.9 meters tall, stood in front of him, like an adult standing in front of a group of children. There was a hint of joking behind his smile.

"Mr. Gu?" Zhou Hongyi turned around and asked.

"That's not what I said." Gu Wenjie shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Dapao was certainly not afraid of people and asked Bex directly, "What trouble have we encountered?"

"You have to ask yourselves." The bald man didn't feel taboo at all. "You guys kicked out two noisy guys just now. I'm afraid everyone in this building knows about it."

"..."

is that so……

But it seems understandable, and there is nothing that can be done about it - those small shareholders are making unreasonable troubles in the first place. As the CEO, Gu Wenjie doesn't want to reconcile, so others will have to follow him.

However, Goldman Sachs' bald man doesn't just want to say this.He still looked at Gu Wenjie and asked as if he was very relaxed: "So is this true? I heard them saying that your company's finances are very tight recently, which is really regrettable."

He said this in Chinese. Gu Wenjie knew that Bex's Chinese was not good. He had obviously rehearsed in advance and knew that the other party was prepared. He asked, "So what do you want to say? I'm sorry, we have already got off work." .”

"Is there anything more important than money?" Bex stared at him with twinkling eyes. "Not long ago, you handed over important funds to us, but I am also worried about you. If Those products you purchased can’t be redeemed, so what does your company do?”

You violated the confidentiality agreement!

Gu Wenjie almost blurted out this sentence, but he understood the other party's intention and could only threaten in a deep voice: "That is Galaxy's business, don't interfere too much."

The big bald man pressed forward step by step: "You know what I'm talking about."

"excuse me……"

Gu Wenjie didn't want to talk anymore and walked away. Only then did his subordinates realize and start chasing people away. Just as the man who went upstairs to get an umbrella came down, Bex stopped pestering him. Gu Wenjie and his shareholders curiously watched as they left the building. Entering the rain curtain outside the door.

In short, this matter seems to have ended like this, but after the hasty parting, both parties seemed to have received enough signals from each other. After the day's meeting, two forces hidden under the undercurrent surged and seemed to begin The confrontation begins where ordinary people cannot see.

The first ones to surface were naturally the few small shareholders who were driven away.

The company repurchased their shares and kicked them out of the board of directors. Although there seemed to be no problem, and they did disrupt the company's daily operations, Gu Wenjie's compulsory repurchase in accordance with the articles of association was already very polite.

If there is any problem, it is that it breaks the rules of the silent period for listing. All stocks will need a period of quiet period before and after they are listed. This is not a rule, but it is actually a practice. This time, Kuaikan Media’s equity changes and external announcements will interrupt the listing quiet period.

But fortunately, the silent period for Kuaikan Media has just begun, and reverting to day 0 and counting again will not delay anything.

In contrast, what is a bit troublesome is the information disclosed by these small shareholders. They accused Gu Wenjie of transferring the company's assets and wanted to go to court with the company.

This is of course unreasonable. After all, they are only small shareholders and cannot represent the company. They cannot directly accuse Gu Wenjie of misappropriating assets. They can only accuse Kuaikan Media of illegal internal capital turnover. The contract between Gu Wenjie and Yahoo is their own. Not only is the matter itself compliant and legal, but there is also a layer of isolation - Kuaikan Media is now going to be listed on the US stock market, and the financing main body has already moved to Cayman Island. Operational issues can be managed domestically, but capital and equity operations are managed domestically. No more.

So this matter was a bit ridiculous from the beginning. The few small shareholders didn't attract much attention at first. Kuaikan company's legal affairs started negotiating with them according to the process. Not only did they have to defend reasonably, but they also planned to go further to give them If you are charged with financial fraud or false accusation, you can't just let it go.

However, soon, another news quickly spread on the Chinese Internet.

The source of the rumor is that Gu Wenjie from Kuaikan has taken away [-] million of the company's funds and seems to be buying and selling financial products on a large scale in the United States.

Galaxy Network seems to be involved as well, holding a large amount of domestic funds to engage in some inexplicable investment projects abroad.

There are many specific opinions, and there is no unified argument at present, but obviously, if you don’t tell the whereabouts of [-] million funds, you won’t know. Once it is revealed, it will not be an ordinary question. Today’s [-] million is not a small amount of money, regardless of the source of the money. To be sure, it almost immediately aroused a large-scale discussion in public opinion, but at this dangerous point, Gu Wenjie himself was no longer in the country.

Drop drop drop-

"Hey, who is it?"

"Oh, Director Qian, tell me!... Are you okay? I'm in Los Angeles..."

"I know, what do you want to say?"

"My wife and children are all in China. Why don't I go back? I'll go back to China after I finish my work..."

"Excuse me! Excuse me..."

"you are?"

"Are you Mr. Gu Wenjie? Hello, I am Jenny Wang from the Los Angeles Sports News. I heard that you just left China with hundreds of millions of dollars in your hand..."

"Feel sorry……"

"Please wait a moment. In our beautiful country, no one will hinder your free life. We Chinese can also help each other. So are you being treated unfairly in the country, so you are forced to..."

"excuse me……"

Gu Wenjie was recognized on the streets of Los Angeles. He was insisted on being questioned all the way by this bastard reporter. He took a taxi and drove around in a circle before getting rid of the person. Everything was messed up.

But... As if something vaguely barbaric awakened in his heart, Gu Wenjie calmly shook off the possible pursuers, bought a pair of sunglasses from the small shop downstairs of the hotel, and gave Xiao Yang a shot when he went upstairs. The phone call asked him to return home first.

At the door of the hotel room, the door opposite opened. Ji Xianglin stuck his head out and asked him: "Jim, I guess it's you. I saw the news, are you okay?"

"It's okay, let's continue." Gu Wenjie said calmly, "I have raised another amount of funds. After dinner in the evening, let's go to the small office to plan."

Ji Xianglin nodded and went back to his room to make preparations. He also came to Los Angeles temporarily to do big business, and he was also very concerned about Gu Wenjie's situation at home. But now that he is facing this important opportunity, perhaps what he should do It has always been clear——

I just vaguely felt that I had an idea that I needed to find someone to confirm.

After a long and tiring journey, Gu Wenjie lay on the bed, holding the beautiful and durable Galaxy phone, and opened his email.

"How is it, exciting?"

The email has arrived a long time ago, from an acquaintance.Gu Wenjie replied: "I kind of understand what you said back then."

There was no tacit understanding on the other side: "Which sentence?"

"You told me to throw that crappy company away earlier." Gu Wenjie smiled bitterly while typing, "But why are you still doing the same on your own mobile phone and website?"

"After all, idleness is idleness."

The other person replied, "And I think this is part of growing up. Maybe we should experience some things, but Wall Street is not the place we should go after all."

Gu Wenjie fell into a daze: "Well, there are indeed not many opportunities like this, but if it is such a large amount of money, I think it is enough to become a career worthy of a person's life."

"What, you want to go into finance?" "No, I'm just like you." Gu Wenjie typed, "I'm thinking about why I don't do it."

Thinking of that beautiful and somewhat illusory future, Gu Wenjie felt a little lighthearted, but the other person asked him: "In that case, you should think about what to do next. Who do you think is behind this accident?" "

The impending problem brought Gu Wenjie back to reality. Some intricate silhouettes of people flashed in Gu Wenjie's mind. The answer was not yet clear, but the context behind this matter was already very clear - now the whole world knew what he was doing. , and since that day, the other members of the board of directors seemed to have vaguely noticed something and had to speed up.

"who cares."

Gu Wenjie casually replied to the email, and Ji Xianglin in the opposite room had already arrived with his computer bag.

It's time to move on.

The weather in Los Angeles was getting colder. Gu Wenjie put away his mood and continued to do his financial transactions in a small rented office. Friends and family on the other side of the ocean did not understand his plan, just because he had the power in his hands. With too many resources, he is now at the forefront of the storm, and even if he returns to China next time, he may not be able to come back.

But now everything is within control. For him, whether it is his personal career or the future of the company, there is only one thing to consider next...

In short, that is efficiency.

Since the primitive times, human economic and production activities have been inseparable from efficiency. If there are more efficient choices, then it is undoubtedly not cost-effective to forcefully choose a less efficient model, and even do some work without efficiency. Things that seem more beneficial to the collective can turn out to be downright silly.

Nowadays, finance is the most efficient way of growth in the world. Maybe millions of workers’ years of hard work can only replace an industrial aircraft that has been sold for decades, and the value of a giant jumbo aircraft may be The fluctuations in the trading market disappeared in an instant, and now he is undoubtedly on the right path. Compared with this 'most important thing', everything else seems to have become unimportant.

Kuaikan media is caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, and the road to listing is precarious. As an underwriter, Goldman Sachs is operating skillfully and is preparing to bring the company to Wall Street in February next year. Perhaps because of their kindness, the commission ratio for this IPO is Goldman Sachs's. is not high.In contrast, Kuaikan CEO Gu Wenjie seems to be facing a bigger problem. The company is about to go public, but his boss is nowhere to be found. People in the company are panicked, and the executives who originally followed him seem to have vague concerns. After a few complaints, those shareholders who originally supported him have become somewhat ambiguous since that night.

The equity turmoil within Kuaikan Media did not affect itself, but instead spread to its friends, causing a worrying chain reaction——

Galaxy Software’s main R&D efforts this year seem to be devoted to the mobile phone field. The two mobile phones they released look very promising – the shipment volume of Galaxy It caused a storm. The industry praised it as the future of mobile phones. Apple, which was suspected of making mobile phones, even canceled a press conference early next year...

But the good story didn't last long.

The product quality control of the Galaxy Preparing to replace the foundry company.

Although a mobile phone company affiliated with Meilican's Lucent extended an olive branch to Galaxy Software, the negotiations between the two parties still did not seem to be going smoothly. At this time, the impact of Kuaikan Media's internal struggle came through, and Galaxy Mobile was affected. News came from the supplier that the "Galaxy mobile phone capital chain is broken".

The house was leaking and it rained all night, so Guazi Mobile had to cry and was forced to postpone the checkout.

Industry insiders saw the opportunity and worked hard to develop competing products one by one, while enthusiasts lamented it.

The shareholder surnamed Qiu of Kuaikan Media went to Weibo to express his grievance and said bluntly, "Mr. Gu, if you have the ability, please don't delete my post." As a result, he was scolded by a group of fanatical foreigners for no apparent reason. I don't know what happened. .

Time continues to advance like this, November has passed, and December has passed.

Edward Fund gathered strength secretly and gradually accumulated more than 6 million US dollars in CDS on hand. In December, it raised another 12 million in capital through leveraged mortgages. This money was quickly invested in the subprime mortgage market.

As the end of the year approaches, no one cares about Gu Wenjie's movements, but the turmoil in Galaxy Software still seems to show no sign of stopping.

On this day, an interesting piece of news appeared on the homepage of some media.

"Guazi mobile phone officially delayed the ticket, and the reason turned out to be because of this!"

Because I was a little curious, I opened it and took a look at it.

"Our creative Galaxy Software Company created the Galaxy Network phone and told the public a beautiful story with their Guazi phone!"

"But as the launch date approaches, why hasn't it been launched smoothly? We interviewed Chen Aotian, the famous chief product engineer of Galaxy Software..."

"Chen Aotian is an Internet engineer who has created many miracles, but he doesn't know how to make a mobile phone..."

"He told us the truth. It turned out that he added dazzling modules to the Guazi mobile phone, but he forgot to add the phone function to the Guazi mobile phone!"

"During the interview, Chen Aotian sincerely apologized to consumers. He promised that Guazi mobile phones will definitely add phone functions, and then meet with you as soon as possible!"

……

"It's as true as it sounds."

On the edge of the snowy West Lake, a sixth-grade primary school student muttered like this and put away his mobile phone.

"Qinzai, would you like to take a photo?"

Grandma Xu next to him asked him. Chen Qin raised the camera and focused the lens on the childhood sweethearts who were climbing on the railing and the two parents who were talking next to them. Today is the New Year's Day holiday. As agreed, Lao Xu came with his two children. Traveling to Lin'an.

It's a pity... Lin'an is actually not a very interesting place nowadays.

After eating Lion's Head once, I don't want to eat it a second time. As for the place to play, West Lake is the most popular place. Unfortunately, Hengdian is not open yet.

While the adults were talking, Chen Qin looked in another direction and saw that the offices of Media and Moyou were not far from here. If it were before, he would probably have to go to the site for an inspection...

But he still remembered the things in the small office in Los Angeles. In comparison, Lin'an was really not that interesting.

Los Angeles...New York...Wall Street...

"Xiao Qin, do you want to take a photo?"

"Aqin, look this way, we have to stand on the same side as the ship!"

"Oh, okay, Grandma Xu, are you going too?"

"Hey, good!"

The simple but slightly boring family trip continues. Although it is a bit boring, we can take a boat ride later.

When they arrived at the ticket office, Lao Chen volunteered to buy tickets. Lao Xu leaned on the railing and asked Xiao Chen next to him: "Xiao Qin, are you two using the same Motorola phone from last year?"

"Yes, Dad, look, the screensaver is our Dragon Boat Festival kite from last year!"

"Dad's company recently released a mobile phone..."

"Oh……"

"But it didn't sell well. We all contributed our own money to the sales of a few units. Although it can't be used in China, it's useless to keep it. You two can play with it yourself!"

(End of this chapter)