Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 181 Holding Increase

  Jobs is still preparing, and Ye Dongqing is trying to assist.

  Managing such a large company is not that simple. If you want to transform Apple and invest a large sum of money to support this secret research and development plan, you must get the support of a majority of the board members. As a latecomer, Ye Dongqing had little influence on the board of directors, so he had to talk to Mr. Bill Campbell face to face, trying to get support from him, the chairman of the board of directors, and the effect was not bad.

If he took all those warrants and got the underlying stock through Danshui Investment Group, it would be much easier to talk about it. After all, Apple has not had a major shareholder with a shareholding ratio of more than 20% for a long time. , It goes back to when Steve Jobs first founded Apple, and he held 30% of the shares. Only with the shares can he have the right to speak. The current Danshui Investment Group is still a little bit worse.

   It can only be said that being tender is also good. Smile more and speak politely, and it is always easier to gain the favor of others. Now that he has agreed to come to Facebook as a consultant, Mr. Bill Campbell probably has no major problems here.

He and Jobs lobbied the other six members of the board of directors, and the possibility of passing the new plan is very high. After all, it is such a huge market. Instead of continuing to follow the steps, it is better to take a gamble on the basis of maintaining the existing business. Businessmen, I believe other shareholders can also understand this.

  Before Jobs explained the plan, many shareholders were still kept in the dark. Ye Dongqing wanted to make a time difference and get as many shares of Apple as possible.

He was a bit stingy before, some funds and brokerages tried to sell Apple shares at a premium, but he felt that the price could be lowered, so he didn’t want to. Sitting in a Mercedes-Benz at the moment, he called Ms. Vigo and said, “Again! Ask who is willing to sell Apple’s shares, I will take all the shares with a premium of less than 30%, and the transaction is still in the form of warrants, and it is best to extend the delivery time to two years later.”

Vigo is about to resign, and she still chooses to start a business with those unreliable guys. Almost everyone feels that they are different. Before they try it, they always think that others can't do it, but it doesn't mean that they can't do it either. Just like Silicon Valley and Wall Street, there is never a shortage of entrepreneurs who succeed, but very few succeed.

She still has professional ethics. Since she has not left her job, Ms. Vigo is still working hard. After listening, she replied: "Okay, there is still some money in the company's books. If the premium is relaxed to 30%, talk to them about it." It should be easy enough."

"I also feel the same way. The recent sales of iPod music players are good, but the performance has not reached the point of being amazing. Let's start repurchasing it today. If it doesn't work, just spend money to buy it from them. I will find a way Get more funds, about two to three billion U.S. dollars, as long as I am willing to sell, I will spend money to buy it."

   Ye Dongqing said.

Some time ago, Richard Rockefeller raised 70 million US dollars to invest in him. The money was just transferred to the company's account last month. He planned to use this money to invest in Alibaba, but now he will use the money to invest in Apple. It's also pretty good, as long as there are no problems, the rate of return will not be too low.

The rest of the money can be obtained from bank loans using Facebook shares. Judging from the enthusiastic attitude of investors towards it, as long as the news is released, a large number of banks will definitely pounce. With the guarantee of Danshui Investment Group, the shares themselves are attractive. It is not a problem to borrow two to three billion U.S. dollars. Rather than letting valuable shares sit for nothing, it is better to use them to earn more money.

  After giving the order, they put the mobile phone back into their pockets. They were on their way to Apple. Jobs asked Ye Dongqing to help make a specific plan. They just had nothing to do, so it seemed good to join in the fun.

Bonnie Ma and others went on a trip to Los Angeles. Ye Dongqing didn't need to continue to entertain them. There was no major problem with Facebook for the time being. He couldn't help with interviewing new employees. Carneg, who was transferred to California, He said that he was going to come over to report to him, but he just sent a message saying that he would not be able to come until tomorrow.

A lot of money has already been poured into Apple, and more money will be poured in next time. If you don't pay attention, you can't do it. Let the bodyguards wait outside. After giving it to Jobs, a girl soon led him to Jobs' office.

In addition to Jobs and Tim Cook, there was also a white male present. The other party introduced himself and said: "Jonathan Ive, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm the chief designer of the company. Your ideas are simply too huge. Those I'm excited about the products in the pipeline!"

   Another future boss of Apple, Ye Dongqing smiled and shook hands with the other party: "Please call me Leo, it seems that you are already preparing, are you sure you can develop them?"

"What do you mean, the iPod-touch or the iPhone? We need a clearer touch screen, an LCD screen, and a high-performance battery with a small size and high capacity. The processor must also be smaller and more powerful. Collect all kinds of technical information, some products need to be specially customized, and other companies are invited to help develop, but I think as long as there is enough time, the problem should not be a big problem.

  The workload is definitely not small, and maybe I need to recruit more powerful people to help. Now I can't give you an accurate answer. My head is already full of various messages. "

There are paper documents everywhere. In order not to leak the secrets, they temporarily deal with the preliminary work in Jobs' office. Jobs took a contract to Ye Dongqing and said, "Although it is your idea, the confidentiality agreement must be signed first, but I hope you can do it without telling others about our plan even if you are drunk, you can take a look at it first."

   "Don't worry, I hold the most shares. If you want to say who least wants to leak secrets, it must be me."

After Ye Dongqing took it, he read it, signed his name on the confidentiality contract, and flipped through the information. There are various technologies in it, Apple's patented technology. They are checking what can be used, and the workload is not small. .

Cook and Jobs discussed the establishment of the new department, the independent R&D laboratory, the formulation of the confidentiality framework, the expansion of enrollment, etc., all had to be dealt with from the beginning. Until now, no one has developed in this direction. Call the person in charge of the software department and talk to him about the development of the App-store. Of course, a confidentiality agreement is indispensable.

  Among this group of people, only Ye Dongqing has used the App-store, so he knows it best. He is responsible for explaining it. He only said that it is a product in his imagination, which makes the other party's eyes shine...

  (end of this chapter)