Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 247 Threats

  Ye Dongqing's own company will definitely not have any problems, because whether it is a financial company such as Danshui Investment Group, or an Internet company such as Facebook, Skype, and YouTube, there are currently no other shareholders, and all the power is in his own hands.

This practice of eating alone is not a good habit, but so far there is no need for financing, and equity rewards are not on the agenda for the time being. The main reason is that it is difficult to find jobs these days. A large number of unemployed software engineers The hardware engineers are waiting for work, even if they don't give equity rewards, they don't have to worry about them running away, not to mention that Ye Dongqing is very generous in salary and cash rewards, as long as it doesn't involve equity, it's easy to talk about.

Taking a step back, even if it is time to raise funds and go public, it will definitely be carried out in the form of AB shares. This means that as long as Ye Dongqing himself does not have any major problems, then he can firmly continue to hold the right to speak in the company , Amazon, Netflix, and Tencent all have core leadership, the kind of major shareholders who have the right to speak, he can directly contact and communicate with them, and only Apple is prone to problems.

Strictly speaking, it means that Apple has a group of outsiders who like to point fingers, but they have turned their heads to bully Ye Dongqing. If you want to say how helpful these people are to Apple, he has not found out until now anyway. , The determination to kick this group of people out of the game is getting stronger and stronger, and he is calculating how many chips he has available.

At the beginning, he could invest by himself and develop in the direction of Apple in the future, but Ye Dongqing finally chose to put his funds on Apple. To be honest, he now attaches more importance to this company than Danshui Investment Group. degree of importance. Not only is the prospect of profit bigger, but also because he wants to try to see how far Apple can go with his own help. How could he not pay attention to it?

After eating two half cups, Ye Dongqing casually placed the cups on the wine cabinet. It was only noon, and he didn't want to get drunk and talk about things. What happened on his birthday on March 2nd had already taught him a profound lesson , until now he still thought that Laura already knew about the nonsense of that night, and was angry.

   The conversation continues.

Ye Dongqing waited until Mr. Tim Cook arrived before telling him: "It is unreasonable to let members of the board of directors manage the company. When there are interests involved, I don't think they can be 100% fair.

In the past, there were no major shareholders, and it was reasonable to adopt the independent director system, but now there is a major shareholder, that is, me. Apple must carry out a reform of the decision-making mechanism. I don’t want my interests to suffer in vain, so I hope that, like other companies, the management system of appointing board members in the form of shares will be adopted. For example, if a company holds 3% of Apple's shares and holds them for more than one year, it can appoint a director. I haven’t read Apple’s Articles of Management, but I believe the terms inside can be modified. There is no law that stipulates that a company can only have eight board members. Judging from the current scale and shareholding distribution, this board system Obviously unreasonable. "

Mr. Tim Cook heard such explosive news when he first came in. He was a little confused for a while. In the morning, he was a little disappointed when he heard that he had not passed the interim CEO. , asked: "Sorry to bother you, may I ask which director is involved in your interests?"

"Bill Campbell, in addition to serving as an independent director of Apple, he also serves as an independent director of Google, and I have a good personal relationship with Google's competitor, the founder of Yahoo, Jerry Yang, and also targeted Yahoo. I have every reason to think that Mr. Bill Campbell is taking revenge on me.

In addition, there is that guy from Disney. Being able to manage a children's playground well does not mean that he can also manage a technology company well. For the sake of my own interests as a major shareholder, I have every reason to request that the ancient rules and regulations over there be amended. Throw the slate down and start over, that's my plan, unless you're interim CEO, Mr. Cook. "

When Ye Dongqing finished speaking, Cook was so grateful that he didn't know what to say. If his subordinates took away the CEO position, he would lose not only power, but also face and glory. Now that he has the support of major shareholders, everything will be fine. It may be different. After all, shares have decision-making power, and most independent directors just work and serve shareholders.

Ye Dongqing has every right to convene a general meeting of shareholders, so as to reshuffle the entire board of directors, and it is not impossible to get more than 10% more support. He is now different from that in 2002. A successful entrepreneur recognized by investors, others think that he has a kind of magical power, and he can always make a lot of money at the right time again and again.

  For example, in the case of crude oil futures this time, Danshui Investment Group did not intend to hide the specific investment amount, so people know that he has made money again. Although there has been a slight turmoil in the past two days, he is still making a profit.

Steve Jobs finally understood the meaning of the phrase "Do you want him to take over as strongly as I do?" Ye Dongqing's support is very strong, which means that if the board of directors votes the result will be tense. Once he is not satisfied, he will exercise his shareholder rights, tear himself apart from the directors, and try to shake their power base.

  Based on Ye Dongqing's shareholding, if so many people are really placed on the board of directors, will these directors still have the power to make decisions?

I found it interesting, but I was also very worried in my heart. The reason was that if it came true, Jobs was worried that he would jump from one cage to another. Now that there are disputes, they can be resolved through negotiation, but if it becomes Ye Dongqing’s words, when the time comes What to do to bring Apple to the point of no return.

Over the past two decades, Jobs has seen many amazing people, such as the founder of America Online and the founder of Sun Microelectronics Group (SUN), who rose rapidly and then declined, even if Ye Dongqing can come up with some good ones now. Suggestion, in Jobs' view, does not mean that it will be possible in the future, and the main reason for worry comes from this.

So, he hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, give me some time to discuss with the board of directors, they don't know your wishes before, maybe the next vote will get a very perfect result, Personally, I would prefer Cook to take over from me..."

  (end of this chapter)