Chapter 192: Selling MP3 Patents
William knows that Stark is right, there is not only MP3 decoding format on the market, FLAC format may not be long before it appears, and the underlying core patent is not in his hands, it is not so easy to produce,
This is also the reason why he has never produced his own finished player, as long as he wants to produce a finished player,
Those underlying core patent companies will definitely bite a big bite of fat on him, rather than this, it is better to exchange MP3, a technology that has been brilliant for a few years, for some valuable shares.
"I want shares of Stark Corporation, the same conditions as we talked about before, I can give you the voting rights,"
William didn't have no intentions for the companies that appeared in his previous life, but he didn't dare to mention those companies during the special period, so he could only hit the company in Marvel with his ideas.
And Stark Group is the best choice, at least in the next 8 years, thinking that Stark's market value can have a market value of trillions of dollars in the future, William's heart is hot, and the current market value of Stark Group in this period is only about 10 million US dollars.
"Just look so favorably on me as an arms dealer," Stark asked, squinting his eyes,
"Of course, you're Tony Stark, don't invest in who you invest, and your connections in the United States can help people like me who suddenly get rich out of a lot of trouble."
"You're the one who just won a big sum from me, and you think I'll help you?"
"Hehe, will it help, I don't know, but at least you won't want me to die" William asked with a smile and squinted his eyes, "Do you want me to die?" Mr. Stark.
"Is this world so dangerous? You are a rich man" William's words surprised Stark, looking at William who gave a danger signal in his eyes, Stark was shocked, did this little guy approach him to find safety?
If William hears this, Stark will definitely be spit out by him, and if he wants to find safety, he will not find you, you are the most dangerous around you, if it is not for the money and the influence of the Stark Group, the ghost will calculate you.
"Hehe, you're Tony Stark, and your father is Howard Stark, of course you don't think anyone will hit you with an idea,
I'm different, six months ago I was a poor boy who struggled for £200, and now I have a lot of money to worry about, maybe you won't realize my anxiety until you feel the danger yourself."
"Ha, how could I be in danger," Stark snorted, as if hearing the funniest thing, "Okay, let's get down to business, don't waste my time anymore, how much are you bidding".
"4% stake".
"4 billion? You want to go crazy with money, and you want to sell 4 billion for a technology that is not exclusive?" Stark shook his head, "Give you 2% at most, and if you have more, you won't have to talk about it."
"I don't only have patents in my hands, but also mature players that can be produced immediately, think about how much the stock price can be increased by the hot sale of music players, Stark, the stock price is the most important thing in this period, or you can give me cash."
This kind of stock market crash period fools will only buy in cash, is it not good to have money to keep in their hands, "3%, this is the last bid, or forget it".
"In fact, as long as I give you the voting rights, the more shares I get, the greater the benefit to you, think about it, plus my shares, your voting rights have exceeded the threshold of 33%."
"Hehe" Stark rolled his eyes, if he hadn't thought of this earlier, he wouldn't have agreed to buy it with shares.
"Okay, 3 billion is 3 billion", William didn't have much hope for the prospect of MP3 in his hands, it would be good to have a few billion, and he had to spend a lot of energy to take care of this project that he didn't have many years to earn in his eyes, but it was different in the hands of big business.
Thinking that the 3 billion will become 30 billion US dollars in the future, William thought in his heart that he did not suffer a loss, and at this time money is not the main thing for him, social status is, plus the previous 4%, William has 7% of the shares of Stark Group in his hands, and it is also a share with Tony Stark, and there is no risk of dilution.
Thinking of this, William was happy and shook Stark's hand.
Stark thought that although his shares were less, his control was not less, but increased, and as long as the player could sell well, his net worth would also rise after the stock price increased.
William was not so reluctant to take 7% of the shares, and happily toasted with the two under the congratulations of old Smith.
After the business was over, the three of them were drinking whiskey and smoking cigars and chatting.
As he spoke, Old Smith's men knocked on the door, came in and handed Old Smith a file bag, and Old Smith waved his hand to let his men out,
After opening it and looking at it, he took out a few pictures and put them on the table and asked William, "Do you mind telling me about what happened at Caesar's Palace just now?" I wonder how you can be interested in a liar and a thousand people, and you didn't even care about your favorite whiskey for them.
William didn't answer Old Smith's question, but looked at Old Smith and asked, "Mr. Smith, you are a landowner in Las Vegas, is it okay to ask you a question that is not very friendly?"
"Unfriendly question?" Old Smith didn't understand what question William would ask, and shook his head, "I can't guess, you better just say it."
"If you Caesars Palace suddenly loses hundreds of millions of dollars in cash, will your stock fall sharply the next day?"
"Of course," said old Smith, patting the arm of his chair, "William, have you gotten any news, will it be my Caesar's Palace?"
Hearing this kind of news, Old Smith was still so calm, he really deserved to be a person who was used to seeing strong winds and waves, "Don't worry, Mr. Smith, it has nothing to do with your Caesar's Palace."
"Haha, that's good, that doesn't mean someone is going to be unlucky" Old Smith took a sip of whiskey and said, "Who?"
William didn't say anything long-winded and said directly: "Beautiful People Hotel".
"Terry, Benedict, I didn't expect anyone to dare to beat him, there's never been a guy in Las Vegas who could snatch a dime out of our pockets, William, are you sure the people you know can actually snatch money from Terry Benedict?"
William thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, but I have some information that these people have a chance of success, and Terry Benedict has a very bad habit, which makes the probability of success very high."
"What bad habits?" William's words puzzled Smith, and recalled, "I have the impression that Terry Benedict was a very cautious and serious man, and that the Beautiful Hotel was well managed by him.
It only took him ten years to go from owning one hotel to three hotels, and even MGM was bought by him," he said.
"It's just too strict, Terry Benedict is a man who takes care of everything, and even rushes to do his work, Mr. Smith, you can understand if you think about it carefully, whether the staff of the Beautiful Man Hotel are careless and perfunctory."
Smith thought about it carefully after hearing it, and found that what William said seemed to be true, "So our chance has come"?
William looked at Stark and Smith, whose eyes lit up, "That's right, our chance has come."
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