When Jim and his wife saw Kent again, they were undoubtedly nervous, recalling that during the seminar, they finally found an opportunity to hand in the "plan", but in exchange for a "sorry", so meeting again today always makes people feel less confident.

Looking at the expressions of the three young people in front of him, Kent smiled: "Gentlemen, take it easy, in fact, calling you means that our White Lotus already has the intention of investing." Now it's nothing more than a condition, understand? a mutually beneficial condition!"

Thinking of Jing Jian's call to himself last night, Kent already knew what kind of attitude he should use today. For any decision made by Jing Jian, Kent is now blindly trusting, and Kent's requirements for himself are nothing more than how to better implement them!

Jim and the others were immediately overjoyed, and looked at each other, and Steve took the lead in asking, "Excuse me, what conditions do you want?" Now it is difficult for no one to invest, so in the minds of these people, as long as the conditions are not too excessive, it should be easy to say anything.

"We can invest $500,000 upfront, and you can be the CEO and the management of the new company, but we need the final decision," Kent said. As a reminder, we at White Lotus are not venture capital firms, not just looking at investment returns, but to serve our White Lotus's business strategy. ”

"Of course. We will respect every suggestion from our investors. Steve, the appointed CEO candidate, replied cautiously, "But Mr. Kent, can you elaborate on the content of the final decision-making power?" Of course, I want to fight for more rights in the company that may be in charge in the future.

"Quite simply, we will provide the direction of the company, and you must not deviate. Other than that, you are free to move. ”

Jim and the others looked dark, and this was completely the rhythm of the air. If the company does not do well in the future, it will be fine, but in case it prospers, as long as the White Lotus increases its shares with its strong capital, these three will immediately lose control of the company.

Steve's face was also ugly, and he asked unrelentingly: "In fact, our "plan" has also explained that the new technology we have developed is very promising. So can this decision-making power be replaced by the right to make recommendations?"

"Huh. Kent smiled, "You may not have understood, what we White Lotus needs is to do research and development according to our business strategy, and ...... for your new technologies? Remember, that's the basis of our partnership. ”

It dawned on Jim that White Lotus didn't want to invest in any new technology in the computer IT industry at all, but just needed ...... In today's parlance, it's nothing more than a bunch of code farmers.

"Can you tell us what you're working on?" asked Jim.

"Trade secrets, sorry, no comment. But as you might be able to guess, it's about networking. With that, Kent took a sip of his coffee, "Let's do it for now, you can go back and think about it." If you are interested, please hear back to me within two days. ”

“......”

......

I have to say that the elites of the computer IT industry at this time, or these technical nerds, are still very arrogant, and even quite high. Of course, they want to start a business and become billionaires admired by thousands of people, but on the other hand, they are sought after by capital everywhere, and they have a somewhat mentality that the emperor's daughter will not marry.

In particular, the conditions of the White Lotus are quite harsh. The most important one - having the decision-making power of R&D? This makes Jim and the three technical nerds unbearable. "You can insult my people, but you must not insult my R&D technology!"

Therefore, as soon as they left, after a few words of discussion, they unanimously decided: "To hell with this White Lotus!"

That night, however, Jim tossed and turned in his hotel bed, in fact...... If you are really so sure, will you be able to succeed in your research? Even if you do, will you find new investors? These are all unknowns.

And the conditions of the White Lotus are ...... It's very unpleasant, but they have a stake in Microsoft and the backing of White Lotus, so even if it is another direction of research and development, the success rate will definitely be much higher. In my heart, even if I can be a technical director and get a part of the company's shares, I am already very satisfied. After all, you don't need your own personal investment, it's just a matter of spending some time and energy on research and development.

The reality may be helpless, in order to start a business, Jim has become like a passerby. And the next day, avoiding Steve and Makay, Jim secretly calls Kent and makes an appointment to meet at 2 p.m.

Dressed up, Jim arrived at the White Lotus headquarters on time, but as soon as he took the taxi, he was stunned to see that Ma Kai also happened to arrive in another taxi, and he also saw himself. For a moment, both of them looked at each other, their mouths wide open in surprise, and their eyes widened......

Finally coming to his senses, Jim laughed and stretched out his hand: "Haha, Mackay, you're here too?"

Ma Kai shook his head with a smile and shook his hand: "This is really ...... It's really ......"

"Okay, what about Steve?" asked Jim.

"I don't know. Let's go in first. ”

"Well, let's say okay then and find a way to get more shares. ”

"That's for sure. Jim, I'm not good at communicating, if the CEO really gives it to us, then you do it. ”

"Hehe......"

......

A few hours later, Jim and the two left with a hint of wonder on their faces. It should be said that the conditions of the White Lotus are very good, with an investment of 500,000 US dollars, but only 60% of the company's shares, while Jim and Ma Kai each have 20%. In particular, the CEO of the new company was Jim, and Ma Kai became the company's CTO (chief technology officer), and it should be said that he occupied two important positions in the company called Iceberg.

Of the 60% shares, Jing Jian only has 15% of the private shares, and the rest are the shares of White Lotus's company. The reason for this arrangement is to appear inconspicuous after listing. Yes, the reason why Jing Jian established this company is to go public, taking advantage of the bubble of Internet stocks, to go to the NASDAQ to make money.

But what is the direction of the company's R&D? Jim looked at Ma Kai and said with a wry smile: "Let's ...... E-mail?"

Ma Kai shrugged with the same wry smile. To be honest, the technology of e-mail has long been mature, but the current network conditions are poor, and it is not very popular, but this kind of research and development is completely overkill for Jim and the two of them. But...... Anyway, someone invests, whatever.

"So have a drink and celebrate?" Jim invited with a smile.

"Have a drink!"

......

At this time, on a plane to New York, Steve was on his way to meet with another investor......