Bee chats were initially attracted not only to Stanford students, but also to many people who had the app on their computers.

Nowadays, Silicon Valley has the fastest network transmission speed and the most open acceptance of high-tech products, and any new things in the IT industry are popular among the people in Silicon Valley first.

When James received a call from a third friend, the chat content was also about Bee, and he knew that this product would most likely become popular, and the program that could conquer a group of Silicon Valley people would not be inferior in quality, which has been verified by many Internet companies.

After the meeting a few days ago, Microsoft has not contacted Su Mu, and Knight, who kept saying that he wanted to join, also did not continue to talk to Su Mu about it.

Interesting software has been emerging in recent years, the appearance of Bee has not caused much turmoil, Galaxy has not promoted it, and compared to the hypertext link technology that appeared at the end of last year, a program that can only entertain is really not much to praise.

Su Mu and Lily went to Palm Springs, a famous resort in California, on the one hand, to relax, and on the other hand, because he was worried that Lily would be embarrassed to live in the same house with her family.

It is ridiculous to say that Americans even represent "conservative" in the minds of some Europeans, and there are indeed some debauched girls, almost every middle school and university, and there are not a few, and there are more in society.

But a large part of the girls, especially the Catholic girls, are also clean and self-conscious, and they have been in love for so long enough to let Lily loosen, in fact, they are not opposed, and the sad thing is that during this trip, her "relatives" arrived on time.

Su Mu can only continue to comfort himself, he has been waiting for so long, where do you care about waiting for a few more weeks, the relationship between the two parties is in a warming period, and they have not seen each other for a long time, and every time they meet, they can have the feeling of being a newlywed, playing golf, visiting the Grand Canyon for a day, and it is time to go back in the blink of an eye.

At noon on the 14th, Su Mu received a good or bad news, news about the Empire State Building.

Lawyer Thompson told him on the other end of the phone: "The Empire State Building United Company is willing to make concessions, this time they plan to buy the Empire State Building from you for 55 million dollars, I think their bottom line should be between 60 million and 65 million dollars, if they fight for it, maybe they can get some other benefits, such as covering the costs of this lawsuit, including the cost of our law firm, what do you think?"

The lawsuit lasted four months, and to be honest, Su Mu was also a little tired.

During this period, he and Thompson made more than 20 phone calls to exchange opinions, and neither of them had the confidence to win in this lawsuit, and tested each other's bottom line.

It is estimated that this time I was entangled by Thompson's lawyer to have a headache, and most of the original tenants also made trouble together, so the Empire State Building United Company came to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, trying to buy the Empire State Building back directly from Su Mu's hands, so that the building and management rights are their company, and the lawsuit will naturally not exist, and the businessmen only value interests, they know what Su Mu wants, and they pinch their noses and admit it.

There is no way, the new owner of the building is not as easy to talk as Prudential Insurance Company, and the original hard-line shareholders of the Empire State Building United Company have taken the initiative to relent, and want to spend money to eliminate the disaster.

If it can really be sold for more than 60 million US dollars, it means that in just half a year, Su Mu can earn about 20 million US dollars from this transaction, and he has been the nominal owner of the Empire State Building for so long in vain.

Twenty million dollars.

This may not sound like a big number, but according to the weight of a $100 bill, it is more than 220 kilograms!

How many people in the world can earn 20 million US dollars? As long as Su Mu nods, most of them can get their hands, and in addition to spending some effort, they mainly rely on bank capital to complete the acquisition of the Empire State Building, and this battle has already been won.

It's a small trouble, and it's better to get rid of it early, although it didn't develop according to his ideas, at least he made some money, enough to buy today's first-class private business jet.

After hesitating for a while, Lily sat next to Su Mu, and saw that he was on the phone, so he didn't bother, and Su Mu asked, "If I don't sell and am willing to give up this lawsuit, do you think you can make the Empire State Building United Company spit out some of the proceeds, and how much can I get it?"

"I don't know for the time being, but if I talk to them, I might be able to give you 10 or 20 percent of the profits. ”

"What if I use the Empire State Building as capital and merge with the Empire State Building United Company?"

Recently, he was not driven crazy by the United Company, but he was about to be driven crazy by Su Mu, a difficult client, and probably guessed what Su Mu wanted to do, Thompson's lawyer said helplessly: "Are you sure?"

It's been so long for the Empire State Building Corporation, but you want to work with it?"

Su Mu said calmly: "The Empire State Building itself is not valuable, what is valuable is that it can continuously collect rent every year, and the rooftop observation deck also has a lot of profits, what do I want to do with the building."

Since the lawsuit is very difficult and dragged into this deadlock, of course I have to maximize my own interests and tell them that after the merger, I only need 45% of the shares, or in addition to the rent, they will give me 30% of the annual profits, otherwise there is no need to talk about it, I think you should have a way to solve this matter. ”

Lawyer Thompson was about to be laughed at angrily, the boss moved his mouth, and the employee broke his leg, but this is also a good thing, since the Empire State Building United Company has the intention to give in, it means that it has been tortured to a certain point, and it is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

continued to say to Su Mu: "Taking out so much money at one time is a lot of pressure on the current Empire State Building United Company, if you are lucky, maybe I will agree to your request, you should have a lower psychological preparation than you expected." ”

"I understand, come on, Mr. Thompson, if it works, I'll give you a gift......"

The scale of the Empire State Building United Company is not big, it is not small, Su Mu can not care about this lawsuit, the other party can't care, and it is an unexpected and reasonable thing to suddenly soften.

An Empire State Building is worth more than $40 million, and it is very difficult to get 45 percent of the shares by merging with the Empire State Building, the Empire State Building itself is not profitable, and the United Company already has the right to manage it, so of course there is no need to make another move to take the Empire State Building.

This time he agreed to buy the Empire State Building Corporation, mainly to get out of trouble, and Thompson was worthy of the name of the top business lawyer in the United States, and he bit them to the death.

Su Mu can afford to lose, and put on a situation of not dying, and once the Empire State Building United Company loses, it means losing the lease right to the Empire State Building, or has to pay more than 100 million dollars for maintenance, and the victory or defeat of the lawsuit is about fifty-fifty.

After four months of good news, Su Mu told Lily about the conversation, and she asked, "What if they don't agree?"

Su Mu was confused, and said with a free smile: "Then delay it for another month or two, and if it really doesn't work, I'll sell it to them, maybe the price can be higher."

If I lose the lawsuit, it means that the Empire State Building United Company is likely to bite me in turn and take me to court, mostly for obstructing their normal operations, etc., and then the Empire State Building will become a chicken rib that no one will take over, and I don't know how many years it will take to recover the cost of rent, so it is better to sell it to them directly. ”

"But what if you put it off and they are annoyed and repentant and won't buy it?"

"What else can I do, admit it and continue to fight the lawsuit, I don't think they have the courage to fight with me, the Empire State Building United Company is far more willing to reconcile than me, who will be completely sure, doing business is not like this, they are all gambling. ”

……

Far away in New York.

The weather was already warm, the sky was gray overhead, New York was far more polluted than people thought, Central Park was more like a decoration, and the city was overpopulated.

Lawyer Thompson smiled bitterly, feeling a little confident, knowing that most of the lawsuits this time would not smash his signboard, and the settlement would be considered a victory.

Halfway through a cigar, I picked up the phone and called the opposing lawyer after finishing my thoughts, and said, "Let your boss come to me, there are some situations that need to be discussed......8)