Chapter 229 Shareholding
Henry soon sent an acquisition team to England to prepare for the acquisition of PI.XshuOTXt.CoM
Pi company was established very early, committed to the development of the mobile phone system, its concept is to design a simple and practical mobile phone operating system!
At that time, most mobile phone manufacturers were using their own mobile phone systems, and it was too difficult for PI to make money from the mobile phone system! And the reason why PI was able to show up was mainly because the PA (PDA) that the company later opened was well-known in Europe! However, they were all imitating Apple's products, but now Apple's PA product app has not yet come out, and Pi has not yet found a target for plagiarism, so it is a bit miserable......
APP is the world's first handheld computer, and its chip is still designed by AR company! Therefore, Henry has a certain understanding of the progress of APP! Probably, the opening of APP products has been completed two-thirds, and it will be opened this year and all the test work will be completed, and it will be mass-produced next year!
However, because it could not find its position in the market and the demand was low, it took Apple to the abyss!
Henry's negotiators arrived in England and negotiated with PI founder David Porter for more than two weeks!
David Porter is a shrewd Englishman, he predicts that in the future, more and more people will use mobile phones, the mobile phone market will be very huge, if PI insists on the mobile phone system, it will be successful!!
Henry asked the negotiators, "How much money is PI willing to accept, and how much will I share?"
"Raise five million dollars to hold a !!," the negotiator added, "If the financing is successful, Mr. Williams." The novel, 'You're going to be the largest shareholder of PI!' and founder David Porter's shares are only %, but he's already the second largest shareholder! And PI has a total of shareholders of all sizes! Plus, the company isn't publicly traded yet!"
When Henry heard this, he couldn't help frowning and pondering. He was considering whether to have absolute control, and after a while, he asked, "Is PI unwilling to accept more financing?" I think it's better to get an absolute controlling stake in the company!"
"Mr. Williams, I'm afraid that's hard!" they thought. Of course, this is just an excuse, and who would be afraid of the lack of money? The main reason is that the management of PI believes that giving us % of the shares is already very much, and they don't want us to get more shares, and then manipulate the company's !!."
Henry furrowed his eyebrows and said disdainfully: "I don't control the company's exhibition, can it be fast!!
The negotiator over there hurriedly complimented: "Of course. Mr. Williams, who in the world does not know your ability, if PI Company can be under your wise leadership, it will definitely be able to develop rapidly!"
Henry turned a deaf ear to the sycophants, he was thinking about the pros and cons, the architecture of the Symbian system itself has a big problem, such as the incompatibility of multi-platform third-party software, in addition, every time the Symbian system is updated, the third-party software of the two Symbian systems before and after is incompatible. The software developer must reopen the software for each Symbian system. In this case, the third-party software company that opened on Saipan has to spend more manpower and material resources, thus adding additional costs!
Who wants to pay more money from a third-party software company?
Although Saipan also has these problems, it is a pity. 'It can't be solved!
The system is like that, what's the whole thing?
Therefore, after Apple's App-R came out, third-party software companies shifted their positions one after another!!
Symbian's disadvantages are much more than that, and if PI agrees to be acquired, then Henry may have people spend a lot of effort to improve the system's kernel in the early stages. And in the course of future exhibitions, I will make more suggestions. However, PI was clearly reluctant to be acquired and missed an opportunity!
However, if it is changed, I am afraid it will take a lot of time. Come on, just don't change it, just follow the original direction of the Symbian system exhibition, just meet the needs of this era, and then wait for Apple's system to end!
And you can use the Symbian system to make money as a mobile phone, the cost of the Symbian system is low, there is no need for any high configuration, and the machine can also be driven, and the current hardware level is just not very good......!
If he fails to take an absolute controlling stake in PI, then it will definitely be a matter of time before the Symbian system is licensed, and in addition, the company's management will definitely attract more shareholders to dilute their shares, such as Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola......
And if you invest in PI company, you will be able to get the authorization of the Symbian system!
Since everyone has the Saipan system, then the fight is strength, and everyone grabs the market with their ability!
In addition, Apple will be finished in a few years, and he can just buy it, and then focus on the Apple system, and at the same time turn on the capacitive screen, multi-touch, touch interaction specifications, and when everything is ready, he will sell the shares of the Symbian system to Nokia and other companies, and kill them!
When the time comes, launch your own app mobile phone and immediately kill all mobile phones!!
Henry thought carefully for a moment, and finally gave an order to the negotiators: "You tell them that I agree to their demands and am willing to raise ten million dollars and take only % of the shares of the PI company!!"
"Mr. Williams, five million will get % of the shares!" the negotiator was slightly stunned after listening to Henry's words, and then reminded.
"I know that, but I have an extra five million dollars, and I have only one request," Henry paused and said, "I hope that the mobile phone system they open can be licensed to my mobile phone manufacturing company for free, remember, including the new system !! each generation."
"Yes, I remember!!"
"Hmm!" Henry said as soon as he wanted to hang up the phone, suddenly remembering something, "By the way, suggesting that they change the name of the company to Saipan and call the mobile phone system Saipan." If they don't want to, it doesn't matter, I don't force it!"
"Okay!"
The negotiator came to PI with Henry's order, and when he relayed Henry's words, everyone was surprised, especially when Henry raised 10 million dollars and only took % of the shares plus the free system authorization request!
David Porter and the others discussed it for a while, and then agreed with a smile on their faces! Henry is a major shareholder, and now he has invested an extra $5 million, so he should ask for more!
"After some discussion, we decided to agree to Henry Williams' request!!" said David Porter!
"Well, that's great! By the way, Mr. David Porter, Mr. Williams suggested that the name of PI be changed to Saipan, and the mobile phone system opened was called Saipan, you wouldn't mind, would you?"
"Oh, no problem!!" David Porter replied with a smile after a moment's thought.
"Well, that's good!"
Subsequently, the two sides soon signed a financing agreement, but in the content of the agreement, it was specifically stated that Henry, as the largest shareholder, would license each generation of the Symbian system to the mobile phone company established by Henry for free!
David Porter and the others didn't realize this pitfall, or they didn't care, and thought to themselves, no matter how many phones Henry's mobile phone company sells, how many phones can it sell! 10 million units? How can it be...... It's good to have a million units!!
After signing the agreement, the negotiation team quickly left with the agreement!
At this time, David Porter asked several of the executives and shareholders of the surrounding company, "Well, Pi Company, oh no, it should be called Saipan Company! Doesn't Henry Williams like this name, our company will be called Saipan Company in the future." Hehe, you say, are we holding a press conference to tell the outside media about Mr. Williams' stake in our company!"
"Oh, if we hold a press conference, the whole world will know the name of our company!!"
David Porter laughed and exclaimed, "Yes, that's what I meant!!"
"Oh, it seems that our company is going to become famous, and global mobile phone manufacturing companies will pay attention to us, haha......"
(To be continued.) )