In the evening, Roger Nicholas threw a banquet for Henry, to which friends and neighbors were invited.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this feast! Now, I will solemnly introduce you to a man!" said Roger Nicholas, who paused, and pointed to Henry, who was standing beside him, "His name is Henry Williams, and my grandson is Roger Nicholas!!

Bang Bang Bang !!

Everyone clapped their hands happily to celebrate the reunion of Roger Nicholas' grandchildren.

Roger Nicholas raised his hand to signal the group to stop, and Attorney Will handed him a pair of papers. Roger Nicholas held up the document and announced in a loud voice: "Today I have made a will, and when I die, all my property will be inherited by Henry Williams!!"

"Grandpa!" Hearing this, Henry couldn't help but be stunned, opened his mouth slightly, and was speechless for a while.

Roger Nicholas touched Henry's head and said with a smile: "Good boy, it was all grandpa's fault in the past, if grandpa hadn't driven away your mother, you wouldn't have suffered so many disasters......!"

"It's not my grandfather's fault, this is God's test for us, after the storm, it's a rainbow!"

Roger Nicholas laughed and said, "Haha, that's right, it's God's test for us!"

Seeing that Henry was so good at talking, the surrounding guests couldn't help but nod their heads and praise him for his intelligence!

Roger Nicholas then called the banquet to order.

And Roger Nicholas held this banquet for another purpose besides introducing Henry to others. He knew that his grandson had written a novel, but he was frustrated with the publication. As a well-known bookstore owner in California, it's natural to know many publishers. So, he deliberately invited some high-ranking members of the American publishing industry to attend tonight, and planned to lobby for his grandson Henry at the banquet.

Henry met a number of people at the banquet, and the most surprising thing was that the neighbors who lived next door were Leonard Bossak and Sandra Lerner, a couple of teachers at Stanford. As a veteran network engineer, it is impossible not to know the founder of Cisco (although he only knows his name). Henry admired and struck up a conversation with the two.

At this time, Roger Nicholas was holding a photocopied manuscript of the novel and was having it reviewed by ten publishers.

"Roger, we are also old friends, this book is too young to be published by our publishing house. ”

"That's right, Roger, this book is really not up to par. ”

"The content of the novel is too small and has no sense of art. ”

“……”

Roger Nicholas's face was slightly ugly: "Guys, you must know that the author of this book is only ten years old now! I think if it is published, it will be a very good gimmick, isn't it?!!"

Everyone still hesitated, but they didn't say no.

After the feast, Mr. and Mrs. Bossak said goodbye to Roger Nicholas and praised Henry: "Mr. Nicholas, your grandson has a talent for learning computers, and he is the brightest child I have ever met!"

"Thank you for the compliment!" said Roger Nicholas with a smile on his face as they praised his grandson.

Henry said, "Grandpa, I want to learn computer science from Uncle Bosak as a teacher, do you think about it?"

Roger Nicholas laughed, "Of course I'm fine, but I don't know if Mr. Bosak agrees?"

Leonard Bossak said happily: "Of course, no problem, I am more than happy to accept a genius as a student!!"

Henry's heart suddenly rejoiced, thinking about when Cisco was founded, it seemed like it was at the end of this year......

In the evening, Roger Nicholas told Henry that he had shown the manuscript to ten publishers, and that it was likely that some publishers would be willing to publish it.

Henry hugged the old man and thanked, "Thank you grandfather!"

The old man smiled, a look of kindness.

The next day, Henry went to Bossak's house with some greeting gifts. The Posacks welcomed Henry's arrival.

The Bossaks taught at Stanford, so naturally they didn't have much time to teach Henry. So, Bossak gave Henry a rough lecture on computers, and then gave him a few books for him to teach himself. A few days later, Bosak was shocked, and he tried to test Henry, but Henry answered it correctly. There are some advanced things involved, and Henry can answer them well. Bossak had to feel that Henry was a genius. Because of this, Bosak taught more attentively. Henry even slept at Bossak's house at night.

And during this period, it was a good thing.

Finally a publisher is willing to publish Henry's novel. The publishing house, called the West German Press, was not very large, with influence in only a few western states, but it was the first step to success for Henry. Subsequently, Henry negotiated with the publisher, and because Henry insisted that he could only license the paper rights of West German publishing houses in the United States, and that it was only the first part of the Harry Potter series, he would only receive 6% of the royalties.

A week or two later, around mid-October, the West German publishing house distributed 10,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at $10 a copy. In the beginning, the market reaction was flat. However, a month later, the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" suddenly became popular. The main reason for this is that many children love this book very much.

Due to the fire of "Harry Potter", the publishing house urgently printed 20,000 copies, but did not want to be sold out at the first time, and the West German publishing house had to continue to reprint!

The Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other major newspapers reported on the incident, and the 10-year-old best-selling author Henry Williamston rose to fame!

People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, or they should be famous as soon as possible, and Henry has a deep feeling for both of them. It's hard to be famous and not want to be harassed by the outside world. But after becoming famous, it is a real benefit, at least the novel sells better. The West German publishing house hurriedly adjusted Henry's royalties from 6% to 10%.

The West German publishing house considered the continuation of the cooperation with Henry in the future, otherwise the second part of "Harry Potter" would probably be lost to his family. The Harry Potter series clearly has the potential to become a hit, which means that West German publishers can make more money, and at the same time, West German publishers can use the influence of Harry Potter to grow and strengthen their publishing capabilities, and they will make much more money than a book!!

At the end of November, the Bossaks resigned. When Henry heard the news, his heart jumped because he knew that a future Internet giant was about to be born.

Three days later.

"Henry, your Aunt Lerner and I are planning to start a high-tech company. Posack said that evening.

Many years later, Henry still vividly remembers that night when the sky was full of stars and the moonlight was like water, but he didn't feel a ripple in his heart. When he left that night, he said something to Bossak, which Henry still remembers: "Teacher Bossak, let's create a big situation together!!

Bosak nodded and agreed to Henry's request.

So Henry returned home full of joy.

"Grandpa, Mr. Bosak is going to start a company, and I want to be a partner with him. When Henry met Roger Nicholas, he immediately told him about his fateful decision.

Roger Nicholas first took the side of the businessman, pondered for a while, considered the pros and cons, and then asked a little more about the establishment of the company. Henry probably knew better than Mr. and Mrs. Bossak what kind of company Cisco was, so he gave his grandfather a detailed analysis of the company's development prospects, talking about routers, the Internet, and so on. But in the end, Henry's grandfather seemed to be more and more confused the more he listened, but the smile on his face became more and more. Because he found that his grandson was interested in creating a company, he had obviously thought about a lot of things, and he should support this enthusiasm, even if it was worth losing money in the end!

"Henry, grandpa has your back!" said Roger Nicholas with a kind smile.

Yes!!!

Henry was happy that with his grandfather's support, funding was not a problem. Henry has no money now, and the manuscript fee is settled once a quarter, and Henry will have to wait until March next year to get the money.

"Grandpa, can you help me pay a million dollars first, and I'll pay you back when I get the manuscript fee!" Henry looked at Roger Nicholas expectantly.

"What's more, grandpa's money isn't yours yet!!" Roger Nicholas smiled as he tapped Henry's head lightly.

Henry touched his head and smiled embarrassedly at his grandfather, but still insisted on his decision: "Grandpa, it's not a matter of money or not, it's a matter of principle. I want to start a business on my own, and then I have a sense of accomplishment! My grandfather doesn't want me to be a rich second generation who does nothing and only knows how to gnaw at the old, right?"

"Good !!," said Roger Nicholas, delighted.

Henry immediately wrote an IOU, and then handed it to his grandfather: "This is my IOU, next year when I get the manuscript fee, I will pay you back!!"

"Good!" Roger Nicholas smiled and took Henry's IOU, only to see that the IOU read: "On the evening of December 3, 1984, Henry Williams borrowed a million dollars from his beloved grandfather, Mr. Roger Nicholas. ”

Roger Nicholas casually put away the IOU, he had no intention of asking Henry to pay it back. This simple IOU shocked the world by bidding for $10 million at an auction a few years later!! and Roger Nicholas took the IOU and wrote a check to Henry. Although Henry was only ten years old, he was extremely sensible, and Roger was relieved to hand him the check.

The next day, Henry went to Mr. Bossak's house with the check.

"Mr. Bosak, what is the initial capital for your company?" asked Henry.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Bossak said. Americans like to spend in advance, so the average person doesn't have a lot of savings, and the Possac family has three cars worth three or four hundred thousand dollars, while their villa is worth more than a million dollars. Speaking of which, the Bossaks are still a rich couple.

But $250,000 is a drop in the bucket for creating a high-tech company. Historically, Bosak has mortgaged his villas. Later, he immediately accepted Sequoia Capital's financing, and the company developed.

"Mr. Bosak, I borrowed a million dollars from my grandfather for next year's manuscript fee!" said Henry, taking out the check.

Bossak and Lerner were stunned, they didn't expect me to come up with so much money at once.

"Mr. Bossak, how about I invest a million dollars, and we each have a 50% stake?" Henry looked at Bossak and Lerner, a little nervous in his heart, worried that he would have too many shares, and the two did not agree to this distribution method. Who knows, Bosack shook his head and said: "No, you take out so much money, you should be the largest shareholder, we only need 40%, let you have 60% of the shares." ”

Henry was momentarily stunned.

No wonder the couple sold Cisco for cabbage prices in the future! Well, although I have taken advantage of it now, with me, I will not let you repeat the mistakes of the past, and you can be a global millionaire in the future.

Henry agreed to the share distribution.

In the next few days, Bossak, Lerner, and Henry went to register a company, and Bossak preferred to name the company "San Francisco", but the law did not allow the company to be registered in the name of the city, so finally took the last five letters of SanFrancisco - cisco, that is, Cisco!