752 The first collaboration with the richest man

"John, I haven't congratulated you yet, you have taken Lanai, the pearl island of Hawaii!" After several people walked to the party hall and sat down one after another, Gates congratulated Li Feng with a smile.

"Hehe... ,It's just luck.,It just so happened that Rupert was eager to trade with me.,I took it as part of the deal.,By the way,I heard that Bill you also held a wedding ceremony on Lanai a few years ago.,I think you should set up a sign in the place where you held your wedding ceremony.,The world's richest man,Microsoft President Bill Gates got married.,I think this will definitely become one of the most famous business cards of Lanai.,What do you think?" Hearing our richest man congratulate with a little envy, Li Feng immediately replied jokingly.

"Haha... I think it's a good idea, John, and I think it's going to attract a lot of tourists to Lanai, and perhaps most notably the men and women who are about to get married, after all, this is the richest man's place to get married, isn't it!" Wadley laughed and interjected.

"Uh..."

"Haha..."

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With Waldley's joke, combined with the speechless expression of Gates, the richest man, he suddenly made everyone big and small again. After all, there are really not many opportunities to see such a helpless and speechless expression of the richest comrade, and it is a burst of coke when you think about it.

"So, Mr. Lee, are you ready to develop Lanai Island and make it a tourist resort in Hawaii?" asked Isado Sharp, the helmsman of the four seasons, with a smile after laughing.

"Yes, since you bought Lanai, you won't let it sit vacant like this, and after Christmas and New Year's Day, real estate companies, tourism and design companies will take over the design. In this regard, Li Feng did not hide it, and replied with a smile.

"John, in that case, according to what I know about you, I think you should have a rough idea, our Four Seasons Hotel is also on Lanai, and it is currently the only luxury hotel on Lanai, and we are also very concerned about your development of Lanai, or we will also invest in some of it?" Gates suddenly smiled and proposed.

"You guys?"

"Yes, like you said, I have very good memories of Lanai, and it would be a great investment opportunity to invest directly in an island like Hawaii. ”

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Seeing that Li Feng was deep in thought, the three Gates suddenly restrained their smiles and stared at Li Feng with a straight face.

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"It's not impossible, after all, I bought Lanai Island because I wanted to have a private vacation place without interruption, and secondly, it was also an asset investment. Moreover, Lanai Island is too big for me to live in such a large place by myself, so since this is the case, the development of Lanai Island is naturally an inevitable process.

My goal is to make Lanai the world's premier private resort, open only to members, and aimed at the world's affluent people, and I think if Bill and Waldley can get involved, maybe we can speed up this step. Li Feng said directly about his own ideas.

"Oh... "John, I'm very interested in your Lanai development plans, can you tell us more about it?" said Wadley, the Saudi prince, who couldn't help it at first, and responded directly.

That's right, Waldley couldn't help it in the first place, after all, Li Feng's proposal was very much in line with Waldley's mind.

Due to his father's reasons, the Wadley family was forced to stay away from the power center of the Saudi government, and the Wadley family is now mainly developing in business, but when the business develops to the point where Waldley is now, it can't help but become more and more closely involved with the Saudi royal family, after all, Waldley's development is inseparable from the support of the government and the royal family.

Similarly, Wadley is still a little unwilling to be forced to stay away from the Saudi center of power in his heart, otherwise the prince will not be investigated by the Saudi government and even face imprisonment.

For Waldley, how to expand his influence now is the most important thing for him, and Li Feng's idea is perfect for Waldley to increase his influence and network resources.

It can be imagined that if Lanai's future investment is led by Li Feng, a young genius and the richest man in the future, and the current richest man and himself, the richest man and prince in the Middle East, relying on the connections of the three, I believe that Lanai Island will definitely become a resort and social place in the world's top circles.

In addition to their own enterprises, there are also natural resource advantages, such as the Skyline Hotel, Waldorf Astoria, Four Seasons Hotel and other three 5-star hotels have a wide range of top customer resources.

What's more, for example, Li Feng wears a pair of pants with Hilton Hotels Group, and has extensive cooperation with MGM Hotel Group, and similarly, Gates and Waldley also have huge network resources around the world, if these resources are used, coupled with the natural influence of the three of them, Lanai Island will not be able to think of being famous.

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It was with this in mind that Waldley became very excited, and he was determined to get involved.

Naturally, Li Feng also thought of the Tao, although he can develop it himself, but if Gates and Waldley, two business tycoons with huge influence in the world, can participate together, it is obvious that it will be of great help to expand the popularity of Lanai.

With Li Feng explaining the general idea in his heart, Bill and Waldley were very excited, especially when Li Feng said that he could even directly establish a business alliance club or something in the future, think about it, if some of the world's top rich groups set up a club, alliance or something, the benefits to all parties are obvious.

"John, I think since you've told us this, you really didn't think about it, you see, Waldley is a little impatient. Gates regained his composure at this time, and then smiled and quipped to Waldley on the side.

"Haha... , Waldley don't worry, since I have said so, I will naturally not refuse your cooperation. ”

"Okay, then you can talk about it!"

"Hehe... Okay, so let's do that, you two should invest in Lanai as well, and I'll sell some of the ownership of Lanai to the two of you, how about it?"

"How much equity?"

"I'll give you two 47%. ”

"47 percent, as far as we know, John owns 98 percent of Lanai. ”

"Hehe, I guess it's not a secret, isn't it!"

"John, we both need 51%, and you know, even then, you're the number one shareholder. ”

"It's different, you two should understand, I didn't want to involve others, at first I wanted to do it slowly, this time Bill and Waldley you two unexpected proposal, I won't refuse, but Lanai Island is after all I bought before, I won't give up control. ”

"I think it's possible, but John, we need to have voting rights for 47% of our shares, and if you want to sell it in the future, we have the right of first refusal. ”

"Haha... Bill, it looks like you've been getting scared of Microsoft's board power struggle lately, okay, as you said. ”

"Haha..."

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In fact, Gates really had this concern, although Li Feng still controlled Lanai, but the two were relieved to hear that Li Feng agreed to have 47 shares and voting rights.

In fact, most of the companies in the early days were like this, not like later generations, such as Ali in later generations, Ma's father only controlled the company with less than 10% of the shares, if it was 20 years ago, it is estimated that the company would have had nothing to do with Ma's father.

In later generations, the founder team has the control and voting rights of the company's affairs that far exceed the proportion of shares, which is one of the basic choices of many startups, but there is no such thing in the early companies, otherwise a bull like Jobs would not be driven out by the company he founded.

Similarly, Gates didn't think so far when he founded the company, Gates controlled enough shares at the beginning, and Microsoft was far from the market value scale it has today, which naturally made it feel at ease to develop.

But with the continuous exaggerated leap in Microsoft's market value, all parties are pouring in, Gates has to continue to share shares in order to survive safely, as the equity continues to decrease, Gates's voice in Microsoft will naturally continue to be weakened, otherwise, why would Gates begin to fade out of Microsoft management at such a young age.

This cooperation is a very good opportunity, Li Feng is to deepen cooperation with Gates and Waldley, after all, the two have a huge influence in the world in the future;