The men of Silver Mountain soon arrived, and Colin Paul went to another room with them to negotiate a detailed contract.

Evan stretched his waist and said to Linda, "Change me for a cup of black tea." ”

Linda was cleaning up the coffee table with Emilia when she heard the words and said, "Okay." ”

"By the way, isn't Chester here yet?"

"Nope. ”

"Need a rush?"

"No!" Evan waved his hand, leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and showed a lazy look: "I'll squint, and someone will call me when they arrive." ”

"Yes!"

Linda and Emilia left the office with three pairs of cups.

Evan closed his eyes and pretended to sleep as he thought about the investment he had made in Colin.

The prospect of the motel Evan really couldn't be judged, because he lacked relevant information in his head. In his previous life, he went to the United States, mostly to attend academic conferences, but he did not stay much in the United States, and the places he stayed were also hotels such as Marriott and Hyatt.

So, although he didn't know much about motels, he could conclude that the hotel industry had a bright future.

You know, in the United States alone, with the hotel industry, billionaire families such as Pritzker, Hilton, Marriott, and Carlson were born. Among these families, Pritzker and Hilton are the most famous. The former is because of the Pulitzer Prize for journalism that bears its name, which has a huge influence around the world, and the dispute over the division of property that took place at the turn of the century.

The latter is because of a swaggering style and a lady who often appears in the media.

Of course, in the second half of the twentieth century, Jay Pritzker, the founder of the Hyatt Company, who had just received his J.D. from Northwestern University, was busy cooperating with his brother to set up an industrial company in an attempt to expand the family's business beyond law firms. Marriott founder Willard Marriott's beer and family restaurant business has grown big, but has yet to expand into the hospitality sector.

Only Hilton's name has already been established in the hotel industry.

The founder of the Hilton family is called Conrad Hilton, who founded a bank in his early years, enlisted in the army, fought in World War I, broke his business, and finally rose to prominence by running a hotel in Sikhtown, Texas, which had flourished because of oil.

Conrad's hotel industry flourished, and soon after, he spent $1 million to build the first Hilton-named hotel in Dallas, Texas, the Dallas Hilton Hotel, and then expanded Hilton's footprint to San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and finally the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the world's most luxurious and famous hotel at the time, which had hosted many foreign royals, high-ranking government officials and millionaires.

Conrad's acquisition of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel took place last year, and it even made front-page headlines in many newspapers. That's why the name Hilton came into Evan's attention.

That's why Evan suggested that Colin focus on the hotel industry when he was about to start his own business, and even put strings attached to the money.

He wasn't sure if the motel would make it, but it would.

Unbeknownst to Evan, however, motels did flourish in the United States, beginning in the fifties. At its peak, there were more than 60,000 motels operating in the United States, a number that has dwindled to just over 10,000 in the new century. When Marriott entered the hospitality industry, it started with motels.

However, even if he didn't know this, Evan would still give Colin investment support.

After all, information and data do not deceive, and since Colin dared to come to Avourla to invest, it was naturally because he was confident in convincing him.

"Evan?"

"Mr. Chester has arrived!"

Linda's soft-whispered notification made Evan open his eyes.

"Let him in. ”

A minute later, Chester walked into the office with an assistant.

After a brief pleasantry, Chester and Evan sat across the coffee table.

"Evan, this is the Xerox Model B, compared to the Model A, it hasn't changed much in terms of structure, only replacing new parts in areas that are prone to failure. ”

"As a result, the Model B can be brought into production quickly and with greater stability. ”

Evan flipped through the information provided by Chester and asked, "Is this data real?"

"Of course, I promise. ”

"Very good, this shows that you didn't work hard in vain some time ago. Evan closed the report, looked at Chester, who had lost a lot of weight, and said, "Now, tell me, what do you want to discuss with me?"

Chester hesitated and said, "It's about sales." ”

"It's okay, you're Xerox's representative on the council, and you can give any opinion. ”

Evan cheered Chester up.

Chester was unconcerned and admitted: "I would like the Model B to be a little lower than the Model A and offer a trade-in service." ”

Evan was puzzled and asked, "Why do you want to lower the price?" Xerox is not in a good financial position right now. ”

Chester explained: "In order to reduce the resistance to promotion. ”

Evan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Do you think so, do you think that price is the biggest reason for the poor promotion of photocopiers at present?"

"I don't think so!"

"The price of photocopiers can't be lowered, at least not until the competition comes along. ”

"There can be a trade-in policy. ”

"Chester, you'd better go back and think more about your sales strategy. ”

Chester's face darkened when he heard this.

……

Negotiations between Silver Mountain and Colin ended in the afternoon, and a consensus was basically reached, and the final article was sent to Evan's desk to be signed.

In order to get the money as soon as possible, Colin cheekily followed the person in charge of Silver Mountain to Evan's office again.

The head of Silver Mountain is Roy Edwin, who was formerly the manager of the credit review department of the Civic National Bank, and after the bank was acquired by the Bank of America, he did not stay at the bank, but joined the alphabet company on the recommendation of Peter Cohen and was responsible for establishing the financial audit department at the group level. This is a daunting task, and so far the department has not been officially operational. So Evan simply made him the head of Silver Mountain.

Of course, this is only a temporary arrangement. In Evan's vision, Silver Mountain would become an independent, professional venture capital arm whose leaders needed to be forward-looking, not just picky.

After reading the part of the contract about rights and obligations and share distribution, Evan asked Roy, "Roy, why did you ask for a separate 2% allotment to Colin?"

Roy replied, "Because Colin is the most valuable person in their team, and with him, the team can be stable." ”

Roy looked at him and asked, "Is there a problem with this one?"

Evan looked at Colin, who was sitting on the couch with his back to him, then shook his head and signed his name on the contract.