Son Zhengyi always has a slightly childish smile on his face, Lu Hongliang and Son Zhengyi are friends with each other, and often joke about Son Zhengyi's baldness: "Sun Sang, your hairline seems to have gone backwards." ”

Son Masayoshi smiled slightly: "It's not my hairline that is receding, it's my life that is advancing." ”

Lu Hongliang laughed, he really deserves to be Son Zhengyi, and his perspective on problems is always so different.

When he and Son were studying at Berkeley, they admired this junior brother very much. At that time, he and Son Zhengyi did not know each other, and the two started a business together during school, Lu Hongliang worked for Son Zhengyi, selling speech synthesis equipment, which is the kind of electronic voice equipment that we will hear when we go in and out of some small stores now, "Hello, welcome to Guanlin", "Welcome to come again next time".

This set of equipment was actually invented by Son, and the two made a lot of money on the West Coast by selling this set of things at that time.

What left the deepest impression on Lu Hongliang was that after graduating from Berkeley, Son Masayoshi didn't even get his graduation certificate, so he hurriedly returned to Dongying to start a business.

It wasn't until eight years later, when his daughter didn't believe he had studied at Berkeley, that he asked Berkeley for his diploma.

"Studying at university is not about getting a diploma, it's about learning knowledge. Son said.

If Masayoshi Son didn't become famous later, then his sentence was completely a second-year teenager's pretending performance, but it turned out that people were not pretending to be forced, they were really awesome.

Son Masayoshi did not show extraordinary talent when he was a teenager, although his grades were good, but they were not very impressive, he used to be quite a painter, and found that he had no talent, although he could take the first exam, but he knew that he relied on diligence rather than talent.

But everything changed when he was seventeen years old.

At the age of seventeen, he was originally a freshman in high school in Dongying, his family had a little money, and he sent him to the United States for a month during the summer vacation.

When I arrived in the United States, I completed all my high school courses in three weeks, and was admitted to **** University in the second year, and was admitted to Berkeley a year later, so I transferred to Berkeley.

In just over a year, Son became a millionaire by inventing patents for electronic dictionaries and bump xx sets and speech synthesis devices, and during his time at Berkeley, he had a plan to "invent one patent a day", and he really did it.

Relying on selling patents, he bought a Porsche 914 in the second year in the United States. Masayoshi Son, who was studying at Berkeley at the time, was already a millionaire.

After returning to Japan, Masayoshi Son began to do computer business, and also began to do magazine business, after SoftBank went public, Son Masayoshi began to buy Yahoo, and then invested in Starcom, these two orders earned him more than 10 billion US dollars, and later, it is known as Alibaba.

Ya was originally called Yamoto Zhengyi, and later changed back to the Chinese surname, for which he also found Dongying's civil affairs department many times, in order to meet his requirements, Dongying Zhen added the surname "Sun" to his surname system.

And he also emphasized that although his ancestors came from Korea, his Sun surname is not the same as the Korean Sun surname, but the Sun of Huaxia, saying that he is a descendant of Sun Wu, and his ancestors fled to Goryeo.

Like a reborn one?

There is no doubt that Masayoshi Son is a genius, and the reason why he wants to invest in Starcom is undoubtedly because he has taken a fancy to the future potential and development of the mainland's information and communication market.

"Lu, I really didn't expect you to develop so fast. The spark source is really a big advantage. Son said with emotion.

Lu Hongliang was a little embarrassed, "I didn't expect that the loans in the mainland had been spent at that time, and they were forced to do nothing." ”

Son Masayoshi grinned and smiled: "I don't blame you, my funds were really tight at that time, Kingston's case was at a critical moment, I thought you could wait for a month or two." ”

Lu Hongliang said with a smile: "I really didn't expect to participate in a gathering of international students in the mainland, and I got investment, before we also met with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley's PIA (direct investment) department, and the conditions put forward were not acceptable to us at all, among which Goldman Sachs directly took 70% of the equity, although Morgan Stanley asked for less than Goldman Sachs, it also required 50%, and also required preferential liquidation." ”

"At that time, it was probably IDG and Tinder Source that were the best choices for us. Lu Hongliang explained a few words on the side.

Son looked out of the car with his eyes, a little distracted: "Being able to make the decision to invest in you so quickly, this Zack is quite bold." ”

Lu Hongliang said with a smile: "When I saw him, I thought I saw you in Berkeley, just as aggressive, just as confident, and just as ambitious." And, like you, he also dug his first pot of gold in the United States. ”

Son Masayoshi was noncommittal, his expression looked like he was wandering most of the time, "Lu, I don't want to be just a nominal director, you should understand my intention for coming this time." ”

Lu Hongliang groaned: "When we see Wu Ying in a while, let's talk together." ”

When Lu Hongliang and Son Zhengyi arrived at Zhang Shengji's private room, Wu Ying had already rushed over from the Hyatt Hotel. I soaked a pot of West Lake Longjing and was pouring myself a drink.

Son Zhengyi shook hands with Wu Ying with a smile on his face, Wu Ying still looked up to Son Zhengyi, this is the real richest man in Asia, not a joke.

Son Zhengyi got straight to the point, chatting with Lu Hongliang on the road in Japanese, and now Wu Ying is there, Son Zhengyi said in a slightly accented English: "I can be a director of Starcom, but I want to get 10% of the shares, of course, I can buy this part of the shares at Starcom's current valuation plus a 50% premium, and at the same time, I can guarantee that I will support the founding team at any time." ”

Son paused, "It can be written into the contract." ”

Although Wu Ying and Lu Hongliang were a little embarrassed, they were also expected, and if they wanted to get strong reinforcements, they had to make trade-offs.

Letting Masayoshi Son be the director of Starcom is not only to check and balance Zhang Chen, but more importantly, what Masayoshi Son represents behind him.

These things may not play a role in the entrepreneurial stage, but after international capital enters the development stage, its significance is different.

In addition, PHS's largest market is now in Dongying.

At present, PHS is in full swing in Dongying, and the situation is very good, although it is said that it will be eliminated within five years, but there is a lot of procurement volume for equipment renewal of major operators alone.

The largest operator of PHS in Toei is DDI, which accounts for 60% of Toei's PHS market, DDI is a subsidiary of Kyocera, and SoftBank and Kyocera have a relationship of mutual shareholding, and Son calls Kazuo Inamori "teacher".

There is no doubt that if Masayoshi Son is introduced to the board of directors of Starcom, then entering the Dongying market will no longer be an empty word.

Wu Ying and Lu Hongliang glanced at each other and said in unison: "Okay, we agree." ”

Son smiled: "I have an additional request, I hope you can get at least another 10% stake from Zack." ”

Wu Ying thought for a while: "I will do my best. ”

(End of chapter)