Sandyvale's face sank, Jamie Dimon had never spoken to him like this, which made him feel that his dignity had been violated.

"Shania, you go out first and close the door. Sandyvale commanded.

Shania walked out of the office in a curling manner, and Sandywell looked at Jamie Dimon gloomily: "Jamie, what kind of attitude do you have!"

Jamie Dimon was stunned, but still indignant: "Why is my name not on the list of directors who are submitted to the shareholders' meeting?"

Sandyvale frowned: "Now we have changed the number of directors from nineteen to nine, and three of them have to be set aside for Salomon Brothers, of course, the number of directors will be reduced, is there anything wrong with that?"

Jamie Dimon said angrily: "I am the president of operations of the Voyager Group! If it weren't for me, there would be no Solomon Smith Barney now!"

Sandyvale's face changed and he shouted, "Jamie, you figure it out, this is my company!"

Jamie Dimon was stunned, yes, Sandievale is the actual person in charge of this company, the chairman and the CEO, and he has the power to appoint anyone as a director of the company, and he also has the power to remove himself from the board.

Sandywell yelled, "McCaubert, Michelle O'Neal, Anthony St. Melo, Franz Hammer, Eugene McQuade, Ernesto Leon, oh yes, and that damn zack, which of these people are you going to kick me out of the board and replace you!?"

"If it weren't for the fact that you lost ground in the negotiations with the Solomon brothers, this board seat of Tinder Source would have been yours in the first place!

It's good that Sandywell didn't mention this, but when he mentioned it, Jamie Damon was angry, if it wasn't for your precious daughter leaking secrets, how could I capsize in the gutter?

"You'd better ask your dear Jessica!" Jamie Damon angrily threw down the sentence and slammed the door.

Sandyvae's solid wooden door made a loud "bang!", "Bastard!" Sandyvale roared and slammed his favorite crystal ornament on his desk to the ground.

Sandyvae sat in his chair and gasped a few times, feeling annoyed in his heart, what did Jamie Dimon mean by this? Could it be that he felt that his wings were stiff and he was ready to challenge his position?

No, I must not allow this to happen.

Sandyvale can't accept that his subordinates challenge his authority, and Jamie Dimon must leave!

Sandyvale's hand was on the telephone on the desk, and he didn't pick up the microphone for a long time, "No, there's Citi, and Citi's merger is the top priority at the moment, except for Jamie, no one in the Travelers Group can take on such a task." ”

Sandyvale gradually calmed down, thought for a long time, and pressed the speakerphone button of the phone: "Shania, contact Ernesto Leon for me, and answer the phone to me after dialing." ”

Shania hurriedly put down the mobile phone that was texting Markwell and said politely, "Okay, please wait. ”

It didn't take long for the phone on Sandyvale's desk to ring, "Haha, Ernesto, long time no see." How's Marty doing? Haha, okay, I bought a new stadium in Florida, which has just been built, so we can go and see it together on the weekend. ”

"Well, of course calling you is not just about inviting you to play, yes, my nomination of you to the board of directors of Salomon Smith Barney has changed a bit and may need to be postponed. ”

"Well, yes, but I can't explain the specific request to you yet, but you believe me, at most a year, I will give you a bigger gift. ”

"What's a bigger gift? Haha, come play with me on the weekend, I'll tell you. ”

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Sandyvale hung up the phone, pressed the speakerphone again, and said to Shania, "Call Chlomore here." ”

Jamie, I'll get you on the board, but only this time.

Sandywell's eyes were gloomy and his face was pale.

On the board of directors the next day, Zhang Chen finally met the legendary Son Masayoshi.

Son is not tall, only about 1.5 meters, and always looks like he has no energy, when he looks at you and talks, you can't find focus in his eyes, as if he is not looking at you, but through your body to look at the air behind you.

Some people say that Son is not wrong to look a little dull on the outside, and he is not at all like Jamie Dimon and John Doerr who appear with the aura of a leader.

Son Masayoshi was very modest, and his speed of speech was not fast, and he didn't bow when he came up like ordinary Japanese, but he bowed slightly, shook hands with Zhang Chen, and said in fluent English: "I admire Zack's vision and courage, we can communicate more in the future." ”

Wu Ying and Lu Hongliang still decided to bring Son into Starcom, and after Zhang Chen contacted McGovern, McGovern thought a little and agreed to sell Son a 5% stake, and IDG retained 2.31% of the shares.

McGovern sold the 5%, IDG has successfully recouped the cost, and the remaining 2.31% is not necessary to sell, and it is a very rational choice to stay and wait for the IPO.

Even though the share transfer contract between the Starcom team and IDG and SoftBank has not yet been signed, the board of directors still nominated Masayoshi Son to join the Starcom board team, and it was unanimously approved.

As a result, Starcom's directors have changed from six to seven.

At present, there is a great demand for PHS devices, not only mobile terminals, but also infrastructure. With its cost advantage and the help of Masayoshi Son, Starcom has a high probability of success in Dongying.

In this era, Dongying is still the world's second largest economy, with a population of 100 million, and it is a high-consumption population of 100 million.

Within a few years, this market is not much smaller than the Huaxia market, and even in the initial year or two, it is several times the market volume of Huaxia.

Son had been observing Zhang Chen, and although he was calm and clear on the surface, he was actually extremely curious about this young man.

After all, he himself is a typical representative of the comet-style rise, and he naturally has a competitive mentality for Zhang Chen, who has almost the same experience.

Son discovered that although the young man had a similar experience to him, the two were not of the same kind.

Son Masayoshi himself is a very gambling person, and when he sees the right direction, he will devote himself without hesitation.

Originally, he analyzed Zhang Chen's investment method that Zhang Chen should also belong to this kind of person, but after observation, he felt that it was not like it.

Even if a person is confident, he is not 100% sure that his judgment is 100% correct, so it is called gambling.

And Zhang Chen, although he also saw the direction and devoted himself to it, he didn't seem to have any gambling nature, but took it for granted that this matter would definitely succeed.

This made Son feel very weird.

"Zack, can I ask you a question?" While everyone was discussing whether Starcom's gross profit target setting for this year was reasonable, Masayoshi Son, who had not participated in the discussion, suddenly spoke.

Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment, "Of course, please speak." ”

Son Masayoshi showed a curious look: "How do you judge that Starcom has investment value?"

Zhang Chen was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Sun Zhengyi had been stunned all the time, thinking about this issue.

Zhang Chen smiled: "Just like you judge the investment value of Starcom, Starcom is on the right path, now is the right time, and the founding team is the right person, of course this kind of company needs to invest." ”

Masayoshi Son shook his head: "What I want to ask is, how did you know that Starcom would definitely succeed." Son added an accent to the word "definitely."

Zhang Chen was dazed: "Isn't this the same problem as just now?"

Son said slowly: "No, there is no such thing as a project that can be successfully achieved, even in the most trendy industry, there will be a large number of companies dying in the wave." What we investors adhere to is nothing more than the words 'trust' and 'conviction'. So we will constantly hypnotize ourselves to believe that the companies we invest in will succeed. But you're different, you're sober, sober enough to make people think you already know what the future holds, so you don't worry about whether you'll fail at all. ”

Zhang Chen couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

It is said that Sun Zhengyi's vision is very accurate, especially the vision of people, Zhang Chen can be regarded as seeing it today.

Son continued: "Of course, there is no one in the world who can really predict the future, so I am curious about what your investment logic is, what makes you have such a strong confidence that you will give your best in every investment without the slightest fear of failure. ”

Zhang Chen was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Mr. Sun, you are wrong about two points, first, I don't do my best for every investment. When I was doing ICQ, I had already sold a million-dollar website, so I put half of it out to invest in ICQ. When I invested in Starcom, the value of my ICQ shares was far more than $23 million. ”

"Second, you say that no one can predict the future, no, it's simple to predict the future. The progress of society is the inevitable result of scientific and technological progress, and the progress of science and technology will always follow the general direction of 'higher efficiency' and 'easier operation'. Taking PHS technology as an example, the reason why I believe that PHS will be popularized in China for a period of time is based on the judgment made by China's national conditions. ”

"There is no doubt that mobile phones will bring more efficiency than fixed telephones, and Huaxia needs a more efficient communication method than fixed telephones, which can be seen from the popular BP machine, so mobile communication is a strong demand of the Chinese people, which is one of them. Second, Huaxia's GSM network is costly, and its cost will remain at a fairly high level for a long time, which contradicts the previous strong demand. So, if there is a low-investment, low-cost, low-cost alternative mobile network, will people choose this network?"

"The answer is certain, the only thing we need to worry about is how long it will take for China's GSM operators to complete the GSM network popularization and cost reduction, which can be measured through data measurement, my calculation data is five to seven years. ”

"In other words, as long as our PHS can be successfully implemented in various parts of China quickly, it is impossible not to succeed. As for whether it can land quickly... Zhang Chen smiled meaningfully, "You can ask Mr. Wu, we know Huaxia better than you." ”

"In the end, the founding team of Starcom is the best I have ever seen, and with these people, even if I don't do PHS and do other projects, I believe there is a great chance of success. ”

"Now that every variable has been thought through, what else is there to worry about?"

"In fact, the logic of my investment in Starcom is not difficult to understand, but SoftBank insists on taking a stake in Starcom at such a high position, which makes me feel incomprehensible. Zhang Chen smiled and retorted.

Son smiled innocently and did not speak.

"Old fox. Zhang Chen scolded in his heart.

"The imp didn't tell the truth, he was very cunning. Son Masayoshi also silently said in his heart.

The two looked at each other and smiled.