Chapter 360: Acquisition of Jobs' Equity

Wang Zifan didn't want to quarrel with Scully, at this time he should comfort and comfort Jobs, although Jobs was kicked out of Apple, but he still holds 6.54 million shares of Apple shares, about 11% of the equity, after leaving Apple, Jobs will definitely start a business, entrepreneurship needs funds, where do these funds come from, so whoever finds Jobs first can take the lead. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What! Jobs moved?"

"Yes!"

"Do you know where he moved to?"

"I don't know!"

The new occupant slammed the door shut, Wang Zifan was dumbfounded, damn it, how did he move the family business after leaving his job!

Jobs' full name is Steve Jobs, and his wife's name is Lauren Powell Jobs, if you want to find Jobs, you have to find his wife Lauren, which is not difficult for Wang Zifan, ask Scully about it, and you will know Lauren's work address.

Because she has seen the photos, Lauren is in good shape and has dazzling long blond hair, and Wang Zifan recognized her at a glance from the flow of office people.

"Hello, Miss Lauren!"

"Hello, who are?"

"My name is Wang Zifan, and I'm a friend of Jobs!"

"Oh, hello Mr. Wang, nice to meet you, you are Chinese?"

"Yes, I'm also a director of Apple!"

"Really!"

Hearing that Wang Zifan was a member of the board of directors of Apple, Lauren's smile faded, and a big reason why her man was forced to leave Apple, which he founded single-handedly, was that he was isolated by the board of directors!

Wang Zifan said with a smile: "I flew from Hong Kong to the United States just to meet Jobs! To tell you the truth, I want to invite him back to Apple!"

Lauren looked surprised, hesitated after surprise, and tentatively asked, "Is this your opinion or the board's opinion?"

Wang Zifan said: "It's my opinion at the moment!"

"Alright then!" Lauren pulled out a sticky note from her bag and said as she wrote, "This is our new address after we move, you can try to play TV first!"

"Thank you!"

After getting the address, Wang Zifan couldn't wait to rush to Jobs's new residence, which turned out to be a farm on the outskirts of the city.

"Jobs!"

"Jobs!"

"Stephen Jobs!"

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

"I'll go!"

"Where's the dog!"

As soon as he got out of the car, Wang Zifan shouted Jobs' name to the lonely house on the farm, but he didn't find a target, but he recruited the Akita dog first, and it wasn't one, five big, three small, and they were barking at him violently.

After being stunned for a moment, Wang Zifan quickly ran towards the house, and the Akita dog was nervous, grabbed the fence of the house, and jumped into the corridor one by one!

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When Jobs heard the movement and opened the door, a black shadow flashed in front of him, he was startled, and he was frightened a few times back, and when he saw that it was Wang Zifan, he showed a look of surprise.

"King?"

"It's really not easy to find you!"

"My God, it's really you, it's great, it's nice to meet you!" Jobs excitedly wanted a hug.

Wang Zifan pushed away the enthusiastic Jobs, wiped the cold sweat and said, "What are you doing with so many dogs?"

Jobs smiled dryly: "This is my grandfather's house, you know what happened to me in the company, so I came here to clean up for a few days!"

Now Jobs is very young, and Wang Zifan is willing to treat him as a peer, after entering the house, he looked at the messy layout, and said with a smile: "I don't think you are clean here!"

Jobs shrugged his shoulders and cleaned up the papers and materials on the table.

Wang Zifan said: "I'm sorry, I'm late!"

"No, it's not your fault!" Jobs' expression was very helpless, when the infighting first started, he was full of confidence to drive Scully out of the company, so he didn't expect to alarm Wang Zifan, and then the situation was completely opposite to what he thought, all the members of the board of directors opposed him, and it was pointless to notify Wang Zifan at this time, so he thought of using the grassroots administrators to force the board of directors to make concessions, but in the end, even these grassroots managers opposed him.

As soon as Wang Zifan sat down, he said in an astonishing voice: "Have you ever thought about returning to the company?"

"You?" Jobs stopped moving, looked at Wang Zifan in a daze, and quickly laughed at himself, he couldn't do anything, what could Wang Zifan do.

Now Wang Zifan is only a minority shareholder, holding 5.1% of Apple's equity, less than half of Jobs!

Wang Zifan said seriously: "Some time ago, I increased my stake in Apple by 3.7%!"

Jobs's heart moved, and he subconsciously said, "Is it Watts?"

Wang Zifan nodded and admitted that Apple was founded by Jobs and Watts together, the duo is very similar to Microsoft's Gates and Paul, one is the soul, and the other uses the money earned by the company to enjoy life and do what he likes.

On December 12, 1980, four days after John Lennon was shot and killed by crazy fans, Apple computer's stock was officially listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, and 4.6 million outstanding shares were sold out within an hour. This was extremely unfair to Watts, so he launched the "Watts Project" to sell his Apple shares to these colleagues at a very low price, and each of them received about a million dollars in shares. In the end, Apple's IPO was extremely successful, with four billionaires and more than 40 millionaires at the top of the company.

Woz's move was very weak in Jobs's view, like selling Apple shares cheaply, which was simply turning his back on the company, but it was cheaper for people like Wang Zifan who wanted to buy shares.

In that plan, Wads sold nearly one-third of his 80,000 shares to the company's employees at a low price of $5 per share, and gave each of the early entrepreneurial veterans millions of dollars worth of stocks, Wolds used the money to buy a mountain house, but material wealth could not make up for the breakdown of married life, at the end of the year, his marriage with his first wife Alice ended peacefully, and then spent tens of millions of dollars to hold two music festivals, and finally lost $24 million, all of which were advanced by Wang Zifan's venture fund, at the cost of 3.7% of the equity.

Jobs sighed and said, "Even with that, we still can't take advantage!"

Wang Zifan insisted: "I can continue to inject capital, only the shareholding is more than 30%, I believe that the situation can be saved! And Woz is behind us, although he currently has less than 2% of the voting rights!"

Jobs thought about it or shook his head, if Wang Zifan said this a few days ago, he might consider returning to Apple, now he has figured out that it is not the board of directors who really opposes him, but the company colleagues, that is, those who work with Da, if he re-enters Apple, then these people will resign, what is the point of him returning to Apple!

"Jobs, this is your last chance!" Wang Zifan stared at Jobs tightly, showing a deep concern, if Jobs really agreed to return to Apple, he could also cooperate with the liquidation of the board of directors and opposition, and take over the equity in the hands of this part of the people.

"Thank you! But I've decided to leave!" Jobs said this, as if he was much more relaxed, and said with a smile: "When Makula promised you to join the board, I also vehemently opposed it, but I didn't expect that it was you who supported me in the end!"

Wang Zifan smiled and said: "Some friends started with opposition! Since you have already decided, I am not reluctant, what are your plans in the future?"

"I'm thinking about buying an animation company!" Jobs said with a smile, saying that although he left Apple, he also took some of the backbone with him, and these talents can't be idle, so he needs a company.

Wang Zifan smiled: "Is there anything you need my help with?"

"No!" Jobs felt that it was impossible for Wang Zifan to leave his Hong Kong foundation and run to start a business with him, he shook his head happily, and after a few seconds, he thought of the financial problem and said tentatively: "What do you think of Apple?"

Wang Zifan said: "I always think that you are the real soul of Apple!"

"Thank you!" Jobs smiled and hesitated: "I want to sell all the shares of Apple, only one share, and I can attend the company's annual meeting, are you willing to take over these shares?"

"This ......" Wang Zifan was thinking about how to bring it up, but he didn't expect Jobs to wait for a while, and then nodded and said: "Of course, I am willing to increase the purchase price by 10%!"

"No, no, no!" Jobs hurriedly refused, now Apple is worried about internal and external troubles, new products have failed, the stock price has plummeted, I don't know how many people are in a hurry to sell their shares, how embarrassed is he to let Wang Zifan premium, besides, this company crisis is still caused by him, apologetically: "I'm sorry to leave at this time, but Apple doesn't need me anymore!"

Wang Zifan thought of the future prospects of Apple, and said seriously: "I don't need it now, I definitely need it in the future!"

"Thank you!" Jobs took this as Wang Zifan's promise, and felt more relieved that if he failed this time, there was still the possibility of returning to Apple!