Chapter 17 Shareholding is to have capital
"Three thousand dollars...... We can probably come up with so much. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
When Santi said this in a deep voice, her heart had completely fallen to the bottom.
In fact, as early as the night of the meeting with Alice, on the drive back to Stanford, she and her husband had already had a heated argument.
According to Santi, even if Alice was lucky enough to develop the router, after all, the couple are real professionals. The so-called famous family, as a teacher in the computer science department of Stanford University, started a company, just putting this name out, it is enough to attract many customers, in comparison, a twelve-year-old girl is really nothing.
God knows, it's just an ordinary middle-class Chinese family, maybe I don't even know what a patent is!
According to Santi, although the girl's father, James Wang, was a great achievement to become a professor at UCLA, he was nothing more than an ordinary teacher.
Yes, how many teenagers in the United States would be interested in history? I don't even know this, and then, as a Chinese, he chose American cowboy culture as his research direction, which is typically just a flattering act of new immigrants trying to integrate into American society.
For such a partner, there is really no need to be too polite, if you can take down the other party's technology and let yourself have the power, of course, it is great!
Although her husband repeatedly objected to her opinion, Santi did not waver, but instead had the idea of testing the other party.
So, on the day Alice's family was invited, at Santi's insistence, Posac changed into a neat suit, and the BOSS brand that was bought for four hundred dollars, and she herself put on a rented Chanel suit, and was in good spirits to welcome the guests.
Not surprisingly, when Alice's family arrived, they didn't recognize the style of clothing on them at all.
No, Santi still found out that the Sophie Wong who married the Chinese recognized it, but her yellow-skinned husband and the imps completely ignored it!
So, when Alice opened her mouth to ask for 70% of the technology shares, Santi almost did not hesitate to oppose it, only because of the quality of a middle-class college teacher, she could not be angry at the girl's greedy request.
She didn't even recognize the Chanel suit she rented, worth thousands of dollars, and she was embarrassed to ask for such a high amount of shares!?
But what Santi didn't expect was that this Alice's logical and dialectical thinking was quite good, and when that series of words came out, she was completely suppressed!
And what made Santi even more angry was undoubtedly Alice's expression that seemed to be smiling after saying this string of words.
What's so funny?
Didn't you just take a **** luck and make products a while earlier than us?
But when Alice finally asks how much money the couple can come up with, the moment of embarrassment comes.
"Three thousand dollars?"
Alice blinked and looked at Sophie and James, only to see that her parents were also stunned.
"Santi, are you sure you're not talking about 30,000 yuan? Although the oil crisis is still raging, it will not make the income of university teachers as low as ...... That's low, right?"
She looked at Mr. and Mrs. Bosak with strange eyes: "Could it be that you got into a lawsuit not long ago and paid all your savings to the lawyer? Even if our country advocates advanced consumption, you don't only have such a small amount of savings, right? No, can't you apply for a loan?"
The corners of Santi's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make a sound.
In the end, it was Bosak who spoke: "James should also understand this, when university teachers conduct research, not all projects can be supported by the university. When we and Iger were researching the field of Internet communications, we didn't get support, because the university was not optimistic about this achievement, so we always paid with our own salaries. ”
When the words fell, Santi also seemed to have found the backbone, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, so, our husband and wife have already started spending money on this product." Although we couldn't compare to you in the end, this is also an upfront investment, and we spent tens of thousands of dollars to purchase various experimental equipment. If you count this capital, it can also be worth 5~10% of the shares, right?"
Alice laughed silently, Santi Lerner, no, Mrs. Posack, who is not divorced at the moment, is really full of control and power.
Sophie smiled confidently: "This is not very reasonable, ma'am, your so-called upfront investment is only a purely personal act, and has nothing to do with the company." And we're now preparing to set up a partnership, so how can we pay for it?"
Alice followed her mother's words and said: "Yes, yes, if your early investment has borne fruit, it is true that you can directly invest in technology, but now that the results are mine, it would be unfair to let you also invest in technology, right?"
At this time, James also spoke.
"Technology shares, or capital shares, or fixed assets measured in cash, are nothing more than these three ways. The development of the company cannot be without financial support, Alice has already invested in technology, if you also want to get shares from technology, then no one will pay for the part of the capital shares?"
When James's words fell, the only thing the Bosses could do was look at each other.
When it comes to technical expertise, they can definitely beat James and Sophie. But in any other way, such as the doorway to establish a company, such as the relevant provisions of the enterprise law, and even eloquence, they are far from being good at.
"We'll borrow money, you can rest assured!"
Santi gritted her teeth and said in a broken voice: "We have a good reputation in various banks, it is not difficult to borrow loans, and Stanford can also fund a part, about ...... I can still make up 20,000 dollars!"
Alice and Sophie looked at each other again, and they smiled silently.
"20,000 yuan as an initial capital is enough, after all, the production process of the router is not complicated, and the focus is on programming, that is, the purely technical requirements are very high. This money is more than enough to register a company, rent an office, and buy the parts and components needed for the first batch of goods. ”
Alice said loudly: "So, as everyone knows, I am still young, and I am not very involved in business management. So after the relevant technology is submitted, including the production of the product, the promotion and marketing of the first batch of customers, it will be handed over to you?"
She looked at Santi with a smile: "It's close at hand, madam, Stanford University can be the first customer, right? With your husband and wife's relationship in school, it won't be difficult to get the first order for our new company, right?"
Santi nodded silently, Alice's words were all said by themselves, and it was true, Alice was still young, and she had already mastered the ...... of the first customers
Suddenly, an extremely awkward feeling came over her face, which made Santi stunned suddenly.
What is the current situation?
The company is about to be established, and it should be happy, but the current distribution of shares and responsibilities ......
"So I'm the marketing manager?"
Santi couldn't come back to her senses, who was she? She's a teacher in the computer science department at Stanford, a senior engineer, shouldn't she be a technical director or something? How did she become such a role!?
"yes, you can't let me do this kind of work, can you?"
Alice spread her hands and looked even more innocent: "Although I can't go door-to-door to sell, I can't compare to your innate advantages." What's more, I have to go to school, I have to spend time and time on router upgrades, I have to hang out with my friends, I have to do all that damn homework, and I even have to prepare for my graduation show in June, you know? ”
"Besides, the adults don't make a move, let a little girl go door-to-door to lobby...... This one...... Let's not talk about the Law on the Protection of Minors and the Labor Law, can you bear it?"
As she said this last sentence, Alice's eyes widened rapidly.
The whole family is secretly having fun, and even if Oscar wants to roll his eyes, he can't help but be happy.
Seeing that his wife was about to say something, Bosak grabbed her wrist.
"So be it, Alice Technology is a shareholder, and we have a capital to take a stake. We can come up with about $20,000, but only 30% of the shares is still too little, right?"
Bossak smiled softly, without his wife's aggressive posture, which made Alice's family feel relaxed: "As Alice herself said, she still has daily life to deal with, and we, as adults, can focus on the development of the business." ”
"Customer promotion, product production, management accounts, and capital investment, not to mention that we are still engineers after all. So, if we are a husband and wife, we only have a 30% share...... That's too little, right? unless you say ...... Mrs. and Mr. Wang also plan to get involved in the operation of the company?"
When Bosak finished his last sentence, he looked at James cautiously.
It's too little, indeed.
If it was Bill Gates when he founded Microsoft, with only Paul Allen by his side, then the allocation of four or six would not be surprising. But now, the minimum number of shareholders is also three, and Alice will theoretically only provide technology, unless James and Sophie are also in the company, otherwise "her side" should not take up a full 70% of the quota.
Otherwise, it's too much of a bully!
Even if intellectual property rights are very important, you can't just sit on a seventy percent share by being the shopkeeper!
What's more, the collaborators are also intellectuals, okay!?
Wouldn't it be nice to respect intellectuals!?
If we all respect knowledge, how can we not respect intellectuals!?
Moreover, if the entire Wang family really controls the company's shares, accounting for 70% of the shares......
Isn't Cisco a family business?
He and Santi have really been reduced to pure high-level wage earners!
"Then reduce the proportion. ”
Alice smiled.
Only if you are willing to give up small profits, can you win big profits, and at this time you are entangled in equity distribution, in fact, it is not interesting.
You must know that as long as she doesn't deliberately die, according to the normal trend of history, the founder couple will be kicked out sooner or later.
However, it was not so easy for Alice to give up her initial stake in the business.
So, just as Mr. and Mrs. Bosak were just showing their joy, her eyes rolled strangely.
"But, I have additional conditions~"