Chapter 21 Investing in Apple
The next day, Zhang Heng secretly sent people to the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Seychelles, Samoa, the Isle of Man and other places to register more than a dozen offshore investment companies.
And then through very complex mutual holding and other means, there are two companies on the bright side, namely angel investment and oriental investment.
Oriental Investment, Zhang Heng ostensibly owns 40% of the shares, and Angel Investment has nothing to do with Zhang Heng on the surface, in fact, these two companies are still in Zhang Heng's hands through more than a dozen offshore companies.
In capitalist socialism, everything you can do with money is very fast, and in just one week, Zhang Heng got what he wanted.
After the company was done, Zhang Heng's mood was particularly comfortable, and he called Zhong Chuhong and Chen Yulian to the hotel restaurant downstairs for dinner.
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Zhang Heng was dining with the two girls in the lobby restaurant, when the conversation of the two people from a table next to him attracted Zhang Heng.
"Hey! Woz, I can't blame me for this, and I didn't expect Wayne to opt out."
Zhang Heng followed the prestige and saw a young white man in formal dress justifying something to his companion.
The white man named Wads said angrily: "Jobs, if you hadn't just made a slightly larger order, borrowing money and taking out loans to expand your business, would Wayne be able to get out!"
It's not that you don't know that Wayne has borrowed money to do business, but failed to be collected by creditors. ”
The young man in formal clothes sneered at him: "That's because he is timid, and there is no risk in doing anything."
Now is the time for Apple to grow and grow, how can it grow if it doesn't have money?"
When Zhang Heng heard the words Joe, Bu, Si, Apple, and Guo, Zhang Heng understood that these two people and the Wayne they were talking about were Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ro Wayne, the founders of the famous Apple Company in later generations.
Zhang Heng said to Zhong Chuhong and Chen Yulian, "You eat first, I'll go over there for something," After speaking, Zhang Heng walked towards Jobs and the two of them.
Zhang Heng walked to the table and said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Zhang Heng, I just overheard you guys pulling for your company?" ”
As soon as Wads wanted to say something, Jobs preemptively said, "Yes, that's the case, you're ............"
Zhang Heng asked, "Oh, can we sit down and talk?" ”
Jobs glanced at Wads, Wads felt that there was nothing to lose in talking, so he nodded, and Jobs looked at Zhang Heng again and said, "Of course you can."
"I am a shareholder of an investment company, I just listened to your conversation, your company is a high-tech enterprise company, and our company is very optimistic about the future market of high-tech, so I am very interested in your company, can you tell me about your company's situation." Zhang Heng introduced himself
Through Jobs's introduction to Zhang Heng, I learned that Jobs and a few of them were at his house some time ago
built 50 "Apple I" computers in his garage and sold them to a local retailer, Byte Shop.
However, because Jobs began to plan to expand the company, borrow and spend more money, which reminded Wayne of the previous failure of his own slot machine business, he was afraid of going through such a thing again, and as a partner, he needed to be responsible for the debt, so Wayne was worried that potential creditors would collect debts from him, so he finally withdrew, and as a buyback for his 10% stake in the company, he got $2,500.
The two of them came to New York this time to see if anyone in New York had invested in their company, and they were very confident when they came, but now they ............ Jobs was a little lost.
Hearing this, Zhang Heng was ecstatic in his heart, he was really sleepy and came to the pillow, he was worried that he had no place to invest money, so he came to Apple, a future gold mountain.
Seeing that the two of them had almost eaten, Zhang Heng pretended to be concerned and asked, "Then have you found an investment?"
Jobs replied, "Not yet"
Zhang Heng asked, "Do you want to give up or continue to find investors?" ”
Jobs let out a long sigh and thought to himself that he had to try it out with the electrical engineer named Marcula, who seemed to be very interested in Apple.
Zhang Heng looked at Jobs and suddenly said, "If I invest 3 million US dollars in you, how many shares can you give me?" ”
Jobs and Wads were startled, thinking they hadn't heard clearly, "You, what did you say?" ”
Zhang Heng repeated again: "I mean, I'm very interested in your Apple company, if I invest $3 million in you, how many shares can you give me?" ”
Jobs and Woz glanced at each other, had a meal, and inexplicably met a Chinese teenager who was willing to invest $3 million in Apple!
Jobs asked, "You're saying you're going to invest $3 million in us?" ”
Zhang Heng nodded calmly: "Yes, our company is trying to invest in some companies.
And I'm interested in high-tech companies, and I thought I could invest in your company and give it a try. ”
Jobs and Woz looked at each other and felt that the other party did not need to lie to themselves. The two discussed in a whisper, and said to Zhang Heng: "If you are willing to invest 3 million US dollars in us, according to the bottom line agreed by the two of us, you can give up 10% of each of the shares plus Wayne's exit, you can get a total of 30% of our company's shares."
Zhang Heng shook his head: "30% is not good, the current value of your company is only 500,000 US dollars, and it is very risky for me to invest 3 million US dollars in you, and it is difficult to recover the cost in a short time, but I can only get 20% of the shares, which is difficult for me to accept." ”
Jobs asked, "Sir, how many shares are you going to have?" Shen asked in a deep voice.
Zhang Heng smiled and replied, "For $3 million, I hope to get at least 50% of the shares." ”
Jobs jumped up all of a sudden, "This can't be, we don't want to lose a controlling stake in the company at the moment!" ”
Zhang Heng waved his hand and said, "Our investment company is only an investment, and we promise not to interfere in the operation of your company." ”
Steve Jobs said, "No matter what, we can't afford to lose a controlling stake in the company right now."
"Well, I'm defeated by your stubbornness, then 45%! It can't be less," Zhang Heng said
Jobs thought about it
Woz wasn't ready to go all out with Apple, he was still an HP guy at heart, or so he thought, and he wanted to keep his job there. Jobs realized that he needed an ally, both to help convince Woz and to break the ice when he and Woz had a disagreement.
In the end, Jobs and Wads discussed it again and finally agreed.
Then the three of them discussed the specifics............
Zhong Chuhong and Chen Yulian looked stupid on the sidelines, so they casually invested in a company, and spent 3 million US dollars, which is converted to 15 million Hong Kong dollars, and the two of them couldn't understand what Zhang Heng thought.