Chapter 161: The Big Pumpkin Car
I have to say that the middle-aged woman is indeed a little short-sighted, but there are many smart people in this world who have a long-term vision. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
New York, a skyscraper. Luxury office floors. This is the headquarters of the Pumpkin Company.
Henry: They moved, and this place was given to me by some mysterious person.
"Knock knock!"
There was a knock on the door of the president's office. After a split second, the secretary walked in.
"Sir, someone wants to see you! From Japan!"
What the? Japan?!
Henry, who was busy with his work, looked up and looked at his secretary suspiciously.
"Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Ventures - Masayoshi Son!"
Hearing this, Henry stood up suddenly, his face full of surprise.
It's him! Once the richest man in Japan, he was known as the emperor of the electronic age. He has a long-term vision, and his investment style is vicious, and if he doesn't make a move, he will spend a lot of money.
More than 10 years ago, when China's Alibaba was still in its early days, he invested $35 million in just six minutes of conversation with Jack Ma.
This person's choice in the field of venture capital has amazed the world.
"Hurry up, please!" Henry exclaimed.
A moment later, under the enthusiastic guidance of the secretary, an old Asian man walked into the office.
"Mr. Sun, please be seated!"
"Thank you!"
After some politeness, the two sat down on the sofa in the office. At this point, the secretary brought coffee and then closed the door and left.
"Mr. Sun, what are you doing here?"
Son said with a smile: "I want to invest $5 million in Pumpkin Company!" ”
What the? 5 million?
Henry was frightened, certainly not by the number, but by the meaning behind the sentence.
"Mr. Sun, you should know that the subscription amount of each equity of our pumpkin company shall not exceed 1,000 yuan. If you want to invest 5 million, you need at least 5,000 people, and they are real people. ”
"Mr. Sun, do you have so many people?"
When the sound fell, Sun Zhengyi smiled heartily, and after a moment, the laughter stopped, and he said with a solemn expression:
"The SoftBank Group controls a large number of companies around the world, and today, the headquarters issued a notice to all employees of the group: each must donate $1,000 to the pumpkin company."
"Of course, the expenses are reimbursed by our SoftBank Group."
Hearing such an arrangement, Henry was shocked.
Nima, a lot of people is amazing, and an easy order is 5,000 people.
At this time, Son Zhengyi spoke again: "I came today to join the ward with Mr. President, hoping that the funds of our group will not be carded at that time." ”
Henry nodded and replied solemnly: "Mr. Sun, rest assured, as long as you don't violate the orders of the Federal Reserve and the warning of the Watermelon Alliance, any funds will be fine." ”
Hearing Henry's assurance, Son was relieved, and then stood up and extended a friendly right hand to the other party.
"Thank you, Mr. President!"
"You're welcome, Mr. Sun!" Henry also stretched out his hand to hold the other party, "But Mr. Sun, I have a question I want to ask." ”
"Please!"
"With all due respect, the establishment of the pumpkin company is just that the little prodigy wants to raise money to build a pumpkin car for his sister Alice, and he doesn't really want to start a company. Why do you ...... SoftBank?"
Henry didn't say the rest of the words, but Son understood it.
He pondered for a few seconds, and then spoke: "I know that this pumpkin company is not profitable, after all, for you US government, they are reluctant to let the prodigy develop in the direction of a toy manufacturer." ”
Henry nodded, and listened quietly.
"We, SoftBank, are not here for the profits of the pumpkin company this time, but are optimistic about the future of the little prodigy. When he becomes an adult, he will definitely shine. ”
I see.
SoftBank is not investing in companies, it is investing in prodigies!
"Thank you, Mr. Sun, for your doubts."
"You're welcome! Goodbye, Mr. President! ”
"Goodbye!"
……
It's not just commercial companies doing this, intelligence services in various countries doing the same.
They didn't want to make money, they really didn't want to.
The countries just wanted to leave a friendly impression in the hearts of that genius prodigy through this incident. After all, this time the list of all equity holders will be published on the official website.
If you want to build a pumpkin cart, we will help you, so you will not "roll watermelons" all over the world in the future. In addition, when you grow up and have any good inventions or something, remember to think of us.
We're your best friends too!
In short, that's what countries mean, and so do people.
White House.
When they learned of the development of the incident, Mr. President and other senior officials were all crying and laughing.
Nima actually bypassed the Federal Reserve's order and the warning of the Watermelon Alliance.
"Forget it, forget it, let's find another way to deal with the railgun. If he continues to stalemate with the little guy, maybe he will lose his temper again. President Obama chuckled.
Everyone nodded.
"By the way, how much has he raised now?"
Hearing this, the assistant hurriedly got up and replied: "More than 98 million!" ”
What the?
Everyone's eyes widened, and their eyeballs were about to fall out.
Damn, so fast, how long will it take to reach 100 million?
"3 days!"
Everyone was speechless, and a wave of depression rose in their hearts.
Depressed what? Of course, it's depressed, and the countries are still thinking about winning over their genius prodigies.
These ****!
"Call the president of Pumpkin and tell him to stop fundraising, and let the White House do the rest. lest the little one complain that we don't help in the future. ”
"Yes, Mr. President!"
After receiving the order, the assistant immediately left the conference room to make arrangements.
After he left, President Obama turned to Hughes and asked:
"Hughes, what are you planning on the Watermelon Alliance?"
At this time, Hughes looked depressed, what else could he do now? You can't go and freeze the account of the pumpkin company, that little guy is not going to make a fuss.
Forget it, he's going to make it!
Finish it early, and return to the main business as soon as possible.
At this moment, the assistant suddenly ran back and said loudly:
"Gentlemen, I just got the news that the little guy has given half of his 50% shares to Miss Alice."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
That naughty little guy wouldn't really be building a pumpkin cart to sell, would he?
Selling toys? Or sell cars?
At this moment, the big guys don't know what the pumpkin cart Ike wants to build represents.
That's not a toy, it's not a car!
It's stellar......
At this time, Hughes said with an embarrassed face: "Arrange for some technicians to help him, otherwise I really doubt that the things he made will fall apart." ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience burst into laughter again.
President Obama was so sick that his stomach hurt from laughter, and while laughing, he instructed his assistant:
"You go and stay for two days, and then come back when it's arranged."
The assistant also laughed and replied:
"Yes, Mr. President!"
After that, the assistant left with a smile, and he will fly to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help the little guy coordinate personnel and buy materials.
Sitting on the plane, the presidential assistant suddenly had a strange question in mind:
How big is that little guy going to build a pumpkin cart that needs $100 million?
It can't be the size of a truck, right?
It can't be the size of a house, right?
It won't be ...... (To be continued.) )