Chapter 42: Patera
There is also a reason for these five shareholders to do this, you must know that although Murthy has promised to be willing to pay for their shares, but the problem is that Murthy has no money at all now, and when he comes out with cash, he doesn't know when, so it is better to sell the shares at a good price now, so that whether he continues to work at Infosys or changes to other large companies or returns to China in the future, there will be no fetters.
Regarding the reaction of his partners, Murthy was anxious and angry: "You, how can you be like this, you have to believe me, as long as there are five more years, at most five years, we will definitely be able to go public, and we will definitely be able to develop into a big company like IBM!" ”
But his words were immediately refuted: "Murthy, that's what you said ten years ago, but now ten years later, we still don't see the slightest hope, and you know, I urgently need money now, and my son is in the hospital, so I won't give up this opportunity." ”
Seeing that this situation could not be stopped, Murthy had no choice but to turn his head and ask Shakru: "Mr. Pandit, may I ask if your promise just now is true?" You really wouldn't interfere in the day-to-day running of your company? ”
Shakru folded his hands and said reverently, "Brahma, I will keep all the promises I have made!" ”
At this point, Murthy no longer had any doubts about Shakru, because for a Hindu believer, especially a Brahmin, the promise made to the Great Brahma (one of the three main gods of Hinduism) would never dare to be falsified, so the two sides formally signed the contract the next day, and in order to show his sincerity, Shakru not only wrote a check for two million dollars at that time, but also injected one million into the company.
The whole process of signing and handing over the peace treaty was very smooth, and the only thing that surprised Shakru was that after the whole process was over, Mr. Patela, the lawyer in charge of the peace treaty, suddenly sent an invitation to Shakru: "Mr. Pandit, I have a very presumptuous request, I hope you don't mind, will you come to my house tonight to have dinner with my old man?" ”
This Patella lawyer is over 60 years old this year, and he is a very well-educated, kind and kind old man, so although he was a little surprised by his invitation, Shakru still readily agreed: "It's my honor, but isn't it too much trouble for you, otherwise I'd better invite you!" ”
Patella waved her hand and said, "I'm old and can't get used to eating outside food, so I'd better trouble you to come to my house, don't worry, today's dinner will definitely surprise you!" ”
It turned out that this dinner was really a surprise, or the old man was premeditated, because this dinner was not only him and Shakru, but also his beautiful granddaughter, who was extremely experienced in forced marriage, saw this posture, and immediately thought about it sensitively, but when he heard the name of Patela's granddaughter, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Because Patera's granddaughter is actually called Amisha, then this is not the previous life starring in "Border Storm" (a very in-depth film about the current situation of India and Pakistan. And the popular all-India star Amisha Patela, in fact, it's no wonder that Shakru didn't recognize it at first sight, first, because he didn't watch many Indian movies, and secondly, Amisha was already twenty-five or sixteen at that time, and now she is just sixteen years old, and her charm and temperament are naturally completely different.
However, old Patella apparently misunderstood the reason for Shakru's surprise, he thought that Shakru was shocked by the beauty of his granddaughter, and he was very confident in this, but because of this, on the other hand, he had an unusual headache, that is, the marriage of his granddaughter.
In the perception of an old Indian like him, a girl should be married before the age of 15 and then start accumulating a dowry, but due to India's special marriage system (the details have been described in detail above), it is very difficult to find a partner for granddaughters. As the oldest Brahmin surname and the current achievement status of his family, Patera's partner can only be found among the Brahmins, but there are too many people targeted by excellent Brahmin boys, and he feels that he is not worthy of his granddaughter, so in desperation, he brought his granddaughter to the United States to study, in order to delay this matter, but it is not a way to drag it out, so now old Patella has nothing to do and is looking around, just to be able to find a grandson-in-law who is right and good enough.
Therefore, when old Patella saw Shakru's surprised look, not only did she not blame him for being rude at all, but boasted for her granddaughter with a smile: "Mr. Pandett, my granddaughter is not only beautiful, but also very intelligent, and is now studying economics at the University of Tufort in Massachusetts." ”
"Oh, Miss Amisha is amazing, economics is a very advanced subject." Shakru echoed and said, but in fact, he was complaining in his heart, this is not what Harvard, Yale, and Stanford have to show off.
After chatting for a while, old Patella casually found an excuse and walked out, it was obvious that this was deliberately giving the two of them a chance to be alone, for his kind of thoughts, Shakru could only smile bitterly, although he had a good impression of Amisha in his previous life, but now she is just a 16-year-old girl, how can he have any crooked thoughts about her, after all, his actual mental age is now in his thirties.
But to his surprise, Amisha took the initiative to speak first: "Mr. Pandith, I don't feel that you look like a merchant at all, much less like a Brahmin merchant. ”
"Oh, Miss Amisha, why do you think I don't look like a Brahmin merchant?" Shakru asked with interest.
Amisha explained solemnly: "Because my grandfather was a barrister, I have seen many businessmen who come to him for help, but I have never seen anything like you. First of all, authentic Brahmins are generally engaged in politics, and even if they are in business, they are doing their own monopoly business, and there is no partnership with others like you. In addition, businessmen are mercenary, so they all seem to be shrewd and cunning, unlike you who always look like you don't care, as if you don't care about the money at all. Also, you're only three years older than me, but why do you look like you've been through a lot of things? In short, you don't look like a businessman at all, but a monk or a teacher at our university! ”