CHAPTER XLI
Although Sidia hated Indians very much, as he said, he did not hate money, and in the end Shakru spent 60 million to buy the patent rights and production formula of sildenafil. After a few days, Sidia suddenly remembered a question, and asked his secretary, "Tony, I remember the last time you told me that this Indian had never worked in the pharmaceutical industry before, just a health supplement seller?" ”
Tony nodded and replied, "That's right, according to my investigation, the only business he runs now is a sales company that exclusively sells Indian divine oil, and as you can see, he is very young and has absolutely no pharmaceutical factories and R&D institutions." ”
"That's strange, then why did he buy sildenafil? Could it be that sildenafil has something to do with his current business? But this is not right, one is a serious medicine, the other is a health care product, how can this not be linked together, by the way, what does this Indian god oil do? ”
"Oh, this Indian god oil is used to prolong the XX time of men." Speaking of this, Tony seemed to suddenly think of something, and said with some hesitation: "Boss, there is a rumor about this sildenafil that is not very sure. ”
"What a rumor, tell me quickly." Stia asked.
"Well, a few experimenters have talked in private, there are some patients who participated in the clinical trial although the effect of the drug did not achieve the effect of treating the cardiovascular, but they still asked for some of the drug, when asked why they did it, they were embarrassed to say, only to learn later that he felt that it was easy to **** after taking this medicine, so he planned to save some for later use with women, but everyone said that this was his psychological effect, and they were just heard as a joke. So I didn't take it seriously, did this Indian hear this rumor? Tony said hesitantly.
Si Dia thought for a long time, and then said slowly: "That should be related to this, you send someone to me to pay attention to this matter at all times, I am very likely to lose money in this transaction." ”
While Stia and his secretary were discussing the matter, Shakru was in the middle of another crucial negotiation in his humble office in New York, except that the object of the negotiations was no longer the famous Pfizer president Sidia, but the Infosys boss Narayana Murthy, who is currently unknown in the United States or India.
Although Murthy was known as the father of IT in India in later generations, and Infosys was ranked among the top three global software exports in 2008 with IBM and Accenture, but at this time, Murthy and Infosys were in the stage of stormy and gritted teeth.
Founded in 1981 with only 10,000 rupees (US$250 at the time) and a small bedroom with a small office and only six members, the company now has nearly $2 million in revenue and more than 50 employees.
Because the Indian government's control of foreign trade and mergers and acquisitions policy has limited the company's growth rate, and because of the perennial residence in the United States, several core members have been a little unable to hold on, but the biggest problem in front of the company is that the United States is constantly tightening the visas for Indian software engineers, which may be stuck in the company's lifeline at any time.
Therefore, as early as more than a year ago, several core members proposed that the best solution was to take advantage of the current momentum of the company, quickly sell the company for money, and then go to a large company to find a job. Fortunately, Murthy persevered and promised, "I can buy all your shares now, but the money will not be paid to you later." With this determination, he persuaded others, but after more than a year of perseverance, everyone's confidence became darker and darker, as there was still no hope in sight.
But what they don't know is that as long as they get through the most difficult period in front of them, a series of good news will come, first of all, in June of this year, 1991, the Indian government will be forced to start economic reforms (I will talk about the details later), the rise of the outsourcing trend of large American multinational companies in the mid-90s, and the subsequent millennium bug crisis and Internet fever, which makes Infosys the best representative of the global rise of Indian outsourcing.
Therefore, Shakru played the time difference this time, and wanted to take advantage of the most difficult time for Infosys to invest in shares, so as soon as the negotiations began, Shakru threw out a bombshell: "Mr. Murthy, I am very optimistic about the future development of your company, and I am willing to invest 2 million to acquire 40% of your company's shares, and I will not interfere with the normal operation of the company, I wonder if Mr. Murthy are interested in this proposal?" ”
Shakru thought that his conditions were extremely favorable, but he did not expect Murthy to refuse: "Mr. Pandit, thank you very much for your recognition and support of our company, but I'm sorry I can't agree to your proposal, because you want too many shares, if you own forty percent of the shares, then you are the largest shareholder of the company, and Infosys is my heart's work, I really don't want to sell him." ”
"Maybe what I said just now is not clear enough, I mean, even if I become the largest shareholder of the company, I will not make any interference in the daily operation of the company, I will only make decisions on major matters, since I have invested, that is, I want to make Infosys bigger and stronger, and it will not destroy your hard work." Shakru explained.
This is not Shakru fooling Murthy, he does think so, and will do so in the future, because he doesn't know anything about the software industry at all, so in the future operation, he just wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper, at most use the advantage of rebirth to check and make suggestions on some major matters.
While Murthy was frowning and hesitating, the other five shareholders sitting beside him looked at each other, and then one of them said, "Mr. Pandit, we have thirty percent of the company's shares, and if you are interested, we can sell our shares to you." ”
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