035 Come to some sincerity (recommended by science fiction classification in the afternoon)
"We're really shining today. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Tang Liyang laughed and shook hands with Chen Wenhao to welcome, "Daisy is not only Henry's right-hand man, but also the flower of Central's lawyers. ”
Tang Liyang joked, "It is said that as long as Daisy is on a business trip, the flower shop business downstairs of her company will be less than 30%. Chen, as Daisy's flower messenger tonight, beware of her suitors throwing white gloves at you. ”
"Mr. Tang just likes to joke, Mr. Chen is now my big customer, don't destroy my professional image." Dai Yuqian replied with a smile.
As a modern working woman, and a lawyer who has to deal with three educations and nine streams, she felt that she was already like a breeze for teasing, but she never thought that today she was a little shy and a little apprehensive. Seeing that Chen Wenhao didn't care about it, he felt a little ashamed and angry, and he couldn't explain it.
After everyone was seated, hot dishes were served one after another. Tonight's choice is Cantonese cuisine, roasted suckling pig in the open oven, Taiye chicken, braised sea tiger wings with raw crab meat, steamed eastern star grouper, abalone in soup and other famous Cantonese dishes are on the table.
Chen Wenhao smiled secretly, there are three foreigners at a table, who don't eat Western food and eat Chinese food, and they all make their chopsticks fascinating, and the charm of Chinese food is really popular all over the world.
After three rounds of drinking, it is a good time for a business banquet to talk about things.
Three foreigners took turns to go into battle, praising the prospects of Xiaoka translation software, and boasting that Chen Wenhao's young talents were difficult to follow, boasting that his company had strong funds and wide connections.
Dai Yuqian pursed her lips and smiled on the side, secretly thinking that this was the so-called "drunkard's intention is not to drink".
Chen Wenhao was also disgusted, not to mention something practical, it is estimated that these three foreigners can still boast. What about the festival? Where have your rituals gone?
He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and placed it on the table.
"What is this?" The three foreigners stopped the group comedy performance, looked at the paper with confused eyes, and then looked at Chen Wenhao.
Chen Wenhao swallowed a mouthful of food in his mouth, took a sip of tea and cleared his throat, "I actually understand what everyone means." We all understand people here, so let's not talk nonsense, let's get straight to the topic. ”
Chen Wenhao stretched out a finger, "If it's just capital investment, my company is actually not short of money now, why should I let people come in and get a piece of the pie." ”
"Everyone is actually aware of this, so what you just introduced is the company's network resources." Chen Wenhao stretched out another finger, "This is indeed exactly what I need." ”
"But", Chen Wenhao made a turn, making the confident smiles on the faces of the three foreigners disappear in the bud, "The venture capital that can make a name for itself has all kinds of consortia and foundations standing behind it, which one will lack connections." Who can confidently say that my network resources are the strongest? ”
"So the question is, why should I choose the three of you? The three representative companies are naturally good, and two are the top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, but as far as I know, there are at least five or six venture capitalists of the same level in Silicon Valley, maybe they can give me better conditions. ”
"And Mr. Tang, your Facebook and my company are already partners, but with all due respect, so far, Facebook's foreign investment is more about merging each other into the territory. What are the advantages of Facebook? ”
The three foreigners were slightly stunned, but none of them who could be sent to do this job were rookies, and they were all veterans who had been in the business world for many years.
Kevin and David from the venture capital industry are already familiar with this kind of scene, although the vast majority of startups regard venture capital institutions as the God of Wealth, but the real potential of companies are often chased by many venture capital institutions, and the competition between venture capital institutions is equally fierce.
Take Accel's boss as an example, when Facebook opened the second round of financing, more than a dozen venture capital institutions took turns to quote, and Xiaozha was interested in the investment of a newspaper group, and Accel was not considered at all. As a result, Accel's boss went directly to the Facebook office and quoted Xiaozha a high price when the appointment was denied. Even so, Accel finally impressed Facebook after the emergency situation in the management of the newspaper group affected the cooperation with Facebook.
For Tang Liyang, venture capital is not his profession, but he is in charge of Facebook's Asian business, and in addition to managing the company's business all day, he inevitably has to deal with all kinds of ghosts, snakes and gods in Asian countries, and his eloquence in negotiation is naturally not much worse.
Seeing that the three foreigners were already organizing their language and preparing to speak, Chen Wenhao smiled slyly and spoke in advance, "Don't worry, let's take a look at this first", and casually pushed the paper he just took out to the front.
The three of them looked at each other, Tang Liyang, who was closest to him, picked up the paper and opened it, and the heads of the other two came over together. The three of them just glanced at it, and then they collectively raised their heads with an expression of "this god and horse ghost".
Chen Wenhao was not apprehensive, and explained with a smile, "My company is developing a new product, and we need these devices on paper. As I said earlier, I value the connections and channels of my partners more, and the three of you have said a lot about that, and now is the time for you to show your sincerity. ”
The three foreigners were a little confused, it was the first time they had seen such a request. Tang Liyang turned his gaze to the paper again and read it out, "One five-axis five-linkage high-precision machine tool, six industrial-grade assembly robots?" Chen, are you sure? Is your company going to venture into manufacturing? ”
"This is just the demand for laboratory equipment, I can only say that this new product belongs to the category of IT digital, and once successful, it will definitely detonate the consumer market."
Chen Wenhao pointed his finger in the direction of the paper, "There are detailed parameters and performance requirements for these devices below. In fact, these are not sensitive equipment, European and American five-axis linkage machine tools have long been lifted to China, and there is no restriction on industrial robots. It's just that I have a higher precision of the equipment, and the time requirements are faster, so it is more troublesome to purchase it myself, and I, as a person, am particularly afraid of trouble. ”
Of course, these equipment and specific requirements are all given by Xiaoka, and Chen Wenhao just explained to Xiaoka what products he is going to make. After all, no one can expect a liberal arts graduate to become a programmer who understands industrial equipment. But these are not a problem for the small card that has consulted countless technical information of the earth's industry.
Seeing that the eyes of the three foreigners lit up, obviously very interested in this new product that "can detonate the consumer market", Chen Wenhao was busy changing the topic, "I have registered an independent joint-stock company, and then I will transfer the rights and interests of Xiaoka translation software." As a matter of sincerity, whichever company can play a role in the procurement of equipment will be able to retain a place in the new company. ”
Chen Wenhao smiled and turned to Dai Yuqian, "The specific organizational structure of the new company, please ask Miss Daisy to explain." ”
Dai Yuqian pursed her lips and quickly entered the state of a professional lawyer, she opened her notebook, "According to Mr. Chen's requirements, the new company is registered in the Cayman Islands, and the legal and financial affairs have been entrusted to Norton Roche Firm. The new company will be governed by a board of directors in which Mr. Chan and his management team will retain three fixed seats on the board and four seats will be reserved for investors who have invested in the company. ”
Kevin asked, "Is there a difference in voting rights for different seats?" ”
Dai Yuqian replied, "This is the detail I will talk about in a moment, on the board of directors, Mr. Chen will personally have three votes, and the management team and other seats will have one vote for each seat. ”
This is not new, and many companies design voting rights and equity separately to ensure that the management team is in control. Investment institutions generally do not object to the stability of the company's management, after all, they invest to make money, not to control the company.
The three foreigners didn't say much, and listened carefully to Dai Yuqian's introduction of the new company.
"Mr. Chen, I want to ask the company about this matter, I'm sorry to miss me for a while." Kevin confessed and walked out of the private room with his phone. David and Tang Liyang also took leave one after another to do the work of asking for instructions.
Seeing that there were only two people left in the private room, Dai Yuqian asked softly, "Mr. Chen, will they agree?" ”
"They didn't agree to this condition, and it was impossible to achieve the scale they have now. Compared with the benefits that can be gained, this requirement is not at all important. ”