Chapter 257: Concessions
As soon as Brian said this, everyone stopped arguing and looked at Gu Changqing on the stage.
Kong Qingxiang turned his chair and looked at her coldly. "I also want to hear what Mr. Gu thinks. Such a decision seems to have completely disregarded the interests of our shareholders."
On the stage, Gu Changqing looked at everyone and smiled unhurriedly, everyone's opposition was expected by her, if she didn't even have the certainty of convincing everyone, then there would be no need to hold this meeting today.
She looked at everyone and said slowly: "I believe everyone must know a story about Microsoft." When Microsoft was still a small company, it had a cooperation with IBN, which was known as the "blue giant" at the time, and at that time, it was a great opportunity for Microsoft, which was still in its infancy. However, in order to create a sensation, IBN has formulated strict confidentiality measures for this plan, requiring Microsoft to sign a confidentiality agreement, which stipulates that Microsoft shall not disclose this confidentiality to any third party, otherwise it will assume all responsibilities, but IBN is not interested in any confidentiality of Microsoft and therefore does not assume any confidentiality responsibility.
There is no doubt that this is an unequal treaty, but Mr. Bill Gates did not hesitate to sign it, because he knew that the opportunity to cooperate with IBN was not available every day, and he was not qualified to negotiate equality with IBN.
Later, because of copyright issues, IBN turned to Mr. Kildare of Digital Research, but Mr. Kildare refused to accept this unequal confidentiality agreement, because he felt that cooperation was about equality and mutual benefit, and if it was not fair, what was there to talk about? As a result, IBN still signed a contract with Microsoft, which did not want to cooperate fairly.
Later, during the design of the software, according to IBN's non-disclosure agreement, Microsoft employees had to work in laboratories that were more closed than prison cells, steamer-like and stuffy, and had to comply with various other prohibitions, and Gates agreed to these harsh conditions.
As a result, IBN's new computer was an instant hit, selling 500,000 units, beating Apple's well-known computers in one fell swoop, and Microsoft became an overnight leader in the industry, laying a solid foundation for its future dominance in the software world. โ
Kong Qingxiang saw that the directors all showed thoughtful expressions, knowing that everyone had been moved by Gu Changqing's story, and the fact that no words were successful was more convincing, it was obvious that the choice of Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, gave everyone an inspiration.
Of course he didn't want to see such a result, he snorted coldly and said: "Miss Gu takes an analogy between two things, a little reluctantly, Thaiwell Company is not IBN, we are not Microsoft, Thaiwell Company's harsh conditions are not that kind of unequal agreement can be compared, I understand that Miss Gu wants to do something and want to show some feelings, but in order to satisfy Miss Gu's utilitarian psychology, but the interests of all our shareholders are damaged, how can Miss Gu be reasonable?" โ
His words pointed out that Gu Changqing was greedy and reckless in order to sit in his current position, and did not take into account everyone's interests, but his words were very powerful in combination with the current situation, and some directors had already frowned.
Kong Qingxiang's all resistance was also expected by Gu Changqing, if he didn't make trouble, it would be strange, Gu Changqing looked at him and smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "I don't dare to say whether Thaiwell Company is IBN or not, but it is a fact that his newly developed technology is leading in the world, which is why he is so confident and dares to put forward such conditions, as for whether we are Microsoft ......"
Gu Changqing suddenly accentuated his tone, "Who can be sure of the future?" Bill Gates, who was unknown back then, could become the richest man in the world, and Microsoft could become a leader in software companies, how can you be sure that our Gu family will not become Microsoft in the water industry in the future? Opportunities are often opportunities for some people, not for a certain person, depending on who shoots faster, has stronger wrist strength, and who has more mind and courage to do great things."
This is pointing to Kong Qingxiang's eyes and lack of courage to do big things, Kong Qingxiang's face changed slightly, and he just wanted to refute, but Gu Changqing turned his head, looked at everyone, and no longer paid attention to him: "First of all, you must have lofty ambitions, in order to have the courage to fight, the future of development, if things have not started, you have no self-confidence, then it is okay not to do this."
Tequir is to us what IBN is to Microsoft, and success or failure is here. Think about it, if Thaiwell is not so demanding, then where will we have the opportunity? What is the situation of us in this industry, I believe that I don't need to say, the directors also have a bottom in their hearts, how can it not be our turn Now it seems that it is an unequal treaty between us, but as Huang Dong said......"
Gu Changqing looked at Huang Tao, Huang Tao smiled slightly, his face was full of appreciation, Gu Changqing also smiled, and turned his head again: "Just like Huang Dong said, if you want to seize the market with the help of other people's strength, but you refuse to suffer, how is it possible?" There is an old saying in China, to suffer is to take advantage, Thaiwell's technology will be able to allow our cooperative companies to quickly gain a firm foothold in the water market, although we have no decision-making power, but to cooperate with this experienced company, it is very beneficial for our future development in the water industry, as long as we give us a few years, we can gather fame on the one hand, on the one hand can seize the market, on the one hand, we can take advantage of this time to develop technology, on the other hand, we can also learn advanced management technology with them, When we can establish ourselves in the water industry, we will not regret our cooperation with Thaiwell."
These words touched many directors, these people are old businessmen, although sometimes they will worry about personal gains and losses, but as long as they realize that the current loss is for the future gain, these people naturally know the trade-off.
Gu Changqing saw everyone's intentions, and added strength: "Back then, if Mr. Kildare didn't insist on the so-called equality and cooperated with IBN, he might be the richest man in the world today." Facts have proved that if we don't know how to make concessions in business, there is no chance, if we are still hesitant and undecided, maybe we will be Kildare, and give up a good opportunity to others, but there will be no regrets to take the medicine"
As soon as the words fell, Brian took the lead in applauding, and the rest of the people also applauded, Brian looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "What Miss Gu said is very reasonable, the opportunity cannot be missed, we Doutlin think this is a good opportunity, if everyone is really unwilling, then it doesn't matter, we Doutlin will work with Miss Gu to cooperate with Thair, don't blame Miss Gu for not giving everyone a chance to make money."
Hearing Brian say this, Huang Tao and Xu Kun, as well as representatives of Xilin Company, all expressed their support for Gu Changqing to the end
Hearing them say this, the rest of the directors were also anxious, and one of the directors said that he would vote on it, and the result, except for Kong Qingxiang, was unanimously approved. Kong Qingxiang was so angry that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
After the meeting, Gu Changqing thanked Brian, who looked at her and smiled slightly, his dark blue eyes sparkled: "No matter what, I will support you"
Gu Changqing was stunned for a moment, and Brian immediately answered: "Because, I'm your fan"
Gu Changqing was very grateful and said with a smile: "Brian, why don't we go to play tennis together one day?" Since he enjoyed watching her play tennis so much, she was sure he would love the offer.
But unexpectedly, Brian's face immediately changed, and he said coldly: "I don't like to play tennis" and turned around and left. Gu Changqing was inexplicable, and after thinking about it, he didn't think that there was anything wrong with his words, so he could only say, don't guess the thoughts of the nobles......
After Gu Changqing returned to the office, he called Mr. Tevill and said that he had fully agreed to his conditions, and Tรฉwell saw that she was so sincere, and he had a good impression of her, so he agreed to cooperate with her, and the two sides agreed to sign a contract at a time, and Gu Changqing went to the UK to discuss the details of cooperation with them.
At noon, I invited Huang Tao to have a meal. When I was in England, I had a lot of help from him, but at that time she had a lot of things to do, and she couldn't express it, and when she returned home, once she was free, she immediately thought of thanking him.
Gu Changqing said to him: "I don't know how to thank you, this time the success of the matter is thanks to your help, this is very important to me, I don't know how to express my gratitude to you"
Huang Tao said with a smile while cutting the steak: "I also have a good interest for Gu to get the contract, even if I am a shareholder and contribute to the company, you don't have to take it to heart." โ
Although he said this, Gu Changqing naturally didn't think so, she always wanted to thank him with some practical actions
"I am going to use the allotment of shares in this financing, if there are shareholders who do not participate in the allotment, do you want to take down the rest of the shares?" Gu Changqing asked him
Allotment is financing to the company's shareholders, shareholders can contribute capital in proportion to their share capital, or not, if someone does not contribute, then this part of the equity belonging to the person can be subscribed by others.
This financing is a huge number, not everyone can come up with so much money, and there will definitely be some people who will not be able to fully subscribe to their own part. Just like Kong Qingxiang, where does he have any liquidity now?
The cooperation with Thaiwell is bound to make money, the more shares in the cooperative company, the higher the dividends in the future, Gu Changqing wants to express his gratitude to Huang Tao in this way.
Huang Tao's heart darkened, knowing that she was so eager to repay the favor, but she didn't want to owe him anything, and she didn't want to have too deep ties with him. However, the plan she proposed was very attractive, and as a businessman, there was no reason to refuse.
"How do you know that Dautling won't subscribe for the remaining share capital then?" Huang Tao asked
Gu Changqing said with a smile: "If that's the case, just follow the rules, I, as a major shareholder, still have the largest share, and then I will allocate half of my share to you."
If you let that kid from Dowtlin know, wouldn't he have to blackface again? Huang Tao suddenly thought.
Whenever Gu Changqing approached him, Brian would change his face, Huang Tao had already noticed it, thinking of Gu Changqing's future efforts to help him fight for share capital.3 Dawtelin's wonderful face, Huang Tao suddenly had an anticipation mentality.
"That's it." Huang Tao agreed with a smile
After having lunch with Huang Tao, Gu Changqing drove back to Gu's. In the parking lot, she had just parked the car, and before she got out of the car, she saw Kong Qingxiang's car drive in, and then a figure rushed out from the other side and stopped in front of the car.
That figure Gu Changqing was very familiar with, but it was Zhao Zhenzhen.
There is only one shift today. Excuse me.
There have been some cards in the past two days.,In order not to write more and more messy.,I'm going to take care of the plot later.,There won't be too many updates in the past two days.ใ