The suburbs of San Francisco, within the office area of the Cisco factory.

Hideki Hanyu reached out and shook hands with Sequoia Capital's Don Valentine.

"Mr. Valentine, welcome to Cisco!"

Don Valentine shook Hideki Hanyu's hand and said, "I am very honored to be a member of Cisco, and I hope to have a good time working with you in the future." ”

Letting go of his hand, Hideki Hanyu took the champagne glass handed by Ball Flower and raised it to signal to the people around him.

"To celebrate this historic moment, cheers!"

Others likewise raised their glasses and said, "Cheers!" ”

At this point, Sequoia Capital's investment in Cisco is completed.

In this round of investment, Don Valentine took a 29 percent stake in Cisco.

At the normal rate, Hideki Hanyu's original 45 percent stake would be diluted.

However, with the tacit cooperation of Hideki Hanyu and Don Valentine, Hideki Hanyu continued to invest in proportion to maintain the original shares.

On the contrary, the combined shareholding of Leonard Bossak and Santi Lerner fell to 20 percent, becoming the least of the three parties.

As for the shares that are not in the hands of the three of them, according to Don Valentine's suggestion, as an incentive for the next Cisco executives.

Leonard Bossak and Santi Lerner, the husband and wife, after this financing, handed over most of Cisco's control, is already a sure thing.

Leonard Bossak is concentrating on R&D and is no longer a manager at Cisco.

Santi Lerner retains certain marketing rights.

So after this investment, the next most important thing is to hire a person at the helm of Cisco.

In his previous life, Cisco's first professional manager was hired by Don Valentine, and the price he paid was a 5 percent stake and an annual salary of $70,000 a year.

Not to mention this condition, Hanyu Hideki is completely unacceptable.

Even after the original professional manager took office, the ability he showed was very average.

Not to mention leading Cisco's development, he also had a lot of trouble with the two founders in the board of directors.

The only contribution he made was to help Don Valentine become chairman of Cisco, and by the way, let the two founders hand over the few stock voting rights in order to get rid of him.

At the end of the celebration, Cisco held its first tripartite board meeting.

Unsurprisingly, Don Valentine was the first to speak.

"I think there's two things that Cisco needs to address right now."

"Oh, what is it?"

Hanyu Hideki pretended to be curious and played a double reed with Don Valentine.

These two so-called things were actually determined in advance by him and Don Valentine.

Don Valentine said, "First of all, I think that for the company to grow, the headquarters should be located close to Silicon Valley. ”

Instead of commenting first, Hideki Hanyu looked at Leonard Bossak and Santi Lerner first.

"Leonard, what do you think?"

Although Hideki Hanyu asked, no matter how the couple answered, the Cisco relocation was a must.

Whether it's for the company's growth, or for him to better control Cisco with Don Valentine, the company has to be closer to Silicon Valley.

"Let's think about it, how?"

Suddenly leaving the place where they had lived for a long time, Leonard Bossak and Santi Lerner were somewhat reluctant.

Don Valentine duly said, "Of course, you can think about it, but I want you to think a lot about the future of Cisco." ”

"We will."

Leonard Bossak's tone was noticeably loose.

In the opinion of Hanyu Hideki and Don Valentine, it is estimated that it will not be long before the couple agrees.

"As for the second thing, it is that after Leonard focuses on leading R&D, we need professional managers to lead Cisco's development. When it comes to the selection of CEO, VP of Sales, and Financial Officer, I ......"

Don Valentine named a few candidates.

Looking at its introduction, they are basically people who have rich experience in technology companies.

In the end, Don Valentine also said that if you want to invite excellent professional managers, equity rewards are indispensable.

However, there has not been an answer to Don Valentine's proposed management candidates, but on the equity incentive, Leonard Bossak has put forward a different opinion.

"If you want to give equity to the management, then I think you should also allocate equity to the main technical R&D personnel for incentives."

Don Valentin frowned and said, "If you are a technician, it would be nice to give them more wages, there is no need to give equity." ”

It's not that Don Valentine is picking the door.

But in today's Silicon Valley, it is not fashionable to give shares to important technicians.

Because in the eyes of traditional investors, management is much more important than technical research and development personnel.

Seeing that Don Valentine disagreed, Leonard Bossak turned his head to look at Hideki Hanyu.

"Mr. Hanyu, what is your opinion?"

Hanyu Hideki pretended to be embarrassed to think for a while, and then said, "Cisco is a technology company after all, and I think we should pay attention to the interests of R&D personnel. ”

As soon as he said this, he immediately saw Don Valentine next to him showing a strange gaze.

Clearly, Don Valentine felt that Hideki Hanyu should be on the same side as him.

But how did Don Valentine know that in Hanyu Hideki's heart, there was no camp at all.

As long as it is beneficial to the development of Cisco, Hideki Hanyu will support it.

Hideki Hanyu reached a tacit agreement with Don Valentine in advance and agreed to Sequoia Capital's investment in Cisco, also for the sake of Cisco's development.

He doesn't listen to Don Valentine for everything because of this tacit understanding.

With the support of Hideki Hanyu, Leonard was overjoyed.

Seeing that Hideki Hanyu and the Leonards had reached an agreement on the equity incentive for technicians, Don Valentine knew that it was useless for him to object, so he could only nod his head in agreement.

"Okay then, but we'll need to discuss how to distribute it."

"Of course that's fine, Mr. Valentine has more experience in this area than we do."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he followed up and said, "Actually, I have another suggestion on my side when it comes to the selection of management. ”

As soon as Don Valentine heard this, his eyes became more and more complicated when he looked at Hideki Hanyu.

He reacted a little at this point.

Hideki Hanyu's tacit agreement with him to suppress Leonard's control of Cisco before investing was absolutely sincere.

But now after suppression, Hanyu Hideki and his tacit understanding have ended.

And it is very likely that from the very beginning, Hideki Hanyu used Sequoia Capital to consolidate his rights in Cisco.

For example, by co-investing with Sequoia.

Most of the Leonards' holdings have disappeared, but the shares in Hanyu Hideki's hands have not changed at all.

At this moment in the board meeting, Hideki Hanyu won the trust of the Leonards by opposing his opinion.

Sequoia Capital finished being a villain and died with the Leonards.

Cisco's power fell completely into the hands of Hideki Hanyu.

Hanyu Hideki ignored Don Valentine's eyes and continued.

"I would like to recommend someone to be the CEO of Cisco, his name is John Chambers, now he is the vice president of Wang An Computer Company, and the head of Asia, I have learned about this person's resume, not only is he very capable, he is very talented in sales and company development, and he is better at handling the relationship between investors and management, I think he is very suitable for Cisco."

In Hanyu's view, since the CEO is to be chosen, equity incentives must also be given.

Then why not directly take one step and invite John Chambers, who is known as the "strongest CEO on the surface" and helped Cisco grow and grow in his previous life.

The other party has been working in Wang An Computer Company for four years.

There is no point in continuing to spend a few more years like in a previous life.

After all, Wang An's computer company is about to go downhill.

After Hanyu finished speaking, Don Valentine began to mumble again.

He had thought that Hideki Hanyu would overthrow all the people he recommended.

Who would have thought that Hideki Hanyu actually recommended only one person.

For a moment, Don Valentine couldn't figure out what Hideki Hanyu was thinking.

But just when Don Valentine was puzzled, the Leonards took the lead in their position.

"We believe in Mr. Hanyu's choice."

Hey—

Don Valentine said he was tired.

But now that the situation is two-to-one, he really has no choice but to accept the suggestion.

And after a board meeting, he also saw the unpredictability of Hideki Hanyu.

After these two things were determined, the meeting was dissolved.

Cisco sent people to contact their recommended management candidates.

As for the relocation of the company, it will need to wait for the new management to take office.

Don Valentine and Hideki Hanyu left Cisco at the same time.

Arriving in downtown San Francisco, Don Valentine invites Hideki Hanyu to dinner.

Hideki Hanyu readily agreed.

At the dinner table, the two talked happily, as if the disagreement at the meeting had not happened at all.

After all, as a mature businessman, sometimes you still have to distinguish between public and private.

But at the end of the conversation, Don Valentine brought up another thing.

"Mr. Hanyu, I heard that Ling has been helping Divine Vision find an investor recently."

"Is Mr. Don Valentine interested?"

Hanyu Hideki looked at Don Valentine with a smile.

"Of course, I'm very optimistic about the prospects of the divine vision." Don Valentine was blunt.

But Hideki Hanyu shook his head and said, "I'm very sorry, Divine Vision won't consider Sequoia Capital for the time being. ”

"Why?"

Don Valentine's face was surprised, "Twenty-five percent of the shares, Sequoia Capital can contribute ......"

Don Valentine whispered a number.

But Hanyu Hideki still shook his head, "It's not about money. ”

He continued to explain without waiting for Don Valentine to continue speaking.

"In January, I invested as much as $10 million in R&D expenses for Shenling Vision alone, and Shenling Vision wanted money, but what I wanted more was IPO assistance."

After listening to Hideki Hanyu's words, Don Valentine fell silent.

He didn't want to give up, so the silence was not about giving up, but about thinking quickly.

After a while, the dinner in front of Hanyu Hideki was finished.

When I was going to say goodbye and leave.

Don Valentine spoke, "Mr. Hanyu, if Sequoia Capital can help you find the power of Wall Street, can you make a joint investment?" ”

"Of course, as long as they want to."

When Hanyu Hideki speaks to them, he is naturally referring to those powerful guys on Wall Street.

For Divine Vision, what is needed is an investor who can help.

As for who brought in the investor, it doesn't matter at all.

"Very well, then please ask Hanyu-san to wait for my good news."

Don Valentine suddenly came to his senses.

"I'm looking forward to it, that's all for today's dinner, farewell."

"Goodbye."

After saying goodbye to Don Valentine, Hideki Hanyu did not stay in San Francisco and returned to San Jose with the ball flowers.

After dealing with Americaka's side, it's time for him to return to Neon as well.

After all, Neon was already on the phone urging him.

Moon Lake Manor, Hideki Hanyu had a good night with Ball Flower before leaving.

The next day, Hideki Hanyu took a helicopter back to the Hibiscus Garden.

After saying goodbye to his daughter and the child's mother, he took Zhou Wenqiong, who was going back to China, and left America on the 'Elf'.

March 6th.

The Elf landed at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport.

On the Mercedes-Benz car leaving the airport, Hideki Hanyu looked at Zhou Wenqiong, who was sitting next to him with an excited face.

Said helplessly, "Xiaoqiong, I promised your cousin that I would let you transfer back to Yanjing in Tokyo." ”

Zhou Wenqiong begged for mercy, "Brother-in-law, just let me play for a few more days, isn't your magazine going to hold a fashion show?" I'll finish reading it before I go. ”

"The TGC fashion show will only be held at the end of the month." Hideki Hanyu emphasized.

"Oh, it's only been about twenty days, I'll call my cousin when I get home and beg her to be accommodating."

Zhou Wenqiong has already left, anyway, it's a 'scoundrel' posture that doesn't leave.

Hideki Hanyu emphasized again, "And your mother, I must also be informed, I don't want to go back to the hibiscus garden next time and be complained by your cousin, saying that I indulged you again." ”

"No problem."

Zhou Wenqiong patted his chest and reassured.

But after saying that, she muttered in a low voice, "Anyway, I'm neon now, even if they don't want to, it's not that they can't control me." ”

"You......"

Hideki Hanyu smiled and shook his head.

He can see that this kid is playing wild in the flower world outside, and it is not so easy to retract for a while.

In the car, Zhou Wenqiong watched the car drive all the way and gradually drove into the downtown area of Tokyo.

The surrounding scenery became more and more prosperous, and she asked curiously, "Brother-in-law, where are we going next?" ”

"I'll take you back to Xiaoli's house first, and you will stay with her at night."

"What about you? Brother-in-law. ”

"I have other things to attend to." Hideki Hanyu said.

He had to do something very simple, and that was to move.

During the time he was away from Neon, the House of Everything was completely completed.

The relevant acceptance work has also been completed, and his assistant office supervises the whole process.

Now that everything is ready, it is only up to him to move the things in the Platinum Terrace area.

said that it was moving, but in fact, in addition to the objects given to him by friends such as the piano, that is, some things in the safe need to be brought.

"What about that night, am I staying alone with my cousin?" Zhou Wenqiong asked.

"Of course." Hideki Hanyu said.

"Ahh Brother-in-law, are you okay to accompany me, I am afraid of a person I don't know well. ”

Zhou Wenqiong dragged Hanyu Hideki's hand and coquettishly.

"No, I've said that there is something serious, and besides, you are such an adult, what is there to be afraid of, if you don't dare to stay, I will send someone to take you to the airport now, and it is still too late to transfer back to Huaxia."

Hideki Hanyu ignored the coquettishness of her cute sister-in-law and refused without hesitation.

What are you kidding, the apartment in Minato is really artistic, but the three floors add up to one bedroom and one bed.

Where he went to sleep, laying on the floor was not his style.

Besides, I haven't been back to Tokyo for so long.

Several beauties are still waiting for him to accompany them.

He can't wait to learn the doppelganger technique on the spot, how can he have time to waste time with his sister-in-law.

Therefore, along the way, he let his sister-in-law hum and chirp, but he did not agree to the other party's request.

When he arrived at the apartment in Minato Ward, after sending his sister-in-law upstairs, he also visited Yukio Tanaka downstairs by the way.

However, when he opened the door, he found that Yukio Tanaka was called home by Mrs. Tanaka.

There were only Aiko Tanaka and her daughter, as well as a maid.

In this case, he didn't have much to do.

So I just said hello, left a gift for Tanaka Xingyue Night, and then said goodbye and left.

Arriving at the house in Shirokanedai Ward, Hideki Hanyu found the door wide open.

When I walked in, I found that a certain little chubby dish had arrived in advance, and was wearing an apron to help him sort out the sketches left in the living room.

Seeing the beautiful curve of the beauty bending over and curling her hips.

The scumbag quietly closed the door, then walked over and took Akina Nakamori into his arms.

"Ahh

The beauty exclaimed, and after struggling to turn around, she realized that it was Hideki Hanyu.

Immediately, he waved his little fist angrily and beat the scumbag.

Hanyu Hideki ignored it, threw the beauty directly on the table, and blocked Akina Nakamori's voice with his mouth.

"Crush! And ......"

What else?

Hideki Hanyu doesn't care.

But what he didn't expect was that soon there was the sound of hurried footsteps in the living room.

Along with it, there are also concerned questions.

"Akina-chan, what's going on?"

Hearing this familiar voice, the scumbag got up from the little chubby dish, and when he saw the person who appeared at the door of the restaurant, his face was full of surprise.

Kyoko Koizumi?

Why is the little goblin here, he doesn't seem to have an accident arranged today?

Obviously, I only called Akina Nakamori.

"Hanyu-kun knew that there was a mess, and I said there were still people."

Akina Nakamori complained.

"Hehe, I didn't hear clearly."

Small scenes, scumbags can easily handle it.

He beckoned at the leprechaun.

There was no need to command, and the goblin came over with a grin.

Tacit understanding and Hanyu Hideki teamed up, and pressed back Akina Nakamori, who wanted to struggle to get up at the table.

Thanks to Oaks 20210815, Roaming the Sea of Books, and Chau534 for their tips.

Anyway, there are so many people who travel, it's really busy.

Continuous overtime, I really can't spare time to touch the fishing code, only 5,000.

(End of chapter)