Rebirth of America, this is my time

Currently, the total share capital of Microsoft is 10 million shares, of which Mr. Bill Gates holds 64%, or 6.4 million shares, and Mr. Paul Allen holds 36%. , for 3.6 million shares. After financing, Microsoft's total share capital will be expanded to 100 million shares, of which Mr. Bill Gates holds 44.8% and Mr. Paul Allen holds 44.8% of the shares. Twenty-five point two, Destiny Games holds 20% of the shares, and Wenlock holds 10% of the shares.”

At the same time, Microsoft will establish a nine-member board of directors and allocate director seats according to the shareholding ratio. Mr. Bill Gates has four seats, Mr. Paul Allen has two seats, Destiny Games has two seats, and Wenlock has one. seats.”

In order to ensure the interests of investors, after Destiny Games and Wenlock join Microsoft, all future financing activities of Microsoft must be approved by Destiny Games and Wenlock. If one party's shareholding ratio is less than 1% of the total share capital Five, then that party will lose the right to vote on financing.”

Furthermore, Destiny Games and Wenlock have the right of first refusal to purchase a corresponding amount of equity in a new round of equity financing in the future according to their fully diluted equity ratio, as well as equity reorganizations such as splitting, merging, and bonus shares of the company's equity. time conversion right.”

In addition, Mr. Bill Gates and Mr. Paul Allen need to develop the first version of the spreadsheet within one hundred and twenty days after the investment, which version can only be adapted to Apple personal computers and be available on Within six months after this version goes on sale, Microsoft is not allowed to launch a version adapted to other machines.

The release time and sale time of the first version of the spreadsheet will be determined by Destiny Games, and other versions after that will be decided by Microsoft. In principle, after the first version of the spreadsheet is released, Destiny Games and Wenlock will We will no longer interfere with the specific operations of Microsoft.

When Bill Gates and Paul Allen decided to accept investment from Destiny Game, negotiations related to it officially began. On the afternoon of August 3, Bill Gates’ father personally flew over from Washington state with people. That day In the evening, Professor Barbara Babcock, who was shaken by Ethan, also arrived in San Jose. On the morning of the 4th, Lawrence Rockefeller's personal lawyer also flew to California from New York.

After three days of wrangling, the three parties finally reached an agreement. With Wenlock's argument and Destiny Game's insistence, Microsoft could only hold its nose and accept the agreement on the structural anti-dilution clause. , and regrettably gave up the operating power of the first version of the spreadsheet.

Ethan was very satisfied with the signed investment contract and stood up to shake hands with Bill Gates and the others. And Bill Gates... This guy who was still smiling after being arrested for speeding was like an eggplant beaten by frost at this moment. He just pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled.

This situation made Ethan pat his shoulder, leaned slightly and whispered in his ear: William, business is business. From now on, we will all be a family, so be happy.

Bill Gates snorted twice, until he caught the suggestive look from his father, and then he reluctantly said: Yes, business is business, keep in touch with him more in the future.

Hahaha--

Ethan laughed and hugged him.

After sending away the Microsoft team who were unwilling to stay for a long time, Ethan turned his attention to Wenlock's team.

As before, those who fell at the bottom were still the two people involved in Apple investment negotiations.

Happy cooperation. Ethan extended his right hand to them.

He has already seen who is the backbone of this group of people.

It's a pleasure to cooperate. The two responded with a smile, Mr. Jones, after receiving your invitation to cooperate, Mr. Rockefeller was very happy. He liked the software project you proposed and said that if there is an opportunity in the future, you You can go to New York, of course, when you have time.”

While talking, they also took out a business card holder and pushed it in front of Ethan.

Inside the business card holder was a silver-white business card with Lawrence Rockefeller printed on it, but what was different from the one Ethan had received before was that there was a string of phone numbers under the name of this business card. If Ethan Sen remembered correctly, the first few digits were the New York area code.

Okay, I will. Ethan smiled and accepted the business card.

Watching Wenlock and his group leave, Ethan felt comfortable with his hands behind his back.

In fact, after deciding to ask Bill Gates to write software for him, Ethan knew that this guy who had been the richest man for many years in his previous life would not be obedient.

There is no way, who made this guy have too many criminal records?

BASIC is obviously an open source language written by the dean of Dartmouth College. They had no intention of using it to make money, but Bill Gates and Paul Allen modified it and started charging money;

IBM needed a disk operating system. Anyone could write this thing, but Bill Gates was too lazy to write it. He bought a DOS directly from a young programmer and then resold it to IBM;

Not to mention the so-called Windows, which they brought with Apple's good neighbor Xerox.

When a second-generation person with almost no sense of morality wants to start a business, it will definitely be a disaster to show him inspiration directly. If you want to let this guy with background, technology, and connections but no bottom line work for you, Then you have to find someone who can handle the situation.

And Rockefeller...

Sorry, they specialize in treating all kinds of dissatisfaction.

Ethan Jones was indeed unhappy when he was robbed by Rockefeller last winter.

But now...

When he saw Bill Gates obediently signing his name, he felt so intimidating...

It’s still quite enjoyable!

When Ethan hummed a little tune and twisted around, he got into his sister's office and told her that everything was done, the face that peeked out from behind the Apple computer was full of smiles.

Is it so satisfying to see others bow their heads?

certainly!

Oh - then your moral sense is quite low.

...

Evelin's comment made Ethan's face suddenly darken, and just when he was about to make a few excuses, Evelin burst out laughing again, But it's not important, I don't care.

Hehe~ Ethan was happy.

If it was a girl from a few years ago, she might think Ethan's behavior of taking advantage of others' power is a bit shameless. After all, Bill Gates has no grudges against them, and Ethan uses the robbery that he hates on the other party. What is the difference between this kind of behavior and doing evil?

But now, the girl thinks everything is normal.

You can't be moral when dealing with old money.

Because those who are moral can never become capital.

And when you can't even make capital, you can only be ravaged by the other party.

“But I don’t understand, why don’t we make the spreadsheet inspiration ourselves?”

Evelin asked curiously: To be honest, after you told me about this inspiration, I really feel that this software is no worse than games like Pac-Man and Star Wars.

“I’m not talking about selling it for one billion, but it should still be okay for a few hundred million.”

We don't earn such a large amount of money ourselves? Why do we have to find Bill Gates?

Evelin blinked at Ethan.

And Ethan——

Oh - I also want to do it myself - but human energy is limited -

Ethan changed his posture and said helplessly: I admit, I am tired of managing just our game company, let alone computers and chips outside. When our business territory becomes bigger and bigger, , it has become inevitable to control an industry through investment.”

Besides, there are countless piracy threats in the software industry. If we do it ourselves, even if we split it in half, I won't have the energy to take care of it. Therefore, finding an investment with a background is the best choice at the moment. More The important thing is that Bill Gates’ mother has connections with major companies, and with her around, the spreadsheet software can easily enter the purchasing lists of major companies.”

The meaning of his existence is not to make this software good, but to have the ability to prevent other large companies from making this software and completely block the development route of competitors.

Ethan knows that Office is Microsoft's cash cow. In the future, the revenue from this business will account for more than 30% of Microsoft's total revenue. Giving such a thing to Microsoft and owning only 20% of it is indeed a bit stupid, but do it yourself...

When he couldn't pull out a monkey hair and create ten thousand monkeys like the great sage, if he made his own office suite, he would definitely run into Microsoft, which immediately started to learn from it, and when Bill Gates When Ci started copying, what could he do?

Fight with him?

How can he have time?

Now he is not just making games. Under Destiny Games alone, there are three subsidiaries: Destiny Pictures, Michael Blanco Manufacturing Company, and Western Design Company.

In addition, others with whom he has connections include Jones and Johnson Agricultural Production Company, Apple Computer Company, Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Company, and Chuck Padre Chip Company.

Many of these companies did not require him to personally manage them. When Evelin took care of the technical issues, he was already so busy that he almost flew into the sky. If there were a few more, he could have chosen the cemetery in advance!

That would be really busy, tiring and impractical.

Others' group operations are to achieve the ultimate in one industry and then expand outwards, but what about us? We are doing well in several industries at the same time! From the surface, my wealth expansion rate will be several times faster than others. Times, but I might live decades shorter than others!

This is unacceptable to me!

I spent time making money, but I didn't enjoy it?

Then I'm not mentally ill!

When Ethan yawned and said that he really didn't have enough energy, Evelin, who was sitting behind the desk, immediately smiled and put her chin on the back of her hand.

Are you done now? she asked.

uh-huh.

How about taking a break? Going out for two days? It just so happens that I'm on vacation now...

Uh...that won't work. I still have something on my hands.

Ethan's words made Evelin a little curious, because the girl couldn't figure out what else Ethan needed to do when the chip crisis had been resolved and countermeasures had been launched.

But when Ethan picked up the landline phone on her desk and dialed a number, the words that came out of Ethan's mouth suddenly made her realize, and then she covered her mouth and laughed.

Hello? MOS Technology? I'm Ethan Jones.

No, no, no, I made the right call. I'm not here to find Chuck Paido. I'm here to see you, the chairman and CEO of MOS Technology...

I called today to inform you of something. I currently hold 20% of the shares of Chuck Padre Chip Manufacturing Company, and Nintendo Kyoto Chip Company also has your chip authorization. Since you The company is about to be acquired by Komodo, so please buy back these shares and take back Nintendo's license.

Since it was you who breached the contract, my asking price is not high. The total of the two items is 10 million——

Dollars!

And I want cash.

What? Do you think I'm dreaming?

Okay! Then take my words to your masters!

I! Ethan Jones! I want your MOS Technology to spend 10 million US dollars to repurchase 20% of the shares of Chuck Padre Chip Company! And compensate the losses of Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Company!

If you don't want to! I will entrust Rockefeller with $50 million! Let them help me buy shares of the Komodo Group in the open market!

I'm not buying Komodo!

I will only continue to request the convening of extraordinary shareholders' meetings according to procedures after the shares reach the limit!

“I will continue to demand a shake-up of the Komodo Board of Directors!”

I will keep asking for revisions to the company's business policies and investment plans!

“I will keep asking for approval of the company’s annual financial budget and final accounts!”

I will keep asking the company to make profit distribution plans for shareholders!

I will continue to propose employment plans that cut management salaries and compensation!

“I will keep asking the company to fire executives!”

You sons of bitches want to steal my money from those Wall Street bastards, right?

Then don't blame me for using your methods to attack you! If you don't use 10 million to buy back my shares! I will make it so hard for you to open a company!

I only give you three days!

In three days, I have to see 10 million!

“And that’s after-tax compensation!”

“The capital gains tax on the sale of shares is your responsibility!”

“If I don’t see the money in three days, I’m going to call Lawrence Rockefeller!”

Snapped--

After Ethan yelled, he hung up the phone.

And the crisp sound also made Evelin laugh loudly.

Ha ha ha ha--

At this moment, her tears were almost falling from her eyes.

Ethan - you really are - seeking revenge from morning to night -

Hahaha--

That's right!

Even if the chip problem has been solved!

Even if the countermeasure has been found!

Ethan was still very unhappy in his heart!

He obviously didn't do anything, but just because those Wall Street bastards thought that the dollar bills were destined to them, they came to snatch his things like turtles, and even wanted to push him away!

Although Ethan in his previous life was used to this kind of gangster behavior, when he meets them, he will not be used to those birdmen! After the internal crisis has temporarily subsided, punching those gentle scum in the face is what he wants to do most!

Didn't that group of birdmen want to catch him off guard with some hostile takeover?

Don’t those idiots want to swallow up the computer industry?

Can!

I will retaliate against him in the same way, and use your own methods to disgust you!

I will tell you clearly right now, if you don’t give me money, I will punish you!

Anyway, I have 100 million in cash, so I can play with you slowly!

If you don’t give me money, I’ll get angry at you if you give me money!

As for revenge?

Ah--

Excuse me.

None of my companies are listed on the market.

As long as it's not listed on the market, I'm invincible~

Note: ① In Paul Allen’s autobiography published in 2012, it was mentioned that the equity distribution between him and Bill Gates was six to four at first, but in order to control the company, Bill Gates finally changed it to one hundred. Sixty-four percent and thirty-six percent. Although there is no sixty-seven, there are still explanations for this. For example, after selling 20% ​​of the equity in the first round of financing, Gates will only be diluted to fifty-one-two if he owns sixty-four. Only raising thirty would shake his relative control.