The Black Card - Chapter 1419

[Chapter 1416 Moved to China]

Shi Lei didn’t say a word about this. He just slowly sipped the glass of whiskey and looked at Jackman with a half-smile.

Jackman hesitated for a while and finally said: “Mr. Shi, to be honest with you, I am very inconvenient right now. Regarding investment, I’m afraid…”

Shi Lei smiled and waved his hand and said, “It won’t cost you much. Money, and this investment is an investment you have already made.”

Jackman was stunned, frowned, and said: “Mr. Shi is referring to…”

“I just came from Silicon Valley, there is a company that researches microprocessors A startup company…”

Without further ado, Jackman already knew which company Shi Lei was referring to.

“Mr. Shi is also interested in this project?”

Shi Lei nodded and said: “The interest is very great.”

“It’s just a slightly innovative technology. At the beginning, I just wanted to invest a few million dollars in them. I don’t really expect this company to bring much profit. I know that they were seeking Series A financing recently and approached me, but I refused.” “I know

this, I just contacted them, and now I We are trying to invite them to China.”

Jackman was stunned again when he heard this, but he quickly understood what Shi Lei meant.

“This technology is not top-notch in the United States, but if it is integrated with China’s current technology, it can catch up with the United States in the microprocessor industry…”

Shi Lei shook his head and interrupted Jackman’s words. He said: “Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to catch up. At most, it can only narrow the gap with the top level in the United States. However, in response to China’s current market situation, it focuses on the mid-range and below markets, and even slightly touches the high-end market. There is still a lot of potential. To be honest, if this project can be transferred to China, the future growth space will be much higher than staying in the United States.”

Jackman is also a person who has been in the business world all his life. Although he started out as a gangster when he was young, But he knows very well how huge the Chinese market is.

Especially the Chinese government, how strong its policy support is for new and cutting-edge technology-based enterprises.

The most important thing is that it is Shi Lei’s base camp. Jackman has seen the miracles Shi Lei created.

If it weren’t for Shi Lei’s current identity and wealth, and because of the ferryman incident, which had once again severely damaged his vitality, he probably would never have spoken to Shi Lei so politely.

“Have you done any specific calculations? What are the market expectations?”

“It’s probably more than ten times that of the United States. After all, China’s microprocessor market is still dominated by mid- to low-end. Coupled with this company’s technology, compared with domestic ones, Microprocessor manufacturers and R&D parties still have great advantages.”

“Do you want me to agree to let them transfer to China?”

Shi Lei nodded and said: “At the same time, I am afraid that Fries is needed for technology output. Sir, you are very helpful. After all, this is your home court. I think this matter will not be difficult for you.”

“What can I get?” Jackman didn’t waste any more nonsense. At their level, The simpler the negotiation process, the better, and put interests directly on the table.

Shi Lei looked at Jackman with burning eyes and said: “The market is ten times more, what else do you want, Mr. Freese? To show my sincerity, they valued the Series A at 120 million, and I only want six points.”

Jackman smiled bitterly and said: “But as I said just now, I am very tight on cash now.” “

I will lend you the investment required for your four points, and you can pay it back to me at any time.”

Although there is only Several million dollars, and it was not true that Jackman couldn’t even raise these millions, but this was the biggest concession that Shi Lei could give him.

Moreover, Jackman felt that he had no reason to object after being given a way to open up the Chinese market for no reason.

After thinking again and again, Jackman nodded and said: “Okay, then I’ll thank Mr. Shi for the interest-free loan first.”

Shi Lei stretched out his hand, holding a wine glass, and the two of them laughed and drank it down. .

The next day, the other company also called Shi Lei and invited Shi Lei to their company for a talk.

Shi Lei could tell from the CFO’s tone that the other party seemed to have accepted his conditions.

After arriving at the company, the other party naturally prepared a series of questions, which ultimately focused on the two key points of investment and technology output.

Shi Lei said: “I talked to Mr. Frith yesterday, and he agreed to the plan I proposed. In round A, I led the investment, and he followed. The specific allocation was six to me and four to him. At the same time, I committed to rounds B and C. I am still responsible for leading the investment, and the following investors are less than or equal to one, and this one is absolutely exclusive and can only be participated by Mr. Frith.” The

four other people looked at each other and nodded. Obviously, this is in line with their maximum demands.

“In terms of technology output, Mr. Frith will help you with it. Then, I need you to move to China within a month. I will arrange for people to help you there and make arrangements for you in advance. This arrangement includes future taxes. And policy support, etc.”

The four looked at each other again, and it was still the CFO who spoke. He said: “Mr. Shi’s promise is really attractive to us, but I think we still need a little help. Let’s discuss it for about fifteen minutes.”

Shi Lei stood up and said, “I’m going to the bathroom and take a look at this company that may soon become history.”

After that, he left the conference room, leaving the four doctors to make the final remarks. decision.

Fifteen minutes later, Shi Lei returned to the conference room, and the other party prepared a series of questions. These questions focused on the policy support that the Chinese government could provide.

It is obvious that they have fully recognized the company’s relocation and future market expansion.

As for policy support, Shi Lei also needs to contact the country to finally come up with a rough scope.

After three or four days of back-and-forth contact, the two sides finally reached a consensus.

In the end, Shi Lei and Jackman jointly invested in the company. The company’s equity structure completely retained the previous model, but they were preparing to move to China.

In terms of patents, Jackman found someone to help them reduce the technical specifications of the patents they had applied for to meet the requirements for technological output.

The three parties finally sat together and signed an investment agreement.

Half a month later, the four doctors arrived in the imperial capital with the company members who had to stay. In the office building arranged by Shi Lei, it took only three days to resume the company’s R&D and operations.

The investment promised by Shi Lei has also been fully received.

This investment totaled 12 million U.S. dollars. Shi Lei received six points and paid 7.2 million U.S. dollars. At the same time, he lent Jackman 4.8 million U.S. dollars. Jackman received four points, plus With his angel round investment, he received a total of fourteen points of shares.

As for Shi Lei, his investment quota of 50 million in this quota cycle has only a little over 2 million soft sister coins left. For this money, he does not plan to look for any more projects, and directly looks for a comparative project. All safe stocks were invested.

After the investment was fully implemented, Shi Lei used the Investment Gold Finger Card to check the company’s value-added status six months later and one year later.

He had actually made a query before that. The result of the query at that time was that the investment had risen to about 9 million, and the value-added was not much.

That’s pretty much what brings the company’s overall valuation to $1.5 billion.

A year later, the product was apparently on the shelves, and the investment had increased in value to 78 million, which meant the company’s valuation soared to 1.3 billion U.S. dollars.

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