"Mr. Cheng is so awesome!" Inside the Blue Dot office of Tianxingdao Hall, accompanied by the blasting of paper salutes and the falling of paper flowers, Blue Dot Technology held a very atmospheric welcome ceremony for the arrival of Cheng Ran.
Jiang Ling bought paper firecrackers and picked up a box from the wholesale market just for the time when Cheng Ran arrived. All sixteen people of Blue Dot Technology, led by the four founders Deng Yu, stood on both sides, holding firecrackers. When Zhao Qing and Cheng Ran walked in, colored paper was scattered everywhere with the help of compressed air.
After Bluepoint Technology received three orders and started shipping, it then received orders from Fulun in the fields of servers, set-top boxes, PDAs, etc.
According to these orders, Blue Dot Technology's future account turnover will soar several times. Moreover, binding with enterprises like Fulong to develop some future server systems and Linux embedded systems for Fulong means that Blue Dot's future is protected by a big ship.
At the same time, the performance of these orders has provided strong support for their backdoor listing in the United States at a critical juncture. These measures to boost investor confidence are of self-evident benefit to Blue Dot's stock price in the United States.
Of course, all these orders from Fulong Company were directly requested by Cheng Ran from Cheng Feiyang. The most important thing is that the Chinese Linux system of Blue Dot Technology is indeed unique in China, which is also the basis for Fulong to give orders.
Deng Yu even put his arm around Cheng Ran's shoulders and said in front of everyone, "Mr. Cheng, letting you invest in Bluepoint Technology was the wisest decision we ever made. You are the biggest contributor to Bluepoint's success and our upcoming listing in the United States!"
Jiang Ling, who was the youngest and had the most eccentric personality, stared at Cheng Ran and grinned, "We are good at technology and architecture, and even if we are not so good, we are good at scolding people. When we were in the NetEase forum, Liao Miao and I played a double act, one the good cop and the other the bad cop, and often made some people we didn't like unable to take care of themselves. We registered small accounts to scold the challengers, and provoked them to break the rules. When they went to the main account, we blocked them and blocked them. We did a lot of hostile forces without anyone noticing. Haha, we are just doing this business, and we want to go public and shout slogans, but that's just slogans. In fact, in terms of strategizing, literary and military strategies, we can't even talk about it on paper, and we are just passionate. So when we met you, it's really like the four brothers of Taoyuan found Zhuge Liang! Mr. Cheng is going to lead us to the road of becoming a millionaire!"
Liao Miao, who has the calmest personality and is usually the most serious, smiled at Cheng Ran this time, "It's just this kid who uses a fake account to seduce others. I will just be responsible for banning and blocking his account according to the moderator rules."
Kang Ming, who was also in charge of financing operations, was about to leave. "Come on! I contributed too! You don't take me seriously, do you? I'm leaving now!"
Then everyone laughed.
It goes without saying that there was another barbecue and beer in the evening. After Cheng Ran and Zhao Qing left, Liao Miao and Kang Ming looked at each other, then pulled Deng Yu and Jiang Ling over, and as the four core members of Blue Point, they talked about their innermost thoughts.
Liao Miao said, "Deng Yu, Jiang Ling, no matter what, you shouldn't have said that in front of the whole company today. Especially Deng Yu, as you are the backbone."
Deng Yu was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
As the company's CEO, Deng Yu felt that seeing Cheng Ran being praised in front of all the company employees was a loss to his prestige.
Jiang Ling said, "It is indeed because of Cheng Ran that we can go public..."
"Let's not talk about going public being just the finishing touch, but even if it is the finishing touch, it still cannot be considered a done deal before it is kicked out." Liao Miao said, "Of course, Cheng Ran's joining has played the biggest driving force for Bluepoint Technology to reach this point and move so fast. Everyone here owes him. If any of you try to trip him up from behind, I won't agree. People should remember to be grateful, which is the first principle of being a human being. However, we must also see that Cheng Ran holds the largest share of Bluepoint's equity..."
Kang Ming nodded, "Mr. Cheng is a generous man with a good personality. I have repeatedly said that not only do you really treat him as a brother, but Liao Miao and I do too. However, I have seen many companies that were originally in good shape turn into a mess after capital operation. We cannot use the current situation to judge the future situation, because in the face of interests, it is difficult to guarantee that we will not change our original intentions. Of course, for the sake of interests, I don't doubt any of us, not even Mr. Cheng. But what if in the future, we have deviations and disagreements in the decision-making on the company's development direction?"
"I can't tell Cheng Ran this, but we have to be clear about it. Mr. Cheng has 30% of the shares and is the largest shareholder. None of us can compete with him alone. Although Liao Miao and I don't think that Mr. Cheng will do anything to damage the company, and as long as we unite, we can actually guarantee absolute control of the company. But there is one thing..."
Kang Ming looked at Jiang Ling, "What if one of us is persuaded by him in the future? What if we think Cheng Ran's decision is not in the interests of the company? So we must respond to this situation in advance. That is, everyone should speak with one voice. You have also seen Mr. Cheng's resources and background, and his ability to mobilize. I don't rule out the possibility that someone among us or a new shareholder will turn to him in the future, but if one day there is a disagreement among us, I hope everyone can remember what we said today, at least let each other know first."
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Not long after this internal conversation among the four founders of Bluepoint Technologies, on March 5, 2000, on the eve of Bluepoint Technologies' listing in the United States.
Cheng Ran found the four people at Tianxingdao Hall. Everyone was a little nervous. The scheduled listing date was the 7th. After the market opened on the other side of the ocean, Blue Dot Technology's shell company in the United States would start listing. All the preliminary preparations were ready.
Then Cheng Ran told the four people about his arrangements.
"... You want to cash out through private placement?!" The four people didn't know what they were feeling now.
Cheng Ran nodded, "Listen to me, we don't have many shares in circulation, and with the support of performance, Secretary Zhao's team has done an exceptionally good job with the financial statements, so the stock price will go up easily, don't worry. The private placements I'm conducting are all from relevant institutions and individual investors. I'll show you that my equity will be fully dispersed and will not pose a threat to you. And these stocks, after these institutions and investors acquire them, will have a one-year unlocking period, which means they can only be sold publicly after one year, so within this year, there will be no impact on Blue Dot's stock price. This one year is enough for the company's stock price to perform well."
They once formed a team together and had the dream of going public together, but now, Cheng Ran told them that after helping them achieve this dream, he would quit.
This feeling made several people feel mixed emotions.
Liao Miao and Kang Ming looked at each other, neither of them expected this situation to happen. You know, before this, the four of them had privately discussed how to curb Cheng Ran's equity, which was much higher than theirs.
But now, my former partner is leaving.
Deng Yu paused and said, "Are you going to abandon us?"
Kang Ming said, "If you withdraw in this way, there will be a discount loss on the private placement. If you want to cash out part of it, I have no objection, but if you want to withdraw completely, the loss will be huge."
Cheng Ran smiled bitterly and said, "You all know what my father's Fulong is facing... There's nothing we can do. We're short of money."
"Has it really come to this?" Liao Miao frowned, "Are you so short of money?"
Cheng Ran nodded, "That's true."
The young people were both melancholy and speechless.
He couldn't help but feel deeply guilty for being on guard against Cheng Ran before the listing.
Jiang Ling said sadly, "Cheng Ran, now that you're gone...what are we going to do in the future?"
Cheng Ran said, "Let's go on. Life is a long journey and we have to say goodbye. I am honored to walk with you for a while."
After a pause, Cheng Ran said, "You can consider using my channels to get some money in your hands. This is the only way to cash out in the short term."
"It's feasible." After everyone looked at it, Deng Yu summarized their opinions and said, "Then let's each sell 3% at that time."
Each of them now holds only a dozen percent of the shares, which will have to be diluted after the listing, so they are reluctant to buy multiple units at such a discount.
"Actually, it can be a little more." Cheng Ran thought about it and asked tentatively.
Liao Miao shook his head. "3% per person is enough. After all, it's a big loss... For the rest, let's wait until the public trading period to cash it out..."
Everyone looked at Cheng Ran again, "Actually, do you really want to exit at a discount like this? Why not hold on for half a year and make some extra money... Are you in such a hurry?"
Cheng Ran nodded, "It's really urgent."
This time is March 3.