Li Zetian left the office and went to the reception room to meet several guests, Thomas Rockefeller was one of them.
Apple's financing is not only looking for the Rockefeller consortium, Li Zetian wants to win over more consortiums, and the declining California consortium is one of his goals.
California is the largest arms production base in the United States. Therefore, the industrial companies controlled by the California consortium are mainly in arms production, such as Lockheed Aircraft Company, Lytton Industries and Northrop. The Bank of America is the financial core of the California consortium. However, its largest voting rights have been controlled by the Morgan consortium and the First Citibank consortium. As a result, the control of these arms-producing companies has gradually fallen into the hands of the Eastern consortium. The strength status of the California consortium has declined relatively.
As a Chinese, Li Zetian does not expect to be able to master a powerful American fire company, but through capital infiltration, he can have a certain right to speak in these companies.
Most of the consortiums have the background of the arms company. Li Zetian wants to establish the Li family consortium, and naturally he also needs the arms company to rely on, and he also has to establish a private security company. If he is one of the directors of the arms company, it is convenient. Buy arms products.
This is only for Li Zetian personally. For Apple, the two consortiums can bring huge resources to Apple, including advanced technology, broad contacts, excellent talents, huge orders, economy and policies. support and more!
Li Zetian pushed open the door and came out. There were four people sitting in the reception room, one was Tian Shuai, the other three were Thomas Rockefeller, the representative of the Rockefeller Consortium, and Cosmo Warren and Dick Clair, representatives of the California Consortium.
Thomas Rockefeller was in his thirties and forties, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, a black suit and a purple tie, and was drinking coffee leisurely.
Cosmo Warren was short, fat, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, about forty-five years old.
Dick Clare was a tall, thin old man with a white beard and sharp eyes that gleamed from time to time.
Li Zetian smiled and took the initiative to greet them, and then sat on the other side of the negotiating table with Tian Shuai.
Li Zetian said: "Wall Street valued Apple at $500 million, what do you think about this?"
Thomas Rockefeller shook his head and said: "Wall Street companies are obviously too optimistic about Apple. a1kman is indeed very popular now, but it does not mean that it will continue to be popular. I am afraid that it will not be long before other companies will launch similar tape players. At that time, can Apple continue to monopolize the market?"
Old Man Dick Clair echoed: "Just as the app1e-11 personal computer faces many competitors now, so will a1kman in the future!"
In this regard, Li Zetian does not deny that Sony may already be opening the tape Walkman.
With the strong strength of Sony, it is definitely a rival of Apple!
Li Zetian pondered for a while and asked, "What's the valuation you give to Apple?"
Thomas Rockefeller, Dick Clair, and Cosmo Warren looked at each other immediately, and finally Thomas Rockefeller said, "$400 million!"
"I think Wall Street's assessment is very accurate, Apple's market value should be worth $500 million!!!" Li Zetian bargained, "I believe that before other companies launch products, a1kman may still occupy the entire market, and the market will gradually tend to Saturation, users have also become sticky. Moreover, with a1kman's leading position and popularity, people who want to buy a Walkman choose a1kman. Even if other companies launch similar products, it is difficult to compete with a1kman unless there is an epoch-making innovation and Disruptive technology... However, it is clear that neither of these is likely! Therefore, a1kman will dominate the market for a long time!!!”
"Mr. Li, the $500 million valuation you mentioned is based on the success of a1kman. What if a1kman fails? You know, we are taking huge risks in investing in Apple!" Cosmo Waugh Lun said solemnly.
Li Zetian suddenly laughed, he said: "If a1kman can continue to succeed, Apple's market value will be more than 500 million US dollars. It is precisely because the future is unpredictable that I reluctantly agree that Apple's market value is 500 million US dollars! In fact, presumably As you all know, the a1kman is selling well, and Apple is not too short of funds at present, and the reason why they asked you for financing is to get the help of the Rockefeller Foundation and the California Foundation, so that Apple's future exhibitions can be smooth sailing! I believe , even at a valuation of $600 million, there will be people willing to invest!"
Li Zetian's tone was very firm, and the three people on the opposite side were very helpless. Apple's benefits were very good. Countless investors were rushing to invest. Now Apple picks investors, not investors picks Apple…
The three looked at each other and nodded, and then Thomas Rockefeller said, "Mr. Li, the valuation is $500 million, let's just say $500 million. The two of us will invest $100 million together, and the Rockefeller consortium will invest $600 million, holding 12% of the shares. ; The California consortium has invested $400 million and has an 8% stake. In addition, we have a few small requests.”
"What request?" Li Zetian asked.
"We now also have a Star Wars film company under Apple. Apple is a high-tech company, establishing a film company is not a proper business, and it invests in sci-fi movies that have no market, which will undoubtedly make the people on Wall Street lower their interest in Apple. The company's rating. If the company goes public in the future, this is a bad news! I think the Star Wars film company should be spun off before the movie is released." Thomas Rockefeller said.
Li Zetian didn't answer immediately, he turned to look at the other two, "Is this what the California consortium also means?"
The two nodded.
"In this case, then spin off Star Wars Films, count it in my personal name, and hold 100% of the shares, and I will make up the $900,000 to Apple! In addition, Apple also holds Industrial Light and Magic 50% of the shares, I think, will be transferred to my personal name, of course, I will also provide a sum of money to make corresponding compensation. Do you think it will work?"
"Okay, just do as you say!" Thomas Rockefeller nodded with a smile. The other two nodded their heads as well.
"What else do you want?" Li Zetian asked.
Thomas Rockefeller stared closely at Li Zetian's eyes and asked: "We want to know what is the relationship between this umbre11a company and you? You establish Apple, and Apple's major shareholder is umbre11a; you establish Microsoft, Microsoft The company's major shareholder is umbre11a. It's hard not to think of your mysterious relationship with this company..."
Li Zetian is not surprised that the other party doubts himself. He is the founder of Apple and Microsoft, but he holds very few shares, which is obviously not a normal situation in the United States. Generally speaking, it is impossible for the founder to give up more than 50% of the shares when seeking venture capital.
At this moment, Li Zetian was thinking in his heart that he should create a second offshore company. As the saying goes, "three caves for cunning rabbits", in the Internet age, he secretly controlled another offshore company, and then this company is dealing with it for dozens of times. Offshore subsidiaries, controlling those Internet companies through these subsidiaries, I really don't believe it, you can still suspect me. The umbre11a umbrella company simply admitted that it was created by itself. Sometimes, people need to show their strength to show their powerful strength and convince the other party. The Umbrella Company is a sharp sword in his hand, see who dares to bully him! ! !
This other offshore company is called Times Technology. The umbrella company is in the bright and the Times Technology is in the dark.
Light and dark, complement each other! ! !
After a while, Li Zetian smiled and nodded: "Yes, the umbre11a umbrella company does have something to do with me, because I created this company! Of course, it's okay to hide this kind of trick from ordinary people, but it definitely won't hide it from you. A powerful consortium!"
"Sure enough!!!"