Chapter 411 The Way of a Gentleman

Li Mu has always felt that the direction of life is a very delicate thing, and a little external influence may change a person's established route, especially after rebirth, he has this experience even more.

So far, the topic of assuming the direction of life is a false proposition for others, but it is true for Li Mu. For example, Liu Qidong, if Li Mu does not appear, he will definitely follow the established line of the previous life: Zhongguancun entrepreneurship, SARS Try e-commerce, create JD.com, break up with your girlfriend, JD.com rises, marry a post-90s internet celebrity, and become a winner in life.

But Li Mu appeared in his life just right in 2002, like a bright beacon on the road of life. Even if Li Mu didn't call him, he would make a decision different from his previous life because of Li Mu's dazzling appearance. At that time, Liu Yongdong revealed his intention to test the waters of the Internet. This was the decision he made subtly after seeing the brilliance of Li Mu's junior brother.

If he started the Internet in advance, Bacheng would not have the idea of ​​doing B2C e-commerce because of SARS. Maybe he would try other Internet projects. In short, no matter whether Li Mu established contact with him or not, his life path has been influenced by Li Mu. , and the previous life has changed.

As for whether this change is good or bad for him, Li Mu is not sure, and he doesn't need to be sure. Now that he has captured Liu Qidong's entrepreneurial spirit, he will be his partner in this life.

The only regret is that Jinling, the future Internet celebrity who is only nine years old this year, may have missed Brother Liu's train early.

Li Mu thinks this is a good thing. If there are fewer stories of little girls marrying rich men of the same age as their fathers in this society, it can also give more confidence to future young people. It is better to leave future girls to future boys to conquer. .

Li Mu himself was sitting in the hotel box, waiting for the arrival of the couple Liu Shixiong and Gong Shijie. This pair of lovers was more than ten minutes earlier than the agreed time, and as soon as they entered the door, they could see that the two were intimately hugging each other. The look on his face is full of spring, so unhappy.

Li Mu looked at the two of them and joked: "Senior brother, senior sister, why are you so happy?"

Senior Brother Liu laughed and said, "After waiting for so long, I finally got your call, can I be unhappy?"

Gong Xiaojing also agreed: "Yeah, the store will be transferred out after the new year, and I'll be waiting for your call during this time."

Li Mu hurriedly invited the two to sit down and said with a smile, "What kind of summoning is it? I have great confidence in Senior Brother Liu's ability, so I just want to do something with Senior Brother Liu. I have been busy a while ago, so I didn't. Take the time to have a good chat with Senior Brother Liu. Let's take this opportunity today to open up and talk about things thoroughly. If everyone thinks there is no problem, we can start.

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Liu Rongdong said excitedly: "I have already prepared for it. You can decide how to cooperate."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Let's order first, let's chat while we eat."

After ordering food, Li Mu and Liu Yudong used tea instead of wine, and chatted while drinking. Li Mu didn't hide anything, and said very frankly: "I'm too busy with things at hand right now, Muye Technology is testing a heavyweight product internally, game company There has also started the internal test of a game from Korea. In addition to these, there are still some miscellaneous things in private. Now let me do a little more small things, maybe I can spare time to deal with it, but if it is Let me open a new field, I have no time to deal with it.”

"I am very optimistic about the field of e-commerce, and I am more inclined to start with C2C first. I have talked to my brother about Taobao's product planning before, and I already have Alipay in hand, and Muye Technology is so powerful. It can be said that the link from the user to the payment has been completed, and the core points of doing e-commerce are basically equipped, so I want to set up a new company to specialize in e-commerce."

"The normal operation of the new company will be handed over to you, senior brother. We will decide the development strategy, I will decide the technology development, and you will decide the operation development. According to what I said last time, we two will jointly invest, and I will contribute 90%. %, you contribute 10%, the share distribution is: I account for 80%, you account for 20%, brother, your 20% share of the shares will be directly reflected in the investment information of the business system when the company is registered."

As soon as Li Mu said this, Senior Brother Liu and his girlfriend Gong Xiaojing were stunned.

At first, the two were worried that Li Mu might not be willing to give 10% of the promise directly to Liu Rongdong. Unexpectedly, Li Mu took the initiative to give the answer that they were most looking forward to.

The additional 10% is directly reflected in the industrial and commercial registration, which is the most direct and authoritative way of equity recognition.

Li Mu went on to say: "As a person, I prefer like-minded friends. Although I don't meet Brother Liu very often, we can chat very well, so I don't keep things private. However, since we want real money and silver. Take it out to do things, and some things still need to be communicated clearly first, so I have some requirements for the shares."

Senior Brother Liu hurriedly said: "If you have any requirements, just say it."

Li Mu nodded and said seriously: "The first is the competition restriction. I don't need to say this. Any industry will have this restriction on senior leaders. After we cooperate, neither you nor I can engage in, Invest in companies and individuals in related industries.”

Brother Liu nodded without hesitation: "This is natural."

Li Mu added: "The second is the cash-out restriction. Before the capital comes in, you and I are the original shareholders. After the capital comes in, you and I have to keep the same strategy and don't cash out prematurely."

Li Mu has no doubts about Senior Brother Liu's vision. Once he sees the company's development prospects, he should not do such a thing of killing chickens and retrieving eggs in advance, but he still has to make it clear that most of the capital is not goodwill. They came with money and guns as well. Li Mu must ensure that Senior Brother Liu, the original shareholder, and himself are always on a united front. The requirement to restrict cash out is ugly, and the ugly must be said in the front.

Senior Brother Liu nodded without hesitation: "You can set the rules for cashing out. I have no opinion on this."

Li Mu said: "Currently, it is tentatively scheduled to be cashed out after the C round, but the cash in the C round cannot exceed 20% of the personal shareholding ratio."

"OK!"

Li Mu added: "Once our business starts, there will always be competition restrictions. If some people quit due to disagreements or different ideas, as long as the quitters do not engage in the same industry, the shares will always be owned by individuals. In the same industry, shares must be liquidated immediately and repurchased by the company at the valuation of the most recent funding round.”

Brother Liu thought for a while, and then agreed. This requirement is not harsh. Everything is based on the core of competition, and the industry's requirements for competition are far more demanding than Li Mu's. Most companies' requirements Once a shareholder violates the competition restriction, some shares are forcibly given up and shrunk, and some companies are forced to repurchase according to the registered capital. Although these are very pitiful, they are all written into the contract in advance. , which are also fully supported by law.

According to the registered capital repurchase is a very common and very pitiful constraint. Even if the company is worth one billion, if the registered capital is only 10 million, 20% of the shares will only need 2 million. In contrast, Li Mu said Yes, it is very, very kind to repurchase according to the valuation of the latest round of financing.

Li Mu's idea is also very simple. Although he is more successful than Liu Yingdong now, he still respects him somewhat. He was an expert in the Internet field in his previous life, and it is his fate after rebirth to cooperate with him. Therefore, if the cooperation fails in the end Going on, Li Mu also hopes that everyone can part ways peacefully instead of tearing their faces.

"That's all I want to say. The points I just said, if Senior Brother Liu has no opinion, they will be clearly reflected in our contract at that time."

After Li Mu's few requirements were finished, Senior Brother Liu and Gong Xiaojing had a lot more affection for Li Mu. It was rare to have such a master partner who really talked about everything and was willing to write down all the negotiated terms. There are even fewer people who have entered the contract. Many entrepreneurial veterans only got the boss’s cake at first. Before conquering the world, the boss was more generous than anyone else. Now, it means that all the birds are hidden, and the rabbits are dead and the dogs are cooked.

Some people follow the rise of startups and become tens of millions and billionaires, but more people leave in embarrassment after the success of startups. Li Mu can't guarantee anything else, but at least he won't let his employees , The partner is chilling, not only because he is willing to share profits, but also because he firmly believes in the importance of the team, money can be earned less, but not lost.

Although Li Mu was much younger than Senior Brother Liu and Senior Sister Gong, he showed his way of being a gentleman in business in front of the two of them. All of Senior Brother Liu's demands were basically satisfied. He couldn't hide his excitement. Li Mu: "When will we start working? How?"

Li Mu said: "We can start to register the company now. The technical aspects of the company can be temporarily handed over to the development team of Muye Technology, but we still need to rent an office building and build an operation team. Register the company."

Senior Brother Liu asked, "Is 10 million registered capital, or is it an actual contribution?"

Li Mu said: "It is the actual investment, and the registered capital has a time limit, so it is enough to go with 5 million. We actually invested 10 million for the first phase of the company's operation."

After speaking, Li Mu asked Senior Brother Liu, "Senior Brother, will one million be too stressful?"

Liu Rongdong said with a smile: "No problem, the store still recovers a lot of money."

Li Mu nodded: "That's OK, this is the company registration level. Next, let's talk about the specific development of the business."