Chapter 606 Cat
At the Chicago Opera House in early December, another classic musical "Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber just ended.
"Jimmy, help me see Jeffrey."
Men and women in formal attire were chatting while leaving the small box. Song Ya accompanied Jeffrey Hawkins of Palm and several other founders of the company with a small amount of shares to get their coats and walked to the entrance of the parking lot to say goodbye to each other.
"APLUS, thank you."
Jeffrey Hawkins shook his hand with some emotion, "Our cooperation has always been very pleasant, and we have also spent the most difficult time of the company together."
"Why is summer late, how time passes..."
Song Ya read two lines from the musical, "But summer will always come, won't it?"
"Yeah, summer will always come...then, goodbye?"
"goodbye."
Hawkins smiled and went to pick up the car with his wife accompanied by Jimmy.
Starting from January 1 next year, Palm will become a holding branch of USR (US Robotics, US Robotics Company). The founders of the company, such as Hawkins, will only retain a total of less than 10% of the shares, and Song Ya's shares will also decrease. When it reached 5%, other early-stage investment institutions chose to exit with a profit.
USR finally won out among many competitors with a valuation of Palm at 70 million, so they need to pay about 60 million dollars for about 86% of the equity acquisition, and Jeffrey Hawkins instantly became thousands of assets Wan's new rich, and Song Ya's 15% stake in the sale was also exchanged for 10.5 million knives.
Back then, Song Ya spent 1.6 million to buy 20% of the shares, and the investment got a huge return. Of course, this is not in line with his original intention of wanting Palm to imitate DTS and plan to go public. But there is no way, USR is a technology company whose main business is the production of modems. Now the Internet industry in the United States is developing rapidly.
And Jeffrey Hawkins also tends to sell his shares to large companies with hardware manufacturing capabilities, so that he can focus on his favorite research and development work with peace of mind. USR can help him continue his dream of manufacturing PDAs, and can also help him resist Xerox's Patent infringement lawsuits, both of which Song Ya can't afford.
So, this is the only way to go. Song Ya allowed Jimmy to retain 5% of Palm shares through some resistance actions. What good.
"Actually, Huaguo's abbreviation for modem is cat."
Yan Hong, a beautiful Chinese woman in a red evening dress covered with a coat, laughed.
"Really? Let me tell you a secret..." Song Ya blinked at her, "I have deeper feelings for Huaguo than Miguo, hehehe..."
"That's it." One sentence made Yan Hong's flowers tremble, "Then I'll take my leave too?"
"Okay, bye."
Already working in a subsidiary company of Dow Jones, she would occasionally reply to some of Song Ya's technical consultations. Since it was inconvenient to charge, Song Ya could only focus on winning over feelings. few. This time, she came to Chicago on a business trip, so she happened to take her with her to watch a musical, and by the way, helped her get acquainted in front of Hawkins and others.
In 1994, plus this 10 million income, there are other 9 million principals and 26 million profits from the dance out of my life project, the first endorsement fee paid by Dow was 5 million, and Sony Columbia The settlement of the record is 25 million, and the income from the release of some shares of DTS is more than 8 million, plus other miscellaneous income, if you add Dow's 40 million cash, 2 million shares and the cash left over from last year , The speed of making money can be described as amazing.
However, his expenses this year are not low. The party with his fiancée, the engagement ceremony, and other luxury items and celebrity living costs cost tens of millions. A+ Film Studio will prepare tens of millions of investments for two projects next year. Investment.com Jing spent 2 million, and later spent 10 million to increase his stock holdings after seeing Hewlett-Packard's PDA products.
With the millions of dollars to deal with all kinds of troubles, plus the prepayment of high taxes for next year's tax season, after excluding legal and financial expenses, he now has about 80 million in cash left.
In addition to the one-vote company and holdings that are difficult to accurately value, the value of his stock in the stock market has also reached the 100 million mark, which does not include the value of real estate, airplanes, luxury goods, etc. In order to help Daniel secure the position of president, the follow-up settlement of Sony Columbia Records was postponed until next year, and the income from the soundtrack of Dancing My Life and the records of Fergie, Common and others will be a huge sum of money.
Since Xue Linfen refused the real estate gift, it would take eighteen years for her and Robb's mother and son to pay the millions, so for Song Ya now, the burden is almost negligible.
"How's the situation with Boss Kenneth?" He found an opportunity to ask Old Mike quietly.
Before preparing for a big fight in 1995, the aftermath of the killing of FBI agents was still a bit troublesome. In the last time of his tenure, Childs launched a raid on the hell bobcat's territory, but in the tacit understanding with Peter Flock Next, Kenneth, who returned to the Hell Bobtails, selectively handed over some gang members to calm the anger of the FBI. He even changed the name of the gang. Now the Hell Bobtails no longer exist, and they are directly called Carter ( cat).
Among the people involved, Puff Daddy is the most unlucky, because the only surviving person is his subordinate. That guy said everything under the FBI interrogation. Will become a regular at police stations and courts.
Su Ge Knight didn't have time to deal with the FBI and local police investigations. Fortunately, he and Puff Daddy were basically victims of Sinaloa's troubles. He didn't participate this time, so the degree of influence lower.
In the eyes of the low-level black group and small and medium-sized DJs, Sinaloa, who committed a series of major crimes and finally died with the FBI detective, became a legendary figure. Little Lowry was led by rumors to betray his brother in order to escape second-degree murder. The informer who is currently in prison is still in confinement, and when he is put back into a normal cell in the future... he can only ask for blessings.
Puff Daddy reaped a wave of underground popularity, because the three gunmen he sent to Chicago eventually led to the death of Sinaloa, and it can be regarded as revenge.
As for Song Ya himself, the DJs basically didn't bring him in, but the trend is bearish, because the hell bobcats are all wiped out in the eyes of people who don't know, so now they feel that his gang backstage is gone.
"Kenneth can handle it."
Mike Sr. said: "The FBI's crime scene investigation team found sniper rifle parts at the scene, but I have eliminated the intermediate link that could trace me."
Old Mike left for two days on the way, and Song Ya didn't want to ask him why he went and what he did.
"After the crime scene investigation team arrived, someone went to destroy the scene. I don't know who instigated it, but I believe the FBI can't find anything more." Old Mike said again.
"A lie needs more lies, right?" Song Ya smiled helplessly.
"Everyone is very professional, and the destruction at the scene is very 'natural'. Originally, the storage yard is a place where homeless people and drug addicts often come and go..." Old Mike said: "Forget about it, and never bring it up again. the best."
"All right."
In the abandoned yard at this time, the crime scene investigation team was still working. A middle-aged white man with a scholarly look was holding an ultraviolet lamp, squatting and studying the blood stains on the ground manifested by the medicine.
"Jill, are you still leaving? It's late."
A woman took off her gloves and asked.
"I'll think about it, think about it again..." the man muttered to himself, his name, Gilbert Grayson, was on the badge on his chest.