Chapter 903 A Difficult Choice Situation
Beijing, 23rd floor of an office building.
In the conference room.
Zhang Xingping is the CEO of Longyou Optoelectronics and the one who owns the most shares in the company among several partners.
The business meeting to be held now is the third round of negotiations with Guanghua Venture Capital, and if nothing else goes wrong, it will be the last round. \b
"Mr. Huang, if you have no objections, then our cooperation will be based on the results of the last round. You will invest 500 million yuan to obtain 35% of our company...\u001c"
After Zhang Xingping finished speaking, he thought that the matter would end here, and he was relieved in his heart. With the injection of this capital, the company's R&D funding problem was solved. It just so happened that the lease period here was coming soon, and it was time to change to a better environment. \bThe office building and the salary of the employees can also be mentioned.
These days, if the welfare benefits for high-level talents are not in place, they will be poached by headhunters at any time.
Of course, being invested by Guanghua Ventures will also cause the start-up team's shares to shrink to 65%. At least a few of them took this opportunity to successfully cash out a huge sum of money. In recent months, I heard from peers that Guanghua Ventures rarely goes to The companies that intervene in the investment are the investment banks that start-up companies most want to meet.
However, the accident still happened.
"Mr. Zhang, the contract is not urgent, but there is something I want to discuss with you first," Huang Lan said.
"Mr. Huang, please tell me..." Zhang Xingping's character is not very good-looking, even a little gloomy.
Initially, Guanghua Venture Capital wanted to fully acquire their company, but after encountering the unanimous rejection of several founders Zhang Xingping, they gave up and switched to investment.
Moreover, the transferred shares were reduced from 50% to 35% after two rounds of negotiations, which was also the limit they could accept.
Something unexpected happens now? ?
If Guanghua Venture Capital cancels the acquisition, wouldn't it be treating them like a monkey?
"I wonder if Mr. Zhang has ever been to Ludao?"
"Ludao?"
This topic made Zhang Xingping stunned, and he almost couldn't turn his head. He hesitated and said: "As for Ludao, I have attended several meetings there. It is a pretty good tourist city."
"But, does this have anything to do with our cooperation?"
"It didn't matter before, but it does matter now." Huang Lan smiled bitterly.
Zhang Xingping became more and more confused as he listened, and asked: "What, how do you say this?"
"That's right, I took a call from our principal last night..."
At the end, Huang Lan felt helpless and said: "That's how it is. If you are willing to move to Ludao Changfeng Science and Technology Park, the cooperation can continue. In order to express our apology, we can make another concession on the transfer of shares." %.”
"What about the price?"
"Reduce the corresponding amount proportionally."
Zhang Xingping was speechless. Is there any difference between transferring 40% and transferring 35% of the shares?
What's most important?
It’s because they have less money!
From the original 500 million to 437.5 million, the average number of people decreased by more than 10 million!
"What if you refuse to move?"
"I'm sorry. We can discuss other aspects, but not this one."
"If we refuse to relocate, we won't be able to cooperate."
Huang Lan looked like he was about to leave immediately, which made Zhang Xingping really speechless. This was the first time he saw an investment bank's request for an investment company to relocate.
"Mr. Huang, I want to know if other companies will also receive this request?"
"All the companies we contacted are without exception." Huang Lan said seriously.
"We need to think about it," Zhang Xingping said helplessly: "It won't be too long, just about half an hour."
"no problem."
Later, Zhang Xingping and several other founders left the office.
In about ten minutes, Zhang Xingping and others returned.
"Mr. Huang, it's a pleasure to work with you."
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Huang Lan slowly smiled and stretched out his hand to shake the other person's hand.
Because the contract needed to be changed in some places, the signing time was delayed by one hour than originally planned.
The proportion and amount of shares transferred have not changed. The only change is the addition of a clause requiring relocation to begin within one month.
What happened to Longyou Optoelectronics is also happening in other companies.
Many start-ups that contacted Guanghua Venture Capital received this notice one after another. Some founders agreed, while others found it difficult to accept and rejected it.
In China, whether it is a new first-tier city or a quasi-first-tier city, the only real first-tier cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Even Lin'an, which is in the spotlight, is still lagging behind.
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Magic City, a certain company.
"Okay, Mr. Huang, let's hold a meeting to discuss this matter and give you an answer before tomorrow night."
After hanging up the phone, Zheng Hailiang frowned. Although he felt unhappy, he still informed several senior executives in the company.
In the conference room, Zheng Hailiang told the matter briefly with a calm face.
"We had a meeting yesterday to discuss this matter, but we didn't expect it to happen." Zheng Hailiang took a deep breath, looked around at the people, and said, "So what should we do now, agree or reject?"
In recent days, a strange saying has been circulating in the domestic optoelectronics field.
Guanghua Venture Capital actually asked the invested and acquired companies to relocate to Ludao Changfeng Science and Technology Park, and would not cooperate if they did not agree.
How ridiculous!
Unexpectedly, it would happen to them now and it would be their turn to have a headache.
A senior executive said with a grimace: "Although it is not mandatory for Guanghua Venture Capital, if we refuse to relocate, will we offend each other? Then there will be good things to eat in the future?"
Another executive snorted and said angrily: "I have never seen an investment bank require an investment company to relocate. Guanghua Venture Capital only bought 40% of our company's shares. Why should we listen to them?"
"Yeah, Guanghua is too overbearing. I thought it was pretty good before, but the relationship was all an illusion."
"If we don't move, will it be possible for them to ban us?"
Listening to the words of these executives, Zheng Hailiang could only feel the noise in his ears, and said with a straight face: "Old Wang, how about it depends on your idea, and I tell Mr. Huang from Guanghua that we will not move?"
"Ha, that is just my personal opinion and cannot be used as a company decision." Lao Wang, who was named, shrank his head and did not dare to look at Zheng Hailiang.
"So, should we move or not?" Zheng Hailiang said in a serious tone.
He also understands the thoughts of these senior executives, but they just want to refuse but dare not. After all, the Guanghua Department is a giant to them, and they are afraid of offending the other party.
After a moment of silence, a weak voice sounded.
"I think relocation is not impossible. Our city is not far from Ludao, and Ludao has beautiful scenery and is quite livable."
But it was immediately refuted.
“It’s good that Ludao is a livable place, but in terms of strength and development, where can we go to the Magic City?”
Zheng Hailiang glanced at the other party, who immediately shut up and stopped talking.
In the end, Zheng Hailiang clapped his hands and made the decision.
"Forget it, we can move. We are going to start moving in the near future and the on-site space will also be sublet."
"The employees will also be notified in the next two days. The company that is willing to leave will solve the accommodation problem, and those who are unwilling to leave will be compensated n+1."
ps: There is still no news from the editor, which is really annoying.