Chapter 1090 Data that Shi Lei Couldn't Understand
Shi Lei nodded and said, "This is robbery. It is called an interest-free loan. In fact, if Mr. Kong cannot repay on time, the loss in the stock price will far exceed any form of loan."
Kong Fandong sighed and said, "But there is no way. Who made me so confident at the beginning and approved my own loan by bypassing those shareholders? I thought at the time that the funds were useless lying in Kong's account, and I thought that this research and development would definitely produce results within a year. But I didn't expect that the shareholders also thought that since the money was temporarily useless, it would be better to distribute it as dividends, and everyone could also invest in some other businesses. As a result..."
"Strictly speaking, the shareholders can resort to law for Mr. Kong's behavior."
Kong Fandong nodded, "Yes, if you make a mistake, you will face an extremely embarrassing situation."
"And Mr. Kong's shares have been frozen, and you can't sell your shares in the market to cash in..."
Kong Fandong nodded again and said, "This is the price they pay for giving up pursuing my legal responsibility."
"So, Mr. Kong has no choice but to use this research institute. No matter what, at least he has to get some money out to repay the loan from the Kong Group. And this money is exactly 200 million."
Kong Fandong shook his head this time and said, "The loan is as much as 600 million. I hope Mr. Shi will invest 200 million because he wants to take advantage of the last eight months to go all out. Even with my identity and status, I want to borrow 600 million, Or convincing investors to invest more than 600 million in the institute is also a pipe dream. I don't count on these at all. "
Shi Lei was a little surprised. He looked at Kong Fandong and smiled and said, "In fact, Mr. Kong is still very confident in this institute and doesn't want too many shares to be lost. 200 million is your estimated R&D funding for the next eight months, not that you think you can't convince investors to invest 600 million or more in you."
Kong Fandong also looked at Shi Lei with a little surprise, and suddenly laughed out loud: "It seems that I, an old fox, may not be the opponent of you, a little fox. You can't hide any of my thoughts."
Shi Lei did not feel complacent because of this obviously compliment. On the contrary, he said more cautiously: "Let's not talk about the situation of your R&D project. I want to know, how many shares can be exchanged for 200 million investment?"
"Five points. "
"In other words, Mr. Kong values your research institute at 4 billion?"
Kong Fandong nodded seriously and said, "In fact, 4 billion is only low, not high. In the past few years, I have invested more than 1 billion. The entire R&D team, including two academicians, plus our current R&D success... Oh, the battery that Kong Yue talked about with Mr. Shi is the R&D result."
Shi Lei waved his hand and said, "It is at best a phased result, a product full of flaws."
"For my current R&D, of course it is a flawed product, but for the current market, this is at least a 20 billion-level project. If I hadn't considered that the project itself has not yet been truly industrialized, how could I have estimated the value of only 4 billion for the research institute?"
"I am willing to believe what Mr. Kong said, but, in business, I can't believe it. 4 billion, put it aside for now, I need to understand the entire project. "
Kong Fandong looked at Shi Lei steadily, obviously hesitant, and his face was full of various struggles.
Shi Lei knew that Kong Fandong was very reluctant to disclose the current research and development progress of the institute, so he had to say: "Mr. Kong, you can't find an investor more trustworthy than me now. Moreover, if your project is really impressive enough, I may invest far more than 200 million in you. Or, it may not be given to you in the form of investment. Therefore, it is necessary for your project to let me know its progress and research and development direction. I can't make any concessions on this point. "
Kong Fandong was stunned and said: "Mr. Shi, you know, five points, this is already the maximum share I can give. "
Shi Lei waved his hand and said: "Five points are definitely not okay, ten points, this is also my bottom line. "
Kong Fandong hesitated again and again, and finally sighed and said: "Ten points are okay, but Mr. Shi must also show corresponding sincerity. "
"Everything depends on the project. "
Kong Fandong hesitated again, thought for a while, and asked again: "Mr. Shi just said that you may not give me money in the form of investment, so..."
"For example, buy all the batteries in your inventory."
Kong Fandong was stunned and said excitedly: "Really?"
"If Mr. Kong's project, after telling me in full, can really reach a valuation of 4 billion after my evaluation, then I am willing to take out 200 million in cash to purchase all the batteries in your inventory."
"But the value of my inventory of batteries is not that high."
"You can deliver them to me in installments, this is not a problem."
Kong Fandong was overjoyed and said: "Then, invest another 200 million in my research institute?"
Shi Lei nodded and said: "That's about it, but the payment method must be discussed in detail. After all, I claim to have a net worth of 10 billion, but the actual cash I can take out is indeed limited. "
Kong Fandong was so excited that he could hardly speak. He finally stopped hesitating and stood up, took Shi Lei to the second floor, took out a thick document, and began to explain to Shi Lei in detail all the research and development of his institute.
After more than two hours of introduction, Kong Fandong's lips have begun to dry and turn white, and Shi Lei is also listening very seriously. During this period, like Kong Fandong, he did not even drink a sip of water.
It must be said that Kong Fandong's description of the prospects of his graphene battery really impressed Shi Lei.
Shi Lei also knows a little bit about graphene. He knows that this is a major direction for the next generation of battery storage, and Huawei seems to be doing research and development in this area.
According to the data and information provided by Kong Fandong, at least on the surface, the research and development progress of his research institute is far ahead of Huawei, and even ahead of the research and development progress of any company in the world.
However, Shi Lei cannot give Kong Fandong any answer now. After all, he does not understand these things, but he already has a way to understand them.
"Mr. Shi, what do you think?" Kong Fandong finally remembered to drink water, and asked Shi Lei nervously while pouring water.
Shi Lei said: "The data is too complicated, I need time to digest and sort it out. If it's short, tomorrow, if it's long, I will give you an answer the day after tomorrow."
Kong Fandong expressed his understanding. After all, these things, let alone a layman like Shi Lei, even if he is a capitalist who has always supported this research and development, it is impossible for him to understand these data after the other party has finished speaking.
"But, Mr. Shi, let's agree that these data will not pass through the ears of a third person..."
Shi Lei waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about this, I won't leak any data, I just need to sort and digest it myself."
Kong Fandong certainly couldn't understand it, but now he can only look forward to Shi Lei's final decision.
Kong Yue called and said that the restaurant had been booked. Shi Lei and Kong Fandong noticed that the time was already past 5:30.
Kong Fandong said: "Mr. Shi, let's go to eat first. You have worked hard enough today."
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