Chapter 1415 The Landlord Has No Surplus Food

The other party was stunned after hearing what Shi Lei said. He pondered hard for a while, trying to understand the full content of Shi Lei's words.

In fact, there is not much content, but Shi Lei wants to dig this company into the country so that their technology can be integrated with the domestic technology.

This idea did not come about because the other party wanted Shi Lei to be the sole investor, but because Shi Lei had already thought about it before coming to them. It was just that the other party made a request, and it seemed more logical for Shi Lei to make this request again.

This company was founded by four Stanford students. After graduating from Ph.D., they stayed at Stanford as a postdoc for a year, and then this technology was born.

Then he found angel investment, left Stanford, and founded this company.

The four students are all the type who received full scholarships all the way to Ph.D. degree, and their family backgrounds are all very ordinary. If it were not for the postdoctoral research conditions provided by Stanford, it would be impossible to create this company. Because of this, they had a unified understanding at the beginning of their business and hoped that the company's equity structure could be simpler.

When they accepted angel investment, they also took this into consideration. The person who invested in them had made a verbal promise that he was willing to continue investing in their Series A round. But for some unknown reason, when they needed to raise Series A financing, they found the investor, but the other party refused to continue investing, so they had to turn their attention back to the investment circle.

Coincidentally, Shi Lei happened to know the investor, and Shi Lei believed that he had the ability to convince the investor to allow the company to change its course, leave the United States, and settle in China.

That's why Shi Lei has this problem now.

But after all, this is an issue related to the future survival of the company. For Shi Lei, it is best if the negotiation can be successful, and there will be no loss if the negotiation is not successful.

But to the other party's ears, it was like thunder.

After deliberation for a long time, the CFO said: "Mr. Shi, how could you... Well, please forgive me, this request is a bit strange."

Shi Lei smiled slightly and said: "I don't want to hide anything, I am a Chinese, and China has always been at a disadvantage in terms of microprocessors. Your technology is innovative, but for the United States, please forgive me, it is not What a special breakthrough. So there must be people paying attention to you, but they are just regular investments. I have checked that your technology can complement the technology of many companies in China, which will make your technology become More complete, and I believe that companies in China are very willing to share resources with you. This is a win-win situation. Therefore, I sincerely invite you to leave the United States and go to China. . What I can promise is to make your future equity structure simple enough. I will invest in Series A, and I can invest solely in Series B and Series C as long as you are willing..."

The CFO quickly waved his hand and said: "Mr. Shi, I can understand what you mean, but although our company has not yet made any personal equity divisions within the company, after all, we have also experienced the angel round, so , From the angel round investors alone, it is almost impossible to completely transfer this company to China, let alone things like technology export.”

"The investor in the angel round is Mr. Jack Manfrees, right? I am very familiar with him. If you know more about me, you will find that the house I live in now was sold to me by Mr. Freese. If you are really only worried about Mr. Frith, then leave it to me to convince him."

The CFO raised his head and took a deep look at Shi Lei. He finally realized that Shi Lei's request was not a sudden thought, but a plan.

At this point, Shi Lei has stated all the conditions he can offer, as well as the requirements. However, this requirement is by no means something that the CFO can decide independently. The negotiations between the two parties were without any obstacles from beginning to end, except for this point.

Therefore, he did not feel that it was necessary to continue this negotiation. What he needed to do was to go back and negotiate with the other three founders and then make a decision. Agree or object before proceeding to the next step of negotiation.

Therefore, he looked at Shi Lei again and said: "Mr. Shi, I'm sorry, today's negotiation can only end here. I personally have no objection to leaving the United States. If you can really convince Mr. Frith, I think you should There is a way to solve the problem of technical output. I understand your request, but I need to discuss it with my partners."

Shi Lei also nodded and said: "Three days, I hope your discussion will not last more than three days."

"No, I will contact Mr. Shi again one day or within 24 hours. However, I may invite Mr. Shi to our company at that time. This kind of decision is related to the future of the company, whether it can reach Mr. Shi or not." The requirement is that all four of us must be present together.”

Shi Lei nodded. The psychology and engineering otaku was indeed very resolute. A problem that could be solved with one line of code would never be extended to three lines.

"Then I hope we can reach a consensus."

The two shook hands and said goodbye.

Then Shi Lei contacted another company. The other company insisted on a valuation of 90 million, but Shi Lei believed that the best valuation he could only give was 80 million, so this negotiation was not too exciting. Too pleasant.

Of course, neither side made a final decision, but just said that both sides would consider it again.

Strolling to Jackman's new house.

Although it is called a new house, it has actually been lived in for a year.

When the housekeeper saw that it was Shi Lei, he did not inform Jackman at all, but directly opened the door for him, and then told Jackman that Shi Lei was here.

Jackman came out to greet him personally, and said from a distance: "Mr. Shi, if you don't come to find me, I will also go to find you. Rogers is dead, but our money is still missing."

Shi Lei smiled and hugged Jackman. He said: "I really can't help you. The situation at that time was actually much more dangerous than Mr. Freese imagined. I almost didn't live to see you again."

"For this matter, I was impeached by many people in the consortium. I have lost my position as chairman of the consortium. Moreover, in order to calm the anger of shareholders, I took 80% of the losses caused by tracking down Rogers' whereabouts. In a year, I sold the house to you and finally got over it. Because I paid 80% of the expenses, I was penniless again."

Penniless is of course nonsense, but Shi Lei immediately understood why Jackman originally promised to continue to invest in the company's A round, but now he broke his promise.

"It seems that this really has something to do with me. Although I didn't know this, now that I know it, I think I should make some compensation to Mr. Freese."

"Compensation?" Jackman was obviously stunned.

They are all fox demons who have been around for thousands of years. No one should tell anyone about Liao Zhai. Jackman certainly knows that Shi Lei is definitely not going to give him money directly, but he wants to seek cooperation with him on a certain project.

"Let's go in first." Jackman invited Shi Lei into the house. After the host and the guest sat down, he asked the servant to bring a bottle of wine and pour a glass for each of them.

"What can Mr. Shi do for me?"

"It's not about care. I want to talk to Mr. Freese about an investment."

Jackman's face suddenly showed a bitter smile. He sighed deeply, thinking that the landlord's family didn't have any surplus food.

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