Chapter 797 Solution

Moreover, Shi Lei could only say that he was embarrassed to accept the offer, even though his heart was bleeding.

Shi Lei wanted to say, "Mr. Ding, you don't have to tell me these things. I really can't accept this share." But he knew that no matter what reason he came up with, Ding Yu would probably think that he refused to accept such a huge fortune because he didn't want to be an enemy of the ferryman.

So, Shi Lei thought again and again, just wanting to find an excuse to have the best of both worlds, but he got nothing.

He shook his head and thought that when the excuse of "no merit, no reward" didn't work, things really became a little difficult to say.

Otherwise, he could just tell Ding Yu that he had no intention of being an enemy of the ferryman. But in fact, Shi Lei was not afraid of confronting the ferryman.

This excuse was actually not bad, and Ding Yu must have understood it, but it went against Shi Lei's wishes, and Shi Lei couldn't say it.

After thinking about it, Shi Lei couldn't come up with a good excuse, but time didn't allow him to think any more. After all, there was less than an hour and a half left before the auction started.

Ding Yu sighed again at this time and said, "Alas... Mr. Shi, I can actually understand your difficulties. Whether it is appraised or not, it seems that it is no longer important to me now. I didn't expect that I would fail in the end when I saw the possibility of success. The ferryman really gave me a dilemma. If I follow his words, you won't help me complete this task. But if I follow your words, the company has not been established yet, but I can foresee a tragic future. Whatever, it seems that I am really... Alas, a scholar is useless, the old saying is really true. I won't force you, Mr. Shi, you also have something to say to me just now, please say it..."

Shi Lei thought, what else can I say? It's meaningless, what I want to say is just the same as what you said...

But suddenly a thought flashed in my mind...

Yes, investment...

If I invest in Ding Yu's company, I will be a shareholder. Wouldn't this also have the effect of making the ferryman dare not take action against this company?

It's only 100 million US dollars in the A round. Even if I only want one point of the shares, I will get more than 10 million US dollars, which is more than 60 million RMB. Where can I get this money?

Shi Lei's brain was fully opened. At this moment, he almost used all the areas that the black card had developed in his brain.

Shi Lei suddenly remembered Ding Yu's words. His topic didn't seem to be mature enough to start a company and find investment immediately.

So, if it's just a research institute, the initial investment shouldn't be too large.

And investing in a research institute that has not formed any products is not charity, but can it also be considered a non-return investment?

Shi Lei seemed to have opened up a broad road in front of him.

He immediately asked: "Mr. Ding, can you tell me exactly what the research and development of your topic is like? How long will it take to form a real product to attract the attention of venture capital and let them offer a high enough valuation?"

Ding Yu was very surprised. He didn't understand why Shi Lei asked such a question.

But for him, the threat of the ferryman is after all a matter of his company’s establishment, and Shi Lei’s appraisal must be done first. If Shi Lei gave up helping Dark Night Eyes to appraise the sunken ship, there would be no need for the ferryman to take action, and the company would not be born.

So, Ding Yu still replied: "It’s hard to say. If the R&D funds can be guaranteed, the ideal estimate is that between three months and six months, a product that can at least enter the trial stage should be born."

Shi Lei smiled slightly and asked again: "How much R&D funds do you need every month now?"

"Three to four million Hong Kong dollars are about the same."

Shi Lei secretly clenched his fist and thought to himself, three million, just right, the non-income investment that I can call for each quota cycle is exactly three million RMB. The exchange rate between Hong Kong dollars and RMB is about 0.8, three million RMB is just right.

However, the only question is whether this money can be counted as a non-income investment.

Shi Lei said: "If I complete your task this time and you win the bet agreement with Dark Night Eye, can you immediately leave Dark Night Eye with the entire project?"

"The project can be separated, and I will stay in the organization and continue to serve as the contact person for Hong Kong Island."

"After the project is separated, will you set up a company immediately?"

"No, it is meaningless to set up a company at this time. I will continue the research and development of the project in the form of a research institute until the product enters the experimental stage."

Shi Lei laughed even more happily, and even his voice revealed this.

"After the project is separated from Dark Night Eye, will they provide you with subsequent research and development funds?"

Ding Yu shook his head and suddenly realized that Shi Lei could not see, and hurriedly said to the phone: "That is impossible, but I still have a property at home, which can be worth several million. Let's use this money to cover it first."

"No, I will invest in you." Shi Lei said decisively.

Ding Yu was stunned, and then he understood. A smile appeared on his face, and he said eagerly: "I will use 10% of the shares of the research institute in exchange for Mr. Shi's investment in the research institute. When the company is established, these shares will automatically be converted into equal company shares."

Shi Lei smiled and said, "That's it. But I can't give you this investment all at once. Three million RMB for the first month, you should be able to maintain the operation of the institute, right? I will gradually increase my investment in your institute in the future. And the current valuation of your institute should not have changed much from last year, it is still 100 million US dollars. Is that right?"

"About the same, if you count the R&D funds that the organization has given us this year, it will not exceed 110 million."

"Okay, then we will calculate it based on the valuation of 110 million US dollars."

In this way, it is not the shares exchanged for the identification card, but the shares exchanged for non-income-type investments.

When the company is established, Shi Lei will be responsible for their start-up funds-of course, that will use Shi Lei's own independent funds, and eventually convert the institute's shares into company shares in equal amounts.

The only problem here is whether this money can be counted as non-income-type investments.

Fortunately, Shi Lei already has 3 million of independent funds on hand, and the housewarming gift given to him by Wei Qing just helps him meet the needs of the first sum of funds.

If Black Card determines that this money cannot be included in non-income investment, then Shi Lei will use his own funds to fill this hole.

For future investments, Shi Lei can consider transferring some of his shares in Qixuan or Kuaishan to cash out. It may be difficult to reach 10% of the shares of the institute, but it shouldn't be a big problem to get 5%. And 5% of the shares are enough for Shi Lei to be the CEO of this new company.

Of course, it would be better to be included in non-income investment.

According to Shi Lei's current score, after this quota cycle, at most one more quota cycle, Shi Lei will be promoted to level 4. The quota of level 4 will be 100 million, and then Ding Yu will be able to receive 30 million research and development funds every month. At most, it will take two months, which is almost enough to meet the demand for 10% of the shares.

I was a little uneasy, but at least there was a solution.

Make up 7.