After getting Feng Yu's promise, Liu Chuanzhi was overjoyed. He gathered a few of the entrepreneurs to discuss with the leaders of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
When these people knew that Feng Yu will not lower their shares and will even increase their shares, they became on the same side as Liu Chuanzhi.
They must get Feng Yu to invest. This was a rare opportunity for them!
They had left the research center with 200,000 RMB and set up Lenovo. Now, Lenovo had grown to this scale. This was not something anyone could do.
Also, since the higher-ups had agreed to change the company into a shareholding system, why can't they get more shares? Look at how generous General Manager Feng was!
If Feng Yu had not intervened, they might only say that they will get less shares. There was nothing they could do to get more profits for themselves. After all, if they were to leave Lenovo, they would be like the two people who left two years ago. They were not doing better than them.
But now, it was different. Liu Chuanzhi had said that if Feng Yu became the major shareholder, Feng Yu would suggest to give the management staff more shares as a reward. He will also give the technical staff some shares as a reward to increase the cohesion of the company.
This way, it will be easier for them to manage the company, and they will get more shares. The company will also have sufficient funds. Even if the company does not get listed, it will still have funds to grow. Once the company gets listed, the share prices will rise even faster.
With the shares, the company will make money, and the staff will get more dividends at the end of the year. That way, they would have enough money in the future to do things that they wanted to do before but couldn't do.
After agreeing with these people, Liu Chuanzhi asked them to report to their leaders to ask for support. Liu Chuanzhi also started to look for Leader Guan to facilitate this.
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"Director Li, General Manager Feng does not only have funds. He also has the technologies and connections. If he can invest, it will be beneficial for our company's future development."
"How do you know that he is not bragging? Microsoft's third largest shareholder? How come I have never heard of him? Don't Microsoft only have two major shareholders? "Director Li asked.
"He said it could be written in the contract, and I believe he didn't lie to us. Also, Director Li might not know that the businesses under General Manager Feng's name are all very profitable. "
"What do you have? Isn't it just Wind and rain? "
"Not only that. There is also the Aiwa brand. That CD-ROM technology is from Aiwa. He is also a major shareholder of Wahaha, the one that sells oral fluids. I remember your grandson also drinks that, right? He is also the major shareholder of Songjiang Motors' manufacturing company. Songjiang Motors' assets are almost 2 billion! "Liu Chuanzhi purposely emphasized 2 billion.
"We don't have any objections to him becoming a shareholder, but if he wants to become a shareholder of 49%, it won't be easy. How am I going to explain this to the higher-ups? "Director Li asked.
"He offered a lot of money. How can we develop this company without money? How were they going to compete with big foreign companies? Didn't we establish this company to improve our country's electronic engineering capabilities? "
Liu Chuanzhi's words had hit Director Li's soft spot. Computers were still a novelty in other countries, and Hua Xia was a rare product. Director Li had allocated 200,000 RMB to Liu Chuanzhi as a test. But to the public, he had told them that this was to improve the country's electronic engineering capabilities.
Now, Lenovo's development had exceeded his expectations, and Director Li was promoted from the Deputy Director to the Director.
What Director Li wanted was not money. He wanted political achievements that could help him move up the ranks. These political achievements were all because of Liu Chuanzhi and the rest.
Director Li knew that without Liu Chuanzhi and the rest, Lenovo would not be where it is today. Losing Liu Chuanzhi and the rest would be a disaster for Lenovo.
Without Liu Chuanzhi and the rest, if someone else were to take over the R&D, the company's technologies would deteriorate. Many companies only recognized Liu Chuanzhi and the rest, and they did not recognize Lenovo's brand.
Director Li had also heard that there was more than one foreign company that tried to poach Liu Chuanzhi and the rest with high salaries. They even promised to give them shares as incentives.
This was also the reason why Director Li agreed to Liu Chuanzhi's suggestion to change the company into a shareholding company. If Feng Yu does not give them shares, these important people will leave.
"If he invests so much, why do we still need to get listed? Won't we have the funds to start our PC division?" Director Li frowned.
"It does not matter if Lenovo is listed or not. When the company has sufficient funds, we can still get listed. We can even merge Hong Kong Lenovo and Beijing Lenovo and get listed together. A company with a market value of 100 million RMB will be listed, and a company with a market value of 500 million RMB will be listed. " Liu Chuanzhi said. "Furthermore, our institute is short of funds. This time, we can sell some shares to Feng Yu, and our institute will have the funds to invest in other projects."
Although Lenovo was doing well, there was something that made the leaders of CAS unhappy. Lenovo had been making profits, but they had never handed over any of their profits! This was because all the profits were spent by Liu Chuanzhi.
But Liu Chuanzhi did not spend his money recklessly. Every cent he spent, he would get back 1 RMB of profits for the company. No one could criticize him.
Liu Chuanzhi kept saying that the company was still developing and needed money. He could not hand over any profits. But other people did not think this way. Lenovo had two companies, and the market value was almost 200 million RMB. Was 2 million RMB considered too much?
But Liu Chuanzhi refused to give up 2 million RMB. He did not even give up 20,000 RMB! Liu Chuanzhi was not willing to give up 2 million RMB. If he gave up 2 million RMB today and 2 million RMB tomorrow, the company's cash flow will be broken.
Director Li, who had been supporting Liu Chuanzhi, was also in a difficult position. He was happy to see Lenovo was doing well, but Lenovo still refused to give him any money.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Director Li asked.
"I can guarantee that the shares sold to General Manager Feng will be 3 times the market value!" Liu Chuanzhi replied firmly.
"3 times?! How is this possible?! His business is so big, and he is not an idiot. Why would he give us 3 times the market value? "Director Li exclaimed.
"Not only that. We can also insist that the investment from Feng Yu must not dilute our shares. This way, even if Feng Yu were to invest more, we will still be in control of Lenovo!" Liu Chuanzhi continued.
"Your shares will not be diluted? Doesn't that mean our shares will be diluted even more? "Director Li frowned and asked.
"I promise not to! As long as the leaders agree, I dare to guarantee that we will not suffer any losses! General Manager Feng is a venture investor, and he is waiting for the company to be listed. We will sell a sum of money now, and you will not be in a difficult position. Two years later, when we have money, we can buy back our shares to ensure the controlling stake of CAS! Even now, we will still be in control of Lenovo. "
Both of them chatted for a while more, and Director Li told Liu Chuanzhi: "We need to have a meeting to discuss this. You can go back first."
After leaving Director Li's office, Liu Chuanzhi knew he was about to succeed … …
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