Chapter 317
As soon as Master walked out of the Chinese restaurant, he was surrounded by reporters.
"Excuse me, sir, what did you talk about during lunch with Wang Lei?"
In front of the media, Master has never been a good boy.
He said wildly:
"Mr. Wang Lei is not very satisfied with the current development of Zip2. He is not very optimistic about the company's development path, so he plans to acquire the company's shares in full!"
The reporters who had been waiting under the scorching sun for a whole afternoon suddenly became excited.
The spotlights flashed non-stop.
"Sir, did Wang Lei say how much he would buy Zip2 for?"
Master hesitated and said;
"This is a business secret, I'm sorry I can't tell you.
But what I want to say is that Mr. Wang Lei is the richest man I have ever seen. It is easy for him to pay a billion dollars for what he wants."
All the reporters couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
One billion dollars can buy their newspaper company, but for Wang Lei, it is really not a big number.
"Sir, what else did you talk about with Mr. Wang Lei?"
"I can't tell you anything else."
Master walked out of the crowd like Tom Cat, with his chest puffed out, and got on the Ford Mustang.
The Ford Mustang is a two-seater low-horsepower sedan.
Simply put, it has the appearance of a two-seater sports car, but it has the power to pull the car.
The poor can't afford it, and the rich don't like it, but it is the only choice for Master who has just started a successful business and become wealthy.
However, when he saw the new Ferrari sports car parked on the side of the road in Chinatown, Master suddenly felt that the Mustang under his butt was not so attractive.
"When the money is cashed out, I must buy a McLaren F1!"
At this time, the price of sports cars in the United States is not very high. You can buy classic models such as Ferrari for 200,000 yuan.
And the McLaren F1 supercar, as the fastest on the surface, costs as much as 820,000 US dollars!
After having a meal with Wang Lei, Master suddenly felt a little floating.
He felt that many shareholders of Zip2 were small characters who could not be on the stage compared with Wang Lei.
So his mentality changed a little.
He became confident.
Zip2's current CEO Sorkin is a professional manager with rich management experience.
In terms of company management, he is indeed more suitable to be the company's CEO than the young Master.
The problem is that his thinking is more traditional, and he does not have the innovative thinking of Internet companies. He does not like to take risks, which is why capital likes him.
He saw the video of Master being interviewed outside the hotel, and his left eye twitched.
His intuition told him that there was something fishy about this matter. Based on his understanding of Master, this guy would be very relaxed when he was bragging.
You can't tell whether he is joking or lying.
"Sorkin, please come to the company as soon as possible. We have to hold an impromptu board meeting."
"Is it because of Master and Wang Lei's lunch? Okay, I'll be there."
When Sorkin arrived, except for Master and Wang Lei, all major capital parties had gathered together.
As soon as he sat down, he was asked;
"Master said Wang Lei wanted to buy our company, what do you think?"
Sorkin's face was full of contempt:
"I think Master is deliberately hyping the topic and trying to force us to submit."
The shareholders all nodded.
The reason why they forced Master to the position of CTO was that they actually disagreed with the other party's business strategy from the bottom of their hearts.
In their view, shareholders simply cannot understand how advanced your ideas are and how much room for development there is in the future.
As long as the financial report looks good and the stock price is super high, it's fine.
And Master's ideas are not realistic enough. They have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars for his ideas, and such a price is unbearable for them.
This led to the situation of internal power struggle.
Sorkin did a good job, with clever means, which greatly weakened the influence of the two brothers in the company.
It is only a matter of time to kick Master out.
"Okay, then we won't change anything, and everything will proceed according to the established plan."
Just when Sorkin was about to accept the order, his secretary suddenly told him an unrealistic news:
"What, Wang Lei is going to lead a team to inspect Zip2 in person?"
Hearing his exclamation, the shareholders couldn't help but have new associations.
Does Wang Lei really want to buy the company in full?
All the people present are capitalists. In their eyes, wives and children can be exchanged. As long as Wang Lei offers a high price, why not sell Zip2?
The shareholders immediately noticed the resistance on Sorkin's face.
"Sorkin, it's a good thing that Wang Lei wants to buy the company. With his investment, it will be much easier for the company to go public. You should be highXing is the one."
Sorkin did not respond. He knew very well that Wang Lei and Master must have reached a consensus in private.
If Wang Lei was allowed to take over Zip2, he would most likely have to step down and let others take over.
Everything that Master suffered in the board of directors would happen to him again.
He finally reached the high position today, how could he let such a thing happen?
But he still said;
"No matter who comes to buy Zip2, I will actively cooperate."
The shareholders did not know the deep meaning of his words, and nodded with satisfaction.
On a sunny afternoon.
Wang Lei led the acquisition team and a group of people to Zip2's office in Silicon Valley, followed by the media.
Some shareholders who received the notice and Sorkin were looking forward to it at the door.
"They are here! "
After the car stopped, Solkin wanted to signal his secretary to help Wang Lei open the door.
Then he saw the two Master brothers trotting to help Wang Lei open the door.
Sorkin said sarcastically:
"I've never seen him so active before."
Seeing Master's performance, the shareholders' faces were also unnatural.
Master didn't care about their eyes, and said excitedly;
"Mr. Wang, please come in."
Wang Lei directly ignored Solkin and others who came to meet him, and said to Master kindly:
"Elon, you can help me visit your company. "
Looking at the two people's intimate and familiar appearance, Sorkin, who was ignored, almost bit his back teeth.
He became more and more crazy in his heart. He knew very well that if Wang Lei really became a major shareholder, he would definitely be kicked out.
The shareholders who were left behind also looked at each other.
Although their wealth was far less than Wang Lei's, they were also people with social status. Such neglect made them very angry.
Seeing this, Sorkin provoked:
"This Wang Lei is too domineering. He gave us a show of power. I guess he wanted to take the initiative in the acquisition negotiations."
"Sorkin, you are right, he must have done it on purpose. Does he think that this will make us surrender?"
Seeing that the emotions of the shareholders were aroused, Sorkin suggested:
"We can take the initiative to find him a competitor. On the one hand, we can let the two sides compete for the offer, and on the other hand, we can regain the initiative in the negotiation!"
