Society owes me a brother

Chapter 177

"I don't choose either of these two options." Mark Duwin rubbed his hands a little awkwardly, staring at Lu Chi's eyes with burning eyes.

"You said before that if you want to invest in the micro-album, you will directly intervene in the operation direction and profit model of the micro-album. Can I ask..." Mark Duwin swallowed more hesitantly when he said this .Accompanied by the clear sound of swallowing saliva, the Adam's apple moved up and down with difficulty.It seems to be organizing language.

"Mr. Lu, if the function of the micro-album is directly integrated into the campus network... I mean, if, do you have such an idea?" After finishing speaking, Mark Duwin stared at Lu Chi nervously, refusing to let Lu Chi go. There was such a subtle expression on his face.

However, after hearing Mark's words, Lu Chi didn't show any expression on his face. He just looked at Mark Duwin silently and asked, "Aren't you curious about the price I'm going to offer you?" ?”

"I don't care about money. I care more about—"

"1000 million!" Lu Chi interrupted Mark, and said directly: "1000 million M gold, to buy out all the shares of the micro-album. Or 300 million M gold, to acquire 51% of the shares of the micro-album. At the same time, we will hire you Serve as the CTO of Micro Album. This decision can be written into the contract.”

Even in his dreams, Mark Duwin, who had never imagined that the value of the website he created could get more than 100 million M gold when he was looking for investment for the first time, was stunned.He opened his mouth wide in disbelief, and asked stammeringly, "What, what? Did I hear you right? You just said—"

"1000 million M gold." Lu Chi repeated with a smile.

"Why is there such a big difference?" Mark Duwin came back to his senses and couldn't help asking: "Why is it 1000 million M gold to buy out the website at one time. The acquisition of 51% of the shares in the micro-album is only..." 300 million M gold?

"You can think of it as a compensatory clause." Lu Chi hooked the corner of his mouth and explained patiently: "Creating a website, for a programmer, is like creating a child. We let it It came into the world out of thin air, and then in order to make it grow stronger, it had to be raised by capital..."

For the website founders who have been deprived of "custody rights", such an experience is undoubtedly painful.

"So the 1000 million M gold, you can take it as a kind of compensation." Using money to compensate for spiritual loss and pain is Lu Chi's respect for Mark Duwin, the founder of the micro-album.

It sounds a little cruel, but with Lu Chi's strong capital now, as well as his talent and arbitrariness in writing codes, he has no way to tolerate the websites he invests in being out of his control, and even put some on the shelves that he doesn't approve of at all. Function.

Perhaps in the future, with the continuous growth of his own business and the continuous dispersal of his energy, Lu Chi will gradually adapt to look at investment issues from a higher perspective, and subtly complete the perfect transformation between the financial field and the IT field.But now, Lu Chi, who is so hairy in the technical field, obviously can't let go to a greater extent.

So the choice he can make is very simple: Either take full control or let go.

Mark Duwin pondered silently for a while, and then said: "What if I still insist and don't want money?"

Lu Chi raised his eyebrows and asked casually: "Then what do you want?"

With a nervous expression on his face, Mark Duwin tugged at the somewhat long suit cuffs, and explained more and more cramped: "I know that the employee benefits of the campus network are very good... If I join the campus with a micro-album If it is online, can Mr. Lu convert the funds invested in the micro-album directly into shares of campus network for me?"

As soon as these words came out, all the shareholders were stunned.Exchange the shares of the micro-album for the shares of the campus network, this kid's idea is very dangerous!

All the friends looked at each other, Zhang Yang couldn't help asking: "Didn't you still insist on building your own website last night?" Why did such a big change happen when I woke up, from attracting investment to looking for a job? up.He's even more fickle than a little girl in a relationship—is this kid really reliable?

"Because I inquired about the employee benefits of the campus network last night." When Mark Duwin said this, he couldn't help wiping his face in embarrassment: "Then friends around me told me that the benefits of the campus network are more than In terms of salary and room for improvement, I heard that outstanding employees can also get shares, and they can also get investment and financial opportunities personally in charge of Mr. Lu Chi.”

"So I thought, if you guys are willing to give me better treatment, I would like to join the campus network with a micro-album."

To know the rumors in the industry, the campus network is preparing for the listing plan.If Campus.com can really ring the bell on Nasdaq, then the value of the website will definitely change drastically.Although Mark Duwin is an otaku programmer with poor social skills, he is not stupid and naturally knows what is the most beneficial choice—as long as the campus network is willing to give him this opportunity.

However, Lu Chi's words immediately shattered his fantasy: "So far, the shares of the campus network will only be distributed to veteran-level managers and technical personnel who have made great contributions to the operation and development of the website."

Judging from these two points, Mark Duwin does not meet any of them—even if he has a micro-album, a feature that everyone is very optimistic about.However, let Lu Chi say something like Wang Po's selling melons-any senior programmer on their campus network who can get shares doesn't have such ability?

At least judging from the new functions that the campus network has continuously developed in the past two years, everyone's abilities are very good.

Therefore, under such circumstances, it is simply unfair to other members that Mark Duwin asked for a share share as soon as he came.

Lu Chi doesn't want Mark Duwin alone to make most employees of the campus network feel that "people are not as good as new".Thus laying hidden worries for the internal management of the campus network.

Hearing Lu Chi's categorical refusal, Mark Duwin's expression immediately became gloomy.Yue Bin, who is responsible for controlling the specific affairs management of the campus network, took Lu Chi's words and explained with a smile: "Although it has not been established for a long time, our campus network has a very strict promotion mechanism. Under normal circumstances, all management positions They will be selected within the employees. This is also to better motivate employees. If Mr. Du Wen is really interested in joining the campus network, it is better to start as a senior programmer, and all the benefits are favorable, but there is no share for the time being."

After a pause, Yue Bin added with a smile: "Of course, as long as Mr. Du Wen performs well and makes great contributions to the campus network, our boss is definitely not a stingy person."

"I believe you have also heard that the campus network is preparing to go public recently. We expect that the campus network will be successfully listed within two years. Mr. Du Wen chose to join the campus network with your micro-album at this time , I admire your foresight."

As the boss, Lu Chi silently looked at Yue Bin who had instantly switched to the senior management mode, moved his hand calmly, and poked the back of Yue Bin's hand secretly under the cover of the conference table.

Mr. Major Shareholder, who was talking to Mark, suddenly blushed.Subconsciously, he straightened his back and clenched his fists tightly, locking a dishonest slender index finger firmly in his palm.As a result, Lu Chi took advantage of the situation and scratched Yue Bin's palm again, and Yue Bin's face became even redder - even the tips of his ears turned red.

"Ahem, it's a bit hot in this room, isn't the air conditioner turned on?" Afraid that the friends in the meeting room would notice his strangeness, Yue Bin cleared his throat and said solemnly.

"Is it hot?" Zhang Yang and the others subconsciously glanced at the direction of the air conditioner, but they didn't feel that it was particularly hot.

However, seeing Yue Bin blushed, his ears were red, his neck was red, even his arms exposed outside his T-shirt were red, and he looked like a cooked crab all over his body. , maybe, should, maybe, indeed... a bit hot!

Lu Chi sat aside silently.With a very serious aura, no one could see his scratching movements under the table.

But after such an interruption, Mark Duwin, who was completely out of his mind because he was rejected by Lu Chi, also managed to regain his senses.He looked at Mr. Major Shareholder, who was very friendly, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Then can I choose the second investment plan, and then take my micro-album to apply for the senior programmer of the campus network?"

Matthew Locke, who hadn't spoken much, chuckled when he heard the words, turned his head and said, "He's quite smart."

"Of course." Lu Chi stood up, walked around to Mark and stretched out his hand, and said with a smile, "Welcome to the campus network."

Mark Duwin was keenly aware that Lu Zhi's attitude seemed to be much more relaxed than before.

He held Lu Chi's hand cautiously and shook: "I will work hard."

There was a knock on the door of the meeting room, and there was a creaking sound. A little girl with blond hair and blue eyes and a ponytail stuck her head in, and said with a smile, "Boss, the secretary of Mr. Brosnan from the fruit company called and asked you and some gentlemen to come in." have lunch."

I don't know since when, people who have the conditions to find Lu Chi to cooperate with are used to inviting Lu Chi to lunch or dinner, exchanging feelings at the dinner table and talking about cooperation. The status of Silicon Valley is rising day by day, and it is widely accepted by the bigwigs in the financial and IT fields of country M.

Suddenly remembered something, Matthew Locke said: "By the way, my father invited you to the family party held by Locke Manor on weekends. Please be sure to visit."

"Of course." Yue Bin, who finally finished his business, walked behind Lu Chi with a big sigh of relief, and instantly transformed into a dog skin plaster essence. Very well done. It would be nice to have this dish again when we have a party.”

"I must ask Chef Albert to carefully prepare the dinner." Matthew Locke agreed with a smile, and suddenly remembered something: "Yes, I suddenly remembered. There is an office building opposite the Silicon Valley branch of the Locke Bank, which is also the Locke family Assets. The financial company that originally worked on the ninth floor moved out because of the bankruptcy of the investment. If you think it is suitable, we can rent this floor, and we can move there after simple decoration.”

Hearing this, Lu Chi and the others looked at each other, and immediately said: "We have time in the afternoon, let's go and have a look."