Chapter 1416: Moving to China

Shi Lei said nothing about this. He just slowly sipped the glass of whiskey and looked at Jackman with a half-smile.

Jackman hesitated for a while and finally said: "Mr. Shi, to be honest with you, I am very inconvenient right now. Regarding investment, I'm afraid..."

Shi Lei smiled and waved his hand and said, "It won't cost you much, and besides, this investment is an investment you have already made."

Jackman was stunned, frowned, and said, "Mr. Shi is referring to..."

"I just came from Silicon Valley. There is a startup company that researches microprocessors..."

Needless to say, Jackman already knew which company Shi Lei was referring to.

"Mr. Shi is also interested in this project?"

Shi Lei nodded and said: "I am very interested."

"It's just a slightly innovative technology. At the beginning, I just thought about investing a few million dollars in them for fun, and didn't really expect this company to bring much profit. I know that they are looking for Series A recently. I was approached for financing, but I refused.”

"I know this. I have just contacted them and I am now trying to invite them to China."

Jackman was stunned again when he heard this, but he quickly understood what Shi Lei meant.

"This technology is not top-notch in the United States, but if it is integrated with China's current technology in this area, it can catch up with the United States in the microprocessor industry..."

Shi Lei shook his head and interrupted Jackman. He said: "Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to catch up. At most, it can only narrow the gap with the top level in the United States. But in response to China's current market situation , focusing on the mid-range and lower markets, and even slightly touching the high-end market, there is still a lot of potential. To be honest, if this project can be transferred to China, the future growth space will be much higher than staying in the United States.”

Jackman has also been in the business world all his life. Although he started out as a gangster when he was young, he knows very well how huge the Chinese market is. Especially the Chinese government, how strong its policy support is for new high-tech technology enterprises.

The most important thing is that it is Shi Lei's base camp. Jackman has seen the miracles Shi Lei created. If it weren't for Shi Lei's current identity and wealth, and because of the ferryman incident, which had once again severely damaged his vitality, he probably would never have spoken to Shi Lei so politely.

"Have you made specific calculations? What are the market expectations?"

"More than ten times that of the United States. After all, China's microprocessor market is still dominated by mid- to low-end. Coupled with this company's technology, it still has a lot of advantages over domestic microprocessor manufacturers and developers. big."

"Do you want me to agree to transfer them to China?"

Shi Lei nodded and said: "At the same time, I am afraid that Mr. Frith will need strong assistance in terms of technical output. After all, this is your home court. I think this matter will not be very difficult for you."

"What can I get?" Jackman stopped talking nonsense. At their level, the simpler the negotiation, the better, putting interests directly on the table.

Shi Lei looked at Jackman with stern eyes and said: "The market is ten times more, what else do you want, Mr. Freese? To show my sincerity, they valued the Series A at 120 million, and I only want six points."

Jackman smiled wryly and said, "But as I said just now, I'm very strapped for cash right now."

"I will lend you the investment required for your four points, and you can return it to me at any time."

Although it was only a few million dollars, and it was not true that Jackman couldn't even make up the millions, this was the biggest concession that Shi Lei could give him.

Moreover, Jackman felt that he had no reason to object after being given a way to open up the Chinese market for no reason.

After thinking again and again, Jackman nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll thank Mr. Shi for the interest-free loan first."

Shi Lei stretched out his hand with a wine glass in his hand, and the two of them laughed and drank it down in one gulp.

The next day, the other company also called Shi Lei and invited Shi Lei to their company for a talk.

Shi Lei could tell from the CFO's tone that the other party seemed to have accepted his conditions.

After arriving at the company, the other party naturally prepared a series of questions, which ultimately focused on the two key points of investment and technology output.

Shi Lei said: "I talked to Mr. Freese yesterday, and he agreed to the plan I proposed. In round A, I led the investment, and he followed. The specific allocation was six to me and four to him. At the same time, I committed to rounds B and C. I am still responsible for leading the investment, and the number of co-investors is less than or equal to one, and this one is absolutely exclusive and can only be participated by Mr. Frith.”

The four people on the other side looked at each other and nodded. Obviously, this was in line with their biggest demands.

"In terms of technology output, Mr. Frith will help you with it. Then, I need you to move to China within a month. I will arrange for people to help you there and make arrangements for you in advance. This arrangement includes future taxes. And policy support, etc.”

The four people looked at each other again, and it was the CFO who spoke again. He said: "Mr. Shi's promise is really attractive to us, but I think we still need to discuss it a little, about fifteen minutes. "

Shi Lei stood up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom and take a look at this company that may soon become history."

With that, he left the conference room, leaving the four doctors to make the final decision.

Fifteen minutes later, Shi Lei returned to the conference room, and the other party prepared a series of questions, which focused on the policy support that the Chinese government could provide. Obviously, they have fully recognized the company's relocation and future market expansion.

As for policy support, Shi Lei also needs to contact the country to finally come up with a rough range.

After three or four days of back and forth contact, the two sides finally reached a consensus.

In the end, Shi Lei and Jackman jointly invested in this company. The company's equity structure completely retained the previous model, but they were preparing to move to China.

In terms of patents, Jackman found someone to help them lower the technical specifications of the patents they had applied for, meeting the requirements of technology output.

The three parties finally sat together and signed an investment agreement.

Half a month later, the four doctors arrived in the imperial capital with the company members who had to stay. In the office building arranged by Shi Lei, it took only three days to resume the company's R&D and operations.

And the investment promised by Shi Lei has also been fully in place.

The investment was a total of 12 million US dollars. Shi Lei received 6 points and paid 7.2 million US dollars. At the same time, he lent Jackman 4.8 million US dollars. Jackman received 4 points. Together with his angel round investment, he received a total of 14 points of shares.

For Shi Lei, he only had a little over 2 million RMB left of his 50 million investment quota in this quota cycle. He did not plan to look for any more projects with this money. He directly found a relatively safe stock and invested it all.

After the investment was fully implemented, Shi Lei used the investment gold finger card to check the company's appreciation after half a year and a year.

Before that, he had actually checked it. The result of the query at that time was that this investment rose to about 9 million, and the appreciation was not much. This is almost the result of the company's overall valuation reaching 150 million US dollars.

And a year later, it was obvious that the product had been launched, and the investment valued at 78 million, which means that the company's valuation soared to about 1.3 billion US dollars.

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