Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 209 Revenge!

"At present, Microsoft's total share capital is 10 million shares, of which Mr. Bill Gates holds 64% of the shares, which is 6.4 million shares, and Mr. Paul Allen holds 36% of the shares, which is 3.6 million shares. After the financing, Microsoft's total share capital will be expanded to 100 million shares, of which Mr. Bill Gates holds 44.8% of the shares, Mr. Paul Allen holds 25.2% of the shares, Destiny Game holds 20% of the shares, and Wenlock holds 10% of the shares."

"At the same time, Microsoft will establish a nine-member board of directors, with board seats allocated according to shareholding ratios. Mr. Bill Gates will have four seats, Mr. Paul Allen will have two seats, Destiny Game will have two seats, and Wenlock will have one seat."

"In order to protect the interests of investors, after Destiny Game and Wenlock enter Microsoft, all future financing activities of Microsoft must be approved by Destiny Game and Wenlock. If the shareholding ratio of one party is less than 5% of the total share capital, then that party will lose the right to vote on financing."

"In addition, Destiny Game and Wenlock have the right of first refusal to purchase a corresponding number of shares in the future company's new round of equity financing according to their fully diluted equity ratio, as well as the right of conversion in the event of equity restructuring such as splitting, merger, and stock dividend."

"In addition, Bill Gates and Paul Allen need to develop the first version of the spreadsheet within 120 days after the investment. This version can only be adapted to Apple personal computers. And within six months after the version is put on the market, Microsoft may not launch a version adapted to other machines."

"The release and sales time of the first version of the spreadsheet will be determined by Destiny Game, and other versions thereafter will be determined by Microsoft. In principle, after the first version of the spreadsheet is released, Destiny Game and Wenlock will no longer interfere with Microsoft's specific operations."

When Bill Gates and Paul Allen decided to accept the investment from Game of Destiny, the relevant negotiations officially began. On the afternoon of August 3, Bill Gates' father personally led people to fly over from Washington State. That evening, Professor Barbara Babcock, who was persuaded by Ethan, also arrived in San Jose. On the morning of the 4th, Lawrence Rockefeller's private lawyer also flew from New York to California.

After three days of wrangling, the three parties finally reached an agreement. With Wenlock's insistence and Destiny Game's refusal to give in, Microsoft had no choice but to accept the agreement on the structural anti-dilution clause and regrettably gave up the operating rights of the first version of the spreadsheet.

Ethan was very satisfied with the signed investment contract, and stood up to shake hands with Bill Gates and the others. As for Bill Gates… this guy who could still smile after being arrested for speeding, now looked like an eggplant hit by frost, and he just pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled.

This situation made Ethan pat his shoulder, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "William, business is business, we will all be a family from now on, be happy."

Bill Gates snorted twice, until he caught the suggestive look from his father, he said reluctantly: "Yes, business is business, let's keep in touch in the future."

"Hahaha--"

Ethan laughed and hugged him.

After sending away the Microsoft team who didn't want to stay long, Ethan turned his attention to Wenlock's team.

Just like before, the two people who participated in the Apple investment negotiations fell at the bottom.

"It's a pleasure to work with you." Ethan extended his right hand to them.

He has already seen who is the backbone of this group of people.

"It's a pleasure to work with you." The two responded with a smile, "Mr. Jones, Mr. Rockefeller was very happy after receiving your invitation to cooperate. He likes the software project you proposed very much and said that if there is a chance in the future, you can go to New York to play, of course, when you are free."

While talking, they took out a business card holder and pushed it in front of Ethan.

Inside the business card holder was a silver-white business card with the words "Lawrence Rockefeller" printed on it. But unlike the one Ethan had received before, this business card had a phone number below the name. If Ethan remembered correctly, the first few digits were the area code for New York.

"Okay, I will." Ethan took the business card with a smile.

Watching the backs of Wenlock and his group leaving, Ethan, with his hands behind his back, felt happy.

In fact, after deciding to ask Bill Gates to write software for him, Ethan knew that this guy who had been the richest man for many years in his previous life would not be obedient.

There's nothing we can do. This guy has so many criminal records.
BASIC is an open source language written by the dean of Dartmouth College. He never intended to make money from it, but Bill Gates and Paul Allen modified it and started charging for it.
IBM needed a disk operating system, which anyone could write, but Bill Gates was too lazy to write one, so he bought a DOS from a young programmer, modified it, and sold it to IBM.

Not to mention the so-called Windows, which was brought by Xerox, their and Apple's good neighbor.

When a second-generation person with almost no sense of morality wants to start a business, showing him inspiration directly would definitely be a disaster. And if you want this guy with background, skills, connections but no bottom line to work for you, you have to find someone who can control the situation.

And Rockefeller...

Sorry, they specialize in dealing with all kinds of dissatisfaction.

Ethan Jones was indeed a little upset when he was robbed by Rockefeller last winter.

But now...

When he saw Bill Gates signing obediently, he felt like a fox taking advantage of the tiger's might...

It’s still quite refreshing!
When Ethan hummed a tune and twisted his body, he went into his sister's office and told her that everything was done. The face that popped out from behind the Apple computer was full of smiles.

"Is it so satisfying to see others bow their heads?"

"Of course!"

"Oh - then your sense of morality is quite low."

"..."

Evelyn's comment made Ethan's face darken, and just when he wanted to make a few excuses, Evelyn burst out laughing again, "But it doesn't matter, I don't care."

"Hehe~" Ethan was happy.

If it was a girl a few years ago, she might think that Ethan's behavior of taking advantage of his power to bully others was a bit shameless. After all, Bill Gates had no grudge against them. Ethan used the robbery that he hated on the other party. What was the difference between this behavior and doing evil?
But now, the girl feels everything is normal.

You can't be moral when you're around old money.

Because those who have morals can never become capital.

And when you can't even generate capital, you can only be ravaged by the other party.

"But I don't understand why we don't make our own spreadsheet inspiration?"

Evelyn asked curiously, "To be honest, after you told me about this inspiration, I really think this software is no worse than games like Pac-Man and Star Wars."

“I can’t say it can sell for 1 billion, but a few hundred million should still be possible.”

"Why don't we earn such a huge sum of money ourselves? Why do we have to look for Bill Gates?"

Evelyn winked at Ethan.

And Ethan——

"Oh - I want to do it myself - but human energy is limited -"

Ethan changed his posture and said helplessly, "I admit that I am exhausted just managing our game company, not to mention the computers and chips outside. As our business territory grows bigger and bigger, it becomes inevitable to control an industry through investment."

"Besides, the software industry is still threatened by numerous piracy. If we do it ourselves, I won't have the energy to manage it even if you split me in half. Therefore, finding an investor with a background is the best option at the moment. More importantly, Bill Gates' mother has connections with major companies. With him, the spreadsheet software can easily enter the procurement list of major companies."

"The significance of his existence is not to make this software well, but to have the ability to prevent other large companies from making this software, completely blocking the development path of competitors."

Ethan knew that Office was Microsoft's cash cow, and in the future, the revenue from this business would account for more than 30% of Microsoft's total revenue. It was indeed a bit stupid to hand over such a thing to Microsoft and only take 20% for himself, but he could do it himself...

Since he couldn't pull out a monkey hair like the Monkey King and create ten thousand monkeys, if he made his own office suite, he would definitely run into Microsoft, which would be quick to copy him. And what could he do when Bill Gates started copying him?

Are you going to argue with him?

How could he have the time?

Now he is not only making games, but also has three subsidiaries under the Destiny game, Destiny Pictures, Michael Blanco Manufacturing, and Western Design. In addition, he is also related to Jones and Johnson Agricultural Production Company, Apple Computer, Nintendo Kyoto Chip Production Company, and Chuck Pete Chip Company.

Many of these companies did not require his personal management. When Evelyn was in charge of technical issues, he was already very busy. If there were a few more, he could have chosen the cemetery in advance!
"That would be too busy, too tiring, and too impractical."

"Other people's group operations are to achieve the ultimate in one industry and then expand outward, but what about us? We are doing well in several industries at the same time! On the surface, my wealth will expand several times faster than others, but I may also live decades less than others!"

“I can’t accept this!”

“I spent my time trying to make money, but I didn’t get to enjoy it?”

"Then I am mentally ill!"

When Ethan yawned, indicating that he really didn’t have enough energy, Evelin, who was sitting behind the desk, immediately smiled and rested her chin on the back of her hand.

"Are you done now?" she asked.

"uh-huh."

"Then take a break? Go out and play for two days? It just so happens that I have a day off now..."

"Uh... that won't work. I have something else to do."

Ethan's words made Evelin curious, because the girl couldn't understand what else Ethan needed to do when the chip crisis had been resolved and countermeasures had been launched.

But when Ethan picked up the phone on her desk and dialed a number, the words that came out of Ethan's mouth made her suddenly realize, and then she covered her mouth and laughed.

"Hello? MOS Technology? I'm Ethan Jones."

"No, No, No, I didn't call the wrong number. I'm not here to see Chuck Pete. I'm looking for you, the chairman and CEO of MOS Technology..."

"I'm calling you today to inform you of something. I currently hold 20% of the shares of Chuck Pete Chip Manufacturing Company, and Nintendo Kyoto Chip Company also has your chip license. Since your company is going to be acquired by Komodor, please buy back this part of the shares and take back Nintendo's license."

"Since you are the ones who breached the contract, my asking price is not high. The total of the two items is 10 million—"

"Dollars!"

"And I want cash."

"What? Do you think I'm dreaming?"

"Okay! Then you can tell your masters what I said!"

"I! Ethan Jones! I want you, MOS Technology, to spend 10 million US dollars to buy back 20% of the shares of Chuck Pete Chip Company! And compensate Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Company for its losses!"

"If you don't want to, I will give Rockefeller 50 million US dollars and ask them to buy up the shares of Komodor Group on the open market for me!"

“I’m not buying Komodor!”

"I will only keep proposing the convening of an extraordinary shareholders' meeting according to procedures after the shareholding reaches the threshold!"

“I will continue to call for a reorganization of the Komodor Board!”

"I will keep proposing changes to the company's business policies and investment plans!"

"I will keep asking for approval of the company's annual financial budget and final accounts!"

"I will keep asking the company to make a profit distribution plan for shareholders!"

"I will continue to propose hiring plans that cut executive compensation!"

"I will keep asking the company to fire senior executives!"

"You sons of bitches want to steal my money from those Wall Street bastards, right?"

"Then don't blame me for using your own methods to attack you! If you don't take 10 million to buy back my shares, I will make it so that you can't open a company!"

"I only give you three days!"

"In three days, I must see ten million!"

"And that's after-tax compensation!"

"The capital gains tax on the sale of shares will be borne by you!"

"If I don't see the money in three days, I'm going to call Laurance Rockefeller!"

"Snapped--"

Ethan hung up the phone after yelling.

And that crisp sound also made Evelin laugh out loud.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

At this moment, her tears were almost falling from laughing.

"Ethan—you really are—taking revenge from morning till night—"

"Hahaha--"

That's right!

Even if the chip problem has been solved!
Even if the countermeasure has been found!
Ethan was still very unhappy!
He clearly didn't do anything, but because those bastards on Wall Street thought that US dollars were destined to be with them, they came like bastards to steal his things and even wanted to crush him!
Although Ethan was used to this kind of gangster behavior in his previous life, he would not tolerate those birdmen when he really encountered them! When the internal crisis had been temporarily calmed down, punching those scoundrels in the face was what he wanted to do most!
Didn’t that group of birdmen intend to carry out some hostile takeover and catch him off guard?
Don’t those idiots want to swallow up the computer industry?

you can!

I will give you a taste of your own medicine and disgust you with your own methods!
I’m telling you clearly now, if you don’t give me money, I’m going to punish you!

Anyway, I have 100 million cash in my hand, so I can play with you guys!

If you don’t give me money, I will force you to give me money!

As for revenge?
Ah--

Excuse me.

My company is not listed.

As long as it's not on the market, I'm invincible~
Note: ① In Paul Allen's autobiography published in 2012, he mentioned the equity distribution between him and Bill Gates. At the beginning, it was 6:4, but Bill Gates wanted to control the company, so it became 64% and 36%. Although it is not 67%, there is still a reason for this. For example, after selling 20% ​​of the equity in the first round of financing, Gates's equity would only be diluted to 51.2 if he owned 64%. Only financing 30% would shake his relative control.

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