Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 574: Mountain Eagle's Entrepreneurial Logic
Facing Galahad's sincere expression, Shanying took a sip of the beer in his hand, thought for a long time, and finally decided to tell the truth...

“If there was no gambling agreement, if there were no additional restrictive clauses, I would have sold my shares without hesitation and distributed the money to everyone.

5000 million US dollars, even if divided among all of you, is more than enough for all of you to retire and enjoy a decent life!
Unfortunately, there is no "if" in reality. White Whale only gave you veterans an option that looks very good, but in fact, no matter how you compensate your buddies, you and they cannot escape the fate of being exploited.

Mercenaries are not ordinary businesses. Perhaps one failure will leave you wiped out.

If you are forced to conduct frequent deployments due to the White Whale's gambling agreement, your personnel losses will increase rapidly and your reputation will decline rapidly.

If you regard the Knights of the Round Table as your own business, then I tell you, introducing a shareholder like White Whale will be devastating to your business. "

Galahad listened, nodded with a wry smile, then shook his head and said, "Arthur asked someone to make a business plan...

The Knights of the Round Table have already obtained a security company license, and Arthur intends to transform the Knights of the Round Table's business from mercenaries to security contractors.

He felt that the introduction of White Whale’s capital might be useful in the future…”

Shanying waved his hand to interrupt Galahad and said jokingly, "Don't tell me you are planning to go public..."

Shanying counted on his fingers and said, “Develop the security contracting business, and use the White Whale’s channels and connections to leverage and rapidly expand the business.

After making a profit, they raised funds to acquire a listed shell in London, and then merged the security company's business into it in a disguised form of IPO financing.

Without mentioning the issue of equity distribution, just tell me, apart from completing the tasks, which of the things I mentioned can you do or control?
When that happens, how do you ensure that you are an integral part of it?"

Galahad listened, sighed, and said, "You think there's no chance?"

The mountain eagle looked at Galahad curiously and said, "Do you think there's a chance?"

Galahad shook his head and said, “It wasn’t me, but Arthur who felt there was a chance!
Our previous practice of recruiting Indians to expand our manpower and business scope was an experiment.

White Whale gave Arthur the 'correct answer'!"

Shanying listened and said with a smile: "Brother, the 'correct answer' requires you to master the core technology and have 100% luck.

Where do mercenaries find core technology?
No, that’s not right either!
Arctic Fox has core technology, but their team culture, which relies on annual transfusions to maintain itself, has no market in the financing market at all.”

Galahad listened, nodded slightly and said, "So you think we can't succeed, right?"

Shanying nodded and said, "I only expressed my opinion, but it doesn't mean I am definitely right!

If starting a business is likened to a dream, then the financing process should be the process of finding partners who can support the dream.

When you sell 5000% of your dream for $60 million, even if you think you are smart, you can use various legal terms to keep your control...

But in the end you will find that your dreams can only remain in dreams!
Because achieving your dream is a systematic project, Beluga can only solve part of your problem.

When you face other problems and need help from others to solve them, you don’t even have room to share your dreams because there is not enough equity to go around.

If your dream is to list the Knights of the Round Table in London, to make it a security group with a market value of 3 million or 5 million, and to make everyone in the team millionaires or multi-millionaires...

Then you should share your business plan with White Whale when he makes an acquisition application.

If he does not agree with your philosophy and is sure to devote enough energy to your business, his 5000 million investment should be priced as venture capital.

10% or 15% of the shares, no more, because venture capital itself is at a premium.

Otherwise, when you face more complex problems, you won’t be able to offer attractive bargaining chips.”

Galahad didn't expect that the mountain eagle would think about something so thoroughly...

Starting a business is like making cakes. I have the skill to make cakes but I don’t have the resources, so I need to find someone to provide flour, someone to provide milk, someone to provide sugar, someone to provide cream…

If my plan is to make 100 cakes, then I have to think about the share ratio in my mind at the earliest stage and allocate shares to partners according to the value they provide...

You give more than half of the shares to the person who provides the flour right away, and other people won’t get a reasonable return later. Why should they help you?
Of course, there are complex equity and price games involved, and it is even normal for craftsmen to compromise in the face of strong investors.

But the truth is, solving the distribution problem is the key to the ultimate success of entrepreneurship.

Galahad thought about it according to the Eagle's logic, nodded dejectedly and said: "According to your logic, Arthur and the others really can't succeed!"

Galahad suddenly looked at Shanying and said seriously, "Shan, are you interested in investing in the Knights of the Round Table? Maybe we can try it according to your logic...

We have a license and relatively mature business channels..."

After Shanying heard this, he touched his nose and shook his head and said, "Does everyone know that I won money?"

Shanying turned to Silver Fox, who had a complicated expression, and said with a smile: "Do I look like someone who would invest recklessly?"

Silver Fox didn't know why, but he felt that he was beginning to feel a little restrained in front of Mountain Eagle...

Facing the gaze of Mountain Eagle, Silver Fox turned his head to avoid his gaze, shook his head and said: "From the moment White Whale proposed the acquisition, the split of the Knights of the Round Table began the countdown.

Galahad wants to maintain the Knights of the Round Table. If you are unwilling to invest, he will have to find someone else to talk to you about the Syrian business that he discussed with you before.

You wouldn't want to discuss Syrian business with that white whale, would you?!"

After hearing this, Shanying looked at Galahad's depressed face, pursed his lips and said, "Is there a misunderstanding between us?
If you feel that the Syrian business is helping me, then I apologize for my previous self-conceit.

Because of the blood fox, I always feel that I need to be responsible for the Arctic fox.

I have worked with the Knights of the Round Table before, and I also want to make up for the fact that you guys ran around the world to help me catch the Black Fox...

Li Chengji, the Asia region of an international agency, does need a top mercenary team like the Arctic Fox and the Knights of the Round Table to help him, but in the final analysis, he is the client, and you are not the decisive bargaining chip.

Do you really think that the work in Syria can't be done by the world's eighth or eightiest country?"

As Shanying looked at the complicated expressions on Silver Fox and Galahad's faces, he smiled and said, "White Whale may be a giant to you, but it's nothing to me. I just need you to put on suits and go to Li Chengji's cocktail party.

As for whether the Knights of the Round Table can go in the end, I don’t care at all!"

Galahad looked at the serious expression on Mountain Eagle's face, he sighed helplessly and said: "White Whale lost the Spartans, he is eager to regain control of a strong team to facilitate his business.

Arthur will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure created by the White Whale. In my opinion, the division of the Knights of the Round Table is inevitable, and Lancelot and I are likely to withdraw.

None of us want our guys to go home with nothing, so I want to continue...

You just said that we don't have to have the Knights of the Round Table. Can I understand that we can still participate in the business in Syria after independence?"

Eagle looked at the expectant look in Galahad's eyes and felt that there was really no need to put any more pressure on the old man.

This old guy is actually no different in essence from the Silver Fox. They understand a little bit about business, but they will always think about problems from their own perspective and always want to maintain what they think is dignity or glory.

Shanying had never thought of following their path, and faced with Galahad's obviously awkward request for help and negotiation, it was pointless to continue bullying him.

So he simply nodded and said, "Others don't know that the Knights of the Round Table are about to split up. Even if they do know, it doesn't matter. You, Galahad, still have appeal.

And what Lee Sung-hee really needs is the Arctic Fox. As long as Lee Sung-hee's trip to the United States allows her to gain a firm foothold, the subsequent business can be carried out as we said before.

It's just that the Knights of the Round Table are replaced by others, such as the Knights of the Holy Grail or the Knights of Purity.

Anyway, as long as you have manpower, everything can be discussed!"

When Galahad heard this, he pointed at the Primers who were having fun in the living room and said with a wry smile, “I only have them and some of the connections that belong to me.

You know more about Lancelot than I do. He has been imprisoned in Thailand for half a year. Those guys around him are all good, but people are complicated. After half a year in prison, it’s hard to say how many of Lancelot’s men will be left.

I can only be sure that Lancelot's connections and experience are still there!"

Galahad looked at the surprised Eagle and said helplessly: "The most important thing is that we don't have enough funds now.

Shan, if we want to cleanly separate ourselves from the Knights of the Round Table in a short period of time, we must give up seeking compensation.

I need some funds, and I need to get a few high-profit tasks in the short term to keep the current staff going.

In fact, I have been negotiating with Silver Fox before. We don't have many people and can be merged into Arctic Fox to become your so-called "Holy Grail Team", but Silver Fox refused!
I have other options, but I think you are my best choice!"

Shanying subconsciously covered his pocket and said with a sigh: "How much money do you need and what are your chips?"

(End of this chapter)