Chapter 835: The Birth of Hewlett-Packard Computer Corporation
"Both, if you can run the business of the company in the way I just said, I can help you with the start-up capital. ”
Whitman and Pulis have been very depressed for more than a year, and both of them have a feeling that they have never met each other, and they are very unwilling to fail in their business.
As soon as they heard that Niu Xiaoqiang was willing to provide financial support, the two immediately showed excitement, and Whitman spoke first: "I don't know what Mr. Niu wants to use as a condition for us to provide funds?"
Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "I want to exchange for your company's shares by injecting capital, I don't know if the two of you are willing?"
The two exchanged a look and said in unison: "Yes!"
Niu Xiaoqiang was just about to say the distribution plan of the shares, when Zhang Xiaolan's voice sounded downstairs: "Xiaoqiang, why haven't you come out yet?"
Niu Xiaoqiang got up and said hello to Zhang Xiaolan, signaling that he was fine, Zhang Xiaolan sighed, put her mind at ease and returned to the car to continue waiting.
After dispelling Zhang Xiaolan's worries, Niu Xiaoqiang asked with a smile: "Since it is an investment, let's distribute the shares according to the capital injected by each of them, I wonder what the two of you think about this proposal?"
Whitman and Place had few assets left, and after paying off the loan owed to the bank, it was only about $40,000.
Pulis shook his head slightly when he heard this: "Mr. Niu, it is not fair to distribute shares in this way, and the network resources of the two of us are also very important, so we should take it into account." ”
After all, it is related to their own vital interests, and of course the two have to fight for it. As soon as Pulis finished speaking, Whitman chimed in: "I think Pulis is right, network resources should be included in the investment cost, otherwise it would not be fair to the two of us." ”
Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and asked, "I don't know how many shares do you think the network resources should be worth?"
Pulis immediately spoke: "It depends on how much Mr. Niu is willing to invest." ”
Niu Xiaoqiang thought for a while and replied, "I'm going to inject $200,000." ”
Place immediately calculated: "The company's remaining assets are worth about 40,000 US dollars, and the network resources of the two of us add up to 60,000 US dollars, which together is 100,000 US dollars of capital, according to the capital injection ratio, Mr. Niu can get 66% of the company's shares, and the remaining shares are half of Whitman's own, what do you think?"
Niu Xiaoqiang had no opinion on this, nodded and said, "Okay, just distribute the shares according to Mr. Preless's plan, but I still want to make one or two requests." ”
When Whitman heard that Niu Xiaoqiang accepted the plan, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and asked, "I don't know what the requirements are?"
"First of all, the future of the company, if the company is still difficult to survive after the capital injection, I am ready to open my own company again, and then the two of you must work for me first, and you can only get living expenses for the first two years, which can be regarded as making up for my loss of 200,000 US dollars. ”
The two exchanged glances, and then Priss nodded: "No problem, we can agree to this request, I don't know what the second request is?"
Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "The second requirement is very simple, the two of you should change the name of the company, the name Whitman and Pulis is too long, not easy to remember, which is not very beneficial to the company's operation, since the two are the founders of the company, I respect your naming rights, and the new company will be named after the initials of the two names." ”
This request was not too much at all, and the two immediately agreed. Pulis pulled out a coin and said to Whitman, "Let's go the same old way, do you choose heads or tails?"
Niu Xiaoqiang hesitated: "What are you doing?"
Whitman smiled embarrassedly and explained: "When we first established the company, we both wanted to put our names first, and after a long time of argument to no avail, we agreed to use a coin toss to determine the order. ”
Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but smile and said: "This method is very good, you can start." ”
Whitman nodded and said to Pulis, "I'm still going to face up, just like last time. ”
Pulis snorted, "Then I'm the opposite, Mr. Niu, it's better for you to help us toss the coin, it's fairer." ”
Niu Xiaoqiang readily agreed, smiled and took the coin in his hand, counted one, two, three and threw it.
The coin tumbled in mid-air for a few moments, and finally landed on the ground, where it tumbled a few more times before stopping.
The three of them approached and saw that the coin was face up. Whitman laughed: "This time I still won, and the reorganized company will be called HP!"
Pulis pouted helplessly: "It's actually you who win, forget it, HP will be HP." ”
Niu Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "God chose Whitman twice, Whitman is indeed well deserved, HP is the company's future name, let's sign the share distribution agreement now." ”
Both of them nodded and signed a new share distribution agreement with Niu Xiaoqiang on the spot.
The agreement was printed for a total of three points, and each of the three held a copy, Niu Xiaoqiang put his own in his pocket and left a phone number: "Please let the two of you modify the company's name and equity status, call me after you modify it, I will transfer the funds to the company's account after I confirm that it is correct, as for the company's future business, it will be up to the two to take care of it." ”
Niu Xiaoqiang is only equivalent to an investor, and if it is not necessary, he will not interfere in the company's operation, which has been discussed in advance. The two of them didn't have any opinions, smiled and nodded in agreement.
After the matter was settled, the three of them went downstairs together and loaded the wooden boxes containing spare parts into the car, and then Niu Xiaoqiang waved goodbye to the two.
On the way back, Zhang Xiaolan couldn't help but ask: "Xiaoqiang, why did you delay for so long just now?" I thought you had an accident, and I almost had to run to call the police." ”
Niu Xiaoqiang recounted what happened, and Zhang Xiaolan was dumbfounded: "You, what are you talking about? Inject $200,000 into their company? Their company is already so dilapidated that it has no future at first glance, why do you want to inject capital? Isn't this an obvious throwing money into the water?"
Niu Xiaoqiang smiled slightly: "These two people are technical masters, and their motivation is also very high, the reason why they failed in the past was mainly because they took the wrong path, and now I have pointed out a clear path for them, as long as they operate according to my intentions, they will definitely not lose money, it's just a matter of earning more and earning less." ”
Zhang Xiaolan pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "It sounds like some truth, but 200,000 dollars is not a small amount after all, if they fail again, you won't be able to recover this money." ”