Chapter Eighty-Three: Bringing People In
And currently the only employee Julia. Bonaparte discussed the affairs of the company, and Hugo no longer wanted to care about the follow-up, of course, he would still come forward if he had to come forward, and there was one more thing that he needed to do, and that was to give Julia. Bonapartra has more liquidity.
Hugo doesn't have many friends in this life, and the other two co-founders of Google are considered to be friends in the team who belong to the level of poor ghosts, and can give Julia. Bonaparte financed it by Alessandro. Morek, Morek's net worth is not very rich, but Hugo guesses that if they raise ten million dollars, it should be fine.
"Brother, it's you who is your brother! I can't come up with that much money! How about I invest $5 million in your company?! Alessandro said that he couldn't get out so much money, and there was a hint in his tone that you had come to me to collect wool again.
"Alex, I told you a few days ago that I won't forget you if there are good things! Do you know why this company is registered in Trapani?! Because uncle, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have registered the company here! That's what he asked, and why he asked me to do it, for a very simple reason, he trusted me, and he knew what it could hold! And now that you are facing the opportunity that fell from the sky, you are still aggrieved! A year later, two years later, you'll regret your decision! Because of my promise to you, I explained the reason to you, and you should think about it yourself! I'll take it for $5 million, you're my cousin, I won't hurt you! Hugo hung up the phone after he finished speaking, and thought about it for himself, if he hadn't really said that he would give Morek benefits two days ago, he wouldn't have persuaded him bitterly.
Having said this, Alejandro. Morek really increased his investment, and with the encouragement of the old Morek, he took out loans, borrowed money, and scraped together enough $20 million to Hugo, according to him, he put his net worth on Hugo, and Hugo knew that it was all true.
"Don't worry, you can't lose anything with me! However, there are some things I will make clear to you first, I am a cash and private investment project equity in Hugo International Investment Company, so even if you take so much money, you may not have too high equity, maybe about five percent, everything according to Julia's side to ask a professional to evaluate the market value of the project, and then recalculate! In addition, you are not allowed to interfere in all the operational affairs of this company, there is a special team to manage the company, you want to sell the equity priority to me, without my permission, you are absolutely not allowed to sell the shares in your hands! Hugo explained the rules to Morek first.
"I don't care, I just want to make a fortune by following!" Morek said.
"Haha, that's right! This company is different from other companies, you know?! Many large companies do not pay dividends, but let me tell you, our company will definitely pay dividends, every year! But of course, there is a limit, this will be up to the company's management team! Hugo laughed.
Now many companies in Europe and the United States do not pay dividends, and they continue to grow and develop, but of course Hugo will not do this, because he knows the future of this company, and dividends will not affect his development, for example, the cost of establishing a technology company itself does not need to be high, millions of dollars or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the development is very fast, so there is no need to worry about financial problems. Besides, if you don't pay dividends, what will Hugo use to support the team?! So dividends are a must.
If you want to make money from the company without dividends, you have to sell the equity in your hands, and the equity is not as reliable as holding it in your own hands in the hands of outsiders, and selling equity in recent years is definitely a very stupid decision, Hugo is not stupid and wants to take the ball, so the dividend must be done, the money is taken, the equity is still in your own hands, and the momentum will be seen in the future, depending on the situation, and then sell the equity and it is not a better decision.
After pulling Morek into the gang, Hugo will not stop, he also considered the two co-founders of Google, he thought far-reachingly, his next step is to do Facebook and mobile phone intelligent system, as a person from a later generation, Android can you say how good he is, there are more intelligent systems that can be transplanted to mobile phones, why is it that Apple and Android are the two dominant, Symbian and Microsoft are on the sidelines?!
Not only because of technical problems, but also has a lot to do with a promotion, Hugo knew in his previous life that before the Apple mobile phone came out, there were already smart phones, but Apple brought users an unprecedented experience in the initial stage of the popularization of smartphones, preconceived, and since then a large number of fans have been circled.
Android is backed by Google's tree, and many well-known mobile device manufacturers in the world have signed cooperation agreements, which has developed and grown, in other words, Google does not use Android, but chooses another intelligent system based on the Linux system, maybe the future of Android is not so bullish.
Hugo thought about it in the future, or will he sell it to Google, let Google operate, they are better than doing it themselves, if it is said that it will be beneficial for the two founders to join in the future in the acquisition process, Hugo thinks it is possible, so he wants to pull these two into the gang.
When Hugo told his two companions about the establishment of Hugo International Investment Company, they wanted to join more urgently, they were not Morek, they trusted Hugo more, after all, seeing is believing, they knew that Hugo was a very forward-looking investor, in fact, according to the ideas given by Hugo, Google could expand rapidly.
But their problem is that they don't have any money, but what does it matter, just transfer part of Google's equity to the new company like Hugo, but Hugo doesn't want them to do this, he needs cash, the new investment company needs cash flow, Hugo suggested that they can also find a new venture capital company to buy part of their equity.
These two people were reluctant to let go, Hugo persuaded: "Just sell a small part, not to mention that maybe next year we will have to attract venture capital company funds for the sake of business, in fact, with their investment, we can have a wider road in the future, and there are more doors!" ”
Originally, the company wants to grow just a few people working hard is not enough, then you have to wait until what year and month, to a certain time, it is inevitable to absorb the funds of venture capital companies, but to pay attention to a degree, of course, most of these venture capital companies are optimistic about this project, they will not interfere with the normal development and operation of the company, on the contrary, sometimes they will use their extensive business relationships to help the company develop and grow, many Internet companies are growing like this, Google is bound to go that far.
The two finally agreed to Hugo, Google is not listed now, but it has only been a short year, it has been very widely optimistic in the circle, I don't know how many people came to the two for financing, Hugo firmly objected, he called it to wait for the price and sell, and now the time can not be said to be very suitable.
When the circle knew that they wanted to sell part of their shares, venture capital companies flocked to them, and they actually sold 10% of their shares at a price of $40 million, Google's shareholding structure has changed a lot, but the shares of their three co-founders have always been the majority, and 10% of the shares are in the hands of the Coleni family, and they are not afraid of not being able to make corporate decisions.
The price of $40 million is far higher than Google's appraised market capitalization, but is the person who bought it stupid?! Not stupid, their money is just buying the future.
When Hugo told his sister Alda the news, he smiled: "You should know now that I definitely didn't let the family suffer, right?!" ”
Brin and Page got the funds in hand, of which each took out 30 million to inject into Hugo International Investment Company, everyone was very fair, according to the market value evaluation of other projects in Hugo's hands, the equity was allocated, the majority was still Hugo, Brin and Page were less, and Morek was the smallest shareholder.
When Hugo expanded the company's cash flow to about $80 million in a month, Julia. Bonaparte was full of admiration, which shows that the partner is optimistic about Hugo and is willing to invest money in him, which means that Hugo is a bull fork!
"Now you have a lot of money, the next time is to look at you, remember that we have to pay dividends every year, I don't want our company to be in deficit at the end of the year!" Hugo instructed Julia.
Julia had never operated such a large cash flow at all, and listening to the pressure given by Hugo, she began to wonder if she could do the job.
"Alas, don't be so stressed! Actually, these are small amounts of money! My dividend requirements are not high, $80 million in cash flow, according to shares, you give me a dividend of $4 million a year, it's about the same! Hugo comforted.
That's not too much?! Julia was speechless!
But Hugo didn't give her time to talk about the difficulties, turned around, and walked out of the gates of Hugo International Investments, a small two-story building in the center of Trapani, without taking a cloud with him.
Julia usually lives in Hugo's house, and her work is here, of course, her work will not let her stay here often, she will run all over the world!
Hugo handed over his investment to Julia, and then started the second half of the season, Christmas has passed, the players are back, the upgrade of the training base is underway, because he is busy with the affairs of the new company, Hugo is also running all over the world, Hugo has not been to training for a while and has not visited the busy players, now idle, Hugo misses the life of the team, how comfortable, training together on the field, playing football together, joking together, By the way, it feels good to pretend to be in front of the players!