Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 831 The Birth of Hewlett-Packard Computer Company
"You two, if you can operate the company's business according to the method I just said, I can help you provide start-up capital."

Whitman and Pulis have been very depressed for more than a year. Both of them feel that their talents are underappreciated, and they are very unwilling to fail in starting a business.

When they heard that Niu Xiaoqiang was willing to provide financial support, the two immediately showed excitement. Whitman spoke first: "I don't know what Mr. Niu wants to use as a condition for providing us with funds?"

Niu Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "I want to exchange for the shares of your company through capital injection, I wonder if the two of you are willing?"

The two exchanged a look, and said in unison: "Yes!"

Just as Niu Xiaoqiang was about to announce the share distribution plan, Zhang Xiaolan's voice sounded from downstairs: "Xiaoqiang, why haven't you come out yet?"

Niu Xiaoqiang got up and said hello to Zhang Xiaolan, indicating that he was fine. Zhang Xiaolan said oh, and went back to the car to continue waiting.

After dispelling Zhang Xiaolan's worries, Niu Xiaoqiang asked with a smile: "Since it's an investment, let's distribute the shares according to the capital invested by each. What do you two think about this proposal?"

Whitman and Price Company no longer has much assets. After repaying the defaulted bank loan, it only has about [-] US dollars in full.

Pulis shook his head slightly when he heard the words: "Mr. Niu, it's not fair to distribute the shares like this. The network resources of the two of us are also very important, so we should take it into consideration."

After all, it was related to their own vital interests, so of course the two had to fight for it.As soon as Pulis finished speaking, Whitman echoed: "I think Pulis is right. Network resources should be included in the investment cost, otherwise it would be unfair to the two of us."

Niu Xiaoqiang asked with a smile: "I wonder how many shares you two think the network resources should be worth?"

Price immediately said, "It depends on how much Mr. Niu is willing to invest."

Niu Xiaoqiang thought for a while and replied, "I'm going to inject 20 US dollars."

Price immediately calculated: "The remaining assets of the company are worth about 60.00 U.S. dollars. The combined resources of the two of us are calculated at [-] U.S. dollars, and the total is a capital of [-] U.S. dollars. According to the capital injection ratio, it's amazing. Mister can get [-]% of the company's shares, and Whitman and I will share the rest of the shares, what do you think?"

Niu Xiaoqiang had no objection to this, nodded and said: "Okay, let's distribute the shares according to Mr. Price'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 asked happily, "I don't know what the request is?"

"The first is the future of the company. If the company is still difficult to survive after I inject capital, I plan to start a new company by myself. At that time, the two of you must give priority to working for me. In the first two years, you can only get living expenses, which can be regarded as making up for my 20. million dollars in losses.”

The two exchanged glances, and then Pulis nodded: "No problem, we can agree to this request. I wonder what the second request is?"

Niu Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "The second request is very simple. You two should change the company's name. The names of Whitman and Price are too long and difficult to remember. This is not very good for the company's operation. Favorable, since the two are the founders of the company, I respect your naming rights, and the new company should be named after the initials of the two names."

This request was not too much, and the two immediately agreed.Pulis took out a coin and said to Whitman: "Let's still do it the old way, do you choose heads or tails?"

Niu Xiaoqiang hesitated, "What are you doing?"

Whitman explained with an embarrassed smile: "When we first established the company, we all wanted to put our names first. After a long time of disputes, there was no result. Later, we agreed to use a coin toss to determine the order. At that time, we I chose heads, and it turned out that the coin happened to land on heads, so my name was in the front row."

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help laughing and said: "This method is very good, let's start."

Whitman nodded and said to Puliss, "I still choose to face up the same way as last time."

Pulis hummed, "Then I'm the tail, Mr. Niu, it's better for you to flip the coin for us, it's more fair."

Niu Xiaoqiang readily agreed, smiled and took the coin into his hand, counted one, two, three and threw it out.

The coin tumbling in mid-air for a while, finally fell to the ground, and tumbling a few more times before stopping.

The three of them leaned over to take a look and found that the coin was facing up.Whitman laughed: "I still win this time, and the reorganized company is called HP!"

Pulis curled his lips helplessly: "It turns out that you won again, forget it, HP is HP."

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and said: "God chose Whitman twice, and Whitman really deserves his name. HP will be the name of the company in the future. 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.

A total of three points of the agreement were printed, and each of the three held a copy. Niu Xiaoqiang put his own copy in his pocket and left a phone number: "Both of you, please go and modify the company's name and equity status. Call me later, and 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 of you to take care of it."

Niu Xiaoqiang is only an investor. If it is not necessary, he will not intervene in the company's operations. This was discussed in advance.The two didn't have any opinion, and nodded with a smile.

After the matter was settled, the three of them went downstairs together and loaded the wooden box containing spare parts into the car. Then Niu Xiaoqiang waved goodbye to them.

On the way back, Zhang Xiaolan couldn't help asking: "Xiaoqiang, why did you delay for so long just now? I thought something happened to you, and I almost ran to call the police."

Niu Xiaoqiang told the story, and Zhang Xiaolan was stunned: "What are you talking about? Injecting 20 US dollars into their company?? Their company is already so dilapidated, and there is no future at first sight. What are you doing?" Need to inject capital? Isn’t this obviously throwing money into the water?”

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled slightly: "Both of these two are technical masters, and they are also very motivated. The reason why they failed in the past was mainly because they went the wrong way. Now I have pointed out a clear way for them, as long as they follow my ideas If you operate, you will definitely not lose money, it is just a matter of earning more and earning less."

Zhang Xiaolan pondered for a moment, and then said: "It sounds reasonable, but after all, 20 US dollars is not a small amount. If they fail again, you will not be able to get this money back."

(End of this chapter)