That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1215 You will be % satisfied

After the first day of talks, Wu Yan and Lao Jie said to Li Ye: "This Weilan seems to be okay. Let's let him help us solve all the problems with the mechanical part first, and we can think of a way to solve the electronic control part later!"

Li Ye: "."

In fact, the gap between the mainland and overseas in electronics, especially computers, is much smaller than the gap in machinery, so Wu Yan and Lao Jie obviously underestimated the difficulty involved.

But Lao Jie immediately said, "I discussed this with Ni Guangnan before I came here. He said that as long as we give him the real object and some basic data, he will definitely find a way to replace it."

"replace?"

Li Ye suddenly laughed.

The mainland's attempt to catch up with the gap began with repeated replacements.

But now that Li Ye has come to the lighthouse, will it be such a small fight?
[Can't I just buy them directly? ]

"Mr. Li, do you mean to buy the Weieran Company?"

When Elena and Gary heard Li Ye's idea, they were both shocked.

Originally, I came here to discuss a business deal with them, but after only one day of discussion, I decided to just buy the company outright.

This is just like going to a KTV to sing. It only costs a few thousand dollars, but you end up falling in love with the proprietress.

Say the number, pack up, and check out!
Isn’t this too arrogant?
But what Li Ye said next almost made both of them drop their jaws.

"Is there any problem with this? GF is a venture capital company. If it's possible, then Delphi can be too."

"Shuuuuuuu, shuuuuuuu, Delphi is a subsidiary of GM, Mr. Li, that's not a feasible idea."

Li Ye smiled awkwardly.

[Okay! It’s me, Meng Lang. General Motors is not that easy to mess with.]

But no matter how shocked Elena and Gary were, Li Ye would not change his decision.

Pei Wencong received Li Ye's instructions and boarded the plane to Lighthouse without asking any questions. He also notified GF's president, Witt Jeff, in advance to rush to Detroit and unconditionally support any plan of Li Ye.

Witt Jeff and Li Ye are old acquaintances. After graduating from Stanford, he joined the venture capital industry, but after failing miserably, he could only work as a repairman while writing novels for a living.

Later, he met Li Ye in "A Song of Ice and Fire", which enabled him to make a comeback and now he is a well-known venture capital tycoon in Silicon Valley.

When Witt Jeff arrived in Detroit, Li Ye was surprised to see two old acquaintances - Jiao Yaqiang and Sister Zhen.

When Li Ye went to San Francisco to visit Zhen Rongrong who was still studying abroad, he met Sister Zhen, who worked in the same restaurant as Zhen Rongrong, and then met their schoolmate Jiao Yaqiang.

Sister Zhen is a very nice person, so when Li Ye introduced Zhen Rongrong to work part-time at GF Company, he also brought her along.

Jiao Yaqiang was a top student at Stanford. At that time, he openly expressed his desire to return to China to work. However, Professor Ke happened to come to visit him, and after a conversation, he stayed at GF Company and was specifically responsible for the electronics industry under GF Company.

Later, Hong Kong Wind Language Electronics Company was established, and began to develop its own computers with the help of Lighthouse technology. Jiao Yaqiang was the person in charge of several cooperative projects.

It seems that Jeff is a very worldly-wise person. When he came to Detroit, he brought his two fellow villagers, Li Ye, with him.

However, Jeff obviously did not tell Sister Zhen and Jiao Yaqiang the details, so after seeing Li Ye, they were much more surprised than Li Ye himself.

Sister Zhen said in surprise: "Li Ye, why is it you? When did you come to Detroit?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "I've only been here a few days! I didn't expect to see you here. Four years have passed in the blink of an eye. How are you now?"

Sister Zhen smiled awkwardly and said, "Life is okay, but sometimes I feel ashamed that I didn't return to China to serve like Rongrong did. I talked to Rongrong on the phone last month! I really miss her."

Sister Zhen knew how much Li Ye hated international students stranded abroad. She introduced Zhen Rongrong to work part-time at GF Company for her sake, but she ended up staying at Dengta. So when she saw Li Ye now, she felt a little embarrassed after the surprise.

But she didn't know that GF Company was Li Ye's industry, and many of the projects invested by GF Company were intended to quietly help the development of science and technology in the mainland. She and Jiao Yaqiang, "stranded people", had actually been strictly examined and were not the same as those who stayed there privately.

Jiao Yaqiang was much more natural. He first shook hands with Li Ye, and then exchanged pleasantries and reminisced about the past in a very natural manner.

When shaking hands, Li Ye touched the ring on the other person's hand, and then looked at Sister Zhen's right hand.

"Sister Zhen, have you taken down Lao Jiao? When did you eat the wedding candy?"

Sister Zhen and Jiao Yaqiang both wore couple rings, which clearly showed that they were having an affair.

Jiao Yaqiang immediately felt unnatural, smiling awkwardly and unable to speak.

But Sister Zhen said casually, "We got married last year, in a foreign country, and we didn't have a grand wedding. But Rongrong sent me a set of silk home textiles, saying it was to add to my dowry." Li Ye sighed, "That's really a gift from afar, the thought is great. When you go back, we must sit together and have a reunion."

"Of course, of course. By the way, Li Ye, do you know why we came to Detroit?"

"Don't you know? Then come over and talk about it!"

Li Ye was a little surprised, but then he remembered that people who work in venture capital all like to keep secrets in a mysterious way.

So he brought Jiao Yaqiang to Jeff and explained his intentions.

Then Li Ye said to Jeff: "I think that within the next ten years, carburetor engines will be completely replaced by electronic fuel injection engines, so the electronic fuel injection system will have a very good future. Jiao Yaqiang studied electronics, so he should know a lot about this."

Jeff looked at Jiao Yaqiang, who immediately said, "The electronic fuel injection system has actually been developed for many years, but in recent years, due to the rapid development of computer technology, it has shown strong competitiveness.

However, the few companies that have EFI R&D capabilities are already very large, so the cost of acquiring them may be relatively high.”

Jeff thought for a moment, then said, "Mr. Li, I admire your vision very much. Since you said this industry has a good prospect, we will conduct screening and analysis as soon as possible to select the most suitable acquisition target."

Li Ye nodded and said, "When you evaluate the investment value, you have to consider their future application groups. If you want to supply to the Lighthouse Automobile Company, you will have to face competitors like Delphi.

But if the market you are facing is in the East, it is a huge undeveloped market with a larger area, population and development potential than the whole of Europe.
Now West Germany's Volkswagen has already taken the lead in producing cars in our mainland. In the future, they will definitely occupy a unique position in that land.
If the company we invest in is the first to try it out, it will also reap huge benefits, and after listing on the Nasdaq, it will bring extremely rich returns to investors."

The prospect that Li Ye mentioned is entirely possible. For example, Delphi Corporation is still a subsidiary of Lighthouse General. After it becomes independent, it will supply almost all automobile manufacturers in the mainland and then become one of the world's top 500 companies.

So, since Li Ye took the lead and tried every means to open up technology to the mainland, can he also replicate similar success?

But as Jeff listened to Li Ye talking, the corners of his mouth almost twisted to his ears.

From what Li Ye said, it seemed that he was not going for production and operation, but to find a few companies to acquire through "shell companies", and then boast about "occupying a large market", and then make money through arbitrage in the stock market.

Although this is a common practice in Nasdaq and the favorite money-making model of venture capital companies, Li Ye is a flower grower!
What is the image of flower growers in the minds of lighthouse people?
A Kung Fu master in an ancient and mysterious country?

A powerful fighter under red totalitarianism?
Even though Li Ye had taken a fancy to Cisco and gained countless times of profits, Jeff did not associate him with the scammers on Wall Street.

However, it has to be denied that the success rate of this set of operating procedures is very high. As long as investors are given generous benefits, any technical limitations will be broken.

Jeff said sincerely: "Mr. Li, you should actually come to Lighthouse to lead the venture capital project. It's a waste to let you manufacture cars."

Li Ye said jokingly: "I will be in charge of venture capital, so what will you do, Mr. Jeff?"

Jeff said as a matter of course: "I'm going to write a novel!"

"Hahahaha~"

. . . . . . . . . . .

When Li Ye and others had their second meeting with Weilan Company, the other party was unsurprisingly confused.

"You want to acquire our company? Are you kidding me?"

"No, Mr. Weiran," Jeff said seriously, "We are very optimistic about the development prospects of this project in the East, because in the country of Flower Country alone, there are more than 300 automobile factories waiting for technological innovation."

"More than 300 families?"

Weilan was very surprised. He didn't know that many automobile factories in the mainland might only produce a few hundred vehicles a year. He only knew that he was facing more than 300 potential customers.

As for the routine that Jeff mentioned, Weiran was also very clear about it. Isn't it just company restructuring and then packaging it for listing?

As for the product, how is it? It's not as good as what Jeff and others say.
But no matter what, this move is most suitable for technical personnel. In the past two years, Weilan has been working hard to win over his technical personnel. Now with the temptation of options, those guys who have been clamoring to change jobs all day long, won't they work hard for me?
Well, work.

Ask if you still need a job.

Weieran asked in a deep voice: "So, Mr. Jeff, how much money do you plan to invest in us?"

Jeff smiled and said, "Money is not a problem, as long as you have real strength."

Wei'eran was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned his neck and looked at Li Ye.

After a long time, Weilan gave Li Ye a sincere smile.

"Mr. Li, please let us know if you have any requests. We will definitely make you 100% satisfied."

In the lighthouse, anything can be sold as long as there is money to be made.
If you can't buy it, it only proves that the price you offered is not high enough.

(End of this chapter)