People in America: My Uncle Don Quixote

Chapter 428 Kim Ha-eun is joining this family (Seeking monthly votes)

"And... what about the employee pool?" Mark asked. "If 2.5% is used as the employee pool..."

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He didn't say aloud whether it was too much.

It is a common practice for startups to use company shares as an employee pool to reward early-stage employees before the company goes public or raises funds.

But Mark asked himself, would he have been so generous as to give $5 million worth of shares to LW Group, which currently has no more than 300 employees?

The more he put himself in others' shoes, the more grateful and loyal he became to Li Wei.

"After all, I haven't been a very competent founder and president," Li Wei said with a smile, "so I hope everyone will work harder."

"As for this 2.5% reward pool," he looked at Don Quixote, Kim Holmes, and the others, "it goes without saying that you all have a share."

Arthur couldn't help but whistle, and the whole office erupted in cheers.

"My initial plan is that Don Quixote, as CEO, will take 1%," Li Wei said, looking at everyone. "Kim Hoon, as C0..."

"We'll take 0.75% because she handles the most of the daily business."

"I already have 8%," Don Quixote said.

"This is purely employee pool profit sharing," Li Wei forced Don Quixote to take the shares, "You can keep them."

"Ah! I... isn't this too much?" Kim Ha-eun instinctively tried to decline, "I already have 2%—"

"Go ahead and answer it, Miss Kim," Arthur said with a smile. "How are we supposed to answer it if you don't?"

"Huh? Oh, oh," Kim Ha-eun said, as if waking from a dream, "Thank you, boss!"

She still seemed a little distracted.

"As for Mark and Arthur, 0.25% each? The remaining 0.25% will be allocated to all employees, ensuring everyone gets 10."

"Is over ten thousand US dollars okay?" Li Wei said. "Do you have any other questions about this?"

"No!" everyone said in unison.

If you follow the right person, making money is as easy as drinking water.

How long has LW been established? How long have they been involved? Yet they've already received a minimum of $5000 million in shares each.

Moreover, this is not an ordinary company. LW's valuation is supported by solid sales figures, and everyone present has their external inboxes overflowing with emails from Wall Street investors.

The content is largely the same and can be summarized in one sentence:

Please, take our money, we'll do anything.

"As for the friends and family pool, I'll talk to the CEO alone for a bit," Levi said. "As for the financing pool open to Wall Street, Mark, you guys make some preparations first, and then you can hold a meeting to decide on it yourselves later."

After he finished speaking, no one objected and they all left the office.

Before leaving, Kim Ha-eun turned back and gave Lee Wei a deep look.

The sensation of Li Wei hugging her just now still seemed to linger on her body. When she grabbed her hand, she felt like her mind was blank.

But the boss has a girlfriend... Kim Ha-eun thought, this is really troublesome.

If my boss wants to take advantage of me and have a secret relationship with me, should I agree decisively? Or should I hesitate before agreeing? Or should I remain neutral and not express my opinion?

Still feeling a little dizzy, Kim Ha-eun left the office, glancing back every few steps.

Don Quixote watched as Kim Ho-eun closed the door and teased, "What did you just say to Kim?"

"She didn't say anything," Li Wei shook his head. "She told me she wanted to give up that 2% if we were really short of money right now."

"That's four hundred million US dollars! Did she really say that?" Don Quixote looked on with amusement. "Wow, my good nephew, I didn't realize you had such charm."

Li Wei shrugged.

"So what are you planning to do? Drag it out?" Don Quixote said. "I can see she clearly has a strong liking for you, but you seem to be hesitating."

"I'm a little unsure," Li Wei thought for a moment, "I'm not sure what Anya will think."

"She'll accept Kim Holmes the same way she accepted Elizabeth Mellon," Don Quixote said. "I think you're overthinking it."

"You know?" Li Wei glanced at Don Quixote.

"What woman haven't I seen in my youth?" Don Quixote said smugly. "The relationship between the three of you is obvious to me."

"Okay," Levi said reluctantly, "but Anya and Liz are best friends, and they can barely tolerate each other, but Kim Hae-eun is different."

"Don't take everything to heart," Don Quixote comforted them. "When the time is right, talk to them. Since they can accept each other's existence, I believe they can accept Little Gold too."

"It's hard to say." Li Wei felt that Anya definitely wouldn't accept Kim Ha-eun's existence.

"I have a bold idea," Don Quixote thought, "Anya and Elizabeth must have a share in your friends and family pool, which is 5% of the total, right?"

"Yes," Li Wei nodded, "I plan to let each of them hold 1.75%."

"Treat them all fairly," Don Quixote said, stroking his chin. "Now that they've become shareholders, let them get to know Xiao Jin properly, establish some contact and interaction first."

Li Wei pressed further, "And then what?"

"If they realize how important Xiao Jin is to your company," Don Quixote said, "they'll actually urge you to accept Xiao Jin, believe it or not?"

"I.....

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Li Wei was about to say he didn't believe it, but then he remembered that Anya seemed to have said something similar about her family (Chapter 284).

As a traditional Russian woman, her views sometimes resembled those of a traditional Chinese wife from ancient times.

"Maybe it really will work?" Li Wei thought.

"But you young people are really going too far," Don Quixote said. "In our time, this kind of thing didn't exist."

Li Wei had also heard Don Quixote recount those past events, and he chuckled at it.

"Now that I'm getting old," Don Quixote remarked, "I wonder when you'll be able to have children. It feels like it's about time."

As he said this, he glanced at Li Wei, his eyes filled with a smile.

Li Wei touched his nose and said nothing more.

"Ahem... Alright, let's talk about the friends and family pool," Don Quixote quickly returned to work mode, and continued, "What about the remaining 1.5%?"

"My idea is to use the Fairy Water to get involved, and allocate a portion to the Qatar Investment Authority," Levi said. "I haven't decided on the remaining 0.5% yet."

"The Qatar Investment Authority?" Don Quixote paused for a moment, then laughed. "The Qatar Investment Authority never makes investments like this, only 1%. Their extravagant approach is to start with 10% shares directly."

"I specifically looked into the Imperial Properties thing a few days ago," he said. "The Qatar Investment Authority owns nearly 20% of their shares."

"Then you can only say they missed a great opportunity to make money," Li Wei said nonchalantly. "How about we put that 1% up for sale as a favor, what do you think?"

"They're not looking down on money, they just think you're not generous enough," Don Quixote laughed heartily. "As for what you said about putting out the platter... let me think..."

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He pondered for a moment, walked around the office twice, and then came back. "That actually works," he said. "Recently, Fairy Water has become incredibly popular in New York's high society. A few hundred bottles are simply not enough. We need to recruit some allies we think have potential and bring them in to join us in this effort."

He walked back to the table: "I think it works really well."

"Shall we do it this way for now?" Li Wei smiled. "I'll arrange the remaining 0.5%. If you have any connections, Uncle, you can also tell me and get some from me."

"When we were doing roadshows and IPO plans, we would argue for ages about 0.01% of the shares being worth hundreds of thousands of dollars," Don Quixote chuckled. "But here, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, are given away without batting an eye."

"So that's why I can slack off," Li Wei said. "Keep it up, my billionaire uncle."

"It's almost 20 billion," Don Quixote corrected. "Just this 9% stake is worth 18 billion US dollars."

"Let's keep up the good work," Levi joked, "and make you the richest man in New York soon!"

the next day.

Kim Ha-eun arrived at the company half an hour early. Today, she wore a well-tailored suit dress with a cream-colored silk shirt underneath. After dyeing her hair back to black, she got a neat princess cut.

She studied it for a long time, specifically to wear it for Li Wei.

She was holding a folder containing three different draft versions of the financing announcement.

This matter should have been Mark's responsibility as CF0, but after looking at Mark's wording, Kim Ha-eun felt... that he wasn't acting like a client, but rather like a humble service provider who had done too much work in investment banking.

So she took it and made two different versions herself to show to Li Wei.

As she approached the door of Li Wei's office, Kim Ha-eun looked at the name on it and her mood unconsciously improved.

Just as she was about to raise her hand to knock on the door as usual, she heard Li Wei's voice coming from the half-open door.

...I completely understand, Khalid, this size is indeed too small for you.

Kim Hae-eun thought for a moment, "Prince Khalid, Qatar Investment Authority?"

"It's okay, it doesn't affect our relationship," Li Wei said with a smile. "You guys are going to lead the investment with at least 5% in the next round? Then if there's a good opportunity in the next round, you'll be the first person I think of."

"Okay, we'll talk later." The call ended.

Upon hearing Li Wei hang up the phone, Kim Ha-eun quickly took two steps back, pretending she had just arrived, and knocked on the door.

"Enter."

When Kim Ha-eun pushed the door open, Lee Wei-jung tossed his phone on the table and stretched, leaning back in his chair.

Upon seeing Kim Ha-eun arrive, Lee Wei looked her up and down and said, "You look beautiful today."

"Am I ever not pretty?" Kim Ha-eun asked in a coquettish tone.

The next second she realized her tone, coughed twice, and placed the folder in her hand on the table in front of Li Wei: "Good morning, boss. Mark and I prepared three versions of the initial draft of the financing announcement. Please take a look and see which one is better."

Li Wei picked up the folder and flipped through it, casually saying, "The Qatar Investment Authority declined our offer."

Kim Ha-eun responded with an "Oh".

"You heard that at the door," Li Wei continued, "There's nothing wrong with Khalid's side; they're used to 10%."

At that initial stage, they felt 1% wasn't worthwhile.

"I only heard a little bit..."

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Li Wei gave her a half-smile, put down the folder, and said, "By the way, for the remaining 1%, just like we said before, we'll look for it from the regular customer base of Fairy Water and see if they're interested in contributing 1% to the platter."

"Understood," Kim Ha-eun said.

"Before we start plating," Levi looked up at Kim Ha-eun, "would you like to add some?"