Blackstone Code Chapter 150: Lynch, who is never afraid of being taken advantage of
Wide knowledge and convention is a very special social phenomenon, which has appeared from the first day of the formation of human society and continues to this day.
People will have a consensus in an inexplicable way. When he is in a certain stage, he will do what kind of action. Maybe no one tells him exactly what to do. He has already mastered this skill.
From the first time I bought a second-hand entry-level luxury product, I gradually became a "rich man" in people's eyes. In addition to the satisfying and envious eyes, there are also people's admiration. respect.
This is a very interesting social phenomenon. While we always emphasize respect for knowledge and literate people, we actually only respect power and money.
The middle class needs Lynch to maintain their decency and class, and those cheap "premium" clothes they swear they won't say they're fake brands.
Look, the problem is solved, if Lunitt doesn't say it, and Lynch doesn't say it, the people who bought these people naturally can't advertise that they are fakes everywhere. Is there a more perfect link than this?
No, so no one has to worry.
After leaving Lunitt's factory, Lynch thought about another thing. He wanted to buy Lunitt's factory, which was related to some of his next plans, but he also knew very well that now Not a good time.
The situation has not deteriorated to the stage where the mayor or the whole society has to make concessions, so they are still insisting on deceiving themselves, this is actually a civilized society.
When they can't persevere and maintain their decency and kindness, they will tear off the coat of hypocrisy and let people understand that this is not a civilized society, but a society where people "eat" people.
Only in this situation, some bills that are regarded as routine have the opportunity to be changed. Lynch can wait, he has enough patience.
A little later he met the mayor's nephew, a big boy named Mark, who looked to be twenty-five or twenty-seven or eighty-eight, under thirty, with a little bit on his face. Youthful.
He was very enthusiastic, and as soon as he came up, he talked about the conversation between his uncle, the controller of the city, and him, about Lynch's business and his intention to take a stake.
"I have commissioned my friend to do the research, and I have to say, Mr. Lynch, you chose the right business at the right time, my uncle...", he shrugged, "also It's that Mayor Langdon is very complimented on your performance, and he always praises you for being good and good in front of family members, which is very enviable."
Mark is a very chatty guy, and people like him tend to be very chatty, otherwise they wouldn't be taking the job.
"I think Interstellar Trading Company is a very promising company. You have an excellent management team and a complete development plan for foreigners. If possible, I would like to take a ride."
In fact, everyone knows, including Mark himself, that he is just an agent in front of the stage, but he is very aware of his work and the scope of his rights, otherwise the mayor would not have handed over such an important job. give him.
Lynch nodded, this is something he agreed with the mayor, "Someone estimated us 70 million, but the mayor has helped me a lot, I am very grateful to him, I am willing to estimate 5,000 10,000 as the bottom line for financing.”
He glanced at Mark, who was listening attentively, with a half-smile, "How about you, how much do you want?"
Mark suddenly blushed, and he scratched his head a little embarrassedly. This action made him a little bit like a nerd who faced a girl for the first time in school, a little embarrassed and a little embarrassed.
However, in the current environment, this does not mean that it is a good thing. Lynch knows that the other party wants the lion to speak up.
In fact, everyone has some small actions to hide their inner thoughts. Lynch forced himself to unify all natural and unnatural habitual behaviors, emotional expression and expression management into a smile. A smile can make people relax their vigilance. A more appropriate control method than this.
Mark's control method may be to make himself look "embarrassed", and he will use some words to bite in conjunction with this method.
The next second, just as Lynch expected, he said embarrassedly, "I didn't know the valuation would be so high, I only prepared 800,000, but I want 3% of the shares. , there seems to be a problem with my information channel, what should I do?"
According to federal and financial-related laws, an individual who owns 3% of a company's stock can sit on the board of directors, and if it exceeds 5%, he can attend the board of directors. The proportion of shares he wants is very delicate.
Three percent is not objectionable because stockholders are not entitled to speak on the board or initiate any power-related actions, such as initiating votes, initiating breaks, initiating discussions, etc. They only have Eligible to sit at the back or against the wall, listening to the board quietly, they can't comment.
This doesn't make people feel too disgusted with them, they are like a decoration to decorate the board.
However, it is very valuable to sit on the board of directors, because they have completed the first stage of share acquisition. In the securities finance law, if a person holds more than 3% of the stock, a statement must be filed with the relevant institution, and the socially open.
The second stage is five percent, which is to become a major shareholder who can attend the board of directors.
If a person fails to follow the rules and gives two declarations, that is, three percent and five percent declarations, then it can be determined that this is a hostile takeover or even is suspected of behind-the-scenes illegal rights and unfair transactions. A lawsuit can be filed to delay some of these issues.
The advantage of this is that when someone acquires 3% of the stock, if the company thinks that the situation is not right, it can respond in a timely manner, such as raising the stock price to force the acquirer to have insufficient funds to meet their demand for the stock ratio. Abandon the acquisition.
The 3% in Mark's hands can be directly increased to 5% without a statement, and without Lynch's knowledge, to gain the right to attend the board of directors.
When a mayor's proxy gains the power to vote on the board, imagine what a dire outcome it would be!
So Mark or the mayor behind him are very shrewd, maybe the shrewdness comes from themselves, but Lynch believes that Ferrar must know something more specific.
In the face of Mark's request, Lynch hardly had any hesitation and hesitation. Everything was flashed in his mind like lightning. He just blinked his eyes and agreed.
"The mayor and I are both members of the Progressive Party. We should help each other..." He nodded with a pursed lips, "The contract can be prepared."
Such a happy statement made Mark hesitant. He talked to many businessmen about buying shares, but these businessmen always bargained with him. Some people even called the mayor angrily, thinking that Mark was in the middle of the deal. Manipulate.
These people are all stupid. There is no doubt that an agent will not have his own ideas. Mark's opinions actually represent the opinions of the mayor. This young man dare not and has no right to change the mayor's will.
Instead of making everyone's faces look bad, they finally had to bite the bullet and sign the contract. Why not just be happy, maybe get some extra benefits instead?
Mark looked at Lynch with a strange expression, especially his eyes, like looking at a fool, or a... .
He held back a smile, "You're very interesting, Mr. Lynch, I brought the contract..." He then took out a contract from his briefcase, which made Lynch even more sure that this The price is what the mayor ordered, and there should be a contract in Mark's briefcase.
If he calls the mayor, the mayor and Mark will definitely "have a chat" and change the price a little bit, but not too much, so there will definitely be a second contract in his briefcase .
Lynch picked up the contract and read it again. There were no major problems. The main content was the transfer price and the transfer ratio, and how to dilute and reduce the holdings when new funds came in in the future.
Lynch flicked the contract, took out a pen and signed his name on the contract, then Mark.
The two keep one copy each, which is considered the completion of the transfer.
Looking at the 800,000 cashier's check, Lynch couldn't help laughing. Whether he was happy or unhappy, he would use a smile to express it.
Mark saw him smiling~IndoMTL.com~ was a little puzzled, because the essence of this matter can be said to be a kind of persecution, but Lynch not only did not resist, but also kept smiling, which made Mark The feeling is very special, very strange.
He couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Lynch, is there anything good to share?"
Lynch came back to his senses and nodded. As he put away the contract, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course!"
"You know that country mice are cunning, and even the best house cat has a hard time catching them, but they've recently invented a new method."
"They boiled some water full of starch and soup on the stove, and after the viscous had cooled, poured it into some places where mice like to haunt. As long as one night, many mice would drown in it." /
"The sugar and starch caught the mice's attention, but they ignored how sticky it was!"
Lynch stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand and shook Mark, "I'm glad my company has its first partner, but I hope you can keep the price of the deal between us a secret, you know , our market value is 70 million, and the 3% in your hands is now 2 million!"
"Of course, Mr. Lynch, I know how to do it." Mark squeezed Lynch's hand and released it, he suddenly thought of something, "Are you free this weekend, maybe we can go play Golf, or find a place to have a drink."
Lynch shook his head, "I'm going to a meeting over the town hall this weekend, next week."
"Okay, next week!"