Chapter 4

In the evening, Roger Nicholas held a banquet for Henry, inviting friends and neighbors to attend.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this banquet! Now, I will solemnly introduce a person to you Roger Nicholas pauses, points to Henry standing next to him and says, "his name is Henry Williams. I'm Roger Nicholas's grandson!"

make love!!!

Everyone clapped their hands to celebrate the reunion of Roger Nicholas.

Roger Nicholas raised his hand to the crowd to stop, and lawyer will handed him a copy of the document. Roger Nicholas raised the document and announced in a loud voice: "today I have made a will. When I die, all my property will be inherited by Henry Williams!"

"Grandfather!" Hearing this, Henry couldn't help but be stunned. He opened his mouth slightly and couldn't speak for a moment.

Roger Nicholas touched Henry's head and said with a smile, "good boy, it used to be my grandfather's fault. If my grandfather hadn't driven your mother away, you wouldn't have suffered so many disasters!" When the old man said this, he sighed and said, "now my grandfather wants to make it up to you..."

"It's not grandfather's fault. It's God's test for us. After the storm, there will be a rainbow!"

Roger Nicholas said with a smile: "ha ha, yes, this is God's test for us!"

Seeing that Henry could speak like this, the guests around nodded their heads and praised him for his intelligence!

Roger Nicholas immediately announced the start of the party.

And Roger Nicholas held this banquet in addition to introducing Henry to other people, there is also a purpose. He knew that his grandson had written a novel, but he was frequently frustrated in publishing. As a well-known bookstore owner in California, I naturally know many publishers. So he deliberately invited some senior members of the American publishing industry to attend tonight, and planned to lobby for his grandson Henry at the banquet.

Henry met a lot of people at the party. What surprised him most was that the next door neighbor was Leonard posak and Sandra Lerner, a teacher and wife from Stanford. As a senior network engineer, it's impossible that the founder of Cisco didn't know each other. Henry admired them and began to talk with them.

Meanwhile, Roger Nicholas was holding a copy of the novel for ten publishers to review.

"Roger, we are old friends, too. This book is too young for our publishing house to publish."

"That's right, Roger. It's not a good book."

"The content of the novel is too small, there is no artistic sense."

“……”

Roger Nicholas looked a little grimmer. "You know, everybody, the author of this book is only ten years old now! I think if it's published, it's a very good stunt, isn't it

People still hesitated, but did not deny.

After the banquet, the bossacks said goodbye to Roger Nicholas and praised Henry: "Mr. Nicholas, your grandson has the talent to learn computer. He is the most intelligent child I have ever seen!"

"Thank you for your praise!" Seeing that they praised their grandson, Roger Nicholas said with a smile.

Henry said: "grandfather, I want to learn computer by Uncle bosack as a teacher, don't you think?"

Roger Nicholas said with a smile, "of course I have no problem. I just don't know if Mr. posack agrees?"

Leonard posack said happily, "of course, I'd love to take a genius as a student!"

Henry's heart suddenly a joy, think about when Cisco was founded? Well, it seems that at the end of this year

In the evening, Roger Nicholas told Henry that he had shown the manuscript to ten publishers, and it was likely that some would like to publish.

Henry hugged the old man and said, "thank you, grandfather!"

The old man smiles with a loving look on his face.

The next day, Henry went to bossack's house with some presents. Henry's arrival was welcomed by the bossacks.

The possacks, who teach at Stanford, naturally don't have much time to teach Henry. So, posack gave Henry a rough introduction of computer knowledge, and then gave him a few books to teach himself. A few days later, posack was shocked. He wanted to test Henry, but he was completely right. It involves some profound content, Henry can also answer the slightest good. Posak had to feel that Henry was a genius. As a result, the bossack religion is more attentive. Henry even sleeps in posac's house at night.

During this period, however, good things happened.

Finally, a publisher was willing to publish Henry's novel. The publishing house is called West German publishing house. Although it is not very large in scale and only has influence in several western states, for Henry, it is the first step to success. After that, Henry negotiated with the publisher. Because Henry insisted that he could only grant the West German publishing house the paper copyright in the United States, and it was only the first Harry Potter series, he only got 6% of the royalty.

A week or two later, almost in mid October, West German press released 10000 copies of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone, priced at $10 a copy. At first, the market reaction was flat. But a month later, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone suddenly caught fire. The main reason is that many children like this book very much.

Due to the fire, the publishing house of Harry Potter urgently printed 20000 copies, but it didn't want to be sold out at the first time, so the West German publishing house had to continue printing!

The Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other major newspapers have reported on this matter, and ten year old best-selling author Henry Williams immediately became famous! Many reporters follow up the interview and strive to get first-hand information.

People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, or it's better to be famous before it's too late. Henry has deep feelings for both. It's hard to be famous without being harassed by the outside world. But after being famous, it's a real benefit. At least novels sell better. The West German press hastily adjusted Henry's royalty from 6% to 10%.

West German Publishing House considers that it will continue to cooperate with Henry in the future, otherwise the second Harry Potter is likely to be spent in his family《 Harry Potter series obviously has the potential of fire, which means that West German publishing house can make more money. At the same time, West German publishing house can rely on the influence of Harry Potter to develop and strengthen its distribution ability, and its profit is much more than that of a book!!!

At the end of November, the bossacks resigned. When Henry heard the news, his heart jumped, because he knew that a future Internet giant was about to be born.

Three days later.

"Henry, your aunt Lerner and I are going to start a high-tech company." So said posak that night.

Many years later, Henry still clearly remembered that night when the sky was full of stars and the moon was like water, but he didn't feel a ripple in his heart. When he left that night, he said a word to posak, which Henry has always remembered: "Mr. posak, let's create the overall situation together!"

Posak nodded and agreed to Henry's request.

So Henry came home full of joy.

"Grandfather, Mr. bosack is going to start a company. I want to be a partner with him." When Henry met Roger Nicholas, he immediately told him his big decision.

Roger Nicholas first stood on the side of the businessman and pondered for a while, considering the pros and cons. Then he asked about the company. Henry may know what kind of company Cisco is better than the bossacks, so he gave his grandfather a detailed analysis of the company's development prospects, including routers and the Internet. But in the end, Henry's grandfather seemed more confused, but his face was more and more smiling. Because he found that his grandson was very interested in building a company. Obviously, he had considered a lot of things. He should support his enthusiasm, even if he lost money in the end!

"Henry, grandfather's with you!" Roger Nicholas said with a kind smile.

yeah!!!

Henry's heart a joy, with grandfather's support, capital is not a problem. Henry has no money now. The fee is paid quarterly. If he wants to get the money, he will have to wait until March next year.

"Grandfather, can you help me pay one million dollars in advance, and I'll give it back to you when I get the fee!" Henry looked at Roger Nicholas expectantly.

"Return what, grandfather's money is not your money!" Roger Nicholas tapped Henry on the head and laughed.

Henry touched his head and laughed at his grandfather, but he still insisted on his decision: "grandfather, it's not a matter of money, it's a matter of principle. I want to rely on my own ability to start a business, so I have a sense of achievement! My grandfather doesn't want me to be a mediocre, only a rich second generation who knows how to eat the old, does he

"Good Roger Nicholas was glad to hear that.

Henry wrote an IOU immediately, and then handed it to his grandfather: "this is my IOU. I'll pay you back next year when I get the manuscript fee!"

"Good!" Roger Nicholas took Henry's IOU with a smile. It said, "on the evening of December 3, 1984, Henry Williams borrowed one million dollars from his beloved grandfather, Mr. Roger Nicholas."

Roger Nicholas picked up the IOU casually. He had no intention of asking Henry to pay it back. But this simple IOU was auctioned for 10 million US dollars in an auction several years later, which shocked the whole world!!! After Roger Nicholas received the IOU, he wrote a check to Henry. Although Henry was only ten years old, he was very sensible, and Roger was relieved to give him the check.

The next day, Henry took the check to teacher posak's house.

"Mr. posak, how much money did you start your company with?" Asked Henry.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars." Said posak. Americans like to spend ahead of time, so most people don't have much savings. The bossacks have three cars, which are worth three or four hundred thousand dollars, while their villas are worth more than one million dollars. The possacks are still a rich couple.

But two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is a drop in the bucket for starting a high-tech company. Historically, posak has taken the villa as a mortgage. And then immediately accepted the Sequoia Capital financing, the company just developed.

"Mr. posack, I borrowed a million dollars from my grandfather for next year's contribution!" Henry said and took out the check.

Posak and Lerner were stunned, and they didn't expect that I could put out so much money at once.

"Mr. bosack, I'll invest one million dollars. How about 50% of our shares?" Henry looked at posack and Lerner, a little nervous, worried that he had too many shares, and they didn't agree with this way of distribution. However, posak shook his head and said, "no, you should be the largest shareholder if you put out so much money. We only need 40% and let you take 60% of the shares."

Henry was stunned for a moment.

Honest man, honest! No wonder the couple will sell Cisco for cabbage in the future! Well, although I'm taking advantage now, with me, I won't let you make the same mistakes again. In the future, I can be a global rich man.

Henry agreed to the distribution of shares.

In the next few days, posac, Lerner and Henry went to register a company. Posac preferred to name the company "San Francisco", but the law did not allow the company to be registered in the name of the city, so they finally took the last five letters of San Francisco - Cisco, which is Cisco!