Chapter 9

In 1986, Microsoft was forced to go public. Henry witnessed the rise of this great software empire. Investors, NASDAQ and Wall Street have gone crazy, and Microsoft's stock is just like a rocket! Now, the youngest billionaire in America has been born!!!

Microsoft stock is just like a stripper. It is warmly sought after by investors and shareholders. Even Henry is greedy (ha ha, the "capital" is a little small, so he can only be greedy). But with Henry's current strength, he can't buy a lot of Microsoft stock at all, and Bill Gates is like a conservative nun, who covers the stock tightly and doesn't want to sell it at all. Of course, this is someone's unique vision, that Microsoft will be more powerful in the future, the stock price will soar!

Since Microsoft was founded, Bill Gates has rarely sold shares. Even if it is to sell shares, it is also to seek technical support from the other party.

In order to get technology and sell shares, obviously, Bill Gates has great ambition!

Henry felt that he should learn from Bill Gates. We must cover the stock tightly and never sell it cheaply!

Cisco's development situation is very gratifying, but due to financial constraints, the company's pace of development has maintained a steady line. Henry is sorry to raise money again. If we raise money again, the stock of the bossacks will be further diluted, and finally they will be working for Henry. However, Sequoia Capital, the capital giant, came to the door on its own initiative.

The track of history does not seem to have changed with the arrival of Henry. Sequoia Capital is still the first investment company that is very optimistic about Cisco, and has sent an executive director to talk about it in person.

Henry's heart moved when he heard the news.

Although Henry doesn't like venture capital, history has proved that Cisco can quickly become a giant, and Sequoia Capital has made a lot of efforts in it. People who know about Cisco know that the history of Cisco is a "barbaric" history. The reason why it is called barbaric is that in the course of its development, Cisco has acquired numerous enterprises before and after, and it deserves to be called "acquisition king"!

And Sequoia Capital is in among them, played the role of matchmaking. For example, which company or competitor Cisco is interested in, but its own door-to-door acquisition, the effect is certainly not good, or even others refuse to sell. So Sequoia Capital went up. Sequoia Capital as a venture capital institution, the other side's vigilance will be very poor. Then Sequoia Capital through a series of financial means to complete the control of the company, and finally sold to Cisco. On the one hand, Cisco can get the company's technology to strengthen itself, on the other hand, it can eliminate the competitors that threaten itself, so that Cisco has always maintained its leading position in the world!

If only we could control Sequoia Capital!!!

Henry didn't know why such an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, but when he looked back, it was funny. Now others are capital tycoons. Don't let them eat themselves, and still want to control it?

On May 1st, members of Cisco's board of directors (i.e., three, Henry and posack) formally met with Sequoia Capital.

Ford Brooke, executive director of Sequoia Capital, was stunned when he saw Henry, a major shareholder of Cisco. Such a potential high-tech company, its major shareholder is actually a child?!! Oh，my－god！！！

Henry laughed in front of him: "welcome, Mr. Ford Brooke. My name is Henry, Henry Williams! Hehe, maybe you've heard of my other identity - Henry Williams, the author of Harry Potter

Ford Brooke was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized: "Harry Potter? Oh, American genius writer, of course I've heard of you!!! However, I can't believe that you are still a major shareholder of Cisco! "

Henry said with a smile, "it's nothing. Uncle bosack and I are neighbors, and he is my computer teacher. Then Mr. posak wanted to start a company, so I stole some money into it. "

"Oh, I see!" Ford Brooke couldn't help sighing that the child was so lucky that he was envious!!! At the same time, Ford Brooke is also secretly glad that the company's major shareholder is a child, so his acquisition plan must be smooth sailing! Ford Brooke couldn't help laughing.

Then Henry laughed, too. Sequoia Capital wants to get the shares of Cisco this time. It's impossible if it doesn't bleed!!!

There is no formal negotiation between the two sides, but it has sparked. But among them, only the bossacks did not realize that the war had begun. They also did not see the real value of Cisco. If they were still in accordance with the situation of previous lives, they would be killed by Sequoia Capital. Sequoia Capital just spent 2.5 million dollars to buy a third of Cisco's shares, it's crazy!!!

After everyone sat down, Ford Brooke showed his intention: "Sequoia Capital, as an excellent investment company in the United States, aims to help some innovative high-tech companies grow. And Cisco is one of them! Therefore, on behalf of Sequoia Capital, I formally put forward the financing intention to Cisco. Here is our plan. Please have a look! "

Henry took Ford Brooke's plan, opened it and scanned it carefully. This plan mainly describes the benefits of Sequoia Capital's investment in Cisco. In addition to providing funds, it also provides help in management, networking, promotion and publicity, and then helps the company go public. This plan is well written, but only one thing makes Henry very unhappy: Sequoia Capital only invested $5 million, but wants to get 45% of Cisco's shares!

After reading it, Henry frowned and said nothing.

Ford Brooke began to introduce the strength and influence of Sequoia Capital. He said: "Sequoia Capital was founded in 1972, focusing on the venture capital industry for more than 10 years, and has invested in apple, Oracle, 3Com and other high-tech companies to help them grow. In the United States, Sequoia Capital has many partners, such as IBM, general electric, Compaq and other large companies. I believe Cisco will grow rapidly with our help

Henry shook his head in his heart, but he had to sigh that Sequoia Capital's vision is very unique. Apple and Oracle are very powerful companies. 3Com is also a famous network equipment company in the United States. Their founder is the inventor of Ethernet. With this patent alone, the rise of the Internet in the future will not be crazy!

"Mr. Brooke, Cisco has no financial pressure, so we have no need to raise money!" Henry was very dissatisfied with the terms of Sequoia Capital, so he resolutely refused.

Ford Brooke laughed and said, "but you don't have much money to develop the market, do you? You have to know that before the emergence of competitors in the industry, it is particularly important to take the lead in seizing the market and establish its dominant position. And we Sequoia Capital to do, is to help you achieve this goal!!! We have capital, we have channels, and you have technology. We can cooperate with each other and win the world! "

Grass! It was almost in Henry's heart, and the bossacks were excited. Obviously, Ford Brooke had made full preparations before he came here!

"Mr. Brooke? What do you think is the future market value of Cisco? " In fact, Henry also valued Sequoia Capital. However, what we value is not its money, but its influence. It can help Cisco in many aspects, such as interpersonal relationship, management ability and so on, which is obviously not what a newly established company can do. However, if the price given by Sequoia Capital is not suitable, Henry would rather slow down the development of Cisco than take advantage of Sequoia Capital!

"The development potential of Cisco is still there..." Brooke said with a smile, pretending to be thinking, "but according to the current market situation, although the market value of Cisco will certainly rise in the future, it will not rise much. As for the specific number, it also depends on the future development of Cisco. Today, however, Cisco's market value is less than $10 million. So, we'll invest $5 million, as long as you have a 45% stake! "

"Mr. Brooke, if you say so, I'm afraid we don't have to talk!" Henry said faintly.

"Well, how much does the little genius writer think Cisco should be worth?" Ford Brooke asked with a smile. He didn't think Henry would be his negotiating opponent. He thought Henry was young, and he had very little knowledge and experience. So he thought that the market value proposed by Henry would not be too high. It would be as high as $100 million! Ford Brooke has a plan. Before coming here, the board of directors made a very detailed and serious analysis of Cisco, and agreed that Cisco has great development potential and will set off a huge network storm in this era!!!

Because Sequoia Capital has been committed to investing in high-tech companies such as computers, they are far more sensitive to routers and networks than ordinary people, and far more aware of Cisco's future prospects than other companies. This time, the board of directors issued an order, in any case, must take the shares of Cisco!

Even if Henry said that Cisco's future market value is 100 million, he also recognized it!!! Then, at the most, you can invest another US $10 million or US $20 million. Anyway, you should take as many shares as possible.

But Ford Brooke did not expect that even the bossacks were stunned. Henry told them an astronomical number.

"More than 500 billion..." Henry said casually.

Poof!!!

When Ford Brooke heard the number, he spurted out the water he had just drunk.

**, more than 500 billion!!! Ford Brooke was stunned. He couldn't believe it.

"Are you kidding?" Asked Ford Brooke.

"I never joke, because my jokes are not funny at all." Henry shook his shoulders and said, "I know you don't believe it, but that's what I expect from Cisco, and I think it's worth the price. Therefore, I will not easily sell Cisco shares, if you Sequoia Capital is not sincere enough... "

Henry didn't die. He left a line for Ford Brooke.

Of course, the negotiation collapsed this time.

After Ford Brooke left, in order to prevent Sequoia Capital from taking the "couple route", Henry called the bossacks over!

"Uncle posak and aunt Lena, don't you believe what I said before?" Henry asked with a smile.

"It's impossible! Now the company with the largest market value is only more than 100 billion US dollars. How can Cisco be worth 500 billion US dollars Posak shook his head, and Lerner also looked incredulous.

"I don't believe it if I'm not a passer-by!" Henry said in his heart.

Although the bossacks don't believe what they say, it doesn't matter. The key is that they don't sell their shares cheaply. Therefore, they have to give some advice: "Sequoia Capital's interest in Cisco shows that Cisco has unlimited development potential. I believe that even if the market value of Cisco is not 500 billion US dollars, there must be billions or tens of billions of US dollars. You must not sell your shares casually. Even if you want to sell them in the end, you can sell them to me! "

"Don't worry, we won't sell our shares casually!" Lena touched Henry's head and said casually.

Henry still worried, and then a few words of persuasion, but they did not care. In desperation, Henry finally signed an agreement with them. The content of the agreement was very simple. Henry had the preemptive right of Cisco shares in their hands. If the possacks want to sell their shares, they can sell them to others unless Henry doesn't want them or can't afford the price!

Seeing the words in black and white, Henry laughed and said in secret that he was relieved at last.

Ha ha, wait for Sequoia Capital to see how to "cut him"!

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