Zhang Tianxing reached out and said with a smile to Li Honghong, "Thank you, boss, for your guidance. I've learned a lot. I wish us a successful cooperation."
Li Honghong gave Zhang Tianxing a meaningful look. "Young man, you're very good. Are you interested in becoming a vice president here?"
Hearing this, Zhang Tianxing felt a bit awkward. "Are you kidding? I'm a freshman. Who would believe me if I became a vice president at your company? I'm not going."
If there's an offer of kindness without reason, there must be a motive. Zhang Tianxing didn't want to get involved.
Zhang Tianxing and Li Honghong signed a transfer agreement, detailing the transfer contents and the equity transfer method.
He then gathered his technical team and looked at them.
"I believe everyone here is aware of something. The patent we registered for the search engine has been sold, so we're discontinuing the search engine project. I want to ask everyone now if anyone is interested in working at Bai Du. If you are, please let me know, and you can report directly to President Li."
"Boss Zhang, you sold the patent to President Li Honghong?" the technicians' eyes lit up.
Li Honghong was always the benchmark, enjoying a high status in their industry.
So, he acquired it. In that case, Boss Zhang's decision was understandable.
What else could they do if they didn't understand? Zhang Tianxing had carefully considered it. If he hadn't agreed to cooperate, he would have been locked in a life-or-death struggle with Li Honghong.
Business disputes were normal, but Zhang Tianxing felt uneasy. Li Honghong was an expert, a master, but he knew nothing about it; he was an outsider. Zhang Tianxing had no confidence in winning such a fight, so he sold it directly for 10% of the shares.
Li Honghong hadn't intended to agree at first, but after Zhang Tianxing presented the domain names, she compromised. There was no other choice; the domain names Zhang Tianxing showed her were exactly what Li Honghong wanted.
However, when Li Honghong tried to register them a couple of days prior, she found they were already taken. She was almost furious enough to die.
She never expected that after all the twists and turns, those domain names would still end up back in her hands.
However, she paid for them with shares and one million yuan in cash.
After Li Honghong returned, she faced questions from investors.
"Why did Zhang Tianxing get 10% of the shares, and also have priority purchase rights during future financing?" Many people were unhappy with this condition.
Giving away equity to others wasn't a big deal; they could invest multiple times. As long as Zhang Tianxing didn't co-invest once, they could push out anyone they didn't want.
They hadn't expected Zhang Tianxing to propose such a condition. It seemed Zhang Tianxing had a very high opinion of Bai Du, and was willing to pay a premium for this 10% stake.
Li Honghong glanced at the investors. "What do you know? If you had this patent, I would give you 10% of the shares plus two million."
"This patent alone is worth 15% of our company. Getting rid of Zhang Tianxing for 10% this time is already quite good."
"So, did we lose money on this deal, or did Zhang Tianxing lose?" Someone wanted to know the truth. After all, Zhang Tianxing was a leader of the new generation, and Li Honghong was a powerhouse in the internet industry.
"We didn't lose, and Zhang Tianxing didn't lose either. It's a win-win. It benefits us, and it benefits Zhang Tianxing. Otherwise, we would have to spend a huge amount of capital to develop new patents, and then Zhang Tianxing would compete with us in the market."
From the "Internet Cafe Assistant" software, Zhang Tianxing's operational methods were quite novel. He had never seen such tactics before.
But undeniably, these tactics were highly effective and yielded excellent results.
No matter what you do, using these tactics would surely be effective.
Indeed, no one achieves success easily in this world. Zhang Tianxing's achievements today were not accidental; he had the ability.
Crawfish had been around in China for decades. Why, after Zhang Tianxing's proposal, did it transform from animal feed into a delicacy that swept across China?
Li Honghong's evaluation of Zhang Tianxing was extremely high, astonishing her subordinates.
Their boss rarely praised anyone. She never expected to praise a freshman, and one who studied materials science at that.
It was incomparable. She had graduated from university years ago and was only a junior programmer, while Li Honghong wanted to hire Zhang Tianxing, a freshman, as a senior executive.
Moreover, Zhang Tianxing's team only consisted of two people. Li Honghong's evaluation of Zhang Tianxing rose another notch. Treating her subordinates well, her Bai Du was a company many people would fight tooth and nail to get into.
She never expected that a new company Zhang Tianxing had started could retain talent. It seemed he was not simple.
Zhang Tianxing couldn't help but sigh as he received the notification of a successful bank transfer on his phone.
After reincarnating for so long, he had finally found a powerful ally. Although Li Honghong wasn't comparable to Jack Ma and Pony Ma, she was still a significant figure.
With these shares in Bai Du, he would have more options. It seemed the building he had his eye on could also be acquired.
He was already very busy, struggling to keep up with his studies. If he got any more active, he might as well drop out.
After all, he was in the materials science department, and he wasn't going to research any materials himself.
Zhu Dayong used to tease him about his major not being relevant, asking what materials research could be done on crawfish shells.
Wasn't that a ridiculous topic?
However, Zhang Tianxing had a plan. Although he was busy and sometimes missed classes, he had helpers.
There were classmates who listened attentively in class, their notebooks filled with dense writing that made Zhang Tianxing dizzy.
He recognized the individual characters, but he didn't know what they meant when combined.
Fortunately, with Ma Qiang's help in managing things, Zhang Tianxing managed to navigate university life without major incident.
Zhang Tianxing found Yan Ruyu. "Sister Yu, could you go to the bank these couple of days to handle some procedures? We're preparing to acquire that building downtown."
Yan Ruyu's large, captivating eyes widened. "What are you going to buy that electronics factory building with? Selling you and me wouldn't be enough to cover the cost of that building."
Zhang Tianxing sighed helplessly. "My dear Sister Yu, let's think differently. We don't have much cash, but we have assets, right? We can apply for a loan from the bank, acquire the building, and then mortgage it to the bank after some time. That way, we'll have the money, won't we?"
In this world, whether you achieve your goals depends on how clever your strategies are.
"There's such a thing? Don't fool me. I'll go ask at the bank. But don't you dare touch our crawfish hot pot; that's our passion." Yan Ruyu exclaimed how insidious it sounded, but it seemed quite feasible.