The short exchange had basically established that the next problem was only in proportion, and the businessmen on the Quriland side of the city began to investigate Lynch and his Star Trading Corporation overnight.
A company that could be valued at seventy million dollars even in the midst of an economic recession was something of great interest to any capitalist.
After a few rounds of financing it would be able to apply for an IPO, and then it might be another wealth myth!
Soon more detailed content all appeared in front of the capitalists in Quriland, which even included information such as where Lynch was born, who the person who delivered him and so on were not missed.
This was the great power of money, as long as money was spent in place, no secrets existed in this world.
From this, these people realized the value of the Star Trading Corporation.
But their "realization" and Lynch's "realization" are not exactly the same thing. For these capitalists, the value of this business lies in the fact that it can easily get loans from banks.
This would make the company's books look good. Even if the company lost 10 million dollars a year, as long as they took out a loan of 20 million dollars, they would be able to report a net profit of 10 million dollars, and then the stock would go up like crazy, and the wealth in their hands would expand rapidly.
Conscience, morality, ethics, these things have long since ceased to exist for capitalists, all they seek is profit, and all kinds of valuable returns.
Catherine, who is suspected to be Lynch's girlfriend, has also appeared in some people's sights, and two more names have been added to the "heroes list", and besides Lynch, it is Catherine.
The power of money is really too great!
The next day, Lynch took Catherine to find a house for her, right next to the state university, if she didn't want to live in the school, she could go back to live outside, and by the way, he also prepared all the necessary daily necessities.
As she watched some of the students already arrive at the university early, with school starting next Wednesday, Catherine suddenly became a little sad as well.
At the end of the day Lynch stood outside the door of his newly purchased house with Catherine taking his hands in both of hers as she had done a few years ago, "I don't know what to say, it's amazing you know?"
Her voice trailed off a little, "I thought I was unlucky enough, I didn't realize you played a joke on me, but I'll say it anyway, thanks, Lynch."
The girl's jewel-like eyes looked straight at Lynch, there was some curiosity in them, some disbelief, and some gradually renewed cheer, "Thank you for doing this for me, I'll work hard to finish school and make sure you're sure that all the money you're spending is worth it."
Lynch sighed and gathered the girl in his arms, kissing her on the forehead, "I have one piece of advice for you, and that is that no matter what choices or dilemmas you face in the future, don't forget your original dream."
He stepped aside some distance, and his mind went back to himself in the beginning, scraping and tossing, really just wanting to have a little bit of money left in his pocket at the end of the month, just wanting to be able to afford a down payment on a small house, just wanting to get through this life in an uneventful way.
He never wanted to dance the waves, it was all forced upon him!
The girl was a little unsure, but it didn't stop her from remembering the words.
The two stared at each other for a moment, Lynch smiled and took a step back, waving his hand, "Time to say goodbye, I'll be off, call me anytime, you know my number."
The girl snuggled up against the door and nodded, the two of them stared at each other for a few more moments before Lynch turned to leave, and soon his ride disappeared into the night.
Maybe that was the best option for now, everyone was back on their tracks, and if it was possible, and everyone worked hard, then the moment would come when those two tracks would intersect again.
But if someone didn't try hard, they would always just be parallel!
After settling the girl's matter Lynch put all his energy into negotiating with the two groups, he now had a great advantage, he could use the competitiveness that arose between the two sides to get each other to raise their prices.
And this matter changed again just a day before Lynch returned to Sabine, a newly established Aurora Asset Management Company that hadn't been around for long announced that it wanted to invest in Lynch's Star Trading Corporation and demanded a minimum share of no less than five percent.
The sudden addition of a third party caused the competition, which was still orderly, to become disorganized, which also made Lynch's attitude even more elusive.
After the meeting was adjourned, the tall and thin man grimly called the Sabine City Social Services Bureau, and they wanted to inquire about the registration information of Aurora Asset Management Company.
It was a business from Sabine City, there was no doubt about it, on that business card they had gotten, there was a suffix after the name Aurora Asset Management Company, it was an abbreviation of this name of Sabine City, of course Lynch's business card didn't have this abbreviation, he thought he belonged to the whole world, so he didn't need this abbreviation.
With the exception of Lynch, the vast majority of people who need to use a business card have the abbreviation of the name of the place after the place where they work, to improve recognition, which makes the capitalists of Sabine City another model, well they don't think it's an insulting abbreviation, and are complacent and proud of it.
Since it was an enterprise of Sabine City, it was bound to come under the management of the Social Service Bureau, which soon returned the information that the other party had a registered capital of one million dollars and was still a sole proprietor.
Because so far, this company only had one independent shareholder, so they had the power to not disclose their further details to the community.
Even if the tall thin man spends money and trusts his connections, he can't find out about this matter.
There are some things that everyone is free to trample on, because this kind of trampling is the most correct and conventional practice in people's eyes.
It had turned from irrationality into a reasonable perception.
However, some things still maintained the most primitive rules and could not be easily changed yet, which was actually based on people's consideration for their own safety.
The tall, thin man walked around the room after dropping the phone, and a few of his other companions on the couch just watched him, the atmosphere in the room depressing and heavy.
Lynch bit the bullet and said that the percentage of cash could not be less than 33%, which was hard for them to accept. 17% in people's concept and 33% is not really a big difference - 17% is about 20%, 33% is about 30%, the math is so magical.
Of course, this concept is based on the fact that "these are very small percentages", but in reality, it is almost double, which means that they have to put up twice as much real money as in the original plan in order to get what they originally wanted to get.
How is that acceptable?
It also leads to a lot of problems in that once they do get those shares as originally planned, they're paying so much cash that for a short period of time their own business could be in jeopardy.
Physical business is indeed very risky, and whether it is profitable or not, the monthly operating costs cannot be dispensed with.
If they want to keep some of the cash, then they can't ask for too many shares, and may only end up accepting around 10% to 15%, which again won't be able to live up to what they wanted in the first place.
What they want to do is get a bigger say on the board, and that's all that matters.
Don't look at the most shares in Lynch's hand now, once the first part of the financing is completed, the second round, the third round starts, the equity in his hand will only become less and less.
Whether it was the later directly acquiring the shares in his hand, or diluting everyone's shares, all participants would uphold a guideline that would not be spoken, that is, the equity in the founder's hand could only be reduced, not increased.
This is a kind of unspoken rule of investing, and some people say that the purpose of doing so is to hollow out the founders so that they can take over their wealth.
Right, there's nothing wrong with that, capital to capital harvesting is just like that, there's nothing that can't be admitted, do it all, afraid to admit it?
And that's how capital plays, and it's also the most criticized way of playing the game by acquirers - looting.
That's why they asked for about 30% equity, but also to keep as much equity share as possible in the future rounds of financing.
The more equity you have, the more initiative you have in the boardroom, and that's critical.
The situation now became troublesome, and what was even more troublesome was that this Aurora Asset Management Company had actually agreed to Lynch's request, and they had already signed a contract of intent to obtain 5% of Star Trading Corporation's shares with a 33% cash share.
That is to say, a million dollars out of cash, plus some other things, obtained a five percent share.
If no one had agreed, Lynch would have definitely conceded in the end, that's how it is to talk business, you give in one step, I give in one step, and in the end, we all just feel that it's acceptable.
But now someone agreed, it means that Lynch's requirements in line with people's recognition of the company, want to talk down is unreasonable, and even Lynch refused their shares, others can not say anything.
People can accept, you can not accept, this is not business, this is looking for trouble.
The tall thin man hated this spoiler, his mouth cursed, probably meant nothing more than don't give him to find out who is behind this company, if he found out, he will make the other party pay!
He cursed and suddenly froze for a moment, then frowned, "You guys, behind this Aurora Asset Management Company, is it possible that it's Lynch himself?"
Immediately after he voiced out his thoughts, he had a feeling of "I've finally found the fucking truth", and the more he spoke, the more he felt that what he was saying was the truth, and the faster he spoke.
"It's quite possible that Lynch registered Aurora ahead of time in order to step in and raise our standards too high if necessary, and now we're just going to have a hard time doing it while he maintains his bottom line."
"I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to agree to Lynch's demands outright, we can obviously put pressure on Lynch together, that company must be Lynch's own!"
He spoke decisively, like Polo, penetrating all the clues and discovering the damning evidence!