Chapter 755: A Waste of Money

Los Angeles

Kim Hyun Tae, who pretended to be injured and was admitted to a private hospital, received a visit from an old acquaintance.

Howard Stark stood in front of the hospital bed, his face full of concern. He seemed to really care about Jin Xiantae, but when he opened his mouth, Jin Xiantae's face turned black.

"Recently, I have run out of research funds, and Citigroup and JP Bank have refused to let me get a loan, so I have no choice. That's why I came to you hoping to solve the funding problem, but I won't let you get money for nothing. , I can continue to sell you a little bit of shares."

Aren't you here to visit me?

Is it just to come to me and continue to invest research funds?

Kim Hyun Tae, who was lying on the hospital bed and pretending, was speechless to the extreme.

And Obaday, who came with Howard Stark, also had a twitch on his face, obviously he couldn't stand the attitude of the technical geek.

After all, this is too direct to say, and it is still at this time when Kim Hyun Tae is 'injured'. At least you have to pretend that you are here to visit his body, and then mention it in a roundabout way, instead of being so direct. .

Gosh!

By doing this, everyone will know that you are not here to visit Kim Hyun Tae, but you are here for the US dollars.

I have to say that Howard Stark's emotional intelligence is truly unbearable to look at.

An ordinary person would probably be angry.

Fortunately, Jin Xiantai has a good temper and the temperament of a good old man, so he was not angered by Howard.

But Annie, who had been accompanying Jin Xiantai, rolled her eyes directly at Howard, with a disgusting expression on her face. If Jin Xiantai hadn't kept silent, she might have kicked him out.

Obadai stood up and wiped Howard's butt, "Please forgive me, Howard is not very good at talking. In fact, we came here specifically to visit you, and also to report to you some recent situations in the company. After all, you He is the majority shareholder of Stark Industries." Obaday was more talkative than Howard. After his explanation, Anne's face finally looked better.

Although Anne knew that Obadiah was trying to smooth things over, she still said it better than what Howard said.

In another time and space,

The head of Stark Industries is Tony Stark, who has a high EQ and IQ, but in another time and space, he has become Howard Stark. On the contrary, Tony Stark went to run a law firm, and the same He is also a partner of Kim Hyun Tae.

This change made Jin Xiantai very funny, and at the same time, it also made Jin Xiantai know that there are no routines for many things in this different time and space.

Therefore, he didn't think there was anything surprising about Howard, who had low emotional intelligence.

"The military has a $60 billion arms order and has signed a contract with us, but the money has not yet been received, and research on antimatter energy is very expensive. All the funds you provided to us earlier have been used up. , I can’t get a loan, so I have no choice but to come to you again.”

Anyway, Howard had already stated his intention. Obaday explained a little bit, and after giving the emotional incompetent some relief, he followed Howard's wishes and told Jin Xiantae.

Of course, there is also a little good news in it.

Lying on the hospital bed, Jin Xiantai quickly calculated the funds in his hand.

To be honest, he has been very tight recently.

He originally had a lot of cash on hand, but he bought a "subprime debt swap agreement", so he really doesn't have a lot of cash available now.

And Howard's research costs a lot, it's like a bottomless pit of money, and billions or tens of billions of dollars of investment may not even make a splash.

So now, relying solely on the money earned by n and the royalties from the publication of his own novels, the total amount is only more than 2 billion US dollars, which is obviously not enough for Howard.

Originally, her daughter had tens of billions of dollars on hand, but she took all of it and invested it in the "subprime debt swap agreement."

Therefore, facing Howard's request for help, Jin Xiantai was a little embarrassed.

Annie, who was standing beside Jin Xiantai's bed, saw Jin Xiantai's troubled expression and spoke: "Your research on antimatter energy is just rubbish. Even if your research is successful, what will happen? Can you convert the research into commercial use? Is it profitable?"

Thumbs up!

Obadiah gave Anne 32 likes.

In fact, he had wanted to say these things for a long time.

Stark Industries should be for profit, not for the benefit of all mankind. Obaday has always been very resistant to Howard's research.

It's just that there are some things he can't say.

Besides, I fell into a trap in the early stage and had already invested so much money on it. A reckless showdown with Howard would make me lose all my money.

So, Obaday has been putting up with Howard.

As a technical geek, Howard had no interest in running a business and only focused on his research.

As for the antimatter energy research that was really successful, but how to commercialize it in the end, he never thought about this issue at all. I have to say that this is really fucked up.

The use of antimatter energy is not very widespread in the technological system of different time and space. What can be seen is that early spacecraft can use it.

Moreover, only when antimatter energy becomes portable, miniaturized, and safe can it bring benefits and become more widely used.

But the problem is that the horoscope has not been revealed yet, and it is indeed a bit early to talk about this matter.

Besides, what if the research is successful?

Stark Industries is also careful to deal with the dirty hands of the oil tycoons.

After all, once antimatter energy research is successful and can replace the existing energy system, the impact on the oil tycoons is absolutely inevitable.

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents.

It would be strange if the already ruthless oil tycoons didn't become more ruthless with Howard.

You know, when the oil tycoons started out, they did a lot of shady things, including killing people.

It would not be surprising if Howard encountered an armed attack or a car bomb at least sometimes.

Take a look at what happened to Kim Hyuntai, and you will know what Howard will encounter in the future.

Fortunately, Howard's research doesn't see much hope yet, so he doesn't have to worry about this for the time being.

At this moment, Howard opened his mouth in the face of Annie's question, but had nothing to say.

Because Annie's questions were all on point, and he didn't even think about it.

After Obaday silently praised Anne in his heart, he came out to smooth things over again.

"Everyone, please calm down. In fact, the company has gradually resumed production recently, and profit expectations are also visible. After all, we have to be responsible to shareholders."

Obadiah's subtext is to be responsible to the major shareholder Kim Hyun-tae, after all, Kim Hyun-tae invested so much money.

Anne glanced at the peacemaker Obadiah, and then focused her attention on Howard again: "No one objects to you doing research, but please also focus on your main business. The company is not yours alone. Yes, you still have a partner."

Anne didn't say the more unpleasant words, but it was enough for Howard to understand.

Then Anne said to Howard: "How many shares are you going to take out?"

Now, Kim Hyun Tae of Stark Industries is the majority shareholder, and he also controls the company. He holds 60% of the shares. I have to say that he is really lucky.

Now Howard himself holds 28 shares, and Obadiah holds 12 shares, forming a shareholder structure with Kim Hyun Tae as the core.

Now Howard wants to sell his shares again, which makes Anne very tempted.

It is said that Stark Industries is still very powerful, especially in heavy industry.

Anne gave up her career in Europe and shifted her focus back to the United States. She spent a lot of money to integrate port terminals and shipbuilding manufacturing. She looked like a shipping queen, and she also had an arms manufacturing factory in her name. However, Heavy industry is also one of her shortcomings.

If she can take the opportunity to invest in Stark Industries, she can balance this piece of the puzzle a little bit.

It doesn't matter even if he is a small shareholder, since Kim Hyun Tae is the major shareholder.

"Obadei and I put together 10% of the shares and the price was US$12 billion."

After Howard heard that Annie had an idea, he directly quoted his price.

However, today is different from the past. Back then, Kim Hyun Tae got most of the shares of Stark Industries almost as if they were free. But today, 10 shares of Stark Industries cost US$12 billion.

After all, at the time of Jin Xiantai, Stark Industries was half-dead in its trough, and the value of the shares was completely at a low point, and Tony wanted to quickly acquire the shares, so this was a bargain for Jin Xiantai.

But now that Stark Industries has resumed arms trading, and has also won large arms orders from the military, it has resumed its main arms business. Therefore, the current share value of Stark Industries cannot be the same as that time. Compared.

The price of US$12 billion is actually considered fair.

"No problem. William doesn't have a lot of money on hand right now, but I do have a lot of cash. As long as you don't mind me becoming a minority shareholder, I will take over these 10 shares."

Howard Stark didn't think complicated at all. In his opinion, as long as someone wanted the 10 shares, he wouldn't care who wanted them.

spendthrift!

Nerds, tech nerds!

Obaday cursed Howard in his heart.

Stark Industries was built through the hard work of Obadiah and Howard, but now this prodigal thing is being handed over to others bit by bit, which really makes Obadiah feel very uncomfortable.

Especially after the shares were sold, not to mention that he, Obadiah, would not get any benefit at all. The dollars exchanged for those shares would have to be invested again into the bottomless pit of research.

This is how hatred is sown unknowingly, and the flowers of sin will bloom in the future.

Obadie was led astray by Howard, and was almost deceived into investing all his money in the field of antimatter research. Therefore, seeing that Howard was going to continue on this path, Obadie could no longer support it.

"When will the share transfer agreement be signed?"

"anytime."

"Then let's do it today. The research institute is urgently waiting for money to buy materials."

"Well, you contact your cousin Tony and ask him to send someone from the law firm." (To be continued.)