MMB Chapter 61: Further Discussion on Shareholding
Chapter 61: Further Discussion on Shareholding
Chapter 61: Further Discussion on Shareholding
"Excuse me, excuse me, I'm not late, am I?"
When we arrived at Sister Liu's house, the first thing we saw was Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, along with Sister Liu's husband, Lao Ma. The group was having a few drinks.
"We're not late, we just got back early and thought you might be a little late because you were with your girlfriend. We had nothing to do anyway, so we started drinking first," Sister Liu explained as she gestured for Mao Xiaoyu to sit down.
"That's not my girlfriend yet, just a regular friend. She doesn't have any friends to hang out with, so you've been hanging out with me for a couple of days now. We haven't gotten to the point of being boyfriend and girlfriend yet," Mao Xiaoyu quickly explained, since their relationship hadn't reached that stage.
"You're just talking nonsense. A girl coming over to play with you doesn't necessarily mean that, does it?" Sister Liu said, somewhat disbelievingly.
"They just lack playmates. Although they used to be from Shanghai, they are now from Hong Kong and look down on us Shanghainese. So you can't say things like that, or you'll end up losing friends," Mao Xiaoyu quickly waved her hand and said.
"I don't understand you young people, so do whatever you want."
Seeing Mao Xiaoyu's repeated denials, and hearing Mao Xiaoyu say that the girl was from Hong Kong, Sister Liu felt that the relationship between the two might not be as she thought.
"Let's be friends first. She's only 16 and I'm only 18. There's really no rush. After all, we have a long time ahead of us. We don't know what the future holds. Besides, seeing too much of the outside world can easily make us lose our way," Mao Xiaoyu said with a smile.
"Come on, Xiao Mao, come on, sit down. What kind of behavior is it to talk standing up!" Old Ma greeted him warmly.
"Here I am, here I am, isn't this the place?" Mao Xiaoyu said as she sat down to Lao Ma's right, and Lao Ma, without any hesitation, poured Mao Xiaoyu a glass of wine.
Seeing that the wine was full, Mao Xiaoyu picked up her glass and said to the people present, "I'm sorry I'm late. I should have toasted everyone to apologize, but I can't hold my liquor, so I'll just take a sip. Please bear with me."
After saying that, Mao Xiaoyu actually picked up her wine glass and took a sip, just to show it.
After all, as a young person, Mao Xiaoyu has no alcohol addiction. So, she tries to avoid drinking baijiu as much as possible, which is the secret to her good health in her past life. Therefore, in this life, she tries to avoid drinking with others if possible. If she can't avoid it, she only drinks one or two cups when others drink three.
Just like now, he took advantage of his young age to avoid being forced to drink the penalty shot this time.
Everyone was a little annoyed that Mao Xiaoyu had escaped the penalty drink, but they were too embarrassed to urge her to drink more. After all, Mao Xiaoyu was too young and still a child. If things got out of hand, it would seem like adults were bullying a child.
"I consulted a lawyer about your suggestion the day before yesterday. The lawyer said a lot about starting a company. I listened to a lot of things, but I didn't listen to some of them. But in general, I understand one thing: starting a company is definitely easier to solve some problems than being private. Since that's the case, I'll definitely go with the method of starting a company."
However, this would create a problem: the shares would be of varying sizes, making it difficult to distribute them in the new company. So, after some consideration, we decided to base it on the parent company having 100 shares. We calculated that we needed to raise 112.5 million yuan, so the new company's shares would be offered to the public at 11,250 yuan per share.
Needless to say, I'll definitely take half. My coworkers each took 6% of the shares, so the five of them together take 30%. That leaves 20% for the three of you, as Lao Guan and Lao Zhang just told me. They have families to support, so they don't have much money. In the end, they only took 10% each. Xiao Mao, can you handle that remaining 10%?
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Seeing this, Lao Ma directly explained the company's arrangements, even distributing the shares. This left Mao Xiaoyu a bit bewildered. She hadn't even had much to drink yet, so how did she suddenly gain so many shares?
Mao Xiaoyu did some mental calculations. 10% of the new company's shares would cost 112,500 yuan. According to the original allocation plan, that would be 37,500 yuan per share. That would mean she would get three shares. It seemed like too much.
Thinking of this, Mao Xiaoyu couldn't help but glance at Lao Guan and Lao Zhang. It seemed that everyone was still looking for a more conservative investment strategy.
Do I need that many shares?
Upon thinking about this question, Mao Xiaoyu immediately had the answer in her mind.
unnecessary!!!
I don't need that many shares at all.
This time, I'm only considering investing a share out of respect for Sister Liu. Based on the conversion of one share into the new company's stock, it would only be about 3%. Now, to suddenly offer 10% would be like treating myself as a sucker.
Thinking of this, Mao Xiaoyu pretended to be troubled and said, "I am actually quite optimistic about investing in the cafeteria, but Sister Liu, Brother Ma, I am too young!"
This also means that my words carry little weight at home. Therefore, if I were to invest tens of thousands of yuan at once, I would definitely have to ask my family for the money.
However, I am only 18 years old, and my parents would definitely not agree to me joining this investment. But I am very optimistic about this cafeteria contracting, so in the end I can only use my own money to invest.
If I were to take out my own money, I could only come up with 34 yuan. After all, Sister Liu, Brother Guan, and Brother Zhang are all here. Everyone knows how long I've been working here and how much money I can earn in the last month or two.
"You could say this money is already out in the open. This is all the money I've earned in the last month or two, plus my own money. I really can't come up with any more than that," Mao Xiaoyu said sincerely.
Moreover, when Mao Xiaoyu said this, in order to make her words believable, she not only slapped her thigh and the table, but also vividly portrayed the image of someone who wanted to invest but had no money.
Hearing Mao Xiaoyu's words, the people present were a little dumbfounded. They had originally thought that Mao Xiaoyu would eventually take on the investment, and that at worst, a few of them would support him. In addition, young people like to save face, so with a few of them supporting him, they gritted their teeth and took on the 10% share.
To everyone's surprise, Mao Xiaoyu didn't fall for it and started complaining about being poor. But she did it quite skillfully. After all, she's just a kid, so she probably hasn't saved any money. The fact that she could save 34 yuan after working for a month or two shows that she's been living frugally and can even take it out to invest all at once. It really shows that she's optimistic about this contract.
So no matter what, they've already put in the maximum amount of money and effort. We're a bunch of grown men, and we can't force a little kid no matter how hard we try. But the problem is, if Mao Xiaoyu only puts in 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, she can only get 3% of the shares. So who gets the remaining 7%?
Because of this thorny issue, the atmosphere at the table suddenly became quiet, and the previous clinking of glasses and drinking was nowhere to be found.
"Since you don't have that much money, Xiao Mao, investing in three shares is still three shares, and we don't mind that it's not too much. But we've run into a problem: we still have seven shares that we can't sell. Do you think you can help us come up with a solution?" Old Ma said somewhat awkwardly.
Actually, when Lao Ma said this, it had a bit of a power play on his words. What he really wanted was for the people present to take a share of the stock. If these seven shares were distributed among everyone, that would be even better.
Hearing Lao Ma's words, Mao Xiaoyu didn't believe it at all. How could seven shares with so many shareholders not be sold?
Will they miss out on me, their child?
How could that be?!
It's just that everyone feels that investing is risky and wants to invest less.
If it's really profitable, people would want not just 7 shares, but 700 shares.
But this can't be said openly, since no one has said it.
But now that Lao Ma was asking her, Mao Xiaoyu knew it was time for her to answer, so she thought for a moment and then said, "Actually, this is very simple. There are two ways. One is for everyone to contribute a little more. I believe that with so many people, we should be able to raise 78 yuan."
Some people might say they're short on cash lately, but that's okay. After all, it's over a million yuan, and you can't possibly take it all at once, so it's normal for it to take half a month or a month.
Therefore, after half a month or a month, each of us will be able to scrape together some money, and then we'll definitely be able to raise the 7 yuan. You agree, right?
When Lao Ma and the others heard this, they felt that it made sense, but something still felt off.
After all, everyone has money, except for you, Mao Xiaoyu.
But nobody wants to invest anymore.
If we wait another half a month or a month to raise funds again, it's really uncertain whether we can raise enough funds.
Therefore, everyone was only half-hearted about Mao Xiaoyu's suggestion, wondering whether it would be useful or not. They could only wait half a month to see if they could raise some money.
However, everyone knows in their hearts that this suggestion is mostly useless, about 90% of the time.
"Xiao Mao, didn't you just say you had two suggestions? You've only mentioned one, why don't you mention the second one as well?" Old Ma suddenly remembered that Mao Xiaoyu had said she had two suggestions, and realizing that Mao Xiaoyu hadn't finished speaking, he quickly asked again.
"Yes, there is another suggestion. Since the fundraising only raised enough for 93 shares, then let's use those 93 shares as equity. The remaining money can be borrowed from the bank in the company's name. I believe that a company with more than 100 million yuan should be able to borrow 78 yuan from the bank."
As for how to repay the loan, at worst, we can repay the bank loan first when the first dividend comes in. As for the remaining dividends, if dividends can be distributed, everyone can receive dividends according to their share capital in the end. I believe this should not have much impact on everyone.
Moreover, the advantage of doing this is that since Brother Ma owns 50% of the company's shares, the rest of us only own 43%. In terms of shareholding ratio, Brother Ma is the largest shareholder of the company and the only shareholder with one vote.
Moreover, he is the sole chairman. Unless Brother Ma sells his shares, we small shareholders will have little impact on him.” Mao Xiaoyu directly stated her second opinion.
Upon hearing Mao Xiaoyu's second opinion, Lao Guan and Lao Zhang probably didn't think much of it, since the two of them together only had 10 shares. However, Lao Ma and Sister Liu both showed thoughtful expressions.
According to Mao Xiaoyu's suggestion, although the new company would incur tens of thousands of yuan in debt from bank loans, this debt would be shared by everyone, and the risk would not be too great.
However, the benefits are significant. After all, a decrease in external shares means an increase in one's own power. If one's family is the largest shareholder and holds more than half of the shares, then even if others are envious and want to do something bad, they won't be able to do so when the company makes money in the future.
Thinking about this, Lao Ma felt a little regretful. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have needed to look for Lao Guan, Lao Zhang, and Mao Xiaoyu back then.
If I had known, I would have just taken out a loan from the new company, a few hundred thousand, instead of dispersing the shares so much like this.
But then Lao Ma thought that if Mao Xiaoyu hadn't come, he wouldn't have known how to start a company or take out a company loan. It was only because of Mao Xiaoyu that things had developed to this point.
It can only be said that every action has its predetermined course.
Well, if that's the case, then let's do it according to the second suggestion.
"I think that since everyone is struggling financially and doesn't have the money to buy the remaining 7 shares, let's proceed according to suggestion number 2."
"After all, as Xiao Mao just said, a company with over a million yuan in assets can easily borrow tens of thousands of yuan. And if the dividends are distributed well, the debts can definitely be paid off before the New Year, and everyone can even get a share." Old Ma coughed twice and then said leisurely.
When Lao Guan and Lao Zhang heard Lao Ma's words, they exchanged a glance but remained silent, since they had only planned to offer 10 shares each.
As for how others handle the money, let them handle it however they want.
Mao Xiaoyu, meanwhile, continued eating her food.
"Since everyone agrees, let's proceed with the second suggestion. Okay, let's settle this today. Next, we'll register the company, which will require everyone's ID cards, and then we'll distribute the shares according to the proportion of their investment." Seeing that no one was speaking, Old Ma made the final decision.
The rest was easy. While eating, everyone decided to give Sister Liu a copy of their ID cards tomorrow, then find an agency to set up the company first. When money was needed, everyone could pool their money and give it to the company.
As for Mao Xiaoyu, she directly stated that she would hand over a company document to Sister Liu, and that she would invest in the name of Orange Company.
And so, the meal lasted until after nine o'clock in the evening before everyone parted ways. Mao Xiaoyu, having drunk alcohol, left her electric scooter with Sister Liu so that she could ride it over the next day. As for Mao Xiaoyu, she simply took a taxi and left.
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