Chapter 535: Buying Shares in Apple

Zhao Man Ting's seed‑spreading plan made Yang Qing's scalp go numb.

But if you think about it seriously, you'll find that the real significance of this method is extraordinary.

In our history there has been a very long tradition of marriage alliances; why has it lasted so long?

The fundamental reason is that this method is simple and efficient.

Moreover, now Zhao Man Ting is having him spread seeds instead of sending her own daughter to marry into another family.

Then he has even less pressure.

This idea was probably proposed by Yang Rong.

In order for the Yang family to have heirs who can inherit his political resources, and then be glorified by his mother combining her own ideas with his.

This also counts as a kind of infiltration.

To be honest, the feeling of being ordered to pick up women is quite exciting.

But he doesn't dare, because Chen Hong could beat him to death.

Still, let the sons go ahead.

He has six sons; each spreading thirty seeds would be enough.

Hehehe………

Actually this kind of thing isn't rare; Musk has that many wives and has fathered over a dozen children.

Even more hide their names and live in obscurity.

Yang Fan and Yang Qihang still don't know that their father sold them.

They were still busy selling game consoles, while Atari had already swept the world.

Nobody wanted his, and Yang Fan felt a bit defeated.

Yang Fan simply gave up, turning around and running every day to various electronics companies in Silicon Valley.

Especially, he ran to Apple, Steve Jobs's company, the most.

Steve Jobs still liked Yang Fan, who had started a business at such a young age.

He had spent a few years at Atari before coming out in '76 to work on computers.

The inspiration for making computers came from Atari's game consoles.

Yang Fan liked to go there to play, also because he had experience working at Atari with Steve Jobs.

Being able to think of turning a game console into a computer was so fascinating; it broadened his horizons.

Now he is very interested in electronic products and wants to understand this market.

"Steve, do you really not need any funding?"

"I want to invest in your company."

"If you don't accept my investment, I'll start a similar company to compete with you."

"Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak laughed at the same time."

"Fan, as a favor to a friend, you can come work at our company. How about that—isn't that cool?"

"Yang Fan wouldn't fall for it."

"Steve, I'm serious."

"I also want to play with computers."

"This idea is too interesting."

"Steve Jobs still thought he was joking."

"All right, Apple is now valued at six million; if you can put up one million, I'll give you a ten percent stake."

"Yang Fan saw that he was joking, straightened his face, and said seriously."

"Steve, I'm serious."

"I also hope you get serious."

"Otherwise, if I put up the money and you then refuse to give up equity, it'll make both of us look bad."

"Wozniak pulled Jobs's sleeve, and he himself also became serious."

"To be honest, Fan, I'm already profitable."

"Yang Fan wasn't intimidated at all."

"But R&D needs more funding, doesn't it?"

"Besides, our family has some ties with Intel, so we can get the newest crystal elements; of course, ordinary crystal elements can also be obtained with priority."

"If we work well together, Apple can also form a closer relationship with Intel."

"Someone like me, Steve, Woz, don't you think this is a good deal?"

"This forced Jobs and Wozniak to take notice; although Apple's future is awesome, right now it's still just a small company."

"In the end, Jobs still voiced his own problem."

"Fan, someone now wants to invest in us—it's Valentine from Sequoia Capital."

"We're thinking of raising five hundred thousand; we don't want to raise too much."

"Wozniak added."

"Besides, you're still Chinese."

"And you don't have Yingjiang citizenship."

"Fan, you'll bring us trouble."

"Yang Fan sighed, feigning regret."

"Sigh, it looks like I need to start my own company."

"You know, I like making things, not running a company."

My game console company, if it weren't for my brother's support, would have closed down long ago.

Speaking of game consoles, Jobs's face went black.

All I can say is, Yang Fan, this guy's hands-on ability is really strong.

Their game console is not in any way inferior to Atari's, but there is a fatal problem: the game content is far too little, and under Atari's impact, it's worthless.

Now his brother is leading the employees all-out to develop games.

Speaking of hardware, Yang Fan is extremely awesome; speaking of software, Yang Qihang is also extremely awesome.

Moreover, the technology was still learned under Yang Fan's guidance.

They studied an MBA, but their programming is not at all inferior to an MBA.

If these two guys mess with their computers, they could really be threatened by them.

Nowadays, computers actually look quite similar to game consoles.

Jobs actually built his computer using Atari's technology.

Yang Fan can handle the game console himself; how many secrets do their computers hold in his eyes?

Wozniak and Jobs exchanged a glance.

In the end, they compromised.

"Alright, Fan, I agree to your investment, but if it causes a negative impact, we hope you can voluntarily withdraw at that time."

First, keep the person stable, then we'll talk.

Yang Fan thought for a moment.

"Alright, then it's settled: one million US dollars for a ten percent stake."

Damn, Jobs regretted it immediately.

Actually, Apple's current valuation is under fifty billion; they raised five hundred thousand, which is actually preparing to give out a ten percent stake.

Now Jobs doesn't even know what to do.

Money is important, but we also shouldn't offend Valentin.

Jobs spoke somewhat hesitantly.

"Actually, our original valuation was fifty billion, and that's the price we discussed with Redwood Capital."

"You want this ten percent?"

Yang Fan interrupted him.

"Now that I'm here, Apple is certainly worth money."

"Go tell them, five hundred thousand is only worth five percent."

Jobs thought about it and indeed that's the case; nobody can't be on bad terms with money, can they?

"Then let's settle on that."

Yang Fan quickly called Chen Hong over; there's no way around it, this guy is still underage.

Chen Hong was also efficient, directly bringing a lawyer and signing the contract with Jobs, then having Yang Qing transfer the money.

Upon hearing that his son had bought Apple stock, Yang Qing hurriedly transferred the money.

Then he asked.

"Is the wife's money enough? If not, I'll transfer you some more."

"The money is enough."

"It's just these two bastards causing trouble here, not wanting to go back—when will this ever end?"

"Also, do you have any new news about our mom?"

Yang Qing quickly told her the latest about Chen Feng.

Chen Hong muttered.

"When can we go back and take a look?"

Yang Qing didn't want to go back now; what could we do if we went back?

This year is exactly the time of the great ideological showdown; at the very least we have to wait until next year or the year after for going back to be meaningful.

"Once I settle the Harmony matter, we'll go back."

"By then we'll go home and have a look."

"Now our thinking hasn't shifted yet; if we go back, we don't know whether it'll be a blessing or a disaster for them."

"Or we should just wait a bit longer."

Although Chen Hong was anxious inside, she knew that being anxious wouldn't help.