Since you are reluctant to give up but want to make some money back to compensate for your investment, you might as well sell the seemingly useless technical patents and take the opportunity to cash out some money.
This just happened to complement Han Chudong's idea of wanting it but fearing the high price.
He put on an awkward expression of dissatisfaction, but was actually very happy inside. He did not ask the price, but pretended to consider it, and only said that he was willing to pay a maximum of 1.5 million US dollars, thus keeping the initiative in his own hands.
Ms. Marilyn Turner had no decision-making power and was told that she would talk to her superiors, and the whole matter came to a temporary end.
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The visit to Aurora Games was rather boring.
Bushnell has a boring personality, and Han Chudong also finds the video games the company is developing boring.
The two had an argument during the conversation, and people outside could hear the argument through the wooden door of the office. The meeting ended with Han Chudong leaving the office angrily.
Neither Assistant Arthur nor the other bodyguards had ever seen Han Chudong get so angry, so the Rolls-Royce was quite quiet on the way back to San Francisco.
After hesitating for a long time, Arthur finally asked, tentatively: "Mason, you and Bushnell from Atari...what happened just now? I thought you two were friends."
"It's not the case anymore! Do you know what that guy wants to do? Relying on the fact that he holds a majority of shares, he quietly licensed several video games to Atari to make arcade machines!" Han Chudong took a few deep breaths, suppressing his anger while speaking, with a slight frown on his face.
That look made Arthur feel uneasy. The two bodyguards in the front row sat upright and pretended not to hear.
Arthur's assistant pressed the issue, "You mean the game developed by Aurora Games? The game licensed to Atari? Bushnell is crazy. We can sue him. He is embezzling Aurora Games' assets."
"That's right, but he thinks his actions are normal. He even said that paying Aurora Games a licensing fee of $4 million is fair. Damn fair!"
Han Chudong felt so angry when he thought about this.
Although he did not participate in the specific management of Aurora Games and only sent people to supervise the company, the ideas for those electronic games all came from Han Chudong's mind, including "Tetris", which he renamed "Silicon Valley Tetris", and a shooting game called "Bee Shooting".
However, the major shareholder Bushnell obviously does not value the interests of Aurora Games, nor does he care about the interests of Han Chudong.
Without even informing Han Chudong, who held a 49% stake in the company, he made the decision on his own and tried to get Atari to buy several small games that were about to be completed from Aurora Games for US$4 million.
What’s even more infuriating is that the guy was actually complacent, as if Han Chudong had taken advantage of him.
This made Han Chudong regret so much that he wanted to bang his head against the wall.
He regretted his foolish decision to jointly develop a home game console with Bushnell. Before that, he actually thought Bushnell was a good person and quite capable.
Since the beginning of this year, Atari has helped Bushnell earn more than 30 million US dollars. Taking into account the company's valuation, his net worth has soared to more than 200 million US dollars, and he is considering listing on NASDAQ.
The downside of handing over control of the company to someone else became apparent.
After all, it is easy to be smart for a while, but it is difficult to be smart all the time. People can never guess what stupid actions the partner who holds power will do at what time.
The more rich people Han Chudong met, the more he realized that being smart and getting rich are not necessarily the same thing.
The other party holds more than half of the shares, which means that Han Chudong's opinions do not have to be considered in many matters. However, in this matter, Bushnell has obviously crossed the line.
Assistant Arthur is a person with high IQ and EQ. With his brain, he can easily think of the key to making Han Chudong so annoyed. If everyone has played the same game on the arcade, who would buy a home game console? That will weaken the appeal of this home game console, thus affecting the sales of the product after it is launched.
He said with a headache: "I'll help you contact a lawyer, Mason."
"I must find a lawyer. I cannot allow Aurora Games' patent to be stolen at a low price. Find me a group of top lawyers!"
"But have you really thought about it? You hold a lot of shares, and Bushnell holds even more. He is not the kind of small character that can be easily dealt with. If it goes to court, it will be troublesome for us to do business together in the future."
After listening to Arthur's assistant, Han Chudong said decisively: "What are you afraid of? There are more than one company with disagreements among shareholders. Compared with this dog-like relationship, the most important thing to consider is how to protect my interests. When we return to San Francisco, please ask for me. There should be regulations to restrict the behavior of major shareholders, right?"
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
Having never seriously studied the legal provisions on business management, he is used to consulting a lawyer before encountering any problems. The company has so many legal advisors and spends so much money on law firms every quarter just to deal with such conflicts and disputes.
"I'll check for you as soon as we get back to San Francisco. He has already signed the transfer agreement, right?"
"Yes, but it has not been officially implemented yet. Most of the games are in the testing stage. If we want to produce arcade machines that can run these games smoothly, it will take some time to upgrade and improve the equipment."
"I understand. As long as there is any possibility of preventing this insider trading, I believe the lawyers can find a safe solution. You should stay calm now. It is not a good thing to have dinner with those big shots from Washington with negative emotions..."
Shareholders who hold more than half of the shares have the final say in the company. Many decisions can be implemented with the agreement of the major shareholder alone, even if other small shareholders oppose them.
Therefore, Han Chudong did not argue with Bushnell in the office for long, and only thought of a way to deal with him after he left the office. He also realized more deeply how important it is to have the right to speak. It is no exaggeration to say that it can directly determine the life and death of a company.
Looking back, I can only blame myself for being too young and superficial when I first became rich, making decisions rashly without considering everything carefully beforehand.
Aurora Games might be very profitable in the future, but currently it only occupies a very small proportion in Han Chudong's asset allocation. After being annoyed all the way, he was able to control his expression when he returned to San Francisco.
The dinner that Arthur's assistant was referring to was President Ford, who had just unexpectedly carried the American flag in Washington some time ago. Perhaps he wanted to gain support in the next election, so he took the initiative to invite Han Chudong and several other businessmen to dinner...