Chapter 679: Learning to be a Rich Man

"Come on, everyone, let's have a drink!"

While Berlusconi and his daughter were plotting in Milan, Italy, how to win over investors such as Thohir and Jason Levine, Yang Huan was hosting a banquet for all the employees of WeChat headquarters at Wangjiangge headquarters in Southampton, England.

Ever since Apple announced that it would acquire 10% of WeChat's shares for US$20 billion, the news quickly swept across the world and occupied the front pages of major newspapers. At the same time, WeChat's employees were secretly calculating how much their shares were worth.

WeChat is now valued at $200 billion, and all of the company's management and key core talents have received a lot of stock rewards from Yang Huan over the past year, so once the company goes public, the shares in their hands will be valuable.

Just like Zhu Liangcheng and Wang Lin, they are both veteran employees of WeChat and have followed Yang Huan for the longest time. Each of them holds 2% of the shares. In other words, once the company goes public, their net worth will be as high as 4 billion US dollars.

Under these two veteran employees, almost all of the company's senior, middle and even grassroots employees hold shares.

In addition, people like those from the WeChat Research Institute also hold shares. Zhuang Zicheng holds 2% of the shares, Palmer Luckey holds 1% of the shares, and Demis Hassabis, a research expert who has made major breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, also holds 1% of the shares.

Zhang Ning holds the largest stake, up to 5%. Based on the current market value, his net worth is as high as 10 billion US dollars.

According to preliminary estimates by Wall Street, once the company goes public, thousands of WeChat employees around the world will hold shares in the company, with a market value of at least $200,000 to $300,000.

So, when the news of this acquisition was announced, everyone in the entire WeChat company almost went crazy with joy.

There is no telling how many employees around the world who previously left WeChat are probably regretting their decision now.

As soon as Young Master Huan gave a call, everyone in the huge lobby of Wangjiang Pavilion stood up at once.

"Come on, Master Huan, let's do it!"

Yang Huan laughed and drank the wine in his hand in one gulp, very quickly and decisively.

The others were equally unambiguous and drank the wine, each of them looking very excited.

"Lao Zhu, Lao Wang, come on, let's have another drink!" Yang Huan smiled and poured himself another glass of wine.

Zhu Liangcheng and Wang Lin immediately poured themselves a glass, held it in both hands, and greeted Young Master Huan.

With a clang, the three glasses of wine clinked together, and then each of them went back and drank them all in one gulp.

"You have all worked hard over the past few years!" Yang Huan said with a smile, holding the wine glass in his hand.

"Master Huan, what are you talking about? Why would it be so hard for us?" Zhu Liangcheng shook his head vigorously.

Wang Lin also nodded and said, "Yes, Master Huan, we are not working hard, you are the one who is working the hardest. Without you, there would be no such great situation for our company now. Don't you think so?"

Everyone around them shouted in unison, "Yes!"

Yang Huan smiled and waved his hands, "Alright, alright, you guys stop trying to flatter me all day long. Now you are all wealthy people with status and position, so you have to act like wealthy people!"

Everyone listened to Master Huan's lecture with a smile on their faces.

"Do you know how to be a rich man?" Yang Huan asked.

"have no idea!"

"Master Huan, please teach us!"

"Yes, I was born poor and never became rich."

"Master Huan, please teach me two moves!"

Yang Huan also got excited and coughed loudly, and the whole place suddenly fell silent.

"Being a rich man is a skill. First of all, don't flatter others all the time. Remember, from now on, except for me, your Young Master Huan, don't flatter anyone. Even if it's the company leader, damn it, if anyone asks you to flatter him, you should slap him in the face and kick him away!"

Everyone burst into laughter, and many employees even stared at those senior executives who usually loved to be flattered with a half-smile, which made them feel creepy.

"Secondly, when you are rich, the most important thing is your appearance."

At this point, Yang Huan paused, "Many of us here are international students from China. Those working in IT are mostly geeks. At the beginning, I specially invited the famous domestic variety show If You Are the One to come to our company for matchmaking, but the female guests didn't like us. What did I say at the time?"

Someone in the crowd immediately raised his hand and shouted loudly: "If you ignore me today, I will make you unreachable tomorrow!"

"That's right!" Yang Huan gave a thumbs up to the young man, saying that he had a good memory. The latter was immediately proud of himself.

It is a great honor to be liked by Master Huan in front of so many people in the company.

"I'll say it again today. Yesterday they ignored us, but today we're telling them they're out of our league. As the old saying goes, a good horse never turns back. You rich guys have to have some backbone. We don't want any of you money-worshiping women. Remember that!"

"Remember!" Everyone answered loudly in unison.

"The third one..."

Everyone suddenly felt excited.

Master Huan’s first two points are good and quite useful. What is the third point?

Little did he know that Master Huan thought about it and scratched his head, "I haven't thought of the third one yet, I'll talk about it later, that's it for today!"

Everyone almost fell down.

Master Huan, it turns out you were improvising and summarizing it on the spot!

Amid the company employees' laughter and condemnation, Yang Huan dared not stay any longer and ran away as fast as he could.

We walked outside to the open-air dining area, where a banquet was also being held.

Everyone from Southampton and the Saints fans club was there.

Especially the group of rich people in the Saints fan club, when they saw Young Master Huan come out, they were like Big Bad Wolf seeing Pleasant Goat, their eyes lit up and they tried their best to pull him to them.

"Master Huan, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you are just too disloyal!" Gavin Patterson, the CEO of British Telecom, who had three buttons undone, was the first to complain.

Yang Huan found his resentful expression funny and said, "Oh? Really? Come on, tell me about it!"

"Such a big thing, such a good thing, you didn't even tell us, do you still think we are brothers?"

?After Gavin Patterson said this, everyone else immediately spoke up.

"Yes, Master Huan, you are not being righteous in this matter!"

"Actually, you can start being righteous right now, Master Huan!"

"Yeah, it's too easy to be righteous. Sell us some stocks!"

How could Yang Huan not understand the evil intentions of these guys?

After all, they are a bunch of second-generation rich people who have too much money to spend. WeChat is going to be listed, which is such a great thing, how could they not have some ideas?

“Okay, okay, you guys, stop acting like I’ve abandoned you!” Yang Huan scolded with a laugh.

"If you are willing, I will add a clause in the plan for you. Five percent of the shares will be subscribed at the issue price. Can you afford it?"

When everyone heard this, they were all a little surprised.

Based on the market value of Apple's acquisition of WeChat shares, 5% of the shares would be 10 billion US dollars.

Oh my god, can you eat it?

Many second-generation rich people who are not financially strong can't help but weigh their own wallets.

After all, they are not playing a game with a membership fee of 100,000 yuan now, but millions, tens of millions, or even over 100 million yuan.

"No problem!" Hamad stood up with great wealth, "If there are any extras at the end, I'll buy them!"

He received a call from his father, hoping to get a share of the profits from the listing of WeChat.

"I'm very interested too!" Hugh Grosvenor also stood up.

"Me too!" John Cock was equally unwilling to be outdone.

Yang Huan looked at them and smiled, "OK, the 5% is for you to divide among yourselves!"

The wealthy members of the Saints fan club were all immediately satisfied.

It can be seen that Master Huan did not say this 5% casually, but rather considered it seriously.

"Oh, that's right!" Yang Huan turned to look at the players sitting nearby, "You can buy it too. Anyone who wants to subscribe can find Peter. After counting, give it to me!"

Many players, especially the younger ones, clearly don't understand why this is happening.

But there were also many people whose eyes lit up after hearing this, and they kept standing up to thank Young Master Huan.

This is simply giving them money!

With Apple's support, WeChat's more than one billion users cheering for it, and the outstanding performance of WeChat's gaming platform in the mobile gaming field, the success of virtual reality and augmented reality technology, the launch of products, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, and excellent performance in robot research and development...

Almost all investors in the world believe that once WeChat goes public, its stock price will soar.

Therefore, being able to subscribe at the issue price is the benefit given to them by Master Huan!

"You don't have to thank me, this is what you deserve!" Yang Huan waved his hands and said with a smile.

"I promise that as long as the team continues to perform well until the end of the season and wins the Premier League title again, I will reward you handsomely!"

After hearing this, the players present became excited.

Young Master Huan said that there will be a huge reward, so it must be huge!

Think about how many there will be?

It's really exciting!

Yang Huan had his own plans.

Southampton's performance since the new season has been quite good, especially as the season progresses, Bielsa has gradually found the most lethal attacking lineup through rotation.

That is the double striker tactic of Suarez and Sturridge.

It is precisely because of the goal-scoring spree of this forward combination and the outstanding performance of the frontcourt players that Southampton not only achieved an impressive record of ten wins, one draw and one loss in the Premier League, but also maintained an undefeated record against strong teams.

The most beautiful battle was at Old Trafford, where they beat Manchester United 4-0. Suarez, Sturridge and James Rodriguez all scored, and Southampton completely defeated Moyes' Manchester United.

Moyes was almost sprayed to death by Manchester United fans because of this battle!

After that, they beat Arsenal 3-0 away and Manchester City 2-0 at home. Southampton's form in the new season can be described as booming, and their offensive momentum is invincible.

Not only in the Premier League, but also in the Champions League, Ibrahimovic has changed his past image of a weak player in the Champions League. In the group stage, he scored seven goals and helped Southampton win four consecutive games, qualifying as the group leader.

In the four group matches, Southampton scored a total of thirteen goals, an average of three goals per game. Its offensive power was only behind Real Madrid, which scored fourteen goals, ranking second among the top 32 teams in Europe.

But even as Southampton is making great strides, there are also hidden worries.

The first is Hazard. Although Southampton performed well, his performance was not as good as the fans expected after Hazard became the main player.

His dribbling and ball-handling abilities are indeed quite outstanding, and are also an important means of attack for Southampton's frontcourt.

However, his passing and assisting abilities, as well as his ability to score with the last kick, are not satisfactory.

Another one is Kaka.

As the superstar second only to Ibrahimovic in the team, Kaka's playing time has been gradually increasing, and he even had several opportunities to start, but his performance was not ideal. He was diligent but lacked brilliance.

This has also made more and more people begin to doubt that Kaka may no longer be able to return to his peak!