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Although Edgar Bronfman rejected Edgar Bronfman's attempt to take a stake in Firefly Electronics a few days ago, Eric's equity incentive plan for Firefly Electronics was as generous as Yahoo had been.

After careful consideration, Eric finally decided to sell 10,000 shares in the total share capital of Firefly Electronics to the core executives and elite employees of Firefly Electronics at a low price.

10,000 shares, equivalent to % of the total share capital of Firefly Electronics. According to the industry's general valuation of Firefly Electronics of about 100 million US dollars, the value of this equity has reached 100 million US dollars, which is higher than the total value of the shares granted by Yahoo when it implemented the % equity incentive plan. % higher.

The rise of Firefly Electronics was too fast. At the beginning, it did not sign an equity incentive contract like Yahoo. For tax avoidance and other considerations, this equity incentive did not take the form of a free gift.

However, Eric only transferred the stock at a low price at a price-earnings ratio of about 2 times, and the price per share was only US dollars, which was roughly equivalent to a quarter of the market price of the US dollar. Moreover, executives and employees with subscription rights only need to apply for a zero-interest loan from Firefly Investments to pay for the stock subscription, which will be repaid through company dividends in the future, without actually paying a penny.

Of course, it's easy to get, but this stock also comes with very restrictive terms.

During this period, with the major electronics manufacturers announcing their entry into the field of digital music players, Firefly Electronics also showed signs of a large number of employees losing their jobs. However, with the implementation of this equity incentive plan, this trend will also be effectively curbed.

Arrived in Palo Alto, San Francisco in the afternoon, and the sky was over by the end of the meeting.

Caroline was invited by Melanie to go home, and Eric specially gave the girl a few days off, so she could go back to Los Angeles whenever she wanted.

After attending a reception hosted by Larry Ellison in the evening, Eric returned to Atherton's residence with Mayer who accompanied him to the reception. It was nearly eleven o'clock.

With the surging Nasdaq market, the entire Silicon Valley is clearly filled with a sense of impetuousness. The wealthy area of ​​Atherton, which should have been quiet at this time, is still very noisy at this time.

Eric's car shuttled through the Atherton neighborhood. From time to time, there would be some men and women who were obviously unsatisfied on the road. In more brightly lit mansions, the endless parties continued.

Not to mention other times, just two months after the year, there were many large and small technology companies in the Nasdaq market that achieved IPOs. Those who have not experienced this period must be completely unable to believe this kind of madness. But this is a real fact. Some technology companies can easily raise millions of dollars through a business plan that only exists on ppt, thus creating a large number of millionaires and even billionaires who have become rich overnight. .

The car drove into Eric's mansion in Atherton. After getting off the car, Eric unexpectedly heard a faint noise from the adjacent mansion, and even the screaming of a woman. Although due to the size of the mansion It was very loud, and the sound from the next door was not too noisy. I believed that if I entered the room, I could avoid it, but he couldn't help frowning.

Mayer followed Eric, noticed his expression, and explained: Next door is Jean-Louis Garcy, the founder of be, who was originally an executive at Apple, and was later kicked out of Apple by Jobs. A few years ago, Apple almost adopted the beos operating system developed by Jean-Louis Gassey, but the other party offered too high a price and asked for % of Apple's shares. At that time, eo John Sculley did not pass the cooperation plan. However, , be company has also recently gone public, Microsoft's antitrust investigation has made the stocks of other operating system companies in the market very popular, and the market value of be company has recently exceeded 100 million US dollars.

Eric just nodded, showing no interest in these doomed desktop operating systems. Entering the villa with Mayer,

The faint noise disappeared completely, he took off his suit, pulled off his tie and lay comfortably on the sofa in the living room.

Mary, help me play a song, and see if you can guess what song I want to listen to now?

Mayer helped Eric hang up his suit. He was going to go to the kitchen to pour Eric a glass of water. He still drank some wine tonight.

Hearing this sentence, the girl turned to a digital stereo in the corner of the living room. This is a music player product developed by the Firefly Electronics R\u0026D department, but Eric did not want Firefly Electronics to be distracted by anything other than the portable music player. product line, so it was rejected, but a very nice-looking prototype was left in this villa.

Just a moment later, the low and slow accompaniment of young-and-beautiul rang out.

*Look at the prosperity and experience the vicissitudes of life.

*Heart tired.

*The paper is drunk with gold, and the cup is replaced by a cup, just like passing by.

*Midsummer night.

*Weiyang in July.

*We are young and frivolous, and we are not afraid of long years.

*We indulge in time until the lights come on.

*…

Eric moved his body on the sofa with satisfaction, resting on a pillow, kicked off the leather shoes on his feet, and casually leaned his legs on the armrest on the other side of the sofa, enjoying the surrounding music.

A faint feminine scent came from his nose, Eric opened his eyes again, and Mayer appeared beside him, holding a glass of water in his hand, leaned over and handed it over, a strand of light blonde hair hanging down.

Eric didn't pick up the water glass, but just reached out to catch the fluttering blond hair, and then slowly climbed up to touch the girl's smooth face.

I really liked the feeling of fingertips running around a woman, so I continued to slide.

Like that night long ago.

This time, the girl didn't speak again. She narrowed her eyes slightly like a cat, and her cheeks were still slightly sideways, as if she wanted to be closer to the man's palm. After a while, she released the glass in her hand and knelt down softly. Beside the sofa, let the man take off the straps of his burgundy dress tonight.

It wasn't until the man was no longer satisfied that he reached out and pulled her body, Mayer murmured softly, Eric.

Eric stopped what he was doing and looked at the blushing girl: Huh?

No, the girl paused, then shook her head, still leaning against the sofa, and said, It's nothing.

Eric smiled and said, How about we go to your room?

No, no, Mayer hesitated, stood up, slowly climbed on Eric, and said, That's it.