Marvel's Antiheroes

Three o'clock in the afternoon Eastern Time, on the top floor of Stark Tower.

Du Ke walked into a reception room, and was greeted by an intellectual beauty with a professional smile on her face, and introduced herself: "Hello, Mr. Du Ke, I am Mr. Tony Stark's secretary, Pepper Potts. Originally, this meeting was hosted by Mr. Tony Stark, but because he was temporarily busy, I left it to you to discuss Marvel's financing."

In fact, without her introduction, Du Ke had already recognized her identity. Tony Stark's secretary and personal assistant, and also the person Tony Stark trusted most, nicknamed "Pepper Little", had also worked as a Star in other universes. The CEO of Ke Industrial even put on a purple armor and went to the battlefield.

Many times, Pepper's appearance is equivalent to Tony's appearance, especially in some formal occasions where there are no beautiful women. Tony's guy would rather stay in the laboratory than attend.

"Hello, Miss Potts," Du Ke smiled and nodded to her, "I've heard of you, the real manager of Stark Industries."

"Thank you, Mr. Du Ke, please take a seat."

"No, no, no, this is my sincerity. Although it is a bit presumptuous, I still want to say that if Miss Potts is willing to submit to Marvel, I am willing to give up 20% of the shares and the position of CEO."

Du Ke's euphemistic compliment made Little Pepper's heart happy.

"I would like to ask Mr. Du Ke what personal recommendation you would like to drink. The Keemun black tea collected by Mr. Tony Stark is very good. I recommend adding some milk and honey."

"Okay, then I will enjoy Mr. Stark's treatment, but I prefer pure black tea." Du Ke nodded with a smile.

Du Ke took a sip of the black tea brought by Xiaojiao's secretary. It was indeed good tea.

After chatting for a while about the differences between the British way of drinking black tea and the Chinese way of drinking black tea, the two finally got to the point.

"Mr. Du Ke, we can invest more funds in the development and promotion of Douyin, but we cannot approve the dual-class share structure you require."

After a period of friendly negotiations, the two sides finally began to have disputes.

The core of the "dual-class share structure" is "same shares with different rights."

Under this shareholding structure, the company can issue two types of shares with different degrees of voting rights, so the founders can obtain more voting rights than under the shareholding structure of "same shares, same rights", thus allowing other institutional investments and investors to It is more difficult to take control of corporate decision-making.

Du Ke spread his hands and said with a helpless expression: "I already have a long-term vision for the development and operation of Douyin. Only a dual-class share structure can guarantee my vision."

"We can agree to adopt a dual-class equity structure in future financing, but the A round is absolutely not possible. We must be responsible for Stark Industries' investment." Pepper's position is very firm: "We will increase the investment by another 80 million US dollars. , a total of 180 million, in exchange for 49% of Marvel’s shares.”

Seeing that Du Ke was still hesitant, Xiaojiao showed her side of a strong woman in the workplace: "If you don't agree, I will restart a project. It is estimated that it will cost 80 million to bypass all the patents you applied for."

"Okay, okay" Du Ke raised his hands in a gesture of surrender: "You win, it's a deal."

He was actually secretly happy. It didn't matter to him whether he controlled the company or not, as long as he made money.

His goal is the stars and the sea, not enough, it is the multiverse

Pepper also breathed a sigh of relief, because the upper limit given by Tony Stark was 200 million US dollars. Although it didn't matter if she used more, she would never go beyond this step.

I'm afraid this is one of the reasons why Iron Man trusts her more and more.

Next, it was tea time again. By the time the lawyers from both parties had drafted and reviewed the contract, Stark Industries had even prepared the venue for the press conference. Even the reporters seemed to be raised by Stark Industries, bustling with people. Thirty or forty people came.

In a flash of light, the two signed the agreement and began to be interviewed by reporters.

It goes without saying that Pepper has the authority to enter into these agreements on behalf of Stark Industries and to speak on behalf of Tony Stark. .

Only three to five minutes after the two signed the agreement, press releases had already appeared on the Internet.

A-round financing of RMB 1.8 billion, new technological stars are rising

A new billionaire is born, manufactured by Stark Industries

From neighborhood cop to billionaire in one week

What Douyin is about: It will redefine the word cool

Driving the old second-hand Ford back to the company, Du Ke was still a little dizzy.

It's amazing that just by signing a contract, Du Ke's net worth rose from 10 million U.S. dollars to nearly 200 million U.S. dollars, making him a complete billionaire.

Not even Tony Stark came forward. It was just that Stark Industries believed that Duke's Marvel Company was worth nearly $400 million. Marvel Company was suddenly promoted from a small company to a large company.

But considering how popular Douyin was in its previous life, it was an existence that even Penguin felt threatened by.

In addition, Du Ke has also registered patents for some of Kuai Claw's features, and Marvel's prospects can be imagined.

Now I can only lament that Stark Industries' investment system is really not built.

First, the affiliated Howard Foundation saw the potential of Douyin and decisively decided to invest.

After Douyin's investment amount exceeded the foundation's limit, Stark Industries immediately made another move.

When he returned to the company, it was already past working hours, but there were many employees in the company. In addition to the four he recruited personally, there were also five people who had just been recruited to the company today.

Seeing Du Ke entering the door, everyone cheered.

On behalf of all employees, the little secretary Tudogelo presented a bouquet of flowers to Du Ke, which was full of ceremony.

Du Ke raised the flowers in his hand and said with a smile: "It seems that everyone knows the news about the company's A-round financing of 1.8 billion. Originally, I wanted to give everyone a surprise, but I forgot that this is the Internet age. And we rely on the Internet age for our livelihood."

Everyone laughed and applauded enthusiastically.

"I want to thank you all here. This thank you is a bit hypocritical, but I hope to be able to sincerely thank you all in the future. If you want to ask the number of times, I hope it is 10,000 times." Du Ke once again caused everyone to cheer and laugh.

"Now, I think I have to do one thing, and that is to go to the hotel to celebrate and have a toast to the lovely Internet era." Du Ke looked at the little secretary: "Tuduo, have you made the hotel reservation?"

"Of course," the little girl shouted, "I booked a small banquet hall in the Marriott and hired a party company to decorate it."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Du Ke shouted loudly: "Let's go to the Marriott Hotel"

Three hours later, Du Ke left the charming Tuduo girl with great perseverance, drove his shabby Ford, and left the Marriott Hotel.