Chapter 276: Chapter 202: Achieving a Major
Collaborations
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The next morning, Harrison Clark, Rainer, and the CFO of Summit Ventures went straight to the Bluewave Center.
The negotiation officially began.
At the negotiation table, Chris Owen’s attitude was very humble, even increasing his offer again in his mind.
Putting aside Harrison Clark’s achievements, just considering Rainer alone was worth investing in wholeheartedly.
In the past, a domestic company offered a billion dollars to sponsor Rainer in establishing a research institution in China, but Rainer did not agree. Instead, he chose to continue observing whether it would be better to join a state-owned research institution or cooperate with a private enterprise.
There were only so many top-notch scientists, and the combined number of research institutions and companies watching Rainer’s progress would not even fill two hands.
Recently, Starlight Solutions seemed to have jumped to the forefront by completing a crucial collaboration project first, causing competitors such as the Whale Group and Saudi Petrochemicals to beat their chests in regret.
No one expected Harrison Clark to appear even more powerful.
If Rainer is worth a billion-dollar sponsorship, adding Harrison Clark would bring the total to at least four billion.
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Faced with this once-in-a-century opportunity, Chris Owen decided to implement the ultimate strategy.
He wanted the Whale Group to undergo a heavyweight transformation.
Not only selling off investment-structured assets, but in the coming years, even cutting off quality assets like a warrior breaking his arm. Selling what could be sold and gathering funds.
He was determined to do everything at all costs to promote the Summit Research Institute!
He even considered disbanding the Bluewave Center and transferring all of its research personnel to the Summit Research Institute.
Harrison Clark was shocked by Chris Owen’s determination during the meeting.
Indeed, Rainer, with his many practical achievements, was very useful!
Way too useful!
Yesterday, when the two were discussing the scale of funding, they were still floating within a range of 10 to 20 billion, but now Mr. Owen’s opening bid was already targeting a five-year plan involving a trillion.
Blood-pumping.
Courage exploding.
In a sense, Chris Owen’s judgment was right again. If everything went according to his expectations, the Whale Group indeed could make substantial gains in the short term.
But Harrison Clark didn’t want that.
He quickly called a halt and pulled Chris Owen aside, out of the meeting room.
“Uncle Owen, calm down! Although Rainer and I are worth investing in, don’t belittle yourself! The Bluewave Center is powerful too! Don’t let the brothers there think you’re neglecting them because of us.”
Chris Owen confidently replied, “No worries, doing business is like waging war. Opportunities are fleeting, and we can’t afford to hesitate. Making crucial decisions at critical moments is the social responsibility I shoulder as an entrepreneur. I believe in both you, Harrison, and Dr. Ryan Lai. My decision is final, no need to persuade me further – you two just need to do your jobs. Regardless of success or failure, I won’t blame you.”
Harrison Clark looked at the determined Uncle Owen, who seemed unwilling to back down even if pulled by eight oxen, and couldn’t help but feel a headache.
Uncle Owen, how does the person I read about in historical records differ so much from the real you?
Weren’t you very calm and nicknamed the Stone Buddha of the business world?
Is your judgment too sharp, or did I cater too much to you that now you’re so eager?
He really wanted to admit something.
In the Nine New Technologies, at least three kinds of New Materials would be developed by the Bluewave Center in the next fifty years.
Even without him, they could do it; it would just take some time.
And what the Bluewave Center could achieve was far more than that.
Developing many new technologies was not an overnight process, and many significant achievements would still be produced along the way before reaching the endpoint.
For example, the X-ray machine that revolutionized human medical diagnostics originated from an accidental event in a physics laboratory.
If Harrison Clark agreed to Chris Owen’s request, then in the following decades, thousands of the tens of thousands of significant achievements that the Whale Group would have produced would disappear.
These things might appear in other laboratories, but they might also vanish abruptly in the long river of history.
Suppose the Whale Group could produce 10 accomplishments in the next century.
Summit Research Institute “borrowed” two of them and completed another part of the work, producing 20 accomplishments.
Thus, humanity would have 10-2+20=28 accomplishments.
Using Chris Owen’s model, the calculation would be 10-8+20=22.
The pros and cons are obvious.
Harrison Clark shook his head firmly, “Thank you, Uncle Owen, for your trust, but I don’t want to merge completely with the Whale Group because I want absolute control over the Summit Research Institute.”
“Huh?”
“My decision is also final, Uncle Owen. Don’t try to persuade me further.”
When two people with firm determination clashed, it was evident that Harrison Clark was even more resolute.
In the end, Harrison Clark forcibly molded the situation to his liking.
In the first phase of the Summit Research Institute project, the Whale Group contributed eight hundred million dollars in cash and land, holding 40% of the shares.
Harrison Clark personally contributed two hundred million dollars in cash and core technology, holding 55% of the shares.
Rainer contributed his 65kg self, holding 5% of the shares.
When it was time to convert production capacity later, the situation would inevitably change, but decisions could be made then..