Chapter 21 Recruiting troops
After coming out of the TV station, Song Yang and Greg rushed to the bank where they had made an appointment.
In the bank, Song Yang first realized the benefits of being famous. The bank is the most realistic place. As long as you have money, you can get all kinds of super-standard treatment here that the outside world cannot imagine.
Song Yang and Greco first tentatively came to Houston's largest bank, **** Bank.
**** Bank, even though it still had some doubts about the value of Double Click Advertising Company's mortgage assets, still sent a senior manager to receive Song Yang and gave him high-level VIP treatment.
However, although **** is willing to lend to Double Click Advertising Company, the amount is not high. He is only willing to lend Double Click Advertising Company a loan of less than 800,000 US dollars, and he also needs nearly half of the equity of Double Click Advertising Company as collateral.
Moreover, the interest rate is also a bit high, so **** obviously still has some doubts about investing in the Internet industry.
Then Song Yang successively went to Western Union Bank, First Federal Bank, First Imperial Bank, and several local banks in Texas, including Comerica. Compared with ****, these banks are more interested in double-click advertising companies.
The attitude is much better, especially that of Comerica Bank.
After coming out of several other banks, Song Yang and Greg came to Comerica Bank. As soon as they entered, they met a middle-aged man in his forties who was already waiting in the bank lobby.
As soon as he saw Song Yang and Song Yang, the middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he immediately led people to greet them, "Welcome Houston's technology heroes to Comerica Bank!"
The middle-aged man came to Song Yang and said to Song Yang, "I just saw it on the TV station. It was a wonderful interview. I have already seen a new technological star in Houston, which has begun to rise from the space city!"
"Chris Jain, you can call me Jain, the credit manager of Comerica Houston Bank!" Jain handed two business cards to Song Yang and Greco respectively. Compared with other banks, Jain asked
He was much more enthusiastic, and he started to praise him loudly, which was even louder than Song Yang's boasts on the TV station.
"Thank you!"
After arriving at the conference room, Song Yang took the coffee brought by Jia En's pretty female assistant and said to Jia En.
After Song Yang and Greco looked at each other, Greco spoke first on behalf of Double Click Advertising Company, "Manager Jia En, Double Click Advertising Company needs a loan from Comerica Bank!"
Jain clapped his hands a few times and said, "Comerica Bank is also willing to cooperate with Double Click Advertising Company, a company with such "potential"!"
Song Yang and Greg looked at each other. It should be said that among all the banks they met today, Jia En had the best attitude towards Double Click Advertising Company.
But when things go wrong, there must be monsters. Jia En's enthusiasm seems to be a bit too much. The bank is not a place for charity. Instead, it makes Greg feel worried and uses his eyes to signal Song Yang not to speak randomly.
"Comerica Bank, how much funding are you willing to provide to Double Click Advertising Company?" Greco asked Jain.
Jia En didn't look at Greco, but looked at Song Yang, "One million US dollars!"
"Two million!" Song Yang said at this time.
When Jain heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh a few times, "You can listen to my conditions first. I think Comerica Bank, Houston Credit Department, is the most friendly bank to Double Click Advertising Company in this area!"
"One and a half million yuan in credit funds, two months of interest-free period, and only 20% of the equity of Double Click Advertising Company as a mortgage!" Jia En said to Song Yang.
Are such conditions harsh? To be honest, they are already very generous. In the early days of Internet and technology companies, why didn't they ask banks to borrow money? It's not that they don't want to borrow money, but that banks are simply unwilling to give money. The risk is too great.
Double-click Advertising Company is now taking advantage of the boom in digital advertising and the support of Netscape, so banks are willing to tentatively throw a sum of money to Double-Click Advertising Company. In fact, they throw it out without even thinking about getting it back. After all, every day
There are countless new companies emerging in America. How many of these companies can survive into the second year?
Therefore, the conditions proposed by Jia En are already very kind compared to those offered by several banks.
"What does Manager Jain want?" Born in America, the last thing Greg believed was that pie would fall from the sky.
Jia En laughed and then pointed directly at Song Yang!
"Funds can be lent to Double Click Advertising Company. As long as I am still in the Houston Credit Department of Comerica Bank, Comerica will be able to cooperate with Double Click Advertising Company in the future!"
Jia En looked at Song Yang and said, "But I hope, Song, that you can become "my" client in the future. Of course, the fund turnover between Double Click Advertising Company and other cooperative companies can also be carried out in "my" bank."
Song Yang heard the implication of Jia En's message, and asked Song Yang to become "his" customer, not Comerica Bank!
That is to say, Jia En invested in Song Yang himself this time. He bet that Song Yang could grow up in the future, not to mention becoming the richest person like Bill Gates, as long as he was a person with a net worth of tens of millions, for Jia En's
Career is a huge help.
Even further, if Song Yang can break through the ceiling and reach the level of a billionaire, then with such a supporter, Jain may even be transferred back to the headquarters of Comerica Bank.
America has gathered more than half of the world's wealthy people, but there are only so many billionaires. Each billionaire has huge influence. If you can get the support of such a person, you can accomplish a lot of things.
Greg really didn't expect that Jia En actually wanted to invest in Song Yang. Although it was for personal gain, his willingness to take risks on Song Yang was enough to show how much he valued Song Yang.
Song Yang nodded when he saw Greco, and then he also spoke to Jia En, "Of course there is no problem. I am willing to cooperate with Manager Jia En. The capital turnover of Double Click Advertising Company can also be done through Manager Jia En's bank, but as for the partners,
,Double Click Advertising Company is really powerless!”
Whether it is Netscape now or Yahoo in the future, there is a large group of forces behind it. Song Yang has no ability. Netscape and Yahoo have to put their money in the bank where Jian works.
Jia En thought for a moment and realized that it was too difficult for Song Yang to intervene in the finances of a company like Netscape, valued at over one billion U.S. dollars.
"Happy cooperation!" Jia En stretched out his hand and said to Song Yang.
After Song Yang and Greco left, the female secretary who delivered the coffee immediately clung to Jia En, and the couple immediately became entangled.
"Are you really optimistic about that Song?" The female secretary lit a cigarette, took a puff, and handed it to Jia En. She had never seen anyone like Jia En, the manager of the credit department, think so highly of him.
No matter which bank you are in, the credit department is a fat guy. It is up to the credit department to decide who to give money to and who not to give money to, how much to give and when to take it back. Jia En is not a kind person. The little guy who was tortured and bankrupted by Jia En
There are also those who borrow money from the company, and there are not just one or two.
Glancing at the female assistant in front of him, Jain said, "Silicon Valley and Wall Street are touting the Internet industry now. Maybe there will be tens of millions of billionaires in this industry. And now De Song looks better than
The chances are much greater for others!”
Jain is gambling. If he loses, it doesn't matter. If he wins, he will earn much more than Comerica Bank. In this case, it is natural to gamble.
After receiving this amount of money, both Song Yang and Greco breathed a sigh of relief, especially Song Yang, who had been tense, finally felt like he could take a breather.
Greg bought some drinks and went to the garage with Song Yang. Seeing this garage, Greg was filled with emotion for a moment.
Looking back at Song Yang, Greco, the cheap uncle, was a little silent for a while. In just a few days, Greco felt that his and Song Yang's identities had undergone subtle changes.
Whether in a law firm or a bank, Greg's situation has changed due to the emergence of Double Click Advertising Company.
Greg's mentality towards Song Yang is still changing. In addition to the kinship maintained by blood, it has also begun to have something special. In the past, towards Song Yang, Greg had more of an elder's mentality, but now,
Greg unconsciously began to consider Song Yang's attitude.
Song Yang didn't think too much. He looked up and saw Greg standing there in a daze. He pulled him to sit on a recliner and opened a bottle of wine for him.
The wine bottle in Song Yang's hand touched with Greco's, "Uncle Greco, I need more help from you at Double Click Advertising Company!"
Greg came back to his senses and took a sip of wine. Although his life was a bit busy now, compared to the same days, it made Greg more useful.
"What are you going to do? Comerica's funds cannot sustain Double Click Advertising Company for much longer!"
Greg asked Song Yang. Next, Double Click Advertising Company will definitely need to recruit people, rent offices, and recruit staff, especially those who have been boasted by Netscape. Double Click Advertising Company must work hard to attract advertisers. All of these require
Money is wasted, but no one can tell when Double Click Advertising Company will be profitable.
Song Yang lay on the chair and looked at the simple garage. In a few days, he would probably move out of here.
"Double Click Advertising Company definitely needs investment, but it needs to find the most suitable sponsor!"
Previously, Song Yang had rejected many investment calls from people who wanted to come to Qiu Feng, but this did not mean that Song Yang was not prepared to raise funds, but that he wanted to find a big funder who was most suitable for Double Click Advertising Company.
Greco wanted to say more, but when he turned around, he saw that Song Yang had already fallen asleep. Greco shook his head, got up and started to deal with things.
Song Yang's interview in Houston was reprinted and broadcast by CBS, which caused some waves in the core industry, especially those names mentioned by Song Yang in the interview.
"I like Song Yang very much. He is a real genius. He has opened the curtain on the new generation of the Internet!" Tristan, who was praised by Song Yang in the interview, turned around and reciprocated the favor, praising him fiercely.
Chapter completed!