"No, no, no." Little Kerkorian shook his index finger.
“First of all, Holden, it’s not me, it’s Mr. Lin next to me who is happy to help others.”
"Mr. Lin?" Holden looked at the person next to young Kerkorian. He originally thought that the other person was the assistant next to young Kerkorian. Unexpectedly, this Chinese man seemed to be the one plotting against his son.
The rightful owner!
He couldn't help but look at Lin Chen carefully.
At the same time, when Lin Chen saw the other person looking at him and said nothing, he knew that the two of them were finally talking about him.
Lin Chen couldn't understand bird language, so he had no idea what little Kerkorian had just said to Holden, but looking at the other person's expression, he could roughly guess something.
Now seeing that Holden finally noticed him, he said to little Kerkorian: "Stop talking nonsense with him and get to the point."
Little Kerkorian nodded: "Mr. Horton, of course Mr. Lin next to me will not do these good things for no reason. He is willing to pay off your son's gambling debt, and he also hopes that you can transfer Qualcomm's shares to him.
"Don't worry, Mr. Lin will give you another US$1.5 billion as compensation for the transfer of Qualcomm shares."
Hearing this, Holden sneered at the corner of his mouth.
After working on it for a long time, I can explain the matter clearly. In fact, it is this Chinese who wants to use 1.5 billion to buy the Qualcomm shares in his hands. Why is he paying off his son's gambling debt? You are the one who caught him. The money has not been paid back.
What did you say?
Holden felt a sense of injustice in his heart, especially the smiles on the faces of Lin Chen and little Kerkorian opposite him, which made him feel sick.
Seeing that Horton didn't speak, Kerkorian said again: "Mr. Horton? I wonder what you think of Mr. Lin's proposal? Mr. Lin knows that you are an old man who joined Qualcomm when it was a startup, and you must have your own feelings for Qualcomm.
, so he will be very unwilling to lose his son's shares in Qualcomm. Considering this, he is willing to give you another 1.5 billion as compensation for you."
"In addition, Mr. Lin also has a special proposal."
Holden looked at little Kerkorian expressionlessly: "What proposal?"
"Although Mr. Lin wants Qualcomm's shares, he has no intention of directly joining the board of directors yet. He hopes to be an invisible director. Therefore, he will provide you with an entrustment agreement, and you will represent Mr. Lin to execute his duties."
The power of the board of directors. In addition, the annual board dividend is your remuneration for serving on the board of directors for Mr. Lin."
"He really said that?" Holden couldn't help but exclaimed.
If what little Kerkorian said is true, then in fact, except for not having any shares, Holden's life will not change in any way.
What is the purpose of this Chinese man, and why does he do such a thankless thing?
In fact, little Kerkorian also had this doubt about Holden, but Lin Chen insisted on asking him to say so.
"Yes, that's what Mr. Lin said."
Neither of these two people knew that Lin Chen was actually doing this to avoid risks.
In his last life, officials on the other side of the ocean were extremely wary of Chinese and even foreign capital. Although Lin Chen was only holding a controlling stake at the moment and did not really want to acquire Qualcomm, if he didn't do something to cover it up, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't arouse the hostility of some people.
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Under Lin Chen's additional suggestion, Holden was finally moved, and he was almost ready to agree to Lin Chen's conditions.
But at this time, Holden's pride still prevented him from making the final decision.
He frowned deeply, clenched his fists for a while, and finally said: "I understand, Mr. Kerkorian, I can agree to your friend's conditions... However, there is a precondition."
"What premise?"
"I want to play a game of chess with him."
"Huh?" Little Kerkorian was stunned for a moment: "Chess?"
"That's right, just think of it as my pride as a scientist. Let's tell the truth! I already understand what the truth is about this matter. My son would fall into such a trap, but I, as a father, have not
Teach me well. As long as I think of the shares that I worked so hard to get, I will not be reconciled by you using this inferior measurement. So, play a game of chess with me. As long as one of you can beat me,
Then I can agree to transfer the shares to this Chinese person."
"FXCK, chess?" Little Kerkorian frowned, feeling that Holden really raised a difficult problem.
"What's wrong?" Lin Chen asked when he saw that little Kerkorian looked wrong.
"Lin, this guy wants to play chess with us. He will agree to your terms only if he wins."
"Chess? Let's compete then." Lin Chen said nonchalantly.
But Kerkorian said: "You don't understand, this guy's chess is not at the level of ordinary people, he is a professional level!"
Chess is actually a very popular way for technicians in Silicon Valley to relax. Because chess is actually a game that tests intelligence, and people in Silicon Valley are the most confident in their intelligence.
Why Deep Blue, the first artificial intelligence built by IBM people, used chess as a way to show its intelligence was because of the popularity of chess in Silicon Valley.
Horton is also from Silicon Valley, so he also has excellent chess skills.
In fact, people in Silicon Valley are also very good at gambling. Several people on the blacklist in Las Vegas are Silicon Valley scientists.
But now Holden is facing a new gambling tycoon in Las Vegas. He is not sure of winning in gambling, so he can only choose chess.
Hearing that he wanted to play chess, Kerkorian only felt troublesome. It was not difficult to beat Horton. All he had to do was find a professional chess master, but it would take time.
However, to his surprise, Lin Chen actually said: "No problem, I am quite confident in playing chess."
"Quite confident?"
Little Kerkorian wondered if his understanding was wrong. What Lin Chen meant was that he was sure of winning, right?
"Lin, are you sure you want to do it yourself? How about I find a chess master, it will only take a day or two at most."
"There's no need. Let your people send you a chessboard."
The confident look on Lin Chen's face made young Kerkorian seem to have returned to the scene a few months ago when Lin Chen wanted to help him deal with the Venetians.
"I understand." A smile suddenly appeared on little Kerkorian's face.
He immediately took out his phone and asked someone to send a chess set here.
Ten minutes later, a chess set was delivered to the restaurant.
Holden thought that the other party would invite a certain chess master from Las Vegas to come over, but he did not expect that the person sitting in front of the chess board would be the Chinese who wanted to acquire his shares.
"Mr. Kerkorian, are you sure that he is my opponent?"
"Yes." Little Kerkorian said with a smile: "You have to be careful, Mr. Horton, because your opponent is the gambling god of Las Vegas..."
"God of gambling?" A sneer appeared on the corner of Holden's mouth, "It's ridiculous, we are competing in chess, not gambling."
However, since this Chinese man wants to compete with himself, let's do it.
He couldn't avenge his son, but at least on the chessboard, he could save his face.