Nate did not know at this time that Jimmy already had other plans.
Although he didn’t want to give up the option of 200,000 shares, once he thought of the behemoth that was the Rothschild family standing behind Jimmy now, he could only bite his teeth and agree, saying: ”Good! Two hundred thousand shares is two hundred thousand shares! Two hundred thousand shares of options, the annual share of twelve million US dollars is still relatively secure, as our business is not only enhanced, the annual dividend amount will certainly further increase, Jimmy, your future in Ellis Law Firm is limitless ah!”
Although Nate made this decision with the conviction of a strong man, Jimmy frowned again at this time.
Because after a simple calculation, Jimmy came to the conclusion that he, right now, had to ask for more cash than options.
Options are more like a bet, betting on the company’s future development will not go all the way.
If the company grows rapidly, today’s options worth a million, next year may be worth tens of millions or even more, but if the company began to go downhill, then today’s options worth a million, next year may only be 100,000 or even lower price exercise.
The sitting board members all feel that the future development of Ellis Law Firm will certainly soar, not only because they have the best team in the United States, the biggest name, but also because one of their biggest competitors, Smithers Law Firm has moved its centre of gravity to Huaxia, and although they have not given up their business in the United States, due to the transfer of their main efforts, the total amount of business in the United States has also naturallyThere has been a certain decline, and these, are the Ellis Law Firm’s growth point.
But Jimmy knows very well in his heart, when he left with ten backbone from here, Ellis Law Firm, will inevitably enter a period of rapid decline, this situation also want what options? Of course is to cash the most secure.
So he opened his mouth: “I’m a relatively short-sighted person, when my elder brother and my sister-in-law founded Smith Law Firm, they proposed to give me 30% of the shares to let me join and start a business with them, I feel that the failure rate of entrepreneurship is high, there is no work to collect money on a monthly basis to be secure, so I didn’t agree to it, and now you’re giving me the option, I still feel that it’s not as good as cash moresecure.”
After saying that, he added: “Let’s do it this way, we still sign the agreement according to ten years, but I don’t want a share of the options, and I will return all the options that I was given before, didn’t Nate say just now that this 200,000 options can be divided into at least twelve million dollars a year, and that it will be divided into more and more in the future? This is good, this two hundred thousand options I return to you, in the next ten years, you only need to discount ten million US dollars to me every year, even if the company’s performance in the future is getting better and better, the two hundred thousand options can be divided into twenty million or even more every year, I will not regret to come back to find you to change the agreement again, in the next ten years, I just need cash.”
When Nate heard this, his expression was first a little surprised, but soon returned to normal.
He knew Jimmy’s character, to put it nicely it was cautious, to put it bluntly it was a dime a dozen.
In Chinese mythology, one could find an archetype that was almost generally the same as him, and that was Pixie.
In other words, this person is always only in and out of money in this regard.
Don’t look at the fact that he was already a senior partner of the law firm before, but he was always unwilling to spend money to subscribe even one share of options.
