"500?" the vice president was dumbfounded. 500 was simply too many.
Regardless of how the woman obtained the information about listing codes, Goldman Sachs had the news first and acted immediately.
They had prepared for half a month and mobilized almost all their resources to barely manage to produce over 200 listing codes.
But this damned US Priority managed to produce over 500. It was as if they had seen a ghost. How could they have such speed?
Facing the vice president's confusion, Louise had no need to explain. She immediately proceeded with the handover to Huang Zheng, giving him the 500 listing codes in her possession, in exchange for the qualification to subscribe to 5 million shares of oo network stock.
Then she left, not even having the slightest interest in exchanging a word, which made the vice president extremely angry. He immediately found the senior executive of oo network who had negotiated with him previously and asked why a second company knew about the listing codes.
"We told them. Is there any problem?" Hearing the vice president's question, the senior executive of oo network retorted in surprise.
"This..." The vice president was stunned by the retort and then stammered, "Before the formal roadshow, the company's prospectus must be kept confidential. This is a consensus in the entire industry. How could you disclose it to people from other companies in advance?"
"Oh, so there is such a consensus!" The executive smiled and nodded, then looked at the subscription list in his hand and said, "The 250-plus listing codes submitted by your company come from over 30 different companies or individuals. By rights, no one should have known about the prospectus in advance to prepare these listing codes."
"So, can I understand that Goldman Sachs leaked the content of the prospectus to these over 30 companies or individuals in advance? Is this what you call industry consensus?" Such a sharp retort left the vice president speechless, and his expression became even more awkward.
"Alright, since our negotiation has lasted for such a long time, let's stop with the pleasantries. I believe the Goldman Sachs Group also knows that the US Priority Foundation and our Jiangnan Group have had a very long-term and close cooperative relationship. The US Priority Foundation has always been very interested in investing in oo network! Moreover, Ms. Versailles has a very good personal friendship with our Chairman Huang."
"When US Priority proposed to invest in oo network, of course, we wouldn't refuse. Therefore, it is very normal to inform them about the listing codes in advance. I don't want this matter to cause conflict between our two companies!"
"Nor do I believe there is any conflict of interest. The number of shares released for pre-subscription this time is 2 billion shares, which requires 200,000 listing codes for full subscription. The total number of listing codes your two companies have produced is only over 700. This number is like a drop in the ocean compared to 200,000. You don't need to compete. You can exchange as many listing codes as you have for shares. So, I really can't understand why you and US Priority would be angry!"
"Indeed!" the vice president said with a smile, then his eyes rolled. "Actually, I also know, but I just don't understand why US Priority could get 500 listing codes. That number is too terrifying. Didn't you leak this condition of listing codes to them before you told us?"
"Well, to be honest, it was indeed in advance. But as you know, the reason we suddenly set this requirement was entirely to deal with the anti-quinternary alliance, and it was a necessary additional condition. This decision was inevitably made after the decision regarding the anti-quinternary alliance, and it couldn't have been too long in advance, at most three to five days!" the executive explained. His reasoning was sound, and even the vice president had to be convinced, but at the same time, more questions arose.
"But if that's the case, how exactly did they manage to get 500 programs? This is very unscientific. After all, with our Goldman Sachs' strength, we only managed to get 250. How did they manage to get 500?" the vice president continued to press.
"..." The executive, who had just been answering truthfully, immediately closed his mouth and stopped talking. After a moment of stiffness, he suddenly announced that he had important tasks to attend to, leaving the vice president standing there and disappearing without a trace.
The vice president, being able to reach the position of vice president at Goldman Sachs, was naturally not incompetent. That evening, he secretly sent someone to contact the senior executive of oo network in the United States and then, without hesitation, directly threw out a property located in Manhattan and said, "My good brother, tell me the secret here, and this house is yours!"
Looking at the house, the executive finally couldn't resist the temptation. He licked his lips and said, "It's Jiangnan University. They hired graduates from Jiangnan University to help them with the programs!"
"Graduates from Jiangnan University!" The vice president's eyes immediately lit up, and he then forced the complete story out of the executive.
It turned out that the reason US Priority was able to quickly handle 500 listing codes was that they had recruited a large number of graduates from Jiangnan University.
Jiangnan University was a university established by Jiangnan Group itself. Its establishment coincided with the project initiation for the quinternary computer system development.
Huang He established Jiangnan University at almost the same time, recruiting high school graduates from across the country. From the university stage, they began to learn about various aspects of the quinternary computer system. Therefore, these university graduates were the world's top experts in quinternary computer programming.
These individuals were already extremely familiar with the quinternary computer system and the Xing programming language. It was said that the most outstanding graduates could create a qualified, brand-new, templated Tianzhou application in one day, ensuring it would pass review.
And because US Priority had a very good relationship with Jiangnan Group, they were very clear about the situation at Jiangnan University. They had also invited students from Jiangnan University for study tours in the United States.
So, after learning about the situation, US Priority spent a large sum of money to hire 20 graduates from Jiangnan University. These 500 listing codes were the result of the hard work of these 20 students working with over 200 ordinary American programmers who understood Chinese over 20 days.
With these students as commanders leading such a large group, the speed was naturally astonishing.
After obtaining this valuable intelligence, the vice president immediately returned to Goldman Sachs and reported to Dr. Cooper.
"Immediately, at all costs, find a way to get graduates from Jiangnan University... They don't even need to work in the United States. As long as they work in China, they can lead our programmers online to write programs. We must obtain as many listing codes as possible, at all costs!" Dr. Cooper immediately ordered.
Thus, the entrance to Jiangnan University, which was previously sparsely populated with almost no one, was suddenly filled with countless figures. Their job was very straightforward: wait for the school to open, then directly intercept all teachers or students, hand them flyers, and invite them to work for American companies to develop applications for quinternary Tianzhou terminals.
And the treatment was extremely exaggerated, with a monthly salary of 1000 US dollars.
Then, these flyers were directly thrown into the trash cans by the students. In one day, not a single student signed up, which made the people behind Goldman Sachs very confused. Their conditions were already very generous. The average monthly salary of Chinese people at this time was only around 700 US dollars, and their target audience was a group of students with no income. How could they refuse their invitation?
It turned out that when Jiangnan University students graduated and joined Jiangnan Group, their salaries basically exceeded 10,000 yuan. Even if they completed school work within the school, their average monthly income was several thousand yuan.
Not to mention that the group was constantly developing various applications for the Tianzhou terminal, and every student had endless work to do. How could they possibly forgo their studies to work for them for a monthly salary of 1000 US dollars?
When Goldman Sachs learned of the situation and prepared to continue raising salaries to recruit people, Huang He's call directly reached Dr. Cooper. The first sentence was, "Jiangnan University will be completely closed. No students will be allowed to leave the school, nor will any outsiders be allowed to enter!"
"Mr. Huang, you can't be so ruthless in your actions!" Dr. Cooper said with an unpleasant expression. "You are good friends with US Priority, but aren't you friends with us at Goldman Sachs?"
"No, we are not. I wish I could completely destroy Goldman Sachs!" Huang He said irritably. Dr. Cooper snorted and replied, "Same."
"Forget it. You also know that my goal is to have more quinternary programmers worldwide, not to have my hardworking students work for you and let you profit from us."
"So, if you wish to get support from Jiangnan University, it is not impossible. We can provide help from a university student familiar with programming for 2000 US dollars. However, this student will not go abroad. They will stay at the school and, through an online studio, guide your programming team in developing quinternary software."
"Of course, if you wish for them to program individually without leading a team, that is also possible, but I guarantee that the work efficiency will not be as fast as leading a team of 20."
"One person leading a team of 20, I guarantee that at least two qualified programs will be produced every day. You can consider it yourself!" After speaking, Huang He hung up the phone domineeringly again.