MTL - A Day In a Japanese Fishing Village-Chapter 569 $1 million investment

   "Nate, why are you here?" Janice hurriedly released her hand in shock. At this time, no matter how thick her face was, she was a little embarrassed. Originally, she was going to break up with Knight in a few days, but it was always embarrassing to be bumped into by the other party without breaking up.

   "Why am I here? I ask why are you here? Why are you holding someone's hand? You bitch!" Phil Knight was a man after all, and he was angry after all!

   Can he not be angry when he sees his girlfriend holding someone else's hand?

   He felt that the top of his head was green at the moment.

   "Nate, since you've seen it, I'll break up with you now." Janice said without any guilt.

   "You..." Knight didn't expect to get this answer.

   "Fuck, what a **** plot." Minami Hideyoshi wanted to laugh when he saw this situation.

   "I can't see the future with you, this is not the life I want." Janice explained with a little conscience.

   "That's right, Janice will be the boss of my supermarket in the future." The handsome man next to him sneered and joked.

   "Hmph, Knight, let's go back, you don't need to be sad for such a woman." Bill Bowerman came up and comforted.

   At this time, Knight, who wanted to go mad, finally held back, although he really wanted to hit the pair of dogs and men in front of him.

"Okay, let's sit back and talk about our business. I'm going to invest $1 million in the first phase of the sporting goods store I'm going to open! I own 80% of the shares, and each of you owns 10% of the shares. I will run the company. I'll leave it to you to manage." Minano Shuichi also came over and said.

   Minamino Shuichi's words made everyone look at him.

  "Is what you said true?" Bill Bowerman was shocked now! Because this news is so exciting! Investing $1 million in funds and they each own 10% of the shares, this condition is completely like a big pie falling from the sky.

   "This..." Janice was also stunned, she didn't say anything, the 10% stake alone was $100,000! In other words, his boyfriend, no, it should be his ex-boyfriend who instantly owns $100,000 in shares! And the small supermarket that the boyfriend she is paying with now costs only tens of thousands of dollars. Suddenly, she feels as if she has picked up sesame seeds and lost the watermelon. His face was very ugly.

   "Hehe~ Investing one million US dollars is bragging." The handsome man said contemptuously. $1 million is a lot of money this year, millionaires exist.

   Minano Shuichi was too lazy to pay attention to the other party's ridicule, but dragged the two back to their seats to continue the conversation.

   But Phil Knight was in a trance, and looked back at his ex-girlfriend from time to time.

   At this point, Janice finally pulled her current boyfriend out of the hotel with a thin skin.

   "Okay, Knight, let's talk about business matters, that Janice is not worth your sorrow." Seeing the trance-like younger brother Bill Bowerman continued to comfort.

   "Yes, you have to prove to her that you are 10,000 times stronger than the man she is looking for now." Minano Shuichi smiled.

   "That's right, I should focus on my career now." Phil Knight took a deep breath.

   "Haha, that's how it should be. Well, let's get down to business." Nanye Xiu said.

   "Mr. Minano, is what you just said true?" Bill Bowerman was still skeptical at the moment. After all, investing 1 million US dollars is not a trivial matter. Is it too much for the other party to split 10% of the shares just after seeing them? Too trusting or too capricious.

   "Of course I'm serious."

   "Then you don't manage the company and leave it to us two?" Bill Bowerman asked cautiously.

"Yes."

   "Then you are not afraid that we will screw up the company?"

   "Yeah, neither of us have experience in starting a company, and we don't know how to run a business."

   "You don't need to be suspicious of people, I believe in you." Nanye Xiuyi said lightly.

   Well, this sentence is very high.

   Actually, there is a reason why Hideo Minano has confidence in the two of them.

  Recall that the two brothers Knight and Bowerman each invested 500 US dollars to establish Nike's predecessor Blue Ribbon Company. With their aggressiveness, creativity, marketing methods, etc., Nike abruptly made Nike bigger.

   They are very smart and very suitable for entrepreneurship!

   First, Bill Bowerman, he is persistent, and Phil Knight is a genius, plus his marketing and advertising. He trusted both of them very much.

  Because the two of them have the courage to design, to innovate, and to face all kinds of difficulties.

   In 1971, Le Cordon Bleu had more than $6 million in sales. Onitsuka Tiger sent someone to the US Emperor and proposed that Onitsuka Tiger buy 51% of the company's shares and occupy two seats in the five directors. If this request is not agreed, the supply will be stopped immediately. Bowerman and Knight couldn't bear to make things difficult for the Japanese businessmen, and categorically rejected this unreasonable request. With their own design patents, they quickly found a partner, and at the end of the year, Knight named the company Nike after the Greek goddess of victory.

   At the same time, the air cushion of running shoes was invented by Knight!

   This is definitely an epoch-making design!

   "Mr. Minano, we don't know what to say!" Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman were very moved, and the rest was still moved. Think about it, a stranger suddenly finds you to do business and start a business, they will fund it, run it by them, and even give each of them 10% of the shares! This kind of behavior is completely stupid in the eyes of outsiders.

   But people do it, they just trust them.

   Actually, Minano Shuichi gave them 10% of the shares for consideration. First of all, they will work hard after they have the shares, and then they will work hard to make the company bigger. In this way, he can completely be a hands-off shopkeeper.

   In this way, not only can you buy people's hearts, but you can also sit and make money, how wonderful! Much better than investing in or buying Adidas.

   "You don't need to say thank you to me now, what I want is that you have the confidence to defeat Adidas." Minano Xiuyi said solemnly.

   "Defeat Adidas? Hiss..."

   The two of them stared at the boss after hearing this.

  Because Adidas is now the dominant sports brand, is it too unrealistic for them to defeat each other?

   "Why, you don't believe in yourself, you don't have confidence in yourself? If you don't have confidence, you can go." Nanye Xiuyi said coldly.

   "No no no, we have confidence! We believe we can do it." Bill Bowerman clenched his fist and said.

   "I have some design drawings for shoes, etc. in my house, do you need to take a look at Mr. Minano?" Bill Bowerman asked.