The top scorers nodded frantically. With their teacher backing them, everything would be stable. After all, everyone had seen just how insanely profitable their teacher's company was.
"You three will hold shares. Decide among yourselves exactly how much each of you wants. My suggestion is that your combined stake shouldn't be less than 34%. Xia Wansan should understand why," Song He said.
Xia Wansan answered without hesitation, "A 34% stake gives us veto power, because the other shareholders can't reach a two-thirds voting majority. For major issues concerning the company's survival, as long as the three of us stand united, we can keep things under control."
"Exactly." Song He nodded.
"Then Teacher, you should hold at least 17%, and preferably 33%." Xia Wansan added, "That way, your shares combined with ours will give us at least 51%, the relative-control threshold, and perhaps even 67%, the absolute-control threshold."
"You know quite a lot. Where did you learn that?" Ling Yiyi turned her head.
"Bought a copy of the Company Law for four yuan and sixty cents. I understood it after reading it once." Xia Wansan grinned.
"Besides that, since we'll be claiming land overseas, and in keeping with the principle of sharing risks, I suggest bringing in a state-owned military-industrial enterprise to lend us some weight," Song He said. "There's a company called Ring Mountain Company. Have you heard of it?"
"They make explosives?" Ling Yiyi immediately asked.
"You've really heard of them?" Song He was slightly surprised. "That company barely gets any coverage in the news!"
"I'm a military enthusiast. I often browse an overseas military forum," Ling Yiyi explained. "That forum is full of experts. A Delta Force officer once got into a flame war with someone and leaked the specifications of a new weapon, then got arrested. There