Investment

The next day.

Three poles in the sun.

Adam reluctantly got out of bed.

Stepping out of the guest room and into the living room, I saw Karen making breakfast.

Juno, sitting on the sofa and drinking coffee, saw Adam and teased, "Didn't you say you'd be leaving in half an hour? Why have you been yelling all night?"

Adam blushed slightly and laughed it off, saying, "Plans can't keep up with changes."

"Going to Sheldon's tonight?"

Juno stopped there and changed the subject.

"Um."

Adam plopped down next to Juno, slumped back, and casually said, "I have a pretty good idea what it is."

"They want to get investment from you?"

Juno had obviously thought of that too.

They often talked about Sheldon's family affairs, and she naturally knew that Sheldon's older brother Georgie Jr.., was planning to raise money to open a shop and become his own boss.

"That's probably the case."

Adam nodded.

What are you going to do?

Juno laughed.

"They should agree."

Adam thought for a moment and said, "Firstly, it's because of Sheldon's connections, and secondly, I know Georgie Jr.. He's very shrewd and talented in business, so investing in him shouldn't be a loss. But we'll have to see what conditions he offers and how much capital he needs."

In the United States, not only friends and brothers, but even fathers and sons, mothers and sons, value clear accounts.

Adam naturally knew that Georgie Jr. would become the Texas Tire King in the future, and investing in him now was indeed a good deal. But did Adam lack investment opportunities?

Even if it's only 1995 now, and Adam only has memories of 2020, he has never been involved in investing, a game that only those with spare money can play, in his previous life.

But of course he knew about high-tech companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon, which are extremely profitable.

Two years ago, after setting aside a certain amount of savings as working capital, he invested the rest of his money in stocks of these future high-tech giants.

After that, every year when the copyright fees for Lord of the Mysteries arrived, he would still set aside a certain amount of savings and use the rest to buy stocks.

He vaguely remembered that the stock market would crash sometime in a certain year, but he wasn't worried. He intended to hold all the stocks he bought for the long term, and temporary fluctuations wouldn't affect his long-term, huge profits.

The stocks of these high-tech internet companies are the real money-making industries. Even if Georgie Jr.. were to become the Texas Tire King, the returns from his foray into the tire industry, as a real economy sector, would be far greater.

Moreover, he couldn't figure out what Georgie Jr. was thinking. It was a very troublesome thing for friends to have financial interests involved.

If anything goes wrong, there is a risk of turning into an enemy.

Although Adam wasn't concerned about the financial gain, he was more interested in helping Georgie Jr. out of consideration for Sheldon. However, he would be very unhappy if Georgie Jr. went too far.

"Then we won't go over tonight."

Juno smiled and said, "This way you can talk things over more easily."

"Alright."

Adam nodded.

Georgie Jr. is a man who cares a lot about his reputation, especially since he had a secret affair with Veronica. It was quite strange that Georgie Jr. took the initiative to ask him for investment.

Night falls.

Adam, carrying a bottle of fine red wine, knocked on Cooper's Home's door alone.

"Welcome, welcome."

Sheldon's mother, Mary, opened the door and gave Adam a warm hug. "Adam, it's so good to see you."

"Me too."

Adam laughed.

"Please come in quickly."

Mary opened the door and invited Adam in.

"Hi, Georgie Jr., hi, Veronica."

"Hi, Adam."

Veronica, now a young woman, revealed a charming smile with dimples.

"Hi, Adam."

Georgie Jr..'s attitude was less than ideal, but under his wife's coaxing, he reluctantly greeted her.

Wow! What a high-end red wine!

Missy walked over to Adam, took the wine from Adam hand, and exclaimed, "It seems that Lord of the Mysteries has really made you a lot of money."

"Hehe."

Adam glanced at her, seemingly lost in thought.

They were all acquaintances, and although Sheldon, the central figure among them, was too lazy to participate in such mundane chatter, and Georgie Jr. was also somewhat reluctant, the atmosphere at the dinner was still very good with Mary, Veronica, and Missy around.

As expected, the conversation eventually turned to the topic of Georgie Jr. needing to invest in his new shop.

Missy said, "Georgie Jr. is exceptionally talented with tires. He can pinpoint tire leaks accurately without any testing, which is amazing."

"I know."

Adam knew what was going on and was willing to help, so he nodded in agreement. "Georgie Jr.'s skills are exactly like those of Tire Doctor. If he opens a shop with this as his specialty and then opens a chain of shops, he will definitely have a bright future. He could become the tire king of Texas, or even the tire king of the world."

That's it.

Veronica said happily, "That's what we were planning to do too."

"Only..."

Missy looked disappointed. "We lack funds right now. If we want to open the first store, at the current pace, it will take at least five years. Five years is too long. By then, cars might not even need tires anymore."

"Hehe."

Adam smiled, "How much funding do you need?"

"200,000!"

Missy and Veronica exchanged a glance and gave a number that was neither too big nor too small.

Georgie Jr., meanwhile, took a big gulp from the Lone Star Beer bottle, much like his father back in the day.

In fact, he initially refused the plan to seek investment from Adam.

He would rather work for another five years or find someone else to invest.

But money isn't easy to come by, and he's too young.

Others either have no interest at all or have too high demands. Once he agrees, he becomes someone else's employee, which completely contradicts his original intention of starting a business.

As for getting a bank loan, he needs sufficient collateral, and he doesn't want to mortgage his only house to gamble on it, because although he believes in himself, he doesn't dare to gamble that he will succeed on his first try.

But if he fails, the consequences will be unbearable.

Therefore, this idea has been brewing for quite some time, but there has been no progress.

Yesterday, Missy suddenly approached him, saying she wanted to seek investment from Adam, and Veronica strongly agreed.

His objections were ineffective, and he could only reluctantly accept it.

"Can."

Adam has a cash reserve of 1 million, so taking out 200,000 is easy and won't affect him at all. "But are you planning to borrow, or are you planning to attract investment?"

"Attract investment!"

Missy smiled and said, "How about you own 40% of the store's shares?"

"About 30%."

Adam laughed and said, "The future of this store mainly depends on Georgie Jr.'s management. I'm just investing some money; it's not good to take too many shares."

Upon hearing this, Georgie Jr. looked up at Adam, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes.

The people he had previously approached, even with the same amount of 200,000, would always demand 80% or 90%, or at least 70%, because in their view, capital was the most important factor.

Without capital, what good is Georgie Jr..'s ability?

Giving you a small percentage of the shares to be a minority shareholder is already very generous.

Still want to take the lion's share?

Dream on!

Thank you.

Missy and Veronica expressed their gratitude.

Georgie Jr.. paused for a moment, then raised his beer bottle.

Adam raised his glass and clinked it against his.

It's decided then and there.

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