Siheyuan: Pretend to be a Pig and Eat the Tiger

He Yuzhu had no choice but to take Cai Qiuyue out for a drive. Chen Xueru looked at Cai Qiuyue with amusement, "You weakling, if you were even slightly stronger, none of us would have a chance, right? Still not convinced!"

"Brother Zhu, let's head straight up the mountain!"

Cai Qiuyue glanced at He Yuzhu, who was still clueless, and sneered, "You have to serve me the same way you served Chen Xueru!"

You scoundrel, when you're enjoying your romantic moments with Chen Xueru, have you ever thought about your wife back home? You've given her way too many opportunities lately, haven't you? She doesn't know what's wrong, but she feels her needs have increased significantly in the last two days; maybe it's just her dreams playing tricks on her!
In the end, He Yuzhu was inexplicably taken up the mountain by Cai Qiuyue and had the same experience as Chen Xueru. He Yuzhu still doesn't understand what happened and thinks that Cai Qiuyue saw some plot details!

The neon lights of Central have not yet completely replaced the warm light of the old streetlights, but they are already wrapped in the heat of capital, spreading over every inch of asphalt on Chater Road. Tao Wei is standing in his office on the 22nd floor of Chater Building, where Tao Investments is located!

As his fingertips traced the sails of Victoria Harbour outside the floor-to-ceiling window, he held the offer sheet for a 40% stake in the Lou Group priced at US$1420 million in his hand, and he wanted nothing more than to roar out loud!

"That damn Lou Zhenhua! He wants 40% of the price! This isn't just a simple premium; there's absolutely no sincerity involved. It's outrageous!"

"Mr. Tao, the Lou family's assets amount to 23 million US dollars, which includes fixed assets and brand value. Therefore, 40% is far less than that amount of money!"

The secretary cautiously glanced at Tao Wei, whose face was ashen, and had to remind him that the Lou family's 40% stake didn't require that much money; ten million would be the maximum!

"The He family has offered fourteen million. What do you say we should do? The Lou family is very important to the Tao family. Go and make preparations!"

Two hours later, the document was signed by Zhenhua on the upper floor. His crooked signature resembled a hook, catching Tao Wei's ambition. As long as he acquired another 10% of the shares from the eldest son of the Lou family, he could completely control the Lou family!
At that time, there will be sufficient reason to re-enter Shenzhou to integrate Dow's resources, as Lou's Group is Lou Bancheng's business;

Starting in 1985, credit tightened, Lou Zhenhua fell ill at this juncture, and the eldest son of the Lou family refused to inherit the business. Only then did he relent and agree to sell 40% of the shares, which seemed very difficult.

Tao Wei had done the math: by acquiring the equity for $1420 million, the Tao family could leverage the Lou family's key influence to return to China. This was something that money couldn't buy. As long as the Tao family integrated its resources in China, they could make a comeback and wouldn't have to keep wandering around outside!

"The funds will go through HSBC's private channels and arrive in Lou's account within three days!"

Tao Wei gave instructions to the finance director on the other end of the phone, displaying the demeanor of a general!

"Tell Lou Zhenhua that once the equity transfer agreement is signed, I want to immediately take over Lou's board of directors!" He didn't realize that this seemingly sure-fire deal had been secretly orchestrated by the He family from the very beginning. He Yuzhu had been preparing for this for three whole months. Heh...

He Yuzhu sat in a corner of Luk Yu Tea House in Central, the Pu'er tea in front of him had gone mostly cold, and Lou Zhenhua's knuckles were white as he held the teacup!

"Uncle Lou, our plan has begun. Now we'll see how well you play the part, hehe..."

"You just need to sell 40% of the shares to Tao Wei, and I'll handle the rest!"

Lou Zhenhua looked up at this junior who was twenty years younger than him. The cook from back then had grown up so quickly and had become a hidden player in this transaction!

On the day Tao Wei's funds arrived, the equity transfer agreement for the Lou Group was signed with exceptional smoothness. Sitting in the Lou Group's conference room in Tsim Sha Tsui, Tao Wei looked at the equity registration documents handed to him by the lawyer, unable to hide the smile on his face. Haha, success!
Lou Zhenhua forced a smile, but his gaze unconsciously drifted to the side. His expression was obscured by the frosted glass. He Yuzhu, your enemy has taken the bait. I hope you'll treat Moth better. In the end, this life will all be for nothing!

He Qian, the general manager of He's Investment, injected a sum of money into Lou's under the guise of "strategic capital increase." The amount of money was not large, but it precisely stepped on the rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In the Hong Kong stock market in 1986, rights issues were the most common capital operation. If existing shareholders did not participate in the rights issue plan proposed by the company, their equity would be diluted!
After acquiring 40% of the shares, Tao Wei was preoccupied with going to Shenzhou and didn't pay any attention to the daily operations of the Lou family or notice the subtle moves of He's Investment!
The week the rights issue was finalized, Tao Weicai belatedly realized that his shareholding had dropped from 40% to 35%!

Tao Wei slammed his fist on the Lou family's board table and questioned Lou Zhenhua, who only claimed that it was "a resolution of the shareholders' meeting." He Yuzhu, on the other hand, sat calmly in the main seat, saying that "as a new shareholder, the He family has an obligation to support the company's development." He chuckled, "You don't understand the talent I have!"
"He Yuzhu, did you orchestrate all of this? Don't forget, there's still 10% of Bald Eagle's territory. My men have already gone to Bald Eagle. I haven't lost yet!"

Tao Wei went completely mad watching He Yuzhu mock him. The 40% stake of over 14 million shares was rapidly decreasing, and He's Investment's shares seemed to be pouring into Lou's stock market.

For example, he originally had only 10,000 shares, but now he has 100,000 shares. The value of the shares he holds has depreciated tenfold. He never expected that He Yuzhu actually held 50% of the shares. The Lou family's equity is being rapidly diluted due to collusion between insiders and outsiders!
"Hehe, is this what you're talking about? My young master Tao?"

He Yuzhu released the equity purchase agreement, and Lou's eldest son's 10% stake was also in He Yuzhu's hands. In other words, He Yuzhu held more than 60% of the shares and had absolute say in the Lou family!
"you……"

Tao Wei realized he had fallen into He Yuzhu's trap. In fact, the information about Lou Bancheng was false, and the information about the eldest son of the Lou family was also false. He was finished!
"Why? Diluting so many shares requires a lot of money. Why do you have so much money? Why?"

Tao Wei roared in despair, "He Yuzhu is just a cook. I am the eldest son of the Tao family. He Yuzhu has several other people who are very close to him, but I don't. However, even under these circumstances, He Yuzhu still has a huge amount of money!"
"Because all this money is yours. The funds that Polar Bear had frozen suddenly and inexplicably appeared in my account. Because your intelligence agent, Fan Jinyou, defected to me. Because your friend, Dong Yong, also helped me. Because I did everything Polar Bear did. Now you should understand, right, young master of the Tao family!"

He Yuzhu's words were both deadly and psychologically damaging; every single one of them inflicted unbearable pain on Tao Wei. Was it all He Yuzhu's doing? Impossible! How could you possibly possess such power? (End of Chapter)