I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

Chapter 121 Xiao Ma Ge admits defeat and voluntarily pays protection fee

The official interview must give face, but Yang Chen is unwilling to go to Shenzhen, and Xiao Ma Ge is unwilling to go to Jiangcheng. In the end, the working group can only interview the two of them online.

Team leader Guo Ming said bluntly: "The leadership hopes that the two CEOs can exercise some restraint and put the word 'stability' first. Okay?"

Xiao Ma Ge immediately complained to Guo Ming about Yang Chen’s robbery behavior, just like a young wife who had suffered a lot of grievances.

After listening to Xiao Ma Ge's complaint, Guo Ming smiled and nodded, then said to Yang Chen: "Director Yang, you see, we are all Dragon Country people, we should help each other, there is no need to make it like this. Don't you agree?"

Yang Chen smiled and said, "Director Guo is right. We are all Dragon Country people, so we should help each other. I would like to ask Penguin to help communicate with the NBA and send three teams to play against the Four Seas team. Whether it succeeds or not is another matter, they just need to help talk about it. If it succeeds, I won't let them work for nothing. I will allow them to broadcast the game, and the profits will belong to them. I will also advertise for them at the game site. Is this sincere enough? But their appetite is too big, and they asked to lead the NBA Dragon Country trip this time, and they will take 60% of all the profits, and I and the remaining partners will share 40%. Director Guo, if you were me, would you want to deal with them?"

Xiao Ma Ge immediately said: "We are the NBA's online broadcaster in Longguo. Do we need your permission to broadcast? Who doesn't know Penguin Sports when watching basketball games? Do we need you to give us advertising?"

Yang Chen smiled and said, "I told you to say this. Have you signed a contract with me? What right do you have to broadcast the friendly match between the Sihai team and the NBA team? Which car owner doesn't know BBA? Doesn't BBA still need to advertise? So many world-famous brands don't dare to say that they don't need to advertise. Are you, Penguin Sports, so awesome that you don't need to advertise? You are used to hegemony, and you still want to use this on me? Be careful that the market supervision department will conduct an antitrust investigation on you, then you will be honest."

Guo Ming quickly interrupted and said, "Okay, okay, both CEOs, calm down, don't get excited, don't get excited. I roughly understand where the conflict between you lies. CEO Ma, just help pass on a message, but there is no guarantee that it will succeed. CEO Yang, is that okay?"

Yang Chen smiled and replied: "Now there is no need for him to pass on the message. I will personally ask the NBA to send a team over. As for the share price of Penguin Holdings, it must fall below 200 before it can rise again."

Xiao Ma immediately said excitedly: "Don't dream! I will definitely prevent the stock price from falling below 200!"

Yang Chen nodded, and said: "Then there is nothing to talk about, let's fight to the death at the price of 200. Within three days, if I succeed in making the stock price fall below 200, you will admit defeat. If the stock price does not fall below 200, I will admit defeat. Director Guo, you guys don't have to worry about it, neither of us is willing to give in now, anyway, this is the final battle, let us decide the winner."

Brother Ma immediately said, "Am I afraid of you? Three days is three days. I don't believe that I, Ma Tengfei, who has been in the business for half my life, can't deal with you!"

Seeing Yang Chen and Xiao Ma Ge not convinced by each other, Guo Ming stood up and went out to make a phone call. When he came back, he smiled and said, "Okay, three days, just three days. No matter what the result is, you two must shake hands and make peace."

Yang Chen nodded and said, "No problem!"

Xiao Ma also quickly said: "No problem!"

Yang Chen and Xiao Ma Ge exited the video conference and went their separate ways.

Pony Ma is going to convene a board of directors meeting and a shareholders' meeting, as well as a workers' representative meeting. He is going to use two killer moves, employee stock ownership and share repurchase and cancellation, at the same time.

Yang Chen didn't do anything. He just waited for Brother Xiao Ma to make the next move before posting on Weibo.

After the stock market closed, Penguin Holdings issued an announcement.

There are two points: implementing an employee stock ownership plan and repurchasing no less than 1 million shares for cancellation.

Due to the urgency of time, Penguin Group funded employees to purchase stocks, and employees can make up the corresponding amount later.

Under normal circumstances, the implementation of either of these plans would result in a sharp rise in the company's stock price.

If an A-share stock can hit several daily limit increases in a row, if these two plans are put forward together, doubling the stock price will not be a problem.

Zhang Shi, chairman of Gaoling Capital, posted a Weibo post commenting on Penguin Holdings' operations.

"President Ma has simultaneously released two killer weapons, employee stock ownership and buyback and cancellation. Combined with the previous performance growth and shareholder increase, it is now certain that all the weapons in President Ma's arsenal have been used. Under normal circumstances, any one of the employee stock ownership and buyback and cancellation can increase the stock price by at least 30%. Now that both are released together, it is easy for the stock price to rise by 50%. Now it depends on how President Yang will make his move. If he can't come up with any major negative news about Penguin Group, President Ma can definitely use these two plans to counterattack and kill President Yang."

After Zhang Shi’s analysis, even people who didn’t understand stocks had a rough idea of ​​what effect the two plans proposed by Penguin would have. Now everyone was looking forward to Yang Chen’s response.

Yang Chenbing did not respond immediately to Xiao Ma Ge's new move, but waited until the next day when the stock market was about to open and then posted a Weibo.

"If you are an employee of Penguin, do you want to buy shares at a price above 200, or do you want to wait until the price drops below 200, or even close to before buying shares? If you are a shareholder of Penguin and want to repurchase and cancel shares, do you want to repurchase at a price above , or wait until the price drops to around before repurchasing? President Ma has made it clear to everyone, do you understand how to operate?"

Zhang Shi, CEO of Gaoling Capital, posted a Weibo in response to Yang Chen’s Weibo post.

"Ah? I thought Mr. Yang would reveal some serious dirt on Penguin, but after all this time he only posted this one Weibo post? I can now declare with absolute certainty that Mr. Ma has won. Penguin's stock price will not fall below 200, and will rise all the way back to a reasonable price of over 400 after opening. I'm going to start a live broadcast on TikTok, and I'll accompany you all to witness the final battle between the two bosses."

The Hong Kong stock market opens.

Penguin Holdings opened flat, and the long and short confrontation lasted for 10 minutes. The trading volume exceeded billion, breaking the historical record of the Hong Kong stock market and also breaking the record of the Dragon Country stock market.

However, Xiao Ma Ge was no match for Yang Chen after all. In the 15th minute after the opening, the sellers gained the upper hand and after breaking through several key prices in succession, the share price of Penguin Holdings reached the winning point of 200 Xiangbi.

If you break it open, Yang Chen wins; if you pull it up, Xiao Ma Ge wins.

At this time, Zhang Shi, chairman of Gaoling Capital, was live streaming on Douyin.

Zhang Shi explained excitedly: "The two sides launched the final life-and-death battle at the key price of 200. The increase in trading volume shows that retail investors and institutional investors also intervened in large numbers at this price. The buy orders at the price of 200 were quickly smashed, and Mr. Ma is a little dangerous. Hmm? There are 200 buy orders at the price of 1, but it seems to be useless. There are too many sell orders. 1 lots were quickly smashed, and only 200 lots were left at the price of 100. Oh, the price of 200 will break at any time! Broken! Broken! Mr. Ma is going to lose? Hmm? No, no, there are buy orders that have eaten up the price of 200. There is no transaction below 200, and strictly speaking, the price of 200 is not broken. Phew, I was so scared that I broke into a cold sweat. Mr. Ma is still insisting, Mr. Ma has not given up!"

At this time, barrage.

"Oh my goodness, this is the first time I've seen the thrill of a football match from watching the stock market."

“Haha… can you explain stock trading like this? I feel like this is a new track. In the future, I can live broadcast and explain the long and short battles of hot stocks.”

"It can be seen that Mr. Ma is trying really hard to maintain the price of 200, but it seems a bit difficult. Anyone who has traded stocks knows that once the key price is broken, it is very difficult to pull it back. It must fall by inertia before it can stabilize."

……

What some netizens said is correct. Everyone who trades in the stock market knows that once the key price is broken, it will be useless even if it is pulled up immediately, as the stock price will still fall by inertia.

Once the key price is broken, the psychological defenses of retail investors will be broken. The characteristic of retail investors is to chase highs and sell lows. At this time, they will sell frantically, and even if the main force wants to push up the price, they will be powerless.

really!

The next second, the 200 price level was broken again, and a buy order at 199 was executed.

At this moment, the winner between Yang Chen and Xiao Ma Ge has been decided.

But the battle between the two sides is not over yet. Yang Chen wants to push the price lower so that he can purchase goods and return them to companies like BlackRock, while Xiao Ma Ge wants to raise the stock price to maintain his dignity.

Zhang Shi, chairman of Gaoling Capital, said excitedly: "The stock price has officially broken the 200 Hong Kong dollar mark. Mr. Yang won, Mr. Yang won! My God, Mr. Yang taught me a lesson today. I thought Mr. Ma would win, but Mr. Yang won. It turns out that short selling can be so simple. Just post a few Weibo posts to encourage retail investors and you can succeed in short selling. If we had known that it would be so easy to short the stock price of a giant company like Penguin, why would we have to go through the trouble of collecting negative information about the other party every time we operate."

Just because Yang Chen can do it doesn’t mean he can do it too, and certainly not for others.

In fact, even if Yang Chen did nothing, the stock price of Penguin Holdings would continue to fall under the influence of the system. Yang Chen's Weibo posts to instigate institutions and retail investors were just a means of perfunctorily appeasing the public.

Barrage.

"Boss Yang has won now?"

"A defeat, a great defeat. President Ma suffered the biggest defeat in his career. He used all the methods he could, but still couldn't stop the stock price from falling. Alas... an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage who had been famous for a long time was actually rubbed in public by a small minion who had just successfully built his foundation. It was too miserable."

"It can no longer hold on, heading for 180. If President Ma doesn't admit defeat, I'm afraid it will go for 100. It was over 400 a few days ago, but now it's only over . The market value of trillion has dropped to over trillion. It's too scary."

……

Guo Ming, the head of the mediation working group, was also paying attention to the share price of Penguin Holdings. Seeing that the share price was about to fall below 180 Xiangbi, he immediately called Xiao Ma Ge.

"Hey, Mr. Ma, that's enough. If you keep going on, the market value will plummet." Guo Ming said bluntly.

Although Xiao Ma Ge was extremely unwilling to accept the defeat, he had to admit defeat at this time.

"I...I understand. I will keep my promise." Xiao Ma Ge said weakly.

Guo Ming comforted him, "Look at it in a positive way. The new generation is better than the old. You also stepped on the bodies of your predecessors to climb up step by step. Now you are just one of those predecessors. The country has more young people like you and Mr. Yang, so we can continue to make progress. Don't you agree?"

When Xiao Ma Ge thought back to the opponents he encountered when he was young, he seemed to feel relieved. This was just the inevitability of history and there was nothing to be sad about.

"Hahaha... Director Guo is right. Talented people emerge in every generation and each of them leads the trend for hundreds of years. I have been the trendy one for twenty years. It's time for the young man to step on me and start his own era of trendy people. I will call him now to formally admit defeat. I will agree to any conditions he puts forward and will never let my boss worry about them again." Brother Ma said with a smile.

Guo Ming laughed and said, "It's great that Mr. Ma thinks this way. I'll call Mr. Yang and remind him not to make things too difficult for you." "Okay, thanks." Brother Ma said with a bitter face.

Yang Chen was watching the traders buying Penguin shares when Guo Ming called.

Guo Ming smiled and said, "Hey, Mr. Yang, congratulations on your victory. I called Mr. Ma, and he said he would call you right away to formally admit defeat. Please be a gentleman and don't make it too difficult for him. In our opinion, this is a handover between the newcomers and the old ones, and we are very happy to see this. Only when there are newcomers replacing the old ones can our country continue to make progress. But we hope that you can hand over happily and decently, and don't let the old ones lose their last dignity. Okay?"

Yang Chen immediately replied: "No problem, I understand."

"Haha... I'm glad that Mr. Yang understands. I won't waste any more words. You guys solve it yourselves and we'll see how you perform. I'm hanging up now." Guo Ming said with a smile and then hung up the phone.

Yang Chen just wanted to make money now. He made a lot of money by shorting Penguin, which was enough. He didn't want to insult Xiao Ma's dignity.

Not long after, Xiao Ma Ge called.

Yang Chen answered the phone, but didn't speak.

Xiao Ma hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: "Director Yang, you win, I admit defeat. Just state your conditions, I will not refuse if I can meet them."

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Boss Ma, just do it yourself. I can accept it.”

Brother Ma was silent again. After a long while, he said, "When Wang Sihai was here, he always wanted Sihai Group and Penguin Group to cooperate to launch a listed company. I thought the real estate industry could explode at any time and I didn't agree. Now that the thunder has exploded, and Director Yang's ability has been demonstrated, I think this cooperation can be tried. I will take the lead in letting Sihai Group invest in Internet Home Furnishing, an Internet home furnishing materials company listed in Hong Kong, and then let Internet Home Furnishing acquire Ruyi Film and Television controlled by Penguin Group, and then change the company name to Si Teng Network, mainly engaged in film and television investment, and abandon the unprofitable Internet home furnishing materials business. Penguin has literary creation websites such as Yuewen and Jinjiang, which can continuously provide excellent scripts. If you and I join forces, Si Teng Network will definitely take off. What do you think, Director Yang?"

You know what, this suggestion from Brother Ma is really good.

Qidian, owned by Yuewen, is a legendary website for online literature. Many great writers create on this platform, which can indeed provide a steady stream of scripts that can be adapted.

Omi literature mainly focuses on women's literature, and many popular novels have been adapted into film and television dramas.

If it can really rely on these two websites to provide excellent scripts, Si Teng Network will definitely not lack high-quality literary content that can be adapted into film and television.

Coupled with Yang Chen's superb stock market operation capabilities, it was inevitable that Si Teng Network's stock price would take off.

Yang Chen smiled and said: "Boss Ma's suggestion is quite promising. Since Boss Ma proposed to cooperate in Si Teng Network, then I won't hide it. After the reorganization, I must be the major shareholder of Si Teng Network. Si Teng Network must hold shares in Yuewen Group and Jinjiang Literature, which cannot be less than 5%. Finally, I don't want to pay, but I want these. Can Boss Ma do it?"

They don't want to pay, but want to become a major shareholder, and they also want Si Teng Network to hold no less than 5% of the shares of Yuewen and Jinjiang. This is simply asking too much.

But this is normal and reasonable.

Since ancient times, victors have always had spoils of war, right?
Brother Ma was silent for a while, then said, "It can be done! If you don't want to pay, then let the shareholders pay. Do you want to do it in the name of Sihai Group or in your own name?"

Yang Chen replied: "You mentioned Si Teng Network, of course it will be done through Sihai Group."

Yang Chen now has to find a way to increase the total assets of Sihai Group and reduce its asset-liability ratio. After all, one of the clauses in the gambling agreement between him and the Jiangcheng Municipal Government is to reduce the asset-liability ratio of Sihai Group to below 50%.

If you want to lower your debt-to-asset ratio, besides reducing debt, you can also do so by increasing total assets.

Brother Ma said, "That's easy. You pick a worthless company from Sihai Group, and I'll handle the rest. I'll let Si Teng Network acquire your company by exchanging shares, and the problem will be solved, right?"

“Haha… Mr. Ma is still experienced. Then I can’t make things difficult for you. I will choose a company that looks okay for you to acquire. I will ask Sihai Entertainment to register a new economic company and transfer the new talent contracts signed by the company. You can just operate the acquisition of this company.” Yang Chen said.

Brother Xiao Ma immediately said, "Okay, okay. Thank you for your understanding, Director Yang. I will definitely do a great job on this matter. Director Yang, just wait for the news."

Yang Chen smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for the news. I will close my position as soon as possible and bring the share price of Penguin back above 400."

Brother Xiao Ma said excitedly: "Okay, okay. Thank you, Mr. Yang, thank you, Mr. Yang."

The two hung up the phone and went their separate ways.

Yang Chen continued to instruct the traders to buy Penguin shares. Not long after, Penguin Sports President Liu Hong called.

"Mr. Yang, I'm very sorry that my problem has brought unnecessary trouble to you and Mr. Ma. I solemnly apologize to you and hope that you can forgive me this time. I will immediately communicate with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and ask him to send a team to play against the Sihai team." Liu Hong said humbly.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Boss Liu, I still like your previous unruly look.”

Liu Hong quickly said, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, please don't be angry with me, Director Yang."

"Hehe... What I mean is that you don't need to contact Xiao Hua. I will deal with him myself. I have also reached a settlement with Mr. Ma, so there is no need for you to be so humble. If you have nothing else, hang up. I'm busy." Yang Chen said with a smile and hung up the phone immediately.

It doesn't matter whether Liu Hong contacts Xiao Hua or not. Xiao Hua doesn't even give face to companies like Nike, so how could he give face to Penguin Sports?
Silver has made it clear that NBA teams will not be allowed to lower their status to play against the Taiwan team, so as not to affect the brand value of the sponsor, the value of the club, and the recognition of fans around the world.

Silver's public remarks were recognized by the owners of various NBA teams. None of them wanted their teams to condescend to go to Dragon Country to play against a newly formed amateur team.

Apparently!

Silver and the owners of various clubs have not personally experienced the feelings of the shareholders of European football clubs, so they dare to be so pretentious.

Once they experience the pain of European club owners firsthand, they will surrender.

Early in the morning.

As soon as Yang Chen arrived at the company, he received a video conference request from the presidents of the five major banks.

While Yang Chen and Xiao Ma Ge were fighting, the Bald Eagle froze some accounts of the five major banks, forcing them to go to the negotiation table for negotiations.

The five major banks sent teams to negotiate. After five consecutive rounds of negotiations, the two sides reached consensus on many issues, but there was one key point where they did not reach a consensus.

The Bald Eagle did not allow the five major banks to help Yang Chen short any stock in the Bald Eagle stock market. The five major banks firmly refused to accept this request, and the negotiations between the two sides reached a deadlock.

Now the five bank presidents want to hear Yang Chen’s opinion so that they can decide how to continue negotiations with the Bald Eagle.

Yang Chen smiled and said: "If they can freeze it, won't you? BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, Morgan, so many Bald Eagle institutions have investments in us. You can use them as a tool."

Zhao Kun explained: "Even if a dog bites you, you can't bite the dog. If we freeze the situation, the situation may become uncontrollable, and we can't afford the consequences. Although they..."

Yang Chen immediately interrupted, “They are not afraid of the situation getting out of control, so what are you afraid of? You are so scared, why are you still asking for my opinion? Isn’t it better to just kneel down?”

The bank presidents all looked embarrassed, and no one responded to Yang Chen's words.

Yang Chen said: "Their stock market allows short selling, we operate according to the law, they freeze accounts at will, why are you afraid of them? Either freeze them equally, or sue them. Don't be so cowardly, okay? I still want to find you to do another big deal, but seeing how cowardly you are, I'm sure you won't dare."

Zhao Kun quickly asked: "Ah? Are you going to short Eagle stocks again?"

Yang Chen smiled and said, "Yeah! I want the NBA to send a team to play against the Sihai team. They are so arrogant and look down on my team. Then I have to let them experience the pain that the European club owners once went through."

After Yang Chen said this, all the bank presidents instantly became excited.

"Fuck, they are nothing! They dare to freeze our legal assets at will and treat us as cowards? Fuck them!" Zhao Kun said angrily.

Wang Wanli, president of Longguo Bank, immediately said, "That's right! They are nothing. Do they really think we dare not freeze the market in kind? Damn, let's continue the negotiations over there, and we'll work hard to beat the NBA bosses and add bargaining chips to the negotiation table."

Li Baitao, the president of the bank, said immediately, "What Director Yang said just now is correct. Their stock market allows short selling. We operate according to the law, and the money we earn is legal and compliant. What are you afraid of? Director Yang, when do you want to take action? Just tell us and we will be ready immediately!"

Facts have proved that money makes cowards courageous.

Yang Chen smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that the situation will get out of control and the leader will hold you accountable?"

Zhao Kun laughed and said, "With tens of billions of Eagle Coins in our account, our leaders will just think we are too honest and will be dissatisfied with us for making too little noise."

"Ha ha……"

(End of this chapter)