Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 27 [A world where only Penghui Capital and a few other investors are hurt]

Zhou Baichuan stayed for more than an hour before leaving Xiao Yu's residence. He did not express his opinion on the spot, but proposed to go back and talk to people from several other funding institutions first and give a definite answer tomorrow.

Xiao Yu readily agreed to this, since he was not the one who was in a hurry anyway.

Less than ten minutes after Zhou Baichuan left, Wen Suqing arrived at Xiao Yu's residence.

Xiao Yu invited her to the living room. Wen Suqing sat down and said with a smile, "This time I helped you get a big boss who can calm the situation. I guarantee that after this incident, the investors of Penghui Capital will not dare to retaliate against you."

This made Xiao Yu quite surprised and curious: "Oh? Boss?"

Wen Suqing nodded: "You are engaging in a fierce zero-sum game with those investors, and one of them is bound to lose miserably. This matter has great potential risks for you. It is not ruled out that they may take risks and make you disappear if they lose their temper. The benefits are huge, this is not a joke."

Xiao Yu remained silent after hearing this. Wen Suqing's words were not alarmist. He had thought about this issue a long time ago, and it was also his biggest concern. Personal safety was indeed the biggest potential risk in the future.

At this time, Wen Suqing looked at Xiao Yu and smiled, "So I asked Uncle Xiang to calm the situation for you, so that Ruilian Group can intervene at the right time, so that Penghui Capital and other investors will believe that it is Ruilian that is interested in this benefit, and it is Ruilian that asked you to cooperate in hunting them down."

Wen Suqing continued, "This will transfer the core of the conflict from you to Ruilian Group. You can be pulled out of the center of the storm and become a secondary conflict at best. The corresponding potential risks will certainly be greatly reduced."

Ruilian Group is standing in the front, an existence that even several investors of Penghui Capital cannot afford to offend.

When Xiao Yu heard her words, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He really didn't expect that Wen Suqing had such a strong network of contacts in the Beijing circle.

Xiao Yu had heard of Ruilian Group. Not only did this group company itself possess a huge asset scale of 3000 billion, but most importantly, the major shareholders behind it had several state-owned enterprises.

Zhou Baichuan's Penghui Capital and several other investment institutions have a combined asset size of more than 1500 billion yuan, but they absolutely dare not mess with Ruilian Group. Even if Ruilian's size is halved from its current level, the several major shareholders behind it can keep Zhou Baichuan and others in line.

Xiao Yu looked at Wen Suqing in surprise and said, "I didn't expect that Ruilian could be invited by you. The uncle Xiang you just mentioned, is he Mr. Xiang Chongguang, the current vice president of Ruilian?"

Xiao Yu had heard a little about this person. He is now the vice president of Ruilian Group. His immediate boss stepped down almost a year and a half ago. Xiang Chongguang is very likely to take over and lead Ruilian Group.

Wen Suqing nodded and smiled: "Yes, that's right."

After getting her affirmative answer, Xiao Yu couldn't help but ask curiously: "You call him Uncle Xiang. When did you get together with the young master of the Xiang family? I thought you were still single."

Wen Suqing smiled and said, "Are you trying to trick me? Why do you suddenly like gossiping? But it's nothing. We have been together for more than two years. We haven't made it official and we don't plan to do so."

If that's the case, then it makes sense. No wonder she was able to invite Ruilian Group to help.

The Xiang family's base is in Beijing, and their style of doing things is very low-key, so it's not surprising. It's also normal that they haven't made an official announcement after being together for two years.

After the episode, the topic was quickly passed. Xiao Yu would not pry too much into other people's private lives, so he turned the conversation back to the main topic. He looked at Wen Suqing with a smile and said, "I wonder what the requirements are for Ruilian to enter the market?"

Xiao Yu didn't believe that Ruilian Group was helping without asking for anything in return. Even if Wen Suqing was the daughter-in-law of the Xiang family, her reputation was not that great. She must have really set her sights on the benefits of Linghan New Materials.

Ruilian Group was willing to take the lead and maintain order, and Xiao Yu didn't mind asking for some benefits in return.

However, if several investors of Penghui Capital were cleared out, the new Ruilian Group would also want control or use its superiority to bully others. Even with the relationship with Wen Suqing, Xiao Yu would not hesitate to fight back.

Wen Suqing smiled and said, "Let's not go through all the twists and turns. We can invite anyone to come and keep things under control, so we might as well just find our own family. I do have a little selfish motive here. If I make this happen, Ruilian will get rich rewards, Uncle Xiang will be more stable in managing Ruilian in the future, and I will be more respected and my position will be more stable." She spoke these things very frankly, and even without Xiao Yu saying it, he could understand the logic of interests here.

"No problem. As an old classmate, I support you." Xiao Yu smiled, and then added bluntly: "But how does Ruilian plan to intervene?"

Wen Suqing immediately replied: "I know what you might be worried about, but you can rest assured that Ruilian will bring in several other large institutions that will enter the market later as financial investors and will not interfere with the company. You still have the final say in the company and we will sign a concerted action agreement with you. There will be no gambling requirements and no additional conditions."

"In addition, we will not take your equity. You will still be the company's largest shareholder and actual controller. Ruilian and several other large institutions will divide up the equity held by several investors of Penghui Capital. Everything else will remain unchanged. Of course, the company cannot really be delisted. This is the request of the other institutions."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. This was beyond his expectations and much better than he had imagined. It couldn't be better.

Everyone is fine, and the world is reached, with only a few investors including Penghui Capital getting hurt.

Xiao Yu looked at Wen Suqing and smiled, "I think you must have put a lot of thought into mediating this. In this case, I can't find any reason not to agree."

Wen Suqing said, "To be honest, I know you will never give up control or allow outsiders to interfere. I was worried at first, but Uncle Xiang told me that if you are willing to compromise and give up control, he will be greatly disappointed and will kick you out without hesitation. Of course, he will let you leave with money instead of taking everything."

Wen Suqing continued, "Uncle Xiang said that only truly strong people can achieve a career that is beyond the reach of ordinary people in their lifetime, and truly strong people will never allow themselves to lose control or be constrained. Moreover, you have already stepped on a landmine once and almost exploded. Ruilian only makes friends with the strong."

Xiao Yu was speechless, then smiled and said, "Mr. Xiang is indeed a great man with great ambition and vision. He will surely be able to take charge of Ruilian Group."

It has to be said that when people like Zhou Baichuan are compared with people like Xiang Chongguang, the gap is immediately apparent.

In fact, there is another factor that prevents Xiang Chongguang from seeking control of Xiao Yu's company. That is, Xiao Yu is not only the head of the company, but also a technician and a top technical talent. This is the key point. Both Prism Technology and Linghan New Materials are high-tech companies rather than traditional companies.

If Xiao Yu is kicked out, what if he comes up with a more advanced technology that can quickly defeat existing technological products? Wouldn’t that be a disaster?

There is a precedent now. Several investors from Penghui Capital want to take over Xiao Yu and drive him out.

Now, people have come up with even more amazing technology.

Xiang Chongguang knows that technology is a huge variable, which not only has subversive power, but is also sudden and unpredictable.

Especially if there is a revolutionary technological breakthrough, even the Ruilian Group can be subverted.

For people like Xiao Yu who have the potential to create technological variables, Xiang Chongguang's principle is to avoid confrontation as much as possible unless necessary, and instead make winning over, cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win the first priority.

Xiao Yu was also very satisfied that Wen Suqing brought him several large institutions of Ruilian Group to maintain order. They did not have any ill intentions and did not use their power to bully others. Instead, they cooperated in a friendly and mutually beneficial way, which made everyone happy.

Ruilian Group’s demands are reasonable. It will not take benefits for nothing. It will stand up and take the blame to intimidate Zhou Baichuan and other financial institutions.

It will also deter other coveters in the future, which can save Xiao Yu a lot of potential trouble.

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(End of this chapter)