I was forced to start the second round because I was raised in poverty

Chapter 209 Divide Money
Lu Xinyu and the others followed Zhao Peng to another conference room.

In fact, all three parties already knew the outcome of this business negotiation.

Originally, Lu Xinyu was full of enthusiasm and ready to use all her skills to help Jin Hong secure this deal.

But Su Cheng's words turned what was originally a sure thing into a casual chat.

And at this time.

Another familiar woman walked into the conference room where Su Cheng was: Wang Zhiying.

Today, Wang Zhiying's outfit is still in the style that Su Cheng is familiar with.

The top two buttons of the suit jacket were deliberately undone at the collar, revealing a triangular shadow filled with black lace blouse below the collarbone. The silk fabric rippled like an undercurrent under the crisp fabric with each breath.

The subtle folds that a wool-blend pencil skirt creates when walking reveal the full curves of the body, while when standing, it tapers into a sharp angle above the hip bone, like some kind of unspoken coordinate.

With that outfit, which man wouldn't turn around and take a second look if he were standing in the hallway?

"Hey? Mr. Wang? What are you doing here?"

Upon seeing her, Su Cheng quickly stood up to greet her, constantly conveying messages to Wang Zhiying through her eyes.

Wang Zhiying immediately understood: "Oh, I don't have anything to do, I just came to browse around."

Ye Li silently rolled her eyes in her mind.

Still pretending.

Charm Diary has been very busy lately. You, President Wang, have nothing better to do than wander around here?

Ye Li retorted, "President Wang, I heard the group recently approved another sum of money for you? Shouldn't you be very busy?"

Wang Zhiying smiled and explained to Ye Li, "It's not that I'm particularly busy."

"So what are you doing here?"

“Well, a friend of mine owns some shares here, so I came to check it out.”

Does your friend own shares?
Are you sure these aren't your own shares?
What do you mean by "just came to take a look"?

Jin Hong is here today to discuss an acquisition with Zhao Peng.

You're not even trying to avoid people?
Ye Li still harbored some hostility towards Wang Zhiying, so she gave Wang Zhiying the order to leave: "In that case, I have something to emphasize to President Wang."

"Huh? You say."

"Today we need to issue a case receipt to this company. Mr. Wang was once our client and is now the president of a subsidiary of the group. We hope you will recuse yourself."

Wang Zhiying: ???

This little girl.

Are you sick of gunpowder?

Why are you so angry?

They even asked her to leave.

Wang Zhiying looked at Su Cheng, hoping he could smooth things over for her.

Ye Li crossed her arms and looked at Su Cheng, waiting for Su Cheng's reaction.

Su Cheng: ???
Stop staring at me!

Ye Li had been in a bad mood for the past few days, so Su Cheng didn't dare to speak up for Wang Zhiying in front of her anymore.

"It's like this, Mr. Wang, according to Article 2, Item 3 of the Group's Avoidance Policy..."

Su Cheng explained to Wang Zhiying.

Ye Li's words were not unfounded; the group does indeed have regulations regarding nepotism.

Wang Zhiying's presence here today could be considered skipping work.

Skipping work is not their responsibility.

However, they need to complete the consultation case response today and conduct research and discussion on the company's plan implementation and progress. This may involve trade secrets, so unauthorized personnel are not allowed to be present.

Wang Zhiying noticed the look Su Cheng gave her, and instead of arguing or confronting Ye Li, she wisely left the company.

Ye Li's expression softened somewhat when she saw Su Cheng.

If Su Cheng had sided with Wang Zhiying and spoken up for her, Ye Li would have definitely turned on her on the spot.

No joke!

Ye Li doesn't like women like Wang Zhiying.

She prefers to be friends with people like Lu Xinyu.

Young, beautiful, intelligent and knowledgeable, Lu Xinyu is also a graduate of a key 985 university, and she started as a management trainee at Jin Hong.

Jin Hong's K8 is also very impressive; if you only have a degree but no ability, you won't be able to get promoted in a short period of time.

Even with hard work, you might not be able to reach K8.

Lu Xinyu's style is both traditional and business-like, yet youthful and energetic.

In contrast, Wang Zhiying...

Her clothing and appearance exude charm, making the most of her gender advantages, and she may have taken many shortcuts.

She couldn't say Wang Zhiying was wrong, but she just didn't like this approach and style of doing things.

Not long after Wang Zhiying left, Su Cheng received a message from her: [Call me when you're done, I'm at the coffee shop outside].

The beeping sound from her phone caught Ye Li's attention.

She didn't even need to guess to know: it must have been sent by Wang Zhiying, right?
The meeting between Zhao Peng and Lu Xinyu lasted for about twenty minutes, and both sides concluded the meeting amicably.

After seeing Lu Xinyu and the others off at the elevator, he turned back to greet Su Cheng and the others.

The main purpose of the case receipt is to help Zhao Peng resolve some problems and bottlenecks that he might encounter in advancing the plan, problems that none of them had considered.

This process lasted about two or three hours.

"Well, why don't you go back first."

"Brother Cheng, aren't you leaving?"

"Yes, I'll go back later. I'll stay and talk to Mr. Zhao some more."

"Oh okay."

Ye Li knew immediately that Su Cheng was still waiting for Wang Zhiying.

But it doesn’t matter.

She couldn't be bothered with Su Cheng.

After Ye Li, Qin Fen, and Zhang Yangwen left, Su Cheng texted Wang Zhiying to come up in ten minutes.

After Wang Zhiying went upstairs, she immediately launched a sarcastic attack on Su Cheng.

"I've been waiting for you for two or three hours, and I've drunk several cups of coffee."

Wang Zhiying was also angry. She had been called over by Su Cheng, but ended up sitting in jail downstairs. Anyone would be furious in that situation.

"I told you to come later, not that you had to come right away!"

"Forget it, let's not argue about it anymore. I'll reimburse you, okay?"

"Okay, send me a red envelope later, and I'll give you my Alipay account."

Su Cheng: ???
Oh shit.

Why are they still sending red envelopes via Alipay?

WeChat isn't working?
WeChat's maximum red envelope amount is 200 yuan, but Alipay has no limit!
"Uh, I don't use Alipay, I'll send it to you via WeChat."

"That won't work, there aren't enough WeChat accounts."

"200 isn't enough?"

"Do you think my time is free? Will you pay me or not?"

"Prosperity, prosperity, prosperity." Su Cheng had no choice but to give in.

Mom!
Su Cheng felt like she was being bullied from both sides!
"Seriously, why is your first wife so unfriendly to me?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? She's not my first wife." Su Cheng looked at Wang Zhiying with suspicion. "We've just been arguing lately."

"Why are you two arguing and dragging me into it? Do you think I stole her man?"

Su Cheng: ???
"What are you talking about? It's not like that."

Su Cheng briefly explained the situation to Wang Zhiying, which was about the shares.

"No wonder they're hostile towards me. They thought I'd cast a spell on you." Wang Zhiying was still angry; she had never suffered such humiliation before.

Su Cheng didn't tell Ye Li that he also held shares, and instead made her take the blame?
"No way, I'm not going to take the blame for you." Wang Zhiying pouted. "If she keeps acting like this towards me, I'm going to yell at her."

Upon hearing this, Su Cheng immediately questioned, "What are you going to do?"

"Oh, oh, oh, you're not happy about it anymore? Taking their side?"

"If she continues to act like this, I'm going to get back at her."

Of course Su Cheng would protect Ye Li.

Even if he wanted to maintain a good relationship with Wang Zhiying, he wouldn't allow her to hurt Ye Li. "No! Not allowed!"

"I don't care, I've already told you anyway."

Sitting to the side, Zhao Peng: ? ? ?
This……

He was still there!
Do you really have to talk about your family matters in front of me?
"Ahem..." Zhao Peng coughed twice to remind them and steered the conversation back to business. "President Su, I've already spoken to Jin Hong Group. What's the response from Dihao?"

"We've mostly agreed, but we still need to lower the price a bit more."

Su Cheng called Wang Zhiying over so that she could tell Zhao Peng and her the news in person.

"Really?!"

Upon hearing that headquarters had agreed to Su Cheng's quote, a glint of shrewdness immediately flashed in Wang Zhiying's eyes.

That's the sound of money coming in.

Wang Zhiying had already put the unpleasantness from before behind her; her mind was now focused on calculating the shareholding ratio.

Su Cheng presented the contract, which was in triplicate.

"You two sign here, here... and here too. I'll take care of the rest."

"Hey, hey, don't rush me." Su Cheng quickly grabbed Wang Zhiying's slender wrist.

"???what."

"Don't touch this contract, and put on gloves."

Wang Zhiying thought about it for a moment and understood.

Oh.

Fingerprints should not be left on contracts.

"You've hurt me, pay me back."

Su Cheng:?
Pay me your ass!

"Sign with your left hand, so that no one can tell your handwriting from your signature."

"understood."

Sign the investment agreement.

This means that Dad bought 20% of the shares of "Heart Signal" for 2000 million.

But this does not mean that Zhao Peng is an employee of the Dihao Group.

Strictly speaking.

Zhao Peng was working for Su Cheng and Wang Zhiying.

To be more precise.

Zhao Peng is now considered one of Su Cheng's men.

"Don't write any code for the next couple of days. Go find an office building in the Second Ring Road. It will develop very quickly in the future. Rent a larger area, like half a floor or a whole floor. It's up to you."

Besides the company's remote location and small size, Su Cheng felt that a proper company should have its own independent reception room and meeting room.

Now they do everything in public rooms.

It's not that it can't be used; having these conditions during the startup phase is already quite good.

But now that we have money, we need to be professional, upgrade our standards, and make ourselves presentable.

Wang Zhiying agreed with Su Cheng's suggestion: "I also think we should rent in the city center. It's too far from here, and it takes a long time to drive here every time."

"Okay, then I'll take a trip around the city in the next couple of days."

After settling the contract and company relocation matters, Su Cheng moved on to the next topic.

Divide the money.

In principle, there's no need to elaborate on the matter of dividing the money. Everyone's shares have been diluted, so dividing the 20 million according to the proportion is sufficient.

Zhao Peng and his brothers received 500 million.

Su Cheng received 600 million.

Wang Zhiying holds the largest stake, 55%, and has the most shares diluted, receiving 1100 million yuan by herself.

It's worth noting that when Wang Zhiying's Charm Diary went bankrupt and was acquired, its market value was only 800 to 900 million yuan.

The high-priced acquisition by the Emperor Group is a special case and cannot be included in the calculation.

Wang Zhiying made a net profit of nearly ten million yuan in less than a month by simply changing hands, which is equivalent to the profit of a Charm Diary.

This money involves share dilution, and my father gave some regulations, so they can't take it all out at once.

This investment is not simply a sale of shares, nor is it deposited into their personal accounts; rather, it is deposited into the company's account.

Strictly speaking, it is "liquid working capital" obtained by exchanging shares.

Su Cheng was mainly saying this to Wang Zhiying.

She wants to cash out and leave, but she'll have to wait until the product becomes profitable before she can do so.

This money can only be used for product promotion and advertising.

Relying solely on a few online bloggers is not enough; promotion must be carried out through mainstream channels.

Traffic and advertising are very expensive; tens of millions can disappear in the blink of an eye.

"I know, I'm not stupid."

"I'm just afraid you're stupid."

Wang Zhiying: ???

dong dong dong~
There was a knock on the door of the public meeting room.

Zhao Peng instinctively replied, "Someone's here, let's find another room."

"Mr. Zhao, it's me!"

Upon hearing Qian Hong's voice, Zhao Peng let him in.

"Is there anything?"

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Pan has hired a few people downstairs to put up banners, saying they want us to pay back the money."

Zhao Peng looked very surprised when he heard this: "Huh?"

"Please take a look!"

Zhao Peng immediately got up and went to the window, peering down.

Pan Shuai actually stood under the building with a banner that read: "[Heartless company, give me back my hard-earned money!]"

Su Cheng and Wang Zhiying also saw it.

Wang Zhiying couldn't help but ask, "President Zhao, isn't he your brother? What's going on?"

Su Cheng knew some of the inside story, but not the specifics.

Zhao Peng had to explain to the two of them.

This was actually done according to Su Cheng's wishes.

Su Cheng believed that Pan Shuai was a black sheep who would affect the team's morale.

It just so happened that Pan Shuai had long wanted to quit and wanted to get cash quickly and leave, so Zhao Peng gave him a sum of money, bought back the shares in his hands, settled the accounts, and let him go.

Su Cheng asked, "How much money did you give him?"

"Not many."

Zhao Peng explained that at the time, Pan Shuai only had shares in the company without contributing any real money, so he had the fewest shares.

After Wang Zhiying made her investment, Zhao Peng had already given Pan Shuai a sum of money according to the agreed proportion, and later gave him an additional 20 yuan.

Zhao Peng had to mortgage his house in his hometown to settle the debt for Pan Shuai.

Anyway.

Pan Shuai did put in the effort after all.

Therefore, both morally and logically, Zhao Peng has done everything he could and believes he has done right by the brothers who worked with him.

At that time, neither Zhao Peng nor Su Cheng knew that the Emperor Group intended to acquire "Heart Signal".

Now that Pan Shuai is holding up a banner below, he probably knows that two super-large companies want to invest and acquire shares, so he feels that he didn't get enough money.

After listening to Zhao Peng's detailed explanation, the two finally understood what had happened.

"Mr. Wang, what do you think?"

Wang Zhiying would never give money to such a person again, and she advised Zhao Peng not to give him any more: "Just ignore him and let him hold it up down there."

Su Cheng agreed with Wang Zhiying's opinion.

There's no need to pay any attention to these kinds of people; just leave them alone.

"Mr. Zhao, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)