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

Chapter 280 Mr. Bai and Daenerys Targaryen Have a Quarrel
"President Su, please don't be angry."

"Is it possible that the young master didn't actually accept cash or other forms of bribes from the king, but instead directly took shares in the 'Heart Signal' product?"

"That's why the young master didn't try his best to maximize the benefits for our group, but instead thought about getting rid of the company and cashing out as soon as possible."

"Because by doing this, young master, it can actually be considered as maximizing his own interests, but only from the perspective of young master personally."

After Bai Zihua finished speaking, the expert team accompanying him immediately endorsed his argument.

"President Su, based on our analysis, we cannot rule out this possibility."

“If that’s the case, all those loopholes can be plugged. The young master doesn’t have much cash on him; most of his assets are shares.”

"Now that the young master has the opportunity to cash out, of course he should get rid of it as soon as possible."

Bai Zihua added, "President Su, you should take a look at the operating model of 'Heart Signal'."

“For products like this, even if they are to reach a scale of hundreds of millions of US dollars, it will take three to five years to develop.”

"During this period, most of the available cash in the account should be invested in advertising operations."

Market capitalization is market capitalization.

Shares are shares.

The former is a fictitious number, intended as a comprehensive reference point, but it cannot be cashed out.

The current offer from the boxing group allows them to cash out their shares, receiving real money in hand.

Bai Zihua's explanation calmed Su Tianyan's anger, but the seriousness on her face did not disappear.

"Mr. Long, have you started negotiations with the boxer group yet?"

"Not yet, I'm organizing it."

"Then may I ask what your desired price is?"

"Around two hundred million."

"What if you don't use our group's reputation to negotiate?"

Bai Zihua easily found the flaw in Long Ruoli's behavior at this moment, and he tried his best to say things that were favorable to Su Cheng.

This statement is simply trying to prove two points.

First, how much is "Heart Signal" really worth?
Second, how much is the boxing group really willing to pay for "Heart Signal"?
"If I were to judge, I think there's no problem with the young master agreeing to this offer. Mr. Long, you might be a little too hasty."

Bai Zihua's words were already very, very gentle; he was practically pointing his finger at Long Ruoli and saying, "You're making a mountain out of a molehill."

But it's not his fault.

Long Ruoli's statement, "Haven't you already practiced?" meant that Su Cheng still made similar mistakes.

In Bai Zihua's eyes, this was a very serious accusation.

He knows everything about President Su.

Assuming that President Su believed Long Ruoli's accusations, he would definitely issue an order to "re-investigate" and create similar questionnaires again until he could be 100% certain that Xiao Cheng would give a new response.

Bai Zihua didn't want to see Su Cheng suffer similar hardships again, and he also didn't want to see another Chen Suna selected to cause harm.

Bai Zihua's timely intervention successfully salvaged Su Tianyan's opinion of Su Cheng.

Su Tianyan began asking Bai Zihua and Long Ruoli, trying to make his own judgment: "How many shares does Wang Zhiying hold?"

Long Ruoli replied normally: "According to Wang Zhiying's own statement, she owns about 70% of the shares."

Bai Zihua added from the side: "71%."

Long Ruoli nodded: "Yes, if we follow President Bai's logic, the actual number of shares she holds might not be that many. Some of them might belong to Xiao Cheng?"

Under Su Tianyan's questioning, Long Ruoli gave a brief account of the meeting she had with Wang Zhiying, Zhao Peng, and Su Cheng that day.

Su Tianyan's gaze was not focused on anyone, but on an empty space in the room.

His eyes didn't move, but his brain was thinking.

Su Tianyan did not reprimand Long Ruoli, because there was nothing wrong with what she did when viewed from the opposite perspective.

Assuming the brat doesn't own any shares, then there's nothing wrong with her making Wang Zhiying pay 'protection money'.

Assuming this brat owns shares in "Heart Signal," that would indirectly weaken the economic power he controls.

The only downside is that Long Ruoli wanted too small a proportion.

Only half.

Even if we take one hundred million US dollars as a base, that brat has quite a bit of money in his hands.

Long Ruoli should try to negotiate with higher-ups, then that brat will get even more money.

The annual salary the company is offering him now is already high enough.

What does he need so much money for?
Do you want to buy a luxury house, drive a luxury car, and live a life of extravagance and debauchery every day?
Not allowed.

Absolutely not allowed!
Long Ruoli was very surprised by Su Tianyan's attitude.

Throughout the entire process, Su Tianyan's focus was solely on Su Cheng, and he did not take any action against Wang Zhiying.

Logically speaking, Wang Zhiying's behavior should absolutely lead to her being sent to jail, because the group cannot set such a precedent, at least not openly.

At the very least, Wang Zhiying should be fired.

The fact that he wouldn't let her leave shows that Su Tianyan has indeed developed the idea of ​​taking this woman in.

Old Su really likes it?!
After dealing with Su Cheng.

Su Tianyan also asked about Xiao Zhang: "How is he now?"

"President Su, based on our understanding of Mr. Zhang's financial situation, I have further reduced the intern's benefits. Considering his savings, we are only keeping him at the subsistence level."

"This level of pressure is just right."

"Okay, you can handle that."

Su Tianyan gave Long Ruoli a certain degree of recognition, and he felt that it was the right thing to bring Long Ruoli into the picture.

After they finished talking, Long Ruoli and Bai Zihua saw Su Tianyan off to his car to rest.

Now only Long Ruoli and Bai Zihua remain.

"Mr. Long, you should go back too."

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Bai."

Long Ruoli jogged to her car, opened the trunk, and took out an exquisitely packaged gift box containing two bottles of whiskey.

"Mr. Bai, this is for you."

Long Ruoli did not prepare ordinary whiskey; ordinary whiskey would be insignificant to her as the gift giver, or even to Bai Zihua.

She proactively opened the gift box for Bai Zihua to inspect.

Bai Zihua doesn't actually drink alcohol, but he enjoys collecting it.

He recognized it immediately as Porter Allen, a legendary brewery from Islay.

Judging from the outer packaging, it should be the first edition of single malt in individual bottles from 1970, even the label is hand-drawn.

This distillery closed down in 1983, and there are no more than 40 bottles left on the market.

The winery has already closed down, but the vintage is exceptionally high, making this wine extremely valuable for collectors.

Long Ruoli immediately took out two bottles, which were extremely attractive to Bai Zihua.

She had someone bid for these bottles at an auction for $220 million each, and she didn't even give them to President Su, but to Bai Zihua instead.

Long Ruoli had served as Su Tianyan's secretary in her early years, so she knew all too well the importance of Bai Zihua, the chief secretary-general.

Without any hesitation, Bai Zihua decisively refused the gift: "President Long, thank you for your kindness."

"I won't accept the wine. Please go back and rest as soon as possible."

Long Ruoli frowned slightly.

She never imagined that Bai Zihua would refuse such a gift; he would have accepted it without hesitation even if it were given to President Su.

Not only did Bai Zihua refuse to accept it, but his words also became official and polite, which was a bad sign for her.

……

……

three days later.

Su Cheng secretly arrived at an office building in the city center.

This place was found by Zhao Peng at Su Cheng's request; their original location was included in the sales agreement for "Heart Signal".

From the administrative structure to the personnel grouping, Zhao Peng almost completely replicated the Dihao Group according to Su Cheng's instructions.

"Have all the interviews been completed?" "Yes, all the interviews have been completed."

Zhao Peng had to admit that the resume Su Cheng had sent him that night was of extremely high quality.

Zhao Peng was overwhelmed by the sheer number of outstanding talents available; they were all from MIT, Harvard, Yale, and the Ivy League.

Whether it's this person or that person, Zhao Peng hesitated back and forth, suffering from decision paralysis.

Finally, he painstakingly selected some resumes for interviews.

The interview process went as Su Cheng had expected, with almost no obstacles encountered.

Zhao Peng was a little nervous at first, but the whole process went smoothly.

“They usually don’t invest in just one factory; they invest in several super-large factories together, going wherever the market is right.”

“People with resumes like theirs almost exclusively look at big companies; they won’t invest in or even look at startups.”

According to Su Cheng's explanation, none of these people had applied to them, but they still obtained their resumes, which meant that they really had some connection with the Emperor Group. Otherwise, how could their resumes have ended up in their hands?

In the early stages of starting a business, everything relies on deception. First, you lure people in and get them up and running.

Su Cheng will definitely not let them down.

Su Chengkai's treatment is much better than that of Emperor.

Since there wasn't a bright future like that of a mega-company, Su Cheng had to start from this angle, and he wasn't stingy with the salaries he offered to these people.

Interns start at 1 RMB, with a six-month probationary period, and start at 2.5 RMB after becoming full-time employees.

"By the way, Mr. Zhao, has the resume I marked been hired yet?"

Su Cheng was referring to that pretty Australian girl who doesn't eat cilantro.

“We’ve hired her.” Zhao Peng explained the recruitment process. “She didn’t agree immediately; she thought about it for about two or three days before signing the offer.”

"President Su, what position should I assign her?"

Zhao Peng felt that since Su Cheng had put a sticky note to mark her, she must be a very important person.

Although this girl's resume isn't as impressive as others, she's definitely qualified to be Su Cheng's assistant.

"No, no, no, not an assistant."

Su Cheng quickly denied it.

Su Cheng hasn't gotten to know this person well yet, so he doesn't know what kind of person he is. He can't afford to be exposed now.

"Just make the arrangements as normal for now."

"Oh, alright."

This girl is actually nothing special.

Chun Chun felt a sense of revenge in Su Cheng's heart.

Why can that old man have so many stepmothers, but he can't have girls himself?
Su Cheng's plan was to train the woman and then use her for his own purposes after confirming that she could keep the secret.

He wasn't talking about work; he was talking about something else.

dong dong dong~
"Oh? Mr. Wang is here."

The two stood up to greet Wang Zhiying.

Su Cheng observed that Wang Zhiying's expression was somewhat unpleasant.

She might still be caught up in the shock of being robbed.

It's been several days, why haven't I recovered yet?
really.

As soon as Wang Zhiying entered the room, she asked Su Cheng in an annoyed tone, "Why are you meeting so suspiciously in broad daylight?"

"Because Batman is there at night."

Wang Zhiying: ???

nmd.

Batman?
I'm Spider-Man!

"I was just kidding, Mr. Wang."

Wang Zhiying pouted; she wasn't in a good mood and didn't want to pay attention to Su Cheng's playful joke.

"Let me tell you something important first."

"Long Ruoli has reached an agreement; the Boxer Group has raised its offer to $1.5 million."

Su Cheng was delighted when she heard the price.

nice!
Pretty good.

Even if they hand over a portion of the $1.5 million to the corporation, they can still make a considerable profit.

Wang Zhiying glared at Su Cheng: "What are you laughing at?"

"What's wrong, Mr. Wang? Why are you unhappy? We made money, can't we be happy?"

"You know nothing. That bitch told me to hand over 90% of my profits to the group."

Su Cheng: ???
what?
What the hell is this?
90%?

Su Cheng quickly calculated the costs in her mind.

Wang Zhiying and his shares combined can receive 106 million.

Now we have to pay $95 million.

Then he and Wang Zhiying could break up again.

Based on the proportions... he can only get 300 million dollars?

"Wori."

"Is this some kind of joke?"

"An acquisition worth hundreds of millions, and I only get this little bit in return?"

Su Cheng now understood why Wang Zhiying's face looked so unpleasant when she came in.

When did this happen?

"That bitch sent me an email just half an hour ago."

I grass!

Su Cheng wanted to curse.

Who the hell came up with this idea?

That's fucking ruthless!

Of the 10 billion yuan in cash, Su Cheng only received a single penny!

They still have to pay taxes and evade taxes through their own secret channels, so the actual amount they receive might only be a little over ten million.

Su Cheng initially suspected it was Long Ruoli's suggestion, but upon closer inspection, the logic didn't hold up.

If it were Long Ruoli, she would have requested such a high percentage from the beginning, instead of sending an email later.

Su Cheng thought the first 50% was probably Long Ruoli's own idea, but the latter part was definitely the old man's idea.

Only he could do such a beastly thing.

Su Cheng guessed that Long Ruoli was completely dumbfounded at the time. She thought that making Wang Zhiying hand over 50% was already ruthless and extreme enough.

The old man's move probably scared Long Ruoli.

Wang Zhiying looked at Su Cheng: "What do we do now?"

"What should I do..."

"Should we give her this 90%?"

What can I do... can I just refuse to give it to them?

Wang Zhiying's attitude was: "I don't want to give it, or I'll just run away."

Su Cheng felt it was normal for Wang Zhiying to want to run away; even giving all her money to Long Ruoli wasn't enough, and she had to pay out a lot more.

But Aunt Wang, you can't run away... What will I do if you run away!

He had just gotten Zhao Peng to set up the new company when this whole mess happened.

Su Cheng felt incredibly frustrated.

Grass!
My good mood for the whole day was ruined by that old man.

(End of this chapter)