I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 427 Are you willing to give it up? Even if it's over a billion, is this your original intention?
The weather is lovely today, sunny and breezy, and the countryside of Nanxin in April is a riot of colors.

Happy times always pass quickly. At noon, Fang Qingye, as usual, took out the bread and mineral water she had brought from the car and drank it.

Just then, her phone vibrated. Fang Qingye took it out and saw that it was Qian Xiaoli calling, so she answered it.

"Ye Zi, are you in Shanghai or Nanxin?" Qian Xiaoli asked on the other end of the phone.

"I'm back in Nanxin, fishing right now. What about you? I heard from Bai Ou that you went to Hangzhou to investigate pharmacy chain operations. How did it go?"

"I'm back. I learned a lot during my trip to Hangzhou, and I'll start preparing now that I'm back."

“That’s great, this business is really good, Xiaoli, you have a good eye,” Fang Qingye said.

"Okay, stop praising me, Yezi. I have a question for you."

"you say?"

I heard that Alibaba wants to acquire Ele.me.

"Oh, you know about this too? Did Bai Ou tell you?" Fang Qingye asked.

"No, Bai Ou's lips are tight. I have a college classmate who works at Ele.me headquarters, and she told me about it."

"That's true." Fang Qingye briefly told Qian Xiaoli about the acquisition proposal put forward by Alibaba.

"I plan to hold a board meeting in a couple of days. The board will come up with its opinions first, and then we will hold a shareholders' meeting, in which all shareholders will attend and vote," Fang Qingye said.

"In fact, your board of directors already holds the majority of shares, and you have basically decided whether Ele.me will accept Alibaba's acquisition."

“That’s true,” Fang Qingye admitted frankly. “But according to the rules and regulations, we still need to hold a shareholders’ meeting to hear the opinions of you small shareholders.”

"Then I'll tell you my thoughts now."

"You said."

"At this time last year, Tenglong Group invested 5000 million yuan. At that time, Ele.me was valued at 30 billion yuan. Just one year later, it reached 60 billion yuan. Alibaba acquired it for 70 billion yuan, which means we will get more than 100% of the return."

“Indeed, this is a good deal, isn’t it?” Fang Qingye said with a smile.

"It's good, but I don't approve of the acquisition."

"reason?"

"First, Ele.me is the leader in the food delivery industry and is expanding rapidly. Its future is immeasurable. Why would it sell to Alibaba at this time? Isn't Alibaba's premium acquisition precisely because of this?"

"Secondly, under your leadership, Ele.me, including Zhang Xuhao and his team, has been very successful. The company has not encountered any major problems. Why would you sell yourself? Others may want to be employees, but you, Fang Qingye, do not."

"I'll be leaving then," Fang Qingye said with a smile.

"Are you willing to give it up? Even if it's a billion or more, is that what you originally intended?" Qian Xiaoli asked rhetorically.

That was definitely not my original intention, and now Ele.me is an important part of my future financial empire!
Fang Qingye then replied, "I can't bear to part with it."

"Then I'm relieved. Actually, I shouldn't have called you. You already knew what was going on," Qian Xiaoli said with a smile.

"It's good to be clear. If Li Le and the others ask, just tell me your stance."

"Ok."

Fang Qingye spent two whole days fishing in Nanxin, and only drove back to Shanghai on the afternoon of the third day. As soon as she entered the city, she received a call from Wang Chenyang.

"Mr. Fang, have you replied?"

"Just entered the city."

"Okay, I'll come to your house in an hour."

"Ok."

Not long after Fang Qingye arrived home, she heard the doorbell ring. When she went downstairs to open the door, she saw Wang Chenyang standing there with two takeout orders in his hands.

"I bet you haven't eaten since you arrived in Shanghai, and neither have I. How about we grab something to eat together?" Wang Chenyang said with a smile. "Thank you so much," Fang Qingye replied with a smile. "It's just a bit inconvenient to eat here."

The two entered the dining room, and Wang Chenyang took out his lunchbox. They ate and chatted.

"Mr. Fang, after the news spread that Alibaba was going to acquire Ele.me, there was a lot of discussion within the company, with some in favor and some against," Wang Chenyang said.

"Are most people in favor?" Fang Qingye asked.

"Yes, although for most people they have to work regardless of who the shareholders are, the other party is Alibaba, which has a big reputation. Some people even dream of getting a raise."

"996 is a blessing," Fang Qingye said with a smile. "What about Zhang Xuhao and the others' attitude?"

"Everyone has different opinions, and Kang Jia is the most vehement opponent."

Kangjia?

Fang Qingye put down his chopsticks, which was unexpected.

Kang Jia's previous positions were COO (Chief Operating Officer) and CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of Ele.me.

During Ele.me's second round of financing, Fang Qingye and Wang Chenyang joined the Ele.me board of directors and served as CFOs, which effectively weakened Kang Jia's power.

I heard that Kang Jia had some complaints about this, but he was very enthusiastic about his work.

Moreover, Kang Jia was somewhat unruly, which Fang Qingye didn't particularly like, although such personal preference shouldn't be used as a judgment on a senior executive.

It's likely that Kang Jia viewed Fang Qingye in the same way.

Unexpectedly, Kang Jia strongly opposed it!
"Did he give his reason?" Fang Qingye asked while eating.

"It's simple. When you were the chairman, you didn't care about anything. Where can you find another hands-off manager like that? Do you like having a meddlesome mother-in-law? I don't!"

"This guy," Fang Qingye laughed.

The words may be rough, but the principle is sound.

"Furthermore, he said that once Alibaba acquires Ele.me, we will definitely be kicked out in the future. There are many instances of shareholders driving out founders, let alone us, who were just employees without any shares at that time, and could be manipulated by others."

“Kang Jia has a long-term vision,” Fang Qingye said. “What about the others?”

“Deng Ye agrees. He values ​​Taobao’s massive traffic, which will greatly benefit Ele.me’s rapid expansion,” Wang Chenyang said.

“I understand. He’s in charge of market development, which reduces his pressure a lot,” Fang Qingye nodded.

"But I suspect he wants to use the money to start his own business."

"Oh? What does he want to do?"

"I'm not sure about that specifically."

"Oh"

“Wang Yuan doesn’t care. He’s a tech guy, in charge of platform development. Whoever is in charge, he’ll still be there,” Wang Chenyang added.

“What about Zhang Xuhao? He’s the core figure in this team,” Fang Qingye asked.

“He was somewhat hesitant. On the one hand, the temptation of cashing out 11 billion yuan was great, but he was also worried about being kicked out after taking the money. He also couldn’t bear to give up Ele.me, which he had created with his own hands.”

"Hehe, he's just a weirdo, let's eat."

While Fang Qingye and Wang Chenyang were eating takeout and chatting in the villa, Zhang Xuhao and his three friends were also eating, but in a private room of a barbecue restaurant, they were eating barbecue and drinking beer.

Although they are now all billionaires, they still prefer the kind of gatherings they had in their student days.

Simple, pure, and joyful.

However, the conversation between the group today was unpleasant; they were having a heated argument about Alibaba's acquisition of Ele.me.

(End of this chapter)