Reborn as a female internet celebrity in a county town

Chapter 264 100-Day Survival Project
The essence of board meetings and shareholders' meetings is a game of making up numbers; whoever makes the biggest number has the most say.

However, some major decisions require a two-thirds majority vote to pass.

The county wants to exercise its right of first refusal to buy the shares held by Qin Dong, but the pricing power is in Qin Dong's hands.

One good thing about listed companies is that they have a trading standard.

That is, the closing price of the day, plus or minus 20%.
Qin Dong's side is clearly going to rise to the surface.

Huang Yusheng and his group didn't have as many shares as Qin Dong. The block trade ultimately accounted for 19.76% of the total share capital and cost 80 million. After Qin Dong's side increased the price by 20%, it would ultimately cost about 120 million to complete the deal.

Normally, Qin Dong would never sell at this price, but since Lin Lang doesn't care now, he cares even less.

After a brief discussion, both parties reached a preliminary agreement.

In the eyes of those people in the county, nothing unexpected could happen, since they would also be in trouble once control was handed over.

However, they definitely cannot come up with 120 million.

This required borrowing money, and luckily, several bank managers were nearby, so the matter was not difficult.

With the contract signed, there was no longer any need for Lin Lang and his team to stay in the conference room.

The county only needs to come up with 120 million yuan within three days, and then the shares in Qin Dong's hands will be theirs.

With their original shareholding, although they still cannot gain absolute control of Tianshui Duck Industry, they can easily prevent others from taking control.

After leaving the Tianshui Building, He Qiang said, "Brother, didn't I hear you gave two banks a billion yuan in bonds? Why aren't they on your side today?"

Lin Lang said, "Standing on my side is useless. Qin Dong's priority right is signed with the county. As long as the county gets Qin Dong's shares, it will have 26%. My side, plus the bank's and yours, only has 49% in total. Unless we continue to acquire more from the secondary market, it will still not be enough for two-thirds. Moreover, only two banks are willing to stand on my side. If we want to be sure of victory, we need to acquire at least another 10% of the shares in the market."

"Then let's take it, it's not much different."

"If we take more, the consequences will be much greater. Shall we have dinner together tonight?"

"Sure, I'd like to have a chat with you, bro."

"go!"

Once Lin Lang got into the car, he first called Song Zhiyuan.

“Uncle Song, the county used its priority right to take away the shares in Qin Dong’s hands, worth 120 million yuan. They probably don’t have the money to pay it.”

"Okay, shall we have dinner together tonight?"

"I just made an appointment with Mr. He from Xincheng Pawnshop. I'll send you a message once I confirm the location."

"Okay, this meal is on me, so please don't try to argue with me."

……

"What? You want me to act as your guarantor? The contract has already been signed?"

Kong Rui was overwhelmed by the news.

When he first received the news, he felt something was wrong. After all, Big Fish Media must have made thorough preparations before convening the board meeting.

As a result, it seemed that there was no resistance at all, and they failed just like that.

Even if they acquire some more leverage from the secondary market, they can still put up a fight. They can even use Tianjin Capital as leverage to negotiate with the banks and get them to side with Dayu Media.

But according to what he heard, none of these things happened at all.

Now he knows where the problem lies.

The problem lies with him!

It must have been Song Zhiyuan who did this!

He's going to drag himself down with him!
After all, that's 120 million, and there are very few people in the whole county who can guarantee it.

"Go to Shen Xingnan for a guarantee. If Shen Xingnan can't help you, then come to me."

He certainly can't get directly involved. If he steps in as a guarantor and prevents Dayu Media from acquiring Tianshui Duck Industry, then he'll be responsible for any problems that arise later.

However, if I don't step in to vouch for them, even if they get the money, there will be a rift because I'm not on their side.

Therefore, he could only maintain the status quo for the time being, without saying he would not provide a guarantee or changing his stance immediately.

After hanging up, he immediately called Song Zhiyuan.

"Old Song, it's not very kind of you to drag me into this while you're doing your own thing."

Without a doubt, this was done by Song Zhiyuan.

He did nothing, maintaining absolute neutrality and always standing on the side with the majority.

Song Zhiyuan: "I didn't implicate you, it's just that they wanted to contact you. You've always remained neutral, you could have refused them. Lao Kong, I have some things to attend to, I've arranged to have dinner with Mr. Lin from Dayu Media, so I'll have to go now."

After hanging up the phone, Song Zhiyuan smiled.

He didn't expect Lin Lang to pull such a move.

He originally thought that Lin Lang would most likely take over Tianshui Duck Industry without any problems, and then, after finding evidence, he would directly call the police and start an investigation.

As a result, Lin Lang played a trick, giving the people in the county a chance to regain the initiative, and they actually fell for it.

Now that the contract has been signed, you either have to find a way to raise 120 million, or you have to breach the contract and pay the penalty.

Taking the money would implicate Kong Rui, making it impossible for him to maintain his 'neutrality'.

Two minutes later, he entered Lin Lang and He Qiang's private room and saw that the dishes had already been served on the table.

"Uncle Song is here. Since you're treating today, I ordered a few extra dishes. You don't mind, do you?"

Song Zhiyuan said, "You guys should take it easy. I only make a few thousand yuan a month, so I can't afford to treat you to a few meals."

He Qiang said from the side, "Leader Song, I was just kidding. This meal is on me."

"No, no, no, it's my treat. I've only had business dinners before, so it's fine to freeload. But it's not convenient to freeload today. I was just joking. I can afford to treat you to a few meals."

Song Zhiyuan sat down, and Lin Lang helped him open the packaging of the bowls and chopsticks.

He then said, "Uncle Song seems to be in a good mood today."

"Haha, that's pretty good, mainly because your move really surprised me. How come you didn't get a spot as a selected graduate?"

He felt that Lin Lang was a good fit for his job.

Lin Lang: "My grades were bad, and the university wasn't very enthusiastic about various projects, so I barely managed to graduate."

"Sigh, what a pity. I doubt you'd be willing to give up your job and retake the exam now."

Lin Lang said, "Even if I pass the exam, it's useless. I know my own limitations. One of my classmates was even selected by the central government. His grades are better than mine, his college resume is more impressive, he has double degrees and has won all kinds of scholarships. He has been in Tianshui County for a few days and doesn't even know what his next job assignment is."

"Ok?"

Song Zhiyuan never expected that a centrally selected candidate would come from the county.
This matter is being handled by Kong Rui's side, so he isn't very clear about it.

He only knew that some selected graduates came every year, but almost all of them were selected by the provincial government, and very few were selected by the central government. He didn't ask the person's name; he would find out when he got back—it was someone from Shanghai's finance department.

There were only a few people in total, and the provincial selections were almost all from universities within the province, making them highly recognizable.

After eating for a while, and chatting occasionally, He Qiang relaxed a bit.

"Leader Song, it's such a pity that the Tianshui Duck Industry deal fell through today, we were so close. Brother Lin Lang was unwilling to compete with them, but if it were me, I would have fought tooth and nail to take them down!"

He wasn't dissatisfied with Lin Lang, but deliberately brought it up to get Song Zhiyuan's help.

Song Zhiyuan said with a smile, "President He, the deal is done. The county can't come up with 120 million."

"how is this possible?"

“We really can’t come up with it unless someone can vouch for them. There are only three people in the whole county who can vouch for 120 million: me, Shen Xingnan, and Kong Rui.”

He Qiang knew who Kong Rui was, "Then Kong Rui can vouch for him."

"He won't guarantee it! It'll be at most two days; you just need to wait and get Tianshui Duck Industry. What I'm really worried about now is what will happen after you get it… Mr. Lin, what are your plans?"

Once the contract was signed with the county, the outcome of this matter was already predetermined.

Unless Kong Rui is mentally ill, he would never vouch for them.

As for Shen Xingnan? That's even more impossible.

Lin Lang said, "Tianshui Duck Industry can't be set up overnight. For the first few months, we'll focus on developing new products and updating production lines. As for whether we can revitalize it, it depends on whether we have enough traffic... I'm going to hold a project called the 100-Day Survival Competition. The relevant materials have been prepared and are just waiting for approval."

"100-day survival challenge?"

"Yes, the location is on a mountain called Laoyingjia in Xigang Town. We found twelve experts who love wilderness survival and are preparing to do a live broadcast across the entire internet."

"Wilderness survival? That... must be risky, right?"

"There's no risk. It's all pre-scripted. What risk could there be? We have a team of over eighty people following the whole process, including a medical team..."

Lin Lang certainly couldn't say there was a risk, otherwise the approval wouldn't be granted.

It's fine for individuals to do this voluntarily, but it's extremely difficult to get approval for organized activities like this.

The reason he had this idea was that he wanted to sign Bi Xiaofang's relative, since the other party was the number one internet celebrity in Tianshui County in his previous life.

Moreover, wilderness survival has a huge following, making it a project suitable for almost all ages.

However, the other party was quite resistant to signing with a company and did not believe that Dayu Media could provide a good platform, so the deal was never finalized.

Then, Lin Lang's side had been preparing for this event for a month, inviting twelve experts from short video platforms who were into wilderness survival to hold a competition.

If you can persist for 60 days in this competition, you will receive a prize of 50,000 yuan no matter when you give up.

Those who can persevere for 100 days will receive a guaranteed contract of one million yuan from Big Fish Media.

The guaranteed minimum contract that Dayu Media has offered to female anchors who are only on the fringes of the industry is very low, usually only two thousand yuan a month.

A guaranteed million-dollar contract is very attractive to everyone, including Bi Xiaofang's relative.

Even if Lin Lang knew that the other party was a big internet celebrity in his previous life, he couldn't just throw a million-dollar contract at them before they became successful.

Unlike other industries, the skills of internet celebrities are not very time-sensitive, and luck plays a very large role in their success.

The fact that the other party isn't making a splash right now means they haven't figured it out yet. If Lin Lang were to spend a million and the other party still never figured it out, he would be at a complete loss.

Song Zhiyuan didn't ask any more questions about security. He was just going through the motions anyway, and it didn't matter whether Lin Lang had lied to him or not.

"Yes, you're a professional in this area."

He is already prepared to give strong support to the county's self-media industry.

The main problem is that the county really doesn't have anything worth mentioning.

agriculture?

Half mountainous and half plain, agriculture is not particularly noteworthy.

Tourism industry?
In this small county town, the only truly respectable tourist attraction is Ziyun Mountain; the others are not very good.

As for industry, that's even less likely; that stuff is inherently unrelated to small inland counties.

……

Meanwhile, Shen Xingnan was also having dinner with a few people.

"Mr. Shen, there's something you absolutely must help us with."

"what's up?"

Shen Xingnan had a good relationship with them. Xinglan Real Estate had a lot of dealings with the county, so they were quite familiar with each other.

“The county needs a sum of money, and the bank has agreed, but we are currently lacking a guarantor.”

"Hmm? Shouldn't we go to Kong Rui or Song Zhiyuan about this?"

He found it strange that this group of people had asked him to act as a guarantor.
"It's like this, Leader Kong is currently unavailable, and as for Song Zhiyuan... this matter concerns the acquisition of Qin Dong's shares in Tianshui Duck Industry, and Song Zhiyuan will not be helping with that."

Shen Xingnan: "..."

Acquire equity in Tianshui Duck Industry?
Isn't this something that Big Fish Media is doing?
He had already spoken with Qin Dong, who was prepared to completely give up and decided to sell his shares to Lin Lang in exchange for shares in Dayu Media.

"President Shen, we know it's not appropriate to ask you about this, but this matter involves too many people, and we absolutely cannot let the shares fall into Song Zhiyuan's hands."

Shen Xingnan asked, "How did things get to this point? I know about Qin Dong's side; weren't you two cooperating well before? How did it come to this?"

"It's all because of Big Fish Media's intervention. They acquired nearly 20% of the shares from the secondary market. He Qiang from the city has 15%. If they can get the remaining 20% ​​from Qin Dong, they will have absolute control of Tianshui Duck Industry... If we didn't have priority rights, Tianshui Duck Industry would have already changed hands."

Shen Xingnan: "..."

An hour later, he returned home.

The details of today's Tianshui Duck Industry board meeting have been fully clarified.

He definitely didn't agree, after all, Xinglan Real Estate was short of money, and he couldn't possibly use Xinglan Real Estate's future as collateral for someone else, not to mention that buying shares in Tianshui Duck Industry would be a one-way trip.

Expecting them to revitalize the Tianshui duck industry? Absolutely not!
Of course, the most important one is Big Fish Media!

He couldn't possibly undermine Big Fish Media, especially since his daughter is a shareholder of the company.

Son-in-law too!

When he got home, he saw Shen An'an watching TV on the sofa and asked, "An'an, Lin Lang came to the county without telling you?"

"I did tell him, but he has a dinner engagement tonight."

"Then you should go even more. If there's a dinner party, there will definitely be drinking. After drinking, he won't be able to drive. You can take him home then. Hurry up and go ask where Lin Lang is. I'll drive him there."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)