The Peninsula chaebol started by rescuing Samsung's little princess.

"Oh no, their company really does have problems!"

"President, are you alright?"

Inside the office, Li Zhixian noticed that Li Haorong's face had turned extremely pale, and couldn't help but step forward to ask him with concern.

"I'm fine, Nexon is the one in trouble!"

Li Haorong put down the financial report in his hand and rubbed his temples.

"Is there something wrong with this financial report? Aren't their profitability quite good?"

Li Zhixian had also read these financial reports, but with her limited knowledge, she couldn't see anything wrong with them.

"When analyzing financial statements, you can't just look at the profits; you also need to analyze how each of the data points was derived."

As he spoke, Li Haorong picked up the financial report and explained it to Li Zhixian:

"Looking at the overall picture, they are profitable, but their debt is also very high!"

Of course, it's normal for a rapidly growing company to have high debt.

The problem is that, in addition to game revenue, their profit comes from asset appreciation!

Combined with their previous debts, it's clear they misappropriated funds to speculate on real estate!

Seeing that Li Haorong could analyze so much just from a few financial reports, Li Zhixian couldn't help but feel admiration in her eyes.

"What should we do then?"

But she quickly snapped out of her infatuation and realized that Li Haorong was really in big trouble.

Originally, Li Haorong planned to continue his scheme of getting something for nothing.

They packaged the Nexon-backed shares into financial products, broke them down into tens of thousands of units, and partnered with banks to distribute them.

With Nexon's reputation and the bank's credibility, this kind of financial product is easy to sell.

But that's not possible now.

Nexon's debt risk is so high that banks will not cooperate with it!

Without banks, there are no sales channels that people can trust. If you expect people to sell on their own, who will believe you?

No wonder Kim Jong-ju couldn't get a loan!

"Is this the end of it? Am I just going to watch a piece of fat meat slip through my fingers?"

Li Haorong was somewhat unwilling. All the effort he had put in was going to be wasted.

Just then, his cell phone rang.

I picked up my phone and saw that the contact name was "Little Princess"!

"Is this some kind of godsend, a pillow delivered just when I'm sleepy, or a rich woman offered to me when I'm short of money?"

He immediately answered the phone: "Hello, Ms. Li!"

How did you know this phone number was mine?

A surprised voice came from the other end of the phone.

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"Your company looks so small! But your assistant is quite pretty!"

In Li Haorong's office, Li Yinxin carefully observed Li Zhixian standing to the side.

"You're supposed to be a chaebol heiress, can you please stop acting like a female thug? Ji-hyun, go get us two cups of coffee!"

Although Li Haorong knew that Li Yinxin's orientation was normal, he dared not gamble.

Even the most normal conglomerate is still a conglomerate; who knows if there's some kind of monstrous gene hidden deep inside?

Only after watching Lee Ji-hyun's retreating figure did Lee Yoon-hyung withdraw her curious gaze and ask:

"You still haven't told me how you got my phone number?"

Li Yinxin sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, her long, snow-white legs gleaming alluringly in the sunlight.

Unfortunately, Li Haorong kept his eyes straight ahead, as if he had reached the point where he could see the legs but not the legs in his mind.

"When you were taken to the emergency room, I used your phone to contact Chairman Lee, and I also noted down your phone number!"

"Hmph! Didn't you say you'd pretend you didn't know me? How come you changed your mind so quickly?"

Li Yinxin felt a burning hatred whenever she thought of Li Haorong's past attitude towards her.

"I feel guilty about it, but don't worry, I genuinely want to help you this time!"

"Oh, so you actually have a sincere heart?"

"I know you have a problem with me, that's okay, feel free to vent!"

After you've vented, I'll discuss how to help you fulfill your wish, and then you can grant me one small request!

Seeing Li Yinxin's smug look, how could the shrewd and compliant Li Haorong care?

"I refuse!"

"Um?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Li Yinxin refused.

Li Haorong's eyes widened in surprise.

"Hahaha……"

Seeing Li Haorong's bewildered expression, Li Yinxin laughed out loud happily.

At this point, you should say: I haven't even told you what to do, why are you refusing?

I replied, "What could you possibly want from me? You just want money!"

Watching Li Yinxin repeat the lines from their first meeting like a broken record.

Li Haorong suddenly realized that this little princess was quite vengeful!

How did you know I was looking for you because of money?

"You met with Mr. Zhu from Ninth City a couple of days ago, and then met with Kim Jung-tae from Nexon yesterday."

The reason you arranged to meet him was probably because you saw an opportunity when we met that day, which led you to find him.

"What, are you trying to use Samsung's name to act as a middleman and profit from it?"

"hiss……"

Li Haorong couldn't help but gasp and exclaim:

"You're not a naive and innocent girl after all?"

"Silly? Naïve? Sweet?" Li Yinxin thought for a moment, seemingly trying to figure out what the word meant, but then she realized what it meant and let out another cold snort.

"I've been holding back these past few days, just to see what tricks you're up to. I never expected you to actually treat me like a gigolo?"

"Knock knock knock..."

Faced with Li Yinxin's aggressive questioning, Li Zhixian's knocking on the door relieved Li Haorong's embarrassment.

After Li Zhixian placed the two cups of coffee on the table and left the office, Li Haorong also readjusted his mindset.

Clearly, his previous explanation was no longer suitable for dealing with Li Yinxin; he needed to come up with a different approach.

So, seeing Li Yinxin still smug, he teased her:

"By the way, how did you know who I met? Why are you so focused on my whereabouts?"

"Hmph, pay attention to you? Don't be so narcissistic. I don't even need to ask around to know what's going on with you!"

Li Yinxin immediately denied it.

"There's no one else here, so let's just speak frankly?"

Li Haorong stopped beating around the bush with Li Yinxin and spoke frankly.

"What did you say?"

"You know what I want, and I know what you want, so why don't we make a deal?"

"Now that you need my help, why should I do anything with you?"

Li Yinxin crossed her arms, looking as smug as a victor.

At this point, she thought she had Li Haorong completely under her control.

"You coming to this appointment means you actually want to make a deal, don't you?"

"Can't I be here to laugh at you?"

Li Yinxin continues to deny it.

"Just to mock me? You'd be that bored? That you'd have that much free time? Something more important than seeing Shin Soo-bin?"

The moment Li Haorong said that, the atmosphere in the entire office instantly plummeted to freezing point.

Li Yinxin's smile froze. Sure enough, this person was her weakness, the kind that couldn't even be mentioned!

"How much money do you want?"

Seeing that Li Yinxin had stopped teasing him, Li Haorong became a little curious: just how handsome was this Xin Xiubin?

"200 billion? Nexon can use stock as collateral, or you can have them use future game copyright revenue as collateral!"

This was a sure-fire way for Li Yinxin to make money.

"Investment is fine, but I have one more condition: I want shares in your company!"

"What do you want shares in my lousy company for?"

Li Haorong was truly shocked. His small company didn't even have any products yet, so what was she planning to do?

"You've done all this for this company, so it must be very important to you. I can only trust your commitment to help me if I have control over it!"

"Okay, 100 billion, 20% of the shares!"

"make a deal!"

Hearing that Li Yinxin agreed to his casual offer without even haggling, Li Haorong was heartbroken: Damn it, I asked for too low a price!