Chapter 114: Let Him Do It
Outside, for a while, Yu Lian continued trying to persuade Yan Xiu in hushed tones. She then returned to the conference room alone.
“I’m sorry, this is just Yan Xiu’s character. Please don’t mind her. Let’s continue…” Yu Lian apologized embarrassingly and quickly adjusted her demeanor. She looked at Si Ze and said, “Chief Si, I’ve been in talks with Si Yuan for so long and I do want very much to cooperate with you but the price of 140 million really is unacceptable to us.”
Maybe it was because he was actually worried that the cooked duck might fly away, Si Ze also restrained his arrogance a little. He looked at Yu Lian, a smile that didn’t reach his eyes on his face. “Ye Qinru should have already told you our valuation of Blooming Lotus, right? 268 million. 53% of that is 142 million. On top of that, Blooming Lotus’ shares have been in a continuous decline for the past months. We’re not treating you unfairly by offering 140 million.”
Yu Lian said, neither humble nor arrogant, “Chief Si, 268 million is just the valuation your company gave us. I never said I agreed with it. The fact is, we too know that we could easily boost the stock price if we simply publicize that all these capitalists are scrambling for Blooming Lotus…But Yan Xiu and I are both steadfast people, so we didn’t do that.”
Hearing Yu Lian’s words, the expressions on Huang Junwen and the others’ faces changed once again.
… Scrambling? Was it not just Lin Huan who was also interested in Blooming Lotus?
Yu Lian continued, “The reason why we’re prioritizing a cooperation with the Si Yuan Group is firstly, because Mei Wei belongs under your banner and Mei Wei has always been my favorite brand. If we can cooperate with the Si Yuan Group, it would satisfy my wish. Secondly, with how long I’ve been in contact with Chief Ye, I feel more comfortable with him. However, this doesn’t mean that the stocks we own necessarily need to be sold…”
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At this moment, Qi Yu had also left the Sea Horse Bar and went upstairs to meet Fu Yansheng.
“How did your chat go?” The two met in the room Yu Lian had reserved for Qi Yu.
“I added 40 million yuan on top of Si Ze’s highest offer and Yu Lian accepted it.” Qi Yu said.
“You quoted her a price already?” Fu Yansheng was slightly taken aback.
They had discussed this internally before and a reasonable price would be within 50 million yuan above the 140 million that the Si Yuan Group quoted to Yu Lian and Yan Xiu. But Qi Yu only chatted with Yu Lian for less than an hour and gave her an offer of 180 million directly. Fu Yansheng was also a little worried that he might have been too impulsive.
“I think they’re worth the price,” Qi Yu said.
“How so?” Fu Yansheng asked.
Qi Yu briefly recounted what Yu Lian had just told him. Fu Yansheng commented after listening, “So at the beginning, they thought more about the brand culture, they wanted to create a connection… Such being the case, they should never have accepted outside investors, much less being listed. Investors for the most part are after quick returns on their investments. Building brand culture requires a long period of time. Both sides were already opposed to each other by their very nature.”
“I think so too.” Qi Yu told Fu Yansheng the advantages he saw in Yu Lian herself.
After they returned to Pascal City in January, while at home, he and Fu Yansheng analyzed the unique point of Blooming Lotus. They touched on how in the early days, when they were a distributor for big name brands, every time they sold something new, Blooming Lotus would create a copy for each one, explaining the product’s characteristics in terms of cost performance and its advantages. There were several products that were not classics in themselves, but because of Blooming Lotus’ promotion, became runaway hits in a short period of time.
Qi Yu had kept this point in mind and today he was able to confirm that Yu Lian had been behind the “Everyday Blooming” slogan that could be seen everywhere.
Fu Yansheng said, “According to this, Yu Lian is more like a KOL-like existence to Blooming Lotus’ customers.”
Qi Yu nodded. “Yes, she may not be a very good manager, but she must be a very powerful product planner. Blooming Lotus was able to satisfy the “emotions” of white-collar working women and I don’t think others can just imitate it and have the same success. It requires long-term empathy between the opinion leader and the customers. If Yu Lian leaves Blooming Lotus, we could find other product planners but they definitely won’t have her kind of tune. Those customers accumulated by Blooming Lotus before may also be slowly lost once Yu Lian departs. That’s why I asked her to stay on when I presented the 180 million offer. For the time being, she will continue to maintain the relationship between the platform and customers for us.”
Fu Yansheng smiled. “Your request is actually a good thing for her. I heard that she’s very fond of Mei Wei.”
“Isn’t that better?” Qi Yu looked at him and said, “What I want is a win-win situation.”
Fu Yansheng asked, “How do you plan to explain this to Si Ze?”
Qi Yu raised his hand and rubbed the bridge of his nose. “I asked Yu Lian to play a role with me. It’s hard to say how effective it will be though…”
After hearing Qi Yu’s plan, Fu Yansheng was a little surprised. “You asked Yu Lian to throw out Lin Huan’s name to provoke him?”
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Fu Yansheng asked back, “Si Ze also has his own information network. What if he finds out that Yu Lian is lying to him?”
Qi Yu: “Xu Jing had a bit of friendship with Lin Huan because of the Little Pigeon project. This matter may be fake for now but I may make it real.”
Fu Yansheng asked, “I heard that Lin Huan is an opportunist and a very shrewd person. Aren’t you afraid that if you spread this information, Lin Huan really might take the opportunity to intervene and take away Yu Lian and Yan Xiu’s shares and then sell it back to us at a high price?”
Qi Yu: “Before doing this, I can sign an agreement with Yu Lian in private. I will handle this matter, but no matter how high Blooming Lotus’ price goes up because of speculation, in the end, Yu Lian and Yan Xiu’s 53% shares can only be sold to us for 180 million.”
The doubts in Fu Yansheng’s eyes gradually faded and admiration and recognition emerged.
Seeing that Fu Yansheng had no other objections, Qi Yu glanced at his watch, got up and said, “I have no idea how their discussion is going now. Let’s go down and have a look.”
When he walked to the door he noticed that Fu Yansheng hadn’t followed. He turned his head and saw that the man was still standing there, looking at him, eyes blazing like torches.
Qi Yu: “…What’s wrong?”
Fu Yansheng’s eyes narrowed slightly and he said, “That’s probably the first time Yu Lian has met a buyer who’s trying to help her raise the price.”
Qi Yu smiled lightly. “I just want to give them a fair price.”
After the two went out, they happened to meet Song Puxin standing in the elevator hall with his back to them. Qi Yu called out, “Assistant Song.”
Hearing the sound, the other party turned around and nodded to them.
The elevator came. After they entered, Song Puxin lowered his eyes and asked, “Are you also going to the sixth floor?”
Qi Yu let out an “en” and with sharp eyes, saw that the back of Song Puxin’s hand was red and the skin on his knuckles were torn.
“Your hand is injured?” Qi Yu asked.
Song Puxin quickly covered the back of his hand with his other hand. He said in a low voice, “It’s just a little scratched. It’s nothing.”
Qi Yu didn’t ask any more questions. He found that although Fu Yansheng and Song Puxin obviously knew each other privately, but in front of him they acted like they had a very unfamiliar relationship and wouldn’t exchange even a single word.
Their destination was the conference room on the sixth floor. When they arrived, Si Ze and the others had just come out of the conference room.
Seeing Si Ze’s red and swollen right eye socket, Qi Yu was once again stunned. He immediately thought of the scratches on the back of Song Puxin’s hand. Although he already had a guess in his heart, he still asked in front of everyone, “Si Ze, what’s wrong with your eye?”
Huang Junwen seemed to be afraid that Si Ze would lose face so he rushed to explain, “Chief Si accidentally bumped into the corner of the sofa.”
Si Ze glanced at Song Puxin next to him, and asked coldly, “Why did you guys all come down together?”
“We bumped into each other at the elevator hall.” Qi Yu didn’t expose him and continued to look at the people behind Si Ze.
He saw Yu Lian and Chief Ye finally came out of the conference room. The two shook hands and said, “Then we will contact you later.” After that, Yu Lian looked at Qi Yu, nodded at him, and left first. .
“How was the negotiation?” Qi Yu asked Ye Qinru.
Ye Qinru: “President Yu’s asking price is 180 million yuan. We will need to think about it again.”
Huang Junwen said in a low voice, “I heard that Lin Huan also wants to buy them so now, they’re trying to rip us off.”
Qi Yu frowned. “Really?”
Si Ze’s face was gloomy. “He’s deliberately complicating this issue. It’s really troublesome. That’s all for today. I’ll ask my subordinates to look into this situation. We’ll have an internal meeting at Si Yuan in two days.”
Qi Yu: “Okay.”
Si Ze was about to leave when he suddenly stopped, came back and said, “By the way, Qi Yu, doesn’t Shanyu Investment’s CEO, Chief Xu, know Lin Huan?”
When they had a meal during the holiday last year, they talked about Little Pigeon and Little Magpie at the dinner table. However, Qi Yu hadn’t expected for Si Ze to have such a good memory; he even remembered Xu Jing’s name.
He didn’t hide it, and directly admitted. “It seems so.”
Si Ze rolled his eyes. “Give him a call and ask him to find out as well…” Then, he changed his mind and said, “No, I’ll be going back to the city in a while. I’ll just meet with him.”
Qi Yu asked in an obviously hinting way, “Are you going to go like that? Don’t you want to let that heal first?”
Si Ze touched the corner of his eye and said impatiently, “Tomorrow when it turns blue, it will look even worse. We don’t have time to delay right now.”
Seeing Si Ze in such a hurry, Qi Yu knew that his aggressive tactics had worked. He hurriedly said, “Okay, I’ll give him a call first and ask him if he is in Haicheng now. I’ll let you know when the arrangements have been made.”
After the two groups separated, Qi Yu immediately called Ye Qinru back to the room upstairs.
Ye Qinru still didn’t know of the plan Qi Yu and Yu Lian had hatched in private. He asked him quietly what he’d said to Yu Lian that made her have such an imposing manner upon her return.
Qi Yu said with a sullen expression. “Ask Techer Fu to tell you. I have to call Xu Jing first…”
After saying so, he left Fu Yansheng and Ye Qinru in the living room and went to the bedroom to dial Xu Jing’s number.
“Xu Jing Ge, where are you now?”
“I’m in the office. What’s the matter?”
“I need your help with something…”
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In the living room of the suite, after hearing Fu Yansheng’s explanation, Ye Qinru exclaimed: “God, how can he be so daring? He actually wants to join forces with Yu Lian to put on an act in front of the director? So he really intends to pay 180 million yuan for Yu Lian and Yan Xiu’s shares? I wanted to bargain it down to 160!”
Fu Yansheng took out the cigarette case and asked with a smile, “Want one?”
Ye Qinru said anxiously, “You’re still laughing. You’re supporting him in doing this? We’re engaging in internal division! Although I don’t agree with Chief Si’s way of doing things, but if Chief Si finds out, what are we going to do?”
Fu Yansheng put the cigarette case on the coffee table. He lit the cigarette and took a puff. He stretched his legs and said, “It’s okay. Let him do it. Don’t you think it’s quite exciting?”
Ye Qinru: “You…”
Just as he was about to continue complaining, Qi Yu came out of the room.
“Chief Ye,” Qi Yu turned to Ye Qinru, phone in hand, “Teacher Fu told you already?”
Ye Qinru raised his face: “En…”
In his heart, he still had 10,000 “whys” he wanted to ask, but Qi Yu didn’t give him time to ask, saying directly, “I just called President Xu from Shanyu Investment, and he promised me that he would try to contact Lin Huan’s people on the side and have them cooperate with us to release some information. But just now, I told President Xu on the phone that this is the plan you came up with.”
Ye Qinru: “???”
Qi Yu put the phone in his trousers pocket and explained, “Right now, I can’t come out and be associated with this matter. The fewer people know about it, the better. Otherwise my presence might influence it badly. But don’t worry, if something happens, I’ll take this blame for you.”
What else could Ye Qinru say? Because of this sentence “I’ll take this blame for you”, he was directly tied together with these culprits!
After sitting down, Qi Yu asked, “How many shares does Ark Investment have in Blooming Lotus?”
Ye Qinru: “Based on the public information we’ve found, they only have 25%.”
Qi Yu: “How’s the negotiation over there?”
Ye Qinru: “It’s always been Chief Si’s people who’ve been in touch with Ark Investment. I heard that the first time they contacted them, Ark threw out an offer for 100 million. They’re also waiting to see. They probably want to see if our Si Yuan Group acquires Yu Lian and Yan Xiu’s shares first. However, since Blooming Lotus’ share price has been falling, they’re also in a hurry to sell it. I asked Secretary Huang today and he said they’ve already talked it down to 75 million but Si Ze seems to want to lower it even further.”
Qi Yu pondered, “25%, 75 million. That’s about right already. Contact Secretary Huang and ask them if they can take Ark’s 25% first. I’m afraid a long night will be fraught with dreams.”
Ye Qinru: “Okay.”
Qi Yu’s cell phone vibrated. He glanced at it but didn’t reply. He continued on to say to Fu Yansheng, “Teacher Fu, I’ll be leaving first. You and Chief Ye, please stay here and sign the 180 million buyout agreement with President Yu on my behalf. Afterwards, please asked Yu Lian that when she goes back, to tell Ark Investment that the Si Yuan Group doesn’t plan to buyout their shares so they’re planning to continue running their own business. For the next days continue to butt heads with the people from Ark Investments. It would be best if they can make it seem that they’re ready to simply go for broke, preparing to go all in in the business.”
Fu Yansheng pondered for a while and then understood what Qi Yu intended. He asked, “Why are you heading back alone?”
Qi Yu said without a change in his expression, “I told Xu Jing that I would be there when he meets with Si Ze.”
Fu Yansheng: “Okay, then be careful and give me a call later.”
After Qi Yu left, Ye Qinru asked Fu Yansheng quietly, “Isn’t Chief Qi just twenty-one years old?”
Fu Yansheng exhaled a mouthful of smoke. “Twenty-two. It was his birthday two days ago.”
“To-may-to, To-mah-to.” Ye Qinru wondered, “How can he be so black-bellied when he isn’t even that old yet? Not only is he engaging in internal division, he also wants to make me a scapegoat…”
Fu Yansheng narrowed his eyes at him. “It’s fine. Better than him saying nothing and then implicating you if something happens in the future, right?”
Ye Qinru: “But he’s only twenty-two years old! Look at the plans he just came up with! At twenty-two, I was still just an empty-headed greenhorn yearning for love! How is there so many twists and turns in his stomach? To think that I thought him nothing more than a simple child before! Tsk. A man of talent never shows off. Showing his true colors, it seems he’s inhuman… Was he so smart when you first met him? Or is the ‘Crown Prince’ just early to mature?
“He didn’t seem to be that smart.” Fu Yansheng said with a look of nostalgia, “When we first met, he was relatively simple.”
Ye Qinru: “Then what’s going on with him now…?”
Fu Yansheng thought about it and said to himself, “Maybe I taught him those things?”
Ye Qinru: “???”
Fu Yansheng put out the cigarette in the ashtray, got up and said, “Okay, don’t think about it. Our little boss has just issued us a task. Let’s get to work.”
Ye Qinru: “…”
The author has something to say: [Little Theater]
(one)
Ye Qinru: Chief Qi, your plan is too bold!
Qi Yu: No, this was your plan.
Ye Qinru: …
Fu Yansheng (smiling and smoking as he watched a good show): Isn’t it exciting?
Ye Qinru: How was I kidnapped to here by these two thieving husbands!?
FYS made his own bed lol. QY will probably surpass him in the future 😈
Ehehehehehehe~ Mr Fu’s teaching has bore fruit and the business world is about to be bitten to shock by the black-bellied little fish! Aaaah I can’t wait to see how everyone will react when all this planning comes to light! cough Heh- hehe- let me just sit here laughing to myself for a bit hahahaha-
Go Qi Yu! He’s just so amazing! YS must be feeling so proud and amazed rn! 😁
thanks for the chapter!
I’m loving the black-bellied fish😍😍😍
Yas go conquer the world king. We have hit our Qi Yu’s black-bellied era. And I am here for it