Chapter 051: Beating up Scum
Qi Yu went to work the next day. When he got to the office, he was stopped by the girl at the front desk.
“President Qi, there are little cakes today!” Guo Qiao smiled sweetly at him.
Qi Yu frowned. Hasn’t he been keeping a good distance? Why did it feel like this girl was becoming more and more enthusiastic about him? Taking one casually, Qi Yu coldly said, “thank you”.
Entering the office, Qi Yu saw Wu Shuang and tossed the cake to him.
“Uh,” Wu Shuang was in the middle of eating one already when he received another. He asked curiously, “You’re not going to eat it?”
Qi Yu rubbed the bridge of his nose and said, “Didn’t I say that I don’t like sweets?”
Wu Shuang: “…”
After sitting down, Qi Yu took out the documents Qi Feng gave him yesterday and asked Wu Shuang to send it back to the various departments. He then turned on the computer.
He saw an extra new document on the desktop. Qi Yu clicked it open. It turned out to be a “work log” that Qi Feng made yesterday—from the time he entered the office and the time he left after work to who dropped into his office and a rough account of what had been said, he wrote it all down carefully.
Qi Yu smiled. He hadn’t thought that the kid could be so attentive.
During the day, nothing major happened in the company, but he had received a call from Xu Jing, asking him if he had time to grab dinner tonight.
It has almost been half a month since the two of them had that late night snack last time. Qi Yu readily agreed.
He met up with Xu Jing that evening and the two of them talked shop for a while. Then Xu Jing said to him, “I went to Yan Cheng on a business trip again last week and something very interesting happened.”
Qi Yu: “What was it?”
Xu Jing asked him, “Do you know Lin Huan?”
Qi Yu felt like he’d heard that name from somewhere. Then, he was a little surprised, recalling that he had heard Si Hang and the others talk about him. He asked, “The son of the richest man in Yan Cheng?”
Xu Jing: “Yes, that’s him. He’s quite famous within the rich second-generation circle. He’s only a few years older than you, but this person is very capable and very different from what I imagined.”
The only thing Qi Yu remembered about Lin Huan was that he also had an e-sports company and was Si Hang’s rival. So, his impression of him has always been that he was also the kind of rich second-generation ancestor who specialized in having fun. Hearing Xu Jing say that, he couldn’t help but be a little curious, “How is he different?”
“It’s a long story,” Xu Jing said leisurely. “Two new technology companies emerged the year before last. One for video entertainment, called Little Pigeon, and the other for audio entertainment, called Little Magpie. Both have developed very well. Last year, they each sought investments in order to expand. It was clear in their conditions, that if you invest in Little Pigeon, you could not invest in Little Magpie. If you invest in Little Magpie, you could not invest in Little Pigeon. Because of this matter, it drew quite a lot of attention within the investment circle. Some people were guessing that the people behind all this was pulling a gimmick and that there was actually just one boss behind the two companies.”
Qi Yu: “So, was there really just one boss?”
Xu Jing shook his head: “No, I met with Lin Huan last week and he told me the ins and outs of these two companies. It’s pretty funny. Their founders are both high-achieving students from N University’s computer department. They were even batch mates and classmates. They obviously could have worked together, but when they were studying, each had their own entrepreneurial ideas. Neither could convince the other so they simply made a bet and set up companies separately. Within three years, if either of the companies manage to become twice as large as the other, the loser will henceforth work for the other. So, it really was just two young people competing with each other.”
Qi Yu: “There’s really stuff like that? So what happened next?”
Xu Jing said mysteriously, “The story played out very dramatically and our Shan Yu even had a little bit of a hand in it.”
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Qi Yu: “So Lin Huan invested?”
Xu Jing: “He invested but Little Pigeon lost.”
Qi Yu was stunned. “Why?”
Xu Jing: “Lin Huan asked me to meet in Yan Cheng last week. He bought Shan Yu’s 3% shares at ten times the price of my initial investment, managing to get controlling interest in Little Pigeon.”
Qi Yu was puzzled, “Why’d he spend so much to get controlling interest in Little Pigeon? Did he want to buy these two companies separately?”
Xu Jing: “No, before Lin Huan invested in Little Pigeon, he had already made a bet with the founder of Little Magpie. So long as he manages to obtain controlling interest in Little Pigeon, Little Magpie will buy it at a price three times the price. — So now, Little Magpie was the winner.”
Qi Yu suddenly realized that Little Magpie had been pretending to be weak all along to provoke Little Pigeon into making impulsive decisions. If Little Pigeon hadn’t taken such risks in order to win, he wouldn’t have necessarily lost…
“Wait, but if Shan Yu hadn’t agreed to give him 3% of the shares, Lin Huan wouldn’t have managed to get controlling interest, right?”
“Right.” Xu Jing nodded with a smile, “He originally only offered to buy it at three times the price, but I asked for ten times. It would have been a waste not to make the most of this chance to earn money.”
Qi Yu was secretly surprised. It seemed that Xu Jing wasn’t a pushover either.
He thought about it, and then wondered, “But where did Little Magpie get the money to buy Little Pigeon?”
Xu Jing smiled. “He borrowed it from Lin Huan.”
Qi Yu: “…Huh?”
Xu Jing: “Hehe, surprised? Actually, this game was set up by Lin Huan and the founder of Little Magpie. In the agreement between Lin Huan and Little Magpie, in addition to helping Little Magpie obtain Little Pigeon, within the next three years, Little Magpie has to expand to three times its current combined scale with Little Pigeon. Otherwise these shares will eventually return to Lin Huan’s hands.”
Qi Yu: “Damn…”
It was layer upon layer of intricacies. It was too complicated.
“That’s why I said Lin Huan’s pretty scheming, right?” Xu Jing shook his head and smiled. “When I heard of this tactic of his, even I got newfound respect for him.”
Qi Yu enthusiastically questioned Xu Jing about some of the details. Xu Jing smiled and said, “If you’re interested in the investment industry, you should join me while you’re here during your vacation. There’s lots of interesting people and things.”
Qi Yu was a little tempted. “Looks like that will have to wait until next year. This year, I’ve got the handle Mei Wei’s matter first before I can think about anything else.”
Xu Jing asked him, “How’s Mei Wei’s investigation going?”
Qi Yu talked about it briefly but he didn’t dare to elaborate too much. He was afraid that someone might be tailing him and eavesdropping into their conversation.
After the meal, like before, Qi Yu rushed to pay the bill. Xu Jing said helplessly, “If you keep doing this, I’ll be too embarrassed to invite you out to dinner next time.”
Qi Yu practiced Tai Chi and said, “Next time, it’ll be your treat.”
Talking and laughing, the two headed out. Qi Yu vaguely heard someone mention his name. He stopped. He hadn’t misheard. Someone really was talking about him, and the voice was coming from the room to the side.
Xu Jing had brought him to a well-known Cantonese restaurant in Haicheng. Although they were all private rooms, the soundproofing wasn’t as good as the ones in No. 88 Huaijin Road.
Qi Yu walked to the source of the sound, and he heard someone in the room say, “Are you f*cking possessed? Now you’re beginning to hear Qi Yu’s voice everywhere!”
Qi Yu was taken aback. Si Hang was also eating here?
When Xu Jing saw this, he also came over and signaled to Qi Yu with his eyes, asking him what was going on. Qi Yu made a ‘shush-ing’ gesture, and the two continued to listen in silence.
“I’ve been fooling around for so long but this is the first time I’ve ever come across someone like him. You guys have probably never known what it’s like to be able to see but not taste. All I even dream about anymore is f*cking him… and he clearly knows I’m interested in him but he even found some guy to put on a show right in front of me. F*ck, I’m dying to have a taste…” Qi Yu didn’t need to guess the voice to tell which mental case it was who was talking.
The people in the private room roared with laughter. Si Hang said, “Didn’t I find that star for you last time? I thought he looked a lot like Qi Yu.”
Tang Weiye: “A lot like him, my ass. That temperament and demeanor simply can’t be compared!”
Si Hang: “I think you’re looking for abuse… just pick someone else. Why’d you have to insist on someone with such a powerful background? Even my dad has to give his dad some face when they meet.”
Qi Yu’s face was ashen. Enduring the anger in his heart, he told himself to not lower himself to the level of this group of garbage and to just leave.
Then at this moment, he suddenly heard Si Hang say inside, “I remember that Qi Yu has a twin brother.”
“Huh? A twin!?” This was Zhu Lin.
“Yeah, I saw him when I was a kid. He looked exactly like Qi Yu… But then their parents divorced. Qi Yu went with their father and his brother’s probably with their mother. They don’t keep in contact anymore.”
“Oh? What does his mother do?” Tang Weiye asked.
“I think a celebrity or a host. I forgot. But she’s really beautiful,” Si Hang said.
“Haha, Weiye, looks like you’re in luck. Since they’re twins, if you can’t lay your hands on the son of the chairman of the Si Yuan Group, does that mean that you also can’t lay your hands on the son of a celebrity? Go play with his brother instead!
“Maybe us brothers should tie and drug him up to help you relieve your cravings?”
“That’s not a bad idea,” said Tang Weiye.
“Hahahahaha…”
The people in the room were laughing happily when they heard a loud bang behind them. The door to the room had been violently kicked wide open!
The group of people in the room looked back in panic. When they saw who had appeared at the door, their expressions all changed.
“Qi-Qi Yu…” Si Hang was the first to realize that things weren’t looking good.
Qi Yu, looking like a demon on a rampage, swept his eyes over them. He then murderously walked towards Tang Weiye.
Tang Weiye was initially a little confused when he saw him appear. As a result, Qi Yu walked right in front of him, grabbed his collar and pulled him up and hit his face with a straight punch.
“Ahhhh—-” Tang Weiye let out a scream, covering his face in pain.
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“Bastard.” Qi Yu cursed, then took a bottle of wine from the table, and brought it down on Tang Weiye’s forehead. He made no effort to hold back and bright red blood immediately flowed down from the top of Tang Weiye’s head.”
Qi Yu had broken in so fast that Xu Jing couldn’t react. Tang Weiye was already kneeling on the ground, clutching his head.
Everyone was terrified. Because of Qi Yu’s special status, they didn’t dare come up to protect Tang Weiye. They simply gathered around, standing by the edges. Someone shouted Qi Yu’s name and explained in a panic, “Qi Yu! We were just joking!”
……Joking? You call that a joke?
Qi Yu only felt a “buzzing” in his ears. He was about to explode. He turned his head and punched the face of the person who said that they “were just joking”. He knocked the person back several steps, making the other let out a shout.
After a close look, he found out that it was Si Hang. Qi Yu was stunned. For so many years, he’d kept in mind how Si Hang had stolen Qi Feng’s Transformers. He has always felt unsatisfied at not having gone through with their fight back then. In the past, for the sake of face, he had never done anything to Si Hang. That punch just now felt a bit good.
But then he remembering what these scums had just been chatting about and Qi Yu’s blood began to boil once again.
Just when his eyes were turning red and he wanted to continue beating people up, Xu Jing dragged him to a stop and anxiously urged him, “Qi Yu! Stop fighting. Calm down!”
A lot of people had gathered outside because of the ruckus. But it was as though Qi Yu could neither see nor hear them. He was like a thoroughly enraged leopard.
Qi Yu’s two bodyguards also rushed in. But they weren’t there to stop people from fighting, rather they stood like guardian spirits on either side of Qi Yu.
At this moment, someone reacted and said in a panic, “Call the police! Call an ambulance! Tang Weiye has passed out! Tang Weiye is dying!”
“No…” Si Hang, while clutching his nose, still didn’t forget to grab the one who shouted. He said, pained, “It’s all… among our own people. Don’t make such a big commotion…”
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【Little Theater】
Si Hang: Don’t hit him. He’s one of our own.
Qi Yu: Who the f*ck are you calling one of your own! ?
Translator’s note:
The founders of Little Pigeon and Little Magpie had a bet. They had to each try to grow their companies to be twice the size of the other within three years. They each sent out invitations for financing with the condition that investors may only invest in one of the companies. Lin Huan and Xu Jing both invested in Little Pigeon. Lin Huan invested a lot while Xu Jing only invested a bit, getting only 3% of the shares.
This is the part of the story that gets muddled because its not stated how many percent Lin Huan got for his investment in Little Pigeon. But for the sake of explaining what had happened, let’s make some assumptions/examples. Let’s say that, for simplicity there were only 2 investors in Little Pigeon — Lin Huan and Xu Jing. For his initial investment Lin Huan got 30% of the shares, Xu Jing got 3% and the rest of the 67% remained with the founder of Little Pigeon.
Because of Lin Huan’s initial investment, Little Pigeon progressed a lot.
Unknown to Little Pigeon, Lin Huan has an ongoing bet with Little Magpie’s founder. If Lin Huan gets Little Pigeon’s controlling shares (51% of the shares), Little Magpie will buy Little Pigeon from Lin Huan (with money he’ll borrow from Lin Huan) with the promise that he will grow the business to three times the size in the next three years; or Lin Huan gets full ownership of the combined company.
So, Little Magpie, in order to make it easier for Lin Huan to get Little Pigeon’s controlling shares, controlled their rate of growth, making it just big enough for Little Pigeon to be unable to win unless they get more funding; effectively provoking Little Pigeon into asking Lin Huan for additional investment — additional investment that Little Pigeon’s founder had to pay more shares for.
So Little Pigeon asked Lin Huan for more investment. Let’s say for this new investment, Lin Huan got an additional 18% from Little Pigeon’s founder. So, now, Lin Huan has 48%, Xu Jing has 3% and Little Pigeon’s founder has 49%. Little Pigeon’s founder still has majority share for now. But after Lin Huan bought Xu Jing’s 3%, his combined shares rose to 51%. This meant that Lin Huan became Little Pigeon’s owner and he could now sell Little Pigeon to Little Magpie’s founder as per their bet.
So, Little Magpie bought Little Pigeon, making him the overall winner in his bet with Little Pigeon.
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That felt satisfying 😌
Little magpie smert 😏
Thank you for the chapter ❣️
Sorrryyy I didnt meam to reply
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mushroom.. the explanation at the end.. too smart oao
damn Tang Weiye deserved it. Si Hang also.
trouble is brewing 0-0 but they deserve to be smacked
thx u for the chapter !
thank you so much for the explanation!!
oh my god, i’ve been waiting for a long time for this. how dare you talk about the qi twins and family like that? if you really tried doing that to qi feng, you all would already have died somewhere in a ditch
YES QI YU! Let them know if they try to touch your brother they are dead. DEAD!!
thanks for the chapter!
You stole xiao Feng’s toy as a kid and now you(r friends) ‘re gonna drug and r*ape him!? What kind of upbringing is this you dirty scumbag Si Hang
Dang, LH really played a good but dirty one….
deserved