"Mr. Liu, we feel your offer is still a bit insufficient!" Bao Yueqiao said unhurriedly, looking at the new quotation.
"President Bao, this is already a high price of 70 million RMB. Why are you still not satisfied?" Liu Xiangjiang said, somewhat exasperated. He was truly driven mad by this Bao Yueqiao.
This was already the fourth day since Jiangnan proposed the acquisition. The acquisition price kept increasing, now reaching 70 million RMB for 60% of the shares, more than double the original price. Yet, Bao Yueqiao was still not satisfied.
"It's because this price is still less than our company's actual value!" Bao Yueqiao smiled. "We are the only profitable gaming platform in all of China, with forty million registered users, more than your oo's registered user base. Shouldn't we be worth more?"
"75 million, this is the absolute limit we can offer!" Liu Xiangjiang said, almost shouting.
"Well, this price is indeed quite good, but we still need to consider it!" Bao Yueqiao smiled. "Mr. Liu, why don't you go back and rest for a while? I personally have some matters to attend to!"
"Hmph!" Liu Xiangjiang snorted coldly and then left in a huff.
"Scum!" Seeing Liu Xiangjiang leave, Bao Yueqiao's lips curled into a mocking smile. He then walked towards the lounge in his office, where several people were already seated.
"Mr. Ma, for your sake, I've greatly offended the Jiangnan Group this time!" Bao Yueqiao said with a smile.
"I understand. However, I also hope you understand that our Tengda Group has more sincerity than the Jiangnan Group in wanting to purchase Lianzhong Games." Mr. Ma said.
"Oh? Then how much is Mr. Ma willing to offer?" Bao Yueqiao asked curiously.
"Not too much, not too little, exactly one hundred million!" Mr. Ma said calmly.
"What... one hundred million..." Bao Yueqiao couldn't help but gasp. His psychological price at this moment was around 80 to 90 million RMB. He hadn't expected Mr. Ma to directly offer one hundred million, which caught Bao Yueqiao quite off guard.
"But there's a condition!" Mr. Ma added.
"What condition?" Bao Yueqiao countered.
"Let's sign immediately. Don't play the game of playing one party against another anymore, and don't call anyone else. Let's sign right now at the price of one hundred million. Otherwise, I won't offer this price," Mr. Ma sighed. "I'm a person who fears trouble, and I hope you can understand."
"Let me consider it!" Bao Yueqiao mused for a moment. Mr. Ma's request was indeed quite tempting, because Bao Yueqiao felt that after negotiating with Jiangnan for so long, the price had only laboriously increased to 75 million RMB. To increase it by another 25 million, Jiangnan would likely find it difficult to offer such a price.
QQ was also afraid that Jiangnan would continue to compete indefinitely, so they proposed this plan, attempting to use a high price to cut off his strategy of playing one party against another. Did Jiangnan Group truly not want to offer a price higher than one hundred million?
Bao Yueqiao also hesitated, unsure whether he should take the gamble.
This consideration took over ten minutes. Finally, Bao Yueqiao felt that the chance of Jiangnan Group offering one hundred million was not high. He nodded, preparing to indicate his willingness to sign.
Suddenly, a commotion erupted from outside the lounge, and the lounge door was pushed open directly. Liu Xiangjiang rushed in first. However, he didn't speak and instead stood aside, making a gesture of invitation.
Immediately after, a woman of perfect stature, exuding an extreme charm that seemed to drip with moisture, walked in with a mature and elegant gait.
Behind this woman followed a girl holding documents, with a somewhat dazed and cute aura.
Without exception, both were beauties, almost making Bao Yueqiao's eyes pop out. Mr. Ma, standing beside him, was the same. His eyes almost fell out as he looked at these two beauties. Especially the younger beauty behind, which made Mr. Ma's throat roll a few times, as if he wanted to make a flirtatious remark.
"President Liu, what is the meaning of this?" After a while, Bao Yueqiao finally reacted and asked angrily.
"Allow me to introduce Ms. Leng Zhiruo, the President of Jiangnan Commerce, and behind her is her secretary, Ms. Wang Danrou!" Liu Xiangjiang did not answer Bao Yueqiao's question but simply introduced Leng Zhiruo's identity.
"Hello, President Bao. I am Leng Zhiruo!" Leng Zhiruo extended her hand to Bao Yueqiao. Bao Yueqiao quickly reached out his hand, wanting to hold it a bit longer. Unfortunately, after a brief touch, Leng Zhiruo directly withdrew her hand. At the same time, she extended it to Mr. Ma and said, "Mr. Ma, I have long admired you. I never expected to have the chance to meet you here!"
"Heh heh, yes, it's Ms. Leng. We're both flattered!" Mr. Ma said, looking rather awkward. He had come to intercept, but unexpectedly, he was met head-on.
"President Leng!" Bao Yueqiao coughed. "While your presence here shows you regard me highly, barging in like this is rather impolite, don't you think?"
"If I were polite, wouldn't what I desired be snatched away by others?" Leng Zhiruo said coldly. "President Bao, since Mr. Ma is here, I don't need to guess what happened. Just tell me directly, what price did they offer?"
"One hundred million!" Bao Yueqiao said quickly. Although Mr. Ma had said he couldn't contact Jiangnan proactively, since Jiangnan people had barged in themselves, it had nothing to do with him.
From this perspective, Leng Zhiruo's intrusion was indeed a great thing!
"Heh heh, one hundred million. Mr. Ma indeed has great ambition. I admire you!" Leng Zhiruo sneered. "Very well, in that case, I will also show you the strength of Jiangnan Group. A fixed price, 150 million, and we sign immediately!"
"150 million!!" Bao Yueqiao felt like he was about to fly. He truly hadn't expected Lianzhong Games to sell for such a terrifying price.
"Don't I not see the true value of Lianzhong Games myself? I thought my company was only worth 90 million!" Bao Yueqiao pondered with great regret. He had almost succumbed to Mr. Ma's temptation just now and sold the company for one hundred million. If that were the case, he would have lost a full 50 million!
However, 150 million might not be the final price, as Mr. Ma hadn't spoken yet.
"Mr. Ma... what do you think?" Bao Yueqiao cast an inquiring gaze at Mr. Ma. Mr. Ma sighed deeply in his heart. He had almost bought Lianzhong for one hundred million, but this woman had barged in so aggressively. Was this fate?
No matter how helpless Mr. Ma felt, he understood that he absolutely could not miss the opportunity to acquire Lianzhong. So, he said very decisively, "160 million."
"170 million!" Leng Zhiruo immediately followed, without the slightest hesitation.
"180"
"190"
"200 million!" Mr. Ma almost roared out this price. This small lounge had inexplicably turned into an auction house.
"Heh heh!" Leng Zhiruo couldn't help but laugh. "Mr. Ma, can your Tengda afford two hundred million in cash? As far as I know, your 50 million US dollar financing is less than 200 million now, right?"
"You don't need to worry about that. You just need to know that Tengda can produce this money!" Mr. Ma said stiffly. In reality, Tengda did not have 200 million in cash at the moment, and he had to find a way to get the money. But even so, Mr. Ma still wanted to buy Lianzhong.
"Then fine, let's talk again when you can truly produce 200 million in cash!" Leng Zhiruo said with a smile to Bao Yueqiao. "President Bao, tomorrow you can ask them to transfer the money to a designated account for verification. If he can really produce 200 million, I will continue to bid. If he can't, your company can still sell to me for 190 million!"
"That makes sense!" Bao Yueqiao couldn't help but nod.
"Then let's talk tomorrow." Leng Zhiruo, in her high heels, walked out quickly with Liu Xiangjiang and Wang Danrou. She truly came and left in a hurry. She stayed for less than 5 minutes and managed to drive up the price to 200 million, leaving Bao Yueqiao still in a dream and Mr. Ma looking utterly miserable.
"Mr. Ma, this money..." Bao Yueqiao, having regained his senses, looked at Mr. Ma with anticipation.
"Let's wait until tomorrow. Even if I want to transfer the money to a designated account for verification, it will take time, won't it?" Mr. Ma sighed. Bao Yueqiao nodded, and Mr. Ma quickly left the lounge.
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"Danrou, what was going on today?" That evening, at the hotel, Mr. Ma eagerly called Wang Danrou.
"Brother-in-law, President Ru suddenly brought me here by plane this morning. Liu Xiangjiang reported to her that he had received intelligence that you were already here, so President Ru rushed here with me. Since we've been together all along, I haven't dared to call you to talk about this," Wang Danrou said hastily from her room.
"This must be the doing of that old fox Bao Yueqiao! He's trying to get a good price for himself!" Mr. Ma, usually gentle and rarely cursing, couldn't help but curse again.
"By the way, Danrou, were they really preparing 190 million?" Mr. Ma asked.
"That's true. I heard President Ru talking to the chairman on the phone. The chairman said they still have about 300 million in funds on hand. He also seemed to have disclosed a bottom line price to President Ru, saying that if it exceeded this price, they wouldn't negotiate anymore. However, I couldn't hear clearly what price the chairman quoted, I only saw President Ru agree to come," Wang Danrou replied.
"Three hundred million, these lunatics..." Mr. Ma cursed again, then hung up with Wang Danrou and immediately dialed Sun Zheng Yi's number. "Mr. Sun, we need another 20 million US dollars!"