Mu Jiahe saw Xiao Xun's appearance and shouted, "Good, I'll sell!" Then she walked to Xiao Xun and extended her hand, "I'll still have to ask President Xiao for more guidance in the future."
Xiao Xun shook Mu Jiahe's hand. The hand was unusually cold.
Before selling Saint Roman, Mu Jiahe had already divested Mr. Mi's mobile phone company to establish a new technology company, holding shares but not controlling interest. She hadn't expected that the Longtan Group would spend such a large sum to acquire a company that had already reached its revenue limit, all for Xiao Xun.
Mu Jiahe's smile earlier, which others saw as a bitter smile, actually came from her genuine happiness. Cashing out these shares would have been difficult and taken a very long time. Now that someone was willing to pay a large sum to buy them, it would be foolish not to sell.
However, she couldn't appear too happy. What if they saw it and thought they had overpaid, feeling as if they had swallowed a fly, and held a grudge against Xiao Xun?
It was best to benefit from both sides, making Xiao Xun feel indebted to her and making the Longtan Group feel like they had struck a great bargain.
These six people also didn't expect the negotiations to go so smoothly. Since the Jingjidao Group building was acquired by Mu Jiahe with personal funds, it had to be discussed separately from the acquisition of Saint Roman.
But that building was specifically requested by Xiao Xun, and Mr. Feng also found the building quite good, so he told his team, "No matter the cost."
The six people had prepared for the other party to demand an exorbitant price before coming, as they were aware of the relationship between Mu Jiahe and Xiao Xun. They didn't expect it to be so smooth, although the price was still significantly higher than the market rate. However, it was within their authorized range, so they didn't need to report it further upwards.
Although the job of this department was to spend money, and not their own money at that, they felt guilty if they overpaid for something, or if it wasn't good value for money. They felt they had messed up and hadn't demonstrated their own worth.
The Jingjidao Group building was originally built for over six hundred million yuan. After five or six years, its value had multiplied several times.
Mu Jiahe spent a total of 1.3 billion yuan, but not all at once. Only half was paid upfront, with the remaining amount to be repaid over five years.
However, in less than a month, it was fully acquired by Longteng Group for 2.1 billion yuan, with the payment settled in full.
This time, not only the businesses of Saint Roman Group but also the cooperative businesses of Jingjidao Group were now all owned by Longtan Group.
With the business concluded, Mu Jiahe signed the contract, and the Jingjidao Group building was no longer related to her.
The acquisition of the remaining companies would not be settled in a single day.
It was past lunchtime. Mu Jiahe arranged for the director of the logistics department to organize the cafeteria to cook for the "gods of wealth."
As the new president of Longtan Group, Xiao Xun would naturally attend, as he hadn't eaten either.
The group walked out, followed by assistants and secretaries.
There was no private room, so a small conference room was used.
Many people saw Mu Jiahe and Xiao Xun together, as well as those six arrogant individuals. One of them was recognized by an old employee as Secretary Fan.
At this, others didn't know where to start spreading gossip.
"President Xiao, what is this setup?"
"How are the Empress and the Western Palace Empress still chatting and laughing?"
"This pretty boy is too amazing..."
"Who are those five people?"
"Judging by their demeanor, they have a significant background."
"..."
The president's assistant quietly leaked their identities. Those people were from Longtan Group.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Longtan Group, a 'super-carrier' level company, and its boss, Mr. Feng, were renowned businessmen nationwide. Any enterprise he took an interest in was either acquired or controlled, with no cooperation involved.
This meant that Saint Roman was about to undergo a change...
As the host, Mu Jiahe naturally sat at the head of the table, while Xiao Xun, as the boss of these six individuals, sat to her left.
It felt like the seating arrangement in Saint Roman Castle, except these six stood behind Xiao Xun, not taking their seats.
Xiao Xun turned to them and said, "Don't be polite, please sit!"
The group remained unmoved. "You all sit. It's not graceful to eat while standing. Besides, I haven't officially taken office yet."
Finally, Secretary Fan said to the other five, "Please sit. President Xiao has spoken."
After they sat down, Mu Jiahe instructed the logistics department leaders serving the meal, "Serve the dishes!"
The director of the logistics department gave the order to serve the dishes, then asked in a low voice, "Would you like to drink?"
Secretary Fan stood up with a smile and said, "Director Zhang, we have other matters to attend to this afternoon, so we will decline."
Director Zhang said, "Secretary Fan, you're too kind. Please sit and talk."
Mu Jiahe said to Director Zhang, "You can't call him Secretary Fan anymore. He's now an 'imperial envoy.'"
Director Zhang was embarrassed and didn't speak. Secretary Fan said, "I'm not an imperial envoy, I'm just running errands entrusted by Mr. Feng and President Xiao. I'm still working as someone's secretary."
Director Zhang didn't realize that the President Xiao mentioned by Secretary Fan was Xiao Xun, sitting next to Mu Jiahe.
"Since you're not drinking alcohol, let's have beverages. We have freshly squeezed fruit juice here."
Xiao Xun looked at Director Zhang and asked, "Do you have Coke?"
"I'll heat a pot for you."
Xiao Xun said, "I don't want it hot, preferably a bottle of ice-cold."
Director Zhang saw that neither Mu Jiahe nor Secretary Fan had said anything, so he turned and ordered it to be prepared, muttering to himself: This person here, they don't have much ability, but a lot of peculiarities. They think they're someone important, getting on their high horse like this.
At this moment, Xiao Xun's phone rang. He saw the number was from Zhang Ming and thought: How could I have forgotten him?
He stood up and said, "Excuse me everyone, I need to take a call." After speaking, he got up and went to a small adjacent room.
He answered the phone, "Have you finished your interview over there?"
"Finished. Where are you?"
"I have something to discuss here. Have you eaten?"
"Just ate. Secretary Lu took me."
"Was the interview successful?"
"Successful. If there's nothing else, I'll head off. I'll treat you to a meal another day."
Xiao Xun could tell that Zhang Ming was very excited. If he guessed correctly, he was probably going back to handle his resignation.
After the call, he returned to the table. The cold dishes had been served, and one hot dish had been brought out. No one had touched their chopsticks.
"Why isn't anyone eating? Dig in!"
Meanwhile, the deputy general manager, who had received the news, was discussing the current situation with his confidantes.
"What do you think Xiao Xun's intentions are, leaving and bringing his classmates in?"
"Just received news, people from Longtan Group were discussing matters in the President's Office, Xiao Xun forced his way in, and now they're all eating together in the small conference room."
"Do you think President Mu plans to give the company president position to Xiao Xun?"
"That can't be right! The board of directors wouldn't approve."
"But Mu Jiahe is the chairman..."
"Anyway, no matter how you look at it, Xiao Xun doesn't seem like he's being demoted. How about we seize this opportunity to curry favor with him? Maybe he'll be our new leader tomorrow."
As they were discussing, an employee ran in without knocking, "Latest news, it's officially confirmed that Xiao Xun is leaving, and he's even handed over the chairmanship of the game company."
Those few people were bewildered. "What game is this?"
The deputy general manager then spoke, "You guys are just scaring yourselves. With Xiao Xun's abilities, he's barely adequate as a technician. Making him a boss would scare him to death. Although the president is backing him, frankly, he's an unpromising fellow who couldn't handle the pressure long ago. Now he's going back to live comfortably off his wife."
Everyone nodded at each other, finding the deputy general manager's analysis reasonable. After all, with Mu Jiahe's backing, he wouldn't have to worry about money for the rest of his life, so why would he endure such humiliation?
With that thought, they had no more doubts.
Although Xiao Xun was no longer the chairman of the game company, he was still the largest shareholder and had the power to appoint and dismiss the chairman and general manager.
Mu Jiahe originally bought the Jingjidao Group building to turn it into a commercial office building, renting it out by the square meter. It was bought by Longtan before the renovation was completed.
So, the entire building was empty, a far cry from its former glory.
The moment Secretary Fan signed the contract, he began renovating the building from top to bottom and sent a message to Xiao Xun asking for his renovation opinions. Actually, Xiao Xun was quite satisfied with the original renovation of the Jingjidao Group building, so he simply told Secretary Fan not to make major changes, just to keep it clean.
After playing with his phone for a while, he remembered the sunglasses. He opened the glasses case, took out the sunglasses, and put them on. Nothing was displayed, so he looked for the small slot.
After turning it on, Xiao Xun thought: How do you charge this thing? But with future technology, maybe it doesn't need charging.
He looked at his phone wearing the sunglasses, and to his surprise, all the foreign text on the phone was converted into his set language.
"This thing has an automatic translation function? Then why did I bother learning those languages?"