Chapter 181: Conspiracy and Calculation

“I don’t have time to accompany you tonight. I have to go to Guangcheng.”

Guo Mengyao said in a somewhat low voice.

Chen Feng was sitting opposite her. He had heard her conversation with that Sister Li clearly just now.

Needless to say, Guo Mengyao had been blackmailed!

“Are you really going to buy back the shares from this Sister Li?”

Chen Feng asked after some deliberation.

Guo Mengyao nodded and said, “There’s no other way. If I don’t use money to buy back her shares and completely control the company, and Xue Jun buys them, then he will take away my control of the company. Moreover, if I can’t meet Sister Li’s repurchase request, she also has the right to go to court to dissolve our company.”

Chen Feng then asked, “Then do you have enough funds to respond to Xue Jun’s request to withdraw his shares? If not, will he really go to court to apply for the dissolution of the company?”

Guo Mengyao frowned and thought, “This is his conspiracy. If I respond to his request to withdraw his shares, I will certainly not have much money to buy Sister Li’s shares. And if I buy all of Sister Li’s shares, I won’t have enough money to deal with his request to withdraw his shares. In the end, he has calculated that I don’t have much spare money on hand.”

Chen Feng asked with concern, “Then do you have enough cash on hand to deal with this situation?”

Guo Mengyao smiled slightly and said with a confident face, “I have more than thirty million in cash on hand now. In addition, I have three houses in Guangcheng, two of which are villas, with a total value of more than twenty million. I can easily mortgage them to the bank for a loan of twenty million. It’s more than enough to buy back Sister Li’s shares. As for Xue Jun, he certainly doesn’t really want to withdraw his shares or dissolve the company. He’s just using this as an excuse to make me lose sight of one thing while attending to another, and then take the opportunity to seize control of the company.”

Chen Feng frowned and said, “What if he really wants to withdraw his shares? What will you do?”

Guo Mengyao thought for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, “If he really withdraws his shares, then I’ll just let him. He thinks I don’t have money, but I can borrow from my parents and relatives and friends. Twenty or thirty million should be no problem. In addition, I can use the company’s name to get another thirty or forty million in loans from the bank. That should be about enough.”

After hearing her say this, Chen Feng was slightly relieved. He smiled and said, “If you don’t have enough money, I can lend you some, or just take the opportunity to become a shareholder.”

Hearing this, Guo Mengyao blinked her beautiful eyes at him, raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, “Then how much can you give me?”

Chen Feng thought for a moment and said, “I was originally planning to find a professional appraiser to conduct an investigation and valuation of your company before investing. But I suddenly have a good feeling about you, and we are so familiar with each other. There is no need to be so official. So, I plan to invest thirty million. How many shares can you give me?”

“Are you serious? You’re not kidding?” Guo Mengyao asked with a serious face.

Chen Feng also nodded with a serious face.

Guo Mengyao stared at Chen Feng for a while, then nodded slightly and said, “If you can come up with so much money within three days, I can give you 12% of the shares.”

Chen Feng smiled and shook his head, “This is too little. Your company’s market value is not 300 million now, right? I remember you said last time that the market value was 200 million.”

Guo Mengyao rolled her eyes at him and said, “You just said you don’t need to be too official, but now you’re haggling with me.”

“Business is business. Aren’t you the same? What’s more, I’m investing this money for my family and elders. I hope they can get some dividends from you every year as living expenses. Of course, I have to fight for more for them.”

Hearing this, Guo Mengyao could understand a little.

However, she still said with a somewhat unpleasant face, “12% of the shares is not a small amount. Didn’t we just acquire a cosmetics factory? We spent sixty million in real terms to build our own production line and have ready-made sales channels. Everything is developing in a good direction, and it will continue to grow in the future. You are also joining in the middle.”

Chen Feng smiled and said, “But aren’t you in a crisis now? If you can’t get through this crisis, the company will be dissolved and liquidated.”

Guo Mengyao couldn’t help but glare, “Do you want to take advantage of the fire?”

“Of course not. With our relationship, I can actually lend you twenty million for turnover in my personal name, and you don’t have to pay interest for two months.”

Of course, Chen Feng didn’t want to make her angry. The reason he said this was just to let her understand that he was not a fool, and also to take the opportunity to sell her a favor.

And Guo Mengyao was a person with strong self-esteem. She would definitely not borrow money from him unless it was absolutely necessary.

Sure enough, when Guo Mengyao heard him say this, her face immediately softened. She shook her head slightly and said, “I don’t want our relationship to be mixed with money. Thank you for your kindness. As for your investment, let’s talk about it after I solve this crisis. At that time, you can find a professional asset appraiser to evaluate my company, and then we can talk about the specific share issue.”

“Okay, I’ll wait for your good news.” Chen Feng was not in a hurry now, so he nodded and agreed.

The two of them didn’t talk much about her company anymore. They ate for a while, and then Guo Mengyao got up and left.

There was a table of dishes. Chen Feng didn’t want to waste them. He sat alone and ate for a while. When he felt that he had eaten enough, he paid the bill and left the restaurant.

It had to be said that this small restaurant called Li’s Slope had very good dishes. Not only did it have their local specialties, but also classic dishes from several other cuisines. Chen Feng was very satisfied with the meal. It was worthy of its reputation.

After leaving Li’s Slope, Chen Feng looked at the time. It was five-thirty. He contacted Lin Yujiao on WeChat and asked her to come to the Yujing Grand Hotel after work.

The living environment of Lin Yujiao’s rental house was not very good, especially the bed, which creaked every time. It really affected the mood of the exercise. It was definitely not as solid and comfortable as the big bed in the Yujing Grand Hotel.

Not long after, Lin Yujiao replied with a shy emoji.

After Chen Feng smiled, he put away his phone, started the car, and went to the Yujing Grand Hotel. He booked a room and sent the room number to Lin Yujiao.

More than ten seconds later, Lin Yujiao replied: [I’ll be there in half an hour]

Compared to other women, Lin Yujiao was more punctual. She said she would be there in half an hour, and she really arrived at about that time.

This time, she was dressed in a very mature and charming style. She wore a cape coat outside, and a dress and stockings inside, revealing a section of her slender and straight calves. Paired with a pair of high heels, it was very beautiful.

Before entering the room, the cape coat covered her whole body. After the cape was untied and taken off, she was like a peeled lychee, which made people’s eyes greedy and wanted to take a bite.

A good night’s dream.

The next morning, when Chen Feng was sleeping soundly, he was woken up by the familiar ringtone of his mobile phone. It was his mobile phone ringtone.

Chen Feng reached out to the bedside table, picked up his phone, opened his eyes and looked at it. It was Guo Mengyao’s call. Thinking that she had gone to Guangcheng last night, his mind couldn’t help but clear up.

“What’s the matter?”
As soon as the call was connected, Chen Feng took the initiative to ask with concern.

Guo Mengyao’s low voice came from the other end of the phone, “My husband wants to divorce me and demand a division of property. Otherwise, he will file a divorce lawsuit in court, fight a lawsuit with me, and fight for the custody of my daughter.”

This was really a case of a leaking roof on a rainy night. Chen Feng felt a little heartache for her when he heard this. He immediately comforted her, “It’s okay, just get a divorce. You don’t have feelings for him anymore. As for the lawsuit, you certainly don’t have to be afraid of him. You are the one who earns money to support your family. Your contribution to your family is definitely much greater than his. The court will definitely be more biased towards you.”

“The problem now is that without my husband’s consent and signature, I can’t use my property to mortgage a loan from the bank. And I just signed a share repurchase agreement with Sister Li last night. I have to pay off the repurchase price within a week. If I can’t pay it off on time, I have to pay her a deposit of three million.”

Chen Feng frowned and asked, “How much repurchase money do you have to give her?”

“A total of fifty-three million. I gave her three million as a deposit last night, and the remaining fifty million will be paid off within a week. I now suspect that all of this is a conspiracy by the Xue family. He may have colluded with Sister Li long ago, and even pulled my husband in. They are all ganging up on me.”

Guo Mengyao’s tone was still calm, which was quite rare. If it were an ordinary person, even a man, it would be difficult to be calm in such a situation.

This showed that Guo Mengyao’s psychological quality was still very strong. It was no wonder that she became a strong woman at a young age and founded a cosmetics company with a market value of two or three hundred million.

Hearing her say this, Chen Feng also said with some agreement, “It’s possible. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be so coincidental. Have you asked your husband?”

“Of course he won’t admit it. He just said that I didn’t call him for ten and a half days when I went back this time, and I didn’t care about the child. He always has a lot of reasons to throw dirty water on me.”

“How much of your family property does your husband want to divide? He doesn’t want to divide it in half, does he?”

“Of course he wants to divide it in half, but how could I agree? Then he backed down and said that as long as I gave him thirty million in cash and the villa we are living in now, it would be more than forty million. Of course I didn’t agree either.”

“His sudden attack is very likely to be in cahoots with Xue Jun. The purpose is to hit a person when he is down and take advantage of the fire.”

“Yes. I can only talk to you about this now. It’s best to discuss a solution together.”

At this time, Guo Mengyao’s tone finally showed a trace of a woman’s weakness.

Thinking about it, she was also pitiful. Her parents divorced when she was a teenager, and they each formed a new family, making her an “orphan” at once. After she became an adult, she worked hard to start a business on her own, but she met the wrong person and married a soft-rice man. Now this soft-rice man even colluded with outsiders to cheat her.

She couldn’t tell her parents about her bitterness, and she couldn’t tell others even more. Only Chen Feng, because of his special relationship with her, became her confidant.

And she subconsciously, obviously also had the intention of seeking help from Chen Feng, but it was not good to say it clearly.

Of course, Chen Feng would not let her down. He immediately said, “It seems that you have to make the worst plan. That Sister Li is very likely to be on Xue Jun’s side now. They have joined forces to drain your cash and then seize control of the company.”

Guo Mengyao said, “Sister Li should not have completely fallen to Xue Jun’s side. She may just want us to buy her shares at the highest price. It’s a case of the snipe and the clam fighting, and the fisherman benefits. Otherwise, she and Xue Jun together have more shares than me, and they have the right to hold a shareholders’ meeting and remove me from my position as president.”

Chen Feng frowned and asked, “Do they have the right to remove you from your position if they join forces? Did you specify this in your partnership agreement with them?”

Guo Mengyao sighed and said, “Yes. At that time, they both thought I was too strong. They added this clause together, otherwise they wouldn’t have invested. At that time, I lacked funds, connections, and channels for import and export. I needed them, so I had to agree. There was no other way at that time. In addition, I have known Sister Li for more than ten years, and we used to have a very good relationship. Who knew it would be like this now. Sigh, maybe I hurt Sister Li’s heart by insisting on moving the company here.”

Chen Feng thought for a moment and said, “Then you can only stick to it now and buy back Sister Li’s shares. How much are you short of now?”

Guo Mengyao said, “I have about twenty million on hand. The company’s money can’t be moved too much without Xue’s family’s consent. In addition, my parents and a few friends should be able to raise twenty or thirty million…”

Chen Feng interrupted, “Tell me how much you are short of. I can lend you some first.”

Hearing this, Guo Mengyao was moved. She completely let go of her superficial strength and sighed, “If I spend all my money on Sister Li’s side, and Xue Jun withdraws his shares, I won’t have any money for him. He will have the right to file a lawsuit in court to dissolve our company and then liquidate the company’s assets. If that’s the case, won’t I have worked for nothing?”

This was really a dilemma. It had to be said that Xue Jun had played this hand beautifully. Unless Guo Mengyao had another seventy or eighty million in cash to support her, she would really be controlled by Xue Jun.

Chen Feng’s current total assets, including selling the stocks he held, might be able to support it. But Chen Feng obviously couldn’t do that.

It wasn’t that Chen Feng wasn’t righteous, but if he did that, it would obviously exceed the boundaries that should be between the two of them.

Chen Feng frowned and thought for a while, then asked, “Have you called Xue Jun? He shouldn’t really want to dissolve your company, right? What are his requirements?”

“He gave me two choices. One is to buy back his shares at a premium, which is even higher than Sister Li’s price, and he will completely withdraw from the company; the other is to let him be the president and I will be the sales director. I will lend him thirty million without interest. He probably wants to use this money to buy back Sister Li’s shares. He doesn’t have that much money himself. Otherwise, we’ll just go our separate ways.”

“This guy is quite ruthless!”

Chen Feng couldn’t help but sigh. No wonder he had a bad impression of this Xue Jun when they first met. As the saying goes, the face is the index of the mind. This guy must have been holding back his bad intentions at that time.

Guo Mengyao said with some disappointment, “I’ve long known that the business world is like a battlefield, but I still misjudged people’s hearts. Whether it’s Sister Li or Xue Jun, I’ve always regarded them as reliable partners. I didn’t expect it to be like this now. It’s like I’ve been betrayed by everyone.”

Chen Feng comforted her, “You can’t be blamed for this. Everyone has their own interests. Now that your interests conflict with theirs, conflicts will naturally arise. The problem now is to solve this matter as soon as possible. I think, since Xue Jun’s side is temporarily impassable, let’s go to Sister Li’s side. Can you persuade her not to withdraw her shares for now?”

“This is very difficult. Her career and family are all in Guangcheng. In addition, now that the company has moved to Linnan, she is not very at ease with me. She definitely wants to take advantage of the company’s assets being still valuable, sell her shares at a premium, and secure her money.”

“Where is Xue Jun now? Do you know? Can you ask him and Sister Li to come out for a negotiation?”

“The three of us are all in Guangcheng now. We should be able to meet.”

“That’s good. Then you can ask them to come out for a negotiation tomorrow. I’ll go to Guangcheng to find you today and give you some courage.”

Hearing Chen Feng’s words, Guo Mengyao’s eyes immediately turned red with emotion, and tears welled up.

Although she had always been an optimistic and strong woman, she actually wanted to be a little woman. She wanted to live a decent life without having to work hard, and she also wanted a strong arm to rely on.
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