Chapter 270: I’ve Seen Through It

Chen Feng wasn’t in a hurry, but the four shareholders Wu Mengting had contacted were a little anxious.

Dianchuang Culture was now visibly going downhill, operating in debt, and it was difficult to see any improvement. Of course, these small shareholders all wanted to sell their shares and get out as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the company went bankrupt before the end of the year, they would likely lose everything.

As early as the beginning of this year, the four small shareholders had thought of transferring their shares to Liu Meijun, but unfortunately, Liu Meijun didn’t want them.

Therefore, they had actually been looking for a successor during this period, but everyone was not a fool. With a little understanding, they would know the current operating conditions of Dianchuang Culture. It had not made a profit for three consecutive years, and the losses in these three years were still increasing.

This meant that these shareholders had not been able to get the company’s dividends for three consecutive years. If this continued, the company would either go bankrupt, or these shareholders would have to put in more money.

Under such circumstances, naturally, no one was willing to take over.

The more this was the case, the more anxious they were to sell. Especially after Liu Meijun took over, not only did the operating conditions not improve, but they also deteriorated, which further strengthened their determination to sell.

Therefore, after Wu Mengting had just called them and arranged to meet tomorrow, they all called Wu Mengting one after another, looking for various excuses to hope to meet today and finalize the matter.

Wu Mengting reported this situation to Chen Feng. At this time, Chen Feng was taking Guo Mengyao and her daughter to the zoo. He refused without even thinking about it.

Although he was more interested in being the second boss of the company he used to work for, he was really not in a hurry. It would be good if he could get it, but it would not be a pity if he couldn’t.

Chen Feng was actually very calm about this matter.

The shareholders, including Cao Kun, were dissatisfied when they saw that the other party had rejected the request to meet today, but they had no choice but to wait patiently for tomorrow.

The next morning, Chen Feng met with these four shareholders one after another. The first one he met was the rich woman with the least shares. The meeting was scheduled for about ten o’clock in the morning at a coffee shop near the Lakeside Villa.

Chen Feng brought Wu Mengting to a table, and Guo Mengyao and her daughter sat at another table. The other party had two people, besides herself, there was also a sturdy-looking female follower.

This female shareholder was in her fifties, wearing gold and silver, and well-maintained.

After a simple exchange of pleasantries, they quickly got to the point. The female shareholder only had 3% of Dianchuang Culture’s shares, so the two sides talked more directly.

The female shareholder offered 5 million. This price could not be said to be very expensive, but according to the previous evaluation report, it could not be said to be cheap either.

So, Chen Feng said to her very directly, “You may not have known me before. I actually worked at Dianchuang Culture for seven or eight years and only left in the second half of last year. So, I know Dianchuang Culture very well. To be honest, if it weren’t for the fact that I made a little money and had some affection for Dianchuang Culture, I wouldn’t have much interest. Because this business is very likely to be a total loss.

“I have had a professional asset appraisal company do an appraisal. The current market value of Dianchuang Culture is less than 100 million. The most valuable part is the remaining lease of more than two years for the company’s current floor, which is worth more than 20 million. If this continues, the business may have to be suspended in the second half of this year. After all, it has been operating at a loss.”

The female shareholder frowned and asked, “Then how much are you willing to pay? If the price is too low, I won’t agree.”

“Three million, calculated based on the company’s market value of 100 million. If it’s okay, I’ll find a lawyer to sign a contract with you right away. If not, then forget it.”

The female shareholder stared at him for a while before saying, “Can you give me some time? I’ll discuss it with someone.”

“Okay. I’ll give you a day. Give me an answer at this time tomorrow. Otherwise, I can only assume you’ve refused.”

“Okay. Then let’s leave it at that.”

The female shareholder was very straightforward. After saying this, she stood up and left.

Then, Chen Feng met with the other two shareholders who owned 7% of the shares in this coffee shop. He also got straight to the point and calculated the price based on the company’s market value of 100 million. The two of them did not agree on the spot and both said they would go back to consider it before replying to him.

The last one to come was Cao Kun. When he saw Chen Feng, he was stunned for a long while before he reacted. Then he tried his best to pretend to be calm and sat down opposite him.

“After three days of separation, one should be looked at with new eyes. Chen Feng, if I didn’t know your character and style, I would definitely suspect that you were deliberately playing with me. I really didn’t expect that you, a former ordinary employee of the company, would now want to acquire the company’s shares in turn. It seems you have really made a fortune.”

Cao Kun was worthy of being a former company boss. His calm demeanor was really incomparable to ordinary people.

Chen Feng smiled slightly, “I have made a little money. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have the money to acquire the company’s shares in your hands. How about this, I’ll give you a friendship price, 2 million.”

“What?!”

Cao Kun, who was originally calm and composed, immediately lost his composure when he heard Chen Feng’s offer. He couldn’t help but widen his eyes and stare at Chen Feng with anger.

“I said 2 million. This is for the sake of you helping me make Yan Jun sit in prison for a few more years. Otherwise, do you think I would take the initiative to be your successor based on our previous relationship? You know the company’s situation very well. These few years, it has been messed up by you and your people, and it’s rotten from the inside out. If no one intervenes to carry out a major rectification, it may not even last this year and will close down directly. Now, besides me, no one is willing to take over.”

Of course, Cao Kun knew that what Chen Feng said was the truth. Dianchuang Culture had declined from its peak in his hands. After Liu Meijun took over, although she was ambitious and carried out a series of rectifications and reforms, it was all in vain.

If this continued, according to Cao Kun’s estimation, it could only last until the end of the year at most. After the New Year, Dianchuang Culture might go bankrupt.

Cao Kun quickly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked calmly, “I heard from the other shareholders that your offer to them is much higher than mine. It’s calculated at 1% for one million. They can’t all be lying to me, right?”

Chen Feng said frankly, “They didn’t lie to you. I can give them a price of 1% for one million, but I will definitely not give it to you. You know the reason yourself. For the 5% of the shares in your hands, I will give you 2 million at most. You can sell it or not.”

This was really too bullying!

Cao Kun couldn’t help but clench his fists and grit his teeth in anger. But seeing Chen Feng’s calm expression and the high-quality, super eye-catching beauty sitting next to him, this undoubtedly showed that this guy Chen Feng had really made it. He might not be able to afford to offend him now.

“Okay! I’ll go back and think about it. Goodbye!”

Cao Kun almost gritted his teeth and said this, then stood up and left quickly. If he didn’t leave quickly, he might not be able to control his temper.

Being confronted like this by a small employee whom he had looked down on and suppressed for two or three years, his self-esteem had suffered a great blow.

This really corresponded to that saying, the wheel of fortune turns.

After Cao Kun left, Wu Mengting asked curiously, “Do you have a grudge against this person?”

Chen Feng nodded and said, “I guess so. But it can only be said to be a grudge in the workplace.”

“What exactly happened?” Guo Mengyao, who was at the next table, also came over and asked curiously.

Chen Feng briefly explained, “After I joined this company, I was valued by the company’s boss and was cultivated as a successor. At that time, this person was the vice president and had a conflict with the boss. Later, the boss who valued me suddenly fell seriously ill and left his post. This person took over and has been suppressing me ever since. This kind of thing is very common in the workplace. It can be said that there is a grudge, but now I have seen through it. It’s just that I happened to meet him, so of course I can’t let him have a good time.”

Hearing this, the two women couldn’t help but mutter, “You’ve seen through it, but you’re still targeting him like this?”

Wu Mengting asked, “He probably won’t accept your offer. Are you really not going to acquire his shares?”

Chen Feng said with a smile, “He will agree. You can call the other three shareholders now and say that as long as they agree to help persuade the acquisition of Cao Kun’s 5% shares for 2 million, I can give them an extra one million in their offer.”

Hearing this, the two women were stunned. Chen Feng’s move was really ruthless, and it seemed to be self-defeating.

Wu Mengting was the first to come to her senses and asked, “If you do this, the three of them will definitely agree. But Cao Kun will definitely not agree, right?”

Chen Feng said confidently, “He will agree.”

Seeing the two women’s confused looks, Chen Feng didn’t keep them in suspense and explained, “Although Cao Kun was the company’s boss before, he was just a senior worker. He is not a native of Xiuzhou and has no remarkable background. But the other three shareholders are different. That rich woman is in the same league as Liu Meijun, belonging to the local gentry. The other two, not to mention, have even deeper family backgrounds. Otherwise, where did they get these shares? So, the three of them have ways to force Cao Kun to agree.”

The two women were enlightened when they heard this.

“You’re really insidious. I didn’t see it before,” Guo Mengyao said with a strange look in her eyes.

Chen Feng rolled his eyes at him angrily.

And Wu Mengting didn’t say much. She immediately took out her phone and contacted the other three shareholders, telling them what Chen Feng meant.

All three of them agreed without exception. To be able to get an extra one million, even if they might not be short of money, it was still something to be happy about.

“Alas! People’s hearts!” After hanging up the phone, Wu Mengting shook her head with emotion, looking as if she was completely disappointed in people’s hearts and human nature.

Seeing this, Chen Feng explained, “The reason why they all agreed to help this time is not entirely because of the one million I promised them. It’s also because Cao Kun is not a kind person. When he was the company’s boss, he ate inside and out, and embezzled, which directly led to the continuous decline of the company’s performance. The company has been losing money for the past two years. For this reason, Liu Meijun even sued him directly before. Unfortunately, this guy is also somewhat capable. In the end, he was only fined some money and did not go to jail.”

Hearing Chen Feng’s explanation, Wu Mengting’s mood finally relaxed a little.

Guo Mengyao said, “Since this person is so bad and has a grudge against you, I think we can set a trap for him.”

This sudden suggestion made Chen Feng and Wu Mengting a little unresponsive.

“You guys, you’re still too kind,” Guo Mengyao said to herself. “In the business world and the workplace, it’s always the law of the jungle. There are too many things like you framing me and I framing you. Since this person bullied Chen Feng so much back then, it’s normal to trick him a little this time.”

“Then what do you say, how to trick him?” Chen Feng asked with a smile.

“The simple way is to tamper with the share transfer agreement, extend the payment period or pay in installments, but as long as the other party is not a fool, this is easy to be found. But we can try it anyway. It’s not certain that we will succeed if the other party doesn’t pay attention. In addition, we need to find a professional to help, such as a honey trap, gambling, drugs, and so on. Isn’t your good brother Qin Zhen a policeman? He should be familiar with this aspect. You can ask him for help.”

This woman Guo Mengyao was also a bit of a rascal. These bad ideas came to her easily.

“Thank you for your suggestion.” Chen Feng gave her a white eye and let her understand for herself.

In the end, Chen Feng was still a relatively kind person. He felt that he had already taken revenge by tricking the other party out of three million. He didn’t want to retaliate against Cao Kun further. After all, the two of them were not mortal enemies.

The development of the matter was as Chen Feng had expected. The three shareholders had long been dissatisfied with Cao Kun. After all, the company had been operating poorly for the past two years and had been losing money continuously. As the general manager, he of course had to bear the main responsibility.

So, they quickly formed an alliance and put pressure on Cao Kun together.

As Chen Feng said, Cao Kun was just a senior worker before. He had no powerful background in the local area. Now that he was unemployed, divorced, and his assets had shrunk severely, he had no backing. On the contrary, the other three shareholders all had deep backgrounds. With their joint pressure, Cao Kun was suddenly under great pressure.

It was nothing else. One of the shareholders with an official background said to him directly, “We all know that you have embezzled a lot from the company in these few years. Liu Meijun sued you before and let you escape. As a small shareholder with only 7% of the shares, I didn’t get involved because it wasn’t worth it. But now the situation is different. I want to sell the company’s shares smoothly, and you are blocking my way, so you have to pay the price. Do you believe that I can make you be investigated again tomorrow, and I can definitely investigate you thoroughly and let you spend a few years in prison?”

Facing the pressure from a person of this level, of course Cao Kun couldn’t stand it. His background was not clean. If he was really investigated, his ass would definitely be stained with shit.

So, Cao Kun only insisted for two phone calls. On the third phone call, he couldn’t hold on anymore. He agreed aggrievedly to sell the 5% of the shares in his hands to Chen Feng for 2 million.

Thus, except for Cao Kun, everyone else was happy.

To avoid any further complications, the three shareholders brought the sad-faced Cao Kun to sign the share transfer agreement with Chen Feng that afternoon. Liu Meijun, as the chairman of Dianchuang Culture, was of course also present to sign.

Chen Feng was very straightforward. After signing the agreement, he immediately went to the bank and transferred the money to the four of them one by one. The remaining procedures such as shareholder changes were naturally handled by the lawyer.

At this point, Chen Feng had finally jumped from a worker of Dianchuang Culture Company to the second largest shareholder of this company, becoming the second boss.

Liu Meijun looked happier than Chen Feng himself. She immediately said that she wanted to treat them to a celebration.

Chen Feng did not refuse. He brought Wu Mengting, and with Liu Meijun’s consent, he also called Guo Mengyao and her daughter.

The place Liu Meijun treated them to was a private restaurant. Rich people liked this kind of style. Chen Feng had never eaten here before. It specialized in Shandong cuisine, and the taste was very good.

During the meal, the two sides got to know each other more deeply. Chen Feng only then learned that Liu Meijun’s mother was from Shandong Province, and her maternal grandmother was of course also from Shandong. She had grown up with her maternal grandmother in Shandong, so she had a special liking for Shandong cuisine.

Unfortunately, her maternal grandmother and mother had both passed away. Speaking of this, Liu Meijun couldn’t help but shed tears.

Fortunately, Wu Mengting and Guo Mengyao were there to accompany her. The two women quickly comforted her and changed the subject, and the atmosphere at the table quickly became cheerful again.

Everyone was quite satisfied with this meal. In the end, when they parted, Liu Meijun chatted and laughed with Wu Mengting and Guo Mengyao. Their attitude was intimate, and they looked like good best friends.

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(End of chapter)