20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3508 Zhao Chang'an's Asking Price

"Since the three bosses have this opinion, let's not go around in circles and still need you to act as intermediaries. President Mou and the others are actually very interested in this part of the shares, so let them take it."

Shan Qiang's words immediately changed the expressions of Liu Mingxiong and the other two. They were so angry that they couldn't speak, and even wanted to confront Shan Qiang, asking, "If you don't plan to sell the shares to us, then why did you call us over on New Year's Day? Are you just making fun of us?"

However, Liu Mingxiong and the other two had witnessed Shan Qiang's ruthlessness and knew that this woman was vicious and vengeful, so they couldn't stoop to her level.

More importantly, they hold 40% of the shares in Qiangwei Cultural Tourism. If they anger Shan Qiang, they can delay the listing. Shan Qiang is now a wealthy and powerful woman and doesn't care, but she can really drag the three of them out of their way.

"A thousand miles to become an official is only for wealth." These three have traveled so far to make money as well. Seeking wealth, not pride, is the most basic quality of a qualified businessman.

Furthermore, Shan Qiang of Qiangwei Cultural Tourism basically doesn't manage things anymore; only Wang Deyuan is in charge of internal affairs. However, the lucrative tasks such as external publicity, procurement, and infrastructure construction are controlled jointly by the three of them.

In the past two years, no less than 400 million yuan has been spent on this aspect. Of course, 80% of the major infrastructure projects are handled by Green Garden Group, but the remaining 200 million yuan in transactions are decided by the three of them.

It's certain that they'd take a cut, but since they also owned 40% of the shares, they were relatively restrained, only taking about 10% of the profits, less than 20 million, which was divided among the three of them.

The investment was 30 million, and 20 million was taken as kickbacks, so the total investment was only 10 million.

Moreover, in the past two years, the three families have spent no less than three or four million yuan on expenses and fees reimbursed by Rose Culture and Tourism.

In addition, he held a position there, acted pretentious, and attended various speeches, talking about his ideals, his patriotism, and his willingness to help others, which earned him a lot of applause.

It's almost no different from getting something for nothing.

This phenomenon has become quite common in China in recent years. Some foreign hustlers, knowing China's eagerness to integrate with the world and its need to attract foreign investment, repackage themselves as patrons, speaking fluent English and broken Chinese, or using Hong Kong-accented slang, constantly spouting phrases like "building the world's number one, creating the world, leading the way with our corporate aircraft carriers," investing tens of thousands of yuan, taking out loans of millions, using those millions to build houses, then taking out tens of millions more in loans—

"Hehe, actually, Mr. Shan, we are quite interested in the shares held by Mr. Zhao, and we wouldn't mind participating as well."

Driven by profit, Liu Mingxiong no longer cared about saving face.

"One hundred million, no less, no discussion. Actually, regarding the shares I hold, Mr. Shan digressed a bit earlier. What I wanted to say was that I haven't fulfilled my management obligations to the Rose Group for the past two years, so I've decided to withdraw. There are also potential buyers interested in taking over. The offer is one hundred million, but there's a priority order. If any member of the group is willing to acquire it at that price, then we have the right of first refusal."

Zhao Chang'an preferred to sell his shares to Liu Mingxiong rather than to people like Mu Yongjin.

This will save these things from coming to the mountain city and causing trouble again.

Upon hearing Zhao Chang'an's offer, Liu Mingxiong and the other two's expressions changed again.

Just now, the three of them were thinking of using Zhao Chang'an's total investment over the past two years as the price, offering 30 million to force him out without losing money.

How did it become 100 million, and that anything less is out of the question?
Shan Qiang looked at Zhao Chang'an with some surprise. She did not intend to accept Zhao Chang'an's favor, but in her mind, 50 million should be enough to help Mu Yongjin and his group get the 45% stake held by Zhao Chang'an.

As for the Rose Group, she was prepared to completely abandon it, letting Mu Yongjin and his group fight it out with Liu Mingxiong's group—consider it a benefit for Mu Yongjin and his associates. After all, she was the largest shareholder, and when Rose Cultural Tourism went public, she would still be the biggest beneficiary. The Green Garden Group was her foundation and core!
But Zhao Chang'an's 180-degree turn left her a little bewildered.

It would cost 100 million, and I doubt Mu Yongjin and his team would take it on.

While the future prospects of Rose Tourism are indeed very good, this is only true for people like Liu Mingxiong who do not have resources in China. For people like Mu Yongjin, with 100 million yuan, they could invest in projects that seem to have a higher premium.

At this moment, Shan Qiang was already a little regretful. She shouldn't have interrupted Zhao Chang'an earlier; she should have listened to what he had to say first.

However, she harbored resentment towards Zhao Chang'an, which is why she couldn't help but interrupt him to gain the upper hand in the negotiations.

"Mr. Zhao, your price is a bit too high."

Liu Mingxiong gave Zhao Chang'an a wry smile. When he first met this young man, although he was also sharp and ambitious, he was nothing like the ruthless man he was now.

"As far as I know, Mr. Zhao, your total investment is less than 30 million, right? In just over two years, it has more than tripled. That's outrageous!"

Mai Guixue's already dark face became even darker at this moment.

"Moreover, we are all insiders at Rose Tourism. We don't lie behind closed doors. We have been losing money since its establishment. It can be said that the total investment of 60 million yuan has long been spent and we are now insolvent."

Lang Ruping sneered, "What do you mean by doing business? Doing business is about making money. There's no such thing as doing business at a loss. If you show the other party the company's finances, Mr. Zhao, even if you don't want a single penny and just give away the shares for free, let alone a hundred million, no one who isn't a fool would fall for it!"

Zhao Chang'an stood up with a smile: "One hundred million. As partners, I give the three of you priority. If you don't respond by 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow, this motion will automatically end, and I will sell the shares to other buyers. It's getting late, Mr. Shan, do you think we can go downstairs for lunch?"

Zhao Chang'an looked down on Lang Ruping just as much as he looked down on that economics swindler with the same surname who also swindled people in Hong Kong.

An old scoundrel took advantage of a beautiful, materialistic flight attendant, even setting a trap to swindle her money. To act like this is truly bizarre.

What's even more bizarre is that the two of them actually reconciled later, which further refreshed people's understanding of the worldview.

And this Lang Ruping in front of us is no good either. He's the one who stirred up trouble for that female tea major graduate student. In the end, he didn't even get a penny from her, but instead severely damaged the tea industry in the mountain city.

Last year, Chen Fanping's business saw a 30% drop in sales, while marketing and advertising expenses increased significantly, almost turning what was once a good profit into a loss.

Keep in mind that this is just ordinary tea; other tea merchants are complaining even more bitterly.

This is why Feng Jianfei rushed to propose the idea of ​​black tea, and why Chen Fanping, knowing it would be difficult, still insisted on doing it anyway.

The problem was that green tea had excessive pesticide residues, which ruined its reputation. Since there was no way to eliminate these negative effects in a short time, they thought of switching to black tea.