The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 480
Sitting in the office, Wei Wei watched the progress report of the Red Star acquisition, with a smile slowly appearing on his face.

The acquisition case has come to an end. After lengthy negotiations, the two parties finally signed an agreement yesterday.

Wei Wei has already planned to hold a press conference to announce the good news to the media, stimulate the stock price to rise, harvest a wave of leeks, and make a lot of money.

After the stock price stabilized, he dismantled the Red Star Group and sold everything that could be sold, leaving only the core chip research institute.

It is conservatively estimated that he can earn [-] to [-] million yuan.

Wei Wei was happy thinking about it, until his subordinate, Vice President Wang, rushed into the office in a hurry.

"It's not good, President Wei." Vice President Wang rushed in sweating profusely, without even knocking on the door.

"What does it look like in a panic?" Wei Wei said dissatisfied.

Vice President Wang swallowed, calmed his breath a little, and said, "President Wei, we found that a large number of patents of the Red Star Research Institute have been sold."

Wei Wei's eyes widened, and he stood up directly from the chair.

"What did you say?" Wei Wei pulled Vice President Wang's collar and shouted, "What patent was sold."

Vice President Wang said with a bitter face: "Red Star Research Institute has sold all the patents on chips, and none of them are kept."

Wei Wei shouted: "The terms of the contract we signed include the patent of the research institute. How dare the Red Star Group break the contract and sell it to others?"

Vice President Wang said: "I checked, and it turned out that the patent of their chip was not declared in the name of the research institute, but a third-party company. Our agreement does not include that company."

"You only found out about such an important matter now." Wei Wei pushed Vice President Wang away, wishing to punch him twice.

"I'm sorry Mr. Wei, we didn't know that the Red Star Group would use such a trick." Vice President Wang said aggrievedly.

"No." Wei Wei suddenly realized something, and said, "This kind of thing can't be hidden at all. It's impossible not to find out. Who did you send to investigate?"

"It's Liu Hongsheng. He is responsible for the investigation of the Red Star Group."

"Call him over here." Wei Wei said angrily.

"He resigned a week ago, and you approved it yourself!" Vice President Wang said.

"Resignation?" Wei Wei remembered that Liu Hongsheng had written a resignation report to the company a month ago, saying that he wanted to immigrate abroad, and he even included a big red envelope.

Wei Wei instantly understood that he might be following someone else's path.

Liu Hongsheng was in charge of the investigation of the Red Star Group. Now that something happened, he resigned early. How could it be such a coincidence.

"Call the people from the legal department immediately, I will recover the patent at all costs." Wei Wei said angrily.

The most valuable thing of the Red Star Group is the chip research institute, and the most valuable thing of the research institute is the patent.

If there is no patent, Wei Wei just bought an empty shell.

What's even more frightening is that once the news leaks out, Red Star's stock price will plummet, and those investors will be able to tear Wei Weisheng apart.

Wei Wei did not have the strength to win this acquisition alone. With Wei Guoqiang's connections, he found a large number of investors, among which the Qu family and the Yao family were not ranked.

If the project fails and loses money, those bigwigs in the business circles of Shanghai will find ways to kill him.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Wei Wei immediately sought out a legal adviser to study the terms of the acquisition. After working for most of the night, the legal adviser gave him a suggestion that was definitely not good.

"Mr. Wei, after we studied the acquisition agreement, we found that the agreement drawn up by the other party can be described as watertight. There is no loophole to exploit. They have every right to buy and sell patents."

Wei Wei said bitterly: "Is there really no way to get the patent back?"

The legal adviser shook his head and said, "Even if this matter goes to the court, our chances of winning are not high, and this kind of patent lawsuit will drag on for several years."

Wei Wei swallowed his saliva and said, "Then is there a way to breach the contract?"

The legal adviser said: "According to the terms of the contract, from the effective date of signing, your company must perform its contractual obligations and deal with the Hongxin Group's debts. Otherwise, it will be deemed a breach of contract and will be required to pay liquidated damages."

"I don't want an empty shell even if I lose money." Wei Wei said angrily.

After losing the patent of the research institute, the Red Star Group still bears a large amount of debt. When negotiating the acquisition, Wei Wei proposed that the debt be bought together.

Originally, this was to successfully win the concession of the research institute, but I didn't expect it to be shooting myself in the foot now.

After studying the clauses, the legal adviser said: "We have studied with your company's legal department. Although paying liquidated damages is also a way, the cost is too high."

Wei Wei frowned and said, "How big is it?"

"You'll lose around six to one billion."

Wei Wei took a breath and exclaimed, "Is there so much liquidated damages?"

"At the beginning, the amount of liquidated damages was relatively high, and it was originally intended to limit the other party." Lao Jin, the director of the legal department, said.

"Trash, you are all trash." Wei Wei roared angrily.

"President Wei, we have studied it." Vice President Wang said: "Although the agreement is not good for us, the acquisition of Red Star is not without profit."

Wei Wei asked rhetorically, "Without patents, how much are those broken factories and machines worth?"

Vice President Wang asked others to go out first, then he went to Wei Wei's ear and said, "Actually, we can make up for the losses from the stock market."

Wei Wei narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean, continue to release news of the successful acquisition to stimulate the stock price to skyrocket."

Vice President Wang nodded and said: "In fact, although the patents of the research institute are important, they cannot be realized in a short time. On the contrary, if the stock price rises, we can make a lot of money. As long as the company is profitable, those investors will be satisfied and continue to put the money In our company."

Wei Wei rubbed his chin and said with satisfaction: "That's right, our original plan to acquire Red Star was to collect money in finance, and it doesn't matter if we have patents or not."

Vice President Wang said again: "Besides, the factories and machines of the Red Star Group are worthless, but they are worth a lot!"

Wei Wei's eyes lit up again.

In the land of Shanghai, every inch of land is expensive. Although the factory building of Red Star Group is not in the core area, the location is not too remote, and it can make a lot of money if it operates well.

"But at the beginning, we had an agreement with Red Star, and we had to take in factory workers. If we wanted to sell the land, the factory would have to be closed. What about those workers?" Wei Wei asked apprehensively.

"We promised Red Star not to lay off employees, but we didn't say we wouldn't close the factory. At worst, we would assign those workers to other jobs." Vice President Wang asked.

"Where can we move so many workers?" Wei Wei asked.

"Wherever you want to go, you can just sweep the streets and wash the toilets, and you will be supported by the minimum wage. If you think the wages are too low, you will resign. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us.

We acted completely according to the contract, and we didn't lay off a single person, so we can't blame us if they resign themselves. "Vice President Wang said sinisterly.

Wei Wei laughed, patted Vice President Wang's face with satisfaction, and said, "You boy, you have so many evil ideas!"

Vice President Wang laughed and said, "President Wei, you don't have to hold me accountable for my fault."

Wei Wei put away his smiling face and said, "Who is the one who bought the patent?"

Vice President Wang said: "It is a small Internet company that has only been established for one year."

Wei Wei said: "Further investigation, it is impossible for such a small company to have the strength to take over the patent, there must be someone behind it."

"Yes, I will arrange for someone to investigate."

Vice President Wang took the order to leave, and Wei Wei stood in front of the window with a gloomy face.

"I guess it's you without checking, Tan Zongming." Wei Wei said bitterly.

Wei Wei can guess the person who is so familiar with the Red Star acquisition case and has the ability to deceive him.

"It's not that easy for you to drive me away." Wei Wei said harshly.

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Qu Xiaoxiao's head is as big as a hemp now, and her heart is full of entanglements.

Qu's father finally decided to spend [-] million to redeem Qu Lianjie.

Mother Qu threatened to divorce on the spot, and followed her daughter back to the Ode to Joy community with her bag.

It was only later that Qu Xiaoxiao found out that her mother had planned to divorce a long time ago, and secretly transferred the company's assets, and bought more than [-] houses in Shanghai in her name.

When seeing those real estate certificates, Qu Xiaoxiao didn't even know that she was so rich!

"Mom, are you crazy? It's illegal to transfer the company's property!" Qu Xiaoxiao couldn't be happy at all holding the house book.

"If I don't transfer the money out in advance, it won't end up on that prodigal son Qu Lianjie. Qu's was made by me and your father, and half of my share. Now I just take my share. .” Mother Qu thought she was right.

Qu Xiaoxiao's head grew bigger, and she was at a loss for a while, so she couldn't help but want to ask Andy for help.

When encountering problems at work, Qu Xiaoxiao always consulted Andy, and it became a habit.

Andy happened to be researching the coffee competition with Wang Gang and Qiu Yingying, so he called Qu Xiaoxiao to the company.

Wang Gang and Qiu Yingying were not outsiders, so Qu Xiaoxiao told them all about the family affairs and wanted to give them an idea.

"Your parents are really a perfect match. One wants to sell the company to save his son, and the other transfers the company's property privately. They really treat the company as your private property!" Wang Gang said disdainfully.

(End of this chapter)