Hong Kong variety show: I Am a Tycoon

Monday, Nasdaq.

Early in the morning, Ya Hu's bell-ringing ceremony attracted the attention of various financial media outlets.

After all, YaHu had already made a big name for itself before going public. Wang Zhiyuan and David even put forward the definition of openness, sharing and inclusiveness, which made the two of them even more famous.

On that day, DuckTiger's stock price soared from $13 to $33.

The company's stock price hit the daily limit twice during this period, causing its value to nearly double, despite the company's market capitalization being less than 20 million.

And this number is still growing.

The reason is that many Wall Street financial institutions are optimistic about the prospects of the emerging Internet industry and have been buying stocks in large quantities.

This explosive growth has also caused Wang Zhiyuan and David's net worth to skyrocket.

Two students who were worthless became millionaires.

It's important to understand that in America at that time, having assets in the millions was indeed enough to qualify someone as a wealthy person.

Also due to YaHu's listing, Wang Zhiyuan, David, and Cao Weicai's shares in YaHu were diluted to varying degrees.

For example, Cao Weicai's original 70% stake was diluted to less than 50%.

The two of them originally held a small number of shares, which were diluted to around 10%.

Overall, the company's potential has been recognized by the public, and the funds raised can be invested in the next round of Yahu's development.

Just as Wang Zhiyuan was excited for a while and threw several parties, he returned to the company intending to make a big splash, only to find that there had been a change in his position.

David was replaced as the CEO of Wang Zhiyuan's company, while Wang Zhiyuan was reassigned to the position of executive director.

This infuriated Wang Zhiyuan, who stormed into David's office, leaving the company's employees completely bewildered.

"David, what's going on?"

Wang Zhiyuan stormed into David's office and immediately began to question him.

David merely glanced at Wang Zhiyuan and said indifferently, "Is there a problem?"

"What's the problem?" Wang Zhiyuan asked dramatically. "Why was my position changed? And when did you become the president of Ya Hu?"

David sneered and said, "While you were partying with that Japanese guy!"

"What?" Wang Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, then had a bad feeling.

David said coldly, "The shareholders' meeting has already been held and a resolution has been passed! Several major shareholders unanimously believe that you are not suitable to serve as the company's CEO, so as a partner, I was naturally chosen by the shareholders for this position!"

"Fuck you! Fuck the shareholders' meeting!" Wang Zhiyuan said to David with a ferocious expression, "Have you made a deal with that Cao Weicai and are planning to kick me out?"

David said calmly, "So what if it is, and so what if it isn't?"

"This is bullying!" Wang Zhiyuan shouted at David, trembling with anger.

The noise was so loud that even the employees outside couldn't help but cradle their necks to look into the office.

Although the blinds blocked their view, the employees could still sense the intense atmosphere in the office.

David sneered and said, "Bullying? You betrayed the company's interests first!"

“Nonsense, when did I betray the company’s interests?” Wang Zhiyuan immediately denied.

David was already prepared, and then he turned to Wang Zhiyuan and said, "How do you explain the SoftBank thing?"

Upon hearing David's words, Wang Zhiyuan wanted to deny it, but David directly presented evidence that slapped him in the face.

David said coldly, "The company was founded by the two of us. Now you've gone behind my back, without even telling me, and started contacting people from SoftBank in Japan. What are you planning to do?"

"David, let me explain, things aren't as you think!" Wang Zhiyuan panicked immediately.

He was busy contacting SoftBank in Japan, thinking it was a good opportunity, but he forgot that this was not his company alone. Although David did not usually show up, he was, after all, his partner.

David waved his hand and said, "No need to explain, there's nothing to explain! The board has made its decision, so let's leave it at that!"

“You…” Wang Zhiyuan pointed at David, speechless for a long time. He felt that his classmate of many years and his best friend who was of one mind with him seemed particularly unfamiliar today.

But David was much more clear-headed than Wang Zhiyuan, and his role change was much faster.

As Americans, they have always adhered to the principle that "business is business."

I will never let personal feelings affect the operation of the company.

Seeing that David ignored him, Wang Zhiyuan could only leave the office in a huff.

In the period that followed, Wang Zhiyuan's role was gradually marginalized, to the point that he was not even informed when the company made major decisions.

This caused Wang Zhiyuan to immediately lose his temper at the board meeting.

Unfortunately, of the 10% stake he originally held, 5% was bought by SoftBank's Sun Zhengyi, leaving him with a pitifully small stake and a significantly reduced say in the company.

Even if he went crazy at the board meeting, it wouldn't change anything. In fact, because of this incident, he, as one of the founders of Ya Hu, was actually dragged out by the company's security guards.

……

Meanwhile, SoftBank's Son Zhengyi also learned of the situation through the board of directors, and he was extremely upset.

He hadn't expected United Aerospace Capital's counterattack to be so swift and decisive.

Even if it means ousting one of the company's founders, they are not allowed to expand their influence on the board of directors.

It should be noted that Cao Weicai's shares, together with David's, account for more than half of the company's shares.

In some votes, they didn't even have a say.

Moreover, with Wang Zhiyuan out of the picture, it will be even more difficult for SoftBank to covet Yahoo! anymore.

"These damn bastards!" Sun Zhengyi cursed angrily after hearing Wang Zhiyuan's complaint.

At the same time, he also regretted provokeing Cao Weicai in front of him.

Now, Cao Weicai has taken strict precautions, leaving them no chance to interfere.

A fierce glint flashed in Sun Zhengyi's eyes: "We must let them know how powerful we are!"

Wang Zhiyuan was already seething with anger, and upon hearing Sun Zhengyi's words, he immediately asked, "What do you plan to do?"

"Wang Jun, what's your relationship with Ya Hu's technical staff?" Sun Zhengyi asked Wang Zhiyuan after thinking for a moment.

Wang Zhiyuan said with considerable confidence, "They are all people I personally promoted, and many of them are even my juniors!"

"Then could you take some people with you when you leave?" Sun Zhengyi asked again.

Wang Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said, "It should be possible! You want..."

Sun Zhengyi nodded and said, "That's right, we must create chaos within Ya Hu!"

Hearing Sun Zhengyi's words, Wang Zhiyuan hesitated: "But doing this will cause the company's stock price to fluctuate!"

Sun Zhengyi said with a sneer, "Do you still think Ya Hu is your company?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhiyuan gritted his teeth.

After a moment of silence, Wang Zhiyuan spoke up: "But what's the point of creating chaos within the company?"

Sun Zhengyi said coldly, "You don't need to know anything else. You just need to do what I tell you, and I'll let you take back your original company!"

Wang Zhiyuan thought about it and nodded in agreement.

That same day, he met with several technical staff members at Yahu, intending to persuade them to resign.

What Wang Zhiyuan and Sun Zhengyi didn't know was that Chen Jiajun and Cao Weicai had already taken precautions against them.

At this moment, in the office of United Aerospace Capital.

The two men took off their headphones, and Chen Jiajun said calmly, "These two guys are really still up to no good! What kind of trouble will arise if this guy really poachs the technical staff?"

Cao Weicai laughed and said, "I asked David about this a long time ago. The maintenance of the website does not actually require so many high-end technical talents. Moreover, he can use his connections at Stanford to mobilize a group of students for emergency response, so he is not afraid of their tricks at all."

Chen Jiajun nodded and said, "Since that's not a problem, then Sun Zhengyi's side is the main target!"

“It’s just that this guy won’t tell Wang Zhiyuan!” Cao Weicai shook his head. Chen Jiajun glanced at Cao Weicai and said, “If I were Sun Zhengyi, I would have taken action against you!”

"Huh?" Cao Weicai was immediately dumbfounded: "No way?"

Chen Jiajun said with a smile, "You're also from Wall Street, you should know that people on Wall Street will stop at nothing to achieve their goals!"

Cao Weicai started to panic: "What...what should we do!"

The scenes of being involved in the Jinkaide incident still made Cao Weicai a little scared. If that bastard Sun Zhengyi were to pull some dirty tricks, he wouldn't know how to deal with it.

Seeing Cao Weicai's flustered appearance, Chen Jiajun said with a smile, "Don't worry so much. If Sun Zhengyi wants to play, he'll do it within the rules. I reckon he'll just find some gangsters to scare you at most! He won't dare to really lay a hand on you. He'll just try to negotiate with you again when you're all flustered."

"It's a good thing you're not married yet, and don't have a wife or kids, otherwise they'd probably make a big deal out of it."

Upon hearing Chen Jiajun's analysis, Cao Weicai gritted his teeth and said, "Those damn Japanese devils, why didn't those damn American devils just give them a nuclear bomb cleanup back then!"

“I will arrange for someone to protect your safety, but only if you can withstand the pressure!” Chen Jiajun said to Cao Weicai.

Cao Weicai thought for a moment, then said angrily, "What's there to be afraid of! I've been through the hail of bullets myself! Don't think those little tricks of the Japanese devils can scare me!"

"But boss, we can't just take the beating without fighting back, can we?"

Chen Jiajun smiled slightly and said, "Of course, it would be impolite not to reciprocate!"

……

Chen Jiajun selected two elite young demon slaves to serve as bodyguards for Cao Weicai.

Just as Chen Jiajun had predicted, some strangers soon appeared near his mansion, staring at Cao Weicai with ill intent and putting pressure on him.

Cao Weicai called the police, but it didn't have much effect.

After observing Cao Weicai for two days and seeing that he showed no fear whatsoever, the other party escalated the situation.

On that day, Cao Weicai's mansion was shot at, and two of the huge French windows were knocked off.

Police quickly located two suspects, and Cao Wei learned from the San Francisco police that these guys were members of the Yamaguchi-gumi gang.

Considering Sun Zhengyi's identity, it goes without saying that this bastard was behind it all.

Although the shooting incident terrified Cao Weicai, he remained very tough.

Faced with Wang Zhiyuan's attempts to poach and extract confessions, Cao Weicai immediately instructed David to activate the backup plan.

Those who resigned along with Wang Zhiyuan received resignation letters from YaHu Company's HR on the same day.

This left the group of technicians completely dumbfounded.

They didn't genuinely want to resign; rather, at Wang Zhiyuan's instigation, they planned to cause a scene to fight for some legitimate benefits.

But none of them expected David's counterattack to be so resolute.

They fired all of the dozen or so technicians on the spot, and then that same day they brought in a group of junior students from Stanford University to intern at the company.

Anyway, YaHu's technical team doesn't have too much to do, so it's perfectly fine to have a group of junior students from the computer science department do it for them.

Those younger students would be extremely eager to intern at such a company.

Now Wang Zhiyuan and his group were in a difficult situation.

Those technicians left their jobs because they believed Wang Zhiyuan's promises, and now they are all asking Wang Zhiyuan to fulfill his promises.

This frightened Wang Zhiyuan so much that he had no choice but to turn to Sun Zhengyi.

"Such a quick reaction?" Sun Zhengyi frowned after hearing Wang Zhiyuan's words.

Wang Zhiyuan said with a gloomy look on his face, "Now those guys I persuaded to switch jobs are causing me trouble. What should I do?"

Sun Zhengyi said calmly, "It's just a verbal promise. If you don't keep it, then that's it."

"Huh?" Wang Zhiyuan was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Sun Zhengyi to say that.

Sun Zhengyi said impatiently, "They're just a few ordinary employees. I don't need to teach you how to do this, do I?"

"But……"

Wang Zhiyuan wanted to say something more, but Sun Zhengyi interrupted him directly: "Alright, that's enough for today!"

After saying that, he ignored Wang Zhiyuan and got up to leave.

Wang Zhiyuan sighed helplessly, but still decided to harden his heart and deal with his former classmates and colleagues.

In a coffee shop, Wang Zhiyuan was discussing matters with the employees who had come from Ya Hu.

Unfortunately, the negotiation did not go as well as expected.

These employees who jumped ship from YaHu were originally drawn by the high salaries and new jobs promised by Wang Zhiyuan.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhiyuan readily made empty promises.

They weren't stupid; they could tell from Wang Zhiyuan's perfunctory tone that he was just being dismissive.

"Wang, you can't do this!" Gavin, the lead employee, said angrily. "You promised us that we would follow you out of Yahu! Now we've lost our jobs, and you're saying we'll talk about it later?"

Wang Zhiyuan said, forcing a smile, "It was just a verbal promise; there was no signed contract!"

Hearing Wang Zhiyuan's shameless words, Gavin was so angry that he almost attacked him on the spot.

If his companions hadn't held him back, he would have given Wang Zhiyuan a good beating today.

"Gavin, don't be impulsive! Hitting someone can land you in jail!" Several of Gavin's subordinates immediately pulled him back and advised him.

Seeing that the other party was about to make a move, Wang Zhiyuan could only hurriedly say, "Don't do anything rash, I didn't want this either."

He then left the coffee shop amidst the hostile stares of the crowd.

After Wang Zhiyuan left, Gavin felt as if all his strength had been drained away.

He said to his old subordinates in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this."

Gavin was well-liked, and even after causing such a mess, his employees didn't blame him too much.

He also comforted Gavin.

This made Gavin even more upset, so he took out all his savings and gave them to several of his subordinates so they could find new jobs and get through the crisis.

After distributing all the money in his hand, Gavin slammed the things he was holding aside.

Not only did he fail to receive the benefits promised by Wang Zhiyuan, he also lost his high-paying job.

This is a complete rip-off; we have to get it back from that bastard Wang Zhiyuan.

But Gavin only thought about it in his mind, after all, Wang Zhiyuan still held more than 5% of Yahu's shares.

He has several million in cash, making him a millionaire. What can I do to deal with someone like that?
Just as he was pondering, someone suddenly walked up to him.

Gavin immediately became alert and asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"

The United States has a rather poor security record, and Gavin's voice couldn't help but rise.

The man was wearing a black trench coat and a wide-brimmed hat, making it impossible to see his face.

He whispered to Gavin, "Hey buddy, you want to make some money?"

Gavin had just used all his savings to help his former subordinates, and now he only had a few months' worth of living expenses left in his account, which was exactly when he was short of money.

However, being a Stanford graduate, he cautiously stated, "I won't do anything illegal!"

"Heh, buddy! You don't have to show up yourself, and you can even get revenge on your enemies. Such a good thing doesn't come often!" the mysterious man chuckled.

Gavin paused for a moment, then said, "Who exactly are you? How do you know about my feud with Wang Zhiyuan?"

"Don't ask so many questions, just tell me if you're going to do it or not. If not, I'll find someone else!" the mysterious man said forcefully.

Gavin took a deep breath and said, "Okay, what do you want me to do?" (End of Chapter)