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Chapter 264 I'm Probably Wrong (Two in One, Please Subscribe)

Korea Electric Power Corporation is a large-scale power enterprise invested by the South Korean government, integrating production, transmission, distribution and marketing. Its headquarters is located in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, covering an area of approximately 8 square meters.

Since last September, when the Korea Electric Power Corporation announced that its headquarters would be moved to South Jeolla Province, the southwesternmost provincial administrative region of South Korea, many chaebol companies have been eyeing the land for the Korea Electric Power Corporation headquarters.

Recently, the Korea Electric Power Corporation launched an open bidding auction for its headquarters land. According to market estimates, the property is valued at 3.9 trillion won, equivalent to approximately 196 billion Chinese yuan.

This number is not a small number even for chaebol companies, and it is enough to make most companies give up the idea of buying this land.

In the end, only the wealthy Li Electronics and Zheng Group decided to participate in the bidding.

After winning the bid, Li Electronics plans to use the land to build a new headquarters, while Zheng Group plans to build a Zheng Group Global Business Center.

So how can you win the bid? If you want to win the bid, you have to bid, and if you want to bid, you have to write a bid first.

To put it simply, Li Electronics and Zheng Group each submitted a bid, and the bid contained their respective prices. In the end, the highest bidder naturally won.

Of course, in practice, more than one bid document is produced. For example, Samsung Electronics submitted three bids, offering bids of 4.5 trillion, 5.3 trillion, and 7 trillion won respectively.

Li Zhiwen, the project's general manager, was a little unsure about which bid to submit. This was because Hyundai Group had announced today that spending 5 trillion won on this piece of land was worth it!

This is not said casually. Since the Zheng Group has called out the number of 5 trillion, their final bid cannot be lower than 5 trillion.

The reason is very simple. He asked for 5 trillion yuan. In order to acquire this piece of land, Li Electronics must offer a price higher than 5 trillion yuan.

If the Zheng Group finally comes up with a number lower than 5 trillion, wouldn’t that be equivalent to handing over the land to Li Electronics?
Of course, it is also possible that the Zheng Group and the Korea Electric Power Corporation conspired to trick Lee Electronics into spending more than 3.9 trillion won to buy land with a market value of trillion won.

But this possibility is too low. Is the Zheng family crazy to offend the largest chaebol, the Lee Group, for 1.1 trillion South Korean won? Or is the South Korean Electric Power Corporation crazy?
Since it is not to trick Li Electronics, the reason why Zheng Group made the statement to the outside world is most likely to make Li Electronics give up.

After all, the five trillion yuan price tag is already a 28% premium, and the Zheng Group's final bid is sure to be higher than that. If it's any higher, will it still be worth it?

Of course it's worth it! Because the maximum bid price set by Li Electronics is 7 trillion yuan, in principle, as long as the winning bid price does not exceed this price, it is worth it for Li Electronics.

But the question is, should we really bid at the maximum bid price? Seven trillion yuan, a 79.49% premium.

Li Zhiwen didn't dare to make this decision. Of course, he was also worried that if he used this price, the premium would be too high and it would not pass the review at the board meeting tomorrow.

Then he could only ask someone to find out how much the Zheng Group was planning to bid, while at the same time asking Li Zhengxian how to set the price.

In response, Li Zhengxian said: "I leave this matter to you, you can decide it yourself. Now you ask me, if I die one day, who will you ask?
In this respect, you are not as good as Zhixuan. He is a very opinionated person and never asks for other people's opinions when doing things. Does it mean that his career has been smooth sailing and he has never encountered any difficulties?
You two brothers, one is indecisive, the other is arbitrary. Oh, and there's also the confused second brother, both of you are talented! Alas!

After sighing heavily, the helpless old father got up and left the study to go to the back garden to find his wife.

After hearing these words, Li Zhiwen was first shocked, then angry, and finally confused.

What was surprising was Lee Jung-hyun's comment, "If I die one day, who will you ask?" His tone was calm, but it was the harshest criticism, short of directly saying that he was indecisive and could not achieve anything great.

Can a son who can't achieve anything great still take over Li Zhengxian's job? How can Li Zhiwen not be panicked?
Then, Li Zhengxian said that Li Zhiwen was not as good as Li Zhixuan. This time, Li Zhiwen, as the "crown prince", could not tolerate it!

I, Li Zhiwen, have studied hard, been filial to my parents, and been close to my brothers since I was young. I have worked my way up from the grassroots level to my current position.

But that idiot Li Zhixuan has been a playboy for so many years, and he's only done some serious work in the past few months. Am I immediately inferior to him? You're too biased!

But he was angry but didn't dare to say it, and then Li Zhiwen was stunned. Because Li Zhengxian criticized all three of them!

The eldest is indecisive, the third is arbitrary, and the second is confused.

This……

But no matter what, since the third and second brothers were both criticized, Li Zhiwen no longer felt angry, and quickly chased after them to apologize.

"I'm sorry, Dad. I know I was wrong."

"Well, if you know you're wrong, correct it immediately."

"Yes, I understand."

After a while, the father and son came to the back garden and saw Kim Baoying and Li Zhixuan in the pavilion from a distance.

Yo! The third one is back!
Li Zhengxian's face lit up with joy, and he immediately quickened his pace. Seeing this, Li Zhiwen gritted his teeth secretly, feeling jealous again.

When they walked in, the father and son found that Kim Baoying was holding a tablet and excitedly introducing something to Li Zhixuan, while Li Zhixuan stood beside her, looking like he wanted to say something but couldn't, and looked very uncomfortable.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing Li Zhixuan's embarrassing look, Li Zhengxian laughed out loud.

Hearing the laughter, the mother and son in the pavilion turned around subconsciously and found that Li Zhengxian and Li Zhiwen, father and son, were coming over.

"Dad, big brother." Li Zhixuan immediately stood up and greeted the father and son.

"Yeah." Li Zhengxian nodded with a smile. Li Zhiwen came forward and hugged Li Zhixuan, saying with a smile, "It's rare. We never met each other every time you came home before. Today we can finally get together. I'll call Zhiwu later and ask him to come back so that we can have a good family reunion."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhixuan nodded happily: "Okay! Then let's have a drink later?"

"Yeah! Drink some!"

"Okay! I'll make two side dishes!"

Regardless of whether it is true or not, at least on the surface it seems that the two brothers are quite close, and Li Zhengxian feels very relieved.

But Jin Baoying's face beside her darkened: "Come back!"

After hearing the scolding, Li Zhengxian and his son Li Zhiwen were stunned at first, then became very curious and prepared to eat melon.

Li Zhixuan has been bullied by Jin Baoying several times since he was a child. What happened today?

Over here, Jin Baoying stopped in her tracks helplessly, then turned around with a flattering smile: "Hey! Mother, do you have any other instructions?"

Seeing this guy hoping to get away with it by being cute, Jin Baoying stood up in anger and grabbed his ear: "Huh! You're looking for a chance to run away, right? Don't play dumb with me! Who do you like? Give me an answer!"

Li Zhixuan didn't cry out in pain, but pretended to grimace and hurriedly explained, "Mom, my eldest and second brothers aren't married yet, why are you so anxious to find a partner for me?"

Upon hearing this, before Jin Baoying could say anything, Li Zhiwen got anxious: "Don't use us to change the subject. We are not married yet, but we don't have as many beautiful women around you as you do. If I don't find you a decent girlfriend, and you bring those celebrities home, won't your parents be mad at you?"

If I make them so angry now, won't you be able to take over as chairman immediately? I helped you so much, why are you stabbing me in the back? Evil beast! Li Zhixuan was angry, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He could only explain: "It's not that I don't want to, it's mainly because the family backgrounds of these young ladies introduced by my mother are either chaebols or high-ranking officials. These people are really not suitable for me.

I'm a simple-minded person, but these people are all more cunning than the other, and I'm afraid of being schemed against by them."

"Are you sincere?!"

How shameless must one be to say such a thing?

Li Zhengxian and Li Zhiwen, father and son, were stunned by Li Zhixuan's shamelessness. Jin Baoying was so angry that she grabbed his ears and turned him around!
"Ouch!" The scumbag screamed and begged for mercy: "It hurts, it hurts! I was wrong. Can you let me think about it?"

Jin Baoying finally let go of her son's ear and said, "Think about it carefully! If you're not satisfied, I'll find another one for you, but you must choose one within a month!"

"Oh, I see." Li Zhixuan looked unhappy, but he had no choice but to agree.

Seeing this, Li Zhengxian reached out and patted his son's shoulder, comforting him: "Your mother didn't ask you to separate from those people, she just gave you another girlfriend, why are you unhappy?

You may not mind some things, but doesn’t our Li family have any face?”

"Yes, I understand."

Because he had not grown up enough to rebel, Li Zhixuan could only nod obediently.

In response, Li Zhengxian nodded with some relief, then glanced at a file bag on the table. The seal on it was from Lelang Security.

"You're bringing a briefcase home? What kind of problems did you encounter?"

Li Zhiwen next to him was stunned. He suspected that Li Zhengxian was pointing at him.

Li Zhixuan shook his head. "No. I was already at the parking lot before I went home, and the secretary brought it to me. He said that the Lelang Security Equipment Management Department had applied for funds to purchase equipment."

Hearing this, Li Zhengxian's heart moved, but on the surface he nodded casually: "Oh. Then take it and don't lose the company documents."

"Please hold it for me first. I'm going to cook."

As he said that, Li Zhixuan was about to go to the kitchen.

Li Zhiwen was surprised when he saw this. "Are you really doing it? I thought you were just making excuses to Mom. Do you love cooking so much now?"

"Of course it's true. What's so strange about cooking for my family? Big brother, do you want to come and help me?"

Li Zhixuan had said so, could Li Zhiwen still refuse? Cooking for the family! Especially cooking for parents, isn't that also filial piety? Could he let Li Zhixuan be the only filial son?
"Okay! Let's go! I'll call Zhiwu and ask him to come back too."

"it is good!"

Seeing that the two brothers were quite close, Kim Bo-young showed a happy smile on her face. Then she turned around and found that Lee Jung-hyun had picked up the file bag on the table and was tearing off the seal.

"What are you doing? Don't touch the child's things."

Kim Baoying quickly snatched the file bag and looked at her husband with anger.

In response, Li Zhengxian looked at his wife helplessly: "Are you stupid? What does Zhixuan mean by asking me to help hold it?"

"Uh..." Jin Baoying was stunned, a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face: "He showed it to you specially?"

"Of course. Otherwise, what kind of urgent matter is this, a funding application? Or something important? Can't the secretary put it in the office first? Or in the car? And why would the president have to keep it in his hands?"

As he spoke, Li Zhengxian took the file bag, tore open the seal, and took out the contents.

When he first saw the photos, Li Zhengxian's expression was still normal, but after seeing the titles of those documents, his expression changed instantly!

Seeing that her husband's face was so gloomy that water seemed to be dripping out, how could Kim Baoying not know that something big had happened?

Thinking that the file bag was brought back by Li Zhixuan, Jin Baoying hurriedly grabbed her husband's arm and asked, "What's wrong? What happened to Zhixuan?"

"Ugh!"

Li Zhengxian didn't say anything, just sighed heavily, then with a sullen face, he gently broke away from Jin Baoying's hand and put the photos and documents back into the file bag.

Seeing this, Jin Baoying became even more anxious: "Don't just sigh! What happened to Zhixuan?"

"Hey, Zhixuan is fine. Let's go to the study and talk."

Zhixuan is fine? Then what happened? Jin Baoying was anxious and confused, and followed Li Zhengxian back to the study.

"The bid documents submitted by Lee Electronics for the Korea Electric Power Corporation headquarters site were leaked, and it was leaked by an assistant who has worked with Zhiwen for many years."

When she heard what happened, Kim Baoying was shocked!

The bid document has been leaked, which is equivalent to letting the opponent know the cards in gambling. What a waste of time!

A multi-trillion dollar project! This is no small matter! How could such a huge mess be created?

"How did Zhixuan know about this?"

"What do you say?"

"Does he have someone around Zhiwen?"

"Ah! Almost. I guess he was sending someone to investigate the people around Zhiwen so that he could find the right person to help him, and he happened to discover this."

The younger son wanted to bribe the eldest son's people to do things for him, but he happened to find out that the eldest son almost made a big mess!

"What should I do?"

"If the bid documents are leaked before the bid is even submitted, we can just make a new one. The problem now is that Zhiwen can't even control the people around him. Can he really control the Li Group? I'm afraid he'll be sold out and he won't even know. I'm worried!"

"This..." Kim Baoying didn't know what to say for a moment because her palms and backs were all flesh.

"Oh! Honey, don't you think my judgment is wrong? I used to think Zhiwen was the most suitable successor and Zhixuan was not a promising candidate. But now it seems that I was probably wrong..."

(End of this chapter)