Li Zekai raised his glass while observing the young people in front of him.
"cheers."
Lu Fei drank calmly, then picked up the knife and fork and cut the roasted foie gras in an elegant manner.
After all, in my previous life, I took photos and videos of fake socialites and had to teach them dining etiquette.
Li Zekai wiped his mouth with a napkin, "I want to know why Mr. Lu wants to buy back my Penguin shares?"
Here we go, the first level.
The real purpose must be concealed. He wants the middleman to make a profit.
Lu Fei chewed slowly and said slowly: "Because Mr. Li is looking for a buyer, I don't want Penguin's equity to fall into the hands of unfamiliar investors.
The investors that Lao Lu requires to be introduced must accept that Penguin can only make decisions for him and his team, and I am the same. I don’t want to mix in some unpleasant voices, which will waste our energy.”
The implication is that I cannot trust or recognize the next person you are looking for!
Instead of you looking for it, it is better to sell it back to me and I will find someone to finance it myself.
Li Zekai put down his wine glass, surprised and speechless.
Unexpectedly, in the first confrontation, this young man was not afraid of his name, and he was not afraid at all. He was so reckless and directly voted "no confidence".
But he wanted to sell it, but no one in Xiangjiang was willing to take it over!
"Mr. Lu must know who I am. I still have a little bit of goodwill in the business world. I will not harm the interests of my friends for small profits."
"friend?"
Lu Fei said enthusiastically: "Yes, Lao Lu, Li Qing's friend is my friend, Mr. Li, we are friends!"
"Yes, friend."
Li Zekai froze and was caught off guard when he kicked his nose and face.
Oh my god, why are you so different from the people I dealt with before?
A bit, stinky and shameless!
"Since we are friends, we have also heard some bad news about Yingke. Mr. Li's company is in debt."
Lu Fei took the initiative, "I hope the money from the repurchase can help me a little, and it can be regarded as helping Laolu. Li Qing and the others can repay the favor. After all, Mr. Li also contributed to Penguin's financing."
"I have a good relationship with the Huateng family."
Li Zekai had a gloomy face. The person in front of him already knew his situation, and now he lost the initiative to negotiate the price.
He thought about it carefully. He didn't intend to bring in strange investors, but he was here to give money to repay the favor. He was reasonable and affectionate, which seemed to make sense.
"Of course, when I first invested, I was also optimistic about Penguin, thinking that the traffic would definitely make money, but so far, it has not met my expectations."
Give yourself the steps, and finally reach the second level——
bargain.
"I don't like the number '4', it's unlucky." Li Zekai hinted.
"That's really unfortunate. We Yanjing people like the number four very much."
Lu Fei deliberately retorted. The first price he offered was in the range of 4 million.
"I was born in Sijiu City, live in a courtyard, and have four gates in and out of the imperial city. There are also many fours in the alleys, but guests do as they please. This is Xiangjiang. I respect Mr. Li, and if I don't like '4', then '3'
alright."
"3, sounds like 'sheng', 333, three consecutive rises, wishing Mr. Li good luck."
Zeng Liqing was shocked, was he so depressed?
20% equity is now worth 14 million US dollars, but it only gives less than 30% to others?
Li Zekai's face darkened. He wanted to raise the purchase price to more than 5 million US dollars, but it was obvious that "four" was mentioned frequently. Everyone was a thousand-year-old fox and there was no need to sing "Liao Zhai".
If there is another buyer, you can raise the price, but you can still find no buyer after selling it for almost a year.
Both parties are well aware of this.
"It's up to you. I'd like to hear from Mr. Lu, is there any three-digit number starting with four in Yanjing that is an auspicious number?"
"403, the four seasons bring wealth, and the three Yangs bring prosperity." Lu Fei said.
"Mr. Lu, that's inappropriate. The homophony is inappropriate."
Li Zekai shook his head: "403, die and disperse."
"If there's a homophony, there's also '458', I'm the one who pronounced it!"
Lu Fei made a pun and said with a smile: "Among the three digits starting with the four characters, there is no one more auspicious than this one, and I can't think of any."
Li Zekai looks calm and relaxed on the surface. When he should eat steak, he should eat steak with a steady hand holding the knife and fork, even if it is $1 million lower than he expected.
It was a peaceful meal.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, I usually only have ten minutes to eat, and I have to go back to work after eating."
He apologized, got up from the table and left, saying:
"For the number 458, I will consider whether there is a more auspicious number than what Mr. Lu has thought of."
Watching the figure go away, Zeng Liqing couldn't help but sigh: "He is too busy, like a butterfly."
"So it's just a flash in the pan, and it won't last long."
Lu Fei stopped holding it and packed up his lunch in a hurry.
Zeng Li Qingdao: "But Mr. Lu, are we asking for something too harsh? How come we only gave Li Zekai 30%?"
If he can get 30%, it depends on his face!
Lu Fei drank the wine in one gulp, then wiped his mouth with a napkin.
After having enough wine and food, the two left.
Not far away, Xu Jinheng was shaking his wine glass. Inadvertently, the wine splashed out of the glass and fell on his pure white suit. The red wine spread out.
Who was the person Li Zekai met?
Also confused were the paparazzi hiding outside the western restaurant.
They originally lurked and took more intimate photos of Xu Jinheng and Cheng Farong to earn more money, but they didn't expect to bump into something even bigger.
Although he is not a celebrity gossip, he is Li Zekai!
Why does the one who can have dinner with Superboy have to be Batman?
…………
Back at the hotel, Lu Fei immediately asked Zeng Liqing to pack his luggage, check out and prepare to evacuate.
"Mr. Lu, are you leaving now?"
Zeng Liqing was confused. He was the one who wanted to come, and the Penguin equity buyback case was just started to be discussed. Now, he is the one who is leaving.
What does it mean?
"Yes, let's go. If I stay, he will just stretch me."
Lu Fei stacked the clothes one by one, "4.58 million is the final offer. I will not give in. He knows in his heart that even if he pretends to be confused, he will have to understand if I leave and I can't think clearly."
Zeng Li Qingdao: "But if Mr. Xiao Li doesn't agree, won't it be in vain?"
"It's not in vain! We are polite first and then attack. Once the courtesy is up, we will chat directly on the phone from now on."
"That's fine! This way we don't have to be stretched and have to do it in a hurry in the hotel."
"It's such a luxury to eat with him. It's not money, it's my time."
Lu Fei closed the suitcase and said, "He is very busy, and so am I!"
"Best regards, Mr. Lu."
Zeng Liqing praised, "But I always have to find a reason to resign. What reason? Penguin meeting? Or business activities..."
"You think about it slowly, I have already thought about it. Feigou.com is urging me to go back to meet investors for the second round of financing!"
Lu Fei smiled with disdain: "I believe Li Zekai will agree. There is no more conscientious buyer than me."
Just give them 30%!
You want people to look at Mr. Lu’s face, he tui!
Zeng Liqing didn't expose it and nodded, "Yes, Mr. Lu has a really good heart."
………………
"What, they are leaving Xiangjiang?!"
Li Zekai was shocked when he received the news from his secretary.
You didn’t even leave a message waiting for me? How dare you!
"They are very sorry, but they have been staying in Xiangjiang for almost a week and have to rush back to the mainland to handle matters."
The secretary relayed: "I hope to discuss the repurchase case on the phone in the future."
"The college entrance examination again?" Li Zekai snorted, "I asked people about the college entrance examination in the mainland. It only starts in July. It's still early."
"They are very smart in not letting themselves fall into passivity."
Yuan Jingliang saw through the trick at a glance and flipped through a stack of materials and information about Lu Fei.
"Everything has a priority. Since they are willing to wait for me here for 6 days, naturally this matter is the most important. Is there anything more important than it?"
Li Zekai is arrogant and intolerable.
"Is Feigou.com looking for financing?" Yuan Jingliang asked.
"Chairman Yuan, how do you know?" The secretary nodded in surprise. "Mr. Lu did say that."
Yuan Jingliang saw Li Zekai's inquiring look and explained: "I also found out from others that he has become famous in the mainland. In the cold winter of the Internet, there are institutions willing to invest 10 million US dollars."
Li Zekai was thinking slightly. He was originally worried that Lu Fei would have to raise 4.58 million US dollars for a while, but he never thought that it would be possible to come up with so much at once.
In an instant, he forgave Lu Fei, but he still thought his price was too low.
"When he left, he also told us that 4.58 million was his last price."
Yuan Jingliang touched his chin, "He spent more than half of the 10 million in exchange for 20% of Penguin's equity. He is confused. His investors are not stupid."
The $10 million in financing is actually a smoke bomb.
Lu Fei deliberately released it to cover up MIH's investment in advance. The two of them were far away in Xiangjiang and had no information. Naturally, they fell into confusion.
I mistakenly thought that Lu Fei only had so many chips on hand.
"Let me think about it again, think about it."
Li Zekai closed his eyes, and all he could think of was the tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars he needed to pay in interest every month.
US$4.58 million is more than 46 million Hong Kong dollars.
"When he leaves Hong Kong, the initiative changes hands, because you are the only buyer."
Yuan Jingliang rubbed his hands, "I'm a little passive."
"Then put it aside and I'll deal with other assets first."
Li Zekai wanted to compare his strength, but it was not as good as he wanted.
The next day, "Ming Pao", "Wen Wei Po", "Economic Daily" and other newspapers were full of articles and pages, with sideways photos of Li Zekai and Lu Fei, and even photos of people having dinner and chatting.
The titles are different, but they point to the same meaning——
Li Zekai, a newly wealthy man, owed hundreds of billions of dollars in debt, sold his assets and asked for help from his friends.
He became so angry that he slammed his hands on the table and looked at PCCW on the screen from the corner of his eye. After the market opened, the stock price was like a flood, and it continued to leak wildly.
