Chapter 39: A Two-Billion-Dollar Offer
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Sitting in the car and watching the streets pass by outside, Huang Feiyang fell into deep thought.
His grandfather’s words had clearly carried a hidden meaning.
Perhaps his business empire was expanding too quickly?
Was that why it had attracted attention from above, while also arousing their concern?
“Whew!”
After letting out a breath, Huang Feiyang soon cast those thoughts aside.
Words alone were useless.
He would prove everything through his actions.
At almost the same time, Huang International Investment in Guangzhou received a group of unexpected visitors.
George met with the visitors at once. The group consisted of both Chinese and Westerners.
Inside a large conference room, George listened quietly as the guests spoke at length.
“Everyone,” he said, sweeping his gaze over the dozen or so people present with a faint smile. “If I understand correctly, you are here on behalf of the capital behind you to invest in Huang International Investment?”
“That’s right!”
A burly, bearded white man looked at George with a solemn expression.
“We came here in good faith, Mr. George. Our fund values your company at two billion US dollars.”
The moment those words were spoken, a flicker of surprise crossed George’s eyes and vanished.
The representatives of the other investment firms, however, all changed expression slightly.
Two billion dollars?
Madmen!
That was what they cursed inwardly.
After all, up to this point, Huang International Investment had spent no more than a little over one billion yuan.
There was no denying that the three companies under its control were growing at an astonishing pace.
But even combined, their assets could not possibly amount to two billion dollars, could they?
In particular, of the three companies, only Penguin had begun turning a profit.
“Our fund hopes to purchase twenty percent of your company at the valuation of two billion dollars,” the bearded white man continued, looking at George. “What do you think?”
“I don’t have the authority to make that decision,” George replied calmly, spreading his hands. “I can only report it to my superiors.”
In truth, he was sneering inwardly.
Invest in Huang International Investment?
How could that be possible?
The Boss would be the first to refuse!
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Besides, the Boss was hardly short of money.
And Huang International Investment was not short of money either.
Still, those thoughts remained unspoken.
The people present represented capital from both home and abroad, including several major investment firms.
There was no need to offend them without good reason.
In the end, the group left Huang International Investment disappointed.
George had departed from the conference room for half an hour midway through the meeting. When he returned, he merely said:
“Our shareholders are already discussing the matter, but it may take some time before we can give everyone a definite answer.”
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Back at the villa, Huang Feiyang recalled George’s recent phone call and smiled with amusement.
An offer of two billion dollars?
It did sound rather tempting.
Especially since the aftershocks of the internet technology bubble were still being felt.
At the same time, the overall economic climate was poor because of what had happened in the United States.
An ordinary person would probably have agreed immediately.
How long had Huang International Investment even been established?
How much had it invested?
By accepting the financing, how many times over would it multiply its original investment?
Unfortunately—
Huang Feiyang was no ordinary person.
As someone who had been reborn, he knew all too well how astonishing the potential of those three companies was.
After finally gaining controlling stakes in all three, how could he possibly sell the shares in his possession?
What a joke.
In the future, they would all become behemoths with staggering market valuations.
They were all destined to become unicorns.
Selling their shares now for a mere few hundred million dollars would be no different from killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.
In fact, when George called him, Huang Feiyang had given him a clear instruction:
Politely decline.
George, for his part, chose to handle the matter with deliberate coldness.
The fact that so many representatives of major investment firms had collectively visited Huang International Investment naturally could not escape the media’s attention.
Sure enough, by noon, countless related reports had appeared.
Of course, most of them were little more than speculation and rumor.
Still, one piece of news attracted the attention of the Chinese business community and countless onlookers alike.
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“Rumor Has It: An American Fund Has Offered Two Billion Dollars for Huang International Investment!”
The report also provided some information about the fund.
It stated that the fund intended to invest in Huang International Investment in exchange for a twenty-percent stake.
The article also made a point of mentioning the approximate value of Huang International Investment’s current assets, as well as the amount it had invested during its early stages.
Countless people offered their own opinions on the report.
Many businesspeople believed that Huang International Investment would ultimately accept the financing.
Twenty percent of the shares in exchange for several hundred million dollars was undeniably an extremely profitable deal.
After all, it would not affect Huang International Investment’s control over the company.
Others believed that Huang International Investment would probably reject the offer.
Judging from its performance in recent months and the enormous sums it had spent one after another, it was obvious that the company was not short of money.
Moreover, the identity of its shareholders—or, more precisely, its true owner—remained a mystery.
Who knew how powerful it really was?
Compared with the businesspeople, the comments from online users were much more blunt.
Lemon Tree Sour Lemon: “They invested around one billion yuan, and in less than two months, someone is already offering two billion dollars? Huang International Investment is way too good at making money!”
Salty Fish: “If it were me, I’d accept the financing, cash out, and retire on the spot!”
Know-It-All: “Wake up, buddy. Do you think this is child’s play? Is it really that simple?”
Gossip King: “Am I the only one curious about who the owner behind Huang International Investment is? Could the owner’s surname be Huang?”
Life: “To be fair, that offer really is astonishing. I just wonder whether Huang International Investment will accept the financing.”
Sky Flyer: “Sure enough, making money with money really is faster!”
“…”
At Huang Feiyang’s villa, Chen Xiruo was utterly bewildered when she saw the report.
She was simply filled with boundless admiration for Huang Feiyang.
So the three companies this man had founded were each worth an astonishing amount of money?
FY Technology, raking in money at a mad pace.
Future Network, raking in money at a mad pace.
And now Huang International Investment, which was not particularly profitable in itself, had received such an astonishing offer?
Two billion dollars?
Terrifying!
Huang Feiyang’s grandfather was also following the matter closely.
Several other tycoons had likewise turned their attention toward it.
They were all curious to see what choice Huang International Investment would make.
An offer of two billion dollars was indeed astonishing.
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