Chapter 42: Refusing to Go Public

In the blink of an eye, another day passed.

In the morning, while Huang Feiyang was enthusiastically teaching himself hacking techniques, he received a phone call from George.

After listening, a fleeting look of amusement crossed Huang Feiyang's face.

Institutional investors had already started approaching him on their own initiative, trying to lobby him to take his three companies public?

To be exact, they were proposing a backdoor listing!

"Reject them!"

Without any hesitation, Huang Feiyang replied decisively.

Going public was out of the question!

He preferred absolute control!

Besides, his companies were not short of money; there was simply no need to list.

Going public purely to cash in and squeeze money from the stock market?

He might as well use his foresight to make a splash in the financial markets instead!

That was a much faster way to make money than taking a company public to fleece retail investors!

"Understood, Boss!"

Hearing Huang Feiyang's words, George was not surprised at all.

In fact, he had guessed this outcome long ago.

Going public?

Perhaps other companies needed financing and had to raise capital.

However, the Boss's companies had no need for such things at all!

The current money-making speeds of FY Technology and Future Network were in a league of their own across the entire country.

Although Huang's International Investment had not yet started turning a profit, the potential of the three companies it controlled was quite astonishing!

After the call ended, George instructed his subordinates to decline the invitations from the various institutions and advisory firms.

In short, the message was universally the same:

We are not short of money!

Naturally, the major institutions were deeply disappointed by this.

However, disappointment aside, they did not dare to do anything rash.

After all, anyone with even slightly well-informed sources knew the staggering background of these three companies, didn't they?

Looking for trouble with them was just asking for unnecessary headaches.

"Going public?"

"Interesting!"

Shaking his head gently, Huang Feiyang sat before the computer in his room and resumed typing lines of code.

Speaking of code, one had to mention the online game *The Legend*.

Over this period, Future Network had weeded out batch after batch of cheat software.

Consequently, a large number of accounts had been banned.

Initially, quite a few players felt very aggrieved and wanted to kick up a fuss.

As a result, they were instantly hit by AOE verbal bombardment from other regular players!

They were flamed into utter depression!

Meanwhile, the individuals who profited from creating these cheats were even sued in court by Future Network.

Precisely because of this, Future Network's campaign of making an example of a few effectively made numerous cheats vanish from *The Legend* without a sound.

It was fair to say that the gaming environment of *The Legend* was undoubtedly the finest in the domestic market at present.

Without exception!

Driven by the superior gaming experience, more and more new players were attracted to join.

In response, the senior executives of other domestic gaming companies turned green with envy.

First, Tencent's Farm and Pasture games swept across the nation, and now Future Network's *The Legend* had exploded in popularity from north to south.

Were they leaving any breathing room for anyone else?

The crucial point was that *The Legend* was becoming increasingly popular.

Especially after that cash-reward event!

In reality, it wasn't as though other gaming companies hadn't tried to copy the formula.

They had also launched some reward-based events!

Unfortunately, the response was lukewarm, and the campaigns fizzled out into nothingness.

To borrow the words of the players:

"Your gaming experience is so terrible and full of cheats that even if I grind day and night and top up my account every day, I still can't break into the top ten rankings! Why bother wasting that kind of time?"

Upon hearing this, those gaming company executives nearly vomited blood in frustration.

Why did it turn out like this?

During lunch, Huang Feiyang received a phone call.

It was a call from his parents!

His parents, who had been traveling across Europe and America to negotiate business and conduct field inspections, had returned to the country today?

They were expected to arrive in Guangzhou tomorrow?

However, they needed to make a trip back to Yang City first.

Next week, they would be coming to the Imperial Capital.

There were some matters they wished to discuss with Huang Feiyang in person.

"What on earth do Mom and Dad want to tell me?"

"It has to be discussed in person?"

Sipping his soup, Huang Feiyang muttered to himself.

He was completely baffled by this.

Was it about his three companies?

Presumably, they must have known about that long ago, right?

Then, what else could it be?

After pondering for a long while, Huang Feiyang still could not figure it out.

Soon, he cast the thoughts to the back of his mind.

Anyway, he would naturally find out next week, so why waste energy worrying about it now?

In a private dining room at a restaurant in Guangzhou.

At this very moment, a dozen or so people were having a meal and chatting amongst themselves.

If George were here, he would surely have recognized them.

These people were none other than the institutional representatives who had tried to lobby Huang Feiyang to list his three companies not long ago.

"Everyone!"

"Do you have any good ideas?"

"FY Technology, Future Network, and Huang's International Investment are three massive, juicy pieces of meat!"

An elderly man wearing black-rimmed glasses swept his gaze across the crowd and spoke.

Unreconciled ambition was evident in his eyes.

Just give up like this?

He was truly unwilling!

Yet, he honestly lacked the courage to employ any underhanded tactics against these three companies.

He was no fool!

He had no desire to court self-destruction!

"Perhaps we can use some business tactics to force them into an IPO!"

"As long as it's legitimate commercial pressure, what can anyone do to us?"

"The three companies have backing, but don't we have backing of our own?"

At that moment, a middle-aged man with a square face spoke boisterously.

Hearing his words, the eyes of those present suddenly lit up.

This suggestion sounded rather promising!

"Then, how should we proceed?"

Soon, someone impatiently asked.

The others also stared fixedly at the square-faced middle-aged man.

"Well, that requires pooling our collective wisdom!"

"Let's discuss it!"

The square-faced man shrugged and said indifferently.

In the afternoon, Huang Feiyang left the villa.

He then arrived at a company located not far from Peking University.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the anxious expressions on Chen Xiruo and Yang Yiyi's faces, Huang Feiyang asked.

He had received a call from the two beauties telling him that something had gone wrong at the company.

However, they hadn't specified the exact nature of the problem over the phone.

"We've fallen into a contract trap!"

Chen Xiruo sighed, offering a bitter smile.

With that, she lowered her head in shame.

Yang Yiyi's reaction was virtually identical.

"A contract trap?"

Hearing Chen Xiruo's words, Huang Feiyang was slightly taken aback.

How could that be?

It shouldn't be possible!

Logically speaking, their company lawyers shouldn't make such low-level mistakes.

Soon, however, he understood what had happened.

It turned out the lawyer had been bought off.

The contract they had signed had been switched.

Certain clauses had been altered!

Hearing this, Huang Feiyang was left momentarily speechless.

This kind of thing actually happened?

At the same time, a murmur arose in his heart.

Just who had such a death wish?