Chapter 51: This is worse than robbery
The night passed in the blink of an eye. A little past eight o'clock the next morning, Huang Feiyang received a phone call.
A somewhat unexpected phone call!
To his surprise, Li Wen had called bright and early to seek a reconciliation?
He wanted Xinyang International Trade to withdraw its lawsuit against him and the Li Group?
And he was willing to pay 30 million US dollars!
"Thirty million US dollars?"
"One hundred million US dollars, or there's nothing to talk about!"
Sipping his boat-congee leisurely, Huang Feiyang said lazily.
"Why don't you just go rob a bank?"
Hearing Huang Feiyang's words, Li Wen instantly flew into a rage.
One hundred million US dollars?
This guy really had the nerve to open his mouth wide!
Damn it!
Thirty million US dollars was already the absolute limit of his psychological bottom line.
Back when he wanted to scam Xinyang International Trade, the penalty for breach of contract wasn't even that high!
"No, no, no!"
"This is much better than robbing a bank!"
Curling his lips, Huang Feiyang said with utter composure.
"You!"
Hearing this, Li Wen felt a suffocating wave of frustration!
If it weren't to stabilize the stock price!
If it weren't to give an account to the board of directors and shareholders, he would never have made this call.
Let alone bow his head!
Yet right now, Huang Feiyang's attitude made him extremely annoyed and aggrieved.
What was this supposed to be?
Slaughtering a fatted sheep?
In fact, before this, he had also made a call to Yang Yiyi.
However, Yang Yiyi's response had left him speechless for a long time.
"You should talk to Brother Feiyang! He has absolute authority over this matter!"
Therefore, he had no choice but to make this call to Huang Feiyang.
"Your stock market should be opening soon, right?"
"I wonder how much your group's stock price and market value will plummet today?"
"I suppose if you still don't give the board directors and shareholders an explanation today, you'll probably be impeached, right?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! The founder and major shareholder kicked out—I wonder what kind of state you'll be in by then? Tell me, isn't this one hundred million US dollars worth it?"
Putting down his small spoon, Huang Feiyang said with an ambiguous smile.
"..."
Li Wen instantly fell silent.
In truth, these were precisely the problems that worried him the most.
"It's a deal!"
"However, your Xinyang International Trade needs to issue a statement saying that everything before was just a misunderstanding!"
After hesitating over and over again, Li Wen gritted his teeth and said.
Deep inside, a raging fire was already burning.
Once this matter passed, he would definitely exact his revenge!
Humph!
Otherwise, he would never swallow this insult!
Huang Feiyang and the others had strong backing in China?
Well, what if he left China?
Would he still be powerless against him?
At that moment, Li Wen thought with vicious resentment.
"We can withdraw the lawsuit!"
"However, we will absolutely not issue any statement!"
Standing up and walking over to the living room sofa to sit down, Huang Feiyang said indifferently.
"Agree to our terms, and we'll withdraw the lawsuit!"
"Otherwise, let's just leave it at that!"
"Anyway, we aren't short of this bit of money!"
"Alright, my time is very precious, I earn tens or hundreds of thousands every minute, I don't have time to waste words with you!"
Huang Feiyang added immediately afterward.
"It's a deal!"
Taking a deep breath to suppress the fury threatening to erupt within him, Li Wen said in a low, deep voice.
"That's more like it!"
"Let me give you a new account number..."
"..."
After hanging up the phone, Huang Feiyang wore an irrepressible smile.
He then made a call to Yang Yiyi and the others.
He briefly filled them in on the matter!
Learning that Huang Feiyang had earned 100 million US dollars with just a few words, both beauties were completely dumbfounded.
This?
Wasn't this a bit too exaggerated?
At nine o'clock in the morning, as the 100 million US dollars arrived in a new overseas account belonging to Yang Yiyi and Chen Xiruo.
Huang Feiyang also instructed his legal team to withdraw the lawsuit against the Li Group and Li Wen!
Huang Feiyang still possessed that bare minimum of credibility.
However, this in no way hindered his subsequent retaliation.
He had agreed to withdraw the lawsuit, true!
The problem was, he had never promised not to secretly expose the dirt on the Li Group!
One thing at a time!
Huang Feiyang thought to himself with perfect logical justification.
If he had a grudge and didn't exact revenge, he wouldn't feel comfortable!
Shortly after Xinyang International Trade withdrew its lawsuit, several domestic and international media outlets published reports.
Implicitly and explicitly, they vaguely described that perhaps there had simply been some misunderstanding between the two companies previously.
Seeing these news reports, Huang Feiyang couldn't help but be amused.
A deep sense of emotion stirred quietly within his heart.
It seemed that Li Wen's influence, both at home and abroad, was not to be underestimated!
Was this the power of capital?
Meanwhile, Huang Feiyang was also calculating in his mind.
Should he acquire or build a media company of his own?
How could one play the game of capital without a mouthpiece of their own?
Instead of spending money to find others whenever the need arose, it was far better to control the platform in his own hands!
With the fuel added by these media outlets, the onlookers were thoroughly confused regarding the feud between Xinyang International Trade and the Li Group.
Some felt that this was a case of an arm being unable to twist a thigh!
Others believed that perhaps there really had been a misunderstanding between the two parties!
The waters had been completely muddied.
Inside Li Wen's office at the Li Group.
Standing in front of the window and looking up at the clear sky, Li Wen let out a long sigh of relief.
The Li Group's stock price had finally stabilized.
Moreover, following the release of several favorable news items, the stock price had even risen quite a bit!
Precisely because of this, the directors and shareholders had finally shut their mouths.
Yet, thinking of the 100 million US dollars he had lost, Li Wen felt an excruciating ache in his heart.
True, his net worth was quite substantial!
However, it mostly existed in the form of real estate, financial products, and stocks.
The actual cash he had on hand was just over 300 million US dollars.
To say this single blow had severely sapped his vitality was no exaggeration at all!
"Huang Feiyang!"
"Yang Yiyi!"
"You just wait, that 100 million US dollars wasn't going to be so easy to take!"
With a cold snort, Li Wen muttered to himself.
His eyes were filled with malice and rage.
Unfortunately, not long after, another headache-inducing trouble struck him.
Scarcely had he finished speaking when he received a phone call.
A massive amount of dark material regarding the Li Group had surfaced online.
Financial fraud!
Tax issues!
Furthermore, there were product quality problems along with a myriad of other issues, both big and small!
The stock price, which had only been rising for less than an hour, once again began a frantic plunge.
"Why is this happening?"
"Who is it?"
"Who is targeting me?"
The moment the call ended, Li Wen violently slammed his phone onto the floor.
By now, he had spiraled completely out of control into a frenzy.
Countless potential suspects flashed through his mind.
His business rivals!
Some old enemies!
Even the figure of Huang Feiyang flashed across his mind!