Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 277 - 15: The Disabled Tycoon’s Ex-Wife Refuses to Be a Scapegoat (15)
Now Mo Zhoujing has raised the acquisition price to 30 billion, already the highest price Leigou Network has ever been sold for, yet any more would be counterproductive.
Unexpectedly, a problem arose on the acquisition front the next day.
"Another foreign investor has entered the scene, offering a higher price, directly investing 40 billion."
Mo Zhoujing put down the newspaper, looked at the secretary in front of him, and asked a question.
"Which investor, have you found out?"
"Anonymous, unknown, no information at all."
There was a moment of silence in the office.
The secretary thought the boss might give up on acquiring Leigou Network, but unexpectedly he coldly said.
"50 billion."
The secretary dared not say more and quickly implemented the boss’s commands.
At this moment, Jiang Lai leaned on Little Buding and swiftly learned of Mo Zhoujing’s latest offer.
"Why would he spend so much to acquire a mere company?"
The plot didn’t emphasize how important Leigou Network was at all.
However, the original storyline didn’t have much business content; it mainly focused on the tyrannical CEO and the sweet soft white rabbit’s romance, then Jiang Lai appeared and pulled the romance-focused protagonist back into the business battlefield.
The instigator Jiang Lai was lying leisurely in the boss chair, watching the bustling traffic downstairs.
"Traditional media is about to start transforming, Mo Zhoujing is in the internet industry, and no one knows better than him how to get through the pains of this transformation period. If he can successfully transform, his company will directly become the leader in the internet industry, and to transform, Leigou Network is indispensable."
It has many base users, comprehensive functions, and most importantly, a complete upstream and downstream supply chain. Initially, Leigou Network wouldn’t have gone bankrupt if not for blind expansion causing liabilities outweighing assets.
The current economic crisis is still continuously impacting domestic small and medium-sized enterprises, unemployment is rising, and people view the future of consumer industries pessimistically, so as an e-commerce site, Leigou Network is the first to bear the brunt.
Others avoid it, but to Mo Zhoujing, Leigou Network is his lifeline’s spiritual pill.
"So no matter what, he will certainly acquire Leigou Network."
"Then why are you still competing with him, you have more money than Mo Zhoujing?"
Jiang Lai has indeed earned a lot recently, but compared to the family heritage accumulated over three generations by Mo Zhoujing, Jiang Lai’s money is not enough in comparison.
"You know nothing."
After speaking, Jiang Lai called Mike.
"How much do we have left on the account? Over 200? Okay, then add another 100 billion."
Mike was quite puzzled.
"If Mo Zhoujing stops bidding, Leigou Network is useless to us, we’ll end up bankrupt."
Such a large e-commerce site requires robust technical support and a reliable operations team, which they don’t have, and neither does the Jiang Family.
Jiang Lai was unconcerned, his tone relaxed but indisputable.
"It’s fine, just do as I say, thanks a lot Mike, I’ll treat you to a drink when you return."
Mike snorted.
"One drink won’t satisfy me, Jiang Lai, if you go bankrupt, I’ll swallow your remains without hesitation."
"Mm, having someone to collect my corpse is touching, we truly are the best partners, busy now, bye."
Listening to their conversation, Little Buding commented indifferently from the side.
"Best partners? One’s a hyena, the other’s a madman, if you’re broke, he’ll bite you to death with one bite."
"I’ll always be rich, no need to worry about that."
"Ha, worry? What do I have to worry about? I’m afraid you’ll splash your blood on me."
Jiang Lai heard this, as if thinking of something, followed with a slight smile.
"Are you jealous seeing me partnering with others?"
"Me, jealous? Hahaha me jealous? You’re dreaming, I’d be jealous over that? Bah! Shameless!"
"Good you’re not jealous, nearly had me moved."
Little Buding said nothing more.
Jiang Lai didn’t want to waste time figuring out what a creature indifferent to human and animal distinctions was thinking.
Soon, news from Mo Zhoujing arrived.
"He added another 50 billion."
The acquisition price had already reached 55 billion, slightly more and it would surpass Leigou Network’s value before bankruptcy.
Within Mo Zhoujing’s office, the atmosphere was already subdued.
All department heads sat together, not daring to breathe heavily.
"Still haven’t figured out the opponent’s identity, but it should be a foreign internet company, with likely the same goal for acquiring Leigou Network as us."
Mo Zhoujing tapped on the pen cap, looking at the elite employees before him with a serious expression.
"Can increase once more, then stop."
Since they’re so eager, they can’t just let them win easily; Leigou Network’s original value was only 60 billion, the final bid will certainly stay within 60 billion, whether he obtains Leigou Network or not, he will make sure the opponent buys it at the highest price!
Sure enough, after 55 billion, they added another 10 billion.
Following Mo Zhoujing’s instructions, the acquisition department increased the bid once more, 58 billion.
While everyone awaited the mysterious entity to continue adding, the other side suddenly fell silent, giving up.
In the end, Mo Zhoujing acquired Leigou Network, which was valued at less than 30 billion post-bankruptcy, at a staggering 58 billion.
For a time, the whole boardroom remained silent.
A repressive atmosphere enveloped everyone, its source stemmed from their chairman, Mo Zhoujing.
Nobody expected that intending to deceive the enemy, they instead deceived themselves.
Originally planned for 20 billion, now directly overspent by 30 billion, exactly doubled!
Which means Mo Zhoujing lost over 30 billion.
Furthermore, the insides of Leigou Network were already riddled with problems; post-acquisition it took a great deal of capital to restructure, reform, and upgrade.
After a long silence, Mo Zhoujing finally opened his mouth.
"Within a day, I want to know who’s behind this, if they’re in the country, find them here, if abroad, find them there; if you can’t find them, don’t bother returning."
In business, perpetual victory is impossible, winning and losing are natural, he could accept his defeat, but not being mocked and toyed by others.
That anonymous investor was clearly targeting him, and likely those restless family members were up to mischief again.
So before anyone else made a move, he must identify that person.
Once identified, he’ll make them pay.
But before resolving this, he had another matter to attend to. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
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Father Jiang’s private line, the longtime rival was cruising proudly, eager to boast about snatching a project from him.
"Tell me, why did you have to provoke that guy with the last name Mo, seems for a long time you’ll just have to watch us eat meat."
