197: Chapter 198: Principal and Interest Paid Off Completely! A Life-or-Death Alliance That Broke the Betting Agreement

Shen Du made no effort to hide his ambition and the fruits of his victory, candidly analyzing:

"After this battle, I have not only completely locked the market value of Jiyuan Entertainment at the hundred-billion level.

I have also, under the cover of your feigned defeat, quietly and seamlessly laundered the hundreds of billions in offshore funds in my hands.

I have obtained the most stable foundation I wanted and borrowed the momentum to march across the ocean.

Not even the slightest risk has spilled over to the core business of Jiyuan Technology."

Shen Du leaned back in his chair, his gaze deep and sincere: "Compared to the immeasurable trillion-dollar market value of Jiyuan Technology in the future, what is this forty billion in cash flow that I've brought out today?"

The secret room fell silent. Everyone was stunned for a long time by Shen Du's shocking candor and arrogance.

Compared to that unknown trillion-dollar business empire, the tens of billions in front of them seemed to have truly turned into a pile of worthless waste paper.

Watching everyone fall into deep thought, the sharp aura of superiority on Shen Du slowly receded. He picked up the slightly cooled tea again, his tone becoming much gentler: "As for this extra five billion..."

Shen Du changed the subject, looking sincerely at every tycoon present: "This money was not given to you for no reason. During the first business war, I privately borrowed one billion USD in combat funds from everyone here. This extra five billion, plus the original underlying principal that should have been returned, counts as me paying off that debt in full, with interest."

He set down the teacup and said with extreme seriousness: "I, Shen Du, have never liked owing others, especially favors and debts."

"President Shen, you are being too formal..." Qin Tiankuo wanted to speak, but was interrupted by a wave of Shen Du's hand.

"Since we are sitting at the same table, the rules must be made clear."

Shen Du's gaze radiated a charismatic and convincing sense of loyalty and leadership: "If there is money to be made, we make it together. If there are losses, we are tied together in those losses. If I have to haggle over every penny of profit with my own people, how can we be called life-and-death allies?"

Shen Du crossed his hands on the table and made the only request of this profit-sharing meeting today: "Take this money and bolster the confidence and backbone of your respective families."

Shen Du's voice was not loud, but every word carried immense weight: "In the coming years, when we truly charge into that bottomless meat grinder known as the semiconductor industry, no matter how much money we have to pour in, no matter how crazy the blockades and suppression we face from Western capital..."

His gaze was like a torch, staring fixedly at every face around the round table: "I hope that everyone here, no matter how difficult it gets, will not give up on this semiconductor path. I do not want to see anyone retreat halfway, and I certainly do not want anyone to drop the ball at a critical moment. This is the only condition for me giving you this extra five billion!"

Shen Du's words exploded in the secret room like a thunderclap. Wu Tianheng looked at this excessively young man before him, complex light flickering in his cloudy yet sharp eyes.

He had traversed the business world for decades; what kind of deceit and betrayal had he not seen? But in the face of profit, for someone like Shen Du, who held the power of life and death, to be willing to pour out forty billion in real cash to share with allies just to exchange for a promise of "sailing in the same boat"... This shocking breadth of vision, this chilling courage—this old fox, the hardest to deal with, was completely convinced today!

"Good! What a 'no matter how difficult, do not give up'!" Wu Tianheng slapped his thigh hard. His previously slightly hunched back straightened instantly, erupting with the fervent and heroic spirit of a man who still has plenty of vigor in his old age.

He stared at Shen Du with burning eyes and said loudly: "Nephew Shen, since you've put it this way, then I, this old bag of bones, will lay my cards on the table today! We accept this extra five billion! Let this money be the first war chest for our march into the semiconductor industry. The Wu Family will definitely bet with you to the end on this semiconductor path!"

Wu Tianheng turned his head to look at Zhou Zhenghai on the side and waved his hand dominantly: "Zhenghai! Redo the dividend ratio according to President Shen's wishes!"

"Yes!" Zhou Zhenghai pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses in excitement, his voice trembling slightly.

However, just when everyone thought this was the climax of the profit-sharing meeting, Wu Tianheng suddenly reached out and opened his black Hermès briefcase. Amidst the puzzled gazes of everyone, he pulled out a tightly bound document stamped with a bright red seal.

The moment they saw this document, the hearts of Qin Tiankuo, Su Yunjing, and the others present jumped. It was the black-and-white gambling agreement that Shen Du had been forced to sign before the war to borrow underlying funds from them: "If defeated, leave with nothing, and compensate with Meituan, Jiyuan Technology, and the semiconductor foundry."

As long as this agreement existed, theoretically, Shen Du had a sword hanging over his neck. But the next second, Wu Tianheng took that incalculably valuable gambling agreement in his hand. Without the slightest hesitation, with a "rip," he tore it directly into two halves right in front of Shen Du and everyone else!

"Rip! Rip!" The old business fox used both hands with force. He tore the agreement, which was enough to make countless people green with envy and madness, into shreds and tossed them into the air. The paper scraps drifted down like snowflakes, scattering gracefully onto the expensive rosewood table.

"From today on, there are no more debt issues between the nine of us! And no more gambling agreements!"

Wu Tianheng picked up the decanted romanée-conti in front of him, stood up abruptly, scanned the room, and said with a voice as loud as a bell: "From now on, we sail in the same boat! Even if we have to sell everything we own, we will force our domestic semiconductor industry onto the international stage!"

"Sailing in the same boat!" Qin Tiankuo had long been boiling with excitement and was the first to stand up with his wine glass.

"To the international stage!" Su Yunjing, Chen Mingyuan, Fu Zhaonan, and others were also flushed with excitement and stood up one after another.

Shen Du looked at the group of business tycoons in front of him, their ambitions thoroughly ignited. A brilliantly dazzling and heartfelt smile finally curled at the corners of his mouth. He calmly picked up his red wine glass and slowly stood up.

"Clang—" Nine wine glasses collided heavily in the center of the rosewood round table, emitting a crisp and long-lasting resonant echo. This moment not only declared the perfect conclusion to this magnificent hundred-billion-level Hong Kong Stock Market sniping battle, but also signaled the official formation of a massive semiconductor imperial expeditionary force that spanned East and West and pointed its sword across the ocean.

That night, everyone left the Yonglu Tingquan Pavilion with heads held high, filled with unrestrained joy and burgeoning ambition, facing the dazzling neon lights of the Magic City. Shen Du's deep gaze, however, had already crossed the night sky, casting itself toward that trillion-dollar capital Shura field, where gold was everywhere but danger lurked at every turn: NASDAQ.