Chapter 42: A chill ran down Su Qiao'er's spine—was this Zheng Jie's true purpose?

At the Zheng Group headquarters, Zheng Jie received news from Su Group.

"Alright, I understand."

"Hmm, thank you for your hard work."

Hanging up the phone, Zheng Jie rubbed his slightly sore shoulders.

"Chairman, Zhengfeng Group is ready. Once this matter concludes, we can simultaneously begin the acquisition of Su Battery from Su Group."

Su Battery was a new energy battery company under Su Group. Before Zhengfeng Group's sudden rise, they had actually held a leading position in the new energy battery industry. However, with the sudden rise of Zhengfeng Group, the current new energy battery market had been monopolized by Zhengfeng Group. Now, Su Battery had been completely phased out, unable to make ends meet, and a large number of partnerships had been canceled.

"Hmm, alright, have them get ready."

The reason Zheng Jie had Zhengfeng Group acquire Su Battery was actually quite complex.

On one hand, it was certainly for his own benefit.

Zhengfeng Group had received too many orders lately, so they needed to expand production capacity. Coupled with the current massive domestic and international market, Zhengfeng Group's existing factories were no longer enough. In this situation, they definitely needed more factories.

If they wanted more factories, there were two ways. The first was to build them themselves, but this method had obvious drawbacks: it was time-consuming, tedious, and required a lot of capital. The second was to directly acquire other companies, such as Su Group's battery company, because their factories were ready-made. Although the production lines inside couldn't be used, installing new lines would only take a month or less than two months, which wasn't a big problem. Comparing these two methods, the second was definitely the best.

Besides this reason, there were others. Su Group currently had no funds to repay their Bank loans. If the loans couldn't be recovered, it would be bad debt for the Banks. Therefore, several Banks had approached Zheng Jie, hoping he would step in to acquire some of Su Group's shares, allowing Su Group to use that money to repay the Banks.

The final reason was that someone from Zheng Jie's side had replaced Qian Zheng. Having just sat in that position, if a company with a market value of hundreds of billions were to collapse, resulting in massive unemployment, the public opinion against that person would likely explode.

Therefore, with all these reasons combined, Zheng Jie needed to acquire Su Battery. Of course, besides the battery company, Zheng Group was currently evaluating other companies under Su Group to see if they were worth acquiring. If they were, Zheng Jie or other companies would acquire them, trying their best to prevent a massive wave of unemployment caused by the collapse of Su Group.

"Understood."

Zhang Wei nodded upon hearing this and immediately went to prepare.

Acquiring Su Battery was quite complex and couldn't be resolved in a few days. For instance, the acquisition price required discussions among the senior management of Zheng Group, Su Group, and several Banks. They needed to agree on a figure that everyone could accept; otherwise, if one party was dissatisfied, the matter would basically be unable to proceed.

Therefore, Zheng Jie was going to be quite busy next.

On the other side, Su Qiaoer was sitting at home, thinking about what Zheng Tian had just said. She didn't understand why Zheng Tian would think that. If she really liked Zheng Jie, why would she have divorced him?

Thinking of this, Su Qiaoer sighed.

In fact, Su Qiaoer vaguely felt that the Zheng Tian of now seemed to have changed compared to the one she knew five years ago. At the very least, after they were really together, she didn't feel as happy as she had imagined.

At this moment, Su Qiaoer just thought it might be because they had just gotten back together. After all, they had been separated for five years. Regardless, both of them needed time to re-adapt to each other, so Su Qiaoer didn't think too much about it.

Just as Su Qiaoer was thinking about these things, Mother Su suddenly walked over anxiously.

"Su Qiaoer, look quickly at the announcement issued by Su Group."

Hearing this, Su Qiaoer frowned slightly.

What happened? What's wrong with Su Group?

However, looking at her mother's anxious expression, Su Qiaoer felt that something major must have happened; otherwise, her mother wouldn't be reacting like this. Therefore, Su Qiaoer hurriedly turned on her phone and clicked on the announcement Su Group had just released a few minutes ago.

Issues with the partnership?

When she saw the announcement stating that her partnership with the Zheng family had issues, Su Qiaoer felt her vision go dark.

What was going on?

At this moment, Su Qiaoer felt a bit nervous inside.

This... Could this be Zheng Jie's next step?

Su Qiaoer was certainly not stupid. At this moment, she had actually vaguely guessed what Zheng Jie was planning to do.

It was very likely that he was targeting Su Chemical.

Moreover, Su Group already owed Zheng Group 250 billion in compensation. In this situation, taking advantage of this opportunity to directly propose using Su Chemical shares to settle the debt was a very normal thing.

"Su Qiaoer, what's going on? Didn't you say the current chairman is your person? Why would he betray you?"

At this moment, Mother Su's voice was trembling, because in this situation, it meant that Su Chemical's shares might no longer be in their hands. No, to be accurate, the shares weren't in their hands right now anyway.

"Mom, don't worry."

"I'll think of a way now."

"Right, we need to replace the chairman immediately."

At this moment, Su Qiaoer's first thought was to replace the chairman. If this chairman remained in his position, it would be easy for Zheng Jie to do whatever he wanted. But if they replaced the chairman, perhaps they could force Zheng Jie to fail.

Just as Su Qiaoer was preparing to contact several directors, her phone rang. It was a call from Father Zheng. Normally, it was basically Zheng Tian who contacted Su Qiaoer, so when Su Qiaoer saw the call from Father Zheng, she was a bit surprised.

However, Su Qiaoer also understood that since Father Zheng was calling at this time, it must be about this matter. Therefore, she did not hesitate and immediately answered the call.

"Hello, Uncle."

"Su Qiaoer, what is going on? Why did this situation arise? Didn't you say the current chairman of Su Group is your person? Why would this happen all of a sudden?"

When Father Zheng spoke, his tone was full of dissatisfaction.

"Uncle, this is a long story. Do you have time now? Can I come over?"

Hearing this, Father Zheng took a deep breath.

"Alright, come over."