Chapter 260: The Royal Symphony (Part 1)

After listening to Zheng Qian's explanation, the frost on Jiang Yanran's pretty face gave way to a hint of surprise and delight.

She hadn't expected Zheng Qian to have such a knack for business.

Upon receiving the news, Jiang Yanran quickly did the math in her head.

Afterwards, she convened a video conference with the company's executives.

They posted the data one by one, and it took twenty or thirty people five hours of careful analysis to reach a conclusion.

"Th-this... did you complete this analysis independently?"

"I don't understand, can you speak in plain language?"

"These are my own personal insights and conclusions," Zheng Qian said confidently.

He really had put in the effort.

At this moment, Jiang Yanran regained a bit of interest in Zheng Qian, and his Favorability rating rose by 5 points.

[Current Favorability: 25 points]

Had she really misunderstood Zheng Qian before?

Jiang Yanran couldn't be bothered to overthink it; remaining skeptical of Zheng Qian was the right approach.

"President Jiang, haven't you always wanted a cruise ship?"

"I actually have some fairly accurate information I can share with you."

Zheng Qian passed the intelligence Zhang Lekang had obtained on to Jiang Yanran as a favor.

Jiang Yanran was astonished.

Where on earth did he get this information!

First there was Hua Yunfeng, and now Zheng Qian.

Jiang Yanran suddenly recalled the news of Hua Yunfeng's sudden death; there were rumors that Zheng Qian was behind it.

Could it be that Zheng Qian had kidnapped someone from Yuehua Shipping and coerced them into revealing internal information?

Upon hearing this, Zheng Qian snorted and finally couldn't help but laugh.

The imagination behind these rumors was truly wild!

He took out Hua Yunfeng?

Was Zheng Qian the kind of brainless person who liked to resort to violence?

Only an idiot would use such an archaic method.

Nowadays, it's mostly about killing without drawing blood.

Hua Yunfeng really had an accident on his own; it had absolutely nothing to do with him.

However, he should be thankful he died in a car accident.

Otherwise, Zheng Qian would have made him wish he were dead.

After clarifying things for Jiang Yanran, Zheng Qian said, "As for where the information came from, don't worry about that."

"In any case, I've already told you the intelligence."

According to Zhang Lekang himself, his information had been verified by multiple sources and was absolutely reliable.

Yuehua Shipping was preparing to spend 1.577 billion to acquire the royal symphony.

Modern Merchant Marine was a rich, savory piece of braised pork, and this cruise ship was a nice little slice of cake.

The royal symphony was the third and final cruise ship being sold by Yuese Company.

It was purely British-made, and in terms of draft, tonnage, passenger capacity, and interior design style, it was superior to both the platinum princess and the jiuzhou dream.

Furthermore, the construction of the royal symphony had taken a full five years!

In other words, it took five years to produce just one, so the craftsmanship and details were impeccable.

The older brothers of the royal symphony were the Ballet Symphony and the Moonlight Symphony.

The Symphony series of cruise ships held their value extremely well in the market, with an estimated value of over one billion!

However, given the poor current international market conditions, even the royal symphony would have to see a price drop.

Before attending this afternoon's auction, Jiang Yanran had received a professional data report.

The final price of the royal symphony would be between 1 billion and 1.5 billion.

The 1.577 billion figure Zheng Qian mentioned was certainly not baseless.

Yuehua Shipping was clearly determined to acquire this cruise ship!

Jiang Yanran's actual target was the platinum princess.

If that didn't work out, the slightly more expensive jiuzhou dream would also do.

But Jiang Yanran simply couldn't come up with that much money for the royal symphony!

1.5 billion!

At most, the funds she had available to use amounted to only 800 million.

Even if Zheng Qian's information was accurate, that still left a gap of 700 million; where was she supposed to find that?

This was exactly what Zheng Qian had been waiting for.

Although the maritime transport industry didn't eat up cash flow, Asia Shipping's scale was what it was; how could they possibly come up with 1.5 billion in one go?

"How about this: I'll bid for it for you first, what do you think?"

"Afterwards, once you've recouped your investment, you can just pay me back."

Jiang Yanran: ???

Secretary Du Bingbing: ???

Was Zheng Qian serious?

Or was he joking?

Both of them assumed that Zheng Qian felt he had gone too far over the past two days and was providing the information as an apology.

They hadn't expected him to actually offer to bid for it on Jiang Yanran's behalf!

You have to realize, this wasn't just ten or twenty thousand that could be borrowed this month and paid back next.

This was hundreds of millions!

This was a serious business transaction!!

Zheng Qian just said it so easily?

"The auction is about to start, and preparing the contracts takes time. How could we possibly manage that?" Jiang Yanran frowned.

"No need for contracts, I trust you."

Zheng Qian had absolutely no intention of making Jiang Yanran pay him back.

He was bidding on it for Jiang Yanran under the guise of a gift.

Spending 1.5 billion would net him a 15 billion rebate.

The amount in Zheng Qian's account would instantly double!

If Jiang Yanran paid him back, Zheng Qian wouldn't even want it!

"You... are you serious?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll welch on the debt?"

Jiang Yanran was both shocked and delighted.

"Of course!"

Zheng Qian had spent the whole morning thinking about how to make use of today's cruise ship.

The Favorability of the women he knew around him was basically maxed out.

That was when he thought of Jiang Yanran.

As long as he did it under the guise of a gift and didn't accept repayment from Jiang Yanran in the end, there would definitely be no problem.

Jiang Yanran no longer knew how to converse with Zheng Qian.

1.5 billion!

That was worth more than half of Asia Shipping!

Zheng Qian didn't need to sign a contract; without any black-and-white legal documents, it was just a verbal agreement.

"However, I do have one condition," Zheng Qian said with a smile.

Jiang Yanran snorted coldly; she knew it wouldn't be that simple.

"What condition? Tell me."

"You have to promise me that you won't make me deliver bags to you in the middle of the night ever again."

Jiang Yanran: ???

He still remembered that!

When Zheng Qian brought that up, Jiang Yanran's face flushed slightly, clearly caught in an awkward situation.

"That's right, that's the condition. Do you agree or not?"

"If you agree, let's pinky swear!"

Zheng Qian extended his pinky finger.

Jiang Yanran, feeling very embarrassed, also extended her pinky finger.

Even though Jiang Yanran was a titan in the business world, this was the first time she had negotiated such a massive deal with someone.

And to do it by pinky swearing to seal the agreement!

It was a proper gentleman's agreement!

The auction on stage began.

The auctioneer was still Auctioneer Wang Xiaoqi.

She first briefly introduced the basic situation of the royal symphony, and then, as usual, had the VIP guests enter their bidding numbers on the tablets.

Zheng Qian took an extra look.

This girl, who knows what kind of stimulation she received, was dressed even more sexily than she had been the past two days.

Zheng Qian and Jiang Yanran each held a tablet in their hands.

"You don't need to input anything; I'll handle the input."

Zheng Qian skillfully entered the bid on the tablet.

"Hey, hey, hey! Didn't you say 1.577 billion? Why are you entering 2 billion!"

"I'm just being safe."

Jiang Yanran was starting to doubt whether Zheng Qian's intelligence was even real.

Even without the intelligence, Zheng Qian's bid was sure to win it!

What kind of idiot would pay 2 billion to bid for this cruise ship!

With that kind of money, you might as well go buy a brand new one!