Chapter 719: Brute Force

It could be said that Qianlu Capital now occupied half of the Shanghai Americas Club!

Had this really happened in just over a month?

General Manager Shang Xinlan was trembling with rage.

During this time, they had focused all their attention on the new energy vehicle sector. Shang Yanxiong's whereabouts had been somewhat mysterious, and no one knew what he had been doing during this period. It could be said that the heavy burden of the Shanghai Americas Club and Shanghe International Group rested entirely on General Manager Shang Xinlan.

Yet she had never imagined that Zheng Qian would still have the energy to acquire companies?

Wasn't he researching some model with that group of scientists?

Previously it was the [Kuafu Model], and later it seemed he was messing around with a group of doctors, coming up with something called the [Hua Tuo Model]. He even went to the site to observe and participate in the experiments... How could he possibly have time to do other things?

"Wei Rusi, that woman is truly abominable!"

Shang Mo spat through gritted teeth.

General Manager Shang Xinlan closed her eyes tightly, her delicate body trembling slightly. "It's already too late. We can only try to save ourselves as best we can. We must try to save as many companies that haven't been bought into yet as possible. We can't let them all fall, Wei Rusi..."

She had originally thought that Wei Rusi was just someone hyped up by those ignorant people in the United States.

The youngest banker? A modern-day beautiful banker?

Or a new generation of private equity fund manager?

So young, so beautiful—she was clearly just a decorative vase!

In novels, aren't girls who look like that usually just green tea bitches trying to gild themselves to attract the attention of rich men? Shouldn't a "banker" like that just be a product of hired guns and packaging?

Hadn't she already hooked Zheng Qian? Could it be that she actually had real talent?

General Manager Shang Xinlan clenched her jade-like hands, not yet realizing the severity of the problem.

"Perhaps we all thought of them... too simply. Jin Lu, Wei Rusi, Xia Xixi... even Cui Ziqing and Su Yuanshuang, they are all women capable of holding their own. On the surface, it's Zheng Qian acting arrogant, but behind the scenes, they are the ones doing the operating."

"Sister, should we find a way to... get rid of them?"

Shang Mo, driven by malice, stood up and said directly.

These words made the professional managers kneeling on the floor tremble with fear.

Damn it, we're just employees! We're here to get paid! We're not here to get involved in your affairs! Damn it, we don't want to hear this! We didn't hear anything!

Those with experience immediately covered their ears and buried their heads between their legs.

General Manager Shang Xinlan glared at her. The latter realized she had spoken out of turn, hurriedly shut her mouth, and sat down, though she still felt indignant. If her brother discovered that such a massive change had occurred in the club, who knew how furious he would be?

This was his life's work!

Although the main business of Shanghe International Group was export trading in lithium batteries, footwear, clothing, etc.—all ranking in the top five nationwide—and its capital was indeed quite substantial, these few battles had truly left it bruised and battered.

As mentioned before, their true control over the club relied on being shareholders of all member companies.

To join the club, one had to allow Shanghe International to acquire a stake in them; this was one of the policy reforms issued after Shang Yanxiong took office. Through this measure, they were able to obtain significant profits every year; it was actually mutually beneficial.

On one hand, the Shang family received shares and dividends; on the other, the members received funding and resources from the Shang family.

But now, Zheng Qian had directly cut in.

"How did they manage to acquire them so quietly?"

General Manager Shang Xinlan's voice was still trembling.

A professional manager knelt and replied, "It involved many methods. Honestly, it's like a textbook on modern business acquisitions... Either by first buying up retail shares in the market—at first, they were all under 5%, so there was no need to disclose—and then..."

Listening to the professional manager, General Manager Shang Xinlan, Shang Mo, and Shang Yanxi, who had been silent and trembling, were all terrified. Damn, could this Wei Rusi be a time traveler? Was she the old Rockefeller in her past life?

Her methods of manipulating capital had reached a level of perfection.

The most ruthless move was to find a way to acquire 51% of the shares at a high price, then convene a board meeting and order other directors to sell their shares to other directors at extremely cheap prices. What, you don't agree?

It doesn't matter if you don't agree, let's vote. I hold absolute control.

This tactic of killing the chicken to scare the monkey left everyone trembling with fear.

Because everyone discovered that it was simply impossible to defend against. Wei Rusi always found a way to acquire the majority of shares in people's hands—note, she acquired them at a very high price—and then forced other shareholders to sell, leaving those who sold later with no choice but to sell at a pittance!

To avoid being forced to sell cheaply, a very peculiar scene emerged...

Many people were scrambling to sell their shares to Wei Rusi while the price was high!

Of course, it wasn't Wei Rusi appearing directly; she controlled dozens, even hundreds of companies to do this.

Some were domestic, some foreign. Some were offshore, some were shell companies. Some were established international enterprises, some were unknown companies registered in the Cayman Islands. In short, the complexity and strength of the methods, and the sheer amount of capital, were unheard of!

Many people had tried to contact the management of the Shanghai Americas Club.

But it was too late.

Wei Rusi didn't move until she had to, but once she did, it was like a storm, leaving no time for people to react.

You could stay where you were and react, but by the time you wanted to sell your shares the next day, the price would be completely different! Of course, the most important reason was that most of them were ordinary listed companies, not nationally famous enterprises.

Just like that, while Shang Yanxiong was in a temporary semi-retirement and Shang Yizhou had not yet formally taken the lead, and General Manager Shang Xinlan was struggling to hold the fort, Wei Rusi once again displayed the bold tactics of the [Dawei Capital] of the past.

Once she unleashed her ultimate move, it was overwhelming and unstoppable.

"Sister... what do we... do?" Shang Yanxi asked with difficulty.

"What else can we do? Contact Big Brother! Contact him now! We need money, we need money, we need money! If they want to acquire, we can only counter-acquire! Use all the anti-malicious acquisition measures—poison pill plans, golden parachutes, everything!"

"Everyone! Take action immediately! Get out!"

General Manager Shang Xinlan roared hysterically.

While Shanghu was immersed in the bloodbath of capital and being strongly dominated by Wei Rusi, what was our Zheng Qian doing?

No...

What was Zheng Qian doing?

Just a one-character difference, please don't think dirty thoughts.

The most affectionate man in Yebai had returned to Yebai once again.

The day was beautiful, but Xu Shuyun's mood was not very good.

To be precise, her mood hadn't been good lately, to the point that her "time of the month" had become irregular.

Who knew who was sweeping up all kinds of steel internationally! It caused the price to skyrocket!

Originally, $1,617 per ton was already hard for her to bear, but now it had come directly to $1,900 per ton. Was this trying to kill her? Who exactly was it, being so disgusting? Importing and then reprocessing was no longer profitable, okay!

The most critical thing was!

She couldn't even buy cheap steel domestically now. Everyone saw how attractive the prices were and started exporting!

Even though the domestic export price was cheaper, only $1,500 per ton!

Now look!

Xu Shuyun tried to use her connections to find a boss of a steel group.

In the past, these people were the ones begging to cooperate with Xu Shuyun.

But things were different now.

Inside a private room at Wangyue Island.

"President Lin, for the sake of our pleasant cooperation in the past, please help me out this time and get me through this difficulty." Xu Shuyun considered her wording and said with a smile, "I know you've hoarded a lot of stock, President Lin; I only need a portion..."

Before she could finish, Lin Haoran waved his hand.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Shuyun.

The look was very direct.

It was the look a man gives a woman.

He crossed his legs, lit a cigarette, and feigned difficulty, saying, "President Xu, it's precisely because we cooperated so pleasantly before that I gave you the honor of coming to this meal. But... I'm also in a difficult position! The directors are all raising money to hoard goods. If I rashly provide you with stock, I'm afraid I'll be collectively impeached. I really can't help you!"

"However... we are all businesspeople. Do you know Zhongping? What he said is good!"

"Businesspeople are people who constantly come up with ideas!"

"It's just that, *cough cough*, I don't know if President Xu is willing to agree!"

Xu Shuyun pursed her lips tightly, looking at his disgusting gaze, and really wanted to slap him across the face.