544: Chapter 544 She's a financial prodigy! A rather laid-back salesperson! Take it or leave it!

Su Yang hung up the phone with a smile, silently noting down the people who scrambled to jump in when there were benefits but turned into cowards when there was risk.

He then switched to another phone number and dialed:

"..."

"President Su, did you hire some star fund manager?"

"I can tell you're an expert, but I don't have one here..."

"Then is your fund manager capable?"

"She is a little financial genius!"

Pei Jiaqi had already been registered, so she couldn't be swapped out.

Changing people at the last minute would only delay the fundraising progress of the private equity firm!

Besides, the fund manager had to be disclosed to investors.

"How old?"

"24!"

"Sorry, President Su, I don't have the liquidity right now!"

"..."

Next door, Pei Jiaqi lowered her head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

However, Su Yang was still on the phone:

"...It's just that the fund manager is a bit too young, but I'll still support President Su with one million!"

"Alright, President Chen, you're a straightforward person!"

"..."

After dealing with this group, Su Yang made calls to other collaborators.

For example, those who partnered with Jiuxiang Catering to open hotpot restaurants.

Or the shareholders of the subsidiaries under Fengyuan who had sold his company's shares!

He had indeed promised others verbally in the past that he would consider them if there was a way to make a fortune!

Su Yang was not a man who went back on his word!

In Shancheng, one of Su Yang's partners, Xu Zhu, pestered her father, Xu Shan.

"Dad!"

"What is it now? Don't tell me you want to start a business again?" Xu Shan said helplessly, "Isn't it fine enough just looking after the factory canteen and the two hotpot restaurants?"

"Give me five million!"

"What for?"

"To buy a private equity fund?"

"Which private equity firm?"

"Yuanshi Private Equity?"

"Never heard of it. It's not some fly-by-night firm, is it?" Xu Shan said cautiously, "Aren't you afraid they'll run off with the money?"

"No, it's run by President Su Yang. He has a massive business, he can't run away!"

"I didn't expect him to be in finance too!" Xu Shan was surprised, but then he felt relieved. "That actually seems normal. Young people nowadays like to do internet, tech, and finance!"

"Then will you give me the money?"

"Is it reliable?"

"Didn't you say that investing in a company is actually investing in the person? I think President Su is quite reliable!"

Xu Shan sighed, "...I can only give you two million, just to let you test the waters!"

Xu Shan thought for a moment and decided to support his daughter this once.

Su Yang was indeed quite reliable!

Even if the private equity fund lost money, he would just treat it as a lesson for his daughter!

Suffering a loss now was better than suffering a big loss later!

"Two million, huh... That works too!"

At Spark Media, Yuanshi Private Equity salesperson Xu Zhiling found Gong Zihao and asked if he wanted to purchase a private equity fund. The starting price was one million!

When Gong Zihao heard it was the boss's company, he made some time to listen.

"So, private equity fund means you take my money to speculate in stocks?"

"That's roughly the idea!"

"And it's not principal-protected?"

"Yes, but it will liquidate at a maximum loss of 30%, so it won't lose more than that!"

Xu Zhiling had already given up hope.

"President Su's project?"

"Yes!"

Gong Zihao said helplessly, "Actually, I do want to support it, but most of my money is in the bank... in fixed deposits!"

He could scrape together one million, but it was all in fixed deposits!

Xu Zhiling still smiled politely, "That's fine. If you're interested in the future, you can come to Yuanshi Private Equity for a consultation!"

She was still polite to the employees of Spark Media and didn't dare to exaggerate anything about the private equity fund!

It wasn't easy to find a job nowadays, and the benefits at Yuanshi Private Equity were very good; she didn't want to lose her livelihood.

Moreover, her main job wasn't sales; she was a financial analyst, and the sales commission for raising funds was much lower than the industry standard!

The boss didn't have any performance requirements for them either, and once the funds were raised, she would go back to her original job.

Those of them doing temporary sales could tell that the boss seemed to want to say to these people:

Take it or leave it... if you don't want to buy, just forget it!

"Alright!"

After saying goodbye to Gong Zihao, Xu Zhiling, led by a Spark Media employee, went to see Xiao Fu!

Xiao Fu thought for a moment, gritted her teeth, and indicated she could buy one million!

As soon as Xu Zhiling left, Gong Zihao entered Xiao Fu's office, "Sister Xiao Fu, did you buy it?"

"I bought it!"

Xiao Fu nodded.

Because she wasn't direct lineage of Spark Media, Xiao Fu really hoped to get the big boss's affirmation!

After joining Spark Media, with the support of a more professional team, her popularity had risen, and her career seemed to have ushered in a second spring, so she intended to stay at Spark Media for a long time!

At most, she would lose 300,000, which she could still afford!

"Oh!"

Gong Zihao saw Xu Zhiling come out of Jiang Yan's room and ran into Jiang Yan's team office.

"Sister Jiang Yan, did you buy it?"

"I bought it!"

Gong Zihao blushed and finally gathered the courage to say, "Can you lend me some money?"

Jiang Yan looked at Gong Zihao with surprise.

"Sister Jiang Yan, I have money, but it's all in fixed deposits at the bank. If you lend me some, I'll pay you interest later!"

Jiang Yan whispered, "It's not that I don't want to lend it to you, but I also borrowed some money!"

"Who did you borrow it from?"

Jiang Yan looked at the other employees in the office...

Gong Zihao was speechless.

Jiang Yan asked in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid of losing money?"

Gong Zihao said generously, "When others speculate in stocks, I treat them like gamblers, but the boss is different. The boss has vision... Even if I lose, I'll just treat it as supporting the boss!"

"Go find Dai Jiaying, Niu Zhitong, or Gong Caiyun. They are all little rich women, or go find those internet celebrities who have some money but not a million yet, and have just become popular!" Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Don't go to those cosplayers in the company; they can't save money to begin with, and I've already scraped them once!"

"Oh!"

Gong Zihao nodded.

"Don't say I told you!"

"I understand!"

Gong Zihao went around in a circle, wrote out a few IOUs, and got one million!

He was well-liked in the company and could also make money.

Everyone knew he was usually a bit stingy and always put his money in fixed deposits whenever the company paid out, so they weren't worried about him not being able to pay them back!

At Linyi Film and Television, after roughly listening to the salesperson's explanation, Tang Ximing thought for a moment and said, "I'll invest three million!"

The salesperson looked at Tang Ximing in surprise, not expecting him to be so straightforward!

In fact, Lin Yi had already mentioned it to him; the big boss had brought this up at the company meeting.

He just wanted to show his loyalty!

Hearing that Tang Ximing had invested three million, Lin Yi felt a headache coming on.

She didn't expect him to be so ruthless... Did she have to invest three million too?

The boss knew she had money!

In the high-end member group for several Spark Fitness gyms in Rongcheng, a new person suddenly joined. The name was Yuanshi Private Equity!

The administrator @-ed everyone in the group, "President Su is doing private equity recently. If you want to invest, you can consult this person; if you don't want to, just forget it!"

"Is it not a scam?"

"President Su is actually doing private equity funds too!"

"Is it principal-protected?"

The administrator replied, "You can private message her, but it's definitely not principal-protected!"

"Who would buy it if it's not principal-protected?"

"Feels like this group is going to become a marketing group!"

Yuanshi Private Equity spoke up, "Ten days. I will leave the group in ten days. If you are interested, contact me. Also, I do not accept online transactions!"

"This person seems so aloof..."

Wang Long: "Hehe! I bought some!"

Zhou Shijuan: "President Wang is really rich!"

Wang Long: "It's just pocket change!"

Zhou Shijuan thought for a moment and still took the initiative to contact Yuanshi Private Equity.

Zhou Shijuan: "Is there any risk in buying your Yuanshi Private Equity fund?"

Yuanshi Private Equity: "Of course there is, but the private equity fund will liquidate at a maximum loss of 30%... Of course, the upside is also very high!"

Zhou Shijuan: "Is this how your boss taught you to sell funds?"

Yuanshi Private Equity: "The script is like this; the boss personally reviewed it!"

Zhou Shijuan: "Then forget it!"

Thinking of the potential 30% loss, she felt a pang of heartache!

Yuanshi Private Equity: "Alright!"

Zhou Shijuan switched the group chat and saw that everyone in the group was already chatting away:

Some group members couldn't help but complain, "Good grief, they start by saying a maximum loss of 30%. They really don't take money seriously!"

Wang Long: "Investment involves risk. If you can't bear the risk, there's no need to buy!"

Tian Yunzhao: "I think their private equity is quite honest. Losses are normal to begin with!"

Zhou Shijuan: "Then are you buying?"

Tian Yunzhao: "I'm not buying!"

Wang Long asked: "Little Tian, don't you trade stocks? I heard you lost over a million?"

Tian Yunzhao: "I'd rather lose it myself; at least I lose it clearly and understandably!"

Zhou Shijuan: "I'll just keep saving it! It's not easy to earn money now!"

"..."

The group was still discussing Yuanshi Private Equity, then drifted from the dark side of private equity funds to the rat trading of public funds, and then to the recent stock market...

But the sales account of Yuanshi Private Equity remained motionless, as if it had disappeared!

After Su Yang had called all the wealthy people he had good relations with, or those who had previously suggested wanting to make money with him, or those who had actively approached him wanting to invest in short dramas, he temporarily put the matter of Yuanshi Private Equity aside.

In Xiang Province, ten direct-operated Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant locations and four Weimeijia stores were confirmed.

Su Yang estimated that the number of direct-operated Nine Fragrance Hotpot stores should be reaching its limit.

For the remaining space, some county-level cities could be considered for handing over to partners!

Weimeijia, on the other hand, definitely still had some room!

After Meijia Housekeeping took root in Rongcheng and Shancheng, the next step should be to go to Shaanxi Province or Xiang Province.

In the time that followed, Su Yang inspected Jiuxiang Food and had a serious talk with Tan Yanghong.

For some reason, Su Yang always felt that the way Tan Yanghong looked at him was a bit... resentful!

Su Yang didn't know how much pressure Tan Yanghong was under; being a general manager wasn't that easy!

After Jiuxiang Food became popular in early July, it broke through circles because of a single sentence. After engaging in hunger marketing and gaining a good reputation, its popularity on the internet skyrocketed.

Whether it was their snacks, cooking oil, chili sauce, or bean paste, everything was sold out.

Last month, Jiuxiang Food's sales exceeded 170 million. Not only was online and offline sales hot, but distributors were also scrambling to get goods, and inventory was wiped out... It even saved on celebrity endorsement fees!

The popularity had indeed surged, and a large group of loyal customers had been added. Offline sales channels had also been expanded again, but as the heat of Jiuxiang Food plummeted, sales were also falling!

If it were in the past, a fall would just be a fall, and Tan Yanghong wouldn't be worried; at most, he would actively do marketing!

The problem was that now the number of employees had doubled, and production capacity had exploded too high in a short period of time. Jiuxiang Food's products might end up piling up in the warehouse again, possibly even more than the inventory piled up before...

This made him quite worried, his heart felt heavy, weighed down by the potential inventory!