287: Section 287

“If Hello Company doesn’t agree, then after our Ali Group enters the market, the result for this company will only be complete collapse.”

“One major drawback of shared bikes now is that a deposit is required to ride, but if we launch our own shared bikes, we can integrate them into Blue Wallet, allowing for deposit-free rides based on credit scores.”

“Coupled with our strong foundation, we can quickly surpass the number of these so-called Hello Bikes in a short amount of time.”

“In other words…”

Vice President Qian paused.

“If this small company is unwilling to sell, then the only option left for them is to close down.”

“Between selling the company and the company directly going bankrupt, I don’t think anyone would choose the latter.”

After Vice President Qian finished speaking, the others in the room nodded in agreement.

Because what Vice President Qian said was indeed the truth.

If Hello Company was unwilling to sell, then Ali Group would definitely enter the market themselves, and by then, the only outcome for this company would be bankruptcy.

It's unlikely that anyone would choose bankruptcy over selling.

Old Ma finally nodded.

“Then proceed as you said.”

“Contact Hello Company now and negotiate the acquisition.”

“I hope to sign an acquisition intent contract with them within three days.”

Old Ma never thought that this company would reject them.

After he finished speaking, Vice President Qian also nodded.

“Alright.”

“I happen to have Hello Company’s phone number here.”

After speaking,

Vice President Qian took out his phone, preparing to directly contact Hello Company on the spot.

After all, at this moment, they might not be the only ones wanting to acquire Hello Company, and getting ahead of others was quite important.

That’s why Vice President Qian didn’t want to waste time.

In case Tencent or Junzi Group acquired Hello Company before them, they would fall behind once again.

In the next few minutes,

After the call was transferred, Vice President Qian finally got through to the founder of Hello Group.

“Hello, may I ask what you need?”

The other party was quite polite, as he already knew Vice President Qian’s identity.

Vice President Qian also directly turned on the speakerphone, allowing others in the conference room to hear their conversation.

“Hello, I am the Vice President of Ali Group. I’m calling because I want to…”

After that,

Vice President Qian briefly stated his purpose.

“So, I hope you can immediately organize a high-level meeting to consider our proposal.”

“The price our Ali Group is offering is 1.5 times the current valuation of your company.”

“If possible, I hope to complete the acquisition process as soon as possible.”

Because he didn't think the other party would refuse, Vice President Qian's words were very confident.

After all, just now,

He had already mentioned various consequences if the other party refused.

“That’s all for now. I hope you can consider it as soon as possible.”

After saying this, Vice President Qian was about to hang up.

But the other party’s voice quickly rang out.

“No need to consider, we already have an answer.”

Listening to this, everyone else in the conference room nodded, thinking that Hello Company was quite smart, unwilling to waste time, and could settle it with just this one phone call.

At this moment, everyone in the room thought the other party’s answer would be an immediate agreement.

But the voice from the receiver made everyone freeze.

“We reject any company’s acquisition.”

Hearing this,

Vice President Qian was stunned for a moment, wondering if he had heard wrong.

“Are you sure?”

“Do you know that if you refuse the acquisition, our Ali Group will personally enter the shared bike field? At that time, do you think your company will be a match for our Ali Group?”

“At that time, your outcome will only be bankruptcy liquidation; it’s better to sell to us now.”

“I hope you will reconsider.”

“There’s no need to give an answer so quickly, after all, this matter indeed concerns the entire future development of your company.”

“We can guarantee that after acquiring your company, in addition to providing more financial assistance to help you expand shared bikes faster, we will not make any changes to your personnel structure.”

Vice President Qian reiterated his words.

He truly couldn't imagine why the other party would refuse.

But the other party’s tone showed not the slightest wavering.

“We are aware of all the situations you mentioned, but we still stand by what we said: we reject any company’s acquisition in any form!”

Upon hearing this,

The faces of the others in the conference room instantly turned somewhat grim.

No one had expected it.

This Hello Company would rather face future bankruptcy than accept the current acquisition!

This situation was indeed somewhat beyond Ali Group’s expectations.

At this time, Ali Group still didn't know who the owner behind Hello Company truly was.

And after finally hanging up the phone,

Vice President Qian also looked at Old Ma with a somewhat grim expression.

He had just confidently said that the other party would not refuse them, but he was immediately proven wrong.

And Old Ma’s expression was also not very good.

After taking a deep breath, he murmured,

“Since the other party wants to die standing, then we will grant his wish.”

Old Ma looked at the others.

“Go and conduct a detailed market research on shared bikes.”

“It’s time for our Ali Group to enter the market.”

Chapter 212: Ali’s Actions Discovered, A New Trend?

At the same time,

Shortly after Hello Company rejected Ali Group’s acquisition proposal.

That afternoon,

On a street not far from the Junzi Group building.

Two figures were riding bicycles there.

“Why did you suddenly ask me to come out and ride a bike?”

“I didn’t expect a big boss like you to have such a hobby.”

Ye Youxue said with a smile, looking at Wang Mo who was riding seriously beside her.

Wang Mo also murmured,

“The company’s next direction is related to bicycles.”

“It probably won’t be long before various yellow bicycles appear on the streets of Modu.”

“So, I thought of asking you to come out and ride around.”

Listening to Wang Mo’s words, Ye Youxue said “Oh” and nodded, not pressing further.

She indeed couldn't participate or intervene in business matters.