Chapter 631: Buying Shares

Sister, Chen Yang is very flirtatious; outside he has many women. It's said that all the female executives under him have rumors with him. Chu Ning, to make her cousin give up, decided to launch a major smear campaign against Chen Yang's image.

Being flirtatious is fine; which wealthy man isn't flirtatious? Chu Min said dismissively: "As long as he's willing to give me money to spend, that's enough."

Chu Ning looked at Chu Min, not understanding, and said: "Wasn't your ex-brother-in-law's family also very wealthy? Why did you divorce him?"

Chu Min, hearing this, snorted coldly and said: "His family's money is his family's. His monthly credit card limit is only 200,000; if he exceeds it he has to ask his dad. Living so miserably, what's the point of being a rich second generation?"

Chu Ning looked down on Chu Min and said: "Others work hard all year to earn just a few ten thousand, yet you spend 200,000 a month and still complain it's too little? You're truly blessed but unaware of it."

Chu Min, hearing this, asked Chu Ning with a curious face: "Do you still know someone who's doing that poorly? Earning only a few ten thousand a year?"

"It's not someone around me..." Chu Ning sighed: "It's the aid recipients of our foundation. Their annual earnings aren't even enough to cover medical treatment costs. Truly pitiful!"

Chu Min, hearing this, immediately became unhappy: "Sis, how can you compare me to those terminally ill patients? They had a bad rebirth, that's their hard fate. I finally managed to be reborn into the Chu family, yet I have to live like them. Wouldn't that mean I was born into the Chu family for nothing?"

Chu Ning fell silent instantly. What Chu Min said was correct; they were born into the Chu family, indeed far happier than most ordinary families. Actually, if it weren't for joining Chen Yang's foundation, she never would have imagined how many suffering people exist in the world.

At that moment, Chu Min added: "Chen Yang is really generous; when it comes to strangers who are terminally ill, he gives away three billion at a stroke. If he could also give me that much money, being his mistress wouldn't matter."

Chu Ning was shattered by Chu Min's worldview, and she seriously warned: "Sis, if Grandpa heard those words, he'd definitely break your legs!"

Chu Min said with a grin: "I'm just pursuing the life I want; does the old man even have the authority to stop me?"

Seeing Chu Min unmoved, Chu Ning furrowed her brows and said: "There are so many good men in the world; you don't have to insist on Chen Yang!"

Chu Min gave Chu Ning a sideways glance and said: "Chen Yang is handsome, young, and rich; can you find a better man than him?"

Chu Ning suddenly felt a headache. In her view, aside from his messy love life, Chen Yang is quite good in other aspects. Meanwhile Chu Min doesn't mind that flaw at all. Thus, apart from publicly exposing her relationship with Chen Yang, there's basically no other way to make him lose interest.

However, her first relationship had already been ruined by her family. If it happened again, she doesn't know whether she could get over it.

"Chu Ning, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Chu Min, seeing Chu Ning's poor complexion, asked with concern.

"No!" Chu Ning, worried Chu Min would suspect her, made up an excuse: "Maybe I've just been too busy lately and haven't rested well. I'll be fine after a good night's sleep at home."

Upon hearing that, Chu Min immediately accelerated.

By the time they arrived at Lingering Fragrance Pavilion, Chen Yang had already gotten in touch with Luosen.

"Chen Yang, why did you come alone by taxi? Wasn't Ouyang Sheng supposed to pick you up?" Luosen saw Chen Yang actually emerge from a taxi and was very surprised.

The wealthy magnates he knows are always surrounded by a crowd when they go out. Only Chen Yang always comes and goes alone.

This is probably because public security has improved a bit now. A few years ago, there would definitely have been a major accident.

"Ouyang Sheng's side is stuck in traffic. I'm in a hurry, so I just took a taxi." Chen Yang felt embarrassed to say he'd been scared off by Chu Min's enthusiasm, so he casually gave an excuse.

Luosen didn't think much of it, arranged for Chen Yang to get in his car, and then they headed to the destination together.

About twenty minutes later, Luosen's convoy arrived at the gate of a small electronics factory with modest scale.

Possibly because they had arranged it in advance, a few men in suits were waiting at the entrance.

Luosen got out of the car first, greeted the other party, then pointed to the leader and introduced him to Chen Yang.

"Director Chen, this is the boss of Xin Kai Electronics, Zhang Xinkai. Their factory's phone chargers sell very well in Goat City, and the reputation is also good."

Chen Yang shook hands with Zhang Xinkai, then directly asked: "Boss Zhang, how much are you preparing to sell this factory for?"

Zhang Xinkai was stunned. He had originally wanted to bring Chen Yang to see his production line and products to add some leverage to the negotiation, but Chen Yang skipped that step outright.

"Director Chen, our factory premises are rented; if you want to buy the production line and technology as a package, it would be 20 million."

Luosen, hearing this, didn't wait for Chen Yang's reaction and immediately complained: "Boss Zhang, wasn't it agreed to be 10 million? Why are you suddenly raising the price?"

Zhang Xinkai immediately explained: "Director Lu, the earlier talk was only about the charger production line and technology. Actually we also have the latest developed lithium-ion battery technology. If Director Chen is interested, we can sell them together as a package."

Luosen, hearing that, looked at Chen Yang with an inquiring gaze. After all, whether to buy or not ultimately rests with Chen Yang's decision.

Upon hearing that the other party still had lithium battery technology, Chen Yang's heart moved instantly. He asked Zhang Xinkai: "20 million, any other requirements?"

"Yes!" Zhang Xinkai immediately said: "Director Chen, I know you're a big man with little time to manage a company. So I hope to convert this 20 million directly into shares and continue managing this company."

Chen Yang frowned slightly. He indeed lacks time to manage a company, but he's not familiar with Zhang Xinkai. Handing over the company to a stranger outright would be too risky.

Seeing Chen Yang hesitant, Zhang Xinkai added: "Director Chen, as long as you let me continue managing the company, I guarantee I can still develop better new technology."

Chen Yang questioned Zhang Xinkai doubtfully: "If you can develop new technology on your own, why would you still work for me?"

Zhang Xinkai sighed: "Director Chen, to be frank, our lithium-ion battery technology isn't yet perfected; to compete internationally we still need to invest a lot of funds. If we had your financial strength, I wouldn't want to sell the company either!"

Chen Yang felt his point made sense. Domestic research on lithium-ion battery technology has only been going on for a few years, completely incomparable to countries like the US and Japan where the technology is already mature. As a reborn person, Chen Yang clearly knows just how big the gap between the two sides is.

Therefore, to keep up with competitors, one must invest a great deal of time and money.

And this is something Zhang Xinkai's team cannot accomplish.

"Boss Zhang, if you want to make a breakthrough in lithium-ion battery technology, I'll give you ten percent of the shares. This share will not be diluted no matter how much additional capital I inject before the company goes public. How about that?"

"No problem, thank you, Director Chen!"