Chapter 263: A Price Hard to Refuse

Bruce and the earlier Yuehan are not characters of the same level.

Bruce even has the qualification to sit on opposite sides of the same table as Dan Ding.

And even such figures concede defeat when facing Lu Yu; isn't that a huge blow to Dan Ding?

What Lu Yu doesn't know is that in Mi Guo, Dan Ding has indeed been down for many days, and the blow he suffered was truly considerable.

Of course, Lu Yu actually doesn't care much about this matter.

Because he has never been afraid of Dan Ding, especially in Huaxia.

Perhaps he doesn't yet have enough power to deal with Dan Ding, but the other side can't do anything about him either.

Nevertheless, Bruce's departure is ultimately a good thing for Lu Yu.

At least he no longer has to devote so much thought to Penguin.

Given Penguin's current situation, as long as it doesn't go off track, it can already develop naturally.

More importantly, in recent times Penguin's development speed has been truly too fast.

Lu Yu actually also worries whether Xiao Ma and Penguin's other executives are already prepared.

Ability can indeed be cultivated, but it requires time and experience.

Penguin's development has been too fast during this period; they may not be able to catch up.

Therefore, this period where Dan Ding does not act and there is no external enemy is actually a great benefit for Penguin.

Lu Yu thinks this, and a smile can't help but appear on his face.

It seems every situation is developing in the direction most favorable to him, as if even the heavens are looking after him.

……

Lu Yu originally thought that in the recent period he could relax and have a good rest, but after only two days, a new problem arrived.

Someone contacted Lu Yu through Mr. Qin.

Guo Cheng is a name Lu Yu has never heard of, in this life and the previous one.

But according to Mr. Qin's introduction, Guo Cheng's background is impressive; he himself is also a successful entrepreneur.

The reason Lu Yu doesn't know Guo Cheng is entirely because the latter hides so well that he never appears in the public eye.

Novels often mention some powerful figures unknown to the public, and many people think that's just a concept.

But actually… there are quite a few such people in reality.

Such people are either not powerful enough, or too powerful.

Those not powerful enough aren't worth everyone knowing, while those too powerful have the ability to stay unknown to everyone.

Just because of this, Lu Yu now has a reason to meet Guo Cheng.

Through Mr. Qin's matchmaking, Lu Yu and Guo Cheng arranged to meet at the Moyuwangka Zongdian.

Mr. Qin even deliberately set aside his current tasks to accompany Lu Yu over.

This can also, from one angle, demonstrate the other's strength.

When Lu Yu saw Guo Cheng, he didn't find the other particularly special.

Appearance average, build average, clothing… just so‑so.

Someone once said that when a person's net worth exceeds one billion, they can enjoy all the highest material comforts the world offers.

In other words, if we talk about extravagance, people with net worth over one billion wouldn't differ much if they wanted to.

That's probably why Lu Yu sees nothing special in Guo Cheng.

After both sat down, Mr. Qin gave a brief mutual introduction between Lu Yu and Guo Cheng.

Then Lu Yu and Guo Cheng exchanged a few pleasantries.

"Xiao Yu, I won't waste words."

"Actually, the reason I came to you today is simple: I want to invest in Moyuwangka."

"I know your Moyuwangka is now seizing the South Market."

"As for capital, you certainly won't have a problem."

"Even your expansion wouldn't be an issue."

"But don't you think this approach is too slow?"

"If you allow me to join, I can guarantee that within half a year there will be at least a thousand branches in Huaxia, all controlled by us, excluding franchises."

Guo Cheng is straightforward, getting straight to the point about today's purpose.

Lu Yu's eyebrows involuntarily lift; he does know what it means to be wealthy and generous.

As of now, Moyuwangka's branches in Mo Du and Nan Fang total no more than fifty.

Lu Yu's original plan was that after Xiao Min breaks into the South Market, he would open franchising.

After all, operating directly requires a huge investment.

Each store costs at least, at minimum, one million.

Lu Yu can't open a few thousand stores; he doesn't have that much cash for now, nor would he make such an investment.

But now Guo Cheng directly says he wants to open a thousand directly operated stores!

On paper, that's a deal exceeding one billion!

"I heard from Mr. Qin your idea; you want to have the initiative."

"Therefore, the condition I offer is… you can hold fifty‑one percent of the Shares."

"And I will guarantee sufficient capital and smooth processing of the paperwork."

Guo Cheng kept speaking, his words never ceased to be astonishing.

A condition like this is more than generous, isn't it?

Lu Yu can't even find a suitable adjective to describe it.

He only wanted to ask one sentence: "Why? Why are you putting in so much?"

Guo Cheng smiled and said, "Actually, I've been paying attention to you all this time."

"You are a miracle."

"I believe investing in you will bring me rich returns."

"This is one way I express my sincerity."

Lu Yu raised his eyebrows involuntarily, pondered for a moment, then said, "Do you still want to invest in my other businesses?"

"Or perhaps what you truly fancy isn't Moyuwangka?"

Guo Cheng's expression obviously changed; after a moment of silence, he said, "You are indeed sharp—you figured out my true intention so quickly."

"Then I won't beat around the bush."

"Actually, I'm still most interested in Penguin."

"Before coming here, I actually already had people evaluate Penguin."

"Although Penguin's current market value is indeed low, its potential is astonishing."

"My analyst told me this is a company that could grow to a market value of hundreds of billions or even several hundred billions."

Lu Yu raised his eyebrows again involuntarily.

"Sure enough, every era in this world has enough smart people."

"Now isn't there someone who has seen Penguin's huge potential?"

"But of course, that analyst still dares not fully unleash his imagination."

"Probably no one imagined that a later game of Penguin would generate nearly ten billion in revenue in just one day!"

"Since the game belongs to Penguin, we can directly regard that ten billion as Penguin's revenue."

"After Penguin's potential fully erupts, its value cannot be estimated by anyone today."

"So…"

"Lu Yu naturally does not want others to interfere in Penguin's affairs."

"But obviously… Guo Cheng is not someone you can easily dismiss—this is a man who can directly put up one billion as sincerity!"