Chapter 96: Abandoning the Investment

The event began. The host first introduced the leaders attending the event today and the members of large investment firms, including Lin Su, and then the organizers and others delivered speeches one after another.

Once the series of procedures was completed, Peng Hui, representing Zhang Shouhang, was the first to take the stage to use a PowerPoint presentation to introduce the new energy company's development plans and financing plans regarding new energy, and also briefly mentioned the scale and development prospects of the Zhang Family's overall industries.

"Next, we invite the various investment institutions to ask questions."

After Peng Hui's introduction was finished, the host spoke.

According to the project roadshow procedure, in addition to the entrepreneurs introducing their projects, there were also segments for investment guests to ask questions, provide commentary, and engage in discussion.

If the investors were very interested in the entrepreneur's introduction, there were even arrangements to sign a letter of intent for investment on the spot.

Swish, swish, swish...

As the host's voice fell, almost everyone's gaze was cast toward Lin Su and Li Jiangbei at the very first moment.

Everyone believed that since Lin Su and Li Jiangbei had the intention to invest in the Zhang Family, they would inevitably ask Peng Hui questions.

However,

To everyone's surprise, neither Lin Su nor Li Jiangbei had any intention of asking questions; they sat in their seats without moving, not even glancing at Peng Hui on the stage.

Hm?

This scene, which was different from what everyone had anticipated, left everyone's faces filled with question marks.

Peng Hui looked at the indifferent Lin Su and Li Jiangbei offstage, also completely confused.

Logically speaking, Li Jiangbei had already reached an agreement with Zhang Shouhang; what did it mean to not even lift his head now?

The anticipation on Peng Hui's face turned into embarrassment, and he had no choice but to look at Zhang Shouhang offstage.

Zhang Shouhang was also full of confusion; he tilted his head to peer at Li Jiangbei, struggling to wink and gesture vigorously.

Li Jiangbei caught Zhang Shouhang's small movements out of the corner of his eye, but Lin Su was right beside him, so he dared not make any suspicious gestures at all.

Seeing that Li Jiangbei remained unresponsive, Zhang Shouhang had no choice but to signal to several other investment firms that had private dealings with the Zhang Family.

"President Peng, I am from Boli Capital..."

Receiving Zhang Shouhang's signal, the person from the investment firm stood up to ask a question, which prevented the scene from being too awkward.

When the people from the three investment firms finished their questions, Zhang Shouhang signaled the host again.

The host cast his gaze toward Lin Su and Li Jiangbei once more and said: "President Lin, President Li, according to the information we have received, relevant personnel from your company have visited President Zhang's new energy company several times for research, and during the research, they expressed great investment interest in the new energy project.

There are even reports claiming that your company not only wants to invest in the new energy project but also wants to invest in all of the Zhang Family's industries. Could I ask you two to provide some commentary, or express your company's investment intentions?"

As the host's voice fell, everyone's gazes gathered on Lin Su and Li Jiangbei once again.

Li Jiangbei also turned his head to look at Lin Su; with the "Great King" present, how could it be his turn, a small ghost, to speak?

Lin Su kept a cold face and, without even lifting her head, handed a document to Li Jiangbei.

Li Jiangbei took it with deep suspicion and read it briefly; his expression suddenly turned to shock.

He stood up, held the microphone, and said: "As the host said, I have led a team several times to conduct serious and detailed research on President Zhang's new energy company and the Zhang Family's overall industrial planning, and I have held discussions regarding the investment, and I have reported the materials of the investment proposal to the group company..."

Li Jiangbei paused, glanced meaningfully at Zhang Shouhang, and continued: "However, the group company headquarters, after a comprehensive assessment, believes that this project carries significant risks, and therefore decided to abandon the investment."

Li Jiangbei sat down, his gaze falling back onto the document in his hand.

It was a detailed investigation report on all of the Zhang Family's existing, under-construction, and planned industrial projects; the final assessment result was a few scarlet characters.

Capital flow is unclear; there are security risks.

This sentence was not straightforward, but having been in his position for decades, Li Jiangbei knew very well the meaning contained within it.

The Zhang Family's business was not clean, and there were huge loopholes; there were even a few projects with evidence left behind that anyone with a discerning eye could grasp!

Under these circumstances, how could Li Jiangbei dare to speak for Zhang Shouhang again? At the same time, he felt fortunate that Lin Su had given him the opportunity to state his position; otherwise, what awaited him would be being permanently kicked out of Yanyu Group.

Li Jiangbei's words rang out in the hall; except for Chen Che and the others who knew the truth, everyone else was shocked.

Before this project roadshow, news about Yanyu Group intending to invest in the Zhang Family had already been flying everywhere in the outside world.

And Yanyu Group had not denied this matter; considering the Zhang Family's strength in Shanghai, everyone believed that Yanyu Group's investment in the Zhang Family was a certainty.

But unexpectedly, Li Jiangbei actually announced the abandonment of the investment!

This was too sudden and too bizarre!

On stage, Peng Hui's complexion was ugly to the extreme; he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Zhang Shouhang offstage was first stunned, then his entire face turned black, and he stared at Li Jiangbei in disbelief, as if asking: "You took my benefits and still did this; what do you mean?"

The company bosses and investors participating in the project roadshow also looked at Li Jiangbei one after another, their gazes filled with confusion.

Where there is sorrow, there is joy.

When Cheng Kexiang heard this result, she nearly jumped up with joy.

She leaned close to Cheng Kexin's ear and whispered: "Sister, I didn't expect Zhang Shouhang to really fail! That's great! Now, even if the Cheng Family doesn't get the investment, we don't have to worry about being suppressed by the Zhang Family!"

Cheng Kexin's eyes held a smile as she nodded at her elated sister, then cast her gaze toward Chen Che, her eyes full of tenderness; she knew very well that this was all Chen Che's credit.

The scene fell into a brief silence; Peng Hui stood on the stage at a loss.

"Ahem..."

In the end, it was the host who spoke to break the awkward atmosphere: "Thank you, President Peng, for your wonderful speech. Next, we invite the representative from Yanxia Company..."

"Clap, clap, clap..."

Amidst the applause, Peng Hui bowed and left the stage, and the bosses of other companies took the stage one by one to introduce their respective projects.

Over the next three hours, a total of eight company bosses took the stage to introduce their projects.

Lin Su kept a straight face throughout, expressionless; it was impossible to tell if she was listening.

Zhang Shouhang kept bombarding Li Jiangbei with messages, questioning him about what exactly he meant.

However, all his messages sank like a stone into the sea, which caused the anger in Zhang Shouhang's heart to rise in a straight line.

Li Jiangbei naturally heard the notification sound of his phone, but he did not pay any attention to it at all.

Since Lin Su had already investigated the Zhang Family thoroughly, she must also know about the dealings between him and Zhang Shouhang.

Lin Su showing him the investigation document was both a reminder and a warning.

At a time like this, the most important thing is to make a clean break and completely distance oneself from Zhang Shouhang!

But the phone kept ringing, which made Li Jiangbei gradually irritable, so he took out his phone, replied with a simple and crude word, and then blocked Zhang Shouhang.

Looking at the scarlet exclamation mark on his phone screen, Zhang Shouhang's mouth twitched, and he was so angry he nearly smashed his phone on the spot.

Yanyu Investment Group can be called the weather vane of the investment field; now that Li Jiangbei has expressed his decision to abandon the investment, other investment firms, out of various considerations, will also no longer cooperate with the Zhang Family.

For the Zhang Family, this is undoubtedly a painful blow!

Zhang Shouhang took a few deep breaths, and after calming down, he suddenly recalled what Chen Che had said before.

Along with the calm and confident expressions of Chen Che and Cheng Kexin, this caused a suspicion to vaguely rise in Zhang Shouhang's heart.

However, as if to confirm his suspicion.

At this moment, Qian Rongrong finished her introduction and stepped down, and it was Cheng Kexiang's turn next.

"Next, we invite the young lady from the Cheng Family Group to the stage; let's welcome her with applause!"

The host stepped onto the stage, and the promotional page for Cheng Kexiang's roadshow project appeared on the big screen, accompanied by a stunning Photograph of Cheng Kexiang.

Cheng Kexiang took a deep breath, and with the cheers and encouragement of Chen Che and the others, she stepped onto the stage with composure.