Chapter 396: 392. Don't need to pay a single cent? (Seeking subscriptions, monthly votes!)

After leaving, Zhang Ran acted as if nothing had happened, smiling and asking Zhang Sicheng and Zhang Siyan, "How do you feel? Is there anything you aren't used to?"

Zhang Sicheng looked at his father and put the earlier events behind him, "It's alright. It wasn't as difficult as I imagined. Although I'm not quite used to it yet, overall it's fine."

"Yes, although communicating with those people was a bit tiring, it can be considered a significant gain," Zhang Siyan also said.

"Don't overexert yourselves; things aren't accomplished overnight. Take it slow," Zhang Ran said.

Neither Zhang Sicheng nor his sister spoke. The moment they saw Zhang Ran appear, they knew their father was worried about them and was there to escort and protect them.

They chatted and laughed all the way home, and it seemed no one took what had just happened to heart.

Deep down, Zhang Ran felt no change, but the same could not be said for the Zhang siblings.

Before this, although they had some ill feelings toward the Yu Family and were not at all polite to their uncle, Yu Mingcai,

in the end, the reason they had such an attitude was actually because they still held a tiny bit of lingering concern in their hearts.

However, Yu Mingcai's attitude today made them completely let go of the last remaining shreds of familial affection they had for the Yu Family.

As soon as Zhang Ran returned to his room, he saw Huo Zhiyuan and the two little ones playing around inside.

"Grandpa, Grandpa!" As soon as Zhang Xiaotao saw his grandfather return, he immediately pounced on him.

"Grandpa." Susu also hugged her grandfather's leg and wouldn't let go.

"Why aren't you two sleeping?" Zhang Ran crouched down, pinched the little ones' chubby cheeks, and asked with a smile.

"I missed you, Grandpa," Zhang Xiaotao said with his sweet little mouth.

"I missed you too, Grandpa," Susu followed up immediately.

Zhang Ran said helplessly, "We've only been apart for a few hours, have you missed me that much?"

"Mm-hmm." Both Susu and Taotao nodded very seriously.

Huo Zhiyuan walked over and said with a smile, "They've been making a fuss all night wanting to sleep with you. I had no choice but to bring them over."

Zhang Ran stood up and said with a smile, "Sorry to trouble you these past two days. It must be annoying dealing with these two little troublemakers."

Huo Zhiyuan said, "No, they are very cute."

"Alright, I'm going to sleep too. Susu, Taotao, bye-bye," Huo Zhiyuan said, waving at the two little ones.

"Bye-bye, Grandma Huo," the two little ones said in unison, then couldn't wait to climb onto the bed and start playing.

"You two little ungrateful ones," Huo Zhiyuan scolded with a smile and then left the room.

Zhang Ran first took a shower and then began telling stories to the two little ones. Halfway through the story, the two little ones fell asleep.

Looking at their sweet sleeping faces, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Ran's mouth, and he then turned off the lights to sleep.

The next day, Zhang Ran made several phone calls early in the morning. He didn't embellish anything, just briefly mentioned what Lotnikov had done previously and what had happened last night.

Of course, there were also some of his "guesses," and he also made it clear that these were just his personal guesses.

As for what to do next, that was not for Zhang Ran to decide, and he didn't want to get involved.

However, Zhang Ran didn't expect to really do anything to Yu Mingcai this time; after all, his guesses had very obvious motives.

Everyone knew that Yu Mingcai definitely didn't have this intention. After all, besides Zhang Sicheng, the Zhang Family also had Zhang Siyan. Even if Zhang Siyan was a girl and Zhang Ran didn't want her to inherit the family business, wasn't there still Zhang Xiaotao?

But since Zhang Ran had already raised doubts, an explanation still had to be given, so it was certain that Yu Mingcai would be sidelined for a period of time.

After all, Yu Mingcai had operated in violation of the rules this time, and his actions were not for the big picture, but for some small interests beneath it.

Zhang Ran stayed at Nikolayev's place for another two days. During these two days, Zhang Ran basically read through all the business materials provided by Nikolayev and had a rough idea in his mind.

This day, Nikolayev found Zhang Ran, "Zhang Ran, the matter with Maikai Supermarket has been mostly resolved. There are no major problems, and it just needs some procedures and time now."

He had been busy with this for the past two days. Since Zhang Ran wanted to spin off Maikai Supermarket, Nikolayev would fully support him.

Fortunately, Maikai Supermarket had always been under the control of the Nikolayev Family. Although it hadn't been all smooth sailing, overall there were no surprises.

Zhang Ran poured a cup of tea and gestured for him to sit down and talk, "Roughly how much money in total?"

Nikolayev took a sip of tea and said, "The total valuation of all Huaxia Maikai Supermarkets is 130 billion, and the shares are being sold at a 10% premium."

"Huaxia Maikai Supermarket has a very high proportion of self-owned properties, so the valuation is relatively high. You also know about property prices in Huaxia; that is the reason for such a high valuation," Nikolayev explained.

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "I know. This price is fair, no problem."

"I have already converted all your shares in the entire Maikai Supermarket into shares of Huaxia Maikai Supermarket. According to what we discussed before, that's 25%, plus the 26% of shares you want to acquire, so this time you need to come up with 37 billion to purchase these shares," Nikolayev said.

Zhang Ran said, "That's fine, but the money might be a little late. It's a bit difficult for me to come up with so much money all at once right now."

Although Zhang Ran still had quite a bit of cash, whether it was from Yaotian Pharmaceutical, Kangshilan, or Dahe Express, he could pull out a lot of money.

But Zhang Ran didn't want to touch that money. The upcoming supermarket war would be a money-burning affair, and he couldn't drain his foundation.

Nikolayev said with a smile, "You don't need to pay a single cent for this money right now; it's enough for the initial phase."

"Oh?"

"Did you forget? You have always had dividends from Maikai Supermarket. Previously, that money was misappropriated by me privately, and now it needs to be returned to you," Nikolayev chuckled.

Zhang Ran was stunned. Of course he knew, but Nikolayev hadn't mentioned it before, so he hadn't asked for it, especially since Nikolayev had helped him a lot this time.

Spinning off the Maikai Supermarket of the China Branch and acquiring shares were not simple matters. It could be said that doing so was also damaging the interests of the Nikolayev Family.

Zhang Ran had originally thought of this money as compensation for the Nikolayev Family, but he hadn't expected Nikolayev to bring it up suddenly.