Chapter 446: 442. The Arranged Shills (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

At this moment, the conference room was silent, and the atmosphere had become somewhat stagnant.

Just a moment ago, they had been aggressively vowing to fight Zhang Ran to the end, and in particular, most of them had truly been provoked by Zhang Ran into wanting to stake their family fortunes on a decisive battle.

But just after they had stated their positions, the Chairman was arrested for suspected criminal activity, and it looked like he wouldn't be coming out anytime soon.

What they found even more unacceptable was that Zhang Ran had actually already reached a certain agreement with Jia City; otherwise, it would never have happened so quickly and so swiftly.

Jia City also knew that Fengchao was at a critical juncture; if a certain agreement hadn't been reached, they wouldn't have acted this way.

Even if they had grasped evidence of Zhuo Fan's criminal activities, at this moment, they would only restrict travel, preventing Zhuo Fan from leaving Jia City or the country.

They would only take measures after everything had settled.

And the current situation left these people feeling somewhat awkward; now, even if they wanted to take out their money and prepare to fight Zhang Ran to the death, it was difficult.

The company had always been controlled by Zhuo Fan, and it was difficult for anyone to replace Zhuo Fan's position in a short time.

Moreover, Zhang Ran would not give them that time.

Zhang Ran looked at the people in the room, smiled, and without saying another word, prepared to leave; he had already given them a chance just now.

Just at this moment, the two people who had not stated their positions or spoken stood up.

"Mr. Zhang, please stay." Once these words were spoken, the others in the conference room seemed to heave a sigh of relief.

Zhang Ran stopped in his tracks, looked at the two, and smiled: "The two of you, is there something you wish to say?"

"Ahem, Mr. Zhang, actually there is no need for us to be at such a stalemate; we can see the current situation, we admit defeat, do you think you could give us another chance?"

"That's right, Mr. Zhang, after all, if we really keep deadlocked like this, it won't solve anything, and there's no need for us to waste so many resources; this is also unnecessary for you, don't you agree?"

The two sang in harmony, completely dispelling the awkward atmosphere from just before, and Zhang Ran also stopped his steps, smiling: "Then do the two of you have any proposals?"

The two looked at each other, and one of them smiled and said: "How about we follow the plan you just mentioned? We go by eighty percent of the current market value?"

Zhang Ran said: "The price has changed again, seventy percent!"

As soon as this was said, one of the remaining shareholders couldn't help but say: "This price drop is too fast, that's not how you do business."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ran didn't say a word and turned to leave again; the face of the person who spoke immediately stiffened—was it necessary to have such a temper?

They were the ones who were aggrieved right now, weren't they?

However, they didn't dare let Zhang Ran leave now, because as long as Zhang Ran left, the subsequent development would be inevitable, with no room for reversal.

Judging from the situation just now, this person Zhang Ran felt too concerned about his face; if they didn't give him enough face this time, they would likely have to fight to the end.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang." The two who hadn't stated their positions hurriedly stepped forward to block Zhang Ran.

And Zhang Ran gave them plenty of face, stopping his steps once again.

At this moment, the vast majority of people could see it—these two seemed to be Zhang Ran's shills, and Zhang Ran didn't hide it much, just leaving a little face by not saying it directly.

Zhang Ran had already agreed with Jia City to stabilize Fengchao in the short term, so of course, it was impossible for him to really just walk away; that would leave only one path, which was to implement what Zhang Ran had previously said: moving Maikai Supermarket over to replace Fengchao's position.

This was clearly the plan with the greatest loss for Zhang Ran, and if it weren't necessary, Zhang Ran wouldn't do it.

But Zhang Ran also didn't want to pay too high a price; he had also paid a lot for this competition, so he had to recoup some of it from these people.

That was why he acted very aggressively as soon as he arrived, aggressive enough to make these people feel a hint of humiliation.

Only in this way would these people have fully stated their positions just now.

And precisely because they had fully stated their positions, they now had to pay even more of a price.

It could be said that all of this was carefully designed by Zhang Ran, all for the sake of this scene.

These two really were found by Zhang Ran in advance, and he didn't make things difficult for them; after all, from beginning to end, they had only remained silent when the others were stating their positions.

Of course, they paid less, and they received less, just a bit more than the other shareholders.

Everyone saw this now, but what could they do if they saw it? Expose it?

Are you kidding me!

If Zhang Ran were to fly into a rage and really not care about anything, determined to let Fengchao go under, then their losses would be even greater.

Zhang Ran stopped pretending now and sat directly in Zhuo Fan's seat from earlier, his fingers tapping on the table; the sound was crisp, but it made these shareholders very nervous.

"Alright, I won't say much else; things are as they are now, and you made your choices just now, so you must pay the price. I don't think I need to teach you that, do I?" Zhang Ran said calmly.

Although someone was a bit angry at this moment, they could only helplessly accept reality: "Mr. Zhang is right to lecture us, we understand, but this result is truly hard for us to accept."

Zhang Ran said: "It's not a lecture, this is just how it is—the winner takes all. I believe that if you were in my position this time, you wouldn't do any worse than me, so don't put on an expression like you're the victims; it's unnecessary."

Qi Guanghuan sat silently in his seat, watching all of this, feeling somewhat moved in his heart.

Just a moment ago, he had been worried that Zhang Ran would really decide to fight to the end, but now it had turned into this.

But even so, Zhang Ran still held the upper hand, and with the groundwork laid just now, these people didn't dare to strongly oppose the conditions Zhang Ran proposed.

It could be said that from the very beginning, these people had been calculated to death by Zhang Ran.

And because he had defected to Zhang Ran in advance, he could be considered the person who gained the most benefits among this group.

At the same time, he was incredibly glad for his decision, and also glad for the relationship between Gong Nan and Zhang Ran.

Otherwise, based on Zhang Ran's actions today, he reckoned he wouldn't have been able to escape the fate of being calculated, and perhaps he would have ended up with even less.

Now Qi Guanghuan only had one thought, and that was that their Qi Family must treat Gong Nan better in the future, otherwise...

Qi Guanghuan shook his head fiercely; he didn't even dare to think further.

"Mr. Zhang, what if we don't want to sell our shares?" someone said in a deep voice.

"It's fine if you don't want to sell your shares, but when the two companies merge later, the valuation of your shares will be calculated at sixty or fifty percent of the current value," Zhang Ran said with a calm expression.