Chapter 558: 554. The Arrival of Prince Haiman (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Zhang Ran looked at the group, his brows furrowing. "Everyone, if this succeeds, the returns are foreseeable. But you don't want to take any risks at all—what exactly are you thinking?"

His words were blunt; there was no way to be polite at a time like this.

Once these people believed that he, Zhang Ran, could not do without them this time, their asking price would increase accordingly.

Zhang Ran never considered others fools; the words these people had just spoken were actually just testing him.

This could be seen from the fact that their expressions did not change in the slightest when facing his attitude.

"We can certainly take risks, but whether the harvest this time is worth taking such a big risk is another matter," Liu Yiguo said.

Zhang Ran said, "That depends on how you look at it, Brother Liu. As far as I know, Zhongqiang Group has been under quite a lot of pressure in Europe and America, right?"

"That's correct." Liu Yiguo did not deny this point.

Because their group had no foreign capital, although it was a private enterprise, it was actually similar to a State-owned Enterprise and was strongly supported by the state.

Coupled with the fact that they had slowly caught up to and even surpassed Europe and America in many technologies.

Therefore, Europe and America were very wary of Zhongqiang Group and had caused them no shortage of trouble over the years.

Zhang Ran said, "You can also carefully investigate the situation of Galaxy Capital. To say nothing else, as long as Zhongqiang Group buys into Galaxy Capital, Galaxy Capital will make corresponding efforts in this regard.

And Galaxy Capital has quite a few investments in Europe and America, and has interest dealings with many companies there.

I believe this is a very good choice for Zhongqiang Group."

Before Liu Yiguo could speak, Zhang Qiang, the representative of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, spoke up, "Mr. Zhang, do you mean that you will fully assist Zhongqiang Group later?"

Zhang Ran shook his head and said, "Not fully assist, but protect the interests of the shareholders as much as possible. I cannot sacrifice the interests of other companies for the sake of Zhongqiang Group's interests."

Zhang Qiang said, "But if that's the case, how can our interests be guaranteed?"

"Do what you must. If you don't have the ability when the time comes, you can't blame others. I've paved the way now; do you still expect me to deliver the money to your mouths?" Zhang Ran said indifferently.

Having said this much, Zhang Ran couldn't be bothered to say anything more. He had revealed a portion of his trump cards; if they were interested, they would consider it carefully now.

If they weren't interested, then more words would be useless.

"Come, let's eat. Don't look at these things as if they don't look like much; they are actually good things," Zhang Ran said with a smile.

The others wanted to ask more questions, but Zhang Ran would no longer answer.

Now everyone understood Zhang Ran's attitude: he wasn't begging them to buy in this time, and it was a cooperative relationship, with Zhang Ran even vaguely occupying the dominant position.

Zhang Ran did indeed want to pull them in together so that he could find people to help when facing many things in the future.

Although he could often accomplish things on his own, sometimes, fighting alone was far less easy than huddling together for warmth.

And making money wasn't necessarily less than fighting alone; it could even be more.

For example, if Zhongqiang Group chose to join, then many industries in the Zhang Ran System could cooperate with them in the future.

Zhongqiang Group mainly focused on technology; leaving other things aside, the development and application of these technologies alone was a very large cake.

If he could cooperate with Zhongqiang Group, Zhang Ran would also get a slice of it.

Of course, he also needed to pay something, such as what Zhang Ran had said before: using the influence of Galaxy Capital to help in Europe and America.

These were all mutual.

This lunch lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon, after which everyone left.

After leaving, they busied themselves with reporting and holding meetings.

The decision this time was of great significance to many of their companies, and this was also the first time Zhang Ran had chosen to unite with others.

At the same time, everyone was a bit unsure of what Zhang Ran was actually trying to do. Was it just to take back Galaxy Capital?

Although this goal was sufficient, they always found it a bit hard to believe.

They might not know much about Zhang Ran as a person, but after such a long time, they had more or less understood some of the situation.

Zhang Ran's decision this time was still a bit abrupt, especially to them.

"Taotao, are you coming back with Mom?" Liu Lu said with an expectant look.

She was going back to her hometown today. With the New Year approaching, she needed to go back and take a look; she basically only went back once a year.

She also hoped that her son would go back with her, but clearly, Taotao was not like he used to be.

"I don't want to go. I want to play with Auston and the others," Zhang Xiaotao refused without the slightest hesitation.

Prince Haiman had also brought his family over today, and the plane would arrive soon.

Zhang Xiaotao didn't want to go to his maternal grandmother's house at all. It wasn't that he disliked her, but that he had no feelings for her.

After all, when their family had gone over before, his grandmother hadn't been very enthusiastic toward Taotao.

Liu Lu was a bit disappointed, but she didn't force it, only sighing slightly in her heart.

In the future, it would depend on whether her younger brother, Taotao's uncle, could get along well with his nephew; otherwise, the relationship between her family and the Zhang Family would end with her.

"Sicheng, did you bring everything I told you to?" Zhang Ran asked.

Zhang Sicheng said, "I brought everything. Do you see anything missing?"

Zhang Ran flipped through it slightly and nodded, "Alright, that's it. Xiao Lu, wish your parents a Happy New Year for me."

He wasn't planning on going this year, or rather, if there were no accidents, he basically wouldn't go again in the future.

Going last year when the New Year was approaching was only because it was the first time meeting the in-laws.

After giving a few instructions and telling them to be careful on the road, Zhang Ran set off with Susu and Taotao; they were going to the airport to pick people up.

Zhang Sicheng and the others were also driving back. Although the journey was a bit long, perhaps because they had learned from Zhang Ran, they preferred driving to flying whenever possible.

Prince Haiman came even more low-key this year; only Zhang Ran's family came to pick them up.

"Tsk tsk tsk, why have you gotten fat again? You weren't this fat when we video-chatted last time," Zhang Ran teased with a smile.

Prince Haiman was also a bit worried, "I don't know either. Sigh, maybe this is what happens when you reach middle age—you can't help yourself."

"Hmm, your Chinese has improved recently; you know how to use idioms now," Zhang Ran praised.

Zhang Siyan and Lin Mei chatted together; although she hadn't had much contact with Lin Mei, they were considered somewhat familiar.