Chapter 976: 971. Assets Surge by One Hundred Billion (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Ling Hua did not want to offend Zhang Ran over this matter; Zhang Ran's shares were not very many, and they could not shake his position at all.

But if he were to offend Zhang Ran because of this matter now, and if he happened to anger Zhang Ran, it would be quite normal for Zhang Ran to cause him some trouble then.

To say nothing else, just Zhang Ran's relationship with the banks would be enough to give him a hard time.

Although it was impossible for the banks to change their attitude toward such a large group just because of a word from Zhang Ran, it was still possible to cause a little bit of trouble.

Moreover, Ling Hua also saw that Zhang Ran's strength was growing, especially internationally, where he could not be underestimated.

If they wanted to compete in the international market, it would be even easier for Zhang Ran to cause them trouble.

Just like if they wanted to expand their market in Europe, it would be difficult to bypass Britain and France.

And everyone could see the power Zhang Ran held there.

When the telecommunications business in Britain and France both fell into Zhang Ran's hands, not only was the Rhode Family startled, but these people were as well.

No one expected Zhang Ran's connections in Europe to be so formidable.

Facing Ling Hua's question, most people were silent; did they want to be the villains? They did not want to.

If Zhang Ran were just a Huaxia entrepreneur, then everyone would be indifferent to such a matter.

Even if Zhang Ran had huge influence, not many people would be afraid, as their foundations were not in Huaxia.

Many shareholders here were confident.

But now, Zhang Ran not only had such powerful influence in Huaxia, but he was also quite capable internationally.

In this way, who would provoke Zhang Ran for no reason?

If Zhang Ran had direct competition with them in their core businesses, or even if they had an absolute justification,

then they would dare to fight with Zhang Ran.

But now, Zhang Ran held the justification, and they had absolutely none; although they would certainly have to suffer a major financial loss,

when divided among everyone, it was just that; this little bit was not worth everyone falling out with Zhang Ran over it.

And if everyone could be united as one, then it would not be impossible to fight with Zhang Ran.

But that was simply impossible.

Not to mention that Zhang Ran had good relationships with one or two of them, the fact was that each family actually had competition, and it was completely impossible for them to be of one mind.

Ling Hua naturally knew this situation, so he could be considered to be sitting securely on the fishing platform.

He had also received some promises from Zhang Ran, which were that Zhang Ran would fully support him in the future, and he did not need to worry about anything.

And Zhang Ran also promised some other conditions, such as supporting them in their international business, just like he supported Fengli Group.

Of course, Zhang Ran was not doing charity, so regarding this matter, he naturally had his own conditions.

At the very least, this five percent stake was not worth Zhang Ran doing this.

At this time, Zhang Ran had already returned to Shanghai; this time he was not in a hurry to go out, but was preparing to start gathering these scattered investments from the past.

Don't look at these as just a small amount of shares in one company, but when added together, it was an astronomical figure.

When Sicheng and his sister saw these things that Zhang Ran had organized, the two of them were stunned for a full half-hour.

There was no help for it; it was truly a bit frightening.

Previously, they thought that no matter how unexpected their father's actions were, they would no longer be surprised.

After all, so many assets had already been revealed; what else was worth them being shocked by?

But now there was!

These were assets worth one hundred billion US dollars!

One or two companies were not much, but added together, it really startled everyone!

Following this, there would certainly be some turmoil in various companies; although they were only small shares, how to handle these shares and how to return them to Zhang Ran were all problems.

Yes, most companies chose to return them to Zhang Ran.

There was no help for it; Zhang Ran's momentum was now established, and if one wanted to go against Zhang Ran, one needed to weigh it carefully.

Was it worth going against Zhang Ran for this little bit of shares?

Of course, there were also many companies that actually did not need to be so complicated; some had actually kept Zhang Ran's previous shares, they were just hidden.

"Dad, are these all ours?" Sicheng said with some trembling.

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise why would I organize them?"

"But this is too much, isn't it?" Sicheng could not help but say.

These almost encompassed most of the famous internet enterprises, as well as some physical enterprises; although the proportion occupied was not large, it was still a quite large number.

Were these all invested by Zhang Ran back then?

Zhang Ran put down the documents in his hand, rubbed his brow, and said, "Actually, it looks like a lot now, but back then, this was not much."

Zhang Ran looked at their puzzled gazes, picked up a document at random, and wanted to use it to explain.

But then he paused for a moment, gave a dry cough, and put the document down.

Zhang Ran was also speechless; this company was not chosen by him personally, but was chosen by his team back then.

There were many enterprises where Zhang Ran gave a general range, and then let specialized people arrange the investment.

Seeing Zhang Ran like this, at first Sicheng and the others did not understand, but soon they thought of it, and could not help but want to laugh.

Zhang Ran found a familiar enterprise, pointed to this information, and said, "Back then, this enterprise was just a small startup; let alone an investment of five hundred thousand, even one hundred thousand US dollars could take away half of their shares.

And if it weren't for my investment, they probably wouldn't have lasted until next month.

So at that time, I put out an investment of five hundred thousand and only asked for five percent of their shares; who would refuse such a condition?"

"And this one, I got five percent of the shares for one hundred thousand US dollars, and all of them signed anti-dilution clauses."

Looking at this, Zhang Ran was also a bit emotional; he actually didn't think highly of this one back then; he invested in the person, not the industry.

Because he thought highly of the founder of this company, he invested one hundred thousand US dollars, which counted as building a good relationship; when this company went bankrupt, Zhang Ran was prepared to invest in his next industry.

But Zhang Ran disappeared before he could wait for that opportunity.

To Zhang Ran's great surprise, after receiving this one-hundred-thousand-dollar investment, the boss immediately kicked the entire team, which had already become disaffected, out of the company.

Yes, the reason Zhang Ran did not think highly of this company back then was precisely because their team had developed problems.

They had just achieved some results, but at the slightest setback, they began to fall into internal strife, causing this company, which originally had good prospects, to show signs of imminent collapse.

Therefore, Zhang Ran did not think highly of the company, but he did think highly of the main founder.