《Rebirth of the Entertainment Giant》Selling Shares
Advertisement
For the time being, he cleared his head full of evil thoughts. Zhang Xiaohua arranged his shirt collar, then shrugged his nose, took a deep breath and sat beside his mother.
Before, Zhang Xiaohua wasn't able to see clearly, but while his mother's face still looked dignified, she also looked slightly bitter and angry. Her face was flushed red from frustration.
Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help but turn and stare at the Cao family with indignation in his heart.
"How dare they bully my mother, just look at those two good for nothings smiling and smiling"
Zhang Xiaohua didn't dare to say that his life experience was rich, but he had encountered countless types of people in his previous life. This taught him how to read other’s thoughts from their expressions and gestures and also gave him the ability to distinguish between those with good intentions and those with evil intentions.
At this moment in time, in the eyes of Zhang Xiaohua, the Cao couple was nothing but a pair of smiling tigers, hiding their knife with smiles.
Looking around, Zhang Xiaohua saw Cao Feifei again, but found that her head had fallen deep into her chest and was about to be buried in that deep navel line. She seemed unwilling to make eye contact.
Judging from his memory, the original owner of this body should have had a very deep feeling towards this Cao Feifei, with the two of them having been friends since childhood. There was even the marriage contract, so she shouldn't have been acting so shy.
In addition, Zhang Xiaohua couldn't understand why her face had shown a brief expression of anger and disgust when he had entered the room.
‘Ugh! Oh well,’ he wasn't planning to get hung up over it!
‘After all, I am a new person and there are too many things I need to understand for myself. There is lots of time to deal with such things later and I don't need to be in a hurry.’
Before he went to his mother, Zhang Xiaohua politely asked: "Mom, were you looking for me?"
Zhang Xiaohua's mother's name was Zhang Shaofang, she appeared to be at the same age as the Cao couple, around 40 years old.
She looked up at her son for a brief moment, before she lowered her head and gently sighed, showing her frustration.
As he saw his mother sigh and groan, Zhang Xiaohua faintly felt that things weren't going to go well. Sure enough, at this time, Cao Dequan said: "Xiao Hua, today we have something to discuss with you. It could actually be said that Uncle Cao is sending you money."
"Are you sending me money?" Zhang Xiaohua listening to him, was displeased. It seemed that his mother was being bullied by them before he had arrived, as such he couldn’t care less about etiquette. He sat down and asked, "So, what is this about money?"
"Oh, huh, huh, huh..." Cao Dequan smiled awkwardly, but his eyes didn’t shy away from Zhang Xiaohua’s look of disgust.
"Ah Little Xiao, this year's profit was not very good. However, there is a way for you to earn some more money. There will be millions to be earned but that depends on whether you are willing."
"Could you get straight to the point please?" Zhang Xiaohua could not be bothered to hear him ramble on anymore and through Cao Dequan's sinister smile and embarrassed look filled with anger, Zhang Xiaohua had already made up his mind that this guy was evil.
Advertisement
"Okay!" Cao Dequan replied and no longer whirled around the topic. "I'd like you to transfer the 4% shares your father put under your name. According to the market price, the current total value of the company is 50 Billion RMB, that is to say,4% shares will valued around 2 Billion RMB. So, considering our relationship and giving face to your dad, Uncle Cao can give you 2.5 Billion RMB. What do you say?"
Cao Dequan's revealed a smile and continued to add: "2.5 Billion haha, think about all you could do with it, this is not a small number. Of course, Uncle Cao doesn't mind helping you and your mother out. After all, you also know that your father's death has left your family in a lot of debt. With this money, you and your mother can also reduce the burden on your lives, you agree with Uncle right?"
"Wow, what a son of a..." Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help but smile. It turned out that this old fox wanted to completely swallow the company for himself but wasn't even willing to pay the price, he even tried to low ball him.
‘Hehe... You want to send me 2.5 Billion, huh and does this guy think I am an idiot?’
If he had said this before to the former Xiaohua, it might have worked on that brain dead fool but unfortunately he was too little to late.
As for today's Zhang Xiaohua, he considered his words no different from farting noises.
Of course, in the eyes of Cao Dequan, Zhang Xiaohua had always been a waste whose only talent was living a life of debauchery and using the company dividends he had earned. Now that his father is dead, his squandering ways had to be reduced. He was offering him 2.5 Billion to squander, he expected that the little twerp was probably gonna shed tears of joy. Was there even a reason to refuse?
Unexpectedly, when Cao Dequan was preparing himself to bring out the contract, he heard Zhang Xiaohua suddenly say: "Uncle Cao, I have a few issues that I don't understand. I wonder if I can ask you one or two questions today?"
Zhang Xiaohua leaned forward and wrapped an arm over his mother's shoulder to comfort her. The other hand was holding his mother's cold hands to provide her with warmth.
Cao Dequan was shocked. In his mind he had half-expected the boy to kiss his feet after becoming overcome with happiness.
He just offered him to give him 2.5 Billion yuan and this kid hadn't even smiled but was instead so calm, it was so strange. This is completely unlike the boy, who was usually greedy for even the smallest bit of cash to squander!
However, as an elder, Cao Dequan couldn't reveal his frustration. Moreover, after all the purpose of this visit was to get the shares from under this kid's name. Only in this way could he suppress the other shareholders in the company and then slowly take the company for himself.
He thought that he could temporarily give the boy something soft to chew on and as long as he got the shares, he didn't mind raising the price but he was on willing to go higher than 3.5 billion RMB. If that wasn't enough to satisfy the boy, then it is was not too late for him to give a harsh lesson to this widow and son.
At this thought, Cao Dequan grinned and he dressed up his face with a kind expression: "Your father and I were both old friends. Today you called me an Uncle. So naturally we are a family. Anything you don't understand, you just ask and Uncle Cao will try to help."
Advertisement
Zhang Xiaohua snorted with a sly grin and mentally rolled his eyes with disdain. In a somewhat condescending tone, he asked, "Uncle Cao, I just want to know... When the company was in a crisis and my dad was running around outside to try and borrow money to save the company. Where were you and your 2.5 Billion?"
When Cao Dequan had heard that, a rush of blood flowed straight to his head and sweat immediately overflowed from his forehead. Slowly a bead of sweat slid down to the corner of his mouth, as rage also started to fill him. He actually felt that his heart became very flustered and he was actually caught off guard. He was speechless!
'I haven’t seen this child for a few days, so how could his personality change so much?' thought Cao Dequan.
Seeing her husband's embarrassed look, the vulgar old flower beside him suddenly smirked and quickly helped Cao Dequan unravel the road: "Oh, Xiaohua, your father was sick at that time and didn't have time for Uncle Cao. We're not exaggerating here. If it weren't for your Uncle Cao, then the company would have been closed a long time ago. It surely would never reach the scale and achievements of today, now would it?"
Zhang Xiaohua also smiled. He was waiting for these words exactly. Now he licked his lips and smiled: "As you said, I shouldn't abandon the existing shares since the company is booming today. It shows that there is room for improvement, which means the value of my shares would increase. Even if it take 30 or 40 years to double in value, I'm willing to wait it out anyway."
As soon as he said this he knew that the race was in full swing. Silently the old woman lowered her head, the witch no longer dared to intervene easily. At the same time, Cao Dequan took a look at her and she could not help but look away in shame she knew she had been played.
Cao Dequan forced himself to calm down and soothe his fury, and in order to achieve his goals he was willing to let this go. He could have revenge for this later, so Cao Dequan put on a humored face and broke into a fake laugh: "Xiao Hua, hahaha, in fact, your aunt's meaning is this... You should think of the future, after all when you marry Feifei, wouldn't you get all the shares back anyway and more? So why not sell that 4% and gain more later?"
"After all, you are engaged to our daughter Feifei, so we'll be family sooner or later. Today you should transfer your shares to me first, and then in the future, when I'm old, I will pass it onto you and Feifei, okay?
Think of it as your Uncle Cao's temporary protection, as if you sell to me we will all be stronger together. It'll also allow us to own 51% of the company which will give us more power over those outsiders."
After he said this, Cao Dequan gently looked to Cao Feifei next to him and gently nudged her.
Cao Feifei reacted immediately and looked up at Zhang Xiaohua and gave him a forced smile. "Yeah, Xiaohua. No matter how much money my dad makes, it will be for us. Don't hesitate and just sell the shares to my dad as soon as possible."
Suddenly after hearing Cao Feifei's voice, Zhang Xiaohua felt his head was about to explode, frames of footage began to flash in his mind, followed by a few pieces of memory beginning to emerge.
Cao Feifei's voice was like a key, which suddenly opened up Zhang Xiaohua's memory.
After a short time, Zhang Xiaohua finally understood why the original owner of the body had committed suicide and why he felt inexplicable anger and sadness in his heart. After he absorbed the previous owner’s soul. At the moment, he finally found the source. It was all because of this Cao Feifei!
Indeed, just yesterday afternoon, Cao Feifei took advantage of his mother being absent and had privately proposed to break up the engagement with Zhang Xiaohua. The reason she stated for the break up, was because of his family’s situation. Cao Feifei had felt that he was no longer worthy of her and she had claimed that she had liked another person, so called for Zhang Xiaohua to give up on the engagement.
In order to retain the marriage contract, Zhang Xiaohua had even threatened Cao Feifei with his own death. However, Cao Feifei not only remained indifferent, but also threatened to kill Zhang Xiaohua.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaohua had resolutely committed suicide, which allowed his soul to take over.
Ten years of feelings, actually defeated by the greed for money!
The most annoying thing was that yesterday she had proposed that they should break up to him, but today she actually dared to come see him. She was clearly shameless!
If he was replaced by the Zhang Xiaohua of old, in order to gain her back maybe he would have listened to Cao Feifei and sell the shares to her father.
However, if Cao Feifei still holds onto such a lucky idea now, she is just too naive.
At this point, Zhang Xiaohua could be sure that there is not one good seed in that family. Since that is the case, what was it in it for him to be kind to them?
Xiaohui Zhang, directly ignored the existence of Cao Feifei and he stared at Cao Dequan with his eyes full of hatred, and sneered: "Wouldn't the first thing you do, after I transfer the shares to you, be to dissolve my marriage contract with your daughter?"
It was clear that Zhang Xiaohua's words had hit the nail on the head, he was planning to trick him into agreeing and then use this loophole out.
Cao Dequan was very surprised, he really couldn't understand how this kid suddenly became so far-sighted?
When his sentence was finished, Zhang Xiaohua was depressed. He remembered reading novels with similar situations before. He could not help but laugh at this type of story back then and now finding this kind of thing suddenly fall upon his own lap, the taste of karma really does make people feel bad!
Since the truth had been revealed, Cao Dequan was also finally anxious and immediately tore off his false smile, with a look of contempt, he got up and pointed his fat stubby finger at Zhang Xiaohua before he sternly asked: "In a word, are you selling or not selling?"
"Not selling!" Zhang Xiaohua replied, as he rejected the offer without even bothering to consider it decisively.
Advertisement
- In Serial27 Chapters
Fall of a Civilization - Modern Apocalypse
Today was an ordinary day. The same day as every day. The start of a monotonous day for some while being an exciting one for others. Today was supposed to be the latter for me. My first day in an abroad country, coming here for my studies. But everything changed when the world started spewing monstrosities, abhorrent creatures, and powers. This is the story following Rudy, who gets trapped in a foreign country when the world decided to metaphorically flip its table. If the [horror] tag didn't already tell you, this story tries to give more focus to the monsters than other Litrpg's and also intends to have a much more serious tone. My writing may be sub-par as I am a starting writer, but I promise to strive and improve as I keep writing along with your feedback and response. Updates will be at every 3 days.
8 162 - In Serial48 Chapters
Ardent Tears
[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge.] Youth is something to be treasured, for it is the foundation upon which all experiences are built. It is also a time when some may Awaken as Ardents or Stoics; individuals who can draw great power from the Resonance of emotions. Rowan’efrii is one such youth, but at what cost? This is the story of her journey; of love and loss, friendship and isolation, fortune and tragedy. What can a girl do when she is faced with all the wonders and horrors that the world has to offer? Live! In the Kingdom of Særis, a group of renegade lords are seeking to enslave young adolescents to forge them into Ardents and Stoics. Those that fall will be used in a war against the Azure King. Will they break Rowan, or will they turn her into the very thing that will destroy them. Ardent Tears focuses heavily on all kinds of relationships including: romantic, familial, platonic and sexual. The MC is a clear example of this, especially as she is poly. Because of this, I gave the story my own Poly Tag. This won't be anything like a Harem story and it is being written by someone who is polyamorous (me). There is also going to be several LGBT themes throughout which can't be represented through Tags. Ardent Tears is now on Top Web Fiction. If you like the story, I'd appreciate it if you give me a boost by following this link and pressing boost. Massive thanks to KrazeKode for the amazing cover art. And special thanks to MelasD and Selkie for the shout-outs.
8 101 - In Serial34 Chapters
The Depths of Magic
Synopsis It's the year 2052 and the release of the new next-generation full-dive VRMMO game called The Depths of Magic is hitting the world by storm. The game's technology will surpass all other games before it and shock the masses. Hector who goes by the name Locke inside the game is an experienced player of the genre. He is looking to continue his goal of enjoying gaming as well as the competition that goes along with competing for the top ranking spots. Novel Summary The Depths of Magic is a LitRPG novel focused on a Fantasy VRMMO setting. This is not a harem novel. In-Game systems The Depths of Magic features state-of-the-art technology never before seen in Hector's world. The key system the novel will bring up often is the Second Brain. The Second Brain system is more like a guidance AI for the players in the game that acts as if you had a second brain assisting your every action. How much guidance this AI will give is based on its experience or mastery skills a player will receive in the game. The guidance is seamless to a point where a player won't even realize they are being assisted, it's will feel like what they are doing is something they could always do. However, once they leave the game it will become quite apparent that they were receiving heavy guidance. The purpose of this system in a writing sense is to explain why a player can realistically become more powerful, more agile, or more skilled than they would otherwise be able to as a human. To give an example if someone could move faster than a bullet, how would a normal human brain be able to perceive and control this movement properly. Or how could a player who has never held a sword before become as experienced as someone who has trained with the sword all their lives? The magic system will be another focus of this novel. I don't want to spoil anything here but it should be an interesting one. The hope is that the system I have made will spark discussion between the readers on what combinations will do what. I already have most of it, but it will be fun to read as the author. Side notes My general focus for this novel is to attempt to make the in-game systems make sense. To give a vague example I have read a lot of novels of this genre and some have the habit of just creating such powerful items that it just breaks the system, and somehow the MC keeps finding challenging situations even with those items. What tends to happen when I read a novel like this I just ignore the stats of the items he is getting because the numbers don't even matter anymore. Release schedule: The chapter release schedule due to real-life complications is to release as I write them. Patreon setup: 1 chapter early release/discord access. Free content up to the current chapter includes an excel sheet that contains Locke's current stats at the end of the chapter. This is extra information for those that are interested.
8 155 - In Serial15 Chapters
Blood Fractal
2021 A young girl of the age of seventeen, a computer game, and a new reality. Find out what happens to our young friend as she strives to move forward in the game world. When faced with a choice to become your character, what would you do? There is an increasing amount of sexual content in later chapters, most of the girl x girl type. This is a work of fiction any relation to the real world is purely bad luck on my part, or yours. I really do not want to give any more story line away. This is my 1st attempt at a long story, and it is meant to be in a more Novel format than most works on this site. Please do not redisitribute or sell. If you want to translate it contact me before hand(not seeking for it to be done). *** Future contents plans to include adult sexual situations, girl x girl, violence, blood and violence, and morally challenging situations. Perverted things, and lots of mis-adventures *** Sorry for any mental damage done by the grammar in the early chapters. Or formating issues, this site takes getting used to. All chapters could use additional editing and some refinment. Average chapter length is 20 pages or more. Thanks for reading as always! Anyone interested in gifting me a Cover art is welcome! If not I will have to create a new one Later. No problems there, thanks!! This concludes the test of the public broadcast system, please return to your waifu and internet porn. ((*Hugs*)) Midnight2six
8 196 - In Serial32 Chapters
The Magical Craftsman
"Holy shit! This world has Minecraft mechanics!" Jack Slater is dead. Lucky for him, he is given another chance in life by being reincarnated into another world. It is a fantasy world where dragons want to eat him, demons want to kill him, and hot elf women want to sleep with him. Okay, so maybe that last part isn't entirely true. But hey, at least he is given a unique ability to magically craft whatever tools or items he can think of. With his power, skills, and wits, Jack will navigate this treacherous world, making lots of friends and even more enemies along the way. Not wanting to squander this second chance, he vows to live a fulfilling life in this world, no matter the obstacles he might face. Let's hope he survives long enough for that to happen.
8 399 - In Serial7 Chapters
Escape From Undertale
In 2020 the world is engulfed in a war of terrorism from an organisation known as the Black Hand that uses Chemical weapons of mass destruction. So the United Nation sends in its best Special Ops team leaded by lieutenant Jack Collembine to the Black Hand's Base of Operations stationed on top of mount Ebott to stop them once and for all. Everything goes to plan until a bomb causes the mountain top to collapse. Now Jack wakes up in a pile of flowers and must go through hell and back to escape from Undertale!
8 81

