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Chapter 221: The Current Situation of Liu Chao_1

Chapter 221: Chapter 221: The Current Situation of Liu Chao_1

"How many rights have we sold now?"

Upon arriving at Lu Xingzhou’s office, Shen Dong took a seat on the sofa and asked.

"We’ve sold the film and television rights to Youku for one billion, to Aiqiyi for eight hundred million, to Mig Valley Video for one billion three hundred million, and to..." Lu Xingzhou recounted them like treasures, listing them one by one, "In total, we’ve sold thirty-nine billion worth of film and television rights."

As he spoke, Lu Xingzhou’s voice trembled.

The company was making a fortune.

They had acquired all these rights for just five hundred and fifty million, and now they had already brought in thirty-nine billion from just a fraction of the sales.

"Mr. Shen, Penguin Video has bought two billion worth of film and television rights. Here is the contract for you to review," Lu Xingzhou handed a contract to Shen Dong.

Shen Dong glanced over it, found no issues, and signed.

These high-value transactions all required his signature.

It was impossible to seal the deal with just Lu Xingzhou’s signature.

They had to be strict in this regard.

It had to be said that Penguin Video was indeed wealthy and powerful.

To buy film and television rights worth two billion in one fell swoop truly befitted the status of a leading video website.

Other video websites had only spent about one billion or so.

The two billion wasn’t to be paid all at once but over two years; ten billion now, and the remaining ten billion would be paid on this date next year.

"What percentage of our rights have been sold now?" asked Shen Dong.

"Around forty percent," replied Lu Xingzhou.

Forty percent.

Last time it was thirty-nine billion, plus twenty billion here, making it a total of fifty-nine billion.

So that makes about a hundred and fifty billion in total.

Lixing Copyright Company was fully acquired for two hundred million, and later another five hundred and fifty million was invested to purchase rights.

The total cost was merely seven hundred and fifty million.

To earn a hundred and fifty billion from an investment of seven hundred and fifty million.

A return on investment of twenty times—such a rate of return was simply terrifying.

Shen Dong pondered his current net worth: Dongyan Media, Dongyan Games, Dongyan Investment, Shuidilao, along with shares in Qianda Film and Television, Dongshan Gold Company, and Yikang Pharmaceutical. All together, his assets were probably worth about thirty billion.

He hadn’t even graduated for a year, and his assets had already reached thirty billion.

Shen Dong couldn’t help but exclaim that life with a system really was different.

If it weren’t for the system, let alone thirty billion, he had no idea when he would have even made thirty million.

Shen Dong set a goal for himself: to reach a hundred billion in assets and then to hold a grand and perfect wedding for Chen Yuyan.

Given the current rate of asset growth, he estimated it would take about two more years to achieve this goal.

Anyway, both he and Chen Yuyan were still young; there was no rush for this matter.

...

Wansheng Venture Capital.

"It seems like Shen Dong is really keen on Lijing Group’s shares,"

In the President’s office, Liu Chao sat in the executive chair, a hint of a smile appearing on his lips as he listened to the report.

Yes, he had become the President of Wansheng Venture Capital.

With his abilities, it was impossible for him to have become the president.

He was too young to fight against the other shareholders.

Those shareholders, each and every one of them a sly old hand, wanted Liu Chao to be just an ordinary executive.

However, Dong Qikang and his son seized this opportunity and offered to strategize for him.

Dong Qikang was highly capable, otherwise, he wouldn’t have become the vice president of Xingwang Catering.

After he and his son resigned from Xingwang Catering, they had been job hunting ever since.

But, after much searching, they hadn’t found any suitable positions.

Later, when they heard that Liu Chao’s father had passed away and Liu Chao was being marginalized at Wansheng Venture Capital, it was very likely that he would not be able to succeed Liu Jianping as president.

Then, Dong Qikang took the initiative to find Liu Chao, saying he could help him ascend to the position of president.

As long as Liu Chao didn’t forget him and his son after the fact, that would be enough.

Naturally, Liu Chao was overjoyed and stated that if he successfully became president, he would never forget the two Dong Qikangs.

Following that, he laid out the situation and asked Dong Qikang to help devise a plan.

Dong Qikang proved his worth immediately by coming up with a way to elevate Liu Chao to the presidency.

Liu Chao truly didn’t forget Dong Qikang and his son, and placed both Dong Qikang and Dong Junjie within Lijing Group, where Dong Qikang served as the vice president and Dong Junjie took on a middle-management role.

Since Wansheng Venture Capital was a major shareholder of Lijing Group, it was possible for Liu Chao to arrange these positions for them.

And Dong Qikang’s resume wasn’t too shabby, except for the failure in the Xingwang Hotpot project, plus Liu Chao’s connection, no one dared to openly oppose his appointment as vice president.

"Indeed, Mr. Liu, these past few days the general manager of Dongyan Investment, Luo Cheng’an, has been contacting the shareholders of Lijing Group," Dong Qikang said.

"If he can acquire shares of Lijing Group, consider me defeated," Liu Chao said with a cold laugh.

How could anyone possibly want to sell their shares when Lijing Group was about to go public?

Unless one had their head caught in a door, they wouldn’t do it.

Isn’t cashing out after going public more appealing?

"Yeah, he definitely won’t be able to purchase them; no one is willing to sell," Dong Qikang laughed.

Speaking of which, he was very annoyed with Shen Dong, but even with that annoyance, he couldn’t do anything to Shen Dong.

Now, Shen Dong had become an existence he could only look up to.

Not just him, but even rich second-generation kids like Liu Chao had to look up to Shen Dong.

It was ridiculous that he and his son used to look down on Shen Dong.

Every time they thought about persuading Chen Yuting to break up with Shen Dong, they would heave sighs of regret, unable to bear their remorse.

"Let’s not worry about him for now. You must handle the acquisition of Jiamei Company properly. Only if you get this right can you prove your abilities to the people of Lijing Group and secure your foothold within the group. It wasn’t easy for me to fight for this opportunity for you, so you better not disappoint me. If you fail, I won’t be having a good time, and if I’m not having a good time, you can forget about it too," Liu Chao said gravely.

"Mr. Liu, rest assured, we will definitely get it done," Dong Qikang vowed, pounding his chest.

"That’s right, Mr. Liu, just wait for our triumphant return," Dong Junjie also chimed in.

"Good," Liu Chao nodded in satisfaction.

...

Shen Dong was drinking tea in the Dongyan Company break room when his phone rang—it was Luo Cheng’an calling.

"Mr. Shen, I’ve reached out again to the shareholders of Lijing Group, but most of them are unwilling to sell their shares. There’s only one willing to sell a one percent stake at double the asking price," Jia Tongsheng said.

"One percent? Then forget it. If it were ten percent, then maybe. If there were a ten percent stake available, not to mention paying double, even if the price were triple or quadruple, I’d be willing to buy," Shen Dong said.

The market value of Lijing Group was expected to increase tenfold, so paying two or three times the value was not an issue.

"Mr. Shen, it’s not possible, no one wants to sell," Jia Tongsheng said with a bitter smile.

The shareholder willing to part with one percent was in urgent need of cash, willing to offload a bit for emergency funds, as one percent wasn’t that significant.

Everyone knew that Lijing Group was going public soon, and after the IPO, no one knew how high the stock price might soar; naturally, everyone wanted to keep their shares.

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