My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 288: Could It Be a Scam Call?

Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Could It Be a Scam Call?

Spending a long time on the internet used to occupy the home phone line, causing external calls to not come through.

At a time when the number of internet users wasn’t as high, having such daily active usage was already quite impressive.

"I heard that Chengzhou Technology plans to invest in Little Pink Book and then go further by pre-installing Little Pink Book’s client in Chengzhou computers. When customers buy a Chengzhou computer, it will come with the Little Pink Book client installed," Cao Zhijie said. "This shows that Chengzhou Technology is truly optimistic about Little Pink Book."

"Once they invest, they’ll spare no effort in developing Little Pink Book. By then, Chengzhou Technology might just use Little Pink Book as a springboard to grow and strengthen their presence in the social networking space," Cao Zhijie said gravely.

Zhou Xueyi’s face darkened, "Since Chengzhou Technology is so optimistic about Little Pink Book, then we’ll collaborate with Little Pink Book one step ahead of them."

"President Zhou, you mean..."

"Do you know the address of Little Pink Book’s company?" Zhou Xueyi said.

"I can find out after checking Little Pink Book’s information," Cao Zhijie said.

"Reach out to Little Pink Book and schedule a meeting to discuss a collaboration. I will invest in Little Pink Book in my own name," Zhou Xueyi sneered. "By then, even if Chengzhou invests and supports Little Pink Book, I’ll still make money off it."

"Will Little Pink Book agree to it?" Cao Zhijie asked uncertainly.

"Why wouldn’t they agree to such a good deal?" Zhou Xueyi said, brimming with confidence. "I heard it was started by three college students with little money. I offer them investment, and they’re going to jump at the chance, right?"

"Besides, who am I? I’m from Chengzhou Group. Those naive college students will think I’m someone official the moment they hear it. Plus, I’m the nephew of Chengzhou Group’s CEO; how could they not agree?"

Cao Zhijie thought it made sense.

College students, still in their ivory towers, naive and easily deceived; it’s pretty normal.

Even if they’re a bit cunning, they’re still no match for an old hand like Zhou Xueyi.

"Starting a business isn’t easy. I’ve heard the three of them are struggling to make ends meet," Cao Zhijie nodded. "One of them, Lu Youxi, seems to be the spokesperson for external affairs. Whether it’s interviews or formal collaborations, it’s Lu Youxi who discusses them with Chengzhou Technology. She personally mentioned that the three of them are financially strapped. Under these circumstances, if you propose to invest, they’ll definitely be eager."

"Right, we must complete the investment deal with them before Chengzhou Technology contacts them," Zhou Xueyi stood and paced the office. "Otherwise, once Chengzhou reaches out to them, they might change their minds and let Chengzhou participate."

Zhou Xueyi knew that compared to Chengzhou, he certainly lacked competitive power.

"Those three aren’t wealthy and have probably never seen so much money. But they’re ambitious and are set on growing the company," Zhou Xueyi analyzed. "At this point, if I propose to invest and offer them the funds, won’t they hurry to agree?"

"Absolutely," Cao Zhijie nodded emphatically. "Three people who’ve never seen much money suddenly get a substantial investment; they’d surely be excited. In their excitement, they’d be eager to agree."

Zhou Xueyi nodded again and again, his face radiating a smile as if he held a winning hand.

Seeing Cao Zhijie still standing before him, his face turned stern, and he urged impatiently, "What are you still doing here? Hurry up and get in touch! Don’t let Chengzhou Technology get ahead!"

"Yes!" Cao Zhijie quickly left to make contact.

Lu Youxi was somewhat dumbfounded when she received Cao Zhijie’s call.

To make his side seem extra high-end, Cao Zhijie pulled out all the titles he could associate with Zhou Xueyi, "President Lu, hello, I am the assistant to Director Zhou Xueyi of Chengzhou Group."

"Director Zhou Xueyi?" Lu Youxi muttered to herself, wondering if it was a scam call.

"Yes," Cao Zhijie said, nodding. "Director Zhou has been paying attention to the collaboration between Little Pink Book and Chengzhou Technology, and he’s very impressed with the performance of Little Pink Book since its launch. He also greatly appreciates Little Pink Book’s positioning. Director Zhou believes that as long as Little Pink Book is properly invested in, its future development will be very promising."

Lu Youxi raised her eyebrows slightly and courteously responded, "Thank you for Director Zhou’s appreciation."

Listening to Lu Youxi’s young and crisp voice on the phone, Cao Zhijie thought about the information on Little Pink Book he’d looked up before calling.

Lu Youxi and her two partners were all freshmen.

At least she and someone named Ji Deyi were students at Jing University.

But one of them was only a community college student.

With such a lineup, wouldn’t they be led astray by Zhou Xueyi?

Cao Zhijie unconsciously looked down on Lu Youxi and her two partners.

"But we’ve also analyzed that with Little Pink Book’s current investment, it would be difficult to advance further," Cao Zhijie said. "Although Chengzhou Technology provides support, it can only offer limited help to Little Pink Book. Chengzhou’s resources can’t possibly be provided to Little Pink Book without restrictions."

"Moreover, the support from Chengzhou has a time limit. Right now, it seems like Little Pink Book is soaring due to Chengzhou’s traffic boost. But once the support period is over and the collaboration with Chengzhou concludes, Little Pink Book’s development will not necessarily come to a halt, but it will likely slow down significantly."

"If you still want to collaborate with Chengzhou by that time, it won’t be so simple. Even paying a huge price may not guarantee success, unless..." Cao Zhijie’s eyes roved, thinking about Chengzhou also planning to discuss investment with Lu Youxi, so he took the opportunity to plant the idea, "Unless you sell Little Pink Book to Chengzhou, allowing Chengzhou to become the major shareholder. Then Chengzhou, for its own benefit, should continue to support Little Pink Book’s development."

Cao Zhijie held back another cunning thought; Zhou Xueyi’s proposal to invest in Little Pink Book was sudden.

And even if they reached an agreement with Lu Youxi, it wouldn’t be immediately signed.

In the meantime, Chengzhou Technology had ample time to discuss the investment with Lu Youxi.

He was now planting a concept of priority in Lu Youxi’s mind that if Chengzhou Technology were to invest, they would certainly take up the largest share and control.

Eventually, Lu Youxi would lose control over Little Pink Book and be subjected to Chengzhou Technology’s restrictions.

"But I think, since Little Pink Book is a product you three have developed with difficulty, you probably wouldn’t be willing to sell it easily," Cao Zhijie said.

Listening, Lu Youxi rolled her eyes. Did Cao Zhijie have any work competence at all?

After all that talk, he still hadn’t gotten to the point.

She was beginning to doubt Cao Zhijie’s competence, as well as the judgment of Zhou Xueyi, who still chose to rely on him.

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