Artifact Report

Chapter 222 Jin Xueli: A World I Don’t Understand

After a while of reacting, Jin Xueli finally squeezed the first question into the lawyer's words: "Which company?"

There was silence on the phone.

The silence at that moment was practically subtitled. Jin Xueli could clearly hear a line of words floating up from the phone: "Are many companies actively offering to transfer equity to you?"

But the lawyer was quite professional. After stuttering for a moment, he simply said, "NuLife-Biotech."

She was even more confused.

Biotech company? Or life science?

She knew that the Kai family owned a nightclub. If it was a company in the entertainment industry or something like that, she could understand; but what was the relationship between the Kai family and biotechnology?
It sounds very high-tech...

She did a quick search on her phone, but there weren't many results. She didn't have time to look closely, so she just glanced at it and thought it actually seemed pretty high-tech.

"Who is Scott?" she asked. "Shouldn't it be Chase?"

The lawyer was also confused. "Who is Chai Si?"

There was silence on the phone for a few seconds.

"Let me confirm, you are... Miss Jin Xueli? Jin as in gold, Xue as in snowflake, and Li as in pear—"

"Yeah, it's me," Jin Xueli said, feeling like she was going on like this for a long time. "Why don't you tell me from the beginning, uh, start with Scott."

"Mr. Scott told me that you might have some confusion about the situation..."

The lawyer did not finish the second half of his sentence; perhaps he did not expect that the person who was about to receive the equity transfer would be so confused about the situation.

He coughed and, as Jin Xueli requested, started from the beginning.

John Scott, surprisingly, was not Chase's pseudonym.

He's fifty-four years old, and his resume is astonishingly impressive: after graduating from a top medical school with a double major, and after several years of research, he achieved something even more challenging than graduation—not only securing a tenured professorship at his own university, but also rising to the position of dean. He's published revolutionary, cutting-edge theories that have spawned new industries, and written three popular science books on life sciences, each of which has spent over a decade on the Hayward Times bestseller list. He's arguably the world's most sought-after academic.

But what does this have to do with hunters?
Jin Xueli was about to explode from this question that kept growing but couldn't be asked.

"Mr. Scott founded this company four years ago," the lawyer explained, perhaps sensing her lack of understanding. "The company's current preliminary valuation is around 300 million, and we're about to secure Series A funding. Prior to this, Mr. Scott has decided to transfer 3% of his equity to you..."

To be honest, she didn't hear the last few sentences clearly, because Jin Xueli immediately took out the calculator and calculated what 3% of 300 million was - 300 million really requires too many zeros - after the calculation result came out, she stared at the phone screen in confusion for a long time.

How much?
Nine million dollars? I don't mean to look down on the Kai family, but how many nine million dollars can the Kai family have?

Why would Chai Si give her nine million?
Chai Si thinks his life is so valuable?

But he is just the second in command. He thinks he is so valuable. Does the head of the Kai family agree?
What if I want to go back in two days?
"If you transfer it to me, can I take it back?" She was so shocked that she actually said it out loud.

The lawyer who was explaining the situation on the phone suddenly paused for a second.

"Unless you agree..."

Of course I cannot agree to that.

"You, please say it again, from the beginning."

Jin Xueli felt that she needed to listen to the dry voice on the phone, saying it several times to make it a fact and help tie her to the ground.

"Let's start with...why Scott gave me shares."

In the lawyer's introduction, there was no trace of Kaijia or Chai Si.

In his words, Jin Xueli became a core member of NuLife's startup team, having been there since Scott founded the company four years ago. Prior to securing the Series A investment, core employees would receive proportional equity—meaning she wasn't the only one receiving shares. However, whether the others were truly core employees or members of the Kai family was unclear. If the lawyer sensed that this identity was completely fabricated, he didn't let on—he had just been explaining Scott to Jin Xueli.

...I really didn't expect that the life money would appear along with a new identity.

Why make such an arrangement?
"Of course, the VC must have a clear understanding of all the company's current shareholders..." The lawyer was a little overwhelmed by Jin Xueli's modified question. "This, this is certainly not based on Mr. Scott's interest. It is common practice for core employees to hold shares..."

Oh, in order to get the venture capital approval, they packaged her as a core employee.

It’s okay to package it as Scott himself, as long as Jin Xueli can get the money - but is this true?
There is such a good thing in the world, and the strangest thing is, it belongs to her?

No, don't question good luck; when good luck comes, just take it.

"I got the shares, and then what? Are there any dividends?"

The lawyer was silent for a second or two. "No, you're not an investor, so you won't receive any dividends... But if you don't want to hold shares, you can ask the company or the VC to buy back your shares and sell you out."

"Calculated based on a market value of 300 million?"

“Generally speaking, yes. But you also need to negotiate with VCs.”

"What if you don't sell it?"

"I personally believe that it is not impossible for Nulife's market value to increase several times in the future."

Jin Xueli doesn't quite understand the world that lawyers talk about.

She understood that a higher market value would make the shares more valuable; but she was not familiar with what the other party said later, such as the entry of the venture capital management team, the next two rounds of investment, the possibility of listing and earnout... She had no idea what it related to her.

She doesn't even know what NuLife is.

Just know one thing, she will really turn into a golden pear in the future.

After hanging up the phone with the lawyer, Jin Xueli sent three messages to Chai Si in a row. She felt that her tone seemed too enthusiastic - compared with the scolding last night, the difference seemed too obvious - but after waiting for a long time with anxiety and hot palms, she still did not receive a reply.

Huh? Is this a show?

Jin Xueli thought about it and felt that face was worthless, at least not worth nine million - no one answered the first call to Chai Si, so she considerately waited for half an hour to give the boss some time, and then called a second time.

This time, the call was picked up, but as soon as the other party opened his mouth, Jin Xueli realized something was wrong.

"Hmm? You're Tianxi, right?"

She glanced at her phone screen and realized she had dialed the right number. "I'm Jin Xueli... yes, from last night. Um... where's Chai Si?"

Tianxi let out a deep breath.

"Han Liuyue's situation is a little... not right." He whispered, "As it relates to the family faction, I can't say much more, sorry. I will tell Brother Chai Si about your call... but I don't know when he can get back to you."

After a pause, he spoke the next words with some difficulty.

"It's hard for him to extricate himself now."

　In order to avoid any bugs, I specifically found someone I knew at work (he used to be a VC and had a great resume) and asked him a bunch of questions... I could even sense what he wasn't saying, which was probably something like "Don't you have Google? These are such basic questions."

　　I added a sentence in the introduction: the exchange rate of the Blackmore World Currency to the RMB is set at 1:8
　　I've seen readers say that getting 7 in one go for Fu Tai Lan's lair is too little. I thought, "50 for days is too little?" Then I realized it might be because the exchange rate wasn't clearly stated. He was thinking , while I was thinking million.

　　I will ask the editor tomorrow if the thank-you chapter that was mistakenly set as a paid chapter can be deleted... Oh, my hands are really bad.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)