Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 94: Didi Shares Realized
"Good afternoon, Mr. Chen!"

"Hello."

Although she didn't know how many times it had happened, Chen Xiu still greeted the somewhat unfamiliar employee with practiced ease.

However, after taking only a few steps forward, other people immediately appeared and greeted Chen Xiu.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Chen."

"Hello."

A little bewildered by the other party's enthusiastic performance, Chen Xiu, after greeting them, changed her slow pace and quickly walked to the door of Douyin CEO's office.

After knocking, Su Xiao's cool and indifferent voice came from inside.

"come in."

Upon entering the office, Chen Xiu saw Su Xiao working on her tasks, and Su Yu sitting idly in a swivel chair.

Seeing him come in, Su Yu seemed to have found a place to kill time, and quickly got up from the swivel chair and walked towards the door.

"Xiao Xiu, you've finally come to the new company to inspect the work!"

"What are you doing here slacking off? That's not like you!"

"What do you mean by 'slacking off'? I just have nothing to do."

Su Yu rolled her eyes and pointed outside through the slightly ajar door.

"You have no idea, after Lao Hou and Lao Zhang arrived at the new company and found out that the software they designed was your idea, they were all like they were on steroids. They practically lived in the company coding every day. With such a great team, it's no wonder I, the product director, have a lot of free time!"

Chen Xiu nodded in understanding, then seemed to remember something else.

"I ran into quite a few unfamiliar faces as I walked along, and they all greeted me in the product department's work area. Have you hired any new people?"

"We don't need to recruit new employees right now."

Su Xiao, who had temporarily stopped working, stood up and explained, "They all came here through internal referrals."

"Do we have that kind of strength?" Chen Xiu asked, puzzled.

Generally speaking, changing jobs means offering a higher salary than the original position. At present, Douyin's base salary is just the industry average, so it seems that there is no possibility of poaching people.

"They didn't mention a pay raise."

"They said they were betting on the future."

Su Yu picked up where Su Xiao left off and explained to Chen Xiu.

As the product director, he usually mingles with his subordinates, so he naturally understands their thoughts.

"Betting on the future?"

Chen Xiu glanced at Su Xiao. He already had a guess in his mind, but he wasn't quite sure yet.

Su Xiao nodded: "They are all highly skilled people who are not doing well in their careers. After learning that you started a new business, they took the initiative to submit their resumes through ByteDance and Lao Hou."

"So they came for me after all."

Chen Xiu smiled, feeling quite pleased with this unexpected joy.

People's hearts are hard to win, but easy to lose.

Since merging with Kuaidi, Didi has become one of the top ten internet giants, and its popularity has been unparalleled for the past month.

Chen Xiu used Didi as a stage, and by leveraging the layoffs of Lao Hou and Lao Zhang, she staged a drama that resonated with many working professionals. She then used Toutiao (a Chinese news aggregator) to further amplify the event, thus gaining public support for herself.

Although I've mentioned it many times, I'll say it one last time: he spent that 2100 million yuan so well.

After laughing, Chen Xiu began to inquire about Su Xiao and Su Yu's situation.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, have you and Xiaoyu sold your shares?"

"It's all settled. The price offered by Tencent is very reasonable," Su Xiao said calmly. The combined shares she and Su Yu held were only a little over 1%, with a market value of approximately 3 million US dollars.

Successfully cashing out the shares can be seen as a reward for the efforts the two have made over the past few years.

When the topic of shares came up, Su Yu became more talkative.

"Xiao Xiu, have you sold all your remaining shares as well?"

"We sold some of them, and all the money we got was spent on this..."

Chen Xiu drew a circle on the ceiling to indicate that all his money had been spent there.

After Didi and Kuaidi merged, his original 6% stake was reduced by half to 3%.

Having already laid his cards on the table with Cheng Wei, Chen Xiu had already begun selling half of her shares during the Spring Festival.

After successfully cashing out 3 million US dollars, Chen Xiu established an investment company and, under the company's controlling stake, invested 1 million US dollars into Douyin as seed money.

Then, this investment company registered for overseas investment qualifications, thus becoming Chen Xiu's personal wealth management company...

In addition to these two uses, Datang Film & Television also received an investment of 1 million RMB, and Chen Xiu also withdrew 1 million RMB for his own use.

The 2100 million yuan that Lao Hou and his family used came from their own 1 million yuan savings. They used the rest of the money to buy a house.

After discussing what they had gained from Didi, Chen Xiu chatted with Su Xiao about the company's recent situation. Once he confirmed that everything was in order, he also revealed the other purpose of his trip.

"I'm here today to announce something to you."

Looking at the Su siblings, Chen Xiu said, "I bought an apartment and I'm preparing to move in these next few days. You all have to come over for dinner!"

"Are you planning to stay in the capital from now on?" Su Yu asked, her imagination running wild.

Su Xiao, however, thought of something else: "Will your girlfriend show up when you move?"

"It's not that I want to stay in Beijing forever, I just want to find a more suitable place to live. I will buy a house in Shanghai in the future."

After answering Su Yu's question, Chen Xiu turned to Su Xiao and said, "Sister Meng is returning to Beijing today, and I'll be picking her up at the airport later."

"Xiaoyu and I will go!"

Su Xiao answered before Su Yu could, then subtly warned her younger brother with her eyes not to speak carelessly.

Chen Xiu didn't notice the interaction between the siblings. She simply got up to say goodbye and said, "OK, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"I'll give it to you."

Su Yu only got a chance to speak after Chen Xiu left the office and Su Xiao returned and locked the door.

"Sis, how come you were so calm just now?"

"Didn't we already know that Xiaoxiu had a girlfriend? Why shouldn't I be calm?"

Su Xiao returned to her chair and calmly continued working.

Su Yu watched for a while before confirming that she really didn't care at all and there was no pretense in her expression.

"Hey, you really treat Xiao Xiu like a younger brother and have no feelings for him anymore?"

"I feel like you've been a bit frizzy lately! Is your skin loose? Do you need me to tighten it for you?"

"Never mind, never mind, I won't trouble you, sis."

Su Yu waved her hand repeatedly, then left the office and closed the door behind her.

When the office quieted down again, Su Xiao, feeling the gentle breeze, pushed up her glasses. The light from the window shone on her profile, making the lenses appear slightly reflective.

"Ha, if you could marry an actor with an empty head, then you wouldn't be so fascinated by me."

After that self-talk, only the sound of turning the pages of documents remained in the office.

(End of this chapter)