Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

"Mr. Zhao, we currently own 42% of Longxing Group's shares. Mr. Song Weixuan personally owns 5% of Longxing Group's shares. Citibank owns 10% of the shares, and Goldman Sachs owns 10% of the shares."

Kuang Youzhi stood in front of the desk with a smile on his face, reporting the situation to his boss.

Since the successful acquisition of Longxing Group a month ago, Kuang Youzhi has become the general manager of Longxing Group as he wished and has also obtained a portion of the shares.

“What’s the current share price?”

Zhao Wenhao casually glanced at the report on the table, then looked up and continued to ask.

Kuang Youzhi quickly replied, "Through our collaboration, the stock price has been driven up to 4.5 yuan. Mr. Wells also said a few days ago that he hoped we could work together to raise it to over 8 yuan this month."

"Haha, he's quite calculating. Back then, I asked him to buy 10% of the shares, but he wasn't happy about it. The share price was around 1.2 yuan then, and now it's more than quadrupled, and he's still not satisfied!"

Zhao Wenhao chuckled, but didn't care too much.

Kuang Youzhi shook his head: "Hehe, who would be content? Yesterday, Mr. Song Weixuan came over and asked me, whether intentionally or unintentionally, when I could operate it again."

"Take your time. It's already the end of July. Those Western investors are preparing for their final assault on the Hong Kong stock market. We have to lend a hand and earn some favors from them!"

Zhao Wenhao's eyes were vague, as if he had thought of something.

Kuang Youzhi replied again: "The Hong Kong government has asked to meet with you several times, but according to your instructions, we have turned them down for the time being."

"Don't worry about the Hong Kong government for now. I will take action when the time comes. Please help me make an appointment with Wells. I want to talk to him about something." Zhao Wenhao ordered.

Kuang Youzhi nodded and immediately agreed: "Okay, Mr. Zhao, I'll arrange it right away."

Just as Kuang Youzhi was about to leave, Zhao Wenhao stopped him and said, "I arranged for you to recruit people two months ago. How come you haven't recruited all the people yet?"

Kuang Youzhi quickly explained, "Actually, there are a lot of applicants, but I still want to carefully screen them, so I've been delayed a bit. However, there will be another group of people coming for interviews tomorrow morning. If Mr. Zhao is free, why not come and take a look together!"

"You can arrange these things yourself. I won't get involved. Report to me again before it is finally finalized, and I will meet with them by the way." Zhao Wenhao waved his hand.

Seeing this situation, Kuang Youzhi did not force it and immediately left the office to call Wells.

That afternoon, after making an appointment with Wells, Zhao Wenhao went to keep the appointment.

The matter being discussed involved Hengyuan Semiconductor Company.

The semiconductor company was originally established to make breakthroughs in memory and hard drives.

After several years, although there have been some achievements, they still cannot meet Zhao Wenhao's requirements.

With the financial crisis now raging across Asia, countless companies were facing survival crises. Therefore, Zhao Wenhao was thinking of taking advantage of this opportunity to acquire companies with advanced technology to accelerate the development of Hengyuan Semiconductor.

The reason for looking for Wells is that Citibank represented by Wells has certain advantages in this regard.

Back then, why did Zhao Wenhao want Citibank to invest in the semiconductor company?

This time, why is Zhao Wenhao willing to give Citibank a discount so that they can get a share of the acquisition of Longxing Group?

These are all big favors that need to be repaid by the other party.

Now that the time is ripe, Zhao Wenhao hopes that Wells will help.

"From what I understand, South Korea has been hit hard since last year. Furthermore, their technological reserves in memory and hard drives are far ahead of the global market. Mr. Wells, I hope you can identify one or two companies that can help us achieve a major technological breakthrough!"

In the coffee shop, Zhao Wenhao and Wells sat opposite each other.

Wells looked a little solemn at this time. Due to certain terms, they were not allowed to transfer technology to the country in the high-tech field.

Of course, shrimps have their own ways, and mice have their own ways.

If there are some ways, it is still possible to avoid or circumvent these bans.

It just depends on whether it is worth doing.

"Mr. Zhao, you should know that doing this will put me in a difficult position!" Wells still did not give in.

Zhao Wenhao chuckled and raised his coffee cup. "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you. I'll arrange everything, and we don't need to show up. A company from a European country will go to negotiate, and you'll just play a facilitating role."

"I can only say that I will try my best, but I can't guarantee success!" Wells remained unmoved.

Zhao Wenhao put down the cup in his hand and said solemnly, "Wells, this is good for both you and me. If this matter can be facilitated sooner, Hengyuan Semiconductor will also achieve results sooner. In that case, the company can also be listed as soon as possible.

You, Citibank, now own 5% of the shares, and I can promise that once this is accomplished, I am willing to transfer another 5% of the shares to you.

In this way, you will become the second largest shareholder of Hengyuan Semiconductor!

When the company goes public in the future, you will definitely make a ton of money!"

Wells did not respond immediately, still weighing the pros and cons.

As Zhao Wenhao said, he only spent more than one million US dollars to obtain 5% of the equity of Hengyuan Semiconductor.

In just a few years, the company's valuation has now exceeded its original value by several times.

If more technologies can be acquired and the products can break through the existing shackles, the company's valuation will inevitably increase significantly.

This is good for him personally and for Citibank.

"Okay, I can try!"

After a while, Wells finally nodded and agreed.

Zhao Wenhao laughed heartily. He believed that as long as Wells sincerely helped him, he would be able to accomplish it.

Moreover, Zhao Wenhao did not place all his hopes on Wells. He also made an appointment with Goldman Sachs and Song Weixuan to meet tomorrow.

He believed that by taking multiple approaches, there would be unexpected results.

The next morning, Zhao Wenhao went to work as usual.

He has made an appointment with Song Weixuan to meet in the office at ten o'clock this morning.

When he walked into the company's door, he saw a long queue inside.

Zhao Wenhao frowned and was about to ask what was going on when he suddenly remembered that the company had a recruitment meeting this morning.

Therefore, he didn't care and walked towards the office.

Just as Zhao Wenhao was walking towards the office, he casually glanced at the people waiting in line, but suddenly found the back of a girl who looked very familiar to him standing in the line.

She was like a snow lotus blooming in the snow, her figure as tall as a bamboo in the wind, her neck as slender as an elegant white swan, and her white slim dress, like silver gauze under the moonlight, emitting a cool and charming glow.

Although he was just standing behind her, Zhao Wenhao recognized her at a glance.

Perhaps sensing the strange gazes from behind, the girl turned around silently.

Just as she looked up at the man behind her, her expression suddenly became extremely surprised: "Wenhao, why are you here?"

Zhao Wenhao had a smile on his face, but his heart was already burning with passion: "Bingyan, long time no see, I didn't expect it was really you!"

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