Only after being reborn did I realize how fascinating the world of the rich is.

Some may wonder why Li Xiaofeng didn't just go to the secondary market and forcibly acquire the company to gain control of Structural Media.

Why go through all that trouble to get targeted financing from Kage Media through Cao Jinpeng?

This is partly because a large-scale acquisition of a company's stock can cause the company's stock price to rise significantly. Therefore, once you have enough shares to control a company, the cost will skyrocket.

In addition, when there are significant changes in the company's equity structure that require an announcement, Li Xiaofeng will reveal his purpose in advance so that Luo Siqi and others can prepare.

At that time, Losi and his team will try every means to raise the stock price, such as through small-scale buybacks and spreading insider information about a significant increase in stock price.

If the stock price of Kage Media rises significantly, even if Li Xiaofeng succeeds in the acquisition, he will pay a heavy price; to put it bluntly, he will waste a lot of money.

The so-called targeted share issuance organized by Luo Siqi involves selling newly issued shares of the company directly to specific entities and individuals. These shares will not flood the stock market and will not have a significant impact on the stock price.

This is also beneficial for the company's shareholders, since a large influx of shares into the stock market often leads to a decline in stock prices.

It's like a farmers market; if there's a sudden surge in the quantity of a particular product, its price will generally drop.

Of course, for Gage Media, targeted share issuance is more cost-effective, provided they are unaware that Li Xiaofeng intends to acquire them.

If Luo Siqi knew that Li Xiaofeng was the one who bought the shares, he certainly wouldn't have sold the newly added shares of Kage Media directly to Li Xiaofeng.

Therefore, Cao Jinpeng is a key figure in Li Xiaofeng's acquisition of Gage Media. After all, Cao Jinpeng is currently one of Gage Media's shareholders, although his shareholding is not large, and he can gain their trust.

As for whether Cao Jinpeng would betray Li Xiaofeng and leak information to Luo Siqi and others in advance, Li Xiaofeng was not worried, because it would not benefit Cao Jinpeng at all, but Li Xiaofeng would give him a lot of benefits.

But Cao Jinpeng has no money, so how can he buy the newly issued shares of the structured media?

Li Xiaofeng could sign a commissioned acquisition agreement with Cao Jinpeng in advance, and then lend him the money to buy shares in the structured media company, clearly defining the responsibilities and obligations of both parties, as well as the penalties for breach of contract.

After Cao Jinpeng buys the shares, he will use them to repay Li Xiaofeng's loan, and at the same time, sell his own shares at the pre-agreed price.

Of course, after working so hard for so long to finally build up the company, Architectural Media, it's impossible for Luo Siqi to easily relinquish control, even to the other shareholders.

Therefore, Cao Jinpeng's own shares, plus the shares issued in this private placement, certainly do not pose a threat to Luo Siqi.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng would need to use other means to acquire shares of Kage Media from the stock market.

A common tactic is to first register a dozen or twenty shell companies, and then have each company buy a small portion of the shares of the media company from the stock market.

This not only avoids the need to disclose equity changes to the stock market, but also minimizes the risk of stock price increases caused by large-scale stock acquisitions.

Even with all preparations made, Li Xiaofeng still planned to give Luo Siqi and the others a feint in order to reduce the cost of acquiring Kage Media.

That is to first have Le Xin'er deliver a message to them, saying that she wants to take back her Wanzhong Media and transfer the attention of Luo Siqi and others, as well as the remaining cash reserves of Jige Media, to Wanzhong Media.

In this way, once Li Xiaofeng starts the acquisition of Gage Media, he can catch Luo Siqi and others off guard.

Li Xiaofeng did not intend to tell Le Xiner about the acquisition of Gage Media, and he did not intend to tell anyone except Cao Jinpeng.

As the ancients wisely said, "If a ruler is not discreet, he will lose his ministers; if a minister is not discreet, he will lose his life; and if matters are not kept secret, they will lead to harm."

After all, Le Xin'er is a member of the Le family, and the Le family treats her quite well. She gets along relatively well with the Le family members, and they have helped her a lot in her legal career, providing her with a lot of resources.

Although her treatment was certainly not as good as that of a legitimate daughter like Le Mengyao, and Le Xin'er and her mother were raised outside the family before, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Le family raised Le Xin'er.

Putting aside her attitude towards the Le family, even if her attitude were entirely on Li Xiaofeng's side, it would still be cruel for her to turn her anger towards the Le family.

Keeping Le Xin'er in the dark about this is the best way to protect her.

After Li Xiaofeng had finished arranging the acquisition, he called Le Xiner to his villa and spent some quality time together.

As Le Xin'er left Li Xiaofeng's villa and was about to return to the law firm, Li Xiaofeng said to her, "Xin'er, when you run into Mengyao another day, please pass on a message to them for me, asking if they are willing to return Wanzhong Media to me. The price is negotiable!"

"You want to take back your Wanzhong Media? Really? Do you have enough funds to acquire it now?" Le Xin'er was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, she understood.

After all, Wanzhong Media was founded by Li Xiaofeng, and it is definitely a high-quality company.

Previously, under pressure from Luo Siqi, he was forced to sell his shares. Now that he has money, the stock price of Wanzhong Media has also fallen sharply.

It's understandable that Li Xiaofeng wants to buy it back, especially since buying back Wanzhong Media would greatly benefit his career.

Sure enough, Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "The stock price of Wanzhong Media has now fallen from $60 to below $10."

In other words, the shares that were previously sold to Losi can now be bought back for around 10 billion yuan.

Although most of my money has already been invested, I think I can still scrape together this last bit.

Le Xin'er said with some difficulty, "As you know, there is an economic crisis now, and they have a lot of negative news recently, so their stock price is running at a low level. In addition, they have lost so much money, so they definitely don't want to sell!"

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I just wanted you to ask for me!"

"Alright then, if they're unwilling to sell, they can't blame me!"

Watching Le Xin'er's departing figure, Li Xiaofeng smiled.

He has almost finished acquiring the 60 billion yuan he has in hand. Liu Shasha has already started helping him apply for bank loans. Although banks are tightening credit, the money in hand can only make money if it is lent out.

Therefore, given Li Xiaofeng's good credit and the quality of his collateral, they were quite willing to lend him money.