novelraw Chapter 588 : 400,000 Original Shares
Chapter 588 : 400,000 Original Shares
Chapter 588: 400,000 Original Shares
The night passed without incident.
The next day, Chen Fan was woken up by Feng Pojun's phone call.
There was no choice, as the boss still had to meet with the people from Baidu in the morning.
"What time is it?"
Su Ruochu asked with her eyes closed, her long eyelashes blinking, her voice soft and cute.
The girl was exhausted last night.
She barely fell asleep in the early hours of the morning.
"6:30."
Chen Fan smiled, "Do you have class today?"
"No classes in the morning, two in the afternoon."
Seeing Chen Fan about to get up, Su Ruochu mumbled, "Why are you getting up so early?"
"I have a business meeting later."
"Then I'll get up too."
Chen Fan reached out to stop her, "Since you don't have class in the morning, just sleep well here."
"If you get hungry, call room service to bring breakfast up."
"I'll come back as soon as I finish the business meeting."
"Mm."
Su Ruochu made a sound of agreement with her eyes closed and fell back asleep.
Seeing the cute sleeping face of this girl, Chen Fan couldn't help but lean down and gently kiss her forehead.
He carefully put on his clothes, washed up, and left the room on crutches.
In the hallway, Feng Pojun was already waiting there.
"Boss."
"Have you eaten?"
"Not yet."
"Perfect. Let's go downstairs to eat together."
The two had breakfast at the hotel, then Chen Fan made a phone call.
After that, they drove out.
Close to 8 am, they arrived at the agreed location, a tea restaurant.
When Chen Fan went upstairs, Chen Wenchao was having breakfast in a private room.
Seeing Chen Fan, Chen Wenchao stood up in shock.
"Mr. Chen, what happened to you...?"
Chen Fan smiled, "Had a minor car accident, it's nothing."
Chen Wenchao felt somewhat guilty, "If I had known Mr. Chen wasn't feeling well, I would have set the meeting place at your hotel."
But Chen Fan waved his hand.
"They're the main characters this time, we should accommodate the hosts."
Chen Wenchao hurriedly invited Chen Fan to sit down.
"Have you eaten, Mr. Chen?"
"I've already eaten. You go ahead. We can talk while you eat."
Chen Wenchao felt a bit embarrassed.
"I took a half-day off from work this morning, and to avoid being late, I didn't even have breakfast. You know what Beijing traffic is like."
Chen Fan nodded with a smile, indicating he understood.
If it wasn't to avoid traffic, he wouldn't have gotten up at 6:30 either.
Chen Wenchao wolfed down the rest of his breakfast, then asked the waiter for a pot of tea.
After taking a sip of tea, Chen Wenchao let out a comfortable sigh before getting down to business.
"This time, there are five people who want to sell the company's original shares. All five of them have confirmed they're resigning, they all have some shares, and they've been looking for buyers recently."
Chen Wenchao explained all the information to Chen Fan without hiding anything.
This was also why Chen Wenchao wanted to meet with Chen Fan before the official negotiations in the morning.
According to Chen Wenchao's introduction, these five people had various reasons for resigning, some didn't get along with the leadership, some were planning to emigrate, and others wanted to cash out their shares to start their own businesses...
Chen Fan didn't care about their reasons for wanting to sell shares, he only cared about how many shares these five people had.
Chen Fan smiled and asked, "How many original shares can they cash out in total?"
Chen Wenchao chuckled, "Well, you see..."
Seeing the other party's coy demeanor, Chen Fan immediately understood.
So he deliberately moved his chair closer to the other person.
"Old Chen, we can be considered friends now, so I won't beat around the bush with you."
"Don't worry, I remember the effort you've put into this matter."
"When this deal is done, I definitely won't treat you unfairly."
As he spoke, Chen Fan took out a bank card from his pocket.
"There's 50,000 yuan in here. After the deal is done, I'll transfer another 50,000 yuan to this card. Consider it a reward for your help in arranging this."
Chen Wenchao was startled.
He didn't expect Chen Fan to be so generous.
Originally, he thought getting 10,000 yuan as a reward wouldn't be bad.
Even if Chen Fan didn't give him any compensation, deepening their friendship would have been worth it.
But he didn't expect Chen Fan to offer 100,000 yuan right off the bat.
This was too generous.
Was this why he was a boss at such a young age, while Chen Wenchao himself was still working for others?
Chen Wenchao discreetly pocketed the bank card and laughed.
"Mr. Chen, you're too kind."
"Don't worry, I'll do my utmost to help you close this deal successfully."
As he spoke, Chen Wenchao secretly glanced at the door of the private room, then held up four fingers to Chen Fan.
"The five of them have this many shares in total."
Chen Fan was stunned.
How many was that?
40,000 shares?
"400,000 shares."
Hiss.
Now it was Chen Fan's turn to draw in a sharp breath.
His fingers unconsciously tightened around the teacup.
He struggled to contain his excitement and not shout out loud.
400,000 original shares of Baidu, how much would they be worth once Baidu goes public next year?
Chen Fan knew he had struck gold.
Seeing Chen Fan's silence, Chen Wenchao thought he wasn't satisfied with the number.
Chen Wenchao hurriedly explained, "Don't think this number is small. Right now, our company's original shares are actually very hard to come by."
"People who have confidence in Baidu's future are all waiting for Baidu to go public, so the shares available outside now are basically small scattered holdings."
"This 400,000 shares is only possible because they are all either the company's original founding members or long-time employees. Otherwise, it would be impossible to get so many original shares."
Chen Fan nodded imperceptibly.
"Mm, although 400,000 shares is a bit less than I imagined, it's... not bad. Thanks, Old Chen."
Seeing Chen Fan nod, Chen Wenchao finally let out a quiet sigh of relief.
After all, Chen Fan had just received 50 million yuan plus some original shares from Baidu.
If this guy planned to use all 50 million to buy original shares, then this amount of shares indeed wouldn't catch his eye.
Little did he know, Chen Fan was already so excited he could barely keep from jumping up.
For the remaining time, the two discussed strategies for the upcoming negotiation. Chen Wenchao even analyzed and introduced the personality traits of those five people one by one to Chen Fan.
Just as they were approaching the agreed time, there was a knock on the door of the private room.
Chen Wenchao called out for them to come in.
Then a man who looked to be in his fifties walked in.
"Manager Guo."
Chen Wenchao quickly stood up to greet him, glancing out the door with some surprise.
"Manager Guo, did you come alone?"
The man nodded.
"Yes, I'm representing all of them. Mr. Li had something come up at the last minute. As it happens, a fund manager is also interested in our shares, so Mr. Li went to meet with them."
Hearing this, Chen Fan's expression changed ever so slightly.
This was interesting.
Saying this right as he entered, it was clearly meant to intimidate Chen Fan and gain the upper hand in the upcoming negotiations.
How could there be such a coincidence in the world, that just before a scheduled meeting, someone else happened to be interested in their original shares?
But at this point, Chen Fan had no other options.
After all, they were truly the sellers in this market.
Chen Wenchao glanced at Chen Fan, then quickly smiled and invited Manager Guo to take a seat.
"Waiter, please clear all the plates and bring a fresh pot of tea."
After the waiter cleared everything away, Chen Wenchao smiled and began speaking.
"Let me introduce you two..."