A minute or so later.

Zeng Liqing looked at Shen Fang with admiration.

"President Shen, you're awesome! You really made us proud. Wow, a one-off price of 50 million US dollars! That's incredible! Back then, MIH only spent 5 million US dollars to acquire nearly 40% of the shares. Damn, if President Shen were here, we wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss. Thinking about it now still makes my heart bleed. President Shen is so domineering! That kid is almost driven crazy by you. Hahahaha."

Jiang Zhidong flattered, "President Shen, you're truly amazing! Goodness, we tech guys can't compare to someone like you. Little Ma may be dark-skinned, but he's too proud and a bit inarticulate. You, on the other hand, are so domineering. You immediately intimidated Xu Xin and seized the initiative. President Shen, I think I shouldn't call you President Shen anymore. I should call you Master Shen. Master Shen, take me to the top and make me soar!"

Shen Fang waved his hand and smiled: "It's all an act. You can learn a thing or two by watching more movies about Hong Kong gangster bosses."

Zeng Liqing looked at Chen Fang with a blank expression: "Really? I'll take a look later, and I'll show off next time too."

Jiang Zhidong looked at the simple-minded Zeng Liqing: "Are you out of your mind? You think you can learn this from watching movies??? Are you kidding me? President Shen has this side to him all along, he just doesn't usually show it."

At this moment, Brother Ma also walked into the conference room, his face beaming with joy. He patted Chen Fang on the shoulder.

"Brother, you're really awesome. You completely stunned Xu Xin. You have no idea how fierce this woman is."

Shen Fang waved his hand: "It's just a coincidence today. You forgot that I'm from Beijing Film Academy. My acting skills are up to par. How was it, Brother Ma? I did a good job today, right? You came up here and said I was the decision-maker. I was almost dumbfounded. Luckily, I reacted quickly. You didn't even give me any advance notice before you came. You just asked me to perform. Luckily, I'm quick-witted."

Little Ma laughed loudly: "I'm not lying. You're our strategist. You give us the ideas and we're responsible for execution. As for that DreamNet business you mentioned, I haven't heard you mention it. You're really good at bluffing."

"Well, Brother Ma, even though I'm just fooling Xu Xin, we need to secure this business as soon as possible. This is all real money. These days, activating QQ uses prepaid cards. It's too much trouble to go through a middleman. It's much simpler to just recharge via SMS."

Jiang Zhidong nodded: "That's right. We had cooperated with Mobile Dream Network before. At that time, in order to make money, we charged 1 yuan to register a QQ account. Later, we stopped using it. It's not difficult to get this business. The difficult part is with China Unicom and China Telecom. We need to communicate with them."

Little Ma nodded: "I'll talk to them later and share the profits. Only a fool wouldn't do that; it's mainly about how the profits are divided."

Zeng Liqing looked at Shen Fang and Brother Ma.

"Do you think Xu Xin will agree? That's 50 million US dollars."

Shen Fang said indifferently, "Whether she agrees or not doesn't matter. What I'm worried about now is her going to MIH to take over their shares."

Little Ma smiled and said, "Then you don't need to worry, brother. There were additional clauses when we signed the contract. The buyback only allows us to recover these shares, and the transfer of shares also requires our consent. Xu Xin isn't that stupid. She'll get no benefit from pointing it out."

Shen Fang nodded: "Brother Ma, approximately how many shares does MIH hold?"

Little Ma thought for a moment: "Currently, the major shareholders are Richard Li's 20% stake in PCCW and IGO's 15% stake. The remaining shares have not been lost, so you, my brother, have 15%. Richard Li sold them to MIH, and IGO probably sold some as well. Right now, the company doesn't have enough funds to buy back these shares."

Shen Fang nodded: "It's alright, it's still early. If Tencent doesn't have enough money internally before the IPO in 2004, I'll support you in the buyback process. We can't let these foreign investors control Tencent's future; this is all money!!!"

Little Ma looked completely agreeing.

"I will not allow Tencent to go public until I buy back the shares. Sucking away is fine, but there must be a price to pay. If someone like Xu Xin is willing to pay a high price for shares, I will allow her to enjoy the future fruits of Tencent's success. But not MIH and IGO!!!"

At this moment, Shen Kun, Liu Qianqian, Xu Chenhua, and Chen Yidan also walked in.

Chen Yidan asked curiously, "How did the talks go?"

Zeng Liqing excitedly hugged Chen Yidan's neck: "Old Chen, do you know what just happened? President Shen came up and directly challenged Xu Xin, completely intimidating her. From beginning to end, President Shen had Xu Xin under his thumb, with full authority. The most outrageous thing is, do you know what price President Shen offered for 2% of our company's shares?"

Xu Chenhua: "What's the price? 20 million RMB?"

Zeng Liqing rolled her eyes at Xu Chenhua: "Old Xu, can you use your imagination a little more and calculate in US dollars?"

Chen Yidan exclaimed excitedly, "You're not saying it's... 10 million US dollars, are you?!"

Zhang Zhidong, standing to the side, burst into laughter: "It's 50 million, in US dollars!!!"

Hiss!!!

Zeng Liqing looked at Jiang Zhidong with resentment.

"Old Jiang, you deserve to die!!!"

"I was just about to say that, can't you just let me have some fun?!"

Zhang Zhidong grinned mischievously: "Who told you to be so slow?"

Zeng Liqing grabbed Jiang Zhidong by the neck.

"Die!!!!"

Xu Chenhua swallowed hard, then slapped himself hard.

Everyone present was stunned, and even Zeng Liqing released Jiang Zhidong's neck.

Even Little Ma was terrified. Possessed by a ghost?!

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