Chapter 185 "Don't hate me anymore, and don't see me again."
Lu Rang lowered his eyes and listened quietly.
Gao Hai was a little nervous, unsure of what he was thinking.
"I think it's perfectly normal for President Shang to have such concerns. After all, our company's business is completely unrelated to hers. Even if we bought the company and ran it, we wouldn't be able to run it as well as she has."
"It's profitable, but not by much. She has every reason to suspect my motives. It seems we need to think of another way..."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp gaze fixed on him.
Lu Rang's eyes held a hint of impatience. Although there was no aggression in them, they made Gao Hai break out in a cold sweat and sit up as if on pins and needles.
"I have completed the task you assigned me, now I can..."
Lu Rang's gaze was cold. "Get out."
Gao Hai ran away as fast as he could.
...
Meanwhile, the company was thrown into a panic as rumors spread that Shang Wu was going to sell the company, though no one knew who had leaked the information.
Immediately, several senior executives and shareholders kept coming to inquire about the situation, subtly and overtly signaling to Shang Wu not to act impulsively.
Shang Wu knew that the employees were also very concerned about these matters, so he simply convened a meeting of all employees at the ministerial level and above, and asked the managers of their respective departments to convey the message.
She explained that selling the company was not about treating everyone arbitrarily and taking them along with the company, but about finding a reliable boss to take over management.
This has no impact on their work, and the acquisition agreement also states that if the company's employees do not have any business problems, the new owner who takes over is not allowed to dismiss the employees without cause.
Finally, Shang Wu asked everyone to wait patiently, saying that she would find a good and reliable boss.
These words calmed everyone's anxiety and fear of losing their jobs after leaving the company.
But they still couldn't bear to let Shangwu leave.
Under Shang Wu's management, the company is already running smoothly. It seems that no matter which investor comes in, they could not manage it as well as Shang Wu.
Shang Wu knew what they were thinking, but she couldn't care less.
All she wanted to know was whether someone would actually acquire the group at a price she was looking for.
But Shang Wu waited until evening and still didn't receive a call from anyone.
Not a single person even bothered to inquire about the price.
Shang Wu had no choice but to call the partners who had previously expressed interest in acquiring the company.
Their attitude was very strange after hearing Shang Wu's purpose.
Various reasons followed.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Shang, my wife is about to give birth, and I'm currently with her during the delivery, so I haven't been able to focus on the acquisitions."
“Raising funds is troublesome, and acquisitions are very energy-consuming for me, so I will not be making any acquisitions for the time being.”
"Mr. Shang, I'm so sorry, my son isn't feeling well and I'm taking care of him right now, so I can't make the acquisition. I'm sorry."
“I don’t want to buy your company. I don’t have that much money. Even if I managed to scrape together the funds, my life and the company would be in financial turmoil for a while.”
Their various excuses, though seemingly perfunctory, were so convincing that Shang Wuji couldn't find fault with them, yet he could tell they were doing it on purpose.
She couldn't help but feel frustrated, wondering why everyone's attitude had suddenly changed.
Did they know that Gao Hai was going to acquire the company at a price 10% higher, and they were worried that they couldn't compete with the price, and didn't want to be inflated to such a high price, so they gave up on their own?
Shang Wu was about to make another call when there was a sudden knock on the office door.
"Come in."
She put down her phone and saw A-Ying come in.
Aying had a faint smile on her face.
"The front desk just informed us that a client with an appointment has arrived in the room. That client is here to discuss their intention to acquire the company."
Shang Wu's eyes lit up as she listened, and she smiled, her anxious mood instantly calmed down.
"I'll go there right now."
It's rare for a customer to personally come to us for an acquisition; such sincerity alone demonstrates that he genuinely wants to acquire the group.
Shang Wu walked briskly, eager to get to her destination.
She went to the reception room and pushed the door open.
In front of the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, Lu Rang leaned against the sofa, his posture languid, his long legs crossed, and a tablet placed on his lap.
He casually swiped the screen with his fingertips, browsing financial news. He didn't look like a boss who was there to discuss cooperation or acquisition, but rather a boss waiting for his subordinates to report on their work.
Shang Wu's breath hitched, and she slowly clenched her fists, never expecting that he would appear at this moment.
Lu Rang wasn't here today with the intention of acquiring the property; he was probably just angry that she was trying to cause trouble.
Shang Wu slowly exhaled, raised her eyes to look at Lu Rang, who was sitting opposite her.
"I didn't expect Young Master Yu to grace us with his presence. I heard you're interested in acquiring my company? I'll sell it to you. If you wanted this company, you should have told me sooner, and I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble to sell it off."
Shang Wu spoke calmly, with a slight smile on her face.
Upon hearing this, Lu Rang's deep eyes revealed a clear hint of disdain and indifference.
He closed the tablet and placed it on the table.
“You only have me as your buyer now. I even offered Gao Hai money to you for free, but you still wouldn’t give him the company. Now you’re just trying to curry favor with me and sell this company that’s stuck with you. What are you doing?”
Shang Wu slowly closed her hands on her knees, trying to maintain a calm demeanor.
She knew there was something fishy about Gao Hai's affair.
She smiled.
"Now that you're here, you must be very interested in acquiring my company. You already know the price I've offered. Do you want to buy it?"
Lu Rang's lips curled into a mocking smile.
"You really have the nerve to ask for billions like that. Is your company really worth that much?"
Hearing this, Shang Wu was somewhat unconvinced.
She looked at Lu Rang, trying her best to treat him with a fair and impartial business attitude, putting aside any romantic feelings.
"A listed company is worth more than tens of billions, let alone billions. Freya Group has that kind of commercial value. The price I'm offering is the absolute limit I can give. The group's development to this point is the culmination of my hard work..."
"Your life's work?"
Lu Rang interrupted, looking at her.
"You're saying this group embodies your hard work? If I remember correctly, before you dated me and cheated on me, your ex-fiancé was the real owner of this group, wasn't he?"
"You kicked him aside and took this position, and now you're telling me that this company is the result of your hard work?"
Shang Wu's breath hitched suddenly, and she slowly opened her eyes wide.
In an instant, a wave of grievance, astonishment, and disbelief washed over her, making her expression extremely unpleasant.
She could clearly see that Lu Rang, who was facing her, was giving her a cold and indifferent look.
They once fought side by side and cherished each other.
Lu Rang spared no effort in helping her deal with Zhou Yanci, and he didn't even remember those things.
Even this was distorted in his memory.
Shang Wu was so uncomfortable that he could hardly breathe.
Lu Rang, like those who had never respected her from the bottom of their hearts, thought she was a shrewd woman who manipulated people's hearts, and that even in the matter of Zhou Yanci, she had gone too far.
What's this?
She didn't care what others thought of her.
She wasn't truly angry at Su Tingting's previous slander.
But she couldn't accept that Lu Rang, who had been so close to her, had gone through so many difficulties with her, and had helped her deal with Zhou Yanci, had actually forgotten about this matter.
Shang Wu's eyes slowly reddened, and she couldn't hold back her tears.
Lu Rang's eyes trembled slightly, and a sharp pain flashed through his heart the instant he touched her tears.
He narrowed his eyes: "Why are you crying?"
Shang Wu closed her eyes tightly, too exhausted to argue with him.
Lu Rang doesn't remember what happened between them at all. Even if she explains, Lu Rang won't believe her anymore. He just has a preconceived notion that she is a bad woman.
Shang Wu let out a breath.
“Name your price. I won’t haggle with you anymore. I’ll sell it for whatever price you ask for. My only request is to get the money as soon as possible, complete the handover, and then I will leave immediately and disappear from your sight forever.”
She looked directly into Lu Rang's eyes as she spoke.
Lu Rang's pupils contracted slightly as he stared at her without saying a word.
Shang Wu pressed further, "What? You're not satisfied? What other conditions can you bring up at the same time?"
Lu Rang snapped out of his daze and said, "Since you're being so cooperative, I naturally have no objections."
Shang Wu pursed her lips: "What is your intended purchase price?"
“I previously asked Gao Hai to acquire your group. It was such a large cash flow, but you didn’t want it. Instead, you waited until now and are losing dozens of times the amount to let me acquire it.”
"I'll only give you 800 million. Leave this company behind, and you're not allowed to take anything with you. Disappear from my sight completely."
Lu Rang straightened up, walked up to Shang Wu, looked down at her with a chilling gaze.
He leaned down and pointed to the acquisition contract that had been prepared for her in front of him.
"Don't think I'm cruel. You should have thought of this before you cheated on me. There's no good ending to offending me. You can only take this money, get out of my world, and never come back."
Shang Wu looked at Lu Rang quietly, her eyes filled with an unyielding sorrow.
The emotion was so obvious that Lu Rang stared blankly for a moment, and suddenly felt an urge to raise his hand and cover her eyes.
Shang Wu struggled to breathe, stood up, clenched her fists, and said in an extremely slow voice, "Fine, as you wish, Lu Rang, we shall never see each other again."
Lu Rang's eyes turned cold.
He watched her turn and leave, his fist pressed against the corner of the table.
"You're leaving even after losing everything, Shang Wu? Are you really so eager to take this money and leave Lincheng to find another man and live a carefree life?"
Shang Wu didn't turn her head: "Yes, I'm promiscuous by nature. I betrayed you first. Now that the company is gone, I accept this situation."
"Lu Rang, don't hate me anymore. I mean what I say and I will never see you again."
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