Of course, simply seizing Choi Ho-sang's office is not enough.
Since Cui Haoxiang was going to deal with him, simply taking over his office would be too easy for him. Ye Chen planned to do something else and give Cui Haoxiang a big surprise!
Actually, even without the game challenge, Ye Chen wouldn't have let Cui Haoxiang off the hook. He didn't expect the game to be so considerate, offering such a generous reward for defeating Cui Haoxiang.
Don't underestimate the value of Hilton International's 3% stake; it's actually quite high, exceeding the value of some groups' stakes by tens of percent.
As one of the world's top ten hotel groups, and ranked second in fact, Hilton International Hotels Group has a very high market value.
Ye Chen had previously read in the news that Hilton International Hotel Group had a market value of around 250 billion, meaning that just 3% of its shares were worth 7.5 billion!
This is no small amount.
According to statistics, as early as 2013, Hilton International Hotels Group already had 4,080 hotels in more than 80 countries and regions around the world, with more than 672,000 rooms and more than 70,000 employees.
This data was from nine years ago. Now, nine years later, the economy has developed rapidly, and the hotel industry has also grown rapidly. Hilton's number of hotels worldwide has probably reached a staggering figure.
In addition to Hilton hotels, Hilton International also owns high-end hotels such as Waldorf Astoria. There are Hilton International hotels in most major cities in China.
More importantly, as one of the world's top ten hotel groups and a globally renowned high-end hotel group, Hilton has a huge number of members across all industries.
Hilton's top members, in particular, have extraordinary backgrounds, and Hilton possesses its own powerful network of connections.
Once Ye Chen owns 3% of Hilton International Hotels Group and becomes its director, he will have easy access to Hilton International Hotels Group's network of contacts.
This will be a great help to Ye Chen in improving and expanding his network of contacts.
The improvement in this area cannot be measured in money.
In addition, Hilton International Hotels Group is also a subsidiary of Blackstone Group, which Ye Chen had previously learned about.
Blackstone Group, one of the world's largest independent alternative asset management firms, was already managing over a trillion dollars in assets back in the early 2000s.
One or two decades have passed, and no one can say for sure how much money Blackstone Group manages. Blackstone Group is definitely a hidden world-class conglomerate.
Therefore, Ye Chen must complete this game challenge and successfully acquire the shares of Hilton International Hotel Group.
Putting his phone aside, Ye Chen continued studying the information about SCY Games that Liu Kaiyu had given him. Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory.
After about twenty minutes, Ye Chen finished studying the information and made a phone call to send someone to contact Lihe Real Estate Company.
Cui Haoxiang's company rented the 8-story office building from Lihe Real Estate Company. In Shanghai, Lihe Real Estate Company can only be considered a medium-sized company, even slightly inferior to Liu Kaiyu's Jintai Real Estate Group.
This medium-sized company has a smaller appetite than a large company, which increases Ye Chen's chances of completing the challenge.
Afterwards, Ye Chen contacted the Wuzong Private Detective Agency, and the people in the Shanghai branch sent him some basic information about Lihe Real Estate Company.
In the afternoon, Ye Chen asked his counselor for leave, as dealing with Cui Haoxiang's matter was more important now.
Because Ye Chen had just accepted the counselor's invitation to be a judge, the counselor didn't ask any further questions and approved Ye Chen's leave request.
As for Liu Kaiyu, Ye Chen simply instructed him to continue talking to Cui Haoxiang to lull Cui Haoxiang into a false sense of security.
After resting for a while at noon, Ye Chen went straight to Lihe Real Estate Company.
Upon arriving at the front desk and explaining his purpose, Ye Chen was greeted shortly by the president's secretary who came downstairs to meet him. Soon, Ye Chen met Yuan Kaian, the president of Lihe Real Estate Company, and immediately explained his purpose.
"Rent me those eight floors of SCY Games' building, and I'll pay double the rent."
Ye Chen got straight to the point.
"I will also pay your penalty for breach of contract."
Hearing Ye Chen say this, Yuan Kaian was very surprised.
Double the rent is indeed a lot, but...
Yuan Kaian fell into deep thought.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ye, I refuse."
Yuan Kaian shook his head, indicating he had no intention of cooperating with Ye Chen.
"The rent is two hundred million."
Ye Chen spoke again.
"Hehe, Mr. Ye, stop talking nonsense. No matter how much you offer, I won't agree."
Yuan Kaian sneered and laid his cards on the table with Ye Chen.
"Let me tell you the truth, Choi Ho-sang and I are brothers. Now that you suddenly want to rent the 8th floor of the building where SCY Games is located, it is definitely not good for Old Choi."
Do you think I would rent the place to you?
Yuan Kaian looked at Ye Chen coldly.
There are countless real estate companies of all sizes in Shanghai, so why did Cui Haoxiang choose this medium-sized Lihe Real Estate Company instead of a larger one? It's because Cui Haoxiang and Yuan Kaian have an unusual relationship.
"I see."
Ye Chen nodded. He had a suspicion that there might be a connection between Cui Haoxiang and Yuan Kaian.
"Mr. Ye, then I won't see you off. Let's go."
Yuan Kaian made a gesture of invitation and began to usher people out.
Someone is planning to target Lao Cui's SCY Games company. Yuan Kaian is preparing to contact Cui Haoxiang so that Lao Cui can be prepared.
However, after Yuan Kaian finished speaking, Ye Chen remained calmly seated, showing no intention of leaving.
"Boss Ye, what do you mean? Are you trying to cling to me?"
Yuan Kaian spoke with amusement:
"No matter what tricks you use, I will not agree. Just give up on that idea."
“If you don’t leave, I’ll have to call security to ‘invite’ you out.”
Yuan Kaian gave Ye Chen an ultimatum; he was prepared to be ruthless.
"You're overthinking it. I have no intention of trying to convince you."
Ye Chen shook his head.
To complete the challenge and make Cui Haoxiang pay the price, Ye Chen is determined to take down these eight floors no matter what.
"It's okay if you disagree, but what if someone else does?"
Ye Chen said calmly.
Before coming here, Ye Chen had already considered many possible outcomes. Yuan Kaian's refusal was one of them, and Ye Chen had also made arrangements for a backup plan.
"Haha, if I disagree, then who will agree?"
Yuan Kaian was amused by Ye Chen.
"Stop daydreaming and get out of our company right now, or else..."
However, before Yuan Kaian could finish speaking, the office door was suddenly opened.
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