Chapter 350 Reflection (4121)
"Three cups as punishment?" Even though the tall man was a veteran of the battlefield, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
It’s not that he can’t drink three cups, but there is no such rule.
We are in the same group when playing games, why are you forcing me to drink?
It's not like he hasn't attended similar dinners before, but the guests at this table today were really difficult to deal with, especially the old woman named Sally who was accompanying him and was over sixty years old.
I don't know his exact identity, but the middleman repeatedly warned me not to offend him.
When he arrived, he actually saw the wife of the boss of a giant domestic distribution company on the scene.
And this woman, who had always acted domineeringly in all the social occasions he had been in before, couldn't even speak at the dinner table today, and could only smile awkwardly in front of Sally.
He has been in the circle for so many years, and it was only in the past one or two years that he finally made a name for himself. Apart from anything else, at least his vision has been honed.
Seeing this situation, he knew that this old woman was of extraordinary origin, so he immediately humbled himself and lowered his posture very low, but he did not expect that he would still be harassed.
"Sally, that's not the rule we set just now." The tall man looked embarrassed.
Sally's mouth drooped, and she placed her wine glass heavily on the table. Her eyes formed two sin30-degree right triangles, revealing a look of contempt: "My rules are the only rules."
The tall man was choked, and within a second, the atmosphere in the private room became awkward.
"Xiao Gao, you look tall and big, why are you so unhappy? You lack masculinity. Sister Sally is giving you a chance, why don't you seize it?" A lady with curly hair who looked to be in her forties and full of intellectuality smiled and tried to smooth things over.
The tall man tried his luck and said with a wry smile, "Sister Lin is teaching me a lesson. I will drink three cups as punishment."
The tall man picked up the wine glass and drank three glasses of champagne in a row.
The trend of red wine has almost passed in recent years, and champagne has started to be drunk again at these drinking parties.
When he was drinking the third glass, Sally suddenly called him: "Wait, this is not the right drink."
The tall man paused, and Sally picked up a small fruit plate on the table and asked the waiter to pour out the fruit. She then picked up a bottle of wine and gulped down half of it into the fruit plate. She then placed the fruit plate on the ground and said casually:
"Get down and drink."
!!!
A huge sense of humiliation surged in the tall man's heart.
Looking at the other middle-aged and elderly women, one or two of them showed expressions of pity, but most of them basically pretended not to see it.
I'm an actor! Not a duck!
Due to his profession, he had of course attended many such dinner parties, and had also seen many middle-aged women who were responsible for film purchasing at TV stations as described by a certain screenwriter, but he had never been treated like this!
"Are you not convinced?" The old woman named Sally glanced at the tall man.
The tall man took a deep breath, "Sha..."
Wow!
Before the tall man could finish his sentence, a glass of champagne was poured over his head.
The tall man wiped the champagne off his face and looked at the middle-aged and elderly women around him. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
How could I be so unlucky to meet such a client?
Just now, the old woman pressed her head and sipped the wine desperately, stirring it with her tongue. She could taste the special rotten smell of the elderly in her nose and mouth. She almost spit it out and subconsciously resisted.
The result was that the old woman's self-esteem was hurt?
"I'm giving you face, right? You're just an actor! What are you trying to show off for? You even dare to push my tongue out? Do you think you're worthy? Get down and drink it up!"
Sally kicked the fruit bowl at her feet as if she was feeding a dog, and glanced around. Everyone at the table was silent.
Hearing the old woman's request, the tall man froze in place, veins bulging on his forehead.
This is too much!
"You don't want to drink? You still have quite a bit of pride. Ha." The old woman turned to the wife of the giant distributor, who had been smiling apologetically beside her, and said, "Little... Tan, right? I think your entertainment industry is really a bit too smoky. All kinds of people are in it, don't you think?"
The middle-aged woman surnamed Tan immediately distanced herself from the matter, saying, "Sister Shasha is absolutely right. I also think this industry is too chaotic. I'll go back and talk to my husband, Mr. Shi, and have him notify all partners to stop working with this actor named 'what'."
The tall man was shocked and stunned for a moment.
Was I banned just like that?
He had no doubt at all whether the other party had such ability.
I have been in the circle for more than ten years. I have eaten pork even though I have not eaten pig shit. Similar rumors have always existed in the circle. How come I am caught up in it today?
The intellectual woman frowned slightly and raised her eyelids. "Sister Shasha, why bother with him? Like you said, he's just an actor. How can he make you angry? How about this, let him accompany you upstairs and admit his fault to you in private?"
Sally glanced at the intellectual woman and said in a softer tone, but her words were still harsh: "Linlin, I came out today to give you face and your family's face. Is this how you arranged it? Qianxun just resumed her visit and you want to burn the bridge after crossing it?"
"Not to mention that without me, you'd be screwed this time. Just take the remaining 3 billion dollars. Don't forget, I can always refuse to accept your ADS private placement."
The intellectual woman's expression changed, and then she immediately smiled and said, "Sister Shasha, look at what you said. I'm afraid that you'll get angry and hurt yourself."
Then, the intellectual woman turned her head and gave the tall man a warning look, but her tone was very gentle: "Xiao Gao, I told you a long time ago that Sister Shasha is giving you a chance. It depends on your performance. If you perform well, today will be your chance."
Then the intelligent woman turned to Sally and said softly, "Sister Shasha, don't be angry. It was my fault for not making the right arrangements today. I originally wanted Mei Yeping to come, but I found out that he was busy with the group these past two days and couldn't come back, so I asked Gong Yu to replace him. I didn't expect it to be so disappointing."
"Xiao Gao, which company are you from? How come you don't know any rules?"
The tall man's heart began to beat fast, and his legs couldn't help but feel weak.
"It's, it's my fault. I didn't react and misunderstood Sister Sally's kindness. I... drink."
After saying that, the tall man slowly lay down, veins bulging on his forehead, closed his eyes, and lowered his head towards the fruit bowl on the carpet.
Just as his lips had touched the wine in the fruit bowl, he heard the door of the private room slam. The tall man subconsciously looked up and saw a strong young man in his twenties or thirties with a flat head and not much shorter than him pushing the door and walking in.
The sturdy young man with a flat head asked the other women to move at least three meters away, and then whispered something in Sally's ear. Sally's face changed drastically. From the perspective of the tall man, he could clearly see the shock and fear in Sally's eyes.
"When did it happen?" Sally pretended to be calm, but everyone could hear the tremor in her voice.
What a fool, if not... hehe...
The intellectual woman couldn't help but reveal a hint of disdain in her eyes.
But what kind of news could have frightened this woman so much? Could it be...
The young man whispered something in Sally's ear, and Sally's face became worse and worse. Finally, she stood up suddenly, pretending to be calm despite the collapse of the mountain. In fact, her face was already ashen, and she pretended to be relaxed and said:
"Sorry, Linlin, everyone, I have something urgent that I need to take care of right away. You guys go ahead and have fun. I'm leaving now."
The intellectual woman was stunned for a moment: "Sister Shasha, what's going on? Do you need any help?"
Sally's smile was uglier than her crying: "No need to help, you guys have fun, I'm leaving first."
After saying that, Sally even forgot to take her custom-made golden crocodile leather Bijan handbag, and hurriedly rushed out of the private room following the young man.
"Sally! Sally!" The intellectual woman was very anxious. She hurriedly took Sally's handbag from the waiter, followed her out of the private room, and jogged all the way to the door of the club. Only then did she catch up with Sally and the other person who were in a hurry.
"What's going on? So urgent? I asked Xiao Gao to wait for you here. Call me when you're done."
A black car had stopped at the door of the club. The young man opened the door for Sally. Sally took the Bijan handbag from the execution woman and forced a smile.
"Thank you for your trouble. No need to bother. Go ahead and have fun. I won't be back. I've already checked the ADS subscription agreement system. I've already passed the approval process. After the board of directors approves it, it will be submitted to the SEC and the Securities and Exchange Commission for review. The process will be quick. Please prepare the relevant documents."
After saying that, Sally immediately got into the car. The strong young man closed the door, made a gesture to keep distance, then opened the passenger door and sat in.
After hearing Sally's words, the intellectual woman's face was obviously much more relaxed. Looking at the taillights of the receding car, the expression of disgust on her face flashed away, and then returned to an intellectual and elegant expression.
With the subsequent investment of 3 billion yuan from BlackRock, Qianxun can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The continuous scandals and changes have caused the greatest damage to Qianxun's corporate image.
But this is a long-term impact.
What is really fatal is the short-term impact.
Due to the four-day shutdown for inspection, Qianxun's cash flow was severely affected, and almost all partners suspended payments to Qianxun.
Qianxun, on the other hand, has an average daily expenditure of nearly 160 million Great Zhou coins. Due to the previous large-scale investment in O2O and AI without any output, coupled with the continuous scandals since the beginning of the year that led to their first audit, their cash flow on the books has remained at less than 4 billion for the past two or three months.
Even if access to Qianxun's servers is restored, collecting payments will still be a big problem. It will take time to restore customer confidence, but daily expenses are real.
At this time, we cannot lay off employees, as layoffs will only solve long-term problems in the financial statements.
But in terms of short-term cash flow, layoffs and compensation will make the already limited cash flow even more stretched.
In other words, if Qianxun's business cannot miraculously return to normal, or if a windfall comes, Qianxun's cash flow will be cut off in one or two months at most!
Cash flow is the real lifeline of an enterprise, which is equivalent to the blood circulation system of the human body. No matter how advanced your company's technology is, how high its profit margin is, or how large its market share is, once the cash flow is broken, the only way out is bankruptcy.
It's like the blood in the human body suddenly stops circulating.
BlackRock previously acquired more than 9% of Qianxun's shares through increasing its holdings in the secondary market, but this money only served to prop up Qianxun's stock price and did not really solve Qianxun's cash flow problem.
This is why there was a subsequent private placement of ADSs targeting BlackRock.
ADS is the abbreviation of Maiguo Depositary Shares. Most weekly stocks are issued on Maiguo in the form of ADS. Each ADS of Qianxun is equivalent to 10 common shares.
By issuing $3 billion of ADS to BlackRock through a private placement, Qianxun will be able to obtain valuable cash flow, and BlackRock will also hold a total of 21.73% of Qianxun shares.
Although the voting rights are still controlled by Robert and his wife, after the private placement, BlackRock will immediately become the de facto major shareholder of Qianxun!
The major shareholder has the right to convene a shareholders' meeting and join other shareholders in modifying the voting rights!
Even though she knew it was a temporary solution, Chihiro couldn't care less now. She had to replenish her cash flow, otherwise the entire Chihiro would die suddenly.
Choose the lesser of two evils.
What a loser! How could he make Chihiro like this?
The intellectual woman suppressed her anger, returned to the club's box, and said calmly, "Sally has something urgent to do, so she'll go back first. We'll continue our conversation."
The tall man had a look of having survived a disaster on his face, and at the same time, he was a little embarrassed: "Sister Lin... I'm sorry... Sally left, and I'm disturbing your conversation here. How about I..."
The intellectual woman was immediately furious, thinking that he had such a good-looking face. If Sally hadn't suddenly had something urgent to do today, things might have gone wrong in his hands!
You messed up your own business and you still want to slip away early?
Sally has the right to come and go as she pleases, so what qualifications do you have to make demands on me?
Judging from Sally's expression just now, it seems that something big has happened, but I don't know what it is.
Thinking of Sally's reaction at that time, the intellectual woman felt a little uneasy.
Never mind her. She has already passed the agreement. The private placement itself was strongly promoted by Goldstein. As long as this woman passes this hurdle, there will be no problems at BlackRock headquarters.
"Sister Lin..." Seeing that the intellectual woman did not respond, the tall man had to ask again awkwardly.
The intellectual woman pointed to the wine glass, and the tall man hurriedly poured her a glass of wine and held it in front of the execution woman with both hands.
The intellectual woman took the wine glass, drank it all in one gulp, licked her lips, and the anger in her heart that had just been suppressed became more and more intense.
"Come upstairs with me and reflect on your mistakes today. If you don't reflect deeply, you'll never be able to work in this industry again!"
ah?
The tall man's eyes widened.
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At eleven o'clock the next morning, the intellectual woman, wearing a nightgown, washed up and made a cup of coffee. She took a sip and just picked up the mobile phone that she had placed on the bedside table to charge last night, wanting to see if there was any new message, when the phone rang.
"Get ready, the driver will take you to the airport at 12 o'clock." A familiar but unusually cold voice came from the other end of the phone.
A look of disgust appeared on the intellectual woman's face. "Send me to the airport? We have no relationship now. What do you want to do?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was very low. After a few words, the intellectual woman's face changed drastically.
No wonder Sally looked so unhappy yesterday and left so quickly!
Hurry to the airport!
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