Less than half an hour after Dafu offered 73.5 million, Director Wu called again.
This time they offered 75 million.
The bidding continued in this back-and-forth manner, and in just over a week, the two parties' bids increased by a full 10 million to 95 million, compared to the initial bid of 85 million from the Third Chemical Plant.
That day, Jiang Xiaoli rushed to take one first-year exam and two second-year exams.
When she got home, she was just about to rest for a while and relax when Dafu called.
“Little Pear, a representative from Zhenhua Group says they want to have a chat with us.”
Jiang Xiaoli thought for a moment and declined, "With prices already driven up to this level, there's not much point in sitting down and chatting. Let's see who has more money in their pocket."
She acknowledged that Huaxin Group, Huijin Wealth, and Maple Leaf Financial were all very powerful and wealthy, but she simply didn't believe that the top management of Zhenhua Group could really be led by the nose by them.
Sure enough, on January 11, the Third Chemical Plant accepted the offer of 98.3 million from the "Jiang Group".
On the 12th, Jiang Xiaoli, along with Dafu and a lawyer, signed the acquisition contract.
Dafu carefully put the contract away. "Little Pear, my heart was trembling when I saw you sign it. This is practically worth a hundred million."
Jiang Xiaoli smiled slightly, "It is indeed quite expensive, but it's within an acceptable range. It probably won't be ready before the new year. We'll just do some minor renovations to the building after the new year."
Dafu nodded and said with a smile, "Now Brother Zong and the others have a new office space."
She laughed too, "Brother Dafu, don't be soft when you're collecting rent!"
“Absolutely not!” Dafu assured him.
Jiang Xiaoli has been very busy lately. The first phase of the Kyoto branch factory project is nearing completion, the branch company's annual meeting is underway, and the "Five" women's clothing year-end sale is also happening...
Of course, the most important thing is... the final exams!
She applied to take the sophomore year exams early, and during this time she squeezed in time to travel between different classrooms to take the exams.
She was busy until January 30th, when her first semester of freshman year officially ended.
Hu Jingxin and Yan Chengcheng had already left Kyoto by now.
Chang Yue left her last exam until now because it was scheduled for a later date.
After finishing her exams, Jiang Xiaoli drove Chang Yue to the store to find Ren Zhiyi.
The three of them randomly chose a restaurant.
Jiang Xiaoli took Ren Zhiyi's arm and said, "President Ren, I'm afraid you'll have to work hard during this period before the New Year."
In two days, she and Chang Yue will also be going back to their hometown.
Ren Zhiyi shrugged. "Who told me I'm the only unlucky local?"
Chang Yue smiled and put her arm around Ren Zhiyi's shoulder, "Zhiyi, I'll bring you something delicious after the New Year!"
Ren Zhiyi nodded in agreement, "Please feel free to bribe me!"
Jiang Xiaoli generously replied, "No problem! I'll bribe you with a bunch of coins, I guarantee they'll be substantial!"
Aside from joking around, the three of them also made plans for the last period of time before the new year.
Just after finishing her meal, Jiang Xiaoli spotted Dafu at the restaurant entrance.
"Brother Dafu, how did you know we were here? Did you plant a tracker on Xiaoyue?"
Dafu smiled and helped Changyue put her scarf on. "No, I asked the people at the store, and some of them saw the three of you come here to eat."
"Alright, you take Xiaoyue there, and I'll take Zhiyi there."
"Okay, Little Pear, be careful."
The two groups parted ways, and Jiang Xiaoli leisurely drove Ren Zhiyi home.
On the way, Ren Zhiyi tilted her head and looked at her, "Xiao Li, what do you think the future holds for '307'?"
Jiang Xiaoli whistled, "Isn't our goal to go beyond Kyoto, open stores all over the country, and go global?"
Ren Zhiyi laughed, "Xiao Li, you really think so? Is it even possible?"
She stopped her car at a red light and replied, "I always believe that anything is possible with effort. Even if I only get 80 points in the end, it's still much better than my initial goal of 50 points."
Ren Zhiyi nodded. "Xiao Li, I really admire you. Your sense of conviction is something that many people can't match."
She smiled slightly, "Zhiyi, when you want to accomplish something, the whole universe will conspire to help you. What do we have to worry about? Just do our best and leave the rest to fate."
"Yes, I will!"
After dropping Ren Zhiyi off at home, Jiang Xiaoli drove home alone.
At 9:30, there weren't many cars on the road, and she drove safely and smoothly.
As she approached the second-to-last traffic light on her way home, she saw her car come into close contact with someone as soon as it stopped at the red light.
She was completely devastated.
There weren't many cars on the main road, why did they have to rear-end themselves?
She glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that the people in the car behind her had gotten out to check the situation, but she didn't get out and stayed in her car to wait.
Soon her car window was knocked on; it was a baby-faced boy wearing a down jacket.
His Chinese was very broken, like an ABC (American-born Chinese). "I'm really sorry, I just got my driver's license and my driving skills aren't very good. I'm willing to compensate you."
Seeing that his attitude was sincere, Jiang Xiaoli got out of the car to check its condition.
The baby-faced man followed nervously behind her, asking, "What's your surname?"
Jiang Xiaoli casually replied, "Jiang."
Then she saw the car behind her and exclaimed, "Oh!"
She had thought the red of the car behind her was a bit too bright, but now that she saw it was a Porsche 993, she thought it was even brighter.
Actually, her Mercedes only had a minor scratch, while the red Porsche had a scratch on the front.
It's very conspicuous and ugly.
She thought for a moment, "My car doesn't have any major problems, it just needs to be repainted. Give me your address and I'll send you the bill later."
“Okay.” The baby-faced man immediately took a notebook from the car and tried to write down his address.
But he held the notebook for a full minute and didn't write a single word.
Jiang Xiaoli raised an eyebrow. "Don't you want to pay compensation?"
The baby-faced girl quickly shook her head, "NONONO, no, I, I'm not good at Chinese, I can only speak it but not write it."
Jiang Xiaoli was speechless. She took the notebook and said, "Speak English? Give me your address in English."
The baby-faced man's name is Jiang Chengle, and he lives at the Kyoto Hotel.
Jiang Xiaoli wrote down the room number and phone number, and asked in English, "You're not going to run away, are you? Like, you'll check out and run away after I send you the bill?"
Jiang Chengle quickly shook his head, "No, no, my uncle and I are here in China to explore the market, and we will be staying at the Kyoto Hotel for a long time."
Jiang Xiaoli nodded and casually asked, "What do you do?"
Jiang Chengle thought for a long time but couldn't think of how to say the two words in Chinese, so he used the English: "finance, investment banking".
"Impressive." Finance is precisely her weakness.
Jiang Chengle smiled sincerely with her baby face, "I'm just an assistant, my uncle is the real expert."
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