As the news spread across various media outlets, Liu Lirong's scandals were exposed one by one, including the incident of gambling with suppliers in the office.
Liu Lirong's case has been met with widespread condemnation from netizens. As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast, and the Chinese tendency to kick someone when they're down has been taken to the extreme.
In the office, after some deliberation, General Manager Jin finally decided to sell his shares. He took out Chen Ze's business card and dialed the number on it.
The call connected: "Hey, Mr. Chen, didn't you say yesterday that you wanted my shares? Let's find a place to talk."
On the other end of the phone, Chen Ze had already anticipated this: "President Jin, I'll be waiting for you on the top floor of Nanshan Building."
"Okay," Mr. Jin said, hanging up the phone.
Upon hearing Mr. Jin's words, Mr. Huang narrowed his eyes and asked, "Mr. Jin, are you going to sell your shares?"
Mr. Jin sighed: "If we don't sell, are we just waiting to be liquidated by the government? At that time, the shares we hold will probably be worthless. Right now, the banks won't lend us money, and no one is willing to invest in us."
After careful analysis, Mr. Huang also felt that Gionee phones were beyond saving: "Since you've already sold them, then I'll sell mine too. Let's go, take me with you."
When Liu Lirong heard that both of them wanted to sell their shares, he could no longer sit still.
"If you all sell your shares, who will repay the suppliers' billions in debts?"
Mr. Huang said irritably, "Of course it's you, you bastard. We're going to sell our shares and leave the company. From now on, the company's affairs are none of our business."
Mr. Jin tugged at his sleeve: "Mr. Huang, let's go, ignore him."
General Manager Huang snorted coldly and left the office with General Manager Jin.
Liu Lirong sneered, "You think you can sell it? Do you think I can't?" So he immediately followed after them.
When the three of them got downstairs, they were in a dilemma: the company was surrounded, and they didn't know how to get out.
The three of them looked at each other, unable to come up with a good way to get out.
They squatted there for more than ten minutes, with a few cigarette butts scattered on the ground. Suddenly, Liu Lirong had a flash of inspiration and said, "Let's find the security guards, wear their clothes, and sneak out."
Upon hearing this, the other two were delighted and gave him a thumbs up.
Without hesitation, Liu Lirong called the security captain and asked him to send over three sets of security uniforms.
Soon, the security captain brought the clothes to them.
The three then changed into security guard uniforms and put on their hats.
Immediately afterwards, the three of them sneaked to the back door of the company, where there were far fewer people than at the front door.
Reaching the back door, the three of them lowered their hat brims and slowly walked out.
However, the people guarding the back door paid no attention to the three security guards who came out; they were only interested in the boss, Liu Lirong.
The three men, disguised as security guards on patrol, slowly strolled around outside the company's perimeter. After a while, realizing that no one was paying attention to them, they secretly slipped out of the crowd.
Then, I flagged down a taxi and got in.
Liu Lirong urged anxiously, "Driver, drive quickly to Nanshan Building."
"Alright!"
The driver stepped on the gas, and the car shot forward instantly.
On the way, the driver commented, "That CEO of Gionee, Liu Lirong, is a real scoundrel. He ruined a perfectly good company all by himself."
President Jin chimed in, "That's right. That Liu Lirong is out of his mind. He ruined an excellent company. People like him should be struck by lightning."
After saying that, he glanced at Liu Lirong, feeling a surge of relief. Although he was still unwilling, he had no choice but to let it go now that things had come to this.
Liu Lirong looked guilty and silently turned his head to look out the window.
Mr. Huang's eyes reddened and he felt a pang of sadness. His company, worth billions, was gone just like that, and he was filled with resentment.
In the blink of an eye, the taxi arrived at the entrance of Nanshan Building, and the three people got out of the car one after another.
Then, I went into the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor, only to find that the button for the top floor was not working.
In the end, they could only press the button for the 38th floor. They planned to take the elevator to the 38th floor and then walk up to the top floor, the 39th floor.
After arriving at the 38th floor, the three of them went up the stairs. At the end of the stairs, there was a large iron gate with an electronic lock that they couldn't enter.
Mr. Jin pressed the doorbell button.
A short while later, a beautiful woman came over and opened the door for them.
"Hello, Mr. Jin. Our boss has been waiting for a long time. Please come in."
Mr. Jin nodded and strode inside, with Liu Lirong and the other man following closely behind.
When Chen Ze saw Liu Lirong and the other two walk in, he pointed to the sofa and gestured for them to sit down.
As soon as Mr. Jin sat down, he couldn't wait to speak: "Mr. Chen, you said yesterday that you were willing to buy my Gionee shares for 500 million yuan. I thought about it all night and decided to reluctantly transfer them to you."
Chen Ze gave a forced smile and glanced at President Jin: "President Jin, the price of 500 million was what I gave you yesterday. Today, I'm only willing to give you 300 million."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Jin immediately became displeased: "Mr. Chen, even when bargaining for clothes outside, you don't do it like this, do you? You cut it by a third with one stroke."
"Mr. Jin, Gionee phones are practically worthless right now. Let me explain. First, Gionee's company building and factory are rented. The phones are just assembled units. They don't even have a research and development department, and the production lines in the workshop aren't worth much either."
"Second, the only valuable thing is the mobile phone production license and sales channels. Third, after I take over Gionee, I will also have to assume your debts. If I'm not mistaken, Gionee's debts are at least over 3 billion."
Liu Lirong and the other two exchanged glances; they hadn't expected Chen Ze to know so much about Gionee.
Mr. Jin held up four fingers: "Four hundred million, Mr. Chen, I think this is very reasonable."
Chen Ze shook his head, deciding to put more pressure on him: "President Jin, I think that apart from me, probably no one else is willing to take over your company. Three hundred million is already the highest price I've offered. If you don't agree today, the price may drop again if you come back to me tomorrow."
Liu Lirong and his companion remained silent. They didn't know Chen Ze, so the negotiations could only be left to General Manager Jin.
In his mind, Mr. Jin cursed Chen Ze's entire family, thinking he was heartless for refusing to raise the price even slightly, but he still tried his best to persuade him.
"Mr. Chen, 350 million. Although Gionee phones don't have any valuable equipment, our Gionee brand is still very influential, and we have more than 2,000 skilled mobile phone manufacturing employees. These are all valuable assets."
At this moment, Secretary Shen brewed a pot of tea, filled all their teacups with tea, and then stood behind Chen Ze.
Chen Ze picked up his cup and drank the tea in one gulp. After thinking for a while, he decided to close the deal: "President Jin, considering that Gionee phones still have some brand value, I can give you an extra 20 million, which makes it 320 million."
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