Chapter 371 Raising the Threshold
Xiaoyu followed behind Shi Nian.
I went upstairs.
We arrived at the reception area quickly.
Shi Nian pushed the door open and came in.
Compared to the scene of people scrambling for eggs at a market a few days ago, there weren't many people here today.
The contrast before and after is extreme.
Shi Nian and Xiao Yu exchanged a glance.
"Mr. Shi, you've finally arrived." Xu Cheng personally came out to greet him.
He looked somewhat bitter.
Shi Nian smiled, walked over, and shook hands with Xu Cheng.
"What's wrong?" Shi Nian asked.
"No, no." Xu Cheng immediately shook his head, leading Shi Nian towards the conference room, saying, "I just didn't expect so few people to come. Before, so many people were clearly interested in our project..."
Shi Nian glanced at Xu Cheng.
She didn't say anything.
We arrived at the conference room.
Just as we were about to open the conference room door, it was suddenly opened from the inside.
Someone came out from inside holding a cell phone, and appeared to be making a call.
He was muttering to himself.
"Okay, I understand. Don't worry, I'll go back now..."
The other party saw Shi Nian and Xu Cheng, nodded to them, and left.
Shi Nian glanced at Xu Cheng and noticed that Xu Cheng looked even more uneasy.
Shi Nian didn't say anything, but simply followed them inside.
The conference room is large, and there are about 20 people sitting inside now.
Shi Nian found a seat and sat down. Right across from her sat Lu Xinyi, and a few seats away sat Young Master Fu.
Xu Cheng went out to pick someone up again, and the people in the conference room chatted casually in twos and threes.
"Shi Nian, how much money did you bring today?" Lu Xinyi asked with a deliberately smile. "You know, we need to verify the funds."
Shi Nian nodded: "I understand."
"Did you borrow any money from Huo Yanmo?" Lu Xinyi continued to ask, "After all, you're getting married soon, so what's his is yours, right?"
That's a very harsh way to put it.
Shi Nian smiled.
"I used my own funds," Shi Nian said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Young Master Fu chuckled softly.
Shi Nian looked over, waiting for the other person to speak.
Young Master Fu simply looked at her without saying anything more.
A little while later, Xu Cheng returned, bringing back the last one.
Seeing that it was almost time, Xu Cheng said to everyone, "No one should be coming anymore, so let's begin."
With that, he walked onto the stage and began his speech.
A turbulent atmosphere was brewing below the stage.
Shi Nian's phone vibrated, and she glanced at it.
It's news from Young Master Fu.
This is your first chance.
Shi Nian looked up and glanced at the other person, who still seemed indifferent.
Shi Nian smiled and tapped her phone screen.
She replied, "No need."
A moment later, her phone vibrated again.
【Very well, you will pay the price for this.】Young Master Fu's reply.
Shi Nian ignored him.
Put your phone away.
Xu Cheng spoke for a long time, and time slowly passed. Finally, he said, "This time, we've raised 300 million yuan, which will be used for... Please take a look..."
But no one present spoke.
Xu Cheng stood there alone, feeling very awkward.
He wiped the sweat from his brow and said with a smile, "Please feel free to share your thoughts or opinions."
Finally, it was Young Master Fu who spoke first.
“Mr. Xu, I have a request: I need to verify your funds first.” He said, “To be honest, Mr. Xu, the reason I’m here today is because I believe your project has certain requirements. If just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can sit at the same table with me and talk, I’ll turn around and leave right now.”
As Young Master Fu spoke, a smile remained on his face. He glanced around the room and finally fixed his gaze on Lu Xinyi.
Lu Xinyi shrugged, saying nothing or making any other gesture.
Young Master Fu continued, "President Xu, think about it. If I leave now, do you think you can raise 300 million with all these people here?"
Xu Cheng was stunned.
He also knew that his secret had somehow suddenly spread a few hours earlier.
Many of those who come here now may never be able to vote.
If the financing is to be successful, the majority of the funding will likely depend on Young Master Fu and Lu Xinyi.
As for Shi Nian, he didn't dare to think about it. After all, everyone knew that Yi Shi was just a startup company. Although Shi Nian was Huo Yanmo's fiancée, she had publicly stated that she would overthrow the Shi family.
If there's a proposal, then there's an interest.
Xu Cheng smiled and said, "That's true."
Xu Cheng looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, you all know there are requirements this time, so..."
Everyone was of course aware of this.
It was already mentioned at the beginning of the conference.
"I have one more request," Young Master Fu continued.
All eyes turned to him again.
“I demand that the entry requirements be raised,” said Young Master Fu.
Shi Nian frowned and looked at Young Master Fu.
“The previous threshold was 30 million in verified funds, but now I require at least 80 million,” Young Master Fu continued.
Immediately, some people inside disagreed.
"Young Master, what do you mean by this?" a middle-aged man asked. "We agreed on 30 million before, and I didn't think there was anything wrong with you asking for verification of funds. How come there's suddenly more now?"
“That’s right, young master, it’s our freedom to decide how much to invest. You’re not one of Yu Yan’s people, so why do you keep making demands?” another person said.
Shi Nian looked at Young Master Fu but didn't say anything.
Lu Xinyi, standing to the side, looked at all of this strangely, glancing at Young Master Fu and then at Shi Nian.
But Young Master Fu only looked at Shi Nian and did not back down.
He had his men calculate it.
When Shi Nian and Lu Yanzhi divorced, she only took her own belongings.
Later, whether it was selling songs with Fu Jinyan, selling gemstones with Huo's and splitting the profits, or organizing concerts with Fu Jinyan and splitting the profits, the money she could save would never exceed 50 million.
Later, we rented office space, paid employees, and all sorts of other things. It's uncertain how much is left now.
In short, she was able to come here perhaps by scraping together what she could, like borrowing from her brother, and barely managed to scrape together 30 million, but 80 million was definitely out of the question.
What he wants now is to force her to choose.
Choose one of the three.
First, if you bow down to him, he will be lenient; after all, he's not very interested in this project anyway.
2. Leave.
Third, she broke her promise of self-reliance and went to Huo Yanmo to borrow money.
If she were to borrow money from Huo Yanmo, then everything she said at the opening banquet would become a joke.
If he leaves, it means that all the preparations he's made over the past few days have been in vain, which can be considered a lesson he's taught her.
This makes his previous statement about giving her three chances carry even more weight.
Xu Cheng seemed to have considered some of the circumstances as well. He said to Young Master Fu, "This isn't good, Young Master. The threshold I provided before was 30 million, and now you're changing it at the last minute..."
But Young Master Fu said, "Or, let me think about it, how about one hundred million?"
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