Limit down.
This is almost impossible for a company that has just gone public.
The staff in charge of the observation called the head of the Gu family who was doing business abroad with trembling hands.
"Mr. Gu, this is bad! Our stocks in New York have hit the limit down!"
"What? What's going on?" Mr. Gu, who was sitting at the negotiation table, was so startled that he stood up and walked aside, asking in a low voice, "Which stock has the problem?"
The employee on the other end was silent for a few seconds, then said bitterly, "All of them."
What?
"Say that again?" Mr. Gu thought he had misheard. "How is this possible? Everything was confirmed over and over again before the listing to ensure there would be no problems. The procedures were also standardized. How could the stocks all hit the lower limit at the same time? Go down and check..."
Beep.
Before he could finish his words, another call came in.
Mr. Gu glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was his wife, so he hung up impatiently.
These women in the family spend their days drinking afternoon tea and attending parties, and they don’t seem to be able to help at all when something happens.
He just hung up once, and the other party kept calling him, making it impossible for him to communicate properly with his subordinates.
He picked up the phone angrily and growled in a raspy voice, "What do you want? Do you want jewelry? Just ask your assistant to buy it. I'm busy here."
Having said that, he was about to hang up the phone again.
Suddenly, his wife's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone, "I'm at the Xiao family's dinner party."
Mr. Gu successfully paused his actions, and then he remembered what his wife mentioned yesterday about Xiao Yunting's adopted daughter's birthday party. At that time, he was unable to leave and specifically asked his wife to bring their daughter and prepare gifts to congratulate him.
The Xiao family's status is extraordinary not only in China but also in the world, and must not be treated casually.
"Mr. Xiao, do you have anything to say to me?" Mr. Gu felt an inexplicable sense of anticipation in his heart, and his anxious mood finally eased a little.
"..." The other end of the line fell into a brief silence. After a while, Mrs. Gu's trembling voice rang out, "No, Xiao Yunting just gave an order to suppress our family's stock. I was afraid something might happen, so I called to tell you."
Buzz.
At that moment, Mr. Gu's mind exploded.
His entire body was numb, and he could barely stand. He barely held onto the chair beside him and demanded through gritted teeth, "What the hell is going on? Tell me the truth. If you tell even a single lie, I'll send you back to your parents' house!"
He knew his wife's character too well, so he made some harsh remarks in advance to prevent this brainless woman from continuing to ruin his plans.
Mrs. Gu was also obviously frightened. She suppressed all her thoughts and stammered as she explained everything.
"You, you guys..." After hearing this, Mr. Gu was so angry that he outhaled more than breathed in. He lay on the chair, holding his heart and almost died on the spot.
"I didn't expect Ye Lan to be the adopted daughter of the Xiao family." Madam Gu still felt that she was wronged. If she had known that the girl was not a pushover, she would not have dared to act so rashly. "Husband, our company should be fine, right?"
She asked this question purely to comfort herself and didn't take it seriously.
After all, no matter how powerful Xiao Yunting is rumored to be, in her eyes he is just a young man in his twenties. Their Gu family is ranked second in the district and their strength is equally matched. How could they be defeated so easily?
Hearing her indifference, President Gu gritted his teeth and climbed up, "You idiot, give the phone to Xiao Yunting right now so I can talk to him. I'm telling you, if Xiao Yunting doesn't reconcile today, my Gu family and your family will be wiped out of the imperial capital overnight!"
Mrs. Gu on the other end was horrified when she heard this. She didn't expect the matter to be so serious. She hurried back to the banquet hall and handed the phone to Xiao Yunting.
"Hello."
Xiao Yunting did not refuse. He picked up the phone and responded coldly.
It was also the first time that Mr. Gu spoke to the rumored head of the Xiao family. Thinking of how the other party had halted the stock trading of all his newly listed companies with just one sentence, he couldn't help but lower his voice by eight octaves.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, I've heard everything. We are the ones who are at fault. I won't say much else. Please tell me what conditions you want to reconcile with the Gu family. I will meet any conditions that can be met."
He was a businessman, so naturally he wouldn't be as fussy as a woman and think that he could let things go with just a few apologies. Besides, Gu's stock was evaporating by hundreds of millions of dollars per second, so he couldn't afford to argue with the other party.
It’s just that he was anxious, but Xiao Yunting was not.
"You have to ask the person involved about this matter."
After saying that, he took away the microphone, tilted his head and asked the girl seriously, "Do you want to reconcile?"
Ye Lan held another piece of cake in his hand. Upon hearing this, he raised his eyes and said meaningfully, "That depends on the other party's sincerity."
"Hmm." Xiao Yunting raised the corner of his lips in an inaudible arc, turned around and said to the microphone, "Did Mr. Gu hear that?"
Mr. Gu: “…”
Damn, I’m on a pirate ship.
If this is a competition between two businesses, he can still rely on his small size and power to play the emotional card and ask the other party to show mercy.
But now that the other party has brought forward their adopted daughter and is demanding compensation in her name, the situation is completely different.
Giving less would be disrespectful to the Xiao family.
In the end, Mr. Gu reluctantly gave up three listed companies as compensation, and Xiao Yunting made the final decision to take eight, biting off most of the cake that the Gu family had worked hard to prepare for many years.
Mr. Gu was so angry that he vomited blood after hanging up the phone this time and was sent directly to the local hospital.
The wealthy people who witnessed this exchange of interests also knew very well that from now on, the Gu family would probably withdraw from the ranks of first-tier wealthy families. After all, there was a gap in the capital chain. If there were still one or two termites in the company, they would be lucky not to go bankrupt this time.
Looking at the distraught Mrs. Gu, everyone shook their heads, thinking that she was a real fool, who was ignorant of the heaven and earth and dared to offend anyone. Now she had caused the Gu family to be in jeopardy.
The banquet continued and the symphony played its melodious tunes again.
This time, more and more people came forward to talk to Ye Lan, solemnly handing over their name tags to show their friendship.
"Oh, why are these people stuffing useless things into her again? They don't want to be Ye Lan's stepmother again, do they?" Ah Yue was also eating a cake. While eating, she was angry that she couldn't get close to the girl. She wanted to blow away all the people who were in the way with a gust of cold wind.
The Zhang couple beside her were at a loss for words when they heard this, and they hurriedly explained to her, "This time it's different. Those people just saw how Miss Ye and Mr. Xiao worked together to flawlessly trick the Gu family. They thought Miss Ye was talented, so they wanted to make friends with her."
Everyone present was smart, so how could they not see Xiao Yunting's moves? But the surprising thing was that the girl who looked harmless and ignorant of the world actually joined forces with Xiao Yunting at the critical moment and fought a perfect coordinated battle.
The Gu family lost not only their wife but also their soldiers. They were like a dumb person eating bitter herbs and had no way to seek justice.
"Oh." Ah Yue wrinkled her nose and said, "What's so strange about this? Ye Lan is already very powerful."
In her opinion, none of these wealthy men could compare to Ye Lan. Perhaps the only one who was worthy of her was Xiao Yunting, who looked sinister.
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