Chapter 299: The Silver Bracelet
Chapter 299: The Silver Bracelet
Huang Xiaochuan received a phone call that crossed the Pacific Ocean.
"It's me, Ogawa!"
The call was from Zhang Gaolei.
Huang Xiaochuan was overjoyed: "What do you mean?"
"I've discussed it with them, and I'll give you 20% of the shares for $400,000." Zhang Gaolei said this with trepidation, afraid of scaring Huang Xiaochuan away.
But those two were only willing to offer such a small amount of shares, and Zhang Gaolei's pleas were useless.
But Zhang Gaolei really had no idea what Huang Xiaochuan was thinking.
Huang Xiaochuan was thinking, "Only 400,000? Is that enough? What if it's not enough and the project falls through? That would be like throwing good money after bad."
Anyway, they were willing to offer exorbitant prices and then haggle. After thinking for a moment, Huang Xiaochuan said on the phone, "I will invest $800,000 for a 30% stake. If anyone invests in you in the future, I have the right to follow suit."
Huang Xiaochuan said this directly in English, presumably because Zhang Gaolei had the call on speakerphone.
Sure enough, the people on the other end of the phone heard Huang Xiaochuan's words. Darwin immediately grinned and nodded with shining eyes. Trevor also signaled Zhang Gaolei to agree quickly. Investors like this are hard to find even with a lantern!
Because they've already hit a wall countless times. Let alone 400,000, no one was willing to invest even 40,000. Now someone says they're willing to give them 800,000, on the condition that each of the three of them contributes 10% of their shares, plus co-investment rights. If they don't agree to this, then they must be out of their minds.
"Okay! The shares are settled then. When will the money arrive? We need it urgently."
"I will send someone to the United States to find you as soon as possible. After all, it's $800,000, which is no small amount. The relevant agreements need to be signed, and there needs to be financial oversight. If you use it to seduce a blonde beauty, I'll have nowhere to cry."
These words infuriated Zhang Gaolei: "You son of a bitch!"
After hanging up the phone, the three of them high-fived and shouted "Yay!"
With this money, they could immediately rent a better office, recruit staff, and buy computers.
Huang Xiaochuan immediately called Cao Charlie, instructing him to take people and money to the United States under the name of Hong Kong Changhong Investment to find Zhang Gaolei, pay him the money, sign an agreement, and ensure proper financial oversight.
However, thinking of something from the future, he called Charlie Cao again and asked him to go to Illinois after signing the investment agreement, find a local broker, and try to buy a technology called osaic and all related patents.
Huang Xiaochuan seemed to remember that the technology was sold that year, and at a very low price. It was best to buy it, but it didn't matter if he couldn't, since it was just for backup purposes.
After he finished explaining everything, he stopped caring. He didn't have the time or energy to go to the United States to keep an eye on them. He didn't understand the technical aspects of the work, and he couldn't help with anything other than paying money. Now that the money was paid, the rest was up to Zhang Gaolei and his team.
Next, he had to deal with something else: accompanying Ding Yi, who was about to return from Hong Kong, to settle accounts with that pale-faced man surnamed Song. That guy was so rude! He'd told him so many times that Qi Huan had a boyfriend and he should stop harassing her, but he'd ignored him completely. Huang Xiaochuan was so angry he wanted to find a sack, stuff the guy in it, and beat him up, but then he thought, let the aggrieved Ding Yi do it! Let him vent his anger properly; the feeling of someone else beating him up is different from him doing it himself.
Huang Xiaochuan told Ding Yi about it. When Ding Yi heard this, he was furious that someone was trying to poach his girlfriend. He immediately flew back from Hong Kong in a fit of rage.
After landing, he took a taxi from the airport straight to Qi Huan's workplace, intending to wait for him to come to his doom. Today, he was determined to teach that guy a lesson about why flowers are so red.
Huang Xiaochuan was already waiting for him there. As soon as Ding saw Huang Xiaochuan, he asked, "Where is he?"
"What's the rush? It's only 5:30. That person won't arrive until around 5:50. He's timed it perfectly; he always arrives before your sister Huan gets off work."
Ding Yi angrily said, "You'd better cover for me later, and don't let anyone come up to break up the fight. If you don't beat the shit out of him, I'll change my name backwards!"
"Supporting the enemy?" Huang Xiaochuan was speechless. This guy was using a term from a martial arts novel. Did he think this was a martial arts competition?
Huang Xiaochuan thought to himself, "There are four of us on my side, including Ding Yi. How could we let Ding Yi suffer a loss? Besides, that pink-faced man doesn't look like a match for Ding Yi either, and he's much shorter than Ding Yi."
Soon the pink-faced man appeared. Today he was wearing a light yellow t-shirt, white tights, and sneakers. He looked quite energetic.
Huang Xiaochuan stood across the street and pointed to Ding Yi: "That kid with the flowers in his hand."
As the saying goes, enemies are bound to be furious when they meet. Ding Yi knew that this guy was the one who had been harassing Qi Huan time and time again, so he rushed over and stopped the pink-faced man.
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The fair-skinned man, annoyed that someone was blocking his way, said, "Friend, please don't block my way, okay?"
Ding Yi didn't bother with any nonsense and slapped him hard across the face. The slap stunned the man, who covered his face and didn't react for a moment.
However, he wasn't one to suffer a loss, so he immediately threw away the flowers in his hand and started tearing at Ding Yi.
The two started fighting, and Huang Xiaochuan was extremely anxious watching from the sidelines!
"Stay away from him, slap him across the face, don't get close to him!"
Ding Yi suddenly exclaimed "Ouch!"
Huang Xiaochuan took one look and thought, "Damn, that pink-faced guy is too cunning. Taking advantage of his short stature, he took advantage of Ding Yi's inattention and pulled a 'monkey stealing peach' move on Ding Yi. This hurt so much that Ding Yi broke out in a cold sweat."
Seeing that things weren't going well, Huang Xiaochuan rushed over and kicked the pink-faced man to the ground. Before the pink-faced man could get up, Huang Xiaochuan straddled him and started beating him mercilessly, leaving the pink-faced man with bruises and swelling, and even nosebleeds.
The man with the powdered face was left dizzy and disoriented after being slapped so hard.
"Friend, stop hitting me! I was wrong!"
Huang Xiaochuan slapped him again: "What did you do wrong?"
This guy recognized Huang Xiaochuan: "I promise I won't come again, I promise."
At this moment, Ding Yi walked over, grimacing and clutching his groin, squatted down, and slapped the guy again.
"Damn it! You dare to ambush me?"
A crowd had already gathered around the three of them to watch the commotion. That's just how Shanghai is; it's always crowded, and people love a good show. Fights like this are quite rare, so they were eager to see it. Some busybodies even called the police.
As expected, all three of them ended up at the police station.
Also accompanying them were Qi Huan and the pink-faced man's aunt, the old lady surnamed Song.
"Officer, arrest these two bastards right now! Look what they've done to people!" The elderly woman surnamed Song pointed at Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi through gritted teeth.
Looking again, the pink-faced man's face was swollen like a pig's head after being beaten by Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi. He was sitting on the long bench in the police station, covering his face and groaning!
Qi Huan looked at Ding Yi and Huang Xiaochuan with a worried expression, not knowing what to do. This was the first time she had been to the police station for this matter.
Several police officers separated the three individuals for questioning.
The story is simple: the guy with the pink face kept harassing someone's girlfriend, and as a result, he got beaten up by her boyfriend.
Since it was a fight, it definitely needed to be punished. However, what the police station chief didn't expect was that such a small matter would alarm so many people.
First, I received a phone call from a leader surnamed Qin in the branch office, instructing that the perpetrators of the assault be severely punished.
The director dared not delay and immediately ordered Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi to be handcuffed, and arranged for the pink-faced man to be sent to the hospital.
Ding Yi looked indifferent, while Huang Xiaochuan was wearing handcuffs for the first time. He looked at the silver bracelet on his wrist over and over, trying to figure out how to open it without a key.
Zhou Wei and Li Huan waited at the entrance of the police station. Zhou Wei had already made a phone call, so now they just had to wait.
Just then, a middle-aged woman, her face streaked with snot and tears, ran into the police station. Upon seeing the elderly woman surnamed Song, she grabbed her and asked, "Sister, where's Jianwei?"
"He's already been taken to the hospital."
The middle-aged woman asked through gritted teeth, "Which bastard hit my Jianwei? I'll make sure they rot in jail."
"They've already been arrested."
The middle-aged woman then remembered to ask her son, "How is Jianwei?"
"Oh dear! Those two little bastards beat my face so badly it's swollen like a pig's head!" The old auntie surnamed Song described with exaggerated detail.
This further enraged the middle-aged woman, causing her chest to heave with anger. Her precious son, whom she had never laid a finger on since he was a child, had been beaten like this.
This woman might have some connections, because the police actually took her to see Ding Yi and Huang Xiaochuan, who were handcuffed.
The woman sneered, "You little beasts, you were born but have no one to raise you! You'll be going to jail!"
Ding Yi spat on the ground with disdain, "Pah! You old shrew!" This action made the middle-aged woman tremble with anger.
The police officers quickly persuaded her to leave, and before leaving, they scolded Ding Yi and Huang Xiaochuan: "You two better behave yourselves!"
Huang Xiaochuan smiled and said to Ding Yi, "A lady of high society!"
"Bullshit! Like mother, like son, you old shrew."
The two sat on the ground with their hands handcuffed to the railing, hanging there. After a while, their arms would ache, and they couldn't stand up straight. If they stood up, they would have to squat, which would be too much for their legs. Sitting was a little better.
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