Chapter 601: 601
Xia Lei walked out of Bright Moon Palace Club and took out his phone to give Long Bing a call . “Bing, something came up . I might not be able to go over . ”
“What happened?” Long Bing asked, deep concern in her voice .
“I’m certain that Gu Kewen is still alive, and she’s most likely the mastermind behind the attack on Vientiane Group’s shares . She’s just released a few pieces of information to the media, and it’s going to cause Tianyi a great deal of trouble . I need to be by her side for this period of time,” said Xia Lei .
Long Bing was quiet for a bit before saying, “That’s fine . You’re right, she needs you by her side right now . Though, I don’t think it would be a bad idea to let your wife struggle a little on her own . She was born with a golden spoon in her mouth and has never faced any setbacks . If this incident could deal a blow to her pride and ambition, it wouldn’t be a bad thing for you . ”
“Mhm, then I’m going . ” Xia Lei hung up .
He didn’t tell Long Bing what had happened inside the club because he knew that Long Bing would regard it as something trivial . In truth, that was what Xia Lei thought too . Since it was the other party who attacked first, he could say he retaliated in self-defense . Moreover, as a consultant of Bureau 101, who would investigate him if he raised a knife or a gun at his attackers? He could get away scot-free even if he had killed, much less injured, the two of them .
After a long drive, Xia Lei arrived at the Angel Wings Building, the headquarters of the Vientiane Group in Jingdu .
When he found Shentu Tianyin, she had just finished presiding over a board meeting . He saw several other members of the Shentu clan with her, as well as a handful of unfamiliar ones . They all had grave expressions on their faces .
Shentu Tianyin and Xia Lei’s eyes met, and she began to walk towards him . “Come with me to my office . ” Xia Lei nodded and followed her . Once they were inside, she closed the door and wordlessly handed him her phone .
A picture was displayed on the screen . In the picture, several bikini-clad dancer girls were clinging to his body . Some had their arms draped over his shoulders while others were hugging his arms and pressing their plump breasts against him . A few were even grabbing his buttocks with their hands, and some had their legs wrapped around his waist . It was a terribly obscene picture .
Xia Lei forced a wry smile . “I can explain, I was there to…”
Shentu Tianyin cut him off . “I don’t want to hear your explanations . I want the conclusion . ”
“I’m going to explain it whether you want to hear it or not . ” Xia Lei said, “That place is called the Bright Moon Palace Club . It’s Gu Kewen’s territory . I received information that a man named Gu Dinghai owns two percent of your company’s shares . This Gu Dinghai is Gu Dingshan’s elder cousin; in other words, he’s Gu Kewen’s uncle . I had a suspicion that I’ll find other large shareholders of your company there . I was there to help you, not play around with other women . ”
Shentu Tianyin hesitated . She didn’t dare to meet his eyes, but she did soften . “Hubby, I’m sorry…”
Xia Lei took her into his arms and comforted her . “It’s all right, I understand . It’s impossible for anyone to live a completely smooth-sailing life . What we’re going through right now is nothing . I will stay by your side and help you solve the problem . ”
“Gu Kewen, that bitch . I wish I could kill her!” Xia Lei was very surprised to hear these words come out of Shentu Tianyin’s mouth .
“I’m searching for her . When I find her whereabouts, I’ll definitely kill her for you,” he said comfortingly, patting her shoulder .
“Some media outlets have already begun to report on the collaboration deals I made with Gu Kewen in the past . The stock price of the Vientiane Group is falling fast, and this is just the beginning . Even if you kill her, it wouldn’t do anything to help the situation . ” Shentu Tianyin appeared both physically and mentally tired .
Xia Lei suddenly thought of something . “Tianyin, how much of the Vientiane Group’s shares do you still hold?”
“Twenty-five percent . ”
“Only twenty-five percent?” he asked in shock .
She smiled bitterly . “The stock market keeps falling, so I have to avoid risks . That’s what all of the other public companies are doing now . When the state of the stock market is like this, everyone reduces their amount of shares to avoid risks, then they buy the shares back at the floor price . Entry and exit, it’s all hard cash . ”
“Companies get listed so they can enter the circulation of money . It seems that this statement is true,” Xia Lei said somewhat helplessly .
When the stock market was in good shape and stock prices were soaring, the owners and shareholders of said public companies would not sell their shares . They would wait until the price and profits were at a certain level before selling . Following their decision, they would spread favorable news to entice individual investors to take the offer . After the individual investors bought the shares, the shareholders would proceed to spread unfavorable news about the stocks, causing panic and a drop in the stock prices . The individual investors would then panic, and sell their shares one after another . When that happened, the owners of the listed companies and the shareholders, as well as the insiders could wait for the stock to hit a low before they bought it up again .
A large sum of hard cash would go straight into the shareholders’ pockets with this in and out of money . The poor individual investors were like chives, being cut up into pieces and served .
Shentu Tianyi sighed . “This is the way of capital survival . Everyone does it . In a sense, I’m still doing okay . Some board chairmen of other public companies hold less than ten percent of their own company’s shares . If it weren’t for this circulation of money, who would list their companies publicly?”
“Tianyin, tell me, how much of the shares did you own before you sold them?”
“Fifty-one percent . I control the most . My father once gave a total of ten percent to some other members of the family, so the Vientiane Group is truly a family-held company . However, they don’t have many shares left now . Like me, they all want to avoid risks, and buy back their shares when the prices are low . ”
“Then is it possible to buy them back now?” he asked . “You just said so yourself . Because of the dip in the stock market right now, the Vientiane Group’s stock prices have been dropping . ”
“I’m buying them now, but so is the opposing side . Right now, we’re competing with our speed and capital reserves,” said Shentu Tianyin .
“If you don’t have enough money on your side, you can ask me . ”
“I helped you manage the Thunder Horse Group for some time, so I’m well aware of how much money is in your account . A billion-something yuan won’t be enough,” she said .
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