Chapter 1622: A Case of Apples and Oranges

After careful consideration, Zhao Fusheng had made up his mind.

Just as Dong Chenxi said, since the situation was already chaotic, it might as well be even more so.

Hu Donghai was right—since enemies were all around, any one of them dying would be a gain.

Cooperating with Lee Boo-jin was undoubtedly a good choice for Zhao Fusheng, and he was telling the truth: Lee Boo-jin's personal strength was no match for SoftBank and Sequoia Capital. Only by dragging Samsung into the fray could Zhao Fusheng's plan be implemented.

Hearing Zhao Fusheng's words, Lee Boo-jin frowned slightly, stunned into silence for a long time.

"Are you joking?"

After a while, Lee Boo-jin looked at Zhao Fusheng and asked, word by word.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and nodded: "Of course."

Then he said to Lee Boo-jin, "I told you, if it's you personally, I'm willing to sell one percent of Facebook's shares to you, just as a gesture of friendship."

The implication was naturally that if Lee Boo-jin was representing the Samsung Group in negotiations, then other matters would be discussed.

Friendship is friendship, business is business.

Zhao Fusheng made that distinction very clear.

"Regardless, thank you."

Lee Boo-jin looked at Zhao Fusheng and said sincerely.

She wasn't stupid; she naturally understood that Zhao Fusheng was doing her a favor.

"You're welcome."

Zhao Fusheng shook his head: "It's not a loss for me either. Cooperation is about seeking common ground while reserving differences, don't you think?"

Hearing this, Lee Boo-jin smiled radiantly.

As the daughter of Samsung's Lee family, she naturally understood that Zhao Fusheng was right.

What is business?

Business is a profit-driven operation. For businessmen, the role of a partner is not to fight but to unite forces to earn more profit.

In other words, Lee Boo-jin knew very well that Zhao Fusheng must have his own plans; without profit, he wouldn't agree to cooperate with her.

But regardless, in Lee Boo-jin's view, Zhao Fusheng's willingness to give her this favor was undoubtedly beneficial to her.

At the very least, when the news reached her father, he would be very pleased, greatly enhancing her standing within Samsung.

As the eldest daughter of the Lee family, Lee Boo-jin knew very well that whether it was herself, her brother Lee Jae-yong, or her sister Lee Seo-hyun, they all longed to gain the trust of their father, Lee Kun-hee.

After all, the Samsung Group, in the final analysis, was still under Lee Kun-hee's control.

That man, who usually kept a low profile, was the greatest shadow looming over South Korea.

"Alright, since you're being so frank, I have nothing to hide." Lee Boo-jin looked at Zhao Fusheng and said slowly, "Personally, I can only invest no more than fifty million dollars. But for Samsung, I need to discuss it with my father."

There was no help for it; although she was Samsung's eldest princess and the outside world estimated her net worth at hundreds of millions of dollars, that was just her valuation.

Many people mistakenly believe that if someone is worth billions, they must have billions in cash ready to hand over at any time. This is actually a misconception.

One's assets must be divided into fixed assets and cash assets.

For example, Li Ka-shing's assets are worth hundreds of billions of RMB, which sounds impressive, but if you asked him to produce ten billion in cash, he would have to find a way to do it.

The reason is simple: cash flow and fixed assets are not the same thing.

Similarly, although Lee Boo-jin was said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars as Samsung's eldest princess, the cash she could actually mobilize was very limited.

"Fifty million dollars."

Zhao Fusheng frowned and looked at Lee Boo-jin helplessly: "How much do you think one percent of Facebook's shares is worth?"

Facebook?

Even Lee Boo-jin was stunned.

She looked at Zhao Fusheng in surprise, unable to speak for a long time.

The reason was simple: the surprise Zhao Fusheng had given her was too great.

She had thought Zhao Fusheng would let her acquire shares in another company, but she never expected that he would offer to sell her one percent of Facebook's shares.

Anyone with a bit of common sense and some knowledge of the internet could clearly understand Facebook's value. It was a company valued at three billion dollars even before going public.

In other words, once it went public, its market cap would easily exceed ten billion in no time.

Even though Lee Boo-jin wasn't American, she understood that.

But now, Zhao Fusheng said he would sell her one percent of the shares.

Looking at Zhao Fusheng's smiling face, Lee Boo-jin's cheeks flushed inexplicably. Could it be that this guy had feelings for her...

If Zhao Fusheng knew what Lee Boo-jin was thinking, he would probably cry.

He really hadn't thought that far.

In Zhao Fusheng's view, although one percent of Facebook's shares was valuable, if it could earn Lee Boo-jin's friendship, he was happy to sell it to her.

After all, given Facebook's valuation, Lee Boo-jin couldn't possibly pay too little to take one percent of the shares.

As for whether Samsung would be interested in Alibaba,

Zhao Fusheng felt that this question wasn't hard to answer.

Simply put, it wasn't something Lee Boo-jin could decide.

"Let me think it over."

After a long silence, Lee Boo-jin looked at Zhao Fusheng and said seriously, "I feel your sincerity, but Fusheng, you must understand that I am part of Samsung, and I need to be responsible to the family."

Given Lee Boo-jin's personality, anyone familiar with her would be astonished to hear her say such a thing.

This woman had always put her family first.

"It's okay."

Zhao Fusheng smiled calmly and said to Lee Boo-jin, "Sister Boo-jin, I'll wait for your good news."

Hearing his words, Lee Boo-jin's face reddened even more. She thought she understood Zhao Fusheng's intention. With that, she nodded and said, "Alright, I'll discuss it with my father right away. You stay here and wait for my news."

Then she gave him a deep look: "Don't worry, I won't let you down."

Although Zhao Fusheng felt something was off, he still nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for your good news."

He didn't think too much about it; in his view, reaching a cooperation with Samsung and bringing this giant into Alibaba's board would undoubtedly give SoftBank Asia and Sequoia Capital a headache.

As for Lee Boo-jin's thoughts, they were not within Zhao Fusheng's consideration.

He merely had a favorable impression of this Samsung eldest princess.