Chapter 2336: A Little Strategy

The decision made by Dong Chenxi and Zhao Fusheng was the final choice for Future Investment.

There was no doubt about that.

Even though they both knew that after this decision, many people might lose everything.

But in Zhao Fusheng's view, he had already given these people a chance to choose.

Knowing it was a fire pit, they still chose to jump in—then they couldn't blame others for being ruthless.

Everyone comes into this world for the first time, and no one plans to leave alive. Why should he pity those who weren't worth pitying?

Soon, in the afternoon, under Dong Chenxi's orders, Future Investment reduced the scale of its acquisition of Huayuan Real Estate's stock.

Huayuan Real Estate's stock price immediately stabilized.

President Ren, our stock price has stabilized for now.

Soon, someone reported this news to Ren Zhi.

Ren Zhi's face was gloomy, and he didn't feel happy about the news.

He knew very well that Zhao Fusheng might just be lulling him into a false sense of security.

The reason was simple.

Because based on what he knew of Zhao Fusheng's character, that guy wasn't the type to give up easily.

In other words, Zhao Fusheng was someone who wouldn't stop until he achieved his goal.

Moreover, he never played games of giving up halfway.

The current situation was likely a case of the opponent pretending to retreat to make him let down his guard.

That way, once he relaxed even slightly, they would strike a fatal blow and achieve their goal.

Thinking this, Ren Zhi looked at his secretary: "Tell the people below to keep a close watch. No matter what happens, report to me immediately. Pay special attention to Future Investment's movements, understand?"

The secretary found it a bit strange but still nodded obediently.

He could understand why the boss was so nervous.

After all, it was Future Investment.

As Ren Zhi's secretary, he had also read those materials about Future Investment.

To be honest, it was terrifying!

A shareholder of Alibaba, a shareholder of Facebook, and also a shareholder of Samsung.

The total value of the shares held by Future Investment was at least over fifty billion US dollars.

Or even more!

An opponent like that, to be honest, just thinking about it filled one with fear.

"Okay, Chairman, rest assured."

The secretary quickly nodded.

He naturally dared not take the boss's words lightly.

Soon, the secretary left Ren Zhi's office.

And Ren Zhi sat there, thinking about something, his face remaining gloomy.

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Early the next morning.

A scene that shattered Ren Zhi's composure played out again.

At market open, Huayuan Real Estate's stock price soared once more.

"Chairman, something's wrong."

The secretary burst into his office.

"What's going on?"

Ren Zhi said.

"Since this morning, there have been a large number of buy orders."

The secretary said with a bitter smile: "We suspect it's Future Investment's people manipulating the market."

"Why just suspicion? Can't you trace the capital flow?"

Ren Zhi frowned.

"It's all offshore hot money."

The secretary replied: "As you know, this kind of thing can't be traced. If the other party holds shares in a dispersed manner, we have no way of knowing whether they will make a public offer."

Damn it!

Ren Zhi's face turned ugly again.

He certainly understood what the secretary meant.

According to his explanation, if this situation continued, then a Sword of Damocles would hang over Huayuan Real Estate, or rather, over his own head.

It could fall at any time.

And whether this sword would fall depended entirely on Zhao Fusheng's mood.

If Zhao Fusheng was unhappy and made a public offer, then everyone at Huayuan Real Estate would be thoroughly humiliated by him.

Thinking of that scene, Ren Zhi felt it would be better to just die.

He was also a proud man, and he knew that if it came to that, he would lose all face and dignity.

"Notify immediately, we start buying too."

Ren Zhi gritted his teeth and said.

He knew that this matter couldn't be dragged on any longer.

No matter what, if Zhao Fusheng actually got his hands on the company's shares and became a major shareholder, he wouldn't be able to explain himself to the board.

The only option now was to support the stock price.

Huayuan Real Estate also began using funds to buy back the company's stock, thereby increasing the major shareholder's say in the company through shareholding increases.

In essence, it was a battle of who had more money and sufficient funds to grab enough chips.

To be honest, at this moment, Ren Zhi thought of the battle when Hong Kong tycoon Sir Y.K. Pao acquired Wharf Holdings back in the day.

Back then, Ship King Pao planned to transition from shipping and intended to acquire the British company Wharf Holdings.

At that time, although Chinese capital in Hong Kong was wealthy, it had few supporters.

Ship King Pao, with lightning speed, acquired most of Wharf's shares at a price above market value, becoming the major shareholder and successfully transitioning.

To be honest, in Ren Zhi's view, Ship King Pao back then wasn't as wealthy as Zhao Fusheng.

So he was genuinely worried that Zhao Fusheng would pull a trick of feigning actions in one direction while secretly moving in another.

Thinking this, he said to his secretary: "Arrange meetings with all the directors."

At this point, the best course was for him to personally meet with these people and ask them not to sell their shares privately to Zhao Fusheng.

Otherwise, once Zhao Fusheng secretly acquired enough shares, it would put tremendous pressure on him.

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Zhao Fusheng naturally didn't know how much pressure his move of holding still had put on Ren Zhi.

His strategy for the day remained unchanged.

After driving Huayuan Real Estate's stock price up by five percent, he had Dong Chenxi stop the operation.

In Zhao Fusheng's words, that was enough.

Sometimes, you didn't have to push the stock to the daily limit to truly attract attention.

This level of growth was enough to catch people's eyes.

Sure enough, soon news of Huayuan Real Estate's stock price increase began to spread outside.

And at this moment, Dong Chenxi timely leaked the news that Future Investment was evaluating Huayuan Real Estate's operations and intended to acquire and make a public offer.

Although there was no official announcement, just rumors, it was enough.

For most investors, such rumors were often more convincing than official announcements.

By the third day at market open,

Without Future Investment making a move, a large amount of capital had already poured into Huayuan Real Estate's stock, and soon the stock price was driven up.

"Next, should we sell?"

Dong Chenxi asked Zhao Fusheng.