Chapter 602 - Pitiful Multinational Corporation Controlled in the Palm of Boss Pei’s Hand (1/2)
He Desheng was extremely excited as he continued speaking. “Boss Pei, you made a brilliant move!
“If we had entered into proper negotiations with them, they would not have paid us so much money. Instead, they would have kept trying to oppress us, bargain, and push the price down.
“Yet, your resolute rejection made them realize that we would not have entered any negotiations or business discussions with them!
“In other words, two simple words from you earned us another twenty million US dollars!
“Boss Pei, each word from you was worth ten million US dollars! In fact, each letter was worth about three million US dollars or twenty million RMB!
“Boss Pei, you embody the principle that words are valuable!”
One tael[1] of gold was now worth 17,500 yuan in the market. Since each letter from Boss Pei was worth twenty million, his words were indeed worth a thousand taels of gold.
What’s more, it was each letter that was worth a thousand taels of gold, and then some.
Pei Qian felt his limbs go numb. He silently sipped his coffee and said, “So… we don’t have management rights of IOI’s local server anymore, do we?”
He Desheng’s eyes widened in shock. “Boss Pei, Dayak Corporation has already gone to such lengths to buy the shares from us, and yet you’re still unwilling to let them have the management rights?
“There’s no need for that! They were already so desperate that they resorted to a squeeze-out. The price already includes their compensation for breach of the agency contract. We’ve already earned a significant amount!”
Pei Qian fell silent.
Once He Desheng finished reporting the good news, he placed the documents on the table and said, “Boss Pei, if you have no further questions, I will inform Shang Yang Games of the good news, finish up the handover, and then toss the mess out of our hands!
“Boss Pei, your battle strategy has really taught me a lot!
“I’ve benefited significantly—I really have!”
Before He Desheng left, he stabbed Pei Qian one more time.
The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his coffee cup trembled non-stop. He set the cup back down, picked the document up, and read it again nervously. After that, he started calculating.
He had just made five hundred million yuan, which he could convert into five hundred thousand yuan. However, he had also just lost his loss-incurring machine, IOI’s local server.
It had taken a lot of effort for him to find a stable and boundless avenue to spend money, but it had been snatched from his hands!
Pei Qian was beyond furious.
Most importantly, the loss-incurring tool would have been very useful to him but absolutely useless to Dayak Corporation.
Do you guys have so much money to waste that you would do something to hurt others, even when it doesn’t benefit yourselves?
Pei Qian had been in a good mood earlier, feeling like he was formidable because of his lack of desires. He had thought that, no matter what Dayak Corporation did, he would not be hurt.
Yet, now, Pei Qian realized how wrong he had been. They had harassed him using a squeeze-out and caused a lot of damage to him!
Dayak Corporation, I’m going to freaking fight to the end with you! Alright, you want to hurt me? I won’t let you off! I’ll make sure to take revenge within two months!
Pei Qian picked up his coffee and gritted his teeth.
…
…
In the afternoon…
At Shang Yang Games…
After receiving the news from He Desheng, Ye Zhizhou and the others began preparing to hand over IOI’s local server.
As Wang Xiaobin organized the documents, he said emotionally, “What are we going to be in charge of next?”
Ye Zhizhou shook his head. “I don’t know. I think it’s safe to say that we have done a good job of carrying out Boss Pei’s plan now, right? Next, we should take a good rest and start planning for the next game.”
Wang Xiaobin: “Did you understand a word that He Desheng said today?”
Ye Zhizhou shook his head. “How would I? Broadly, I just know that Boss Pei had it all figured out. He dealt so well with Dayak Corporation that he earned twenty million US dollars with just two words.
“Now that I think about it, I wonder if Boss Pei already knew that all of this would happen when he bought the shares in Finger Games.
“Look: when Finger Games was at its lowest point, he bought twenty percent of their shares for less than three million US dollars. He even managed to obtain the management rights of their local server.
“After that, he tasked the core members of Tengda Games with researching and developing GOG, using IOI to create dog-eat-dog competition and as a stepping stone for GOG.
“During this period, no matter how much Finger Game’s value increased, Boss Pei held on tightly to his shares without showing any signs of wanting to sell them.
“Then, he made us manage the local server and fight head-to-head with GOG. Finally, he milked every drop of value from IOI’s local server, gained a huge gamer base, and won all of them over with GOG.
“Once IOI ceased to be of any use to him, Dayak Corporation made a move to acquire Finger Games. With two words, Boss Pei managed to earn twenty million US dollars—about twenty times his initial investment.
“Just look at that. Every bit of resources had been put to good use, and none of it was wasted!”
Wang Xiaobin could hardly believe it. “According to what you said, Boss Pei must have been able to foresee that Dayak Corporation would acquire Finger Games. That doesn’t seem possible, right?”
Ye Zhizhou answered, “It’s impossible for him to know for sure that it would happen—who would have been able to? I can only guess that half of it was foresight and half of it was pure luck.
“Think about it. Finger Games wanted to push IOI out to the rest of the world, but they lacked the money to do so and could not market it fast enough. Of course, they would have to sell the company to a bigger one that would have enough money to fight in the global market.
“At the same time, a bigger company that wanted to acquire Finger Games would surely want a hundred percent of the shares! No matter which big company it would be, Boss Pei was probably confident that he could earn a huge sum from them!
“It was just a matter of chance that Dayak Corporation was the one who got hurt. It’s really satisfying!
“Dayak Corporation is a malignant tumor in the gaming industry, and everyone knows that!
“I think that, mixed within Boss Pei’s ‘f*ck off’ and the seventy million US dollars that he snatched from them, there was a hint of righteous anger.