Chapter 28 (1/2)

In fact, although Xinye Company still operated well, it was suffering a cash shortage when it tried to expand its business. Specifically speaking, it had had this problem since its establishment, which was getting severer after it had purchased Lianyou Company.

Shanghai Xinye Company had bought out nearly 10 firms that were all bigger than it during the five years since its start, making its equity structure complicated. Huang Xuan's capital infusion plan drew the company's attention immediately.

Actually, the president of the board, Yu Liye, who owned 68% of the company's shares, had long known Huang Xuan's ident.i.ty—the first born son of the Huang Family in Nanjing, yet somehow he didn't tell Gan Lizheng.

The outcome of the meeting embarra.s.sed Gan Lizheng, but it didn't affect the judgment of the company.

The next day at noon, Yu Liye and four other directors came to the Sheraton Hotel in Nanjing. Although both the new code programs and the 12 million were important for them, what had dragged them there was Huang Xuan's ident.i.ty. It would be good even if they could just establish a little bit of connection with the family. On the other hand, although Huang Xuan wasn't interested in managing a company, he was hoping to find a good excuse to spend his money in case his mom took it away from him again. A company with a great potential and running well was satisfactory enough.

More importantly, Rolin was intrigued by it; his exact words were ”I've heard of this company”, which sufficed for Huang Xuan.

The talk was conducted with a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Yu Liye's first sentence was ”Welcome Mr. Huang Xuan to the board of Xinye Company.” The rest of the negotiation was all about enhancing friends.h.i.+p.

Yu Liye was over 60 years old and graying at the temples. It was rare for such an old man to operate a high-tech software company, at least so in China. However, although he knew little about computers, he knew people and management. From the history of Xinye Company, it could be seen that purchasing and luring were Yu Liye's main means: he purchased other companies, programs written by other people and even lured other companies' best employees. Thanks to that, the old man who barely knew anything about software had become a member of Chinese software industry.

Yu Lixin's business means were disgraceful but clean. After having read Rolin's materials, Huang Xuan drew this conclusion and became cordial. Just like what his family had said, business was not about grace. If commercial morality had to be discussed, ”clean” would be the highest praise.

The other directors were of the same age as Gan Lizheng and used to be technicians. They complimented Huang Xuan non-stop on his programs. Huang Xuan felt a little awkward and couldn't respond because he couldn't even understand the notes to the programs, not to mention talking with people about them. Since the only thing Rolin knew was reading materials, and he made a ton of mistakes when it came to flexible questions, his help wouldn't mean much at this point.

Huang Xuan had to open a conversation with Yu Liye. He used to think that he wouldn't be able to talk business like his mom or uncles until he was in his thirties. He hadn't expected that it could be realized so early, so he was satisfied. Huang Xuan drank a cup of tea and couldn't help asking, ”Mr. Yu, what do you think of my proposition?”