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Chapter 595: Chapter 259 Of Course Adults Should_2
Su Huai saw her, waved her over, and then had someone make room for a seat, placing her to Gu Jiuyue’s left.
"Come, sit here."
After she sat down, the first thing, of course, was to make things clear to Gu Jiuyue.
Gou Huai leaned into her ear and whispered, "She’s the main influencer our company is promoting, the one who took the bullet for you."
Concise and clean, a picture of innocence.
Gu Jiuyue glanced at Quanquan, noticed her beauty, but didn’t seem to mind at all.
"She has quite the temperament; you have a good eye for talent."
It wasn’t sarcasm; she seriously offered her opinion.
Su Huai nodded in satisfaction, "If you praise her for her temperament, then I’ve indeed done a good job."
Openly praising himself while secretly fawning over the wealthy lady, despicable!
"Yeah, keep it up!"
Gu Jiuyue raised her little fist and then delicately selected a piece of roasted crab leg, burying her head to scoop out the meat.
She didn’t want to interfere with Su Huai’s work.
But Su Huai actively gave her a chance to intervene, "I have a task for you: chat with her more, teach her how to act like a rich heiress, so she doesn’t seem unconvincing."
It wasn’t really a matter of not being convincing. Heiresses were not all cut from the same mold; each had her own character and habits.
This was just to give her a sense of involvement.
Gou Huai’s tactics were always so precise and effective that it made Gu happy. Forgoing her crab leg, she immediately started to engage with Quanquan.
"What’s your name?"
"Chen Jiaxin, my online name is Quanquan. Uh, how should I address you?" 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
Quanquan was a bit restrained; Gu Jiuyue could bring considerable pressure to any girl.
Without thinking, Gu assumed a Su Huai-like demeanor, nodding in satisfaction, "Not bad, this name suits a young lady.
Your age matches the children of Chen Guoxiang, Chen Tianqiao, Chen Jianhua, so I’ll craft some guidance for you, see where to direct the speculation most fittingly, and then find an opportunity for you to be seen with them on the same occasion.
Don’t make it too obvious; subtle hints work best to avoid being exposed and ruining the beauty of it..."
She was unusually talkative; she didn’t even talk this much to Su Huai usually.
Quanquan was starry-eyed, left only with a sense of wonder.
"Wow... you’re amazing!"
Su Huai was torn between laughter and curiosity, "How come you’re so experienced?"
Gu Jiuyue rarely criticized, "In high school, many girls pretended to be from noble families! There were even those who bragged about being Brahman Princesses."
Quanquan blinked, "And what were they in reality?"
Gu curled her lip, "Shudili. Her father was just a military attaché."
Quanquan felt a pang of disappointment and sighed, "Ah, it’s like demoting from Karna to a Maid..."
"What’s that?"
Quanquan suddenly grew confident, "The protagonist of the Indian movie ’Baahubali king,’ a Brahman Princess with a rebellious spirit."
Gu Jiuyue looked at her with newfound respect and encouraged her, "That’s great, learn to retain your professional confidence in life, even a pretend princess can become a real one."
Su Huai shook his head with a smile, leaving them to their conversation.
He had no intention of introducing Quanquan to everyone, only saying to Wang Siming, "She’s an Internet celebrity under my company, just happened not to have eaten, so she came to join the fun."
Wang Siming was full of doubts, thinking: An employee? Since when do you seat an employee next to a flirty prospect? This guy’s moves are wild.
He couldn’t help but ask, "Is Yuji not coming?"
"She’s got to prepare for her live broadcast; where does she have the time?"
Su Huai remained expressionless, then actively steered the conversation back to business, "Alright, shall we talk shop?"
"Uh..."
Wang Siming glanced around and surreptitiously pulled out two cigars from his bag, "How about we taste my cigars somewhere?"
In truth, Wang wasn’t much of a smoker; aside from hitting the bars, he had no vices and was dead set against gambling and drugs.
The fact that he had cigars prepared meant he had long since thought to find an opportunity to talk about serious matters. Su Huai saw through his intent at a glance.
"Sure, the private room next door is empty, let’s go."
The two settled down in the small private room, with Wang himself lighting a cigar for Su Huai. After each had taken a puff, they got straight to the point.
"Have you thought about taking shares in a platform?"
Su Huai’s mind raced, immediately understanding what Wang was up to.
Panda TV had gone through several phases and was an indispensable part of live streaming history.
Analyzed with hindsight, its hastened preparations, the bustling early days, the wandering and confusion in the mid-phase, and the final phase where everyone turned their backs... all provide valuable lessons.
Su Huai hadn’t studied Panda in detail but was aware of its various stages.
It was the end of 2016, the very moment when internal management issues began to surface while Mr. Wang confidently sought outside investments concurrently.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Mr. Wang indeed secured funding, not from genuine investment interest, but through personal credit guarantees with a repurchase agreement.
In simple terms: "I’ll give you money for your shares, but the investment agreement has rigorous repurchase terms. If Panda can’t meet the agreed content, then Pusi Capital will have to repurchase that share portion at a premium as a major shareholder."
Xingye Securities led the B-round funding of 1 billion, securing a condition of 10% compound repurchase interest rate.
Though the rate seemed low, it was a no-loss condition—big earnings if the company went public, and small earnings otherwise.
And Mr. Wang, like the gullible son of a wealthy family, signed off with full confidence in Panda’s future, ultimately losing close to 2 billion.
The fundraising was supposed to happen next year, which Su Huai had already set his sights on, but to his surprise, Mr. Wang brought it up so early and directly offered it to him!
