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Chapter 501: Chapter 411: Penguin Strategy (Please subscribe!)_1
It’s night time.
Tang Qing returned home.
Laying in bed, he inevitably thought of Wang Yan. Nothing happened at the dinner tonight; it was jovial and vibrant, some were expressing gratitude while others were venting spleen, but with drinks all misunderstandings were mended.
But Tang Qing saw that Wang Yan’s eyes were very different, similar to when he was chasing her in university in his previous life. Moreover, her tone and behavior were different tonight, she was serving him with food and wine, everyone at the table noticed, some people even made fun of it, suggesting them to get together. To this, Tang Qing could only respond awkwardly.
Wang Yan, on the other hand, appeared quite composed.
Could it be that I am just that amazing?
Tang Qing thought in vanity.
Feeling dizzy.
Jesus.
His thoughts deviated even at this moment. He shouldn’t be flaunting ego right now.
Tang Qing really wanted to tell Wang Yan that she doesn’t stand a chance and should stop fantasizing. But having experienced Wang Yan’s relentless pursuit in his previous life, Tang Qing knew that Wang Yan would definitely say, "We are just friends. Where are your thoughts going?" And then... it would be the same old story.
Which was a bit baffling to him.
An undisputed breakup?
He did it once in the previous life.
Do it again in this life?
Tang Qing didn’t have the heart to do it.
Forget about it.
Stop thinking about it.
When they are not in the same university, the frequency of their meetings will decrease, and there should be changes. After all, they both attended the same university in their previous life, but they are in different universities in this life. One is in Fudan and the other is in Shanghai Conservatory of Music; it’s unlikely Wang Yan would frequently come to pester him.
Hopefully, Wang Yan won’t come up with any cunning plans in university.
Once he stopped worrying about it.
Tang Qing got up and turned on his laptop to connect to the internet.
At this time, the internet environment was really basic. The interfaces for various web pages gave off a rustic charm and weren’t user-friendly. The same went for communication software; the login interfaces looked downright foolish, like Penguin, which had limited features.
Tang Qing was thinking if he should consider having shares in Penguin or start a new communications empire himself?
That would be... a bit challenging.
However, it’s not impossible. Protagonists in fiction have tried various ways to kill or acquire Penguin, mostly choosing to do so shortly after its creation; otherwise, there aren’t many options available. The size of Penguin keeps growing. In April 2004, just before his rebirth, Penguin already had 300 million registered users. Such a giant wasn’t something one could easily defeat.
Penguin, which has now taken the right path and has amassed a solid user base, is practically invincible. It’s an entity that other internet companies combined wouldn’t be able to bring down.
Another year has passed.
Penguin remains the leader, and no one can shake its status. Tang Qing was well aware that a traditional acquisition of Penguin was nearly impossible. However, he could contemplate some unconventional means, like buying shares from foreign shareholders?
That could work.
In his past life, he heard that the majority of Penguin’s shares were not in the hands of Old Ma and its other founders. Although the other shareholders only had dividend rights, the notion of foreigners making money off their nation was irksome.
Hmm.
That’s decided then.
Of the BAT trio, Tang Qing was only interested in Penguin and didn’t care much for the rest. Ma’s Ali had developed a search engine. Other services were average and they liked playing the bidding ranking game, which ripped off many users. He didn’t like it.
As for Ali of the aliens, Tang Qing also didn’t have much interest. Tang Qing had ambitious plans, but most of them were focused on Myanmar Bank and the industrial alliance, as well as the Dark Prison. He was already stretching himself thin with his interest in mobile communications. What if all his investments ended up in a feud? Who would he support then?
Right?
Thinking about that.
Tang Qing started to research on Penguin’s shareholders.
Two of them were foreigners, South Africa’s Naspers and Standard Bank, together holding more than 48% of the shares. Some shares were also circulating in the stock market due to Penguin going public last year.
However, Tang Qing wasn’t interested in the crumbs floating in the stock market. He was eyeing the shares held by these two organizations.
Even if it was a common wealthy person.
Even if it was Li Ka-shing, they may not be able to acquire these shares. Very simply, Penguin was a chicken that lays golden eggs. Everyone knew this by now; who would be foolish enough to exchange the shares for money? Influential people wouldn’t consider selling it even if it was overpriced right now.
The strategic consultants maintained by the two companies at a heavy price were not paid to just eat meals; they wouldn’t sell off Penguin’s shares in hand for immediate interests. There’s practically no hope through regular channels.
But who is Tang Qing?
Does he need to buy with money?
Does he need to use regular channels?
Of course not. If you don’t need to sell your shares, then I will create a need for you. If you have no reason to sell your shares, then I will create a reason. You don’t want to sell to me? Well, when your business goes bankrupt, you will see if you still would not sell.
If your business doesn’t go bankrupt, I will make you go bankrupt.
Tang Qing now had such capabilities. If being ethical doesn’t work, he would resort to being underhanded. He would not ask you to sell shares at a loss, you could even make a small profit, however, you can’t refuse to sell. Even if you ask for sky-high prices, that’s also not going to work.
That was Tang Qing’s philosophy.
If it was a company from his own country, he wouldn’t be so rogue.
But for foreign companies, he didn’t have so many qualms. Tang Qing didn’t like this rogue mentality before, because it was unethical to rob others of their good investments by means of threats and allurements.
But what is ethics?
Even though he didn’t fully understand.
But Tang Qing felt it was ethical not to let foreign companies earn that money. Would Tang Qing need to make money from Penguin? - Impossible. When the Asia Dollar becomes internationalized and the Myanmar Bank Group covers the whole world, money will no longer be important.
Tang Qing simply wanted to accomplish something that most ordinary people would want to do.
Only this, and nothing more.
With this in mind, Tang Qing entered the command room and issued an order: "Let the Myanmar Bank Group acquire the Penguin stocks owned by these two companies within six months, and at the same time, acquire more than 20% of the stocks of Standard Bank of South Africa within one year. There is no limit for authorized funds."
The command was simple.
But Tang Yi knew what to do and he would not mess up.
The reason for acquiring the shares of Standard Bank of South Africa was that these shares would be acquired by ICBC three years later. Also, it would serve as an important bridge for the Myanmar Bank to expand into Africa. Hence, he could only apologize to ICBC.
This stock,
He had reserved it.
The reason for having unlimited authorized funds was due to the broad implication of acquiring stocks of Standard Bank of South Africa. It involved too many complications. It wasn’t something that could be resolved with money alone, and Tang Qing didn’t have enough money to gain control. So, he decided to go at it, how else could he get the meat without being a bit of a rogue?
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June 10th.
Friday.
Today is the day when Uncle Kai Tang returned. His return was delayed for a few days, and they were scheduled to arrive at Province City in the afternoon. Since Qingyan City Airport hasn’t started operations yet, someone has to pick them up at Province City Airport, which was, of course, a "heavy responsibility" undertaken by Tang Qing.
Qin Yugang wanted to go initially, but he has a city bureau meeting today and can’t leave.
Early in the morning.
Tang Qing, under Aunt Qin’s repeated admonitions, got in the car and drove towards Province City. It’s a pity that school was in session today. Otherwise, Qin Shiqi would be clamoring to go play in Province City. However, even if there were no school, Aunt Qin wouldn’t let Qin Shiqi follow. Space was limited, after all.
Three people in the backseat
would be a bit crowded.
On the way, Tang Qing drove really fast.
He arrived in Province City in less than three hours.
Of course, he might face potentially big fines. However, it didn’t matter, who was to blame except for his excellent driving skills?
He could drive even without holding the steering wheel.
Correct.
Tang Qing did just that.
In fact, this isn’t because Tang Qing wanted to drive fast, but because after the mall released vehicle equipment, he bought a potassium transport vehicle with the intention of going crazy with it in the training area. However, beautiful ideas met a harsh reality face-slapping him.
The driving experience was terrible.
Like the seats in those potassium transport vehicles, they were far from comfortable. They were as hard as train seats. Apart from the foam on the roof of the car for head protection, everything else was tough. The car was too heavy to speed up. The heavy bulletproof glass and armor were a burden in themselves.
It was only then he realized that the training area could provide fuel for the vehicles.
It makes sense. You sell a vehicle that can’t move and it simply broke down, why would you sell it? However, this fuel had purchase limitations. It was not as if you could purchase as much as wanted. This purchase limit refreshed daily, and the total amount is the consumption of all purchased vehicle equipment after 24 hours of continuous operation.
It’s quite "humanized".
Because of this, Tang Qing has specifically asked the territory to build several oil storage warehouses. But it was not for sale; these were stored there serving as petroleum and diesel reserves of the territory in order to cope with emergencies. It was to prevent future wars from causing insufficient oil production within the territory, which would affect the daily operation of the territory.
This facilitated another matter.
That is,
his car would never need to go to the gas station anymore.
There’s still time to spare.
Tang Qing didn’t wander around, because there was not much to see in Province City anyway. As a result, he drove directly to Province City Airport and started watching movies in the car. As soon as his second uncle’s plane landed, the command Room would notify him.
No need to set an alarm.
After watching for a while,
Tang Qing started to feel bored.
Watching a movie on a laptop was not thrilling at all.
Watching a large-screen projection in the command room was much more fulfilling; the sound effects were just perfect.
But, the recently released movies were hard to watch, boring. He even considered investing in making his own movies to watch.
With this thought,
Tang Qing thought of another industry he could enter - the film industry. Having watched movies for so many years, he felt like sending a "hehe" to domestic films, especially special effect films. Notably, the special effects of films were far too rough. For instance, "Independence Day 1" was shown in 1996. Twenty years later, domestic films are still made with low-cost special effects, which was extremely frustrating to watch.
The films that hired foreigners for special effects all bore a strong western monster color. The reusability was severe, so it always seemed as if those monsters were previously seen elsewhere, which was awkward to watch.
So in his last life, every time Tang Qing would rather go to the cinema to see a 2D emotional film instead of a 3D special effects film.
All right.
I should also try investing in films.
As for special effects,
Ask, Little Two, to do it.
It will definitely be brilliant.
PS: First Chapter!
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