Chapter 117 Chapter 118 [Suffering a loss to pick up girls]

Zhao Wanying's personality has always been like this. She treats her friends' affairs as her own. People like this generally don't have a good ending, but Li Wendi is also willing to be friends with her. After all, the power behind Zhao Wanying is relatively strong.

Although He Qijun was born into a scholarly family, he runs a newspaper, which clearly shows that he is not just a scholar. Perhaps he played an ignominious role in Zhao Wanying's request for help from Li Wendi.

However, Li Wendi somewhat admired He Qijun. No one living in this world could be as innocent and honest as Zhao Wanying, otherwise they would suffer all their lives.

Seeing Li Wendi's puzzled look, Zhao Wanying became a little angry and anxious, and explained the whole cause and effect in a voice full of irritability.

It turned out that Li Wendi had discussed with He Qijun about investing in the newspaper by using the new magazine. At that time, He Qijun politely declined, and Li Wendi didn't take it too seriously afterwards. Now that the newspaper has been hit hard by its peers and sales have dropped a lot, he remembered the suggestion Li Wendi had made before.

Of course He Qijun didn't want Li Wendi to invest in Yuanhe Newspaper. With Zhao Wanying's intervention, the situation became flexible. Even if the deal was done, the conditions would be favorable to the He family.

Thinking of this, Li Wendi smiled slightly. This woman was a little shrewd, and she used her best friend without making a sound. Even if she was exposed, she could act harmless and pretend to be innocent.

"That's true." Li Wendi nodded. "But Wanying, this is a business matter. Friends are friends, but business matters must be clearly separated. I still stick to my previous proposal. I can provide funds and plans, but I must become a shareholder of Yuanhe Newspaper and have absolute say in the upcoming magazine."

Zhao Wanying is a very serious person. "You are right. I am not here today to ask you to give up your interests. I just want you to save Yuanhe Newspaper and not sit idly by."

Li Wendi spread his hands and said helplessly, "If we can't come to an agreement, how can I help? Are you going to let me work for the He family for free?"

"To be honest with you, when we were negotiating the terms, Miss He didn't discuss it with me at all. She just politely refused and said that she couldn't make the decision on this matter. I asked her to go back and discuss it with other people, but unfortunately there has been no news."

"You know, I'm very busy and I don't have time to ask about the results. I also think that if there is no news, there is no need to discuss. We are all friends, I can't embarrass everyone."

Zhao Wanying was speechless for a moment. It was her best friend who caused the current predicament, not Li Wendi's inaction. It was impossible for others to always take the initiative in business. Wouldn't that be a threat or shameless?

"Can you lower your conditions a bit? You don't need that money." Zhao Wanying's momentum weakened.

"Wanying, this is not a question of money, but a question of respect. Do you want me to go all out to save Yuanhe Newspaper?" The more Li Wendi spoke, the more solemn his expression became. What Zhao Wanying said was a bit over the line. Although she had helped Li Wendi before, she could not make such an excessive request.

"How about this, you ask He Qijun to come out and we can talk together. Of course, the prerequisite is that He Qijun needs to discuss my previous conditions with others first." Li Wendi's meaning was very simple, that is, He Qijun must get authorization instead of coming here to get something for nothing.

He Qijun didn't really believe that Li Wendi had a good magazine plan, but this was a way, what if it was true? Moreover, Li Wendi now had good financial resources and was also a good collaborator.

"Okay, I'll go now." Zhao Wanying immediately stood up and left the office.

Li Wendi sat on the chair, looking at the pretty figure and shaking his head. Zhao Wanying was a good candidate for being a friend, and she was eager to do good things for others, but she could easily be used as a chess piece by others and would eventually become a discarded piece.

This is due to her personality. No one can change Zhao Wanying, and no one can stop her.

In the afternoon, Wu Xiong brought news: Sun Hung Kai Properties' share price has risen to 4.1 yuan, and its market value is almost equal to its actual asset value. According to estimates, the share price will not increase too much.

However, Li Wendi still has no intention to sell, because he has too much money on hand. He doesn't know which stock to buy after selling Sun Hung Kai Properties' shares. It is better for him to continue holding Sun Hung Kai Properties' shares.

The 1000 million yuan of funds have been used to buy 1.1 shares of the Jardine Matheson Group, and the share price has soared to 90.3 yuan.

The acquisition of Dairy Farm International has not yet been exposed, but according to Wu Xiong's statistics, the Swire Properties Group already holds more than 10% of Dairy Farm's shares and is not far from launching the acquisition.

So, Li Wendi asked Wu Xiong if he could continue to buy shares of the Jardine Matheson Group?
Wu Xiong replied that it was okay, but the amount of stock to be purchased would not be too large, and tens of thousands of shares should still be fine. Li Wendi asked Wu Xiong to help continue buying, and not to worry about alarming the market, because the Hong Kong Land Company already held 10% of Dairy Farm's shares and was in a difficult situation. It would not easily give up the prey that was in its mouth, and the development trend of Causeway Bay was unstoppable. Dairy Farm International's Causeway Bay farm was very attractive.

Even if it wasn't for the acquisition by the Swire Properties, other large companies would have their eyes on this piece of fat meat. In any case, Zhou Xinian would not be able to sit back and relax.

The share price of Lehong Real Estate also rose from 1.7 yuan to 2 yuan, and 66.66 shares made a profit of 33.4 yuan. A 33% profit is already very good for a small company, and there will be some more increases in the future, so the profit margin should not be lower than 50%.

Calculated in this way, as long as the quantity of IPO subscription shares of a small company is large, the profit will not be less than that of a large company.

During dinner time, the lights outside the restaurant were bright, showing off the prosperity of Hong Kong.

Li Wendi sat opposite Zhao Wanying and He Qijun, chewing a piece of squid.

"Mr. Li, I have discussed your previous request with the elders in my family. They still do not agree to the investment, but they agree that you will have control over the magazine. In terms of profits, we hope to split it 50-50, and inject capital in a ratio of 40-60, with you paying 40% and us paying 60%. What do you think?" He Qijun said with a twinkle in her eyes.

She had already learned about Li Wendi's background and knew that he was a veteran gangster who even killed the inspector of Wan Chai. Such a person made her a little afraid, but Zhao Wanying, who hated evil, was willing to make friends with him. It seemed that he was not a cruel person. She really couldn't really judge Li Wendi's character.

Li Wendi looked up at He Qijun, noticed the change, and said with a smile, "We are not in a hurry to discuss the issue of the distribution ratio. Miss He, please take a look at the plan I made first."

He Qijun's eyes were full of doubt, until she turned to the second page of the document, her eyes lit up, and she said to Li Wendi, "Is this the plan you made yourself?"

"Ms. He, you should know that this plan is enough to support a newspaper. Could anyone give me such an expensive gift?" Li Wendi said half-jokingly.

"Since Miss He has approved this magazine plan, let's talk about the issue of profit distribution." Li Wendi said with a smile, "I can reduce the shares of Yuanhe Newspaper a little, 5% is also fine, but the profit distribution needs to be increased a little, % to %, with me taking %."

"Mr. Li, I need to ask the family for their opinion on this matter. I can't make the decision." He Qijun covered the plan and said, "I'll make a phone call first."

"Please go ahead!" Li Wendi said with a faint smile.

After He Qijun left the table, Zhao Wanying smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that Qijun will not cooperate with you and publish the magazine secretly?"

Li Wendi said indifferently, "The proposal is only part of the content, and I have more than one magazine in my head. Trying to defeat the plagiarists is just a waste of time."

Seeing Li Wendi's cocky look, Zhao Wanying looked disgusted and said, "Give me some encouragement, and you're showing off."

Li Wendi was very thick-skinned and said with a smile, "What are you showing off about? I'm just stating a fact."

Soon, He Qijun came back and sat down, saying to Li Wendi, "The family only agrees to give you 3% of the shares, and the profit will still be split -, but the investment ratio can be -."

"Haha! Although the He family is a family of scholars, they are better at doing business than businessmen like me." Li Wendi smiled, "Okay, but next time we cooperate, I hope to attract your attention."

next time?

He Qijun's eyes widened, and the previous conversation scenes and some speculations emerged in his mind. Could it be that Li Wendi had other magazine plans? If so, he was indeed qualified to be arrogant.

Zhao Wanying curled her lips. She felt that Li Wendi was just deceiving He Qijun, but she did not intend to expose Li Wendi.

(End of this chapter)