Chapter 3: Exchanging Money to Prepare for Stockpiling
"Should we consider selling the company's shares to someone?" Bai Tang suggested.
Bai Jiyang said excitedly, "We definitely have to sell to those suckers who compete with us, especially the Fang family. They always try to steal business from our company. We'll just sell to them for 20 billion yuan in one go. Let's see if they'll take the bait."
"Then I'll just sell my shares to my uncles and aunts in the Gu family for a flat price of 30 billion. Haven't they always wanted to take over my shares? This will just fulfill their wish. I'm such a good person," Gu Yanxu said with a sigh.
Bai Tang looked at the two of them and said, "Seriously, anyone who dares to mess with you two will die a terrible death."
However, we can't just sell the shares; let's sell the houses under our names too. We can announce that the three of us are jointly opening a large shopping mall, so we can openly source supplies and avoid arousing too much suspicion.
After saying that, Gu Yanxu took out his phone and called his secretary, instructing him to reserve the 20th, 21st, and 22nd floors of Building 5 in Huatian Community and not to sell them for the time being.
After giving instructions regarding the housing situation.
Gu Yanxu first called his uncle and said, "Uncle, how about we discuss a business deal?"
I'm planning to sell my shares in the Gu family business and start a new one. My second uncle also expressed interest in buying my shares; he's asking for 30 billion. What do you think, eldest uncle? I hope you'll consider it carefully.
Then he hung up the phone and called his other uncle. After the other end answered, Gu Yanxu said seriously, "Second Uncle, do you want to do a business deal with me?"
I'm planning to sell my shares in the Gu family business and start a new one. My eldest uncle just expressed interest in buying my shares; he's asking for 30 billion. What do you think, second uncle?
Bai Jiyang pulled Bai Tang aside and whispered, "Wow, sis, look how ruthless Brother Xu is."
"It's more in line with his personality for him to be ruthless."
Bai Tang was secretly laughing to herself, while Bai Jiyang was whispering to her.
Before he could finish speaking, he heard someone on the other end of the line say, "You said your uncle offered 30 billion?!"
The incredulous voice of Gu Yanxu's second uncle came through the phone.
"Yes, Second Uncle, First Uncle is already planning to sign a contract with me. Will you consider it?"
No sooner had Gu Yanxu finished speaking than his second uncle said urgently on the other end of the line, "Yanxu, our two families are closer. Sell it to me, and I'll add another 3 billion. What do you think?"
Gu Yanxu pretended to think for a few seconds and said, "Second Uncle, I won't beat around the bush. Three hundred and fifty billion, a fixed price. As long as you agree, we can sign the contract right now."
On Gu Yanxu's second uncle's side, his wife Huang Yajing said, "We can't let the eldest son buy out the shares! He's already ahead of us. If Gu Yanxu sells his shares to him too, what place will we have left in the family?"
After hearing his wife's words, Uncle Gu gritted his teeth and hurriedly said to Gu Yanxu, "Okay, Yanxu, Uncle will add another two billion as pocket money. When can we sign the contract?"
Gu Yanxu glanced at Bai Tang and Bai Jiyang, then said to his second uncle, "Tomorrow, at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, come to my company to sign the contract. Second uncle, make sure you have the money ready."
Uncle Gu said, "Okay, Yan Xu, you go ahead and do your work."
After hanging up the phone, Uncle Gu gritted his teeth and said, "That little brat is just like his father, ruthless and vicious. He wants 35 billion for a few measly shares, but I can't let the eldest brother's family get away with it."
Just as Uncle Gu hung up the phone, Uncle Gu called again.
"Yanxu, your uncle is having some cash flow problems. Could we postpone it for now?"
Gu Yanxu said without hesitation, "Uncle, I'm sorry, Second Uncle has already bought my shares. Let's talk later, I have something to do right now."
After saying that, Gu Yanxu hung up the phone without any hesitation.
Bai Tang and Bai Jiyang laughed without regard for decorum.
"Looking at it this way, your second uncle really is a great victim."
"I'm not going to say anything more, sis. Just watch how I fool that bastard from the Fang family." Bai Jiyang said from the side.
Bai Jiyang took out his phone, found the number of the chairman of Fang's Group, and dialed it. After a while, the call was connected, and Bai Jiyang said, "Chairman Fang, I have a business deal I'd like to discuss with you."
Mr. Fang asked with a puzzled look, "What good business opportunity is it?"
Bai Jiyang said unhurriedly, "My sister and I have discussed and decided to start a commercial mall with my brother-in-law. So we plan to sell our shares to raise working capital. I wonder if Chairman Fang is interested."
"Of course, if Chairman Fang doesn't want it, I can discuss it with Chairman Li. But since we're quite close, I'm discussing it with you first. You can consider it; 30 billion will allow you to take half of the company's shares."
Chairman Fang hesitated for a moment and said, "Chairman Bai, you know I don't have that much money. How about we discuss it and reduce the amount? I really want these shares."
Bai Jiyang pretended to be hesitant and said, "Considering the relationship between our two families, 25 billion is my lowest bottom line."
Chairman Fang was overjoyed for a while, having saved 5 billion, but little did he know that in two months, let alone 5 billion, even 100 billion would be worthless.
Then they asked Bai Jiyang, "When can we sign the contract? The sooner the better, so that the news doesn't leak out."
Bai Jiyang said, "Tomorrow, at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, come to my company to sign the contract. Chairman Fang, you go ahead and do your work, I'll hang up now."
"Huh? You two made a few phone calls and got 60 billion? And you even raised the price? And people actually want that?" Bai Tang, sitting next to him, was dumbfounded.
Because Bai Tang has been in the apocalypse for too long, she has forgotten the power of money. However, she will soon be able to experience it again when she goes to stock up and buy things.
"Sis, if it's not the apocalypse two months from now, the shares that Xu and I sold today are enough for them to live on for several lifetimes. I think even selling them for 60 billion is a bit of a loss."
"But before the end times, money is very important. After the end times, money becomes worthless. You won't even want to use it to go to the toilet."
In a post-apocalyptic world, no amount of assets, whether cash or equity, can compare to the value of a steamed bun or a loaf of bread.
Bai Tang and his group planned to use all this money to stockpile supplies.
The three of them turned on their computers, opened a blank document, and began to plan what supplies they needed to buy.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu first went through the sequence of apocalyptic disasters, and then prepared to stockpile supplies.
In my previous life, the weather had already started to get warmer from mid-June, but everyone thought it was just normal June heat, so no one paid any attention.
Firstly, there had been no rain across the country for two consecutive months, and temperatures continued to rise, causing people to become restless. Then, starting in mid-August, some people had already begun to hoard supplies.
But the awful weather persisted into the end of August, with daily temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. It was only then that people began to realize that something was wrong with this summer.