"You?" Cheng Xueqing looked at Gu Yun in confusion, "Is there additional shares to you? Can you eat it? Apart from the money for selling the secret recipe, do you still have funds?"

Cheng Xueqing felt that if Gu Yun could still take out funds, it means that his identity as a high school student is fake, or at least on the surface, there must be a force behind him to support him.

The forces that even the Cheng family could not investigate made Cheng Xueqing a little alert.

Gu Yun stood up slowly, picked up the small teacup in front of Cheng Xueqing, and then put the remaining soup in the pot for her and put it in front of her.

Then he said, "Of course I have no money, but do you have to ask for money if you send me additional money?"

Cheng Xueqing felt that she seemed to understand Gu Yun's words and immediately said, "What do you mean is that I will issue you additional stocks for free?"

When she said this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly. The other person was just a high school student, and she thought it was really childish.

Even if you control the board of directors and have more than 50% of the controlling rights, it doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want!

You should know that if the additional shares are issued for free, it is obviously suspected of transferring interests. At that time, Changyin Capital and others go directly to the regulatory authorities to sue, and they will definitely sue them one by one. In this way, let alone the plan for additional shares is to be ruined, even both of them will go to jail!

While she gently stirred the soup in the small bowl with a spoon, she thought about how to tell Gu Yun this simple truth. When she saw that there were a few diced pulp in the bowl this time, she suddenly felt much happier.

This guy finally remembered how to treat girls correctly?

"Mr. Gu, some things are not as simple as you think." Cheng Xueqing tried to use a gentle tone and said to Gu Yun, "If we do this, we may lose both people and money. This not only involves issues of business principles, but also issues of laws and regulations."

After only a few words, Cheng Xueqing felt that she had taken Gu Yun's face kindly. After all, a young man of this age is very sensitive. If he is pointed out by someone he likes, he will definitely be embarrassing - especially if he is picked up by the first girl he likes in his life.

Gu Yun still looked at Cheng Xueqing with a smile. He knew that Cheng Xueqing would say this, but he wanted Cheng Xueqing to say this again.

This woman grew up with a golden spoon in her mouth and graduated from a prestigious school. There are countless flowers and applause everywhere on her life. Although she has encountered some setbacks now, it is not enough for her to see herself clearly.

She was too confident and too proud.

What Gu Yun has to do now is to let her know herself clearly and know that she is tenderer than the lychees that have been peeled from the bowl.

Seeing that Gu Yun didn't speak, Cheng Xueqing looked at herself meaningfully with an inexplicable smile, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

He couldn't help asking, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." Gu Yun chuckled, then said, "In fact, if you can break out of the inherent thinking framework, you will find that there are many ways to get shares without spending money."

Cheng Xueqing "ho" in disbelief, and then said, "So, please give me some advice?"

"There is a kind of investment called 'strategic investment'. I believe Mr. Cheng must have studied it at Harvard Business School." Gu Yun said slowly, "The Zhushajiao Ancient Town Development Company is now in a crisis. If you want to save the ancient town, the only way is to operate it with my secret recipe. Does Mr. Cheng admit it?"

"I admit this." Cheng Xueqing nodded, after all, this is an undisputed fact.

"So have I officially signed a contract with your company, promising that these secret recipes must be limited to use in ancient towns?"

Cheng Xueqing scooped a spoonful of fruit soup and put it to her mouth, and stopped hearing this. She looked at Gu Yun and pondered for a while, as if she understood something.

Yes, he has no obligation to promise this, and once he uses a secret recipe to open a store outside the ancient town, the core competitiveness of the ancient town will be gone.

The creation of core competitiveness is part of the strategy, so the strategic investment he refers to is...

After all, Cheng Xueqing finally thought she understood it.

"I understand. Mr. Gu means to use the secret recipe to use the use of the ancient town as a bargaining chip to exchange for the additional shares of the ancient town? But if that's the case, it's still a bit..."

Gu Yun waved his hand gently and said, "To be precise, it is to grant Guzhen the exclusive global general agent rights to the secret recipe for fifteen years, plus a promise to inject 150 million yuan within three years to obtain 35% of the additional shares of Guzhen."

After pausing, he smiled slightly, "I believe you are very easy to write about the necessity of this transaction in the announcement, because in fact, the secret recipe can indeed become the core asset of the ancient town's strategically, and the 150 million capital injection is enough to acquire 35% of the current shares of the ancient town, which is impeccable at any point. Is this still a transfer of interests?"

Cheng Xueqing's hand was still holding the spoon, but she looked at Gu Yun motionlessly like a sculpture.

This... is indeed impeccable.

First of all, the exclusive agency rights of the secret recipe are used as assets for shares, which is very common internationally. When international luxury brands entered their country, they often used this method, only exporting brands and technologies to the general agents of the country, but they had to occupy a large number of shares, and some even asked for controlling rights.

So there is no problem in operation logic. If Changyin Capital must find fault and sue, it can only focus on whether this secret recipe is worth 35% of the shares of the ancient town.

In fact, it is of course worth it.

But Cheng Xueqing knew that this issue was not subjective judgment. If she went to court, it would be impossible to say that the judge thought these secret recipes were delicious and worth the price. They needed real commercial operations to prove it.

Then this...

After thinking for a moment, Cheng Xueqing suddenly looked up and looked at Gu Yun with surprise.

This guy... seems to have already arranged it?

Cheng Xueqing discovered that the previous and subsequent secret recipe auctions could just verify how valuable the secret recipe was - he could auction at least 80 million in just 3 years of operation rights. Then the 15-year global exclusive operating rights are estimated to be 35% of the current residual value of the ancient town, which is 175 million, which is completely reasonable, and it can even be said to be a discount authorization.

At that time, all buyers who have obtained the operation rights will be direct witnesses, and those contracts are evidence, with both personal and physical evidence, which can effectively prove the rationality of the transaction.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xueqing couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. The high school student in front of her had such meticulous thinking and fine layout that was beyond her imagination.

Does this world really exist...a genius in a sense?

Apart from shock, Cheng Xueqing didn't know what other words could be used to describe her current mood.

For some reason, she is a little lucky now, thanking that he is his ally, not an enemy.

But now, there is still something she doesn't understand.

According to her analysis, there is actually no need to invest another 150 million yuan, and those secret recipes are enough to exchange for 35% of the shares.

So why did he promise to invest another 150 million yuan in three years?

Didn’t he say he had no money?

The more Cheng Xueqing thought about it, the more curious she became. She found that Gu Yun was like a book. The cover of this book was very fresh and pleasing to the eye. However, the pages were extremely thick, as if she could never finish reading the contents in the book, and might not even understand it.

Fortunately... he likes himself, can he ask for advice in the future?

As soon as this idea came up, Cheng Xueqing inexplicably added a sense of superiority.

A beautiful girl, her luck will indeed not be too bad.

...

Seeing that Cheng Xueqing was stunned for a long time, Gu Yun didn't respond, and suspected that she didn't understand what she meant?

In this case, it is worth verifying whether she graduated from Harvard or not.

At this time, Cheng Xueqing finally spoke.

"Mr. Gu, I understand what you mean and fully agree with your idea. However, in addition to the secret recipe, does Mr. Gu also plan to invest another 150 million?"

"Yes." Gu Yun nodded, "I invested 150 million yuan in three years, not now."

"Where does the money come from?"

"Of course the wool comes from the sheep."

Cheng Xueqing understood.

With his back to the ancient town, he can make this money within three years of selling ingredients.

But I couldn't help asking, "But according to my opinion, even if Mr. Gu doesn't pay the money, this transaction can be regulated."

In fact, she didn't need to remind Gu Yun about this, because Gu Yun would invest another 150 million, which was a good thing for her. After all, if this money was invested, she could at least increase her equity as a shareholder.

However, Cheng Xueqing found that compared to solving some of Gu Yun’s questions, these tens of millions are simply worthless.

The main thing is... Grandpa said that you should observe the people around you carefully. Gu Yun is now a person who is closer to him in a sense.

In addition, he likes himself and has a clear desire for his own ambitions, so it is reasonable to know him by himself.

Do you understand...you won't suffer any loss.

That's what Cheng Xueqing thinks.

Gu Yun smiled, picked the simplest reason, and said, "Of course, the 150 million yuan is to completely eliminate the lawsuit. Do business, be kind to make money."

Cheng Xueqing felt that this was reasonable, but she didn't.

What is reasonable is that with the promise of 150 million, I believe Changyin Capital knows that this lawsuit will definitely not be won, and it should not take the effort to find fault.

But it's not right. Now he is clearly diluting the shares of Changyin Capital, how can he make money with his mercy?

When Gu Yun said this, he got up and went to make a barbecue.

Cheng Xueqing was idle and stood up next to Gu Yun, watching him put the pickled skewers on the already red-burned charcoal grill and grilled them slowly.

"Making barbecue is actually more troublesome than cooking. Do you know why?" Gu Yun asked her.

Cheng Xueqing thought for a while and said, "Is it because there is no pot?"

"Think about it." Gu Yun said while gently turning the meat skewers, "It is easy to get a fixed pattern when cooking, such as simmering on low heat for five minutes. If it is an oven, it will be more accurate. There are no mistakes in the degree or time," he said.

Putting a skewer of grilled yellow skewers on a plate, Gu Yun said again, "But look at this row of skewers, the charcoal fire under each skewer is bright and the height of each grill is different. These random conditions show that the barbecue is affected by many uncertain factors, so there is never a fixed pattern."

Cheng Xueqing thought for a while, then said, "I understand. Do you want to say that the same is true for the shopping mall? We need to coordinate various factors to formulate strategies?"

Gu Yun smiled slightly, "No, I mean, I'm very good at barbecuing, not everyone can have this level."

Cheng Xueqing gave Gu Yun speechlessly. This guy is really narcissistic!

"Just kidding." Gu Yun handed a grilled meat skewers to Cheng Xueqing, and then said, "I mean, to make a good barbecue, the easiest way is not to focus on charcoal fire and furnace height, but to keep an eye on the meat in your hands. As long as you know in your heart what color the meat will become and what fragrance it will present is the best taste, then you will not make any mistakes."

After putting two skewers of raw meat on it, Gu Yun continued, "Similarly, if you want to take charge of the group, you must also focus on the essence of this matter."

"Essence?" Cheng Xueqing held up the meat skewers, struggling to eat it. After all, she hasn't eaten this kind of "junk food" for a long time, and now it's night, eating meat can make you fat.

"Yes, if you want to control the group, the essence is not whether you can save the ancient town, but whether your grandfather can still control the group's board of directors and even the shareholders' meeting." Gu Yun said slowly, "If you perform well here, it will naturally be conducive to winning the support of neutral shareholders, but it is difficult to guarantee that Changyin Capital will use other means to make them turn against each other, just like they win over Binhai Venture Capital. So, the essence of this matter is whether you and your grandfather can defeat Changyin Capital and make them not qualified to be your opponent again."
To be continued...