137: Chapter 137 Not enough money? Make up for it with skill!

Junfeng Technology Co., Ltd., conference room on the second floor of the office building.

"Mr. Lin, please forgive us, but we cannot agree to your requirements." Liu Yemei looked at Lin Junfeng, who was sitting opposite her, and said indifferently, "This does not align with our company's interests, nor does it align with the spirit of the contract, and even less so with legal regulations."

"But it is not illegal." Lin Junfeng had long anticipated Liu Yemei's attitude, and his own demeanor remained gentle.

"Indeed, it is not illegal." Liu Yemei nodded. "But our company must also consider its own interests. According to our investigation, your company is already burdened with massive debts. If we were to acquire it, we would need to sign specific repayment agreements with the creditors. This already exceeds our company's budget."

"If you continue to insist on your requirements, then we can only regretfully abandon this acquisition."

"You can rest assured regarding the bank; I have already communicated with them. We can extend the loan principal; we only need to pay the interest during the extension period." Lin Junfeng was very serious. "Everything is up for negotiation. Including the selling price, I can even offer my own portion as a concession. But your company must agree to my three conditions."

Liu Yemei frowned.

Through their recent communication, she had clearly understood Lin Junfeng's three conditions.

To be honest, these three conditions were not impossible to fulfill, but being able to do something and being able to agree to it have always been two different things; they cannot be conflated.

Without a concrete understanding of Wang Shuo's plans, she could not rashly agree to conditions that were highly likely to affect the future decision-making direction of the company.

Furthermore, if it were already a situation proven to be a dead end, agreeing to such conditions would be like galloping wildly into a blind alley, ultimately crashing headlong into a wall.

"I need to report the situation here to my boss."

After a moment of thought, Liu Yemei made her decision.

"Please, go ahead."

Liu Yemei nodded and turned to walk out of the conference room.

Lin Junfeng looked at the empty seat and let out a long sigh.

In the eyes of others, he was a doer, a successful entrepreneur, and a responsible, good boss.

If it were for money, for fame, or to satisfy his own vanity, reaching this point would actually have been enough.

But only he knew that he had his own dream, and he was stubbornly chasing this dream, even though he was well aware that the path to the dream would be filled with thorns, and perhaps even steep cliffs where the road ended.

But he did not want to give up.

He was only thirty-six years old this year; he still had enough time to make mistakes.

This road is blocked? Then he would just switch to another one!

Ten-plus minutes later, Liu Yemei returned, but her furrowed brow gave Lin Junfeng a bad premonition.

"Manager Liu, your company's Mr. Wang..." Lin Junfeng didn't even know why he was nervous. "What did he say?"

"We have agreed." Liu Yemei frowned. Even now, she couldn't understand why Wang Shuo would agree to such an outrageous condition, but since this was Wang Shuo's decision, she would unconditionally comply.

"Agreed?" Lin Junfeng was slightly stunned. Happiness had come so suddenly that he couldn't quite believe it. He confirmed, "Really agreed? All three conditions?"

"All three conditions have been agreed to." Liu Yemei nodded.

Lin Junfeng let out a slight sigh of relief. This was for the best; although he was very reluctant, he finally had an explanation for the employees who had been with him for years. He... had done his best. Immediately, he remembered something else.

"Does Mr. Wang... have no other conditions?"

Liu Yemei looked at him with some curiosity and nodded.

"Yes."

As expected. Lin Junfeng felt a bit relieved. Having conditions was normal; having no conditions would have made him worried instead.

"What is the condition?"

"Our boss wants you to join Frontier Technology Co., Ltd., and he is on his way to meet with you in person."

The slightly relaxed expression on Lin Junfeng's face froze, and he was dumbfounded. What did this mean?

...

Lin Junfeng looked at young man sitting calmly in front of him, feeling that his brain just couldn't keep up.

Had he fallen behind the times? Or were the young people nowadays already this monstrously talented?

Have you ever seen someone acquire a company and also insist on taking the company's CEO along in the package?

Have you ever seen someone acquire a company, take the CEO along, and then make the CEO pay to top up for their faith?

Have you ever seen someone acquire a company, make the acquired CEO pay to top up for their faith, and still expect the CEO to be without any resentment or regrets?

Lin Junfeng had seen it, right here in front of him. This made him momentarily think he was hallucinating.

"Mr. Wang, are you sure you are not joking with me?"

Lin Junfeng's tone was slightly heavy. He was, after all, the chairman of a company worth over a hundred million, managing around three hundred people, and he had his own bottom line and principles.

Everything Wang Shuo had said to him, in his view, was completely disregarding him. What kind of joke was this?

Letting him join Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. was one thing; that wasn't a big deal, and he could endure it. If it was a good place, it wouldn't be impossible to go in and help out.

But what the hell was making him pay out of his own pocket to acquire the shares of other company shareholders? Did they take him for a sucker?

If this young Mr. Wang couldn't provide a valid reason today, even if he wrecked the company in his own hands, he wouldn't sell it to them!

"It is like this, Mr. Lin. According to our company's calculations, based on the current value of your company, acquiring the shares of the other shareholders would cost about 66 million yuan. If calculated based on the agreement price, it would be even lower." Liu Yemei's soft voice was very pleasant as she explained on behalf of Wang Shuo.

"Presumably, you are currently unable to pay this amount."

Lin Junfeng did not respond. If he could have paid it, he would have bought back all the shares long ago; how could it have come to the point of selling the company? Right now, all the funds in his hands added up to less than ten million, and the funding gap was enormous. In particular, he still had to maintain the company's basic operations and ensure that employee wages were paid normally, so the pressure was immense.

"So I have a solution now." Wang Shuo felt a bit embarrassed from being stared at and said, "You come forward to acquire the other company shareholders, and I will provide you with a certain amount of financial support."

"Then..." Lin Junfeng felt a bit stifled. "Whose are the acquired shares?"

"Of course they are ours, including the shares in your hands. Otherwise, how else could we acquire your company?"

Watching Wang Shuo nod as if it were a matter of course, Lin Junfeng forcibly suppressed the urge to slam the table.

What on earth had happened to him during this period? Why did he encounter such bizarre things no matter what he did?

First, his originally advantageous industrial market was suppressed until he couldn't lift his head, then the expansion of business led to the company's collapse, and finally, when selling the company, there was no one to take over. Having finally hoped for a successor, they actually proposed such an outrageous acquisition plan.

Liu Yemei looked at Lin Junfeng, whose face was flushed red, and shook her head slightly, also feeling speechless. If it weren't for Lin Junfeng's good self-restraint, anyone else would have surely flipped the table by now.

Could there be anything more despicable than breaking into someone's house, eating and drinking your fill, even occupying their wife, and then wanting to kick the owner out of the house?

"Then what about me?" Lin Junfeng, having endured for a long while, laughed out of sheer anger. "May I ask, Mr. Wang, what do I get out of this?"

The money is spent, the company is gone; is Wang Shuo planning to play the empty-handed white wolf trick?

"You?" Wang Shuo seemed to have been prepared for this; he took a piece of paper out of his pocket, placed it on the table, and pushed it gently.

"You can get the status of an employee at Frontier Technology Co., Ltd., and this."

Lin Junfeng frowned, took the paper, opened it, and glanced at it slightly. His breathing suddenly hitched. He looked at Wang Shuo.

"Mr. Wang, is this true?"

"Whether it is true or not, you can call Zhao Cheng and ask, and you will know." Wang Shuo smiled. "I think he will give you a satisfactory explanation."

Zhao Cheng? Hearing the name Zhao Cheng, Lin Junfeng already believed it three-tenths. He took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhao Cheng's number.

"Hello, this is Lin Junfeng. Zhao Cheng, you know what I am talking about; I just want to ask you..." Lin Junfeng tried his best to keep his voice steady. "What Mr. Wang of Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. said... is it true?"