Chapter 331: Hoarding and waiting for the price to rise

Zhou Ming got off the luxury cruise ship at 2:00 pm. Zhou Ming only invited them to lunch on the cruise ship and then left. The highlight was, of course, that Ming didn't hesitate to pay for the lunch, but because time was so tight, he wanted to get things done one day earlier rather than dragging them out to the next day. Otherwise, God knows what would happen with an extra day of delay.

As he walked down the escalator, he watched the Ke people from today get on the bus and leave one by one. Tong Gang suddenly said with emotion, 'Today's business has finally been settled. It seems that it is still best to ask little brother Zhou Ming to step in!'

Li Cheng also followed suit, exclaiming, 'Indeed, it is so. If we had all gone after them one by one, they would have ignored us. But when you, Brother Ming, stepped in and brought them together, they agreed. It was amazing.'

It is no wonder that Tong Gang and Li Cheng were so surprised. After all, in the previous three days, when Zhou Ming was showing Tang Ran and Tang Jingsheng and Tang Huiyin around this old mountain town, Lin Mucheng and Tong Gang and Li Cheng were helping Zhou Ming find these customers.

'Chairman Tong and Brother Cheng, to be honest, you are both amazing. I'm just riding on your coattails. If it weren't for the work you did beforehand, I can't guarantee I could have convinced them,' Zhou Ming said, 'Because I was full after eating the fourth steamed bun, I can't just say that the first three were a waste, can I?'

Hearing Zhou Ming's words, Tong Gang and Li Cheng were even happier, and they also praised Zhou Ming a little: 'But it can't be said to be entirely about the buns. After all, if we don't have the courage to offer the price you, little brother Zhou Ming, have set. In that case, it seems pointless for us to continue the negotiation.'

Compared to the compliments from Tong Gang and Li Cheng, Lin Muqing suddenly asked him, 'But Zhou Ming, you've set such a high price, can we really come up with that much money?'

'We don't need to worry about the money. I think someone will come and give us the money. As for how much, it depends on how much those people at the Tang Dynasty Bank Building can come up with.'

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he took Lin Muqing, Tong Gang, and Li Cheng back to the car, and then took the car back to Old Mountain. Tang Ren and Tang Jingsheng had both resigned, so they did not go to the Tang Ren Bank Building, and therefore went directly to Tang Jingsheng's villa next to the Men Strait. As soon as they had parked the car in the car park, Zhou Ming saw Tang Ran welcoming them at the entrance.

Tang Ran was also very happy to see them back and ran up to them: 'Brother Ming and Muqing, I'm so glad you're finally back. Judging by your looks, I'm sure you've settled everything, haven't you?'

'Of course, with you Ming brother, there is no way things won't work out,' Lin Muqing told her.

Zhou Ming then rubbed Tang Ran's hair and asked her, 'What about you? If we don't have the money from selling your shares, it will be very difficult to close the deal on my side.'

'Ming, don't worry. When those guys heard that I was selling my shares, their eyes nearly popped out of their heads! They only have themselves to blame for buying too little, so how could they possibly not want it?' Tang Ran obviously despised Tang An and the others' attitude, 'And just as you, Ming, predicted, they can't come up with that much money all at once, so they'll have to pay by mortgaging part of the business in their name.'

Zhou Ming nodded: 'That's fine. The party I've agreed terms with is not entirely a capital party, but will also pay part of the price in the form of a mortgage on the company's shares.'

'That's good,' Tang Ran said gratefully, and then giggled, 'But if they knew that the money they used to buy the shares would end up backfiring on them, I'm afraid they would even want to die!'

At this point, Tong Gang suddenly asked, 'Although I know this is not the time to dampen spirits, I still want to ask, do they not feel strange at all, do they not suspect at all, that you suddenly want to resign and sell your shares?'

'Of course they were suspicious, but we told them that we had already conceded in this confrontation and just wanted to get these assets to support ourselves for the rest of our lives, just as Ming had told them,' Tang Ran replied.

'And they really believed that?' Tong Gang and Li Cheng found this hard to believe.

Tang Ran shrugged and replied, 'What if I don't?' Tong Gang and Li Cheng were dumbfounded. At this point, Tang Jingsheng and Tang Huiyin heard voices at the door and came out of the villa. They gave Tang Ran an easier-to-understand explanation.

'In fact, it doesn't matter whether we tell them the reason or not, they won't believe us anyway and will just make up their own story. And most importantly, they've always had their eyes on the bank's shares. They also think that the bank's shareholding is the most important thing. As long as the shareholding is in their hands, we will never have any chance.

In the end, Tang Jingsheng was a little embarrassed himself: 'Because we thought the same thing, until we heard Zhou Ming's method, we realized that the company's shareholding system could be played in this way. It really opened my eyes!'

Tong Gang and Li Cheng also agreed, saying, 'That's right. Apart from genius, we really can't think of any other word to express the thoughts in our hearts. No matter what the business model of any enterprise is, he can accurately find the key to the problem just by taking a look.'

Zhou Ming said apologetically, 'You shouldn't praise me like that. I'll be embarrassed. Or at least it'll be too late to praise me after this project is finally a success!'

With these words, Zhou Ming made everyone laugh, but in contrast to the joy on Zhou Ming's side, Tang An and Tang Jingming were caught up in a state of misery and busyness, and there was even a hint of division.

Time passed. The next afternoon, Tang Ran received a call from Tang Jingming, saying that they had prepared the necessary information and the assets to be pledged and were ready to proceed with the transaction.

At Zhou Ming's prompting, Tang Ran replied that of course there was no problem, and they then agreed on a time and place for the transaction.

So at 7:30 pm, Zhou Ming and Tang Ran brought Tang Jingsheng and Tang Huiyin to the St. Nala Private Dining Room, where they were led by the restaurant waiter to the compartment that Tang Jingming had already opened.

When they pushed open the compartment door, they saw only Tang Jingming and his party, but not Tang An. Tang Ran couldn't help but ask curiously, 'Where is Vice Chairman Tang An? If I'm not mistaken, after I resign, he should be the next chairman of Tang Bank, so why isn't he here today? Or is his absence due to the fact that he has gone to the toilet?'

Facing Tang Ran's inquiry, Tang Jingming and the others could not help but feel a little embarrassed. 'Tang Renshi, in fact, I don't think it makes any difference whether Tang An comes or not. After all, this is a transaction between us, isn't it? As long as we can pay you.'

After listening to Tang Jingming's answer, Zhou Ming said meaningfully, 'It seems that you have some irreconcilable conflicts with Tang An, right?'

As if to prove it to Zhou Ming, as soon as he finished speaking, someone else walked into the compartment and, as soon as they entered, angrily shouted, 'Tang Jingming, you faithless bastard, greedy little man. After Mr Wood and I have thought of so many ways to help you, now that you hear there is a chance to buy shares, you come running like dogs? I really feel sick for you!'

Zhou Ming and the others turned around, and sure enough, the person who had just entered was Tang An. He also saw Zhou Ming and said to him, 'Zhou Ming, you really have some skills. Just a piece of news that someone is giving up their shares, and you've caused a split in our department.'

Tang Jingming immediately retorted, 'What do you mean by division? We have always made our own decisions, there is no alliance. Maybe our views on some issues tend to coincide, but that is just a coincidence of being in the same family business. I don't think it's a big deal.'

In response to Tang Jingming's rebuttal, Tang An cursed him as a disgusting scum, and then said to Zhou Ming, 'I know that he came here today to talk to you about buying shares of Tangren Bank, right? What I want to tell you is that they have betrayed us and want to get more shares.'

Before Tang An could finish speaking, Tang Jingming interrupted him, saying, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, and also brothers Tang Ran and Jing Sheng, don't listen to his nonsense. None of this is true. We are just sincerely simply want to discuss the issue of shares with you. We have no intention of taking over Tang Bank. We also hope that you can continue to stay at Tang Bank. Only as a last resort will we take over.'

'You're full of shit!' Tang An immediately shouted, 'Tang Jingming, if you are still a man, then just say what you really think!'

As Tang An and Tang Jingming exchanged insults, Tang Ran couldn't help but laugh. 'Brother Ming, you were right. They really started arguing among themselves!'

Tang An and Tang Jingming both felt very embarrassed by Tang Ran's words, Tang An and Tang Jingming both felt very embarrassed, and then Zhou Ming said to them, 'In fact, none of you should say anything more. I have no have any interest. You should also stop talking about 'last resort', because we all know what's going on. You're just fooling yourselves and insulting your own intelligence if you keep saying that!'

Tang An and Tang Jingming both lowered their heads in shame. Zhou Ming continued, 'And since Tang Ran and his uncle and aunt are going to sell their shares, they will no longer be part of Tang Bank, so naturally we won't be able to stop you from plotting against Tang Bank.'

'So if if Mr Tang An is here to interrupt our negotiations, please leave,' said Zhou Ming, making a gesture of invitation to Tang An. However, when Tang An was about to leave in anger, he added , 'Of course, don't worry, the deal we're making today is only part of the shares. We'll also leave you a portion, and we'll even set aside a portion to see whose offer is more suitable.'

After hearing Zhou Ming's words Tang An seriously sized up Zhou Ming from top to bottom: 'You really are a very good businessperson.'

After that, Tang An left the room. At this point, Tang Jingming came over to Zhou Ming and said, 'Please rest assured, our offer will definitely be higher than theirs, so you might as well not keep the other two parts, right?'

Zhou Ming did not responded directly, but instead asked him a question in return: 'I think you must have heard of the terms "hoarding" and "price-gouging" and know their meanings, don't you, Mr. Tang Jingming?'

Tang Jingming was very embarrassed by these words. Zhou Ming then continued, "But Mr. Tang Jingming can rest assured that the transaction between us will definitely be satisfactory!" If you can't very embarrassed. Zhou Ming then said to him, 'But Mr. Tang Jingming can rest assured that the transaction between us will also be satisfactory!'