The Donghuang Group quickly responded, but was only willing to invest ten hundred million Hong Kong dollars.

Furthermore, it would be divided into three installments. The first installment would only be five hundred million Hong Kong dollars. They planned to take a 25% stake in the new company and provide some support in terms of investment promotion, management, and sales.

Su Yehao wasn't too clear on the behind-the-scenes power struggles between shareholders, but according to his father, Zhao Yimeng's father was very angry this time. He was even openly refuted during a meeting, and he smashed a teacup in anger, losing face big time.

Because of this, Su's father sighed and said, "Fortunately, we didn't go public back then."

Sihai International's lack of a public listing indeed reduced a lot of trouble. When making decisions, as long as Mother Tang didn't object, Su's father had the final say on everything else.

In the early years, when the Donghuang Group's stock price soared, the shareholders treated Zhao Yimeng's parents as saviors and gods of wealth. Now that the company was encountering some problems and starting to decline, a bunch of ingrates immediately turned against them. It was as realistic as it could get.

It seemed that Donghuang's northward journey was about to be suppressed by other shareholders before it even started.

Even these ten hundred million were said to have been forced through the board of directors by the Zhao family, relying on their status as major shareholders and using their right to speak. Reportedly, there were very few executives who also had a positive outlook on the mainland real estate market.

Another example was the recently financed Meidi Group. The original management's influence was still quite strong. During the implementation of the business unit reform plan, they also encountered a lot of small troubles. Fortunately, the middle and lower-level employees supported it, and they also enlisted the help of the local government to forcefully sweep away a group of old employees, which barely stabilized the situation.

With these past examples in front of him, Su Yehao increasingly realized the importance of holding absolute power.

Frankly speaking, Su Yehao started his own business to have fun and find enjoyment. Just like Dong Ge once said that if he didn't have the power to speak, he would immediately empty all of JD.com's shares. He also felt that if he couldn't influence the company's decisions, he might as well just dust off his pants and leave.

Being like the Zhao family was too stifling.

If they jumped out of the Donghuang Group, withdrew their investment, and started their own business, their future development might be even better.

However, these were other people's family affairs. Su Yehao was too lazy to meddle. If it succeeded, it would be fine, but if it failed, wouldn't it be a thankless task?

Anyway, Zhao Yimeng wasn't his wife. He hadn't even held her hand. Only an idiot would worry about such things. He was just thinking about it idly...

Nan Gongtian didn't disappoint Su Yehao.

Before they even met, her call reached Su Yehao first, using a delicate, tearful voice to ask, "Brother Hao, I don't want a ten hundred million betrothal gift. I'm much cheaper than that stinky woman. You must not be fooled."

"...Don't want a ten hundred million betrothal gift, then how much do you want?"

Su Yehao, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, was currently inspecting the Sihai International Center Plaza not far from the Lisboa. This place was the previously acquired Donghuang Center Plaza, which had just been renamed and was undergoing renovations everywhere.

"Ten... ten thousand?"

As soon as the little girl finished speaking, she added, "What kind of relationship do we have? It's okay if you don't give it!"

Su Yehao stopped to observe the Lv store under renovation. It had already started to display goods inside, and the atmosphere was relatively refined and high-end. Next door were Chanel and Dior.

With the smooth progress of investment promotion, he began to see some returns after acquiring this project.

The shortest office building was negotiated by Jiang Shiye last month. The rent hadn't been paid yet and was being prepared for renovation. In the future, it would be used as a mid-to-high-end hotel, named Ganghao International Hotel, with a total of two hundred rooms planned, mainly catering to boutique tourist groups from the mainland. He imagined that there shouldn't be a lack of business.

After listening, he smiled and replied to the little girl,

"How can that be? What others have, you must also have. Ten hundred million Hong Kong dollars isn't enough. It's no problem to spend ten hundred million US dollars on your betrothal gift, or else wouldn't you lose face?"

Far away in Hong Kong City.

The little girl's tender face turned red. In front of Jiang Yu, she said sweetly on the phone, "Aiyo... Brother Hao is still the best to me, but didn't you say you didn't want to get married?"

"Yeah, so don't believe the nonsense in the newspapers. This ten hundred million US dollars is probably just an empty check."

The relationship between the two was what it was. After being in love for so long, it hadn't been diluted by time at all. After Su Yehao teased her, he continued to laugh and said, "Okay, okay, anyway, the news in the newspapers is all fake. We'll talk about the specific reasons when we meet. I'm inspecting the building at home. I'll explain it to you when I get back."

"Okay, then I'll be a good girl and wait for you at home..."

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After strolling around the central square, he went to greet Yin Liuli.

As soon as he arrived at the pier, he received a call from his father, asking Su Yehao if he was going to Guangzhou.

Su Yehao had already seen the plot of land in the suburbs of Guangzhou city with his own eyes. It was still a large area of farmland, barren and empty.

Even if he went with them, he would probably only be able to make initial contact and it would be difficult to achieve any substantial progress.

Therefore.

After thinking about it, he finally refused temporarily, deciding to intervene after the project showed signs of progress.

Right now, it was just their wishful thinking. Involving a large real estate project of forty to fifty hundred million Hong Kong dollars, even if the local government was willing to support it, it would probably take two or three months to get an accurate reply.

His father had more experience than him in acquiring land. Su Yehao felt that he couldn't help much even if he went, so he might as well go home and rest for a while to recuperate.

The girls around him were becoming more and more formidable. Last night, Yin Liuli was lying next to him, and he could only pretend to be asleep. He really should conserve his energy and exercise.

...

In the blink of an eye, a few more days passed.

Returning to Dalang Bay in Hong Kong City, he insisted on going to bed early and waking up early for three consecutive days, insisting on swimming and running.

This morning, the alarm clock rang again at seven o'clock. Su Yehao finally couldn't bear it any longer and removed its battery, continuing to close his eyes and sleep soundly.

Self-help books always tell people to break out of their comfort zone, but the reason why a comfort zone is called a comfort zone is because it's peaceful and comfortable.

Since he didn't need to work and couldn't find a reason to get up early, why not just sleep until he naturally woke up?

When he opened his eyes again, it was already nine fifteen in the morning.

After hugging the little girl sitting on the bed reading a book and dawdling for a while, he finally washed up and went downstairs to enjoy breakfast.

Today was Thursday.

As usual, he first looked at the stock price trends and made a small profit of more than ten million US dollars. There were also various documents sent by John Zhou, Lei Busi, and others in his email inbox. After a quick browse, they were all trivial matters.

For example, the office document WPS was being developed in Japanese and Thai versions.

There was also the newly acquired ICQ, which had been simply sorted out into a rectification plan. Next, they needed to adjust the development project and try to carry out a large-scale update and upgrade within three months.

In addition, the brokerage firm suggested adjusting the option positions and trading off the contracts that were about to expire. Su Yehao replied to the email, only writing "I know, ok."

Just as he finished dealing with this, Linda Yun sent some paper documents that needed Su Yehao's signature.

After spending more than twenty minutes to complete everything, he went downstairs to burn incense for the jadeite God of Wealth and took the initiative to call Lei Busi to ask about the development of the Silver Sea portal website.

Learning that there were more than 20,000 views per day, he didn't think the data was too bad, after all, it had just started to develop.

Before ten o'clock, he had finished all the important things for today.

Seeing the little girl and Jiang Yu go to school, Su Yehao also joined in the fun, going to the Hong Kong University tennis club to find a newbie and go to the tennis court to exercise together...