Chapter 1 Small Appetite

Driving a Ferrari F50, stopped at a red light.

Su Yehao looked at Zhao Yimeng, who wanted to withdraw her funds, and suddenly laughed, clicking his tongue and asking, "Really want to take it back?"

"Yes, my financial advisor thinks Yahoo's stock price is overvalued. The price-to-earnings ratio keeps increasing, but it can't earn profits commensurate with its market value. It's like playing a game of hot potato."

Zhao Yimeng said seriously, and even advised him, "You should take the money and run too. The stock price has risen so much in just over a month, it's too scary. With your shareholding, it's more troublesome to reduce your holdings. Selling in batches should still allow you to leave at a high point, so you don't have to spit out the profits you've earned."

"...Tsk."

Su Yehao laughed even more happily, saying, "If you want to commit suicide, that's your business, but don't drag me down with you. A woman once almost became the richest woman in Casino. Guess what she said later?"

"What?" Zhao Yimeng didn't react for a moment.

Su Yehao said cheerfully:

"She said that her financial advisor thought Yahoo's stock price was overvalued and wanted to withdraw the investment. That's fine, I made a bit of money anyway, but don't blame me for not giving you a chance when you're crying in the bathroom in the future. Such a small appetite, good for maintaining the status quo, how can you lead Donghuang to expand and make progress?"

Zhao Yimeng clearly felt underestimated.

With her strong personality, she immediately retorted unhappily:

"Who's going to cry isn't certain yet. Maintaining the status quo is better than being greedy and losing both the principal and the interest in the end. When I invested before, I decided to leave when I made a 20% profit, no matter what. Now I've exceeded my expectations. Besides the portion I gave you, I've made a 50% profit in over two months. What am I not satisfied with?"

After listening.

Su Yehao also understood that from Zhao Yimeng's perspective, the decision wasn't wrong.

Looking at Yahoo, a growth investment, with the mindset of value investing, the company did seem to have an excessive bubble, and its potential for appreciation seemed to have been exhausted.

Of course, Su Yehao knew that he was right to continue investing.

The internet market was ushering in a major boom. Even if there was a bubble, as long as it was handled well, it could still be profitable. Choosing to withdraw at this time would undoubtedly mean missing out on the most insane wealth creation myth of the century.

So, he told her:

"You have your ideas, and I have my plans. Although I think you're a bit silly, since you're going to withdraw your investment, I'll have someone calculate it based on today's closing price and give you your money within a week. We'll settle our accounts, I'll keep the position, and don't be envious in the future and say I'm bullying you."

"I definitely won't regret it. Actually, I don't plan to take the money back. There's something else I want to talk to you about."

Zhao Yimeng's words confused Su Yehao.

After a little thought, he quickly understood and suddenly realized, "So that's what you were waiting for. You've taken a fancy to my startup?"

"Yes, tAt, and the international version of tvt. Both companies have been performing very well recently."

After spending a few months training at the Donghuang Group headquarters with her mother, Zhao Yimeng had grown a bit. Now, while the iron was hot, she continued to ask, "Using this money to exchange for 30% of tAt's shares is a good deal for you. As long as you agree, I'll nod my head and gamble with you."

"...More than seventy million Hong Kong dollars for 30% of the shares. This money is equivalent to financing, right? If it's just a simple transfer of shares, this money should belong to me personally. Financing is another matter."

Su Yehao asked casually.

He didn't think this was a "gamble". It was more like picking peaches and dividing the cake. To get to where tAt was today, the technology was already there, and its market share in the mainland was shockingly high, exceeding 97%. Moreover, the company wasn't short of money now. He couldn't find any reason to bring Zhao Yimeng on board for financing.

Even if he did finance, Su Yehao would prefer to cooperate with mainland state-owned enterprises or American giants.

The former could provide funding and market support, which would greatly help future development, while the latter could provide technical and traffic assistance, lowering the barrier to entry into the international market.

As for Zhao Yimeng, he couldn't find any advantages besides her being pretty.

Besides, even if she was pretty, Su Yehao could only look at her. He hadn't even held her hand. Even if he was out of his mind, he wouldn't joke around with shares that had the potential to be worth hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars just to win a smile from her.

What if this young lady from the Zhao family married someone else in the future? Wouldn't that be a complete waste? No one would praise Su Yehao for being generous. They would only say, "That idiot transferred his original shares at a cheap price in the early stages of his business."

Therefore, even though Zhao Yimeng had repeatedly expressed her appreciation for tAt Network Company, Su Yehao had always remained unmoved.

It was the same now.

Listening to Zhao Yimeng saying it was financing, which was equivalent to valuing tAt at over a hundred million and then transferring more than seventy million Hong Kong dollars to the company's account, and finally she would own 30% of the shares.

This made Su Yehao shake his head repeatedly. He said:

"If you came to me to talk about financing, then there's no need to talk. Even if you used this money to buy 30% of the shares from me, I wouldn't agree. Thank you for being so optimistic about my company. I'm even more optimistic about this project than you are. I'll be taking out at least thirty million US dollars in the near future to support the international version of tvt. This is just the initial funding. When I decide to finance, I promise to contact you first."

Zhao Yimeng's eyes twitched. She thought there would be some hope, but she didn't expect him to reject her so decisively, without any hesitation.

She had been paying attention to tAt's development all along. After all, Zhao Yimeng knew when Su Yehao bought the chat room in the first half of last year, and she even planned to buy out the technology from Ah Qiang and the others before him.

Later, when the project fell into Su Yehao's hands, Zhao Yimeng didn't know that he already understood the potential of this industry. She only felt that she had missed an opportunity, especially when she recently learned that tAt's user base had surged. This made her feel heartache and regret, thinking that she should have been more decisive at the beginning and cooperated directly with Su Yehao, instead of being ridiculed by the words "real man" until she felt ashamed.

At this moment, Zhao Yimeng sighed softly and asked, "Really not giving me a chance?"

Su Yehao didn't even think about it, shaking his head and laughing, "Starting a business has killed too many brain cells, it's much harder than financial investment. It's taken so much effort to get to where we are today. Whether or not it succeeds depends on the development in the next year or two. Releasing shares now is not worth it. If you were my wife, I might consider it."

"...A bit of a pity, but you're right. If it were me, I wouldn't let go so easily at this time."

Zhao Yimeng came from a noble family, but she wasn't willful.

However, while she understood, she still felt a little resentful, probably because he used to like her so much, but now he turned his back on her, not showing her any mercy.

Having been used to things going smoothly since she was a child, she inevitably felt unaccustomed.

Since there was nothing to talk about, there was no need to go to the café. Zhao Yimeng originally planned to get out of the car on the roadside, but Su Yehao took her to the Donghuang Group headquarters.

He happened to meet her parents at the entrance of the building, and they got out of the car to chat for a few words.

Soon, gossip spread within the Donghuang Group, reminding people of the old rumors about a marriage alliance last year...