Chapter 88: Too Weird

Chapter 88: Chapter 88: Too Weird

Feng Feifei was both amazed and impressed!

She was impressed by Chen Xiao’s business negotiation skills. Projects worth a few million were no longer enough for him—now he was talking about a hundred-million-yuan project!

In Jiangzhou, countless high-tech companies couldn’t even reach one hundred million in annual revenue. Dr. Feng’s Robot, for example, had a peak annual revenue of just 20 million in the past.

What amazed her was his audacity, his willingness to think big and shake things up!

If the project he proposed succeeded, it would be an absolute behemoth. She hardly dared to imagine it, but if things went smoothly, this subsidiary might even go public before Dr. Feng’s Robot!

After all, the application had so much room for imagination, and its market potential was enormous!

Without a doubt, this would become the company’s top-priority project. Feng Feifei organized a meeting and put Hou Fei in charge of drafting the business proposal. She stressed that it must be completed by the morning so Chen Xiao could send it to the client.

None of them knew that Chen Xiao was in contact with the group’s CEO, and Chen Xiao had no intention of clarifying.

The people working on the BP were on the verge of collapse. They had rushed to finish it in a single morning, a mentally taxing job. They even grumbled that Chen Xiao was all talk. Who on the other side could possibly green-light a hundred-million-yuan project?

’This project is doomed to fail,’ they thought. ’We’re all just wasting our energy!’

Even Hou Fei didn’t think it could be pulled off. The only person who had any real confidence in him was probably Feng Feifei!

She knew Chen Xiao’s personality. He wasn’t the type to make empty promises.

Meanwhile, Gao Yue was also working on a business proposal. Ding Yong had put her in charge of leading the financing efforts for the Hongmeng Intelligent Selection Store project. Her task was to coordinate with relevant departments to produce a BP as quickly as possible. The plan was for Li Xiao’s boss to send it to Liu Hongsheng first, and then arrange a meeting.

During this time, Li Guoqiang gave Chen Xiao a call.

The business license, tax registration certificate, and other documents for "Junxiao Capital Management Company" were all ready!

It was incredible how fast he was; he had even prepared all the documents for opening a bank account!

Far from grateful, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but inwardly snark, ’Is Li Guoqiang always this quick?’

If Li Guoqiang knew what he was thinking, he’d probably cry himself unconscious in a bathroom stall.

Of course, Chen Xiao wasn’t going to make a trip to Yunfeng Building just for this. Xu Wu was there, and he had given her full authority over matters on that end.

Li Guoqiang said he would deliver the documents in person, as they were important company materials. He then hemmed and hawed before saying he wanted to meet with Chen Xiao in the next couple of days.

"Li, old friend, we’re friends. If you have something to say, just say it over the phone!"

"A friend of mine has a project and is looking for investors. I was wondering if you might be interested!"

Li Guoqiang was still a bit embarrassed, but he was overthinking it. This wasn’t about borrowing money; it was business.

Chen Xiao started a capital management company precisely to invest in high-quality projects. Of course, he also had some ulterior motives.

His idea was to use capital to influence investee companies into giving him orders. This was a plan Chen Xiao would probably take to his grave.

He would never tell anyone, because no one would understand his reasoning. The rules of his system’s game were a bit of a bitch, and impossible to explain to outsiders.

"President Li, I’m definitely interested in good projects. How about this: Xu Wu is the general manager. You can talk to her about it first in a little while."

"And just to be clear, I’m not trying to pass the buck. This is just procedure. Otherwise, Xu Wu might get the wrong idea."

Li Guoqiang knew he had a point and readily agreed. In fact, Chen Xiao’s words made him happy, because it showed that Chen Xiao didn’t see him as an outsider.

After ending the call, Li Guoqiang called to schedule a time with Xu Wu. As it happened, Xu Wu was upstairs at that very moment.

Li Guoqiang took the documents and went upstairs by himself.

When he arrived on the 28th floor, the lavish Chinese-style luxury that greeted him still made Li Guoqiang gasp in amazement, even though he had seen it once before.

’Chen Xiao really picked the right place for a capital management company. Isn’t this how you’re supposed to play the capital game? All luxury and swagger?’

He entered Xu Wu’s office, which was far more impressive than his own. The office of a typical publicly listed company’s general manager probably wasn’t this high-spec.

They were old acquaintances, but thanks were still in order. If Li Guoqiang hadn’t handled the paperwork, Xu Wu would have had to run around and do it all herself, since she didn’t have any staff yet.

’As for relying on Chen Xiao... forget it.’ She had never even considered it. She couldn’t boss him around.

She invited Li Guoqiang to sit. Looking at the room full of mahogany furniture, Li Guoqiang felt a pang of unease.

Before, he had been polite to Xu Wu because she was Chen Xiao’s friend. But today, in her office, surrounded by the overwhelming scent of money, he actually felt a hint of pressure.

Of course, this wasn’t something Xu Wu was doing intentionally. It was the environment itself. In this setting, seated in the host’s chair, Xu Wu exuded the air of a queen.

"President Xu, as it happens, there’s a matter I’d like to report to you!"

Xu Wu smiled. "President Li, please don’t be so formal. You can just call me Xiao Xu. And ’report’ is too strong a word!"

"Whatever you need, just say it!"

Li Guoqiang had been a bit nervous, but he immediately laughed at himself. ’I’m a man of my age, I’ve been navigating the business world for decades, and I’m still this spineless!’

He couldn’t be blamed, though. Chen Xiao was just too strange. From their very first meeting, when he discovered this young man owned an entire floor of office space in Yunfeng Building, he had mentally elevated his status by several tiers.

But then Chen Xiao took over the 28th floor, including the Aerial Garden above it, and opened a capital management company with 800 million in paid-in capital!

He believed this was just the tip of the iceberg with Chen Xiao. Otherwise, who would open a company like this only to be a completely hands-off boss?

His actions could only mean that this wasn’t even his most important business!

But that was the strangest part. The business Chen Xiao seemed most invested in was Dr. Feng’s Robot, where he was just a salesperson.

’Strange, just too strange!’ he thought. ’He doesn’t act like a big boss at all. He’s more like some kind of monster playing around in the mortal world!’

Li Guoqiang then gave Xu Wu a brief overview of Ding Yong’s situation.

She learned that Ding Yong wanted to invest in ten Hongmeng Intelligent Selection Car projects and was planning to do so by acquiring existing BMW and Mercedes-Benz 4S dealerships.

She couldn’t help but recall how Gao Yue had asked Li Xiao for help contacting Hongsheng Capital earlier today. She knew that Ding Yong was Gao Yue’s boss.

’What a coincidence.’ Her expression remained impassive as she listened, but her mind was racing.

She was very bullish on the Hongmeng Intelligent Selection Car business. Besides, she had just picked up a Hongmeng Intelligent Selection car herself today and was very impressed with their product.

The main question now was how to maximize profits. As someone in capital management, her top priority was return on investment.

She didn’t tell Li Guoqiang that she already knew about this, nor that Ding Yong was her classmate’s boss, and certainly not that she knew they were trying to contact Hongsheng Capital.

She simply and politely asked Li Guoqiang to send over their business proposal for review, adding that they could schedule a more detailed discussion with him later.

Li Guoqiang understood. A deal like this couldn’t be sealed with just a single conversation. This was business, not a dinner party.

Besides, they weren’t looking to raise a few million, but several hundred million!