Chapter 22: Discussing Cooperation

Tang Tang stared at the screen, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

The confident words she had spoken earlier were now stuck in her throat.

Her gaze suddenly turned disappointed!

Could it be… she had misjudged her?

Just a moment ago, Tang Tang was defending Yan Yueqing, but now, she couldn’t hold back ?!

Her eyes welled up with tears the size of soybeans, on the verge of falling.

Tang Tang stared intently at the screen, her right hand unconsciously gripping her little dress, crumpling the fabric.

Auntie Liu furrowed her brow. This Yan Yueqing was so ungrateful! The boss hadn’t even started his questioning, and she had already admitted to having impure motives?!

No! You should at least pretend, put on an act!

At the very least, don’t make Tang Tang feel so hurt…

Auntie Liu gently patted the little girl’s back, shaking her head helplessly.

Sigh…

It’s over…

Mr Tang’s “fight poison with poison” approach would likely leave Tang Tang with deep psychological scars…

On the other side, Director Tang spoke coldly: “Do you want my shares, my position, or do you want to rely on my connections in the entertainment industry to go further? Miss Yan, since you were so quick to spend three million, why don’t you be as direct with your words as you were with your actions? Let’s get this over with quickly and save us both the trouble.”

With Director Tang being so straightforward, Yan Yueqing dropped all pretense as well. She said, “Okay, then I’ll be blunt! Director Tang, I want to invest in a pharmaceutical company under Tang Tang’s name.”

Her words shocked all three of them.

Even Director Tang couldn’t hide his surprise: “What did you say?”

Yan Yueqing explained, “Director Tang, I have a son who, due to illness, needs monthly injections of a special drug. This drug is expensive to produce, so very few hospitals stock it, and basically no patients can afford it. A drug that’s difficult to promote isn’t good for pharmaceutical companies. If no one buys it, they can’t recoup their investment, and the research team might not even have the confidence to start phase two of the project. I don’t want such a good drug to disappear due to lack of funding, so—”

“So you plan to do it in Tang Tang’s name?” Director Tang felt like she was speaking gibberish. “You have your own son, why not invest in his name? Why go to all this trouble to spend money on Tang Tang? Yan Yueqing, do you take me for a fool?”

“Well… this involves some family matters,” Yan Yueqing sighed. “Director Tang, I’m from the Yan family in C City.”

C City, the Yan family.

That Yan family, the richest in C City with assets worth billions?

Director Tang sneered, “You mentioned on a show before that you are the second miss of the Yan family, but unfortunately…they immediately denied it on their official blog!”

“Ahem, well, competition in wealthy families is like that,” Yan Yueqing admitted honestly. “I am indeed from the Yan family, but there are some secrets I can’t share with outsiders…In short, my son needs regular injections of this special drug, and I can’t let it go out of production no matter what! But due to my identity, if I invest in my own name or my son’s name, the Yan family is very likely to interfere. In that case, I might not be able to guarantee the regular supply of the drug.”

That sounded truthful.

Director Tang had seen plenty of internal conflicts in wealthy families. Those who appeared polite on the surface often knew how to seize their opponent’s weakness and strike ruthlessly.

He was silent for a moment, then spoke seriously: “How can you prove that everything you’ve said is true?”

Yan Yueqing smiled: “Director Tang, you didn’t become a major shareholder of Zhongxing by chance. Although some people deliberately conceal information about the Yan family, if you spend some time, you’ll be able to hear some rumors.”

Director Tang carefully examined Yan Yueqing for a few seconds.

His scrutinizing gaze moved slowly like a knife.

He spoke in a low voice: “One last question, why choose Tang Tang?”

Of course, it’s because Tang Tang is the adorable child I’m bound to! Otherwise, where would I get the money?

However, Yan Yueqing was prepared for this question: “I really like Tang Tang! She’s smart and lively, friendly to others, and even when I caused her to misunderstand me, she still remained polite… It’s hard not to like such a girl! If I’m going to spend money on someone, of course I’d choose someone I like, isn’t that right?”

In the private room, Tang Tang stared at the screen, listening to Yan Yueqing praise her, her face unconsciously turning a bit red.

“That’s it?” Director Tang frowned. “No other reasons?”

Yan Yueqing raised her hand: “Another reason is because—you’re Tang Tang’s father!”

Auntie Liu immediately became angry: “This woman, after all that talk, isn’t it still about the boss?!”

Tang Tang was also stunned. She hadn’t even had time to be happy for two seconds before Sister Yueqing was at it again—

Director Tang’s eyes turned cold: “Because of me?”

Yan Yueqing explained: “Honestly, if I randomly chose someone else to invest in, they might take the money and run. But you, Director Tang are different. You have many industries under your name and wouldn’t be interested in this small pharmaceutical company. Director Tang, investing in Tang Tang’s name is a no-risk deal! My son gets his medicine, and Tang Tang gains a fixed asset. I can’t think of a reason for you to refuse!”

Indeed.

Director Tang really had no reason to refuse.

Giving bags could be seen as a way to get close to him.

But giving a fixed share of assets…

Director Tang looked up: “How much do you plan to invest?”

“The more the better, at least 20 million.”

Hiss—

20 million?!

Director Tang drew in a sharp breath.

20 million yuan didn’t sound like a huge sum.

But for investment in shares, you need to put up real cash!

20 million in assets is easy, but 20 million in cash flow is not easy to come up with.

With just a casual remark, she was going to invest 20 million in someone she had no relationship with?!

Even Director Tang, who had seen a lot, was shocked by Yan Yueqing’s boldness! It felt like…

He slapped the table: “Two million, stay away from my daughter!”

The other party calmly replied: “I’ll give you 20 million, let me continue to interact with your daughter.”

The difference was simply too great!

Director Tang coughed lightly, stabilizing his thoughts: “I have no objection to you investing in my daughter’s name. But, I will contact the person in charge of the pharmaceutical company! Including future investments, shareholding, dividends… all contracts will be handled by me, you just provide the money! Do you agree?”

The implication was that she couldn’t be involved in the investment at all.

Apart from providing money, everything else would have nothing to do with her! This condition was rather harsh.

After all, who would agree to put up money without being able to see the investment situation or estimate future returns? Director Tang wanted to use this almost unreasonable condition to scare off Yan Yueqing.

She spoke nicely, but who knew what tricks she might play with the investment later?

With him handling everything, who would dare to be so stubborn?

Unexpectedly, Yan Yueqing was overjoyed! Heavens, could there be anything better?!

She had been wondering last night how to communicate with the pharmaceutical company.

Now it’s great, Director Tang would handle everything! She just needed to provide the money!!

How great is that?

Afraid that Director Tang might change his mind, she immediately replied: “Great! Send me your account number.”