Gu Group’s company building.

“CEO, our stock price has now stabilized at 0.2 percentage points above the estimated value. Additionally, regarding the stock acquisition issue, we have secured several targets except for Wei Changdong. However, the total amount of shares acquired this time has significantly exceeded the initial estimate due to the higher-than-expected volume of scattered shares purchased.”

“How much?”

“13%, plus the 37% you already held, and the 4% obtained from Old Mr. Gu, brings the total to 54%.” Wang Qin said, his voice betraying a hint of excitement.

Although the CEO previously held 37% of the shares and was already the largest shareholder of the Gu Group, this was entirely different from controlling over half of the shares.

“Not bad.” Compared to Wang Qin’s excitement, Gu Yancheng, who should have been the most excited, appeared much calmer. It was as if everything had gone exactly as he had anticipated.

“Shall we continue?” Wang Qin asked.

“No need.”

“Understood. Then CEO, can we proceed with the next step and start boosting the stock price?” If the Gu Group’s stock price didn’t rise soon, let alone some people going crazy, even Wang Qin, being in the know, could hardly bear it.

“What’s the situation with the shareholders?” Gu Yancheng asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Taking advantage of this opportunity, we’ve nearly cleared out the shareholders holding less than 0.5% of the shares. It went pretty much as we expected. The shares held by a few old shareholders haven’t changed much, but they’re getting quite anxious. It seems Mr. Chen and Mr. Liu have even contacted other shareholders, trying to force you to hold the shareholders’ meeting ahead of schedule. Hmph.”

“However,” Wang Qin suddenly frowned as he thought of something and said, “Zhou Zhongliang has also been buying up a lot of scattered shares during our acquisition. Do you think he might have noticed something too?”

“It’s normal, he’s an old fox.” Gu Yancheng said with narrowed eyes and a calm expression. “Did Wei Changdong’s shares end up with him?”

“No, it seems they couldn’t agree on a price. However……” Wang Qin suddenly hesitated, trailing off mid-sentence.

“Speak.”

“Uh, it’s Ms. Su. She has put all of her 6% of shares up for sale.” Wang Qin said, feeling at a loss for words.

He had given the other party a strong hint that day, yet Su Mei had turned around and sold all her shares without a word, and she had even listed them for sale!

Listing them for sale was a different matter. Private negotiations between shareholders like Wei Changdong and Zhou Zhongliang might just be strategic posturing, but listing shares for sale meant putting them out in the open, genuinely intending to sell them.

If it weren’t for Su Mei’s 6% shares being too large for the average person to afford, the transaction might have already been completed.

“Should we make a move?” Wang Qin asked eagerly. This was a whole 6% of the shares, and there was no doubt that this price would be the lowest Gu Group’s stock had ever been. “I’ve checked……”

Wang Qin wanted to say more, but he was stopped by Gu Yancheng’s cold, stern gaze.

“Do you think I’d take over what that woman doesn’t want?” Gu Yancheng said coldly, a trace of contempt and apparent displeasure flashing in his eyes.

But those were Gu Group’s shares! Although they had recently plummeted, even if no one else knew, didn’t the CEO at least know the truth of the matter?

Listening to Gu Yancheng’s words, Wang Qin inwardly groaned.

Moreover……

“Over at Zhou Zhongliang’s side……”

According to the information gathered by their people, in the past two days, Zhou Zhongliang has quietly sold off land properties and also reduced his holdings in five or six companies he owned. It seemed he was selling off assets at a frantic pace.

“He can afford it.” Gu Yancheng said with a cold chuckle.

Hearing that, Wang Qin wanted to add that Su Mei’s listing price was extremely low, even two points lower than the current market minimum stock price.

Then Gu Yancheng continued, “Within three days, I want to see the Gu Group’s stock price return to its previous numbers. As for Ms. Su’s side, I don’t want to hear any news about transactions being completed or the possibility of a deal.”

“Err, understood, CEO. I’ll take care of it right away.” Wang Qin nodded in acknowledgment.

Although he couldn’t quite understand why the CEO specifically instructed him to intervene in Su Mei’s share transactions instead of directly acquiring those shares himself, Wang Qin didn’t dare to ask.

“In addition,” Gu Yancheng stood up, his gaze shifting to the floor-to-ceiling window behind him. “Since Chen De and the others want to advance the shareholders’ meeting, let’s accommodate them. Inform everyone that tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock, we’ll convene the shareholders’ meeting. All eligible shareholders must attend without exception.”

“Understood, CEO. Then…… do we need to notify Ms. Su as well?” He had previously told the other party that as a shareholder, she didn’t need to do anything if she didn’t want to……

“She’s also a shareholder.” Gu Yancheng said.

As he spoke, Gu Yancheng’s mind involuntarily flashed back to the pitiful look on that woman’s face in the conference room when talking about the Gu Group’s shares.

To hold Gu Group’s shares and still feel wronged?

Is that woman stupid? Or is she eager to sever ties with the Gu family?

If Su Mei knew what Gu Yancheng was thinking right now, she might just kneel down before him.

Sure enough, the male protagonist is the male protagonist. His protagonist halo is awesome as well as his intelligence. He actually guessed her true thoughts after just one encounter!

Unfortunately, Su Mei didn’t know this, and she’s even more unaware that after escaping the battleground of the Gu family’s main residence, she’s about to enter an even larger battleground.

———pr

At this moment, Su Mei, full of excitement, was in her new livestreaming room, tinkering with her state-of-the-art livestreaming equipment.

With Wu Fei as her very reliable assistant, Su Mei hardly needed to do anything herself, not even ordering takeout.

After completely letting herself go at home for two days, Su Mei finally felt embarrassed about her idle state and decided to resume her livestreaming career.

In this novel, the setting for livestreaming closely mirrored the real world, with the first livestreaming platform named ‘Flying Birds Live’. Apart from the names of the platform and famous streamers being different from reality, everything else retained its familiar essence and interface.

Su Mei navigated through the familiar process and completed her registration as a livestreaming host.

After the experience of dying from overeating hamburgers, Su Mei swore off the ‘big eater’ persona. However, she couldn’t help but feel a twinge of reluctance to let go of the name ‘Foodie Susu’, which she had used for over a year.

After a moment of hesitation, Su Mei decided to continue using her previous online name.

As for what content to broadcast, Su Mei hadn’t figured it out yet. For now, she thought she might just start with some casual chatting.

Given her experience, Su Mei knew that when newcomers start their livestreams, unless they have a group of nosy relatives or friends boosting viewership, or a generous sponsor showering gifts, there might not even be anyone entering the room initially.

However, the situation turned out better than Su Mei expected this time. Perhaps it was because she started her livestream at a time when large streamers weren’t online, but shortly after Su Mei went live, a few viewers joined in.

【Yuanzhou’s No. 1: Did I click on a new streamer? There is no fan yet, hahahaha】

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: The streamer looks pretty, I’ll be your first fan】

【User 2937081: Why aren’t you talking? Just munching on chips the whole time?】

“Oh, there are already people here!” Su Mei exclaimed with some surprise, lifting her head to find that over a dozen viewers had entered her livestream, with one or two more joining intermittently.

“Hello everyone, I’m Susu, a newbie here. Please feel free to guide me!”

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: Wow, you look even better when you look up!】

【Everyday Baby: Looks like the filter is less than 2, really good-looking, case closed.】

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: Host, don’t forget I’m your first man.】

“Student Skipping Class on an Alt Account, have you finished your homework? Haven’t even got a driver’s license yet, have you?”

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: Oh my, Miss, I was about to add you to my goddess list, but why did the tone suddenly change? This isn’t the goddess I was following. Stop the bus at the kindergarten, I want to get off!】

【Zhouzhouzhou: Hahahahahaha】

【Why do I feel that Host looks familiar?】

【Has the host worked on other platforms before? I also feel like I’ve seen her somewhere.】

“No, I registered for the first time today here.”

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: Wow, I really am your first man, no doubt!】

“Student Alt Account, have you finished all your schoolwork? Did you do the additional questions?”

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: It’s already done, but there’s no test today, it’s tomorrow.】

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: You know there will be additional questions? Then can you tell me what it is about?】

“The difference between general relativity and special relativity?” Su Mei casually mentioned. In the real world, she had already graduated from university two years ago. She had long since mixed up and mostly forgotten what she had learned in primary school, middle school, high school, and university. The only things she could remember were those that the teachers had emphasized repeatedly.

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: Guessing already? You haven’t even asked me what grade I’m in!】

“Just talking casua— Cough, that’s not right. I’m a person blessed by the heavens.”

【Skipping Class on an Alt Account: Are you kidding? Then why don’t you calculate how your fortune will be tomorrow?】

“Me? Tomorrow will definitely be another day of rolling in wealth! Maybe I’ll even make a fortune!”

Isn’t that right? Originally, Su Mei thought the other Su Mei’s 20 million yuan was already enough, and now she has also received Gu Hongguang’s 1 billion yuan inheritance. Every day, just the interest alone, Su Mei was already unable to count.

There were also the shares she let Wu Fei put up for sale. These days, the Gu Group’s stock price has already started to rise, and many people were sure to want to get in on it. Maybe it’s already been sold out

Even after Gu Group’s market value plummeted for three days straight, it still holds a market capitalization of 300 billion. If she sells off those shares, it would definitely be a huge sum, hehe.

Thinking about this, Su Mei felt quite cheerful and chatted randomly with the people on the livestream before preparing to log off.

“Time’s up! That’s it for today’s stream, everyone. Remember to follow and stay tuned, Susu will be back at the same time tomorrow. Bye~”

Su Mei closed the livestream and was just about to call Wu Fei when she arrived.

“Wu Fei, I was just thinking of you, and here you are.”

“Err, Susu, you……” Although the past few days had familiarized Wu Fei with Su Mei and completely overturned her previous impression of her, seeing Su Mei wearing a very exquisite dress on top and looking perfectly put together, but with cartoon pajama pants on the bottom and even SpongeBob slippers that matched the pajamas, the corners of Wu Fei’s lips couldn’t help but twitch.

“Uh, I was just livestreaming, don’t mind me.”

“Livestreaming? You’re doing livestreams?”

“Yeah, it’s my new career.”

Wu Fei: “……”

Isn’t it good to be a shareholder at Gu Group? Or perhaps a sophisticated landlady?

“Putting that aside, did you come over today because the shares were sold?” Su Mei asked excitedly.

“It’s like this, a shareholder of the Gu Group with the surname Zhou contacted me, expressing interest in purchasing the shares you put up for sale……”

Wu Fei’s words were abruptly interrupted by the sudden ringing of a phone.