I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"Zhang Menglong, we've been apart for less than an hour, and you've already made such big news?" It wasn't long before Zhang Menglong received a call from Lu Yiyao.

"I did it to protect you!" Zhang Menglong laughed, "I certainly don't want the private life of my future girlfriend to be monitored every day by everyone!"

"Have you no shame, who agreed to be your girlfriend in the future?" Lu Yiyao said, "Ah, Qianqian, go away, don't eavesdrop on my conversation!"

"Hahaha, it sounds like your dorm room is quite lively tonight!" Zhang Menglong heard the chatter of a group of girls.

"That's all because of you!" Lu Yiyao said angrily, "You could have just come to see me, but you had to make such a big scene, as if you were worried the whole world wouldn't find out about it."

"I'm worried about you getting into trouble," Zhang Menglong said, "By the way, when could you help me invite your roommates out for a meal? I'll bribe them so the next time we go on a date, they won't lock you out!"

"Keep dreaming!"

"Wait a minute, you don't have the final say!" Suddenly, a wave of protest erupted from the other end of the phone, "Handsome Zhang! We heard what you said!"

"Are you Guo Yuqian?" Zhang Menglong remembered that one of Lu Yiyao's roommates seemed to have that name.

"Yes, Handsome Zhang, you have a great memory!" Guo Yuqian snatched the phone from Lu Yiyao, "We'll give you a chance to treat us to a meal on Saturday night. Maybe we'll be so pleased that instead of just not locking Yiyi out, we might even get her drunk and deliver her to your bed!"

"Hahaha! Exactly, exactly!" Several other voices piped up on the phone, "We'd even help you steal household registration books if you want!"

"You guys, ah! I'm going to kill you!"

"Holy shit! Lu Yiyao, you dare to kick us? Just because you have long legs, you think you're something special?"

"Having long legs is being special!"

"Ah! Qianqian don't mess around!"

"Handsome Zhang, some people have really good figures, so soft!"

"Qianqian, you hooligan!"

"Tear..." Zhang Menglong almost had an image in his head; he originally thought that only boys' dorms would have such incidents, but the girls' dorm seemed even messier!

"All right then, it's a deal. Saturday, I'll take you all out for a meal. Don't forget to bring a bag, I'm afraid you won't be able to carry all the things I'll use to bribe you!"

"Haha! Definitely, definitely!"

Not knowing what was happening in the girls' dormitory, the call was directly hung up.

"Life is truly beautiful!" Zhang Menglong exclaimed and turned to walk into the gigantic bathroom where he could almost swim.

...

"Sure enough, not a single one of them took my word seriously."

The next day, Zhang Menglong opened his phone; apart from products from Unicorn Technology, on every other website and app, there was news about him and Lu Yiyao everywhere.

Even several chairpersons and executives of internet giants publicly commented on the matter, unanimously thinking that Zhang Menglong was just trying to attract attention, and they weren't shy about mocking what seemed to be his ridiculous behavior.

Not just them, but hordes of netizens were also waiting to see how things would unfold, as it was soon to be 12 o'clock. They wanted to see whether Zhang Menglong was all talk or really had the ability to back it up.

If he couldn't do anything by then, the whole internet would likely be laughing at him.

"Start now, Hong Yi!" Zhang Menglong sent a message to Hong Yi.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang. As of today, the market value of Weibo is 9.212 billion US Dollars, with 30% of the shares controlled by a domestic company called Hongmu Capital and the remaining 70% of the shares in the hands of domestic and international venture capital institutions, with stakes ranging from 1.4% to 17.3%."

"I don't understand all that stuff; you just take care of the acquisition for me."

"Alright Mr. Zhang, give me two hours."

No sooner had Zhang Menglong put down the phone than Wang Ling called.

"Zhang Menglong, what are you up to? Did you run away or something?"

"Run away? I'm busy!"

"Busy my ass. You put on such a big show last night, and it's almost 12 o'clock now. We'll see how you're going to explain yourself later!" Wang Ling knew Zhang Menglong was wealthy, but acquiring a company wasn't that simple, to begin with. First of all, you have to get the other party to agree to sell their shares to you.

Just like with Wanda, most of the stock was in the hands of Wang Ling and his son. Even if Zhang Menglong was loaded with cash, they could just refuse to sell, and he could do nothing about it unless he used some commercial competitive methods to force them to sell their shares, which would likely take a very long time.

"Busy with what? Busy with purchasing Weibo!"

"What? Purchasing Weibo?" Wang Ling suddenly twitched at the corner of his mouth, "Weibo's market cap is close to 10 billion US dollars, and you're going to purchase it?"

"What's wrong, can't I?" Zhang Menglong retorted.

"You're the man!" Wang Ling was at a loss for words, "Are you serious?"

"Serious or not, won't you know in a bit?" Zhang Menglong said with a laugh. Although he didn't know how Hong Yi was going to purchase shares of Weibo, he believed that whatever method she used, she would definitely succeed.

...

Less than an hour later, Hong Yi's call came through.

"Mr. Zhang, we have now completed the acquisition of 85.25% of the shares, and this portion is all in the hands of people you can fully trust."

"Damn, that fast?" Zhang Menglong didn't know much about this stuff, but with 85.25% of the shares, Weibo was practically under his say-so, as those shareholders represented his will, "What about the rest?"

"The rest is with a European venture capital firm called Camorra. But those guys are slick. We acquired the 85.25% of the shares at a mere 15% premium over the market price, but even with a 30% stock premium offered to Camorra, they're not willing to sell. Obviously, they're looking to make a killing."

"There are always some unsatisfied people in this world." Although Zhang Menglong didn't understand the concept of a 30% premium purchase price, the fact that other shares were acquired with only a 15% premium indicated that this percentage wasn't insignificant.

"Mr. Zhang, the head of Camorra Venture Capital now wishes to speak with you. If you are willing, I will transfer the call to you."

"Transfer it over. I'd like to hear just how greedy these Russians can be."

After a burst of dial tone, a slick middle-aged man's voice soon came through.

"Hellow, is that Mr. Zhang speaking?"

"Don't speak English to me," said Zhang Menglong, "Can you speak Chinese? If not, piss off!"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Taking down a small venture capital firm, Zhang Menglong might not know how to go about it, but he believed that with the resources he had, there were ten thousand ways to solve this.

"Zhang... Mr. Zhang, I am Chavi, the head of Camorra Ventures."

"What? Trashy Chavi? Never mind, it's not important. I want to buy the rest of your Weibo shares, name your price."

"Mr. Zhang is straightforward," came a laugh from the other end of the phone, "I just heard that aside from our shares, the rest has already changed hands not too long ago; it must be through someone under Mr. Zhang, right?"

"Hm?"

"I believe Mr. Zhang isn't short of money. I'm a businessman, naturally, I aim for higher profits. For this part of the shares, I am willing to sell them to you at a 100% premium over the stock price."

"Doubled?" Zhang Menglong thought this Russian would at most increase to around 50%, but he couldn't believe his appetite was so big.

"Trashy Chavi, right? I've got money, but you'd better not take me for a fool! 100%? You must be dreaming, buddy!"