My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 373 The Impact of Successful Investment

Through these trivial pieces of information, the Qin Island billionaires knew the crux of the matter: Headline Technology’s first-round financing target, Redwood Capital, had encountered problems, halting all ongoing projects, including Headline Technology’s financing.

Thus, Chen Yan found an opportune moment.

Of course, even so, this did not explain why out of so many large factories and well-known investment institutions in the country, Headline Technology singled out the little-known Chen’s Investment.

Subsequently, more news came through.

It was said that the reason for choosing Chen’s Investment was personally decided by Zhang Yonghao.

And according to insiders, on the night Chen Yan visited Headline Technology, he met with Zhang Yonghao in secret, without anyone knowing.

No one knew what they talked about, or why they would talk.

But afterwards, the next day, Zhang Yonghao finalized the deal with Chen’s Investment.

Even during negotiations, he actively conceded, offering Chen’s Investment better terms than Redwood Capital had, which facilitated the investment.

Because only the two of them were present, what exactly they talked about, how Chen Yan persuaded Zhang Yonghao, became a mystery...

But with these fragmented pieces of information, the billionaires and the elite second-generation of Qindong Peninsula had roughly pieced together everything.

They thought that Chen Yan must have learned from some channel that Redwood Capital might stop its investment, so he personally rushed to Tiandu and had a detailed conversation with Zhang Yonghao.

Then, he successfully gained Zhang Yonghao’s trust and approval, and ultimately secured the financing project.

Although they roughly analyzed the causes and consequences, this event did not lose its legendary allure.

After all, Chen Yan had snatched the shares of Headline Technology, a potential giant among Internet upstarts, from the hands of various famous investment organizations, consortia, and large factories, both domestic and international.

And now, even if these billionaires knew everything, they felt they couldn’t replicate such maneuvers.

They lacked the resources, intelligence to follow Redwood’s movements, and they did not possess enough eloquence and personal charm to sway Zhang Yonghao.

Thus, in the circles of the Qindong Peninsula’s billionaires, Chen Yan’s fame, reputation, and status climbed yet again.

No one would doubt Chen Yan’s capabilities, nor would they question the future growth of Chen’s Investment.

In fact, many people were lamenting why they hadn’t taken a gamble like the Zhao Family and the He Family to collaborate with Chen Yan. To join in on a stock purchase and make some money!

This also led to many of Qindong’s billionaires showing even more respect towards He Ruifeng.

Although... the message that had always been circulating in the billionaire circles was that He Ruifeng disagreed with He Mengxue investing in Chen’s Investment company, still... that was just a rumor.

He Ruifeng’s money was genuinely transferred over.

So, no one knew whether this old fox was truly against it or just falsely opposing.

Perhaps... he was just acting?

If He Ruifeng knew what those billionaires thought, he would probably swear furiously:

"You’re the ones acting, your whole family is acting! Are you acting to trade your daughter in?!"

"Just look at Chen Yan, so prone to flings. Even if he can help the He family earn another few billions, I wouldn’t want to let my daughter into his clutches!"

...

And at this moment, Chen Yan was unaware that Qindong Peninsula was all abuzz because of him. His every move, even though he was far away in Tiandu, affected Qindong Peninsula.

He was still chatting with Zhang Yonghao at the time.

Tiandu, Headline Technology.

After completing the cooperation talks, Zhang Yonghao, disregarding the strange looks of the others, directly invited Chen Yan to his office for a chat.

You must know that Zhang Yonghao is famously "reclusive" in Tiandu circles, rarely interacting with the wealthy.

He preferred to communicate with hikers or enthusiasts of outdoor or extreme sports.

And now, he had personally invited Chen Yan for a chat, leaving the executives involved in signing the agreement with the look of seeing a ghost.

Once in Zhang Yonghao’s office, Chen Yan also casually struck up a conversation with him.

After a few exchanges, Zhang Yonghao brought up the charity organization.

He asked, "President Chen, I remember you once mentioned you were setting up a charity foundation?"

Chen Yan nodded and honestly shared his "intention" (genuinely helping those in difficulty) for setting up the charity foundation and the current preparations (the license had been acquired, most of the staff had been almost determined, just lacking the final talent) with Zhang Yonghao.

After hearing Chen Yan’s introduction, Zhang Yonghao was evidently very interested. He repeatedly expressed that once Chen Yan’s charity foundation was operational, he would like to be invited to visit it.

Chen Yan hadn’t expected Zhang Yonghao to be so interested in charity. But with every compassionate person, the world gains more love, so Chen Yan readily agreed without much thought.

Next, the two had a meal together. In the afternoon, arranged by Jiang Xiaoyun, both of them, along with Song Chuang, He Mengxue, and two executives from Headline Technology, engaged in some other extreme activities.

All in all, it was about fostering relations between the core layers of the two companies. Um... if one were to overlook Song Chuang and those two Headline Technology executives huffing and puffing and slacking off throughout...

Um... or perhaps, in a sense, Song Chuang also narrowed the gap considerably with those two executives.

After finalizing the funding for Headline Technology, Chen Yan took the team back to Qin Island.

Before leaving, he chatted with Jiang Xiaoyun and upon discovering she was still renting, suggested she could temporarily rent his place.

The rent would be favorable, practically a giveaway, only reserving the master bedroom for Chen Yan so he could have somewhere to stay when he visited Tiandu on business.

Chen Yan made this offer partly out of sympathy for this sunny girl, and also because he thought that if the apartment was left unoccupied for long, it would fall into disrepair. He wanted Jiang Xiaoyun to help maintain it.

Jiang Xiaoyun happily accepted.

After all, the rent was less than what she used to pay, and the room was bigger. Chen Yan didn’t come to Tiandu often—in a year, he barely visited a few times. With such favorable terms, how could she possibly refuse?

Returning to Qin Island, Chen Yan went straight home.

This trip, even with his constitution +7, had left him a bit tired.

It was also through this event that he realized the power of the "Strong Buy Card" and its difference from the "Opportunity Card".

As Chen Yan analyzed.

The "Opportunity Card" provides a chance for both parties. However, what happens, if anything at all, is not certain.

Sometimes, the event that occurs might not even be what one wishes for.

For instance, he might want to talk about cooperation, but the other party might fall in love with him at first sight—it could happen.

It’s more about randomness and comprehensiveness.

It can create opportunities, but the direction those opportunities lead to is up to you to grasp.

The "Strong Buy Card", on the contrary, is completely different. Its target is very clear: to acquire assets!

And it has a coercive nature.

No matter the current situation, as soon as this card is used, it will work out the matter in the most optimal way.

It’s like wielding the weapon of "Causality Law".

During this "strong purchase" of Headline Technology’s shares, the role Chen Yan played was actually negligible; he had little impact on the outcome. If everything went smoothly with Redwood, no matter what Chen Yan did, it wouldn’t change the inevitable.

Therefore... there was trouble at Redwood.

Chen Yan was momentarily curious.

If... he directly "strong purchased" someone’s asset that they didn’t want to sell, like shares of a group they didn’t want to sell, or a national goddess statue, what would happen?

Would it fail? Or would some interesting things happen...?

He thought that when he got more "Strong Buy Card" credit in the future, he could give it a try.

After analyzing the effect of the "Strong Buy Card", Chen Yan also started to set his next goals.

There were three days left till the end of the month, and Chen Yan had to raise Zhao Ying’s goodwill to over 90 within these three days, so he could purchase special items with happiness points next month.

Then... it was the charity foundation.

The money earned by Chen’s Investment was ultimately long-term; to grow his funds quickly, Chen Yan still had to start with "Virtual Girlfriend".

So, he decided to take Yu Qiao Qiao in the next two days to talk to the last outstanding talent in the charity field...

...

A quiet night passed. The next day, Chen Yan got up early and went to the Twin Towers Hotel.

Upon arriving at the hotel entrance, Zhao Ying was already waiting there.

As soon as she saw Chen Yan, she happily jumped, waving her hand while calling out, "Chen Yan, over here, this way!"

Chen Yan walked over with a smile, and as she approached, not caring about being in the public, she blurted out, "Come on, let me feel, see if you’ve gotten bigger!"

Chen Yan: ??

Chen Yan looked at her, only to realize that this whimsical girl was pinching his muscles.

After pinching, Zhao Ying was a bit disappointed and said, "This won’t do. No change!"

Then she said, "Come on, let’s go to the hotel and get to work!"

"Today, if I don’t drain you dry, I won’t carry the Ying surname!"

Chen Yan was full of question marks as Zhao Ying dragged him to the hotel.

’You’re not surnamed Ying?’

’You sure know how to leave yourself an out!’

However, what neither of them saw was that not far away, in the bushes, a small head with glasses was peeping at them.

Yao Yao overheard their conversation, and she shook her head disdainfully.

"Too indulgent! Way too indulgent!"

"Just back from a business trip in Tiandu, and already diving back into a hotel with Brother Ying!"

"Why not change the target?!"

"Do I... not make the cut?"

As she said this, she paused, pondered for a moment, "Seems like... this time it was Brother Ying who took the initiative?"

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Yao Yao overheard their conversation and she shook her head with disdain.

"Too indulgent! Way too indulgent!"

"Just back from a business trip in Tiandu, and already diving back into a hotel with Brother Ying!"

"Why not change the target?!"

"Do I... not make the cut?"

As she said this, she paused, pondered for a moment, "Seems like... this time it was Brother Ying who took the initiative?"