Love? The Reborn Me Just Wants to Obtain Rewards-Chapter 869 - 363 Confrontation

Su Huai did not show the shock he felt and instead suppressed it.

I’ll endure!

Small moments of impatience thwart big plans; let’s wait and see.

So, Su Huai adopted a "I’m not curious" look, and calmly shrugged: "Whether Gu Clan or Tianyi invests, it’s the same. The short video sector has only such a limited market right now; as long as it’s covered, that’s enough."

He wanted to withdraw, but Gu Tongshu wasn’t letting him go, continuing to needle him: "If you think short videos are so promising, why don’t you invest a bit more yourself? Don’t worry, it won’t affect us."

Su Huai was immediately silenced.

If I had that much money, would you still have the nerve to flex on me?

I’ll endure, keep enduring.

"Actually, I don’t think it’s that promising. Platforms—one is enough. My focus now is on taking live streaming overseas."

Go on, follow me, and watch how I crush you overseas!

But Gu Tongshu didn’t follow up.

"You schemed to take my daughter’s dowry, and now you’re telling me you’re not optimistic? Then why don’t you transfer your Douyin shares to me personally? I’ll pay $1.5 billion. Coincidentally, I’m flush with cash lately."

Su Huai also didn’t follow up.

As if changing the topic is some specialist skill.

"Where did you cash out so much liquidity? Got a place to invest it? If not, lend it to me. I’ll pay high interest."

Gu Tongshu didn’t press on either; instead, he chuckled and said: "Sure, 12% annual interest. I’ve got $1 billion left on hand, all yours."

What the—does that mean he cashed out $4 billion in total?

Su Huai was genuinely stunned, his pupils constricting wildly: "Did you pledge Gu Clan’s shares?"

People who haven’t dealt with money will never grasp just how much $4 billion in personal cash really is.

Even Ma Huateng, over many years, sold Tencent shares many times and only ended up with less than $7 billion in total cash.

Assets are assets, cash is cash.

Company assets belong to the company; personal wealth belongs to the individual.

Based on Su Huai’s assessment of Gu Tongshu’s personal wealth, it seemed likely that half of his personal net worth had been shifted into Tianyi.

After Gu collected that $3 billion, Tianyi’s net worth was roughly $30 billion—all of it hers personally. Truly absurd.

Of course, even crazier was Gu Tongshu’s aggressive maneuvering. How could the other shareholders of Gu Clan possibly agree?

"Of course not."

Gu Tongshu leisurely sipped his tea, simultaneously keeping up the suspense and savoring Puppy’s rare expression of utter defeat.

"Just cleared out some of my other personal wealth, that’s all."

"All cleared out?"

"Yep, all cleared out."

"Sssss... What specifically?"

"Evergrande, Country Garden, Yida, and assorted related upstream and downstream real estate stocks."

"Damn!"

Gu Tongshu hadn’t even finished his sentence before Su Huai was totally floored.

Wait—why did you suddenly exit everything? And so thoroughly? This doesn’t make sense!

Puppy took two deep breaths, trying to stay calm, and asked: "Did your partners have any objections? Executing such a massive liquidation—it couldn’t have been easy, right?"

"Originally, yeah, it would’ve been a challenge, probably really troublesome."

Gu Tongshu suddenly flashed a big grin, then patted Su Huai on the shoulder with a look of deep satisfaction.

"But lately, wasn’t it just coincidental? Wang is building alliances, Xu is also refining his collaboration mechanisms, and there are quite a few people looking to band together to optimize their assets. I made room for them to enter—just perfect timing."

Seeing Su Huai’s eyes widen further and further, Gu Tongshu felt utterly relaxed and finally casually spread his hands: "After knocking the price down just a little bit, the shares sold quite smoothly."

Su Huai was fuming.

Damn! This Old Man pulled off an escape!

If I’m being honest, it’s not like he was wishing for Gu Tongshu’s demise—not quite.

But weakening Gu Tongshu’s financial power and authority would be a huge win for him—and for Gu as well.

In the future, any losses Gu Tongshu suffered in real estate could be offset by Gu funneling resources back to him.

By then, Gu Clan would have Gu as the top boss.

All those Gu Huatang, Gu Family side branches, and Yang Yuerong relatives would have to obediently follow Gu’s lead.

At that point, Gu Tongshu could have as many kids as he wanted, Gu Huatang could appoint whomever he liked to succeed him—it’d be none of their concern.

As for how big the losses were, or how much blood transfusion was needed—those things would become trivial matters.

For Xingyu as a group—no, not even the whole group—just the cash flows Li Jiaqi and Li Ziqi generated alone would be sufficient to plug any holes.

But, just as they were watching that massive ticking time bomb, ready to explode in another year or so, Gu Tongshu went ahead and executed a perfect escape, cashing out beautifully at the peak???

This is seriously absurd!

"How exactly did you make up your mind?"

Su Huai couldn’t wrap his head around it and finally couldn’t resist asking.

Gu Tongshu saw Puppy’s frustrated, aggrieved demeanor. The more certain he became of Su Huai’s deep pessimism regarding the real estate industry, the more satisfied he felt, basking in his triumph.

"Not that difficult, honestly. You’re still inexperienced—it’s normal not to understand."

The old Gu was in peak show-off mode, from his tone and demeanor to his gestures—everything exuded an effortless, pretentious cool.

"It’s just sensing that the road ahead was nearing an end, the future uncertain, and suddenly spotting the potential in the short video space. So, I decided to pull out and set up some plans for my precious daughter’s future... What, you didn’t see the trend?"

What the—

Who gave you the nerve to plant yourself on my face like this?

When I was bearish on real estate, you—wait! Hang on!!!

Su Huai suddenly realized that Gu Tongshu might have made this decision precisely after repeated battles with him.