Super Rich from Winning a Lottery-Chapter 368 - 252: Ou Xiaolong Comes to Demand Marriage
Since her relationship with Yi Anguo took a transformative turn, Chen Xuejiao no longer lived with her parents; instead, she moved into a villa by herself, making it easier to spend affectionate time with Yi Anguo.
The Seven Major Groups had just been successfully formed not long ago, and at this time, Chen Xuejiao became pregnant. Naturally, pregnancy would affect her work. Although there were several vice presidents under her who could handle important matters in her absence by consulting her over the phone, ensuring the regular operation of Hualong Investment Group.
However, Yi Anguo would also shift his focus towards Hualong Investment Group. Within Yi Anguo’s Seven Major Groups, Hualong Investment Group held a critical position; it was Yi Anguo’s financial support. Any major issue with it could be fatal, so Yi Anguo had no choice but to take it seriously.
The current key task for Hualong Investment Company is to follow up on Tesla’s listing progress.
As the second-largest shareholder of Tesla, in order to ensure the interests of Hualong Investment Group, sufficient shares must be maintained to avoid dilution, so they must fully participate in the last round of pre-listing financing.
In Yi Anguo’s mind, holding a 25% stake must remain unchanged, and if there’s an opportunity, he might even increase it a bit. After all, if the shares are diluted at this time, it would be too much of a loss.
Currently, Tesla’s market value is not high. Even upon listing, its market value would only be 1.7 billion US Dollars. Calculated at this market value, the initial investment of 250 million US Dollars has now appreciated to over 400 million US Dollars.
However, since they plan to list, dilution of shares is inevitable. But the new shares issued are publicly offered, allowing everyone to purchase them. Therefore, the diluted shares can still be compensated by acquiring newly issued shares to ensure one’s shares are not diluted.
After the new shares are issued, the 20 million shares held by Hualong Investment Group would only have a market value of 340 million US Dollars according to the public offering price, which is not much appreciated compared to the initial investment.
This time, Tesla plans to issue an additional 13.3 million shares in the IPO, which are publicly offered to the public, and only those who win the bid for new shares through the stock lottery can purchase and hold them.
To hold more shares, Hualong Investment Group must enter the market and purchase shares after the listing to increase its holdings.
However, after careful research, Yi Anguo felt that entering the market to buy when the stock price peaks post-IPO is not worthwhile and would significantly increase costs.
Moreover, Yi Anguo remembered that when Tesla first listed, it was not well-regarded by investors. After initially surging to around 23 or 24 US Dollars per share, it soon fell back, even below the offering price, with a lowest price of just over 13 US Dollars.
Therefore, there’s no rush to buy when they first list; they can watch and wait.
M. Musk invited Yi Anguo to the IPO bell-ringing ceremony, but Yi Anguo declined as he didn’t want to be too high-profile.
It’s only mid-July now, with three months to go until Tesla’s listing. There’s still plenty of time; however, global stock markets have also corrected, and it’s now time to buy back the shares that were madly sold off at the beginning of the year. This is currently the most critical task for Hualong Investment Group.
If this opportunity is missed, there won’t be another such good opportunity; future corrections in stock prices won’t fall below their current levels.
Time passed busily; Yi Anguo wanted to take a break but found that he couldn’t stop, which made him feel irritable inside.
He was already so wealthy but was still so busy and tired, what was all this for?
He began to think about how to enjoy life in the future; this busy and tiring lifestyle wasn’t what he wanted.
However, just as he was sneaking a break, sitting in his boss’s chair, feet up on the desk, his eyes closed, contemplating life, someone burst into his office angrily.
"Yi Anguo! You must give me an explanation today." Ou Xiaolong shouted angrily at Yi Anguo.
Yi Anguo suddenly opened his eyes and saw Ou Xiaolong looking very angry and aggressive, and he guessed what the matter was.
Yi Anguo waved his hand to signal the bodyguards, who seemed a bit at a loss behind Ou Xiaolong, to leave.
Since Ou Xiaolong was Chen Xuejiao’s father, naturally, the bodyguards couldn’t forcefully stop him from coming in.
"How did you have time to come here, Mr. Ou? What made you so angry?" Yi Anguo quickly stood up and walked over to Ou Xiaolong, saying.
At the moment, Yi Anguo didn’t know how to address Ou Xiaolong. Calling him father-in-law felt hard to say, and calling him brother Ou seemed inappropriate. After some thought, he settled on calling him Mr. Ou.
"Don’t you know why I’m here? Aren’t you aware of what you’ve done?" Ou Xiaolong said angrily.
"I have taken you as a brother, my daughter sees you as an uncle, yet what have you done to my daughter, something worse than animals?"
"Now my daughter is pregnant with your child, what do you plan to do about it?"
Yi Anguo awkwardly said, "Xue Jiao is pregnant with my child; I will definitely take responsibility for her. You don’t have to worry about that."
"How can I not worry about my daughter?" Ou Xiaolong questioned.
"You say you will take responsibility, so when do you plan to marry her?"
How could Yi Anguo know when he could marry her?
"Mr. Ou, this matter is between Xue Jiao and me. We are both adults; we can handle it," Yi Anguo said stiffly.
"You already have a child together; how do you plan to handle it? Besides marrying her, what else do you want?" Ou Xiaolong pressed on.
Yi Anguo started to get a headache dealing with the insistent Ou Xiaolong, not knowing how to respond.
In his heart, he had long known that after his relationship with Chen Xuejiao progressed, he would face these conflicts.
Thus, he had always tried to keep his distance from Chen Xuejiao, avoiding getting involved in this hassle.
But things didn’t go as planned; he eventually got involved with Chen Xuejiao.
Now there’s even a child; there’s no choice but to face reality. What else could he do?
As for marriage, marriage was out of the question. He could never marry in this lifetime.
But he couldn’t tell Ou Xiaolong that directly! If he did, wouldn’t that make Ou Xiaolong so angry he would bleed?
"Mr. Ou! You know my situation. What do you want me to do? Besides marrying her, you can put any condition forward, and if possible, I will meet it," Yi Anguo said, thickening his skin.
"What situation are you in? You just have a few women around you! You haven’t married yet. If you marry my daughter, I won’t hold it against you, and I’m sure my daughter won’t mind either," Ou Xiaolong said directly.
Of course, he knew about the women around Yi Anguo, like Hu Jing and Li Sisi, whom he had met, and Chen Ting and Ding Jing, whom Ou Xiaolong also knew of their relationship with Yi Anguo.
But since none of these women had married Yi Anguo, it didn’t matter. As long as Yi Anguo was willing to marry his daughter, then even if Yi Anguo continued to maintain relationships with these women post-marriage, Ou Xiaolong could accept it in his heart.
After all, expecting a man of a certain financial and social status to be with just one woman for life wasn’t realistic.
Although he, Ou Xiaolong, didn’t have long-term mistresses outside, there were plenty of women for socializing, so he understood and could relate.
Men are generally affectionate. The only reason they are committed to one woman is that they don’t have the opportunity. But even a migrant worker doing manual labor, often living apart from his wife, might occasionally seek women outside.
Let alone someone like Yi Anguo, handsome, wealthy, and young, asking him to treat only one woman well was an impossibility.
"As I said, except for marriage, you can put forward any other conditions you have; I’ll certainly fulfill them. But marriage is out of the question," Yi Anguo said, frowning slightly.
"I have no other conditions. My only condition is that you must take my daughter as your wife and marry her," Ou Xiaolong said persistently.
"And if there is a condition, it’s that after you marry, the child must take the surname Ou."
"If I really marry Chen Xuejiao, then after the child is born, they cannot have the surname Ou or even Chen. They can only have the surname Yi," Yi Anguo said bluntly.
"If you want the child to have the surname Chen or Ou, that’s not impossible, but the premise is you cannot force me to marry Chen Xuejiao."
"..." Ou Xiaolong opened his mouth, unable to speak.
