Chapter 792: Chapter 793: You Think Two Hundred Million Is Enough to Buy Me Off?

Get a stock to rise from its lower limit within ten minutes?

Hearing this, Wei Linming and Gu Chengkun’s expressions turned ashen. This was simply impossible!

Looking up at Liu Zixuan, he said, "We can withdraw funds before the market closes. Wanting Xiumei Group’s stock to rise today with just our funds alone is impossible!"

Liu Zixuan gave a mocking smile and pointed to the time on his watch, "There’s nine minutes left!"

Gu Chengkun and Wei Linming exchanged a glance and hurriedly picked up Liu Zixuan’s phone, dialing a string of numbers. They had no other choice now.

Originally they thought Liu Zixuan’s assets only included Xiumei Group, but now it seemed they underestimated his financial prowess. Besides Xiumei Group, he also owned the largest City Center Restaurant in Ghost Wood City.

Moreover, Mengyu’s Mengxuan Media Company now had a colossal market value too. Adding all this up, it might not rival Xiumei Group, but who knows what other assets Liu Zixuan might have in Ghost Wood City!

In the minds of Gu Chengkun and Wei Linming, they had accepted a fact: in Ghost Wood City, Liu Zixuan was king!

No matter how powerful or aggressive the Gu Family or Wei Family were, within Ghost Wood City, they were nothing.

Apart from following Liu Zixuan’s plan, they had no other choice.

Watching them make calls in a hurry, Liu Zixuan sat next to Mengyu, picked up some food, and took a couple of bites, "Eat while it’s hot, don’t waste it."

Mengyu smiled and said, "You’re still the same, always calm no matter what happens!"

Liu Zixuan shrugged, "Then you’ve got it wrong. Haven’t you noticed your husband has gotten even more handsome these past few months in Qian Nan?"

"Hehe!"

Mengyu smiled helplessly and said, "But they didn’t lie to you. With their capital in the stock market, there’s no way Xiumei Group’s stock will rise today. Without their suppression and without other mainstream funds entering, it would take at least a few days to recover."

Liu Zixuan put down his chopsticks, casually wiped his mouth, "Get your phone out."

Mengyu took out her phone, puzzled, "Do you have a backup plan?"

"If I didn’t, why would I be so confident?" Liu Zixuan gave a mysterious smile, took the phone, and called Zhu Yi, "Big Brother Zhu, how’s it going with Xiumei?"

"Everything is under control. Little brother, I really admire you!" Zhu Yi praised.

"Admire that I’m better looking than you?" Liu Zixuan joked.

Zhu Yi grinned and said, "I respect that you have capable and sensible girlfriends. Just now, Ruyan and those beauties have secretly contacted several members of Xiumei Group’s management. This also paves the way for you to deal with Chang Yanchang!"

Liu Zixuan was surprised to hear this and then said, "Wait for me to handle things over there. There are still seven or eight minutes until the market closes. Keep an eye on the time with Uncle Zhou. Invest the funds 30 seconds before the market closes. It doesn’t need to rise much, just enough to give everyone the illusion that it’ll hit the upper limit tomorrow!"

"Thirty seconds before?" Zhu Yi asked in confusion, "Why so tight on time?"

"You’ll understand when the time comes," Liu Zixuan said and hung up the phone.

By this time, Gu Chengkun and Wei Linming had finished their calls and logged into the stock webpage using Liu Zixuan’s phone. Pointing at it, they said, "Withdrawing funds takes time, but we assure you, it’ll be done before the market closes today."

"How late will it take?" Liu Zixuan asked as he took back the phone.

Wei Linming scratched his head, "It might take until a minute or two before the market closes because that’s the virtual transaction withdrawal time."

"Hmm, not bad!" Liu Zixuan nodded in satisfaction.

"Can we leave now?" Gu Chengkun cautiously asked.

Liu Zixuan casually lit a cigarette, looked down at the two of them, "You’ve made my Xiumei Group lose so much, strutted around my Ghost Wood City for so long, and now you want to leave just like that? Do you take my place for an amusement park or a cinema?"

"I... I’m willing to pay some money to compensate for your losses."

They are businessmen. In business, you win some, you lose some. At this point, as long as they can save their lives, a little compensation is acceptable. Given time, they could earn it back.

Little did they know, they were oversimplifying matters.

Liu Zixuan looked very curious and asked, "How much are you planning to pay me back?"

"In the past few days, Xiumei Group has been suppressed, and the loss is about a billion at most. Our Gu Family is willing to provide a billion." As he spoke, Gu Chengkun nudged Wei Linming.

"I’m also willing to give a billion. This is enough to cover your losses." Wei Linming hurriedly said.

Liu Zixuan raised an eyebrow, "Two billion, truly an irresistible number."

When they heard this, they were delighted, thinking to themselves that if they knew two billion was enough to settle things, they wouldn’t have endured such hardship earlier.

But just as they were feeling smug, Liu Zixuan spoke again.

In a slow and leisurely tone, he said, "Two billion might be hard for many to refuse, but I’m different. With such a large business, two billion is peanuts if you think it can buy me off?"

Their expressions froze, and they looked up to ask, "So how much do you want?"

"How much did you use in the stock market to suppress Xiumei Group?" Liu Zixuan said while shaking his phone a bit, "I’m giving you a chance to tell me yourself. Don’t think you can muddle through. I can check the accounts."

"Our Gu Family used slightly less, around forty billion," Gu Chengkun said.

As soon as the words left his mouth, Wei Linming’s face turned pale, trembling as he spoke, "Our Wei Family invested over fifty billion."

"So combined, that’s over a hundred billion?" Liu Zixuan pretended to be surprised, "Big families are different, truly wealthy. The assets just invested are worth more than my Xiumei Group."

"Master Liu... Mr. Xuan, frankly speaking, both of us are just shields pushed forward by our families. The real aim was to cooperate with you. How about this, we put forward more, as long as you agree to work with us. With our combined strength, we can easily double Xiumei Group’s market value!"

With no other options, Gu Chengkun could only throw out this heavy condition. Though it came with losses, it also aimed to extend cooperation with Liu Zixuan, ensuring they had something to report back to the family!