Chapter 2589: Everything Under Control
"Are you saying Sir Li's offer was somewhat ungenerous?"
Xu Yue, Stephen Chow, and Tang Niu had a light meal together, after which Stephen Chow explained the recent preparations to take the God of Cookery brand public.
Having learned bitterly from past mistakes, Stephen Chow had used his outstanding talent for operations and innovation, together with Tang Niu's formidable practical culinary skills, to utterly crush Port City's entire food and beverage industry.
They had swept through every market segment, from high to low, and even used that as a springboard to form mutually beneficial partnerships with hotels and other consumer venues. Their operation was enormous, with limitless potential.
As a result, Stephen Chow's status had immediately soared to the very top of Port City.
But practically monopolizing the entire food and beverage industry would naturally provoke dissatisfaction from the established giants.
After all, Stephen Chow was merely a newcomer at this level. What he had shown so far was mostly potential, and with the company expanding at such a rapid pace, its cash flow was not especially abundant. They had recently been working on going public.
Yet precisely because their weakness had been seen through, several of Port City's established giants, led by Sir Li, had sent people to inform them that they wanted a slice of the pie.
This was originally a normal capital operation. Everyone made money together, solved problems together when they arose, and pursued mutually beneficial cooperation.
The advantages brought by tied interests and shared stakes were immense, even surpassing the value of the stocks and investments themselves.
Xu Yue had not put much thought into this matter to begin with. Naturally, he had agreed to Stephen Chow's earlier proposal and had not intended to keep everything for themselves.
But capital