Liu Manyun sat on the hospital bed, her face pale—this was, of course, due to Fanbao's retinal AI special effects.
She was wrapped in bandages, and her right arm was in a sling, making her look like someone who had suffered a serious injury and was still recovering.
Liu Manyun's acting skills were unexpectedly good.
His vacant eyes, listlessness, and exhaustion were perfectly conveyed.
If Ling Yi hadn't known him so well, he probably would have been fooled too.
The lawyer sent by Liu Yunfeng was a middle-aged man in a suit and tie.
His surname was Zhao, and he had a beaming smile, but his eyes betrayed an undisguised smugness.
" President Liu, are you alright?"
Lawyer Zhao offered a token of concern.
Liu Manyun merely glanced at him indifferently and remained silent.
Lawyer Zhao didn't seem to mind, and pushed up his glasses.
Many things are common knowledge, so there's no need to argue about them anymore.
"Our President Liu, Mr. Liu, said that considering your health condition, he is willing to acquire all of your shares at 80% of the market price."
"This is already a very reasonable price."
Liu Manyun frowned slightly, revealing a hesitant and unwilling expression. "80%? That's too low..."
Upon hearing Liu Manyun's words, Lawyer Zhao was not disappointed at all; on the contrary, he became excited.
This means that negotiations are possible, and that Liu Manyun has genuinely considered selling her shares.
" President Liu, as you know, the situation at Heavenly Fortune Media is not very clear right now."
Lawyer Zhao said calmly, "You're injured, shouldn't you rest properly?"
"Instead of letting the shares depreciate in value while they're stuck in your hands, it's better to sell them now and secure your profits."
"And!"
A sinister glint flashed in Lawyer Zhao's eyes.
"You've been targeted by an assassin. This will have a very negative impact on the company. Once it gets out, the company's stock price will inevitably be affected."
"In the unlikely event that you die, according to the board's agreement, your shares would simply go to the board members for nothing."
"No matter what, President Liu, we share the same surname, so we're family, aren't we?"
Liu Manyun remained silent for a long time, so long that Lawyer Zhao began to get impatient.
She kept her head down, her uninjured hand gripping the corner of the blanket tightly, her knuckles white.
Finally, as if she had made a tremendous decision, she slowly spoke.
"85%, that's my bottom line."
Lawyer Zhao shook his head. "80%, that's President Liu's absolute order."
It was another long and drawn-out tug-of-war.
Liu Manyun lowered her offer from 85% to 82%, but Lawyer Zhao insisted on maintaining the original offer of 80%.
Liu Manyun became "emotionally agitated" several times and almost "fainted".
The nurse came in and took my blood pressure twice.
Ling Yi stood in the corner of the ward, silently watching Liu Manyun's performance, secretly admiring her.
Every word she uttered in her bargaining, every expression she made, was perfectly timed.
It perfectly portrays a character who is "forced into a corner but still wants to fight for more."
The scene where he almost fainted was a stroke of genius.
This increased the urgency of the negotiations and made Lawyer Zhao even more convinced that Liu Manyun was indeed seriously injured.
In the end, Liu Manyun reluctantly reached an agreement at 80% of the market price.
However, Liu Manyun also secured some conditions for herself.
For example, after signing, the money must be credited to your account within 24 hours.
Lawyer Zhao sent a message to Liu Yunfeng.
Liu Yunfeng responded quickly.
24 hours is fine.
Liu Yunfeng, do you have that much money?
Of course not.
His own savings, plus some bank loans.
They could probably draw over 5 billion.
The remaining money was simply transferred from one pocket to another.
Of the 80% of shares that were bought back from Liu Manyun at market price, some were resold at market price to some of the company's shareholders.
They profited from the information gap and price difference.
Liu Manyun signed the share transfer agreement in a "humiliating" manner.
Her hand trembled slightly as she signed the document—a masterful display of acting skill.
The 7.5 billion yuan arrived in full the afternoon of the day after the agreement was signed.
Most of the shares ended up in Liu Yunfeng's hands, while other board members also received a small share.
Liu Yunfeng was smug and believed that he had become the new head of Heavenly Fortune Media with a great victory.
What he didn't know was that he had taken over a sinking ship.
Liu Manyun, however, had already safely reached the shore.
When Ling Yi went to the hospital to "visit" Liu Manyun, she was leaning against the hospital bed, leisurely scrolling through her phone, with a fruit plate in front of her filled with various imported fruits.
The bandages and slings had long been thrown aside; his face was rosy and he looked energetic, a stark contrast to his severely injured state during the negotiations.
"How is your injury healing?" Ling Yi asked jokingly.
Liu Manyun glanced at him, a slight smile playing on her lips, "Thanks to you, everything's going very well."
[Emotional engagement detected in the target person, Pleasure +400, total 400 Emotion Points gained!]
Ling Yi was completely dumbfounded.
Holy crap, so many?
President Liu, something's not right!
After being discharged from the hospital, Liu Manyun immediately moved out of her original villa and relocated her office to the Jin Yun Building.
Her own Heavenly Fortune Video Company is located on the ninth floor of the Jin Yun Building.
Coincidentally, his Infinite Technology Company was located on the eighth floor of the Jin Yun Building.
Of course, Liu Manyun was unaware of this.
On the surface, Li Shuang is the person in charge of Infinite Technology.
Ling Yi was merely a behind-the-scenes consultant; his name wasn't even on the company's employee roster.
In the first few days after moving into the new office, Ling Yi kept thinking about how to accumulate Emotion Points.
The methods used to stir up trouble before were simply too inefficient.
He couldn't cook disastrous meals for Liu Manyun every day, nor could he cause any accidents every now and then.
Given Liu Manyun's shrewdness, she would inevitably become suspicious if this happened too often.
Just when he was at his wit's end, a chance encounter led him to discover the real trick to boosting his Emotion Points.
That day, Ling Yi went to the ninth floor to talk to Liu Manyun.
The discussion focused on the future development direction of Heavenly Fortune Video.
Although Liu Manyun has withdrawn from traditional media, she has no intention of completely leaving the industry.
Instead, she saw the huge potential of the short video market and planned to invest Dali in Heavenly Fortune Video.
Ling Yi naturally wouldn't tell her that Doushou was about to become the biggest player on this track.
He was simply offering some constructive advice as an advisor.
After finishing their business, he got up to leave, but as he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and said to Liu Manyun, " President Liu, your necklace looks really beautiful today, it suits you very well."
Just that one sentence.
Liu Manyun was visibly taken aback.
She subconsciously raised her hand to touch the necklace around her neck. It was a platinum necklace with a thin chain and a Xiaoxiao teardrop-shaped Diamond, understated yet exquisite.
Her earlobes turned slightly red, but she quickly regained her composure and said softly, "Thank you!"
Meanwhile, the image of Fanbao in Ling Yi's mind began to beat wildly.
[Emotional engagement detected in the target person: Shy +12, Surprise +6, Nervous +4, for a total of 22 Emotion Points!]
10 PM!
Ling Yi almost lost control of his expression.
10 PM, that's more than he spent the entire day trying to figure it out!
He forced himself to remain calm as he walked out of the office, and the moment he closed the door, a grin spread across his face almost to his ears.
I see!
Playing the field is the right way to get Liu Manyun's Emotion Points!
Liu Manyun appeared calm and collected on the surface, but her heart was far from unmoved.
She was just a woman who was used to protecting herself with indifference.
Ambiguous words and actions can bypass her psychological defenses and directly touch the softest part of her heart.