Rebirth 1990: The beginning is sweet and cool Bai Yueguang

"Mr. Zhou, please help us!" Zhu Hongchang pleaded.

Zhou Qi looked at him coldly and pointed out mercilessly: "I mortgaged the company to you because I trusted you, and gave up the opportunity to make more profits. But you didn't listen to my advice and insisted on doing it your own way. Now that you've lost money, you want me to clean up the mess?"

The two knew it well and remained silent.

The price of the subscription certificate once soared to 7,000 yuan per piece. If Zhou Qi held it himself, the profit would definitely be even greater.

The reason why we gave it to them was simply because we belonged to the same alliance.

Now, facing Zhou Qi's questioning, the two felt extremely guilty and regretful.

Zhou Qi lit a cigarette, slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "I asked you to take the lead in leading the members of the Tongmenghui to make profits, but in the end everyone suffered huge losses. How do you plan to solve this problem?"

Hearing this, the two looked even uglier. Obviously, Zhou Qi wanted them to be responsible for compensation.

"We..." Zhu Hongchang hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "As long as we can survive this crisis, we will do our best to make up for everyone's losses, but we need time."

"How do you want me to help you?" Zhou Qi looked Zhu Hongchang straight in the eye and asked, "Do you want me to return the factory to you and provide additional funds so that you can continue to operate it and bear the consequences of your recklessness?"

"That's not what I meant..." Zhu Hongchang explained hurriedly.

Zhou Qi said seriously: "Okay, I will try my best to handle this matter within the Tongmenghui, but this means that you are no longer suitable to stay in the Tongmenghui."

"Mr. Zhou, are you going to fire us?" Qiao Changgui asked nervously.

Zhou Qi did not answer directly, but looked at Zhu Hongchang: "For the sake of our past relationship, I can give you another million, plus the previous four million, a total of five million to buy your factory. This is the limit of what I can do."

Then he turned to Qiao Changgui and said, "You have a company, a warehouse, and six fully owned shopping malls. Similarly, I will offer one million, together with the previous four million, to buy all of them as a whole. This is already a premium acquisition."

"Of course, this is the final condition."

Zhou Qi said calmly: "If you have a better way out, or have the ability to revive your business, then I won't say anything."

He paused, then continued, "But you must leave the Tongmenghui."

The two men's faces were livid; being expelled from the Alliance was a heavy blow to them.

Even if they can regroup, without the support of the Tongmenghui, there are many unknowns in the future.

What's worse is that their capital chain has been broken and they are unable to maintain their current business. To redeem their property from Zhou Qi, they need to pay 4 million, which is a huge sum that they cannot afford at the moment.

Not long ago, they were still confident in the market. Who could have expected that the situation would become so difficult? Now it seems that there is no hope of recovery.

In comparison, the one million offered by Zhou Qi was already a very kind price. Qiao Changgui sighed helplessly and said, "Mr. Zhou, I am willing to sell the company to you."

Zhou Qi remained calm and turned to Zhu Hongchang and asked, "What about you?"

Zhu Hongchang pleaded in his eyes: "Mr. Zhou, this is the hard work of several generations of my family. I can't bear to let it be destroyed in my hands. Please help me again and lend me some money. As long as the factory can continue to operate, I promise to pay off the debt."

Zhou Qi looked straight at him, his tone revealing disappointment: "I had high expectations of you, but you failed to meet my expectations."

"I believe that if you are given time, you can collect four million to redeem your family property."

"If you can handle the pressure from the Alliance independently, I can give you this opportunity."

"But I won't be offering any more help."

After that, Zhou Qi put out the cigarette in his hand, stood up, and said to Qiao Changgui: "I'll give you two days to handle the company's affairs, and someone will contact you later."

Afterwards, Zhou Qi left the office.

Qiao Changgui nodded silently, thinking that he had made a wise choice.

Zhu Hongchang seemed anxious, with beads of sweat clearly visible on his forehead.

Without Zhou Qi's help, he didn't know how to face the huge financial pressure and oppression of the Tongmenghui.

The final possible outcome could only be bankruptcy liquidation, in which case he would not only lose one million, but would also have to bear a debt of four million to Zhou Qi.

At the moment when Zhou Qi was about to close the office door, Zhu Hongchang finally broke down: "Mr. Zhou... I'll sell it!"

Zhou Qi was not surprised by this outcome.

Zhou Qi suddenly stopped and said softly, "Two days." Then he took Jiang Jun away.

To Zhou Qi, this transaction seemed to be the acquisition of Zhu Hongchang and Qiao Changgui's company for five million.

But in fact, he only used a subscription certificate of thirty yuan each plus one million in cash, with a total cost of just over one million.

Zhu Hongchang's shoe factory not only has complete property rights, but also includes expensive factory buildings, equipment and the entire team, whose value far exceeds Zhou Qi's actual investment.

Similarly, Qiao Changgui's electrical appliance distribution company is also quite valuable, with six fully owned stores, electrical appliances in stock, and office facilities. Although not as high as the shoe factory, it is still quite considerable. It can be said that this is a successful case of making a small investment for a big gain.

More importantly, both companies happened to fit Zhou Qi’s future plans, saving him a lot of time and energy.

After Zhou Qi left, Zhu Hongchang slumped down on the sofa, staring at Qiao Changgui with empty eyes and asked, "Why did you agree so easily? If we ask Mr. Zhou together... maybe there will be a chance."

"Turning point?" Qiao Changgui sneered, "Can't you see the reality clearly?"

"What do you mean?" Zhu Hongchang asked in confusion.

"Why would Mr. Zhou bring us money for no reason? It was obvious that he was planning to enter the shoe and electrical appliance industries and hoped that we could follow his steps to accumulate funds. However, our behavior disappointed him."

Qiao Changgui said in a heavy tone, "He has decided not to give us any more chances, and he will not change his plans because of us. Therefore, whether I agree to sell or not, the final result will not change. At least now I still have one million."

After saying that, Qiao Changgui looked at Zhu Hongchang deeply and said, "My mistake was that I believed your words too easily, but I don't blame you. After all, this was my own choice. From now on, let's not meet again."

At the same time, Zhou Qi returned to the county town with some gifts.

Although this place is not big, it is where his career started and it means a lot to him.

After accumulating wealth, Zhou Qi did not choose to move to a bustling big city like many people did.

To him, big cities are nice, but too noisy.