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Chapter 511 Successful Acquisition

Xu Yang smiled, "Now that someone is helping us check, isn’t it better? As long as there’s no problem, we can sign the contract."

Wang Xiaocong immediately caught on, his eyes lighting up, "Haha, that’s great. We don’t even need to hire a lawyer or accountant."

He turned to Wang Xiaocong and said, "Young Master Huang, thank you for auditing for us."

Huang Baifu huffed coldly and paid no attention.

An hour passed, and the financial audit was complete, revealing no issues.

"Good, I’ve decided to make the acquisition, for eighty billion, for an eighty percent stake!" Huang Baifu immediately made up his mind.

His reason for coming to Haiyu Island was first to bid on the Heart of the Ocean necklace, and second was to acquire Zhang Dingchang Auction House.

The first attempt had failed, but he absolutely could not fail the second.

"Young Master Wang, President Xu, what about you?" Zhang Dingchang asked Wang Xiaocong and Xu Yang with a chuckle.

"Xu Yang, what do you say?" Wang Xiaocong asked.

"We will also acquire, for eighty billion!" Xu Yang declared.

The auction house was definitely to be acquired, after all, it was one of the future top five auction houses in the world.

However, he did not want to give Zhang Dingchang any advantage by raising the price.

"I’ll offer eighty-five billion!" Huang Baifu had started the bidding war. "Kid, I couldn’t outbid you when bidding on the Heart of the Ocean, but I refuse to believe I can’t outbid you in acquiring Zhang Dingchang Auction House. If you have the guts, raise the price!"

Xu Yang shook his head, "I won’t raise the price, the valuation of Zhang Dingchang Auction House is one hundred billion, and eighty percent of the shares are indeed worth eighty billion."

Huang Baifu mocked, "You must be out of money!"

Xu Yang shook his head, "I’m not out of money, I just won’t raise the price."

Huang Baifu sneered, "That sounds very noble, but if you won’t raise the price, then you might as well leave. Zhang Dingchang Auction House will be acquired by me."

Adding another five billion of his own, as long as Zhang Dingchang was thinking straight, he would know what choice to make.

Zhang Dingchang was somewhat disappointed.

He had been hoping that the two would bid against each other, pushing the price above one hundred billion.

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It seemed now that he had hoped for too much.

Since it had come to this, he could only make the choice to let Huang Baifu acquire it.

At that moment, Xu Yang spoke up again, "I won’t raise the price, but I will offer something else."

Zhang Dingchang was taken aback, not understanding Xu Yang’s meaning.

Huang Baifu scoffed, "Money is what really matters. Without raising the bid, what use is offering something else!"

Zhang Dingchang nodded to himself, in this day and age, nothing was as effective as money.

With money, anything could be bought.

Xu Yang said, "As long as Old Wang and I acquire Zhang Dingchang Auction House, we will fully support its expansion nationwide. With our connections, I’m confident that the auction house will quickly expand across the country. And I know that the auction house is President Zhang’s life work, the embodiment of his dream.

His wish is to grow and strengthen the auction house, and I will ask President Zhang to continue to serve as the president, in charge of managing and operating the auction house, to support him in carrying on this business and realizing his dream of developing it."

Having said that, he paused before looking at Huang Baifu, "Aside from adding a little extra money, what else can you offer? You’re not a Huaxia native, so you can imagine the difficulty you’d face trying to expand the auction house throughout Huaxia. Besides, both Wang Xiaocong and I thoroughly dislike you.

If you were to acquire the auction house, its future development, let alone expansion, is a question mark. It could very well close down before long, making President Zhang’s twenty percent stake worthless.

Furthermore, in order to take control of the auction house and to coordinate with your family’s strategy to penetrate Huaxia’s market, you would definitely not retain President Zhang as the CEO but would likely parachute your own from your family."

Huang Baifu’s face changed.

If things were as Xu Yang said, using the acquisition of Zhang Dingchang Auction House as a springboard into Huaxia would not work out.

And indeed, he had no intention of allowing Zhang Dingchang to remain president post-acquisition; at most, he would offer him a vice president role, but ultimately he would have to obey the new CEO.

Zhang Dingchang was visibly excited, trembling as he looked at Xu Yang and questioned, "President Xu, is what you are saying true? You will fully support the auction house’s national expansion? And I’ll continue as president?"

To grow and strengthen Zhang Dingchang Auction House was indeed his dream.

Only recently, his blind expansion had led to his dream shattering.

He had no choice but to sell a share, in order to keep Dingchang Auction House alive.

Even if he sold Dingchang Auction House, he didn’t want to see it go under.

If someone could lead Dingchang Auction House to grow and thrive, he would feel comforted.

Now Xu Yang was telling him that he could once again pursue his dream and, with the support of Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong, it was very likely to be realized. How could he not be excited?

Xu Yang nodded with a smile, "Of course, my word is as good as gold!"

Zhang Dingchang made an immediate decision, "Alright, I’m willing to let you acquire it for eighty billion!"

Huang Baifu became anxious all at once, "Mr. Zhang, although I cannot offer as many resources and cannot have you as president, I can offer you the vice presidency. Additionally, I’ll add five billion, making it a total of ninety billion for the acquisition. What do you think?"

With no resources, he couldn’t offer Zhang Dingchang the position of president and could only increase the financial offer.

As for the vice presidency, it hardly held any weight, far different from being the president.

A president could make all decisions for the company, while a vice president simply couldn’t. They were merely there to execute orders.

"Mr. Huang, I’m sorry, but I’ve decided to let President Xu and Young Master Wang make the acquisition." Zhang Dingchang shook his head, rejecting Huang Baifu.

"One hundred billion!" Huang Baifu raised the price again.

"Mr. Huang, I’m sorry, even if you offered two hundred billion, I wouldn’t agree. President Xu is right; to develop and strengthen the auction house is my dream. Sometimes dreams come cheap, but at other times, they’re extremely valuable. This is my chance to realize my dream, and I won’t give up on it. Please leave," Zhang Dingchang said.

With Zhang Dingchang having spoken this way, what could Huang Baifu say? He had no choice but to leave.

Before leaving, he glared fiercely at Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong.

Wang Xiaocong chuckled, "What are you looking at? Get lost quickly and don’t delay us from signing the contract."

Xu Yang said, "Your lawyer is from around here, right? Since you couldn’t make the acquisition, and he hasn’t worked on anything, he might as well stay to review our contract. Of course, I will pay him double his attorney fees."

Huang Baifu glanced at the lawyer, about to speak, preferring not to let the lawyer serve Xu Yang and to pique Xu Yang, but before he could open his mouth, the lawyer spoke up eagerly, "Mr. Xu, I would be happy to serve you!"

An opportunity for double the attorney fees wasn’t something to come by every day.

Only a fool would turn down such money!

After all, he was just someone Huang Baifu had hired; Huang Baifu couldn’t control him.

Fuming, Huang Baifu had no recourse. The lawyer was free to choose his engagements.

Without a contract signed, their employment relationship had already ended.

Huang Baifu could only leave with the financier, who was now no longer needed.

Subsequently, Xu Yang, Wang Xiaocong, and Zhang Dingchang discussed some details. After settling everything, they had Zhang Dingchang bring in the legal team to draft the contract.

Once the contract was drafted, Xu Yang had the recently hired lawyer check it over.

After the review found no issues, both parties signed.

The money would be in account within three business days, as specified in the contract.

Even the stipulations about Zhang Dingchang becoming president, along with the full support from Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong, were included in the contract.

"Pleasure doing business!"

They shook hands, all delighted.

Seeing that it was nearly time for lunch, Zhang Dingchang offered to take the four of them out for a meal.

But Xu Yang declined with a shake of his head.

Such business meals were best avoided if possible.

Zhang Dingchang could only send the four of them out the door, reluctantly.