Staring at the phone screen, I felt a little frightened.
Judged from the message content, it was from Jiannan Lyu, because he was the only one that I had saved.
But where did he get my phone number was out of my knowledge.
Of course, I didn’t reply and switch off my phone for fear that he might call me back.
During the breakfast time the next morning, I told Chenfeng that Jiannan had called me. He grabbed my phone and made a phone call to Jiannan.
The phone call was connected but not answered.
“He knew it’s me that made the call, so he didn’t answer it,” said Chenfeng, returning me my phone.
“He knew it’s you?” asked I confused.
“Of course, he knew. Will you call him in the morning?”
I would definitely not call him in the morning. His analysis was totally reasonable.
“You don’t need to care about him and you just pretend nothing has happened.” said he to me.
I nodded for agreement but felt a little wired.
…
That afternoon, through the help of Xuanlong Jiang, I met Yan Chen, Feng Shen’s cooperator.
He looked like a typical tech geek, with a casual, black short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans that have been bleached a bit through washing.
Put on thick mirror glasses, his face looked pale. His facial expression was so emotionless that even two-word simple greetings were uttered stiffly.
After the introduction, he was just nodding his head, With no other words, he was just gulfing down his coffee and finished it in only a few sips. Still, he said nothing to me.
I had no choice but to order another cup of coffee for him, but unexpectedly, he didn’t refuse it.
Technical genius as he was, he was obviously unsociable. I’m afraid the company would soon be ruined by its competitors if Hailan Technology were run by this technical man after Feng Shen quitted.
This was my first impression on Yan Chen.
According to my knowledge, he wouldn’t say anything favorable to me anymore.
Based on this, we didn’t need to make stilted conversations any more. I told him directly to the point, “I want to buy your stocks. Make your price.”
I thought my utterance as concise enough, but his was even more than mine with only two words. “Not selling,” replied him.
“Not selling at any price?” asked I restlessly.
“I won’t sell them at any price.” answered him.
But I was still reconciled, from start to end I believed that, except for life, money could buy anything, absolutely including a company.
“There is no space between us to negotiate if you don’t make your offer at all,” said I with a smile.
“But you are clearly about the situation for Hailan Technology. Either Feng Shen or you must leave the company, for which the internal conflicts in your company can be solved and get investment from outside. After all, it’s impossible for any investor to put money into a company whose two founders are at odds.
Yan Chen was unexpectedly excited. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but finally didn’t.
“You can speak whatever you want, and I promise to listen to you carefully.”
“I don’t have any conflict with Feng Shen. It is him that has changed. He spent all his time in horse riding and maintaining social contacts with others. Besides, he embezzled public funds to buy luxury goods. It was him that gave up our shared undertaking.”
I nodded in understanding.
“So, you think it’s all his fault. Neither he nor you will give up the company of your own accord, and he deems you want to kick him out of the company. Besides, both of you refuse to compromise, as a result, your company will gradually lose its value and none of you will get benefited.”
“I don’t care. It’s all his fault and he must get out of the company. I’m not wrong at all. Why is the team that I have cultivated painstakingly given to others?
I kindly corrected him. “It wasn’t giving to others but selling to others. You can get a high return on it. That’s also what you deserve from starting up a company. With this large sum of money, your family and you can therefore lead a very good life. You could also start another company using the money ”
Still, he refused to accept my suggestion. “I don’t make money from starting my company, instead, it’s for my dream.”
“What is your dream?” asked I in curiosity.
“My dream is to change the world with technology like Jacobs does.”
I didn’t want to mock at him for his dream, but I felt somewhat amused.
His dream was great indeed, but I knew for sure, people who can change the world like Jacobs are only a few.
And to change the world, one must first survive in the world.
If Lanhai Technology keeps becoming worse, it will collapse in the end, not to mention to change the world, after all, it is still hard for Yan Chen to change himself before changing the world.
“I know, you the businessmen despise my ideals. You are just like Feng Shen who values money so much. The more you do that, the less likely I will sell the company to you. I can’t let the company be destroyed by you,” said Yan Chen angrily.
While I was considering how to persuade him, I didn’t know what to say on seeing him so emotional.
“Mr. Chen, capital itself is not sinful, but on the contrary, supported many great companies that have changed the world with their great products. We’re not going to destroy your company, instead we’re going to put capital into the company to make it operate healthier. Are we happy to waste our money with nothing to do if we decided to buy and ruin your company?
After getting stunned for a moment without a word, his face turned defiant. “No matter how much you say today, I won’t sell my stocks to you.”
“If so, what are you going to do if both of you refused to quit and your company collapsed thereof?”
“It’s none of my business. I’m not wrong at all. So, I won’t quit,” answered he firmly.
Today, I finally experienced how stubborn a tech geek could be.
Shen Feng and he are really different types of people who differ a lot from each other. The reason why Feng Shen doesn’t sell his shares is that he thinks the company’s prospects are still good and can therefore bring him a lot more money, so he refused to quit. If having to, he would like to sell at 500 million dollars.
But Yan Chen is totally different. The reason why he doesn’t quit from the company is that he wants to change the world through making the company work well, not for money.
It’s good to change the world. But judging from the business point of view, Feng Shen is better suited to run the company than Yan Chen even if he is not a good person.
“Ok, please think it over again. We’ll keep in touch. In fact, there is another solution that can solve the current dilemma…”
However, before I could finish my speaking, Yan Chen had interrupted me directly. “I don’t want to hear it. I’m not interested in your plan. Anyway, I’m not selling.”
I was choked by his words so much that I felt furious, but my phone rang at this time. Having a quick look at the phone number, I noticed that was the same number as Jiannan called me last night.
Without answering that call, I told him to keep in touch and then left.