“Who are you calling your dear!” Ni Jingqiu snapped in a low voice as she was in a meeting right now. She was clutching onto her phone with a charming smile plastered on her face, leaving the employees in the meeting stunned. They never expected that they could see such a charming side to their icy Chairman.
Many people exchanged glances and nodded knowingly. They knew that Ni Jingqiu must be in love, and she must be speaking to her lover.
Letting out a cough to cover up the awkward atmosphere, Ni Jingqiu looked around and replied, “You guys continue. I’ll go out to pick up the call. Yunchuan, you’re in charge of the meeting.”
Lu Yunchuan nodded and turned to look at everyone, “Are there any objections?” He peeked at Ni Jingqiu, who was already outside the and sighed inwardly. Ni Jingqiu had undergone a drastic change.
Returning to her office, Ni Jingqiu snapped, “What are you talking about! I was in a meeting earlier! I nearly embarrassed myself!”
“Is there any problem for me to call you dear?” Su Tao chuckled.
Ni Jingqiu did not continue on that topic and frowned, “What do you mean you regret?” She pondered if Su Tao regretted not taking any advantage of her last night.
Thinking about how they slept together last night, Ni Jingqiu blushed. But she sighed when she thought about how Su Tao did nothing to her. Could it be that Su Tao had no feelings for her?
“Didn’t you say that you’re going to invest USD$3,000,000,000 in the Three Flavour Hall?” Su Tao smiled. “I have a project on hand. I’m wondering if you’re interested in it.”
“Didn’t you refuse it confidently last night? Didn’t you say that you don’t want to be controlled?” Ni Jingqiu smiled.
“It’s different now.” Su Tao smiled. “There’s a new project. Invest part of the money into TCM education and part of it into something very profitable.”
Holding onto her chin, Ni Jingqiu chuckled, “How big of a profit are we looking at? Stop beating around the bush. I’m still in a hurry to attend a meeting.”
Su Tao didn’t hide it and briefed Ni Jingqiu about his meeting with Vice-Premier Xiao about it.
After listening to Su Tao, Ni Jingqiu hesitated, “There’s a business opportunity in this, but it won’t be easy. It’s not easy to get those state-owned hospitals. There are four problems for us to acquire those hospitals. Firstly, how should we arrange the current employees if the hospitals are changed to Three Flavour Hall branches? Secondly, the reformation of state-owned hospitals have been going on for years, but it’s not easy trying to get it implemented. Thirdly, our competitors will be strong. Lastly, we will definitely run into shady encounters in the process of our acquisition. If you don’t handle it well, you might even put yourself in danger.”
Su Tao couldn’t help sighing with a wry smile, “You’re thorough with your analysis. But I don’t have a choice since this is something handed to me by Vice-Premier Xiao. I can only go forth with this. Furthermore, this is a good opportunity for the Three Flavour Hall to obtain a bigger share of the domestic market. As long as we come up with a thorough plan, we will be able to save money aside from helping the country.”
Ni Jingqiu naturally knew what Su Tao meant. After all, acquiring hospitals would definitely be easier than building new stores for the Three Flavour Hall. Although most state-owned hospitals were at a loss, it could be easily resolved with some adjustments.
Most importantly, those hospitals would be completely owned by the Three Flavour Hall if the acquisition was successful, including the land ownership. Although the real estate boom had passed, the price of land still remained high. Furthermore, it wasn’t safe for Three Flavour Hall to take root in the country if they only rented the stores. Because there remained a huge risk that they might be asked to leave by the landlord when the rent expires.
Ni Jingqiu naturally saw the business opportunity in this project. After a brief pondering, shs replied, “You should first consider how you should deal with the staff if you want to change those hospitals into Three Flavour Hall branches.”
“That’s simple. The first method is to buy out their contract and get them to retire. The second is to take in some potential hospitals. Although they’re western medicine hospitals, it will be easier for them to convert to TCM compared to those without any medical experience. Isn’t the country advocating the conversion of western medicine to TCM? We can use this slogan in the process of our acquisition.” Su Tao smiled.
Ni Jingqiu was surprised when she heard Su Tao’s ideas. Su Tao had always surprised her with fresh and refined ideas. Furthermore, it was highly doable.
“It’s a good idea. I can talk to my dad about it.” Ni Jingqiu smiled.
Su Tao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard about it, “I’ll get someone to send the plan to you.”
Ni Jingqiu nodded, “It looks like you’re pretty determined. What are you going to do if you don’t get the money?”
“I never thought that it would be a problem. I believe that you will get it fixed for me.” laughed Su Tao, scratching his head.
“You’re so confident about that?” Ni Jingqiu replied sourly. Truth be told, even she wasn’t confident about it. Although Ye Yilong and her father had decided to invest in Su Tao, the direction was completely different to the previous one. There were many risks involved that even she wasn’t confident that they would agree to it.
“Yeah. I’m the one that they want to invest in. So they don’t care about what I’ll do with the money.” Su Tao had seen through this matter thoroughly.
“I’ll help you persuade them about it.” Ni Jingqiu felt relieved when she heard Su Tao’s words. She also knew that Ye Yilong and her father only wanted to invest in Su Tao, not to mention that Su Tao received Vice-Premier Xiao’s support. So she had a certain confidence that Ye Yilong and her father would agree to it.
After hanging up the call with Su Tao, Ni Jingqiu sat in the office briefly before she gave a call to her father, “Su Tao is willing to accept the investment. But he’s prepared to go into the hospital reformation.”
Ni Buwei pondered briefly and frowned, “The benefit is high, but so is the risk. I know several groups that are involved in this matter. All of them have a huge background. Su Tao is smart and has potential, but he’s still too young to wrestle with them.”
After all, who would want to get involved in this matter if they didn’t have enough background and resources?
“Su Tao told me that you should believe in him since he’s the person that you want to invest in.” replied Ni Jingqiu.
Ni Buwei laughed when he heard Ni Jingqiu’s words. Tapping his finger on the desk briefly, he sighed, “That brat is truly smart. I’ll talk to Old Ye about this matter. I don’t think that it should be a problem. He’s grateful for Su Tao since Ye Sheng just completed a huge order. His son is currently highly viewed by the military leaders. So he owed Su Tao a favor.”
After he ended his call with Ni Jingqiu, Ni Buwei gave a call to Ye Yilong. After the two had cooperated in the South Africa gold mine project, their relationship became closer. They even joined hands in other fields. Despite the marriage between Ni Jingqiu and Huo Kun blown, the Ye and Ni Families still entered a honeymoon period.
Then again, it was also linked to the current relationship between the four families.
The Gu and Wang Families have been close recently. The two families were related by marriage from their previous generation. The Gu Family’s Empress Dowager’s surname was Wang. She was the sister of Wang Family’s late ancestor. So despite the small friction between the two families, they still stood together if their interest were involved.
Receiving Ni Buwei’s call, Ye Yilong smiled, “What a surprise for you to call me.”
“Isn’t it because of the investment plan that we talked about?” Ni Buwei shook his head with a bitter smield.
The two families had already gotten hundreds of millions of profits in USD from the gold mine project. If it goes according to their expectation, they would get USD$3,000,000,000 over the next two to three years. But they need to invest the money if they want to bring such a huge sum into the country. This was the reason why they thought about Su Tao.
“I don’t think Su Tao will refuse it. There’s nothing fishy about this money. Isn’t it pretty good for us to invest in this TCM business?” smiled Ye Yilong.
Ni Buwei smiled bitterly, “He wants to use part of it in TCM education and part of it to acquire state-owned hospitals.”
Ye Yilong was stunned. He knitted his brows and pondered for a long time before he smiled bitterly, “Why is he picking the hardest thing to do? This involves politics reformation. There’s nothing good about it.”
“So, what do you think about it?” Ni Buwei asked.
“Let’s give it a try then.” Ye Yilong gave a decisive reply after a brief ponder. “I’m looking forward to seeing what he will do about this matter.”
“We share the same thoughts. Because of Su Tao’s interference, I’m afraid that there will be a storm.” Ni Buwei laughed.
“We’re spending so much money to give it a try? We’re both lunatics.” smiled Ye Yilong, self-mockingly.
“No. You’re the lunatic. I’m not.” Ni Buwei sighed. “If it goes according to my expectation, this must be a task handed to Su Tao by Vice-Premier Xiao. So we must trust in Vice-Premier Xiao’s vision.”
