Old Cao finally reacted this time, feeling a burst of anger in his heart. He was angry that Zhao Licheng had guessed his thoughts correctly, but he was also angry that he was being questioned by a lowly person.
Therefore, he said sternly, “Mr. Su! Do remember your place!”
“This is an internal matter of our company! It has nothing to do with you!”
Zhao Licheng was now known as Su Cheng. That was why Old Cao called him Mr. Su.
Zhao Licheng looked at Old Cao. His gaze became deeper and deeper. For the first time, he realized that this partner of his had always had deep ambitions in his heart, he also had his own thoughts and persistence.
However, since he had been suppressed by Zhao Licheng in the past, Old Cao did not expose himself.
Collecting the shares before he went public was obviously not an independent matter. Zhao Licheng guessed that while he was definitely still struggling internally in the company, obtaining the right to vote from the investment institution or reached a “consensus” agreement.
That, combined with his 12% shares with 36% of the voting rights, Old Cao would have more than 50% of the voting rights after going public.
This was the share allocation that Zhao Licheng had planned before going public. In the end, he did not expect that it would be used by Old Cao.
‘What the hell does he want…’
While Zhao Licheng was deep in thought, Old Cao gradually calmed down and regained his composure. He said to Zhao Licheng in a deep voice, “You’re very smart, truly. You’ve made me see a splitting image of Old Zhao in his younger days.”
Old Cao said, “He was also this quick-witted back then. As long as I exposed a clue, he could immediately infer from it and guess my subsequent plans or ideas.”
“This is why I’ve always admired him and why I was willing to follow him.”
Old Cao sighed. “I’m not as good as he…”
Zhao Licheng looked at Old Cao’s right hand. Old Cao’s right hand did not move. ‘He might be telling the truth.’
Obviously, Old Cao did not say this to express his feelings or praise Zhao Licheng. After he sighed, he said, “But… He’s dead now after all and the company needs me. So, I need to continue to lead it.”
“Thus, to carry out my plan, I need absolute control.”
“So…”
Old Cao looked at Zhao Licheng. “So, your intention to sell the shares to outsiders is absolutely impossible.”
He was afraid that Zhao Licheng would not understand, so he added, “When Old Zhao started his business, he was very magnanimous. When he distributed the shares, the three of us shared about the same amount of shares. However, in order to maintain control of the company, other than using an agreement to restrict me and Old Zhang to be his unanimous people, he also signed a restriction agreement on transferring the shares. If anyone wants to sell their shares to an outsider, then as long as one of the other two doesn’t agree, the trade can’t occur.”
Even if he did not explain, Zhao Licheng knew about this agreement. This was also the reason why he had a headache until now. ‘This agreement was originally meant to prevent Old Zhang and Old Cao from harming the company’s interests. However, I didn’t expect for it to become shackles on me now.
‘After all, without this agreement, Old Cao would not be able to object to my deal with Su Yang.
‘But now…’
Zhao Licheng, who was familiar with Old Cao’s personality, knew his desire for power and his pursuit of his goal.
‘He won’t give up so easily once he sets his mind on a target.
‘So… the matter of selling Su Yang’s shares is about to come to an end. However, it’s not as if all doors have been closed…
‘Even though the chances are slim, I should at least give it a try.’
With that thought in mind, Zhao Licheng found an excuse to use the toilet and left the dining table.
After leaving the dining table, Zhao Licheng took out his phone and made a call.
After a while, the call got through. Old Zhang’s voice came through. “Hello? Who are you looking for?”
Hearing Old Zhang’s voice, Zhao Licheng suppressed the urge to “clarify his true identity” and said, “Hello, I’m Ms. Wu’s client. I’d like to talk to you about her 12% shares.”
…
After exiting the virtual space, Su Yang went around the villa. Tang Xiaomi and Tang Jing were not at home, so he was a little bored.
Coupled with the fact that he had wasted hundreds of thousands of coins to only obtain something that might only be useful in the future, Su Yang could not help but feel depressed.
‘What should I do when I’m unhappy?
‘I’ll add some points then.’
With that thought in mind, Su Yang opened the system shop. He wanted to see what the recipe item was and whether he could make them.
[Random Point]*2
[Bronze Point]*0
[Guardian Talisman]*88
[Recipe Item: RMB Of Unknown Abilities (+3)]
[Random Prize Voucher: Silver Ability Extraction Voucher]
[Lucky Stone]: 13
It was a new week, so the Random Points were refreshed. However, there were only two of them, which was not a lot. Su Yang was rich now, so he spent a few hundred coins to buy it without hesitation.
On the other hand, the Bronze Points were refreshed once a month and Su Yang had already bought them last week.
However, there were actually a lot of Guardian Talismans, but they could only be used for +2 and +3 items. Hence, Su Yang did not buy them since he still had stock.
The recipe item seemed to have been refreshed 20 days ago. Since it was a +3 item, it had not changed. The second slot for the recipe item had not been refreshed yet as well.
Su Yang decided to put it aside for now. He was not in a hurry to do that because… He saw the fourth panel glowing brightly!
‘How long has it been since there was a colorful light?
‘I feel like I’ve almost forgotten about the existence of Random Prize Vouchers!
‘So, is this the Law Of Conservation, how out of the depths of misfortunes comes bliss?
‘The system knew that I’ve spent hundreds of thousands of coins to build two temporarily useless buildings, so it’s now rewarding me?
‘Or… Yeap. A new pay to win method to cheat me?’
As he complained, Su Yang clicked on the tab for the Random Prize Voucher.
Immediately, colorful light overflowed and the name of this Random Prize Voucher popped up. [Silver Ability Extraction Voucher].
‘[Silver Ability Extraction Voucher]?’
Su Yang’s eyes lit up as he clicked on the introduction of the certificate. Instantly, the introduction appeared before Su Yang.
[Silver Ability Extraction Bond]: It can extract and store a Silver Ability within this voucher.
It was a simple introduction, so simple that Su Yang almost did not understand.
‘Does this mean that this voucher can extract a Silver Ability and empty a slot for my Silver Abilities?
‘What’s the difference between this and point washing?
‘If I were to look at it literally… it should be possible that the extracted ability will still exist and could be used again, right?
‘If that is the case… This is actually equivalent to having an additional Silver Ability slot, isn’t it?
‘This is awesome!
‘Still…’
Su Yang had a bad premonition when he thought about how awesome the voucher was. ‘I guessing it’s definitely not going to be cheap to buy this storage related Silver Ability Voucher… is it?
‘Oh no, oh no, this is really all a scam!
‘This f*cking system must have known that I’ve recently obtained a large amount of coins, so it’s thinking of ways to get me to spend some coins!
‘So, should I buy it or not?’
Looking at the brief countdown on the Prize Voucher which stated [3: 27]… ‘Only three minutes left.’
In the end, Su Yang could not bear to give it up.
‘This thing is completely up to chance. If I don’t buy it now, I can’t help but feel like I’m missing out big.’
Therefore, after some hesitation, he still clicked on the Prize Voucher.
Then, a notification popped up in front of him.
[Would you like to buy a Silver Ability Extraction Voucher? The price of this voucher is 58,888 coins.]
‘F*ck!
‘This is indeed a scam!
‘A lousy voucher feels more expensive than a Silver Point!
‘However, I have to admit that this voucher is indeed worth that much…
‘After all, upgrading a Silver Ability already cost 8,000 coins, so vouchers that can store Silver Abilities would definitely be more expensive.’
With that thought in mind, Su Yang gritted his teeth and made up his mind to buy the voucher.
Hence, another tens of thousands of yuan was gone. Su Yang felt his heart aching.
With a glimmer, a thin voucher appeared in his hand. On it were the words [Silver Ability Extraction Voucher].
Su Yang turned it around painstakingly to see if there were any restrictions.
The result was not out of his expectations. ‘There’s actually a restriction on it, but… This restriction is awesome!’
[Limitation: Only Silver Abilities of +3 and below S-Rank can be extracted.]
Note: This is not a one-time use Prize Voucher, but one with multiple uses.
Su Yang was elated when he saw the last line of the note. He suddenly felt that the 50,000 coins spent was worth it!
‘A Prize Voucher that can be used repeatedly!
‘No wonder it cost close to 60,000 coins!
‘Worth it! Truly worth it!’
Su Yang pondered happily. ‘It’ll be 58,888 coins if I use it once, 29,444 coins if I use it twice and only over 10,000 coins for the third time.
‘If I use it a few more times, I might be able to reduce the cost to one digit. Just thinking about this makes me happy.’
Since he was going to use the voucher after receiving it, Su Yang had to rely on this to adjust his mood.
He opened his system interface and looked at his four Silver Abilities.
[Hands Of Fate]
[Space Traversing Eyes]
[Absolute Verbal Contract]
[Truth Or Explosion]
The last one was the most useless one. After Su Yang obtained it, he tested it on Tang Xiaomi and realized that… It was useless. Furthermore, it occupied a slot of his Silver Ability, which he thought was literally insane.
Hence, Su Yang decided to attack it.
Holding the [Silver Ability Extraction Voucher] in his hand, Su Yang opened the system and looked at the guide on the usage of the voucher.
‘Prize Vouchers that can be used repeatedly are indeed different from the one-time use ones.’
Su Yang then directly slapped it on his head.
A notification appeared in front of him. [Are you sure you want to use the Silver Ability Extraction Voucher?]
Su Yang clicked [Yes].
[Please select the Silver Ability to extract.]
Su Yang chose [Truth Or Explosion].
As he confirmed his choice, his body suddenly stiffened and he flew into the air. His upper body leaned back like a bow.
At the same time, the Silver Ability that was pasted on his forehead flew out as well. From it, silver threads extended out and stuck to Su Yang’s forehead.
The moment the thread touched Su Yang, both the voucher and Su Yang were enveloped in a layer of silver light.
The surroundings slowly turned black. Only the certificate and Su Yang were shining in the darkness…
After some time, Su Yang slowly opened his eyes.
As he opened his eyes, the light from his body and the Prize Voucher suddenly retracted and fell gently to the ground. The light from outside slowly shone in, filling the room with sunlight once again.
Su Yang reached out his hand and caught the [Silver Ability Extraction Voucher].
At that moment, the [Silver Ability Extraction Voucher] had changed. It turned from silver to black and there was a [Used] label behind the name of the ticket.
Su Yang flipped it over and there was a note on the back.
[Please use the Silver Ability stored inside this voucher to reactivate the Prize Voucher again.]
Su Yang nodded silently and kept the voucher in the virtual space, preparing to draw a new Silver Ability for himself.
