Chapter 149: Results
“Director Gu, it’s like this. I just finished an online meeting with the heads of the Qifeng Group and the Keyun Group. They requested that we stop acquiring their shares.”
While Gu Wanrong was wiping the corners of her mouth with a tissue, Tong Shenyi reported the contents of the meeting just now.
“What do they plan to give in exchange?” Gu Wanrong casually threw away the dirty tissue. “We don’t do losing trades, and it won’t do if there’s no profit to be made.”
“That’s for sure.” Tong Shenyi nodded. “In exchange, the Qifeng Group and the Keyun Group need to provide thirty percent of the Lùyìxuān shares they hold to trade with us. Once the trade is completed, Qianyuan will immediately stop the acquisition of their shares.”
“They agreed? They didn’t mention getting back the shares we already acquired?” Gu Wanrong was a bit surprised by the conditions. Was their stance so weak?
“They did, but I refused. After all, no one in this world has a deeper financial background than you. You said to acquire without limit of means or capital.”
Tong Shenyi smiled with pride as he spoke. His own ability and means were one thing, but the strong support from Gu Wanrong was the real backing.
“Director Gu, the Qianyuan Group currently holds five percent of the Qifeng Group and six point eight percent of the Keyun Group. We have also separately acquired three point nine percent of Lùyìxuān.”
“Do you agree to the exchange conditions proposed by the Qifeng Group and the Keyun Group?”
“How much Lùyìxuān stock can Qifeng and Keyun provide for the trade?” Gu Wanrong didn’t answer immediately but asked for specific details.
“Three percent from the Qifeng Group and four percent from the Keyun Group.”
Adding Qifeng and Keyun together would be seven percent. With the twelve point nine percent Qianyuan already had, Qianyuan would have a total of nineteen point nine percent of Lùyìxuān’s shares, more than all the remaining scattered shares combined, excluding the Arnault family.
Gu Wanrong quickly calculated the data and agreed: “Okay. When the trade is finished, we will end our acquisition actions.”
“Understood.”
“Is there anything else you need me for? If not, you can go about your business. We’re going back home tomorrow morning.”
Gu Wanrong notified him of her itinerary and let Tong Shenyi go about his work.
As soon as Tong Shenyi left, a cross-border video call from Tong Shenwu came in. He reported that the Endless-9 scandal didn’t implicate them online at home, and then reported the progress of several projects Yishang was working on before ending the call.
After hanging up, Gu Wanrong let out a long sigh of relief. Finally, all the work was finished.
“Miss, Designer Luo is here.”
After Gu Wanrong went upstairs to change into today’s clothes, Butler Liu brought Luo Qiaoming into the hall.
“Qiaoming, you’ve come just in time. I’ve just finished packing. Let’s go and play.” While looking at Luo Qiaoming, Gu Wanrong took the bag handed over by Butler Liu and slung it across her.
Then the two walked out together affectionately arm-in-arm, chatting and gossiping along the way.
The next period was the happiest time Gu Wanrong had spent in Paris these past few days. Shopping without being disturbed, one card swiped through all of Paris.
At eight in the evening—which was one in the afternoon at home—Gu Wanrong’s final grades for the first semester of her freshman year finally came out.
The class group was very lively. Some people with good grades were discussing their results, and a few people made as much noise as dozens.
[Yu Yingying: The final grades are finally out!]
[Yu Yingying: Oh my god, I feel like the teachers graded more leniently than I imagined. My results are better than my estimate.]
[Gu Wanrong: I haven’t looked yet.]
[Gu Wanrong: Wait a bit; I’m going to check now.]
While replying to Yu Yingying, Gu Wanrong clicked into the campus network and entered her student ID and password to check her final grades.
When checking the grades, Gu Wanrong didn’t think about anything; she was neither expectant nor worried. After all, she had already finished all the courses for the four years of university in the system’s learning space.
The final exams were a piece of cake.
She didn’t know if the campus network of every school would crash during course selection, registration, and checking grades. In any case, Gu Wanrong refreshed her phone more than a dozen times before her transcript appeared before her eyes.
Gu Wanrong quickly scanned it from beginning to end. As expected, they were all “Excellent,” and every subject’s grade point was either full or close to full.
[Yu Yingying: How is it? Did you find it?]
[Yu Yingying: Baby, you are too amazing! Ranked first in the grade, ahhhhh!]
[Yu Yingying: This year’s ‘Three-Good Student’ and ‘Outstanding Student’ awards are yours for sure.]
The phone page returned to the chat interface. Yu Yingying already knew Gu Wanrong’s results. It seemed the counselor had acted quite quickly and sent the organized class transcript to the group.
Gu Wanrong clicked on it curiously. Her name was at the top. She swiped to the right several times to the grade ranking, and as Yu Yingying said, she was first.
Moving her gaze down, the second person in the class was Yu Yingying, ranked fifth in the grade.
The third and fourth places were all names of people familiar from her previous life. In contrast, those who were noisy in the class group just now had average rankings.
Exiting the class transcript, the class group was a bit quieter now, and another group of people was discussing and chatting.
[: @Gu Wanrong, amazing. The first one to turn in the paper and leave the exam room, and the score is still the first in the entire grade.]
[: She naturally has the air of a Big Boss.]
[: Beautiful, talented, and wealthy—let’s hug her golden thighs.]
[Gu Wanrong: Our class’s results are at the top of the grade. Let me treat everyone to milk tea.]
[Gu Wanrong: (Red Envelope) Congratulations and be prosperous, good luck!]
Seeing that many classmates in the group were discussing her and mostly praising her, Gu Wanrong thought it wouldn’t be good to pretend she didn’t see it, so she simply sent a red envelope—a hundred yuan for each person.
After sending the red envelopes, she had a private chat with Yu Yingying.
[Gu Wanrong: Yingying, you are super amazing, getting into the top five of the grade.]
[Gu Wanrong: You were still following offline events a week before the exam. Your brain is truly amazing.]
She knew herself; her being first in the grade was due to her “cheat,” but someone like Yingying, who could study and play at the same time, was truly smart.
[Yu Yingying: Hehe, we are the Big and Small Jokers.]
[Yu Yingying: You are the Big Joker, I am the Small Joker, blowing up the whole field.]
[Yu Yingying: Are you still playing in Paris? Did you see that Jeffrey fellow at Fashion Week? He was taken away in handcuffs by the Paris police last night.]
[Gu Wanrong: Yes, still in Paris.]
[Gu Wanrong: This matter has caused quite a stir. All the news online here is discussing Jeffrey and the others being arrested.]
[Yu Yingying: Evil comes to evil. It’s clear he offended someone, and the people behind Jeffrey couldn’t protect him and gave him up.]
[Yu Yingying: Jing Xiu’s group went to the ANZ opening yesterday, and today there isn’t a single domestic news item mentioning them. Did you suppress it?]
[Yu Yingying: Fortunately, Jeffrey was locked up; otherwise, with his tastes, he would definitely have liked Jing Xiu. My Jing Xiu—fortunately, he’s still a “chaste young man.”]
[Gu Wanrong: Don’t worry. Neither at home nor abroad will Jing Xiu be involved in Jeffrey’s case.]
[Yu Yingying: Speaking of which, who acted? I actually can’t find out who it was. I’m so curious.]
…
The two chatted for a long time about the gossip news of this period. Gu Wanrong didn’t want to tell Yu Yingying the specific situation of last night, so she vaguely brushed it off.
In the Gu family group, which Gu Wanrong had muted, people were constantly @-ing her.
Fortunately, Gu Wanrong had canceled her old number when she traveled through and changed to a new one; otherwise, she would be bombarded with calls from relatives on her father’s side.
Translator’s Note: “Three-Good Student” (三好學生 – Sānhǎo xuésheng) is a traditional Chinese honor for students who are good in ethics, study, and health. “Big and Small Jokers” (大小王 – Dàxiǎowáng) refers to the two jokers in a deck of cards, often used to mean a powerful pair. “Chaste young man” (黃花大閨男 – Huánghuā dà guī nán) is a humorous male version of the term for a virgin girl.
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