Chapter 249 High-Price Exit

Twenty minutes later, Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong dragged a weak-legged President Li out, one on each side.

Pei Qian hurriedly offered him tea: "President Li, drink some hot water."

Li Shi slumped into a chair, took the teacup with both hands, and took a sip, but his pale face showed no signs of improvement.

"President Li, are you feeling better?" Pei Qian asked with concern.

Li Shi waved his hand weakly, without even the strength to speak.

Too terrifying!

Li Shi's initial thoughts were simple: wasn't it just half an hour? Couldn't he just grit his teeth and get through it?

Moreover, he had played a little trick on President Pei, saying "persist in this project" rather than "complete it," meaning that as long as he persevered to the end, even if he didn't complete the challenges, it would count as a victory.

However, ideals were plump, but reality was bony.

Li Shi was half-scared to death by the first project after entering. By the fourth project, he couldn't hold on at all. His legs went weak, and he gave up on the spot. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong had to carry him out.

Still in shock, Li Shi had only one thought: never underestimate President Pei!

Take this haunted house challenge, for example. On the surface, it didn't seem scary. The process wasn't long, and there were no staff members dressed as ghosts, but when you were actually there, it was enough to scare you half to death!

On closer reflection, these projects weren't that complicated, but they were full of psychological suggestion.

In short, they tried every possible way to make the visitors scare themselves!

It had to be said that the effect was remarkable.

President Li held the teacup with trembling hands, feeling that he would probably be awakened by nightmares for at least a month.

The head on the ceiling with bloody tears streaming down, the mirror in the bathroom, the rustling television in the dimly lit living room...

These were all common scenes in the home, but they had left a deep psychological shadow on him.

Seeing President Li, who had always presented himself as a successful and mature man, scared like a chicken waiting to be slaughtered, Pei Qian couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Well, although President Li has thwarted my plans time and time again, he just wants to make some money, it's not a capital offense."

"To get a few words out of me, he even went to experience such a scary haunted house, I feel a little sorry."

Pei Qian felt that he could temporarily cross out President Li from his little notebook, or rather, put him off for a while.

"President Li, thank you for your hard work. Your feedback on the haunted house is of great significance to us!"

"In short, thank you very much!" Pei Qian's expression was extremely sincere.

Li Shi's pale face was filled with some confusion: "Ah? What did I give feedback on?"

Pei Qian smiled slightly: "Your screams are the best feedback."

"As a token of gratitude, I have decided to still tell you about the *Xueba Kuai Lai* (Study God is Coming) project."

"That's right, Ruimeng Venture Capital is selling shares in *Xueba Kuai Lai*. This is my decision, and I hope you will also sell your shares as soon as possible. These are my heartfelt words, without a word of falsehood!"

Pei Qian spoke very sincerely.

There wasn't a single lie in what he said. Pei Qian was indeed selling shares, and he did hope that everyone else would sell all their shares as well.

However, he hid his true intention: to make the *Xueba Kuai Lai* project lose money.

In this way, President Li would definitely think that Pei Qian wanted to sell all his shares and cash out, and he would naturally follow suit. When all the investors sensed that something was wrong, they would naturally sell together.

In fact, Pei Qian planned to keep as many shares in his hands as possible, so that when the project failed, these shares would become worthless.

In this way, even if the project didn't lose much money, it would be considered a timely stop-loss, so it wouldn't be too miserable to earn.

Li Shi carefully observed Pei Qian's expression, and nodded after a long time: "I understand. In that case, I will also sell my shares."

Pei Qian couldn't help but smile.

Success!

President Li now also held more than 20% of the shares. Selling them together with Ruimeng Venture Capital would definitely give other investors a very clear signal, causing their confidence in the project to collapse instantly!

If all went well, President Li should still be able to make some money from selling his shares.

Everyone would avoid losses, perfect!

…

In the afternoon, Fuhui Capital.

Li Shi was in his office, thinking with his eyes closed.

He had been quite frightened in the Thriller Hostel in the morning, but work could not be delayed.

The information he had obtained at the cost of his life should be reliable.

President Pei said that Ruimeng Venture Capital was selling shares in *Xueba Kuai Lai*, it was indeed his intention, and he also suggested that Li Shi sell them together. He shouldn't be lying.

Li Shi had made a decision after careful consideration.

Sell!

But how to sell it specifically, that had to be carefully considered.

The transfer of shares in a non-listed company generally required internal transfer first. That is to say, if internal shareholders were willing to invest in the purchase, they generally had priority.

If there was no internal subscription, the introduction of external shareholders would require the consent of the shareholders' meeting.

In other words, Li Shi's intention to sell shares would be known to all shareholders as soon as possible.

The shares sold by President Pei were basically eaten up by these shareholders, without introducing external shareholders.

However, President Pei didn't sell many shares, so these shareholders only suspected it, but didn't feel that President Pei was really going to run away.

But Li Shi was going to sell all of his more than 20% of the shares, and this intention to run away was too obvious. The other shareholders couldn't possibly not see it!

Many of these investors had invested in the project after seeing Li Shi's investment. Now that President Pei and President Li were selling shares together, it would definitely cause panic among the other investors. When everyone wanted to sell and no one had confidence in the project, the company's valuation would collapse instantly!

If it really came to that point, even if all of Li Shi's shares were sold, he probably wouldn't make much money.

Therefore, Li Shi felt that this way of selling wouldn't work.

Such a good project, with a total investment of four million, but selling it randomly like this, the selling price would definitely get lower and lower.

In the end, after all the tossing and turning, he would only earn a few hundred thousand?

He couldn't afford to lose face like that!

Therefore, he had to sell, but he definitely couldn't sell like this!

Thinking of this, Li Shi found the contact information of the other investors and planned to schedule a time to hold a small conference call.

Soon, the other investors replied, and the time was set for an hour later.

Li Shi took this opportunity to organize his thoughts a little and recorded all the points he would say later.

…

An hour later, everyone was there, and the conference call started on time.

"President Li, what's so urgent?" an investor in the *Xueba Kuai Lai* project asked on the phone.

Li Shi didn't plan to waste time and went straight to the point: "President Pei is probably planning to cash out and leave, and I'm also preparing to sell all the shares in my hands."

There was a moment of silence on the phone, followed by a chorus of questioning voices.

"Ah?"

"What? Are you sure?"

"Now?"

"Where did you get the news? Is it reliable?"

Obviously, most investors were skeptical and instinctively unwilling to believe it.

Because the current situation of *Xueba Kuai Lai* was all good. Although it was burning a lot of money, all the money burned had been exchanged for data!

If they continued to burn money like this, as long as they burned until the listing, the profits of all investors would be multiplied many times!

This project was far from going downhill. Why would they want to run at this time? It seemed a little unreasonable.

Li Shi said lightly: "I have no need to lie to you. Think carefully, everyone sees the popularity of the *Xueba Kuai Lai* project. Isn't this the best time to cash out?"

"What's more, do you really think this project can be listed? Even if it can, how long will it take and how much money will it burn? The company must operate for at least three years to be eligible for listing!"

"If President Pei persists, then I have no doubt that this company can be listed in three years, but now that President Pei is withdrawing, do you think this project can persist for three years?"

"At the current rate of burning money, how much money will it burn in three years? Who among you has so much money to burn? If you continue to finance, who can guarantee that you can find enough suckers to take over?"

"What if the money runs out? Have you thought about what to do next?"

There was silence on the phone again.

Obviously, most investors also agreed with President Li's views.

The reason why this project was reliable was entirely because of President Pei; but if President Pei was going to let go and the confidence collapsed, then this project would only have one ending, which was eternal doom!

After a long time, a voice came from the phone.

"President Li, then why are you telling us this?"

The implication was, shouldn't you be making a fortune in silence now, selling your shares first?

Now that you've notified everyone, and everyone is selling together, the outside world's confidence in this project will collapse instantly. Everyone will be scrambling to sell shares and breaking their heads, and no one will get any benefits!

Li Shi smiled: "My point is, since we've decided to sell, we definitely can't sell it so foolishly."

"The more you sell something cheaply, the less people want it, but if you desperately raise the price, many people will搶(qiang) - fight over/scramble for it instead."

"Now that we want to maximize our benefits, the best way is not to panic and throw it out, but to continue to heat up the popularity of this project, and then find a suitable buyer to sell all the shares to it at a high price 'reluctantly'!"

There was immediately a burst of approving voices on the phone.

An investor pondered for a moment and then said: "Speaking of this... President Li, a vice president of Xude Education once expressed a strong interest in the *Xueba Kuai Lai* project, and wanted to buy the shares in my hands. I hesitated for a moment and haven't given him a reply yet."

President Li smiled slightly: "Sounds like this is the 'suitable buyer'."

After hanging up the phone, Li Shi already had a plan in mind.

Now, all the investors were grasshoppers on the same rope, with completely aligned interests, and all wanted to sell the shares in their hands at as high a price as possible, so there was no need to worry that anyone would leak the secret.

Next, everyone would work together to continue to heat up the popularity of the *Xueba Kuai Lai* project, so that the project would generate greater attraction to Xude Education.

Then... in order to become the major shareholder of *Xueba Kuai Lai*, Xude Education would definitely continue to acquire shares, and Li Shi and others could take the opportunity to cash out at a high level and leave.

As for Xude Education...

Li Shi didn't have a good impression of this educational institution.

The name of Xude Education sounded very serious, but in reality, it was full of scandals. It used false publicity and false promises during enrollment, and salesmen played multiple roles. It could be said that it was doing everything possible to circle money.

However, such a company, with its ubiquitous publicity offensive and marketing rhetoric training for newcomers in sales positions, had achieved a very large scale.

Many students were inexperienced, and their parents were also eager because of their "desire for their children to become dragons". They were fooled by Xude Education's marketing rhetoric, and once they paid, it was as difficult as climbing to the sky to get a refund.

Li Shi asked himself, he couldn't be a *yi shang* (righteous merchant) like President Pei, earning every penny cleanly, and shouldering as much social responsibility as possible, such as subsidizing Nifeng Logistics.

But he still looked down on Xude Education's despicable behavior of "cheating students' money".

Letting this kind of company that made black-hearted money take over, Li Shi would definitely not have any guilt.