Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 818 - 810: Sudden Incident

Chapter 818: Chapter 810: Sudden Incident

Zhang Xiaoxi’s mouth dropped open slightly, her eyes wide with disbelief. She suspected there was something wrong with her ears!

Leaving aside the amount MCC Group actually spent, whether it was more than 3.2 billion or less,

Vice President Liu really shouldn’t be telling her so bluntly...

Right now, they were discussing a project acquisition!

Could it be that Vice President Liu wasn’t very clever...

But that clearly wasn’t possible, as in such a large central enterprise, a person who could reach the position of executive vice president would definitely be shrewd.

Vice President Liu naturally noticed Zhang Xiaoxi’s shock and laughed, adding,

"Let me put it this way, our group does intend to sell this project, and there have already been two interested parties in contact with us.

One is COFCO Group, and the other is a foreign company. You are considered the third party.

The situation is somewhat complex. The price offered by the foreign company...

Well, it’s quite reasonable, so the group was originally planning to sell to them.

But COFCO suddenly interfered, messing up the acquisition deal, and their offer wasn’t high.

So...

Ah, it’s not easy to explain the details to you.

You understand, our group isn’t too keen on selling this project to COFCO.

Now, if you make an offer, we would rather sell the project to you!"

Zhang Xiaoxi wasn’t quite clear, wondering if it was because COFCO’s offer was too low that MCC didn’t want to sell to them.

But what if her offer was low as well, would MCC be willing to sell to her?

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xiaoxi mustered her courage and tentatively quoted a price, "Then... would 3 billion be okay for the acquisition of this project? If your side finds it unacceptable, the price is still negotiable!"

Before coming here, Zhang Xiaoxi had thought that securing the deal for around 3.5 billion would be quite ideal.

If that failed, she could still accept going up to 4 billion!

If the competition was fierce, she could even agree to anything under 4.2 billion with clenched teeth...

But after communicating with Vice President Liu, it seemed that there was no need to offer such a high price.

Thus, she boldly quoted an "ultra-low price!"

According to the information gathered by Zhang Xiaoxi and her team, MCC had initially spent 2 billion CNY on this project, and over the last two years, it had continued to invest more than 10 billion, with the main structure of Xidan MALL nearly complete.

It was just a matter of falling behind on the subsequent construction payments.

Just considering the capital invested, the project was worth over 30 billion, not to mention the increase in land prices over the years.

So securing it for 3.5 billion would be a huge bargain!

Even at 4 billion, it would be fair.

Quoting a price of 3 billion, Zhang Xiaoxi still felt quite embarrassed; she was taking a huge advantage of the other party.

Of course, she was also mentally prepared. In negotiations, it’s normal for both parties to go back and forth, and it’s unlikely for a price to be settled on immediately.

If the other party were to bargain and even increase the price by a few billion or even ten billion, she could accept it.

To her astonishment, the development of events left her speechless once again.

Upon hearing Zhang Xiaoxi’s offer of 3 billion, Vice President Liu didn’t hesitate a bit and slapped the table with a "thwack," startling Zhang Xiaoxi.

She thought Vice President Liu was very upset with the offer and was about to get angry.

But before she could even explain, Vice President Liu cheerfully said, "Deal! Let’s settle on 3 billion, we can draft an intent to purchase today!"

"What?" Zhang Xiaoxi was dumbfounded on the spot.

Was that it?

Had the deal been decided just like that?

billion to acquire the Xidan MALL project?!

This was completely different from what she had imagined...

Originally, she thought that in such a massive project, worth tens of billions, there would surely be a drawn-out tug-of-war, a battle of wits, until one side could no longer hold out and made concessions for an agreement to be reached...

Coming here today was just to discuss intentions, to let the other side know that there was a company like hers interested in the project.

Yet, just minutes into the meeting, the deal was struck?

Could she truly be the so-called "business prodigy"?

She shook her head unconsciously, dismissing that thought; that was impossible. She might be a bit smarter than the average person, with stronger learning abilities.

But she was certainly no genius or prodigy, for among the people she knew, it was only Wang Ye who was a true genius.

Compared with Wang Ye, she was truly nothing...

...

Regardless of what Zhang Xiaoxi thought, Vice President Liu on the other side was indeed very enthusiastic and proactive.

It seemed as if the Xidan MALL project was a hot potato that he was eager to get rid of.

He quickly had Zhang Xiaoxi sign a purchase intent, and even compromised on the payment method, because she couldn’t come up with 3 billion in cash all at once.

She had to wait for funding from the Yukos branch and the establishment of a new company before the funds could be in place.

So they agreed with Vice President Liu that the payment would be made in two installments.

When the formal acquisition contract was signed, a whole sum of 1 billion CNY would be paid.

The remaining 2 billion would be paid in full one year later!

Vice President Liu readily agreed to this, even offering not to charge interest...

After walking out of the MCC headquarters building, Zhang Xiaoxi still felt dizzy, as if everything that had just happened was a dream!

It was not until she got back to the car and looked at the acquisition intent agreement she had signed that she dared to believe it was all real!

As for why this happened, Zhang Xiaoxi had some guesses in her mind.