My American magical life
Chapter 381 - 381 35 Has Bike Sharing Become Profitable_2

381: Chapter 35 Has Bike Sharing Become Profitable?_2 381: Chapter 35 Has Bike Sharing Become Profitable?_2 They even began to doubt whether the tens of billions Boss Jia owed really existed.

Otherwise, how could he be so composed?

One can only say that the life of a performance artist is truly fascinating, and Boss Jia’s acting skills have reached a realm as pure as nature.

“Boss Jia, can I ask you another question?

Before Cheng Daqi returned to the country, he released a short video saying that he had agreed to come back with you, but you suddenly broke the promise.

Is this true?”

Xiao Zhao is patching things up for CEO Cheng because Cheng Daqi’s public persona is too flamboyant, and he feared netizens would really treat him like a joker, so he couldn’t be soft-handed when it was time to patch things up.

“Hahaha, you guys have been mocking me with the ‘returning next week’ phrase, but I’ve already reached an agreement with many creditors who’d rather I make Faraday Future successful in America.

That way, not only can I repay the debt, but I can also provide them with a high return on investment.”

The journalists weren’t fools; they just felt that although Boss Jia was a big swindler, his ability to sell a dead end as a way out was genuinely strong.

In just a few words, he dispelled the ‘rumor’ of returning next week and crafted his own persona as someone earnestly working to pay off his debts.

If it hadn’t been for Boss Jia currently battling it out in a stock ownership lawsuit with the mainland’s richest man, Belt Brother, on Hong Kong Island, they would have been truly fooled by this great con artist.

“Boss Jia, how is the lawsuit with Belt Brother on Hong Kong Island going?”

A journalist with professional integrity asked a key question.

Upon hearing this question, Accountant Jia’s forced smile froze for a moment but then quickly recovered.

“We have already officially responded to this matter.

Belt Brother harbors ulterior motives.

He embedded malice when signing the agreement.

Not only did he obstruct the normal financing of Faraday Future, but he also unilaterally stopped the follow-up investment injections despite our fulfillment of obligations—this is him breaching the contract first.

I’m a person focused on business.

I was inexperienced with these malicious tactics in the past, which is why I suffered a great loss with LeEco, but I definitely won’t make the same mistake in the entrepreneurship of Faraday Future!”

“MD, Elder Jia is really…” Sun Brother cursed halfway and then stopped, as he was a cultivated and successful person.

“He is indeed very impressive, I admire him, hahaha.”

Cheng Daqi didn’t find anything wrong with Sun Dongxin’s ‘admiration’; Accountant Jia was indeed out of the ordinary.

If you took all the words spoken by Accountant Jia in the live broadcast and arranged them by each phrase or sentence, the fake and the real were about fifty-fifty, indeed very bewitching.

The live broadcast ended, and Sun Dongxin was already imagining what kind of media storm this explosive live broadcast would cause, while Gu Chaofei felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Gu Chaofei, Gu Chao, Sun Dongxin’s proudest protégé, a talent and ability of truly top-tier level, was also Cheng Daqi’s good friend in his previous life, and the ‘Crown Prince’ of the Dongxin faction.

According to the timeline in his previous life, next year’s second half would see the comprehensive reform of the Dongxin faction initiated personally by Gu Chaofei.

He was a truly exceptional person—at least one in a hundred thousand level of talent.

In his past life, Cheng Daqi actually felt a bit inferior in front of Gu Chaofei.

But today, this Dongxin Crown Prince was overwhelmed by the pressure between Cheng Daqi and CEO Sun.

The two old schemers were just wildly smoking, not saying a word, pretending to be masters of the game.

Gu Chaofei felt like an outsider, utterly unable to understand what exactly was going on.

“Elder Jia is amazing, he really is.”

Well, Sun Brother is still savoring Elder Jia’s charm…

Sun Dongxin was truly jealous; he felt that compared to Accountant Jia, it was as if he had lived for nothing.

Boss Jia’s life was so exciting.

The way he made money was by looting, and moreover, by returning to the dangerous vortex at the edge of life and death to do so.

Having looted, he then got away unscathed…

He’d fled abroad and still managed to snatch a handful from the richest man, an actual legend of the contemporary commercial world.

Sun Dongxin had worked hard for decades and realized that the money he had earned wasn’t even as much as what Elder Jia had looted, so he felt somewhat unbalanced about it.

“Xiao Cheng, tell me, can Elder Jia’s car be made?” Sun Dongxin was genuinely curious.

In his view, with Cheng Daqi having played this hunt on such a grand scale, he must know much more about Accountant Jia than himself.

“Elder Jia started making cars only after he returned to the country, noticing the opportunity in electric vehicles, but his initial purpose in making cars was impure.

The LeEco’s model since going public was doomed to not scale up.

Elder Jia’s unluckiest point was that his previous model had no problems, I mean logically there was no problem, he could continue with high losses, but then his biggest reliance became his biggest pitfall.

But you know what happened at that time, Sun Brother, when the Xishan Club fell, Elder Jia started to flee.”

Gu Chaofei didn’t quite agree with Cheng Daqi’s words.

He was the kind of manager who was very practical.

In his view, LeEco’s cost amortization model was nothing but financial fraud.

“CEO Cheng, the kind of losses LeEco is experiencing are absolutely insurmountable; the deficit will only grow larger and larger.”

Cheng Daqi shook his head and asked,

“How many billions have been burned on shared bicycles?”

With that one remark from CEO Cheng, everyone else in the office fell silent.

Not wrong at all, without a single flaw.

Sometimes, Gu Chaofei and Sun Dongxin, watching shared bicycles burn money like it was paper, felt like they lived in a different world from those entrepreneurs.

“So you’re saying Faraday Future can’t succeed?” Sun Dongxin steered the conversation back on track.

“Haha, Brother Sun, that depends on how you interpret the standard of success.

I think Boss Jia’s definition of success might not be quite the same as ours.”

Sun Dongxin truly admired the cleverness of Cheng Daqi; his answer was spot-on.

“Alright then.

By the way, how are you planning to deal with that old joker, Ai Guobei?”

“I’m thinking of putting him away.

Fabricating facts to defame someone and causing significant damage to their reputation constitutes the crime of defamation.

Given a sentence of up to three years should be no problem.”

CEO Cheng calling himself Joker was self-deprecating.

But Ai Guobei was truly a top-tier Joker, always eager to wave the big banner and play the sycophant.

If given the chance to properly deal with such Jokers, CEO Cheng wouldn’t hesitate.

“And let’s not forget the cowardly kick from N Square Urban Stories.

I won’t forget that favor.”

CEO Cheng’s tone was too strong, and Brother Sun felt the matter was somewhat unreliable.

“Taking care of Ai Guobei is a trivial matter, no big deal, but with N Square Urban Stories, you’d better think it through.

The N Square faction has significant influence in the news world.”

Sun Dongxin thought CEO Cheng was a bit too young and impetuous, acting too rashly.

Gu Chaofei could only admire CEO Cheng’s boldness; not many would dare to take on the official media directly.

That certainly took courage.

“Let’s talk about it later.

Tomorrow morning we sign the contract.

Gu Chao, I’m counting on you to find a nice place for the ceremony.

Hahaha.”

How can we call them young if they’re not spirited?

This was a big play by CEO Cheng, who had been the “shrinking turtle” for so long, laying out all the intricate details, all in anticipation of this moment of harvest.

If the fireworks of victory weren’t dazzling enough, CEO Cheng would only find it lackluster!

After Cheng Daqi left, Gu Chaofei felt like a mere flunky.

He wanted to explain to Cheng Daqi that he was the legitimate general manager of Dongxin, not just another one of Brother Sun’s ordinary lackeys.

“Xiao Gu, spend more time learning from CEO Cheng.

You just lack the sharpness he has, yes.”

As Gu Chaofei wallowed in self-pity, Brother Sun landed another blow.

“Is Shanhaiguan really worth that much?

In domestic and foreign MCN platforms, there are very few that actually make money.”

Gu Chaofei wasn’t one to undermine others from behind.

As the general manager of Dongxin, he was not too fond of Sun Dongxin’s blind investments.

“Do shared bicycles make money?

Hahaha!” Sun Dongxin laughed mischievously.

“It’s not the same thing.

Shared bicycles are payment gateways, they hold big data value, and the user deposits serve as a cash pool…”

“By the same token, MCN influencers are traffic gateways, they possess advertising value, and the influencers’ fans represent a highly sticky customer base, is there a problem?”

CEO Cheng had the ability to bamboozle investors, and Brother Sun had completely taken his shape.

“Don’t overthink it.

If we lose the 15 million, then we lose it.

Just think of it as paying the salary for Yang Yuan’s team.

Make sure tomorrow’s signing ceremony is well arranged.

I’ll contact some folks from the official departments now; the more, the merrier.”

Watching Sun Dongxin wholeheartedly assist Cheng Daqi, Gu Chaofei couldn’t help feeling that, seemingly overnight, the Dongxin faction seemed to have become a stepchild.