Urban's Fury: The War Dragon God
Chapter 757: Toyed Around in Circles

Chapter 757: Chapter 757: Toyed Around in Circles

"Everyone, get out!"

Lan Tianfang waved his hand to dismiss several drinking companions and then grabbed Dong Xing by the collar, "Dong Xing, repeat what you just said. What’s finished, how did Li Feng play us?"

"Yeah, Dong Xing, clarify your words."

"It’s over, all over."

Lan Tianfang stared at the repeatedly mumbling Dong Xing and slapped him across the face, "Dong Xing, snap out of it and tell me exactly what happened."

Dong Xing was knocked back onto the sofa, looking up at Lan Tianfang with a bitter smile, "Damn it, Li Feng. The shares he holds were never just 42% as that Ma guy claimed. And that old guy Dongfang Wenzheng had hooked up with Li Feng long ago. It was a complete setup."

"Huh?"

Everyone present was utterly shocked.

"Damn it, Dong Xing, explain yourself clearly. I’ve even gone as far as mortgaging ten billion from the bank."

"I’ve poured in all my assets, even several billion more than you."

These young masters had gone to great lengths to take over Century Group, even mortgaging family assets and borrowing from banks. If this backfired, they’d be ruined.

Lan Tianfang, with a grim face, cut off the clamoring crowd, "Shut up, all of you. Dong Xing, keep talking. What exactly happened? Didn’t you call us this afternoon to say that Dongfang Wenzheng had sold you 21% of the shares? Did Li Feng intercept midway?"

"Yeah, the 21% stake in Century Group is worth hundreds of billions. How could Li Feng possibly have that much money to manipulate?"

"Could it be the people from the Jin City Circle?"

"It’s not impossible. Zhang Chang of Jin City Circle is close to Li Feng, and then there’s Mr. Zhu. They’re influential, but why are they so supportive of Li Feng?"

"Hmph, what else could they want? Those people from Jin City Circle want a monopoly."

Another round of chatter erupted from the group.

"You’re all wrong. That Li Feng is a cunning bastard. He had already set the trap. Dongfang Wenzheng’s shares were sold to him early on. From the very beginning, he’s been playing us."

"This afternoon, I bought the shares from Dongfang Wenzheng. No sooner had Dongfang Wenzheng left, than Li Feng came in."

"He told me his shareholding had already exceeded the absolute control line, and with Dongfang Wenzheng’s shares, he now controlled over seventy percent."

"Seventy percent?"

Lan Tianfang took a sharp breath. This number was nearly debilitating. The Century Group, a trillion-dollar corporation with four major publicly listed companies under its banner, had shares worth several hundred billion. The stakes held by shareholders was above 60%, with around 40% circulating in the market.

When Chen Qinian was in charge, his stake was only around 30%, with the second-largest shareholder, Dongfang Wenzheng, holding merely around ten percent. The rest was distributed among dozens of shareholders.

Owning 51% of a company meant absolute control, and the chairman’s position was almost invincible. They had wanted to oust Li Feng and take over the Century Group, then orchestrate a lucrative restructuring.

But now, 70%.

How could they play this game, just as Dong Xing said, from start to finish, they had been played.

"Yes, seventy percent. These past few days, he has been putting on a show with us, continuously selling off his shares and draining our funds, making us believe that his shares were constantly declining, that he was battling us to the death."

"And all we did was keep taking over his shares and help him drive up the stock price, whereas our original plan was to suppress the stock price, to create market panic, making Li Feng face internal and external pressure, and forcing him to submit to us."

"This bastard deliberately led us on, even having Dongfang Ding put on an act in front of us, claiming that he only held forty percent of the shares, while his father held close to twenty percent."

"The seven percent of shares we acquired from the Ma Family, Luo Family, and other families made us overly ambitious, making us prefer taking direct control of Century Group rather than merely coercing the other party."

"Heh, we indeed succeeded. We now hold thirty-seven percent of the shares. If Mr. Li only has around forty-something percent of the shares, we would’ve already secured a win."

Dong Xing muttered to himself, the plan was perfect, their goals were met, but Li Feng suddenly declared that he didn’t hold forty-two percent, but seventy-two percent.

Lan Tianfang took a deep breath, recalculating the numbers Dong Xing had mentioned, "We hold thirty-seven percent, Li Feng disposed of so many shares, so what he still holds is...!"

"Forty-two percent."

This number was just like what they had initially assumed the opponent held.

"Just a five percent difference, there’s still a chance for a turnaround. It’s only five percent, we’ll buy it from the stock market. As long as we exceed the shares Li Feng holds, we are still the majority shareholders."

At one side, a young man, gritting his teeth, resembled a gambler who had lost everything.

The others nodded in agreement.

"We’ve already gone all in, we have no way out now. At any cost, we must take over Century Group, or we’re all doomed."

This young man also hardened his heart, they were all counting on taking over Century Group and then selling off its prime assets – that part was definitely sellable, Sea City is the largest economic city in Yan Country.

With over ten groups in the trillion-scale, and hundreds more reaching the billions and hundreds of billions, as long as these assets were of good quality, with their connections, there would certainly be many vying to buy them, even their own families might dig deep into their pockets.

As for the movable and immovable properties, just flipping them would also result in immense profits, anyway, taking down Century Group would definitely enrich many.

Dong Xing let out a scoff.

"No chance anymore."

"Dong Xing, if you can’t handle it, let Lan take over."

In the face of interests, let alone these so-called friends, even father and son might turn against each other. Dong Xing could lead them because he was capable, could take them on this ride, make them money, but if he couldn’t, who were you.

"Exactly, Dong Xing, if you can’t, let Lan take over."

Listening to the young man’s words, Dong Xing sneered coldly, "If I can’t think of a way, it’s useless for anyone of you to try."

"You still want to scrape that missing five percent from the stock market, but are there still people selling shares out there? Everyone is holding their shares tight."

"Then release some bad news, crash the market."

"Heh, crash the market. We’ve run out of money; all we have is the thirty-seven percent of shares left, and we owe Xiao Mingyue two hundred billion."

Two hundred billion.

All the young men took a deep breath of cold air, a number that drove them to despair. All their families combined might, by selling everything off, just manage to scrape it together, but then, they’d all be begging on the streets.