I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping-Chapter 2260 - 1439: The First Bouquet of Roses

"Miss!"

About half an hour later.

With a cheerful shout from Youmao, the office door was pushed open.

Fortunately, Cao Jinse, who wasn’t waiting intentionally, looked up at the sound. She was first startled, and then her face darkened.

What did she see?

She saw someone who loved playing hide and seek finally make an appearance, and crucially, holding a bouquet of fiery red roses in hand.

What a dashing entrance.

Comparable to a scene from a drama.

Cao Jinse sat behind the desk, saying nothing.

Noticing the change in her expression, the person forcing a smile felt even more awkward.

He had known all along that she wouldn’t fall for this, and might even get backfired, but alas, the little rabbit only had these flashy ideas.

"Miss, Jiang Chen is here! Look, what beautiful flowers!"

Youmao was completely oblivious to the tense atmosphere in the office, still lost in her own world.

"Mm, they are quite beautiful. Did you buy them for her?"

Cao Jinse responded casually.

Surprisingly, Youmao didn’t sense anything odd and immediately said, "How could that be? Jiang Chen specially bought these for the Miss."

Although it might backfire, it can’t be denied that the intention was good.

"Come, give them to me."

Youmao took the flowers from the person’s hands, looked around, and mumbled to herself, "Where should I put these?"

Like holding a hot potato, Jiang Chen finally breathed a slight sigh of relief after the roses were taken away. As he adjusted his emotions, Princess Cao spoke first,

"Such a waste."

Eh?

Though her tone was lukewarm, it was much better than he had imagined.

He had even prepared for her to order Youmao to throw the flowers straight out.

Princess Cao, at the end of the day, was someone who valued "propriety."

"Only ten bucks a piece, not expensive."

"..."

Hearing the remarkably candid response, Cao Jinse’s expression froze once more.

Was she angry?

Not really.

The delay tactic was actually effective.

For stubborn people, "cold violence" only leads to increasingly intense emotions, while for rational people, it’s sometimes unavoidable to lose control, but given time, the brain will certainly return to rationality.

So seeing the honest guy candidly telling her the roses were only ten bucks each, Princess Cao felt only amusement and helplessness inside.

Of course.

If that person had really come in nonchalantly empty-handed half an hour ago, then Princess Cao might have reacted entirely differently.

Women like flowers.

Youmao’s assessment might not be accurate, but it wasn’t entirely wrong either.

Regardless of their preference, surely, no one hates them.

"What’s brought you here to see me today?"

Youmao, timely busying herself with arranging the bouquet that cost less than two hundred in total, left enough space in the office, sparing them from her disturbance for a while. Cao Jinse got back to business.

"If you’re not busy, there’s something I’d like to talk to you about."

"Talk."

Cao Jinse nodded and then invited, "Sit."

Jiang Chen walked confidently to the desk, pulled out a chair, and sat down facing her.

"Are you planning to acquire Jinhai’s shares in Great Wall?"

He didn’t beat around the bush.

After being caught playing hide and seek, the person switched to being straightforward.

"Mm, is there a problem?"

Cao Jinse countered, maintaining an air of composure as she looked at Jiang Chen, unflustered to the extreme.

"Jinhai might not have contributed significantly to Great Wall, but they’ve had their achievements. Isn’t it inappropriate to burn the bridge after crossing? It may invite public scorn."

"It’s a novel way to say that even without hardship, there were accomplishments."

Cao Jinse nodded, showing magnanimity, not only refraining from getting angry but even smiling slightly. "You’re right too, Jinhai initially invested fifty billion into Great Wall, which indeed involved taking some risks. Well then, one hundred billion. Within two years, a one hundred percent return on investment should suffice."

From a lending perspective, it’s surely enough, even compared to usury it’s about the same.

But in business, calculations can’t be based on lending standards.

"Three hundred billion."

Jiang Chen spoke, hitting the mark directly, without beating around the bush.

Cao Jinse’s pupils slightly contracted.

Going from fifty billion to a straight hundred billion, she had given him face worth fifty billion, but it still wasn’t on par with Great Wall’s current market value.

Three hundred billion, however, was roughly equivalent to the real-time value of Jinhai’s shares in Great Wall.

Of course.

Under normal circumstances, even offering three hundred billion, Jinhai would unlikely sell their Great Wall shares, knowing well that the stocks would continue to rise, and even stock market amateurs wouldn’t be foolish enough to cash out prematurely.

But for Jinhai now, it was an unconventional situation.

Selling the shares at the current market value wouldn’t entail much loss, considering fifty billion turning into three hundred billion meant a net gain of two hundred and fifty billion. Moreover, having three hundred billion in cash would aid the construction of the upcoming Kyoto new energy plant significantly, not to underestimate the value of three hundred billion in cash.

And for Cao Jinse, it was equally a profitable deal, acquiring a product destined to appreciate at current market value was a risk-free investment and aligned with her desires, at most requiring a bit more cost.

Not completely a win-win.

At least both parties could accept it psychologically, maintaining basic propriety.

"... I can’t put together that much money."

After examining him for a while, Princess Cao spoke calmly, betraying no hint of her thoughts.

It was indeed a joke.

Even if she couldn’t, she had a big brother teaching at Kyoto University backing her.

Yet.

Perhaps Princess Cao didn’t want to casually seek help from family.

"Heaven and Earth Bank can loan it to you."

Brilliant!