Reborn with Consumption System-Chapter 499 - 231: Extra Charge Required_3

She had extended so many favors, only to get nothing in return, and she hated Han Lie’s guts for it.

But she was truly helpless when it came to Han Lie, not even daring to retract the resources she had offered.

The business connections for the modeling company were a favor Xiao Wu repaid to Han Lie. Even though it was her company, she couldn’t dare to interfere.

As a result, the Arts Department began to flourish, and the Li Yi Team became a hot commodity. All the pretty girls in school who lacked a specific skill were eager to join, with hopefuls showing up to inquire every day.

Han Lie had just reached the office door when he encountered two sophomore girls.

Good grief, when they saw Han Lie, their eyes practically shot flames, almost incinerating the "damned man" on the spot.

"Minister Han, you’re so charming!"

"Indeed! Who wouldn’t want another glance at the heartthrob of Humanities?"

Yin Qin and Qu Pingting immediately started teasing him, while the other girls giggled, openly appraising Han Lie, their boldness growing by the minute. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"’Is this the Pansi Cave?’" Han Lie retorted playfully, but he almost didn’t make it out of the office.

With so many women around, titles like ’God Lie’ or ’Father Lie’ held no sway over them.

However, Han Lie didn’t lose out. He took advantage of the chaos to give Yin Qin a swat on the rear, making her yelp.

Even though it wasn’t very productive, spending time in the Arts Department was genuinely enjoyable. Women of all personalities, looks, and physiques doted on Han Lie, the sole man in their midst. Tsk, tsk...

In such joy, who would pine for home!

He was having a blast until noon and was just about to treat them all to lunch when Liu Minghao arrived.

He went straight to the school, dragged Han Lie into Old Zhang’s office, and then, with a backhand move, kicked Old Zhang out.

"’You damn rascal!’" Old Zhang muttered, effectively ’leaving the chat group’ as he tucked his tail and headed to the cafeteria to arrange a private meal.

Liu Minghao started to discuss business. "I had someone do a preliminary investigation on Minggu Real Estate. I’ve gotten a general understanding of the situation. If you decide to proceed, I’ll have someone do professional due diligence and a financial audit."

Han Lie’s smile vanished. He nodded gravely. "Alright. Go on."

Minggu Real Estate was a relatively established medium-sized real estate company, locally based, having developed over ten commercial and residential projects.

The company’s assets were valued at around 18 billion, with debts of 14 billion—all approximate figures.

Gu Yong owned around 75% of the shares, with a net worth just over 3 billion.

His personal debts hadn’t been checked yet, but with the company’s net assets at 4 billion, the situation was still acceptable.

The need for financing arose because the new development project, Minggu • Ming Capital, lacked development funds.

Two billion would be enough for completion, two and a half billion would provide a comfortable margin, and if worse came to worst, even one and a half billion could see it through.

Liu Minghao shook his head with a smile. "If it weren’t for this year’s special circumstances, given Gu Yong’s connections with a certain bank, 500 million in cash would have been enough for him to manage his cash flow. Instead, he’s completely overwhelmed. Truly unlucky."

Han Lie pondered for a moment, then asked, "So, in your judgment, this deal is viable?"

"Yes!"

Han Lie then asked, "Such a rare opportunity, hasn’t anyone else targeted Gu Yong?"

Liu Minghao understood. He looked at Han Lie in surprise. How does this prodigy know everything?

His internal shock didn’t prevent him from replying as usual, "Not really. The other two shareholders of Minggu Real Estate can still lend some help when it counts. Those who are even slightly wary wouldn’t break the rules for this small amount of profit. Those who might be interested enough aren’t desperate enough to take such a risk. However, if he has to hold out for another six months into next year, the situation might change..."

Net assets of 4 billion are hardly ’this small amount of profit.’ However, a normal acquisition would require paying a premium, so they definitely wouldn’t profit by the full 4 billion.

Trying to bankrupt Gu Yong through irregular means would entail substantial other costs.

Most importantly, no one knows what the real estate market in Magic Capital will look like when the Minggu • Ming Capital project is completed.

So, for now, it truly isn’t worth scheming over.

But if Gu Yong’s financial chain completely snaps, leading to creditors swarming in, then Minggu Real Estate is definitely finished.

Han Lie now fully understood.

"So, if we can find the money, we can save Gu Yong’s life?"

"Correct." Liu Minghao nodded gravely. "It would save his entire family’s lives, and also secure two invaluable favors in return."

And so, Han Lie understood something else—those two shareholders didn’t have much money, but their influence was considerable. He couldn’t afford to dwell on it further; this was as far as he’d go. After all, Brother Lie just wanted to make money, and Gu Yong was a classic sucker.

"Fifteen percent is not enough!"

At the critical moment, the young man, not yet twenty, bared his sharp fangs.

"If you want me to drop private equity for ABS, you’ll have to offer at least eighteen percent!"

Liu Minghao’s eyes lit up, and he gave Han Lie a big thumbs-up.