funbook-pk Chapter 54 I didn't want your 2 million, I wanted 5 million.
Chapter 54 I didn't want your 2 million, I wanted 5 million.
"I believe they would be happy to watch you die, and then pay ten times the price to buy the knife that killed you."
Ten minutes felt like an eternity.
In the conference room, apart from the occasional tapping of Lin Yu's knuckles on the table, there were no other sounds.
The Penguin board members were sweating profusely, their eyes darting nervously between them, but none of them dared to be the first to speak.
Lin Yu's conditions were three major obstacles.
The first hurdle is money. But for penguins, problems that money can solve aren't really problems.
The second issue is profit. With half of the cost savings being taken away each year, it's as if most of Penguin's future growth is essentially working for Lin Yu.
The third issue is people. Ma Huayun is the group's vice president, a veteran, and one of them. Forcing them to clean house in front of everyone is trampling on Tencent's dignity.
Time passed by, second by second.
Lin Yu glanced at the countdown on his phone screen.
"One minute left."
He offered a casual reminder.
Chairman Ma suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes.
His eyes were bloodshot, but also filled with determination.
I promise you.
The three words were squeezed out from between his teeth, tinged with the smell of blood.
He made his choice.
They traded money and dignity for the company's right to survive.
"However, we cannot pay the compensation in one lump sum."
Chairman Ma attempted a final push, saying, "Two billion in cash is enough to shake our cash flow. I hope..."
"I didn't ask you for two billion."
Lin Yu interrupted him.
Everyone was stunned.
"I want five billion."
"boom!"
Mr. Ma felt a buzzing in his head. He abruptly stood up, staring intently at Lin Yu: "You...you're raising the price on the spot!"
"No."
Lin Yu shook his head, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp for the first time. "This is not compensation."
"This is a one-time technical consulting fee that I, Lin Yu, and the Singularity Algorithm behind me provided for Tencent, to save the company's future."
"Five billion to buy back your stock price, buy back your users, buy back your right to live."
"It's a great deal, isn't it?"
Looking into Lin Yu's unfathomable eyes, Chairman Ma felt as if all his strength had been drained away, and he slumped back into his chair.
He lost.
They were utterly humiliated.
"contract."
Lin Yu looked at Shen Yue.
Shen Yue immediately placed a pre-prepared contract with extremely strict terms in the center of the table.
Half an hour later.
The contract has been signed.
The moment Mr. Ma put pen to paper, he seemed to have aged ten years.
As Lin Yu prepared to get up and leave, Chairman Ma suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse: "One last question. Who... exactly are you?"
He couldn't believe that an eighteen-year-old boy could set up such a flawless killing trap.
Lin Yu stopped at the door of the conference room.
He didn't turn around, but left behind a chilling statement that sent shivers down everyone's spines.
"A person who likes to play games."
After saying that, he pushed open the door and went out.
All that remained was a room full of chaos and a crumbling internet empire.
……
The news couldn't be kept secret.
When Tencent announced a deep strategic partnership with Singularity Algorithm and paid 50 billion RMB in technology service fees, and Vice President Ma Huayun resigned from all positions for personal reasons, the entire Chinese technology and capital circles were shaken to their core.
Five billion!
Everyone thought they had misread the decimal point.
This is an unprecedentedly high service fee that a startup company could receive.
This is no longer an investment, this is a tribute!
In an instant, Lin Yu's name rose from genius and Challenge Cup champion to a new and awe-inspiring level.
—Capital predators.
—A new god of technology.
Jinghua University, the base for the Loongson project.
When Wang Lei looked at the long string of zeros on the company account that he couldn't count, he rolled his eyes and simply fainted from happiness.
After learning the news, Li Jianbin and his team fell into a long silence.
They finally understood why Lin Yu dared to speak so arrogantly and try to win them over with money.
Because this boy has the ability to print money out of thin air.
Inside the main control center.
Xia Zijing placed a bank card in front of Lin Yu.
"The money has arrived. Fifty billion, not a penny less."
Her voice remained cool and aloof, but if you listened carefully, you could detect a barely perceptible ripple.
Lin Yu picked up the card, didn't even look at it, and tossed it to Chen Jiefang next to him.
"Mr. Chen, this is the first batch of start-up capital."
Lin Yu said calmly, "The password is six eights. If that's not enough, ask me for more."
Chen Jiefang held the thin yet incredibly heavy bank card, his hand trembling slightly.
He dedicated his entire life to scientific research, running around tirelessly and exhausting himself, but the total funding he secured probably didn't even amount to one-tenth of this figure.
Now, a teenager has solved a problem that has plagued him for ten years in just one day.
"Good...good lad..."
Chen Jiefang's eyes reddened, and he said "good" twice.
Lin Yu didn't care about that; he was concerned about something else.
He looked at Xia Zijing: "Any news from Shen Yue?"
Xia Zijing nodded: "The German company's patent acquisition has entered the final bidding stage. Shen Yue has mobilized all of Sequoia's resources and is determined to win."
She had barely finished speaking when Lin Yu's phone rang.
It was Shen Yue calling.
"President Lin!" Shen Yue's voice was urgent and grave for the first time. "Something has happened."
Lin Yu frowned slightly.
"In Germany, we did acquire the patent. However, just an hour before we were to sign the contract, their core technical team, along with all the experimental data and samples, was poached by another company for an irresistible price!"
"The company poaching our employees is a newly registered offshore company with no traceable background. However, according to our informant, the source of the funds points to one place..."
Shen Yue took a deep breath and said the name.
"MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory"
"The person leading the charge is that AI prodigy, Kevin Sterling."
A genuine chill finally flashed in Lin Yu's eyes.
Salaries are drawn from the bottom of the pot.
He just used this trick to tear a piece of flesh off the penguin.
In the blink of an eye, his rival across the ocean gave him a taste of his own medicine in the same way.
You buy a patent, but you can't acquire the technology and people to implement it.
It's like buying a treasure map, only to find that the treasure has already been taken.
"interesting."
Lin Yu muttered to himself, a cold smile curving his lips.
He knew that the real fun was just beginning.