Starting Sign-In from a Billionaire God Chapter 1510 - 1509: The Gap

Under Wei Tiansheng’s harsh questioning, Wei Jiansheng didn’t dare hide it anymore and had no choice but to explain how he’d failed.

Originally, this was supposed to be foolproof. Wei Jiansheng had already settled things with Li Jianshui, the chairman of Jinyu Group, who held 40% of the shares. And within the Company, Li Jianshui had a pretty good relationship with the shareholders; you could say he was someone everyone responded to when he called. After all, Jinyu Group was already on the verge of bankruptcy—they were all on the same boat, and apart from listening to Li Jianshui, the shareholders really had no other options.

According to Wei Jiansheng’s plan, as long as he got control of Li Jianshui, he could take down Jinyu Group at the lowest possible cost.

That’s how it played out at first—everything went very smoothly. He just gave Li Jianshui an extra 10 million, and Li Jianshui then made up his mind to sell Jinyu Group to Wangu, directly rejecting Ruofan Capital’s acquisition offer.

At the beginning, it was Ruofan Capital, jointly funded by Lin Fan and Feng Ruolan, that first extended an olive branch to Jinyu Group. At that time, in the eyes of the industry, Jinyu Group was nothing but garbage—trash nobody wanted.

Ruofan Capital’s olive branch quickly drew attention.

Jinyu Group was also delighted; the Company was about to go bankrupt, so having someone willing to acquire them really was fantastic news.

It was said that Li Jianshui was already planning to rush to Yun City to visit Feng Ruolan and negotiate the acquisition, eager to sell the Company as quickly as possible.

But just as Li Jianshui was about to set out, Wangu Group suddenly cut in midway.

Very soon, Li Jianshui was won over by Wei Jiansheng.

You could say that this time, Wei Jiansheng’s interception was beautifully executed, making Ruofan Capital suffer a dumb loss.

In this battle for control, the first to win a round was Wei Jiansheng.

This was also why Wei Tiansheng and Wei Jiansheng had been so pleased earlier; they thought this time victory was in the bag, already nailed down. Wei Jiansheng had immediately reported it to Wei Tiansheng, with a bit of a show-off attitude, and Wei Tiansheng had even praised him for doing a beautiful job.

So how did it suddenly end in failure?

Wei Tiansheng was genuinely baffled.

Wei Jiansheng said, "Father, actually, as far as I know, Ruofan Capital didn’t take Jinyu Group that seriously. After I secured Li Jianshui, Feng Ruolan directly gave up..."

"Hmph!"

Wei Tiansheng said coldly, "So you got complacent? Business warfare is no less than a real battlefield—this is a war without gunpowder, and it’s even more brutal than the battlefield, killing without a trace. It’s just as much about strategy! Ruofan Capital must have deliberately pretended not to care, then worked behind the scenes. What did they do?"

This time, though, Wei Tiansheng actually misjudged it—Feng Ruolan truly didn’t care that much about Jinyu Group.

At the start, the reason she extended an olive branch to Jinyu Group was simply because, while evaluating investment projects, she accidentally discovered Jinyu Group and felt that this Company could still be saved, that there was profit to be made. But later, when Golden Jade rejected her acquisition offer, Feng Ruolan just dropped it. After all, for her, there were plenty of projects; one more or one less didn’t matter. She wasn’t that attached to it.

The one who really cared about Jinyu Group was Lin Fan.

This was something even Feng Ruolan hadn’t known beforehand. Only after Li Zixia personally went to Longheng Group to visit her did Feng Ruolan realize just how much importance Lin Fan placed on Jinyu Group.

So only then did Feng Ruolan begin helping Li Zixia plan, and in the end, they seized back control of the Company.

Since Lin Fan wanted Jinyu Group, Feng Ruolan would unconditionally support him. Lin Fan was her god-brother, and she doted on him a lot. Known as a "little-brother protection maniac," Feng Ruolan finally made her move.

So in this case, Wei Tiansheng’s assumption that Feng Ruolan was just putting on an act and scheming in secret was wrong.

Wei Jiansheng felt his father made sense and was deeply annoyed; his father was right—this time, he’d underestimated the enemy.

Since Ruofan Capital had set their sights on Golden Jade and had been the first to reach out, there had to be a reason. How could they just give up so easily? His opponent, Feng Ruolan, was also a famously vicious queen of finance—did she look like someone who gives up easily?

He’d been careless!

Wei Jiansheng regretted it bitterly.

"Father, I understand now. That Feng Ruolan is just there to mislead us and cover for what they were really doing. The key to success or failure this time still lies with that brat Lin Fan!" Wei Jiansheng said, suddenly enlightened.

Wei Tiansheng said, "What did that brat Lin Fan do?"

Wei Jiansheng said, "Didn’t Jinyu Group’s boss, Li Huashan, die a year ago? And his daughter, Li Zixia, also disappeared—no trace of her for a whole year! Everyone speculated that she might already be dead as well, just that no body was found. Originally, Li Zixia was Golden Jade’s heir. After she disappeared, the Company was temporarily managed by Li Jianshui. Barring any accidents, as long as we got control of Li Jianshui, we’d have Jinyu in the bag. Unless..."

Wei Tiansheng’s expression changed. "Unless Li Zixia reappeared!"

Worthy of being a big shot, Wei Tiansheng instantly saw the crux of the issue.

Wei Jiansheng said, "Yes. Li Zixia really did reappear. Father, do you know why she suddenly came back? It turns out that brat Lin Fan actually went to the United Kingdom himself and found Li Zixia. She was still alive—and he really managed to find her."

Wei Tiansheng: "..."

He was speechless.

He began thinking: if this matter hadn’t been left in Wei Jiansheng’s hands and he had personally taken charge instead, what would he have done?

Wei Jiansheng’s approach was to secure Li Jianshui. That was indeed the most obvious answer and very advantageous for the Wei Family. The Wei Family could handle Li Jianshui more easily than Feng Ruolan could.

Lin Fan’s approach, however, was to look for Li Zixia. That was basically a hidden ultimate move, but one that came with very high risk, with success odds only about fifty-fifty.

Because Li Zixia had been missing for more than a year, no one knew whether she was even still alive. If Lin Fan couldn’t find her, or if she was already dead, then Lin Fan would lose without a doubt. But if he did manage to find her, then with this ultimate trump card in hand, he could turn the tables with a single strike.

Just by comparing the strategies of Wei Jiansheng and Lin Fan, you can see the gap between the two.

It’s obvious that Lin Fan had the bigger heart and more of the bearing needed to accomplish big things. Wealth comes from danger; without a spirit of taking big risks, how can you seek wealth and success?

And as for Wei Jiansheng, not only did he avoid taking any big risks, he didn’t even think of them. He never once took Li Zixia seriously!

To Wei Jiansheng, Li Zixia was just someone who had disappeared and was probably dead, not worth his attention at all.

The gap here was enormous!

The gap between Wei Jiansheng and Lin Fan was enormous.

Wei Tiansheng was in a terrible mood. If Lin Fan were his son, he’d be so happy he’d wake up laughing in his sleep. Unfortunately, his own son simply wasn’t a match for Lin Fan.

So if this matter had been handled personally by Wei Tiansheng, would he have done better than Wei Jiansheng?

Maybe he wouldn’t have been able to find Li Zixia either, but at the very least he would have paid attention to her, instead of ignoring her completely like Wei Jiansheng did.

You could say that Wei Jiansheng wasn’t even on par with Wei Tiansheng—so how could he compete with that brat Lin Fan!

With a sigh in his heart, Wei Tiansheng thought that perhaps he should accept reality: his son simply couldn’t compare to Lin Fan!

It wasn’t that Wei Jiansheng was useless; it was that that brat Lin Fan was just too strong!