Chapter 145: After breaking off the engagement Mr. Si chased his wife to the crematorium!
Chapter 145: Monkey Business
Bai Zhenhai returned home in a sorry state.
Seeing his bruised and swollen appearance, Xu Aiqin exclaimed, "How did you end up like this? Did the Li family beat you up?"
Ignoring their identities as upper-class celebrities, they actually laid hands on the wealthiest man in Winter city, all for the sake of "Ting Yin"?
How uncouth!
"It was two self-righteous security guards..." Bai Zhenhai didn't want to discuss it further.
At this moment, he finally understood what it meant to be bullied like a tiger fallen to the plains, and he slumped on the sofa, muttering, "Today is the last day, after midnight, it's the end of the three-day limit."
"I don't believe that girl... that girl would dare to publish the fact that Yao Yao plagiarized her work online!"
"Ah..." Bai Zhenhai didn't say anything, just sighed heavily. He knew Ou Yan's character well. If the time came, she wouldn't consider any familial ties.
By nine o'clock in the evening, Bai Zhenhai's 14 shops and 4 luxury houses still couldn't be sold...
Ting Yin's lawyer called, "Mr. Bai, if we don't receive your compensation before midnight tonight, we will have to, as agreed beforehand, make public the fact that your daughter plagiarized Ting Yin's work."
"Don't... give me a little more time. The fact that the houses and shops aren't selling isn't my fault..."
"You have only three hours left." Ting Yin's agent lawyer finished speaking and hung up the phone.
Bai Zhenhai was desperate. He hadn't been able to sell them for three days, how could he in three hours?
Furthermore, it was already nine o'clock at night. Who would come to see houses and shops so late, and who would pay in full upfront?
He hurriedly called the real estate agent, "What's going on? Why aren't they selling?"
"Mr. Bai, I'm not sure. Perhaps the price is too high, and you're asking for full payment upfront..."
14 shops and 4 luxury houses, totaling 180 million, weren't affordable for ordinary people.
"Then what are we waiting for? Quickly reduce the price. Anyway, they must be sold by midnight tonight!"
After hanging up the phone, Bai Zhenhai watched as time slipped away...
It was ten o'clock...
Ten-thirty...
Eleven o'clock...
Xu Aiqin and Bai Muyao sat on the sofa, afraid to move...
By this time, there was still no news from the real estate agent!
Bai Muyao instinctively grabbed Xu Aiqin's clothes, trembling slightly, and asked softly, "Mom, will I ruin my reputation..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Although Xu Aiqin tried to console her, she had no confidence. It was already eleven o'clock, most likely, their shops and houses wouldn't sell!
Just then, Bai Zhenhai's phone rang. It was the real estate agent.
He was ecstatic, and even Xu Aiqin and Bai Muyao were excited. Finally, some good news!
"Did they sell?" Bai Zhenhai answered the phone and breathed a sigh of relief, smiling, "I knew my shops and houses would definitely sell. They're all in prime locations in the city center..."
"Mr. Bai... inquiries were numerous, but intentions to purchase were few, and only one person made an offer..." The real estate agent said somewhat awkwardly, "The buyer, Mr. Wu, said if the 14 shops and 4 houses were priced at 80 million in total, he'd buy them."
"80 million? Is he out of his mind? My houses and shops are worth 180 million. He wants to buy them for 80 million? Is he trying to take advantage of us?"
"Mr. Bai, it's late already. Please consider it. I'm worried about what might happen later..."
"No way!" Bai Zhenhai angrily hung up the phone.
Hearing the news, Xu Aiqin and Bai Muyao couldn't help but be angry. "He wants us to reduce the price by a hundred million in one go? He's insane! You can't snatch money like this!"
"Wait a little longer, it's not urgent..." Although Bai Zhenhai said so, his heart was uneasy, and he had a bad feeling about it.
On the other side, Ou Yan received the news and knowing Bai Zhenhai's refusal, she smirked and quietly instructed something.
By eleven o'clock in the evening...
Bai Zhenhai's phone suddenly rang again, and the three of them got excited again. Bai Zhenhai didn't even bother to check the caller ID, he just answered, "How's it going? Did they sell?"
"Mr. Bai, I'm Ting Yin's proxy lawyer. You have half an hour left. I've sent you the prepared notice via text message. When the time is up, we will release it."
"Don't, please..." Bai Zhenhai's words weren't finished, and the other party hung up again.
In the text message, Ting Yin's side wrote about Bai Muyao's plagiarism in a very embarrassing way. If it was released, the Bai family would be in big trouble!
Xu Aiqin took the phone and read the message with Bai Muyao, both wearing the same anxious and heavy expression...
At eleven forty-five in the evening...
Xu Aiqin began to plead, "What about selling it to Mr. Wu for 80 million? After all, Yao Yao's reputation is more important..."
Knowing they would suffer a big loss, but having no choice...
Otherwise, if Ou Yan really exposed Yao Yao's embarrassment, everyone in the country would know!
Then, the ones who would suffer would be them, the parents, and the Bai family business...
Bai Zhenhai was very reluctant, looking very distressed.
"Money is just an external thing. Besides, if Mom leaves shares to Yao Yao in the future, won't our value rise again?"
"Sell it. Yao Yao's reputation is important."
"Zhenhai, there's no time! Even if he pays in full upfront, it takes time!"
"Don't hesitate!"
"Sell it!"
...
Under Xu Aiqin's persuasion and pleading, Bai Zhenhai finally, reluctantly, picked up the phone and called the agent.
When the agent heard that he was willing to sell, he hurriedly contacted Mr. Wu. After a while, he called Bai Zhenhai, saying in a difficult tone, "Mr. Bai... Mr. Wu said if it's 70 million, he'll buy."
"What? Wasn't it 80 million? Why reduce it again?" Bai Zhenhai was really angry. "Ask him, how much are shops and luxury houses in the same area worth? We're already giving them such a big advantage, and they still want us to reduce? Do they think we're indispensable? Are they playing us for fools?"
"Mr. Bai, please don't be angry..."
"Not selling!" Bai Zhenhai hung up the phone in anger once again.
Knowing he wasn't going to sell, Xu Aiqin and Bai Muyao became anxious, begging urgently...
It was already eleven fifty, if they didn't sell it now,
once the notice was released, it would be too late to sell!
"That Mr. Wu is simply playing us for monkeys..." Bai Zhenhai was furious.
Xu Aiqin and Bai Muyao tearfully pleaded with him. Finally, Bai Zhenhai, feeling very reluctant, picked up his phone again. "70 million is 70 million. I want him to pay the full amount upfront. Send me the money now!"
Because Bai Zhenhai had already signed the papers for the shops and houses, as long as the other party bought them back and signed, the contract would take effect.
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