I'm back in 1990

Chapter 552: The Return of the Great Sea

Following the updates on Cola Novels has never been so enjoyable.

However, Xue Xiangsheng never expected that his granddaughter had already thought of this and had formed an alliance with his capable assistant before coming to see him.

After receiving Xue Xiangsheng's tacit approval, Zhang Yun left the Xue family's old house and went to a conference room at a hotel in Sentosa, where her team, which she had gathered from the United States, was already waiting for her.

After meeting, Zhang Yun immediately got to work.

"Steven, have you contacted the banks that have loaned money to the Xue family?"

A white man in his thirties with a full beard, who was mentioned, responded, "These banks will come to discuss the transfer of Xue Group's loan claims with us at 9 a.m. tomorrow."

Zhang Yun nodded in satisfaction: "Very good!"

Then she asked a young woman with brown hair and blue eyes, who had her hair tied in a high ponytail, "Yoranda, have you prepared the filing for the China Securities Regulatory Commission?"

Yulanda replied efficiently, "It's ready. You can take a look first. If there are no problems, we can submit it to the Securities and Futures Commission after the shareholders' meeting resolution is released."

Zhang Yun clapped her hands in satisfaction: "Very good!"

Then she turned to an Asian woman wearing black-rimmed glasses and a business suit and asked, "Su Hong, have you contacted the media?"

"Everything is ready, we're just waiting for your instructions."

Zhang Yun nodded in satisfaction.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a lot to do tonight, now..."

Zhang Yun is going to launch a blitzkrieg this time. She wants to acquire all of Xue's Group's debts within 72 hours. Then she can use these debts to demand a shareholders' meeting to announce the conversion of these debts into shares, also known as capital increase or debt-to-equity swap. After the shareholders' meeting resolution is passed, she will immediately file with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and then start media publicity.

Zhang Yun intended to use this swift and decisive action to quickly seize control of the Xue Group.

The following afternoon, Zhang Yun flew to Hong Kong to meet with Charlie Cho.

"What?"

After Zhang Yun explained her purpose to Cao Charlie, Cao Charlie was momentarily confused about what this woman wanted to do.

They actually said they wanted to buy the debt of Xue's oil refinery from Dadao Group?

What does this mean?

However, Cao Charlie couldn't make the decision on this matter. He said to Zhang Yun, "Catherine, you know that Mr. Huang instructed me to handle this matter. I have no right to transfer the Xue family's oil refinery's claims to you without authorization."

Zhang Yun smiled slightly: "Then call him now and tell him that I'm the one who wants to buy Xue's Refining debt."

This is a matter of great importance, and Cao Charlie will definitely need to consult and report to Huang Xiaochuan.

After receiving Cao Charlie's call, Huang Xiaochuan pondered for a moment. At first, he did not expect Zhang Yun to want to take control of the Xue family through this opportunity. Instead, he thought that Zhang Yun wanted to help the Xue family overcome its difficulties. Besides, she was fully capable of doing so now.

After considering it for a while, Huang Xiaochuan decided to give up the acquisition of Xue's oil refinery project. If Zhang Yun got involved, wouldn't that just lead to internal strife between the two of them? Since that's the case, there's no need to insist on acquiring Xue's oil refinery anymore.

So he agreed: "Okay."

Not long after, Huang Xiaochuan suddenly thought of a possibility and immediately dialed Zhang Yun's number.

"Do you want to take over the entire Xue family?"

"Yes!" Zhang Yun answered Huang Xiaochuan's question and then hung up the phone. At this moment, she was on her way to the airport. She still had to go to Japan to communicate with another important shareholder of Xue's Group. This shareholder held 4% of Xue's Group's shares. It would be best to acquire the shares under his name, or at the very least, obtain his authorization documents. If this reclusive shareholder hadn't refused to attend the shareholders' meeting in person, Zhang Yun wouldn't have had to make this trip.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yun leaned back in her large chair and dozed off for a while. She hadn't slept a wink last night, and this morning she had met with executives from several banks to discuss matters. Then she flew to Hong Kong, having eaten lunch on the plane. And tonight she had to fly back to Singapore, so her time was very tight.

The negotiations with the banks in the morning went very smoothly. After Zhang Yun showed them a portion of her assets, including but not limited to stocks, securities, and cash, held in banks such as Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, and UBS in the United States, the banks unanimously agreed to sell their claims on the Xue Group to Zhang Yun. After all, this was a good thing for them. Once Zhang Yun took control of the Xue Group under the guise of capital increase and share expansion, the Xue Group would have sufficient cash flow. For the banks, having one more high-quality customer was much better than having several bad debts.

At the same time in Singapore, Xue Xiangsheng summoned his capable lieutenant, Qiao Jingzhi, the president of the Xue Group, to his home.

The elderly Xue Xiangsheng tried to appeal to Qiao Jingzhi's emotions.

"Jingzhi! You've been with the Xue family for over thirty years, haven't you?"

"Jingzhi! You've been with the Xue family for over thirty years, haven't you?"

Qiao Jingzhi replied respectfully, "Chairman, you are right, it has been thirty-six years."

"Hehe! You're a veteran of the Xue Group, that's quite an achievement!" Xue Xiangsheng said with emotion, patting Qiao Jingzhi's hand.

Qiao Jingzhi remained respectful and said, "I owe my success today entirely to your promotion and cultivation, Chairman."

Qiao Jingzhi had already guessed why the current true controller of the Xue Group had summoned him.

Sure enough, after exchanging pleasantries, we got down to business.

Xue Xiangsheng told Qiao Jingzhi his intentions and hoped he would cooperate, and made many promises.

Unfortunately, Qiao Jingzhi had already made his choice. In Qiao Jingzhi's opinion, Xue Xiangsheng was too old, and Xue Bingkang was useless and incompetent. Zhang Yun, on the other hand, had both economic strength and the advantage of age. Moreover, the conditions Zhang Yun agreed to were much better than those promised by Xue Xiangsheng.

Yesterday, Zhang Yun told Qiao Jingzhi her entire plan to transform the Xue Group, a family business, into a modern conglomerate. Once the Xue Group is transformed into a giant modern conglomerate as Zhang Yun designed, Qiao Jingzhi, who assisted Zhang Yun in successfully taking over the Xue Group, will naturally make an indispensable contribution, and his future interests will be maximized.

However, in front of Xue Xiangsheng, Qiao Jingzhi acted as if he was completely obedient.

Huang Xiaochuan naturally had no right to interfere with Zhang Yun's actions, and ultimately it was a matter between Zhang Yun and her maternal grandfather's family.

Recently, he turned down several less important academic conferences. He found that the saying "people are afraid of becoming famous, just as pigs are afraid of getting fat" is absolutely true. Now he is no longer a minor figure in the domestic economics community. After all, he is currently the only economist in China to be nominated for the "John Bates Clark Prize". Moreover, this award is only given to scholars under the age of 40, making the competition fierce and favoring those with outstanding early academic achievements.

However, Huang Xiaochuan has already met both of these conditions. As for whether he will win the award, we can only wait until the day the awards are announced.

Therefore, he was given the title of an internationally renowned economist, and naturally he received even more invitations than before.

However, this internationally renowned economist is currently at home busy taking care of his children!

Educational theory states that the father is an indispensable and important figure in a child's growth.

Huang Xiaochuan wholeheartedly agreed, so he tried his best to be a good father to his two children. It was his first time being a father, and he bought a lot of books on parenting and education, just like the saying that circulated online in his previous life: "Raise the first child by the book, raise the second child like a pig."

Huang Xiaochuan was reading the latest economics journal while playing with his two children under the tree. After a while, the little girl came running over.

"dad!"

Huang Xiaochuan put down the magazine and looked at the little girl, whose face was flushed from playing: "What's wrong? Are you thirsty?"

"I want an ice cream!" the little girl asked her father.

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan turned his head away as if he hadn't heard, because his wife had already given instructions in advance that the little girl was only allowed to eat cold drinks once a day. This was because the little girl had once secretly eaten a whole box of ice cream weighing about 500 grams by herself, and then had diarrhea to the point of almost collapsing. So ever since then, Yu Xiang had told everyone in the family to strictly control the little girl's intake of cold drinks, and that she was not allowed to eat them when they were out of season.

Seeing that her own father was ignoring her, the little girl knew she wouldn't get the cold drink. With a quick thought, she made another request to her father.

"Can I have yogurt?"

"Of course," Huang Xiaochuan got up and went to get yogurt for her and Huang Zeji, and also got a bottle for himself. It was made by the family's housekeeper. Huang Xiaochuan was really terrified of the name melamine, so his family's fresh milk was all freshly squeezed from the dairy farm and then bought directly, because he always bought a lot and it would be a waste to throw away what he couldn't finish.

The family's nanny happened to know how to make yogurt, so the milk came in handy. Moreover, Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Xiang often gave away the extra yogurt.

Ding Yi got addicted to it and would come every few days to scavenge some to take away.

After the little girl happily drank her yogurt, Huang Xiaochuan realized his mistake. Yogurt needs to be refrigerated after it's made, just like a cold drink. Now that the little girl was happily drinking it, it was already in her mouth. Was he going to snatch it back from her? Huang Xiaochuan couldn't bring himself to do that, so he had no choice but to let the little girl have her way.

Just as Huang Xiaochuan was reflecting on his actions, Lao Huang called, his voice filled with joy.

Upon hearing that Huang Dahai had returned from visiting his family in the army, Huang Xiaochuan was naturally delighted and immediately agreed: "Big brother is back? Great! I understand. We'll go over after Yu Xiang gets off work."

That evening, Huang Xiaochuan took Yu Xiang and their two children to his parents' house. Huang Dahai, dressed casually, was chatting with his father in the living room. When he saw Huang Xiaochuan and his family of four arrive, Huang Dahai stood up and greeted Huang Xiaochuan.

"Brother, when did you get back? Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

Huang Dahai laughed and said, "I wanted to give you a surprise this time, so I didn't call you."

Old Huang told Huang Xiaochuan the reason: "Your older brother has been transferred to Shanghai!"

Huang Xiaochuan asked excitedly, "Really?"

Huang Dahai smiled and nodded: "Staff Officer of the Eastern Fleet Shanghai Base Command."

At this moment, the elderly mother, Zeng Lijuan, suddenly spoiled the mood by saying, "A staff officer without a chief is like a fart that makes no sound!"

Old Huang glared at Zeng Lijuan unhappily: "Where did you hear all this crooked nonsense?"

Zeng Lijuan didn't think her words were inappropriate; on the contrary, she argued, "That's what they say on TV." Actually, Zeng Lijuan's idea was that she didn't want her son to stay in the army anymore. She wanted him to transfer back to civilian life while he was still young, and with her youngest son's abilities, arranging a good job for his older brother would be no problem at all.

However, Jiang Rong was very unhappy after hearing her mother-in-law's words. Her mother-in-law's words clearly looked down on her eldest son. So what if she has a rich younger son? What's there to show off!

Jiang Rong, caught off guard, retorted, "Mom! That's just a line from a TV show, don't take it seriously. Dahai is already a deputy regimental commander, which is equivalent to a deputy division chief in the local government."

Zeng Lijuan, feeling she couldn't lose face as a mother-in-law, was about to retort to her daughter-in-law when Huang Xiaochuan stopped her.

"Mom, my sister-in-law is right. Staff officers also have ranks. If this were a regional command, my brother's staff officer position might be at the division level! Moreover, when superiors promote and appoint cadres, they also look at whether they have experience in grassroots and headquarters work. I think my brother might be promoted soon. Just watch, my brother's position as a full regimental commander won't be far away."

Upon hearing Huang Xiaochuan's words, Jiang Rong was overjoyed; her brother-in-law really knew how to talk.

The happiest person when Huang Dahai returned was Jiang Rong. After being separated for so many years, only Jiang Rong herself knew the bitterness of it. Fortunately, her parents-in-law were generous and took good care of her. At least Jiang Rong never had to worry about money. Now she has learned to drive and drives to and from get off work, which makes many teachers at the school envious.

The only downside was that her husband wasn't around. Now that he's back, they can finally live as a family of three and no longer have to envy other people's families.

Huang Xiaochuan's words made the whole family very happy.

Huang Dahai patted Huang Xiaochuan on the shoulder: "Professor Huang, impressive! You seem to know quite a bit about military matters!"

Huang Xiaochuan replied, "Brother, put your hand on your heart and tell me, over the years, how much military supplies have I sent to your troops? Not to mention televisions, washing machines, and refrigerators, every year during holidays, tons and tons of chicken, duck, fish, beef, and mutton are sent to your troops. Do you think I just send you things and know nothing about your affairs?"

Huang Dahai knew all this, of course. To be honest, if it weren't for these supplies and his own hard work over the years, how could he have risen to the position of deputy regimental commander so quickly, and even been transferred to the Eastern Fleet with his former leader? Half of the credit went to his younger brother.

Thinking of this, Huang Dahai affectionately put his arm around his younger brother's shoulder and said, "I really have to thank you for this. How about I toast you a few more drinks tonight?"

Seeing that their two sons have such a good relationship, the most gratified people are naturally Lao Huang and Zeng Lijuan.

However, after seeing this scene, they both thought of their second son, Huang Erhe, without prior agreement!