Chapter 162: The Peninsula Hotel discusses the ransom! Brother Wen, are you sure?
Chapter 162: The Peninsula Hotel discusses the ransom! Brother Wen, are you sure?
"It's been nearly five hours since we committed the kidnapping, and you've only just called me. You're really patient! Let's get straight to the point. Name your price."
Just from this one sentence, Li Chaoren could tell that the other party must be the kidnapper in Li Zeju's kidnapping case.
If nothing unexpected happens, this call is to demand a ransom from Li Chaoren.
It can be said that the Li Zeju kidnapping case happened.
Li Chaoren had already made preparations for this.
For him, it was just a question of how much the ransom was.
But in Li Chaoren's opinion, even if the other party asked for a huge sum of money, it might not hurt the Li family at all.
That's why he was so calm in discussing the ransom with the other party.
"Mr. Li is indeed a straightforward person, but when talking to professionals, we should talk about professional matters."
"According to Changshi's financial reports in recent years, Li Chaoren has made tens of billions in the past two years, right? And more than five?"
Chen Wen chatted with Li Chaoren with a calm face, looking like a businessman.
This made Zhang Shihao next to him dumbfounded.
You know, this is Chen Wen negotiating the ransom with the other party.
If you don’t know, you might think that Chen Wen is an accountant working for someone else and is here to do the accounting!
"Haha~ You are really professional. Kidnapping my son is also considered as our company's profit in recent years. It seems that you want more than a small amount of money."
Li Chaoren was indeed a little surprised to hear Chen Wen's analysis.
But soon, he adjusted his thoughts. After all, the person on the other end of the phone was not discussing business with him but a kidnapper.
"I've told you all this, professionals should do professional things."
"Mr. Li is indeed a good money-maker, but I think Mr. Li's vision is the best."
"Since Mr. Li wants to take his son back so much, let's meet at the Peninsula Hotel at 10 a.m. tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, Chen Wen hung up the phone.
Good guy!
Brother Wen, are you sure this call is a blackmail call?
They didn't even discuss the specific ransom amount? Where was the agreed-upon amount of several hundred million?
Zhang Shihao witnessed the entire process of the negotiation between Chen Wen and Li Chaoran.
This also made him say that it was an eye-opener. Rather than saying it was a kidnapping and extortion call, it was more like a greeting call.
There is no doubt that they didn't even tell us the minimum amount of money. How can they be kidnappers?
Not to mention, Chen Wen directly set the date to tomorrow, and the location to be Peninsula Hotel?
Those who come in and out of the Peninsula Hotel are either rich or noble.
At the charity dinner, Chen Wen also met Li Zeju here.
But how could the security be poor in a place like this?
Not to mention, there are at least hundreds of people coming in and out of the Peninsula Hotel every day to discuss business.
Is Chen Wen going to trade ransom with the other party in such a situation?
Unable to figure it out, Zhang Shihao looked at Chen Wen with his big eyes: "Brother Wen, are you sure you just want the ransom? Not just to get a free meal?"
"What's there to eat there? It's not as good as the food stalls here."
Chen Wen looked at Zhang Shihao in front of him, and then called out to the brothers present: "Come on, I'll take you to eat."
"Brother Wen, where is that person? What should we do with him?"
Hearing this, one of the younger brothers came up and asked first.
Chen Wen just replied calmly: "What's the big deal? Even if his father comes, he can't leave Causeway Bay. Let's go."
However, on the other hand, Li Chaoren was no longer as calm as he was at the beginning.
After hanging up the phone, Li Chaoren lit a cigar for himself.
After finishing the cigar, he slowly spoke to Hong Xiaolian beside him, "You said, if the kidnappers don't want a ransom, why would they investigate our company's annual report?"
After hearing Li Chaoren's words, Feng Xiaolian shook her head subconsciously.
This was the first time she encountered such a thing.
"Could it be that the other party is afraid that the price will be too low, so they are looking for the annual report of Cheung Kong Holdings, trying every means to whet their appetite? Ask for more money?"
Hong Xiaolian said tentatively.
But soon, Li Chaoren's words interrupted Hong Xiaolian's guess.
While smoking a cigar, he continued to analyze: "If he wants more money, shouldn't he tell me how much he wants now? Otherwise, how can I get so much cash to give him?"
"Yeah, why did the other party do this?"
Hong Xiaolian had no choice but to repeat Li Chaoren's words.
There is no doubt that both people on the phone were confused.
Both Hong Xiaolian and Li Chaoren thought that this was just a simple kidnapping call.
But I never expected that the other party didn't even tell me the amount of the ransom.
According to normal procedures, the kidnappers will definitely offer a price at this time.
Even if the price is sky-high, it can be considered a normal process.
Chen Wen did not mention any amount during this phone call. Instead, he talked about Li Chaoren's business and Li Chaoren's business vision.
This is totally unrelated!
I guess no one except Chen Wen himself can figure out the purpose of his doing this.
……
The next day.
Ten o'clock in the morning.
Superman Li arrived at the Peninsula Hotel as scheduled.
As agreed, the driver waited outside the Peninsula Hotel without even his secretary.
However, Li Chaoren was not the only one who came here.
In addition to him, there was also Chen Jiaju who had been waiting outside the Li family.
Of course, Zhang Lijun was also on her way to the Peninsula Hotel.
According to Chen Wen's instructions, Li Chaoren found a seat by the window and sat down.
"Mr. Li, what would you like to drink?"
As soon as Li Chaoren sat down, the waiter immediately started asking questions.
However, before Li Chaoren could finish his words, his cell phone rang.
I answered the phone and it was Tian Yangsheng who made the call.
The content is certainly not about Chen Wen coming to the Peninsula Hotel to trade with Li Chaoren.
Instead, Tian Yangsheng followed Chen Wen's instructions and directed Li Chaoren to circle the entire Hong Kong Island.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Li Chaoren finally couldn't hold it anymore.
He said to Tian Yangsheng on the other end of the phone in a serious tone: "Where is the transaction?"
"Mr. Li, you've arrived. It's at the cafe on the first floor."
As soon as he said this, Li Chaoren immediately looked behind him.
Following his gaze, Chen Wen, who was sitting by the window, greeted Li Chaoren calmly.
An inexplicable sense of familiarity suddenly came over him, and the moment Li Chaoren looked up, he began to doubt his life.
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