Joseph came to Lin Zitan's office that afternoon, which made Lin Zitan very curious about how Joseph, who is usually old and serious, and has been steady and steady for so many years, could suddenly be so eager this time.

"Hi, Daniel~" Joseph greeted Lin Zi as soon as he entered.

"Hi ~ Joseph, long time no see, please sit down~" Lin Zitan hurriedly got up and let Joseph sit down on the leather sofa in his office.

"Thank you~" Joseph handed one of the materials in his hand to Lin Zitan, and sat down generously.

Joseph and Lin Zitan have worked together for so many years, and the two have always been teachers and friends, and foreigners don't pay attention to those trivial etiquette, so they don't have any unfamiliar greetings when they meet.

"It seems that things are in a hurry, so I let you run by yourself!" Lin Zitan said with a light smile while casually flipping through the information in his hand.

"Yes, I'm here to show you this letter of intent to bid. You can take a general look at it first, and after reading it, I will tell you the specific reason why I came to you. Joseph said expectantly.

"Oh, then I'll take a look. ”

Saying that, Lin Zitan cautiously opened the folder, starting from the preliminary promotion materials provided by the seller, and then carefully read the first round of bidding documents page by page.

"Bioenergy projects, bioethanol and biofuels, do you really think I would be interested in such an investment?" After about ten minutes, Lin Zitan finally raised his head from the pile of documents, puzzled.

"That's right, it's a new energy company, and it's also the industry I've ever been most familiar with, bioethanol is the fermentation of microorganisms that converts various biomass into fuel alcohol, which can be made into ethanol gasoline alone or blended with gasoline as a car fuel.

This is the direction that I have been working on since I was in college, and then I set up a new energy company to develop and promote bioethanol, but then my company suffered a big change, although all my research results were stolen.

But I've always believed that second-generation biofuel ethanol, which uses lignocellulose as a feedstock, is the key to determining the large-scale replacement of oil in the future. Joseph said excitedly.

"And then? You want to buy this company? But it seems that they have the intention of opening their mouths, are you really sure that this company has the value of buying?" Lin Zitan thought of what happened to Joseph back then, and he couldn't help but worry that he would be rash.

"Of course, the prospects for this company are very good, I didn't even expect them to sell this company at this time, I think they must have encountered an insurmountable bottleneck in development,

That's why I'm in a hurry, this is a very rare opportunity for me!" Joseph took a deep breath and tried to calm himself, but his tone was firm and authentic.

"The price is 127.5 million? Have you evaluated this price with a professional team? With your current strength, you should be able to take it, right?"

Lin Zitan is completely ignorant of new energy, so he doesn't want to decide whether to invest or not because of Joseph's words, especially since every project in his hand is relatively stable now, and he doesn't want to make any investment in high-risk industries or projects for the time being.

"We can barely take a part of the capital we have in hand to borrow from the bank, but the follow-up operating funds are relatively tight, so I want to say that maybe you are interested in doing it with us.

I guarantee this is definitely a promising industry, and the cost of production is expected to be around $0.53/litre after cellulosic fuel ethanol is commercially produced, which is slightly lower than the corn ethanol price.

In the past two years, major energy consuming countries have been competing to replace new energy sources of oil, and I believe that cellulosic fuel ethanol will soon enter the stage of large-scale production and market application......" Joseph said excitedly.

"I'm sorry, Joseph, I have to interrupt you, first of all, I don't know anything about this emerging industry, and then I have a lot of projects in my hands at the moment, and I've made some investments in Chinese mainland, so I'm afraid ......"

Although it was difficult to speak, Lin Zitan had to say in time that he had no intention of investing at all.

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"The last reason may be a bit far-fetched, and I don't even want to say it, but I still hope you will seriously consider it, because the owner of this company is Elsa's father,

And the one who has always supported the operation of their company is your stepfather Mike's former father-in-law, George Sr!" After saying that, Joseph rubbed his hands a little embarrassed and continued:

"I know I shouldn't be secretly trying to learn about your private information, but as a long-time partner, I had to. ”

Joseph gestured, trying to make the investigation of Lin Zitan a little more high-sounding, but after saying it, he still felt a little ashamed.

"So what do you know about me? I mean before you joined Hongrong Cargo. After listening to Joseph's words, Lin Zitan was silent for a while, frowned slightly, and said solemnly.

"Ahh......h There was nothing, because you had only been in the United States for a few years.

A child under the age of 20...... There's not much to know, so I always thought that the capital you invested was obtained from Mike, and the investigation showed that he did give you a start-up capital of $100,000.

As for the rest...... There's nothing special!" Joseph saw that Lin Zi was asking so seriously, so he had to tell the truth.

"This is a very detailed plan I made for this company, you can go back and take a good look, I promise, we will make a lot of money after we take over this company!"

Joseph stretched out his hand and handed Lin Zitan another document in his hand, and stood there swearing solemnly.

"No...... No, you didn't tell me the truth, Joseph. ”

"I, I've said it all!" Joseph stood there awkwardly, Lin Zitan didn't take his plan, just looked at him with heavy eyes.

"How do you know for sure I'm interested in this company as long as it's related to George Sr.? Elsa is just my ex-girlfriend, isn't her father's company at all, and doesn't appeal to me at all?

And you obviously know this, that's why you threw out the last sentence, that is, old George, let's say, how much do you know about me and the old George family, and what have you found?" Lin Zi said in a deep voice.

"This ...... I found out that the car accident between you and Zhang Jing was done by the old George family, oh yes, and...... The same is true for Zhang Jing's overtaking quilt. ”

In the face of Lin Zitan's aggressiveness, Joseph had to hesitate to take out the last bit of hole cards hidden.

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After Joseph left, Lin Zi sat on the sofa in the office for a long time without moving, he remembered the incident of falling into the sea, and the matter of Mike quickly selling the yacht,

That time, Zhang Jing was fined for speeding, was maliciously rear-ended, and the NYPD was busy for most of the night and failed to catch the murderer.

Coupled with the Audi car that Mike suddenly bought him after this series of events, all of this seemed to be unrelated, but now looking back, I found that all the clues were instantly clear.

"Mike, are you really that innocent?"

Lin Zitan thought about this series of things, even if Mike was not involved in it at the beginning, he was definitely an insider, not only about his fall into the sea, but also about everything that happened later!