Chapter 135: Threat and Temptation

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"Who is she?"

Looking at the photo of a handsome and beautiful girl in a blue dress, Al Bewen wondered.

"Her name is Olivia Eisley, your sister's classmate at the Royal Academy of Arts, and the only daughter of Rick Eisley, the owner of the Greek football league giants Olympiacos!"

"I see!"

Al Beverin nodded abruptly. But soon he came back to his senses and looked at the man sitting across from him with a strange expression, "You don't want to...?"

"That's what you think!" Guo Shouyun nodded affirmatively.

"No, absolutely not!"

Al Bewyn immediately shook his head.

"Why not. You are not married, she is not married. The two of you are not much older. And Olivia is still so beautiful. What's more, she also has a father who is the owner of the Olipiacos team! Don't you think this is a fate given to you by God?" Guo Shouyun encouraged vigorously.

"I'm a fan of free love!" said Al Bevan, straining his neck.

"Bullshit free love, I am your brother-in-law, and I have the right to express correct opinions and suggestions on your marriage problems!"

"My sister hasn't married you yet!"

"Anyway, it's sooner or later. Moreover, if you dare to refuse, I will dare to withdraw my investment!"

"You... You're a scoundrel!" said Al Bevan angrily.

"Whoever has money is the uncle, I'll be a hooligan, what should you do!" Guo Shouyun hugged his arms, leaned back on the sofa behind him, and said triumphantly.

But his pride didn't take two seconds before he turned into anger.

"If you dare to withdraw your investment, I will dare to ask my sister to leave you!"

"You damn bastard!" Guo Shouyun leaned forward and glared at the other party angrily.

"You rascal!"

Not to be outdone, Al Bevan glared back.

The two of them were short of breath, and after half a time of eye contact, they pursed their lips and leaned back.

"Tell me, how are you willing to chase Olivia?"

"Why do you have to chase her?" said Al Bevan with a frown.

"She is the daughter of the owner of the Olympiacos team. If you marry her, it will be good for the future development of the sports economic company we have formed!" Guo Shouyun said.

"Don't lie to me, you have no interest in the so-called sports economy at all. If you hadn't pursued my sister and wanted to win me over by the way, you wouldn't have invested $5 million in me at all. Oh, by the way, you told me in September, don't deny it!"

Guo Shouyun tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said in his heart: "Why is this little bastard's memory so good!"

"Forget it, forget it!" Guo Shouyun waved his hand casually, "Since you have asked this, then I will not hide it from you." These days in Athens, Olivia pesters your sister every day, so that we don't even have a chance to get close, and I annoy her... Also, after knowing that she is the daughter of the owner of the Olympiacos team, I thought of you. Although you guys are a little unreliable, you still look quite handsome. ”

Al Bewen, who was about to get angry, endured it after being praised.

"So you're going to let me seduce Olivia?" said Al Bevan.

"Don't say it so ugly! Look at it, look at this picture, what a beautiful girl. The two of you are together, not to mention the talent and beauty, but also to help your career. Why not!" After a pause, Guo Shouyun glanced at Al Bewen, whose expression was uncertain, "Moreover, even if you want to chase, people may not agree!"

"What did she not say yes to. The young master is handsome and chic, and he is also a top student of Columbia, and his future is even brighter, like me, she can't find it with a lantern!"

"It's still easy to use the agitation method!"

Thinking of this, Guo Shouyun continued: "People are parents but billionaires, what about you?"

"I...?" Al Bevan's face froze, this was his irrefutable bruise, although Bevan's family was not bad, all the assets added up to no more than 1 million pounds, let alone billionaires.

"I'm going to be a billionaire too! Besides, how can I inherit a wealth that is comparable to being a self-made man!" said Al Bevan.

"The key is that people are fine clothes and food now, and you are still a young head studying in college, as for starting from scratch, that is a matter of the future. ”

"Damn, are you trying to hit me?"

Al Bevern exasperated.

"I didn't mean that, just a little reminder to you. After the words fell, Guo Shouyun stood up and walked to Al Bewen's side, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, this is a great opportunity for you to save 20 years of struggle and enter the upper class society once, you must not miss it!"

“… Think about it and let me know when you decide... What a great opportunity, if it weren't for the fact that I already had your sister, I would have wanted to go on it myself!"

Looking at Guo Shouyun's back walking towards the study, Al Bewen's expression became cloudy.

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"Boss, here's his phone!"

After closing the door, Matthew took Al Bevan's mobile phone out of his pocket and put it in front of Guo Shouyun.

After a few brief glances, "You go out to look at him, notify me in time if there is any situation!"

"Yes!"

After watching Matthew go out, Guo Shouyun sat down on the chair behind his desk. With what he knew about Al Bevan, if nothing else, he would choose Olivia. Because this guy is just like himself, he is a pragmatist.

"Jingle bell...!"

Just then, his cell phone rang suddenly.

took it out and glanced at the caller ID, Guo Shouyun quickly connected.

"Christopher, is there anything wrong with calling me at this time?"

"Bruce, our acquisition talks with Bloomsbury Publishing have come to an end!" said Christopher Ritter.

"Oh?"

Guo Shouyun's mind instantly gathered.

Since the founding of Thorn Bird Publishing, Bloomsbury, who had lost the rights to distribute the follow-up to Harry Potter, has had a hard time.

Although the company has expanded several times with the profits made from the first four Harry Potter books, it has not had the bonus of bestsellers, and it lacks stamina. With two millennia largely over, Bloomsbury generated only £21 million in revenue and £2.8 million in profit. This figure is only slightly higher than in '99.

What's more, the loss of Guo Shouyun, a best-selling author who rose like a comet, made the executives of Bloomsbury Publishing Company regret it a lot.

Looking at the Thorn Bird, with Rowling and Guo Shouyun, it has created a revenue of $1.6 billion and a net profit of $256 million in no more than a year since its establishment! This huge contrast made Nigel Newton fall into a complex contradiction when he received the merger and acquisition offer from Thorn Bird.

On the one hand, there is the regret of missing the opportunity, and the chagrin of not being willing to accept the company's acquisition. On the one hand, he was hesitant to take this opportunity to join the new giant of the publishing industry, which rose like a comet.

In his ambivalence, the two sides talked intermittently for more than two months. Now it seems that the results are finally there.

"Nigel Newton agreed to our terms?" Guo Shouyun said.

"Yes! And it's a little better than I thought. ”

"Oh, tell me about it!"

After a promise, "$24 million plus 1 million Class A shares of the new company!"

"It's a lot better than before!"

Guo Shouyun nodded. At its current revenue, its total assets are close to $2 billion. Although it will have an impact because of the relatively short period of existence, it is definitely more than 1.5 billion. Bloomsbury, on the other hand, has only one-fiftieth of the Thorn Bird's revenue, with total assets of no more than $30 million.

Based on the total share capital of 100 million of Thorn Bird, 1 million shares are equivalent to 1% of the equity, worth about 15 million, plus 24 million cash. This offer is worth more than the current Bloomsbury Press. However, compared to Nigel Newton's previous cashless use, the conditions for replacing the same shares of Thorn Bird with Bloomsbury are much better.

For a company like Thorn Bird, which is on the rise, it is always the shares that are more important than the money!