Chapter 150 United in Heart and Mind
Oliver sacrificed ten million dollars in profit to repay part of the life-saving favor from Skyview and even got Skyview to collaborate with him. This was more than just a fair deal – it was truly invaluable!
It also showed Oliver's loyalty. People said that a life-saving favor should be repaid generously, and Oliver was just that straightforward!
Skyview also immediately understood Oliver's intention and chuckled, ""I initially just wanted your assistance, but now you're suggesting that I become a shareholder. Well, alright, I agree! I will become a shareholder of your LiveWave! As for the specific details, let our assistants negotiate them!"
Although Skyview felt it was a bit inappropriate, refusing Oliver's repayment would make Oliver feel uneasy!
As for repaying part of the favor, Skyview didn't mind at all.
Immediately, Skyview's assistant, Lily, and Oliver's assistant, Odette, went to discuss. They were both very mature business elites, and such a simple contract was quickly prepared!
After Oliver and Skyview each reviewed it, they signed.
Thus, Skyview successfully transitioned from an outsider to a shareholder of LiveWave.
Oliver smiled, "Skyview, you're now a part of LiveWave. Defeating Shark Live is now your unshirkable responsibility, too!"
Skyview lit a cigarette, handed one to Oliver, and said while smoking, "Even if I weren't a shareholder of LiveWave, defeating Shark Live would still align with my interests. Moreover, now that I am a shareholder of LiveWave, I have even more reason to seek revenge against Shark Live.
A platform like Shark Live, which is the largest in the live streaming industry but openly promotes materialism and fails to establish correct values, deserves to die!
But do you know about Hilda's recent plan to collaborate with Penguin Company?"
Oliver sighed. "How could I not know? Penguin Company is on the same level as my family's Cascade Group and your family's Twin Group. Especially with their online gaming business, their cash flow is much stronger than ours in real estate.
Their influence on the internet is one of the two poles of today's internet. If Shark Live gets support from Penguin Company, it will be even more formidable."
Today's internet was divided into two halves: one was the ApexTech Group, and the other was Penguin Company.
Cascade Group's core business revolved around real estate, with additional ventures including hotels, cinema chains, film investments, and shopping malls. However, all of its operations were centered around the real estate sector.
Ken's method was simple: he used various connections to acquire land at low prices, then built residential complexes, and finally constructed Cascade Group plazas, Cascade Group malls, Cascade Group cinemas, and Cascade Group amusement parks nearby. These entertainment facilities attracted traffic, causing initiall unprosperous areas to flourish, thereby raising property prices and generating profits.
However, no matter how capable Cascade Group was, it could not touch the education sector and could not build schools wherever it wanted, only entertainment facilities.
In the domestic real estate industry, Cascade Group was undoubtedly a major player.
But in the internet sector, Cascade Group was powerless.
Ken often argued with Erin, but Erin thought arguing with him was meaningless. Ken could not threaten Erin's ApexTech Group, and vice versa; Erin could not threaten Ken's Cascade Group.
Oliver, who worked in the internet sector, understood Penguin Company's influence. If Shark Live collaborated with Penguin Company, LiveWave would not succeed.
Even though ApexTech Group was good at finance, its social media traffic was not on the same level as Penguin Company!
"So, we must stop Hilda from collaborating with Penguin Company," Skyview said coldly, "Penguin Company cannot collaborate with him! If he successfully collaborates with Penguin Company and expands, the live streaming industry will become even worse, severely affecting social values! It's one thing for Hilda to become a sinner himself, but leading society astray is unacceptable!"
Skyview spoke with a determined and righteous look!
With great power came great responsibility!
The richer Skyview became, the more he realized the importance of social responsibility!
Wealthy people loved to do charity because it was about fulfilling social responsibility.
And leading social values towards harmony was every citizen's responsibility! Earning dirty money by exploiting this civic responsibility made one a scumbag! So Hilda was a complete scumbag and a disgrace!
Oliver worriedly exclaimed, "But now Penguin Company clearly has ambitions in the live streaming industry. Shark Live is their best choice. It's not easy to sabotage the collaboration between Penguin Company and Shark."
Skyview said, "However, the collaboration between Penguin Company and Shark Live won't succeed so quickly!"
Oliver was surprised, "Why?"
Skyview said, "Because Hilda has become arrogant. Penguin Company's bottom line is ten million dollars, but Hilda now demands two hundred million dollars! Penguin Company isn't foolish; they have to be cautious about spending two billion, so the negotiations between the two companies will take a long time, giving us a chance."
Oliver was puzzled. "Why has Hilda suddenly become so arrogant? Raising the price by ten million dollars just like that."
"Have you heard of Boring?" Skyview asked.
"The super-rich Boring?" Oliver suddenly understood. "Even a top-tier super-rich person like Boring spent twenty million dollars on Shark, so Shark has the qualification and confidence to raise the price? It's strange, where did this Boring come from to spend twenty million dollars?"
Oliver felt a bit indignant as he spoke.
Spending twenty million dollars on a live streamer was simply foolish.
However, for such a super-rich person, going to any live streaming platform would significantly increase that platform's value.
Ultimately, a company's worth was largely determined not by its actual assets but by its prospects and people's confidence in it.
A live streaming platform that produced a top-tier super-rich person like Boring naturally had a bright future, and investors' confidence would be extreme, raising its value.
"What do you think of Boring?" Skyview asked with a smile.
"A rich idiot is still an idiot." Oliver's view of Boring was surprisingly similar to Lily's. "I can't understand why Boring would do this. My family is so wealthy, but I wouldn't spend twenty million dollars on a live streamer!"
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