This Bad Luck is Awesome!

Chapter 113: Chapter 96: Chen Mo Is Too Practiced at Adding Money

To be honest, the compensation amount was acceptable.

If that man, Zhou, had come in and immediately offered 3.3 million, he would have agreed on the spot.

But he really disliked President Zhou’s initial scheming.

Besides, the man had made a point of emphasizing that he had "specially" come to apologize in person, and the condescending tone in his voice was obvious.

’It feels like any compensation he’s offering is just a handout.’

So, Chen Mo felt the amount wasn’t enough.

"I just came across a news story today. It said your company, Shuntong Express, is preparing to go public."

"I have a background in finance myself, and I think investors and future stockholders need to know that you swap out customers’ valuable items."

"This would also serve as a wake-up call for other delivery companies, encouraging them to strengthen their management and prevent such despicable incidents from happening again."

Chen Mo put on an expression of someone concerned for investors and stockholders, even mentioning other delivery companies.

Hearing this, the bald station manager shot Chen Mo a surprised look. He hadn’t expected Chen Mo to even know about the company’s upcoming IPO.

The secretary also froze for a moment, a trace of worry appearing in his eyes.

Chen Mo knew their company was about to go public, and he had deliberately mentioned several competitors.

If Chen Mo really leaked this, he would instantly find himself with several powerful allies.

Those competitors would absolutely not pass up such a golden opportunity to attack them.

It would undoubtedly stir up a massive wave of negative publicity.

The resulting impact and losses for their company would be immeasurable.

When President Zhou heard Chen Mo’s words, his brow instantly furrowed.

Before coming here, he truly hadn’t expected Chen Mo to be so difficult to deal with.

He even knew their company was in the critical period before its public listing.

He could tell that Chen Mo wanted more money.

’All this talk about caring for investors and future stockholders is just bullshit.’

’Someone with a finance background caring about investors and stockholders?’

’What kind of science fiction is that?’

But Chen Mo was being extremely cautious, not mentioning money at all.

He wasn’t making any threats, either.

Every word out of his mouth was righteous and high-minded—about letting everyone know about this despicable behavior, about considering the investors and stockholders, and so on.

It left President Zhou with no opening to exploit.

’What does this guy actually do? How is he so skilled at squeezing more money out of people?’

A flicker of suspicion crossed President Zhou’s eyes. He suspected Chen Mo wasn’t really in finance.

He was more like a professional shakedown artist; his technique for extracting more money was just too practiced, too flawless.

But after thinking it over, he felt there was no other option but to offer more money.

If this weren’t the critical pre-IPO period, they could still negotiate.

But the timing now was truly awkward. This was too important for them; they couldn’t afford any slip-ups.

Even the slightest impact on the offering price would result in losses calculated in the hundreds of millions.

Just by giving Chen Mo a little more money, they could avoid hundreds of millions in losses.

’Seems like a pretty good deal, doesn’t it?’

"Mr. Chen, let’s not waste each other’s time."

"How about this? We’ll compensate you 300,000 yuan for your losses, and if the original item is recovered, it’s yours to keep."

"On top of that, we’ll offer another 5 million yuan for emotional distress. Let’s let the matter end here today. No need to air this out in public and become a laughingstock."

"We also hope you’ll give us a chance to make things right. To err is human, after all, isn’t it?"

President Zhou considered it for a moment and finally presented a new compensation plan.

The compensation for the item remained the same, but the hush money was raised to 5 million.

Before, he didn’t know Chen Mo was aware of their IPO, so he hadn’t offered much hush money.

But now that he knew Chen Mo was in on it, he had to up the offer.

He felt that spending 5 million to suppress negative news that could affect the IPO and offering price was an absolute steal.

Moreover, he dropped the act and communicated with Chen Mo as an equal.

He even felt that their positions had reversed; he was the one in the weaker position, while Chen Mo now held the high ground.

"President Zhou, if you had shown this kind of remorseful and apologetic attitude from the start, this matter would have been resolved long ago."

A smile finally appeared on Chen Mo’s face as he spoke to President Zhou.

Just as he’d expected, the moment he mentioned the IPO, the other party couldn’t maintain their high-and-mighty act.

They immediately dropped their posture and proactively raised the hush money to 5 million.

This was a compensation amount he could agree to.

"It was my fault. I apologize."

Seeing that Chen Mo had finally relented, President Zhou also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Chen, since we’ve reached an agreement, shall we sign a contract?"

President Zhou waved his hand, and the secretary beside him took out two agreements from the briefcase he was carrying.

These were agreements they had prepared before coming, only needing the amounts and names to be filled in.

"A team of professionals, I see."

Chen Mo couldn’t help but be a little surprised seeing the two agreements in front of him.

’What else would you expect from a professional team?’

’They even prepared the confidentiality agreement in advance.’

’Looks like they’ve signed plenty of these, just like me.’

Soon, President Zhou personally filled in the amounts.

Voluntary compensation for losses: 300,000 yuan. Voluntary compensation for emotional distress: 5,000,000 yuan.

Totaling 5.3 million yuan.

If Chen Mo were to leak this matter, he would have to compensate Shuntong Express 10 million yuan.

"President Zhou, I’m not the only one who knows about this. If one of your own people lets it slip, or if the police issue a public statement, I’m not taking the fall for that."

Chen Mo raised an objection as soon as he saw that clause.

"You don’t have to worry about that. We’ll handle our own people. Even if it gets out, we won’t come after you."

"As for the police, we’ll communicate with them."

President Zhou had anticipated this question from Chen Mo and answered without a second thought.

"Fine, but the agreement needs to be amended."

Chen Mo meticulously proposed a revision to the agreement.

"Alright."

President Zhou gave Chen Mo another suspicious look.

’He’s too careful.’

’What does this kid really do?’

’It’s like he’s signed more confidentiality agreements than I have.’

Afterward, the confidentiality agreement was amended.

Shuntong Express could only seek compensation from Chen Mo if they had proof that he was the one who leaked the information.

Without proof, it had nothing to do with him.

And if the matter was exposed by any other means, Chen Mo would not be bound by this non-disclosure agreement.

After reviewing the new agreement, Chen Mo found no issues and signed his name.

After the agreement was signed, President Zhou gave his secretary a look.

The secretary nodded, then took out his phone, photographed both copies of the agreement, and sent them back to the company.

He also made a phone call.

"Pay up."

After the call connected, the secretary said just two words.

Simple and efficient.

Soon, in less than a minute, Chen Mo’s phone chimed twice.

With two soft chimes, both transfers arrived successfully.

"Your debit card account ending in 1234... has received a deposit of 300,000.00 yuan. Your new balance..."

"Your debit card account ending in 1234... has received a deposit of 5,000,000.00 yuan. Your new balance is 23,023,546.32 yuan."

He glanced at his balance, which had now surpassed 23 million.

’I’ve had a lot of bad luck lately, and my bank account is growing way too fast.’

Chen Mo thought about the three consecutive strokes of "bad luck" he’d had recently, which had pushed his savings past the 23 million mark.

First, there was the 6.5 million from Ai Yikun—or 6.9 million if you included the photos.

Then there was the 5.5 million from winning the lottery.

And now, this 5.3 million.

If he had started with nothing, the income from these three unfortunate events alone...

...would have been enough for him to achieve a basic level of financial freedom.

If he moved to a smaller city, it would be enough to live on for the rest of his life.

"Now that this is settled, we won’t disturb you any further, Mr. Chen. I have an appointment with people from the securities firm, so I’ll be leaving now."

Seeing that Chen Mo had received the money, President Zhou stood up to leave.

"Take care."

Chen Mo politely stood up to see them off.

After all, the man had just given him 5.3 million. The least he could do was see him to the door.

After President Zhou and his entourage left,

Chen Mo was in a great mood. He felt the need for speed.

"Are you home?"

Remembering it was the weekend, he sent a message to Pan Kejia.

"I am."

Pan Kejia replied quickly.

"I’m coming over now. I hope by the time I arrive, you’ll be freshly showered and suited up in your battle gear."

Chen Mo smiled as he typed his reply.

Pan Kejia quickly sent back a voice message.

"Who do you think you are? You think you can just come over whenever you want and demand that I be ’freshly showered’ and in ’battle gear’? In your dreams!"

After listening to it, Chen Mo couldn’t help but chuckle.

’That stubborn mouth of hers.’

’Looks like she needs to be taught a lesson again.’

’Mhm, I’ll have to floor it today.’

’Time to up the intensity and teach her the meaning of respect.’

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