Ouyang Yanran nodded. "I could tell from your financing proposal that your ambitions are not small."
"I’ll report back to the group when I return. We’ll assemble a team as soon as possible to discuss a regional distribution partnership with you."
"As for your financing..."
Ouyang Yanran held up a delicate hand, waving it in front of Yan Feifan. In a low, serious voice, she said, "I’m planning to invest this much, personally."
"Five million. Great! Yanran, thank you for your confidence and support," Yan Feifan said politely, though he was a little disappointed by the figure.
’An investment in a project like this should start in the tens of millions, at least!’
"It’s not five million. It’s fifty million!"
Ouyang Yanran corrected him, then added, "I have faith in you and your product. I’m prepared to use all my savings and mortgage my house to come up with this fifty million."
Yan Feifan was shocked and quickly tried to dissuade her. "Yanran, there’s no need for that. An investment of ten or twenty million would be more than enough."
Ouyang Yanran smiled. "Since I’m so confident in it, I might as well go big."
"If it fails and I lose everything, I’ll accept that."
"But I firmly believe that with your unparalleled talent, Feifan, failure isn’t an option."
Yan Feifan spoke honestly, "Yanran, you’re putting a ton of pressure on me..."
Just then, he saw Yu Youlian approaching.
Ouyang Yanran saw her coming as well and tactfully excused herself to go speak with Wang Chuan.
"Mr. Yan, I’m truly surprised. You’ve managed to think outside the box and design such a practical and ingenious little device."
Yu Youlian praised him, then stated seriously, "Mr. Yan, I have a proposal. How about we at Baining provide the entire three hundred million for this financing round?"
Yan Feifan was taken aback for a moment and couldn’t help but ask, "For real? Ms. Yu, you’re not kidding, are you?"
Yu Youlian nodded. "I’m perfectly serious."
"If you agree, I can sign the investment agreement right now on behalf of the Baining Group."
Yan Feifan suppressed his excitement. "Ms. Yu, thank you for your trust, but we’ve already come to terms with several other investors..."
Yu Youlian cut him off. "How much of the funding round is left? I’ll cover all of it."
It was all happening so fast that Yan Feifan could hardly believe it.
He called over Song Yi, the Yu siblings, and his own sister to discuss the matter...
Ma Hongchen and Pan Lirong, who were still in the conference room, caught wind of what was happening and hurried over. One declared he wanted to invest twenty million, and the other, sixty million.
After a brief discussion among the Yan siblings, the Yu siblings, and the Song siblings, they confirmed the final commitments with each investor who had expressed a clear intent, finalizing the list for the funding round.
Wang Chuan and Yanyan, a total of thirty million.
Song Yan, twenty million.
Yu Youhai, ten million.
Yu Youlian, ten million.
Ouyang Yanran, fifty million.
Ma Hongchen, twenty million.
Pan Lirong, sixty million.
Baining Group, one hundred million.
Looking at the handwritten list of confirmed investors and their amounts, Yan Feifan, Yan Ziruo, Song Yi, Yu Suye, and Yu Chuanbai stared at one another, a shared sense of unreality washing over them.
In their original plan, they had expected to go through round after round of grueling negotiations, enduring at least three to five agonizing months before finally closing the funding round.
None of them had imagined it would be completed so effortlessly.
Yan Ziruo muttered, "For these rich people, is investing tens of millions like us going to the market to buy a head of cabbage?"
Yu Chuanbai said excitedly, "No one’s money just grows on trees."
"The fact that they’re investing so proactively proves only one thing: they have confidence in us, and they have confidence in the product."
"Success is just around the corner..."