Chapter 332: Am I Too Poor?

You must know that gods never pursued wealth just for the sake of it.

Divinity Points were merely tools.

Their true pursuit was the continuous evolution of their Divine Kingdoms and the ascension at the level of rules.

However, in the real world, power, status, and influence were equally "anchors" and another extension of a god's identity.

As for him right now, the only presentable real-world identity he had was one—the son-in-law of the Gu Family.

Just like that, how could Yang Fan be content?

Yang Fan slowly took a breath.

"I do have thoughts in this direction."

"However, it's not mature yet."

Ma Yu's eyes instantly lit up.

"Boss, I'm good at starting companies."

"With your identity as the son-in-law of the Gu Family, as long as the company goes public, it will inevitably attract a massive amount of capital."

"By then, regardless of financing capability or development speed, it will be far beyond what Elephant Loan can compare to today. It can at least improve tenfold or a hundredfold!"

"Going public?"

Yang Fan looked thoughtful.

"That's right."

Ma Yu nodded without hesitation.

"If Boss thinks starting from scratch is too troublesome, you can also directly go public through a backdoor listing."

"This subordinate is willing to unconditionally transfer all equity of Elephant Loan to Boss."

When saying these words, Ma Yu's expression was earnest, without the slightest hesitation.

However, Yang Fan gently shook his head.

The biggest advantage of going public was nothing more than using the capital market to leverage more resources at an extremely low cost and continuously expand the scale of the enterprise.

For ordinary gods, this was the fastest way to accumulate wealth.

But for the current Yang Fan…

Wealth was conversely the least attractive thing.

The Divine Kingdom's thousand-fold investment returns operated continuously, and the Divinity Points created every month were an extremely exaggerated figure.

His purpose in founding a company was never to make money.

Rather, it was to establish his own real-world forces.

Allowing the company to become the tentacles of his real world, bringing him greater influence, power, and right to speak.

Yang Fan looked toward Ma Yu, "Are you really willing to hand Elephant Loan to me?"

"This subordinate is willing."

Ma Yu did not have any hesitation, nodding heavily.

"Boss."

"In the eyes of ordinary people, I am a Fifth-Order God and a major shareholder of a listed company, already considered standing at the upper layer of the pyramid."

"Yet only after truly stepping into this circle did I realize."

"More than eighty percent of the resources and power in the Human Federation are firmly grasped in the hands of the Five Great Families."

"These past years, I relied on Divine Kingdom investments to accumulate capital bit by bit."

"Constantly seeking partners, calculating risks, pulling people to invest, and raising funds everywhere."

"In order to keep Elephant Loan alive, I even personally visited countless forces, lowered my posture to beg for cooperation, and once almost lost tens of thousands of years of accumulation due to an investment failure."

"It took a full several hundred thousand years for me to develop Elephant Loan to the scale it is today."

"Yet even so, my status and position are far inferior to a low-order god living in Taichu City."

Speaking to this point, Ma Yu took a deep breath, but his gaze became increasingly firm.

"Boss, your appearance has allowed me to see another kind of possibility."

"A possibility that can break through social strata and truly enter the core circle of the Human Federation."

"Therefore, as long as you need it."

"Elephant Loan, I offer to you with both hands."

Yang Fan quietly finished listening without speaking.

He knew that Ma Yu's allegiance was not because of his own temperament, nor was it because of a few words that made him utterly devoted.

At their level, no one would easily hand over the foundation they had fought for hundreds of thousands of years due to so-called personal charm.

What Ma Yu valued was his potential and identity.

And what Yang Fan valued was Ma Yu's ability.

When all was said and done, this was an investment recognized by both sides and a cooperation of mutual achievement.

Between people, it was never detached from interests.

Love was like this, friendship was like this, and familial affection was equally like this.

Interests did not mean scheming.

More often, what it represented was mutual need.

Husbands and wives jointly operating a Family, friends supporting each other's growth, families passing down their Legacy and continuing…

The reason these relationships could last long was not without emotion.

On the contrary, precisely because the directions of emotion and interests were consistent, they could go further.

If the two completely diverged, no matter how deep the affection was, it would eventually face tests.

A truly stable relationship was never a one-sided contribution.

Rather, it was that both sides could obtain what they wanted from this relationship.

Ma Yu needed to rely on him to cross identity strata.

And he himself needed an experienced executor like Ma Yu.

This kind of cooperation was instead even more solid.

Yang Fan took a deep breath and said, "Ma Yu, if Elephant Loan delists, how much capital is needed?"

Ma Yu almost without thinking blurted out:

"Calculated according to the current circulating shares."

"If buying back everything at a 20% premium, it will take about eight hundred billion Divinity Points."

Yang Fan gently nodded.

"In a moment, I will let the Intelligent Life transfer one hundred trillion Divinity Points to you."

The voice remained calm, as if he were just speaking of a trivial matter.

Yet Ma Yu's entire person stiffened in place.

He froze for a full second, then abruptly raised his head, his voice even starting to tremble.

"B—Boss."

"What you just said is…"

"One hundred trillion?"

At this moment, Ma Yu even suspected whether he had misheard the unit.

These past years, he painstakingly operated Elephant Loan for over a thousand years.

During this period, he continuously took out Divine Kingdom returns to make additional investments, raised funds everywhere, and expanded the business.

Until today, the market value of the entire Elephant Loan was merely a paltry five trillion Divinity Points.

And the figure Yang Fan just uttered was fully twenty times the market value of the entire Elephant Loan!

The figure Yang Fan spoke had long exceeded Ma Yu's cognition.

One hundred trillion Divinity Points!

Let alone an Elephant Loan.

Ma Yu even felt that if he packaged and sold all the Divine Kingdom assets of himself, a Fifth-Order God, it might not even be worth this much.

"That's right."

Yang Fan's expression was calm, as if what he spoke was just an ordinary string of numbers.

"After receiving the funds."

"The first thing, buy back all circulating shares on the market."

"Then, apply for delisting."

"The second thing, readjust the company's equity structure."

"I'll leave 1% of the shares for you."

Yang Fan glanced at Ma Yu and continued:

"Don't think it's too little."

"In the future, I will continue to inject capital."

"By that time, you will understand what the value of this 1% truly means."

Hearing these words, Ma Yu hurriedly bowed.

"This subordinate wouldn't dare."

"Thank you, Boss, for your appreciation."

If what Yang Fan said was true.

Let alone 1%, even if there were only 0.1% of the shares, it would be enough to make countless gods fight head-to-head until they bled.

After all, the moment Yang Fan made a move, it was one hundred trillion Divinity Points.

Moreover, this was still circulating funds that could be called upon at any time.

"Are the people of the Five Great Families… all this rich?"

"Or is it… that I am too poor?"

Ma Yu screamed frantically in his heart.