"President Wang, I have to report this to the company first," Ji Gang said after some thought.
Technically, both Ma Liyun and Cai Xin had previously said they were temporarily giving up on further investments in Meituan.
But their bosses' wording had been very precise. It was only "temporary."
If he failed to report a major development, he would probably get chewed out.
"Sorry for the trouble, President Ji." Wang Huiwen also knew that someone in Ji Gang's position couldn't make the final call.
His immediate supervisor was Cai Xin, and Cai Xin, in turn, had to report to Ma Liyun.
It would take at least two or three days to get an answer.
So after hanging up, he called Lin Chenfeng from the Penguin Investment Department.
He wasn't naive enough to just sit around waiting for Ali.
"President Wang, I'm sorry, Penguin has no intention of acquiring a Group Buy website," Lin Chenfeng rejected him outright.
