It’s been three days.
Three days since that unfilial son of his took over the company.
In these three days, Chairman Gu couldn’t eat nor sleep properly; scared that once he opened his eyes, he would receive word that either the company had collapsed or was even being acquired by others.
If it wasn’t because of his physical state that hindered him, Chairman Gu would’ve immediately pulled out the needle from his arm and stormed to his company to fight to death with those people who were like locusts taking advantage of the fire.
Ever since word of his worsening condition was spreaded out, the whole company started getting restless; some shareholders started leading some factions internally, while competitors from the outside started to pressure them. In just two months time, the once large company was filled with turmoil and had turned into a state of disarray.
The disadvantages of the company being run according to the words of one person were now revealed.
When the company’s only decision maker, Chairman Gu collapsed, the remaining workers were like chickens running around with their heads cut off; everything instantly became a mess.
At the same time, those people who used to lie dormant in the shadows started to emerge one after another.
Chairman Gu didn’t even know that the many people around his side were actually like jackals, waiting until he collapsed to feast on his flesh.
Those people were once brothers who stood with him during the founding of the company!
What Chairman Gu couldn’t understand was after the days started getting better had they changed into the people they were today. They were obviously the ones who took out their own money to help the company get through those hard times.
Chairman Gu always thought that if he could make the company become bigger and more powerful, and then give them higher dividends, then he would be able to repay their favor. Who would’ve known the human heart was always unpredictable; in just twenty years time, a person’s heart would’ve drastically changed.
When he got diagnosed with cancer on his side, his so-called ‘brothers’ immediately turnt against him.
Overwhelmed with grief and mental exhaustion, at the same time, Chairman Gu originally planned to hand over the full control of the company over to his subordinate, the Vice President, whom he had trained for almost six to seven years who will fully take over his responsibilities.
The Vice President was more than thirty years old this year, and was also very skilled; although he was a little inexperienced, as long as Chairman Gu delayed it till his condition recovered then everything would be fine.
However, Chairman Gu just after he finalized his decision and was about to announce it, his son whom have heard the news from someplace he didn’t know of, couldn’t accept it.
The words that the little bastard originally said were, ”Where’s the principle that a father won’t leave behind his own stuff to his own biological son?”. That look of his was like someone demanding money so confidently and unscrupulously.
That day Chairman Gu almost collapsed due to anger.
“…Why not you personally go look into a mirror first, even if I did hand it over to you, could you even protect it?!”
Chairman Gu didn’t have the intention of purposely belittling his son, it was just that his son was too incompetent; since he was a child, he had always caused trouble. Ever since their family had gotten rich, he had never done anything serious.
From the start of middle school, skipping class and getting into fights became something common in their household; the most outrageous issue was during his first year of high school, by that time, the company had just started moving forward and Chairman Gu was extremely busy during then, if it wasn’t for his class teacher who couldn’t keep it in anymore, Chairman Gu wouldn’t have even known that bastard hardly attended any classes for that whole semester.
The books on his table were still brand new, the name on it not even written.
From that moment on, Chairman Gu knew, this son of his has completely become a trash.
After that time, Gu Shao really did not let his father down, he sped down the path of a playboy, which resulted in him reaching that path’s top part.
If you asked anyone in the whole City A, who wouldn’t have heard of the infamous Gu Shao?
So in this type of situation, how could Chairman Gu hand over the company to him without any worries? Wasn’t it impossible to come back from this?
Instead, Gu Shao said a sentence that made Chairman Gu go silent.
He said, “It has already turned into this situation, that Vice President Xu you favor so much also doesn’t have what it takes to turn the tides, unless the cancer cells in your body can disappear overnight, whether it’s now or later, the company would still fall, there won’t be any difference in that; instead of just handing it to an outsider, why not letting it die in the hands of your own son, at least it won’t be that much of a loss in that.”
Working so hard for almost half his life, it can’t be that in the end other people would be able to get it so easily right?
Why did Chairman Gu feel like what that little bastard said…actually had some meaning to it.
He was a very traditional man, after working so hard in life, it was all for his family, so that his descendants could live a better life.
In any case, won’t the company be still handed over to his son after his death? It can’t be that he would really donate it right?
He could just regard it as letting the little bastard inherit his assets a little earlier.
Chairman Gu’s mind was dazed for a moment and actually agreed to his words.
Thinking back now, Chairman Gu’s intestines were green with regret, and even suspected whether that little bastard gave him a soup of ecstasy, if not, how would’ve he been so out of his mind.
Today was the day of the big shareholders meeting, since early morning, Chairman Gu couldn’t even sit still.
This sort of emotion reached the peak the moment both shareholders and the senior management started to head in.
Holding up his phone to check the CCTV’s screen, Chairman Gu’s heart instantly seized up.
“Just think, he was originally just fine, what’s wrong with him now, playing in these sorts of muddy waters!” In that moment, from Chairman Gu’s eyes, his son was like a little sheep, surrounded by a pack of wolves, almost like they would devour him the next very second.
Especially when he alone was standing there, facing the front of those shareholders, his frame looked so thin, making him look even more weak and pitiful.
As a playboy who doesn’t even understand and know a single thing, if he really started to fight with them, won’t he be bullied to death by that group of people!
“…This won’t do, I need to go and personally see for myself.” Even though his words were always full of disdain towards his son, in the end, Gu Shao was Chairman Gu’s one and only child, how could he not care for him?
Gu Shao was the lifeline of Chairman Gu, even though he was always unruly, Chairman Gu still couldn’t bear to hit him.
Especially after the death of his wife, Chairman Gu was the one who raised him, and heavily kept him under watch to protect him.
Seeing how his superior resembled a mother hen, the secretary at the side couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.
So the reason Young Master Gu became the person he is today, it seems the credit from his superior obviously can’t be ignored.
On this side, Chairman Gu’s heart was burning with worry and hated that he couldn’t immediately clean up all those obstacles for his son; while on Gu Shao’s side, it didn’t seem that distressing as for how a certain someone thought it to be.
The leading shareholder looked at the young man in front of him who was only twenty years old and couldn’t help but laugh in his heart.
“Oh, it’s actually Xiao Shao, why didn’t you go out racing with your friends today?”
Gu Changjian must’ve been out of his mind to actually hand over the company to him.
In any case, Gu Shao’s position today was the chief, with how flippantly that shareholder behaved made everyone frown.
“Uncle Hu.“ Gu Shao slightly nodded at him, which counted as an acknowledgement.
The other person’s indifferent behavior instantly made Hu Dong annoyed, “What’s the meaning of this, whom given you the permission to sit over there?”
“Before the shareholder’s meeting ends, I think it’ll be better if you sit down.”
“Oh really? I thought the verdict of this matter was already decided.”
This brat, how cocky he was!
The other shareholders couldn’t hold back their gazes which turned strange.
Hu Dong narrowed his eyes and wanted to say something, but the next second, his phone started to ring.
Hu Dong disregards it and immediately hanged up.
The other end started to call again, but Hu Dong hung up again.
“Uncle Hu, I think you better answer that.” Gu Shao considerately reminded him.
Starting to feel that something was wrong, Hu Dong frowned and picked up his phone.
After hearing two sentences, the man’s face instantly changed.
Hu Dong took a deep breath and took a second to adjust his appearance; he wanted to pretend like nothing had happened, and sat down to continue the meeting.
But how could Gu Shao allow him the chance to do what he wanted?
“I don’t have any issues if you want to continue listening, however if I remember correctly, if there are disputes over the shareholder’s rights, they shouldn’t be allowed to participate in the decision making, am I right?”
As expected, it was really caused by this brat!
Like how before a verdict could be sealed, but instead an obstacle suddenly decides to pops out and interrupt it, Hu Dong felt extremely vexed and angered, “Don’t think that by playing these small tricks that you’ll be able to stop me, you—“
“Whether or not I’m able to, your heart already knows it.” Gu Shao laughed with a sound.
Hu Dong’s expression instantly turned ugly.
Damn it!
Hu Dong couldn’t have even anticipated that the person before him could give him a hand like that.
The shareholders today, a majority of them, have existed since the founding of the company, all of them were old friends of Chairman Gu.
Between the coming and going of friends, the times they spend with each other were naturally a lot.
When he was just a child, Gu Shao had spent some time going to the houses of some uncles to play at, and naturally knew a lot about their household’s situations.
Before Hu Dong made his fortune, he had a wife; and her family’s background was a lot better than him, it could be said that Hu Dong depended on his wife to reach the position he has today.
However, the moment he got rich, the first thing he did was to divorce her.
At that time, his father-in-law who had both power and authority was already dead, only his two brother-in-laws remained but they weren’t successful, so he wasn’t worried anymore.
What Hu Dong didn’t know was, everything he’d done had been seen by the young Gu Shao.
“If I’m not mistaken, during those times when you were poor, the money you used to become a shareholder in my dad’s company, it should’ve been Aunty Jiang’s right?” Gu Shao looked to be smiling but wasn’t.
Far away from there, Chairman Gu who was lying on the hospital bed froze.
He naturally knew about the matters of Lao Hu’s divorce, but he wasn’t aware of the details, and only thought the couple had divorced because of their souring relationship.
…Where did that little brat hear about that? Even knowing so much about other people’s family matters.
“Whether or not these shares belong to you or Aunty Jiang still hasn’t been decided.”
Gu Shao pointed to the exit, “As so, Uncle Hu, please.”
Under everyone’s eyes, making a scene was a bad idea. The most important thing was the court’s summons had even reached his home, he needed to quickly settle that issue first.
“..You better be careful you little brat!”
Gu Shao didn’t need to fight all of them, just breaching through one gap was already enough.
Without the shares from Hu Dong, the remaining people weren’t able to make any troubles.
“Must we really have this meeting?” The shares Gu Shao held as well as adding the ones from his father, while the other remaining lie in the hands of one god uncle, was there any room left for them to speak?
All the faces of the shareholders were extremely ugly.
They didn’t think that, before they could even take out their cards, they had already confusingly lost.
The shareholders’ side was already settled, as for the executive management’s side…
Noticing the looks the leading executive Vice President Xu kept giving him, looking as if he was deciding something, Gu Shao used his eyes to signal the assistant at the side.
The assistant immediately understood and took out a picture.
“I have something good in my hands, maybe you all might be interested in it.”
It was a graduation photo, the picture looked a bit old, but it was still easy to see clearly who was in the photo.
“Hua University’s Finance Class of 1511, the graduating class photo of 05’…I have a friend who graduated from Hua University who unintentionally came across this photo from the school’s library.”
The middle person in the photo looked extremely familiar, although his appearance looked different and never wore his glasses, everyone could still easily distinguish who it was.
Wasn’t this the company’s competitor, Huang Mei’s boss?
As for the person next to him who’s shoulder was held by the boss of Huang Mei…
A rustling noise was made, everyone’s eyes had gathered onto Vice President Xu’s body. Chairman Gu tried enlarging the picture on his phone, trying to distinguish it.
As he noticed, Vice President Xu gripped his pen slightly tighter, “Young Master Gu, what do you mean by this?”
As expected of someone who’s experienced big seas and waves, Vice President Xu could still keep his posture, “It can’t be that just because Chairman Gu wanted to hand over the company to me, that you’ve kept your dislike and hatred towards me till this level right?”
“It’s just a picture, just what else could it have meant? Who doesn’t have a few people that they know?”
“Everyone is a part of the same circle, it’s not unusual to have some history—“
“Pfft…Ahem.”
Keeping back his laughter, Gu Shao calmly looked at him, “Haven’t you noticed, whenever you’re lying, your words keep getting longer?”
Vice President Xu widened his eyes.
“As for whether it’s really true…” Gu Shao simply laid back, “I trust that the police would properly investigate it.”
“You wouldn’t have really believed that I only have this photo in my hands right?”
Since he chose to reveal his hand, it was natural that he had kept other chips as well.
Vice President Xu’s heart suddenly tightened.
The police very quickly pushed open the door and walked in, “Are you Xu Li? Please come with us.”
Gu Shao’s efforts weren’t in vain when he specially asked a favor from the police to get a little help. Now it seems like his work has paid off.
So that’s why the company’s performance started to decrease so much these coming two years, it was due to these kinds of factors.
Chairman Gu was in a trance.
At the same time, Gu Shao opened his mouth again, “As for the company’s funding issue, Xingyu Technology‘s side will take out a hundred and twenty million to cooperate with us.”
Gu Shao looked around, “So from this moment, does anyone else have any objections to me sitting in this seat?”
If the police didn’t have any evidence, they wouldn’t have displayed such a pressuring attitude to summon someone away.
The whole senior management were caught off guard with this kind of incident, quickly becoming extremely cautious, their gaze towards Gu Shao now was different from their previously contemptuous eyes.
After hearing the words “Xingyu Technology” at the back, their spirits were instantly revitalized.
“……”
He…was he really his muddle-headed son who kept playing around and shamelessly asking him for pocket money, that was his son? ? ?
Looking at the youth from the screen who advanced and retreated calmly while easily maneuvering around and stabilizing the chaos; Chairman Gu was completely confused and heavily suspected if he was actually dreaming.
