"Old Li, are you sure you want to do this?"
"If I don't do this, what can I do? I can't afford to waste ti with them."
Just a short distance from Ling Zhenfei's seat, two people were chatting quietly. Although the volu of their conversation was very low, audible only to themselves, Ling Zhenfei's hearing was several tis sharper than an ordinary person's, and he overheard their conversation clearly.
"It's our only bit of family property now, are we really going to just hand it over to soone else?"
"Of course not, later we won't say a word. Du Kongting wants the Chairman's position, and whether Lin Yuluo agrees or not, even if she does, Zhuang Buxian won't agree. Zhuang Buxian is a veteran of Lin's Group, he has always been at odds with Du Kongting and will definitely not allow him to take the stage."
"You're right. It's not just Zhuang Buxian, there are also quite a few shareholders who are dissatisfied. Who knows what might happen later? Oh, and there's Ling Zhenfei. The last two tis, it was because of Ling Zhenfei's interference. This ti, who knows if Ling Zhenfei will show up again."
"Don't even ntion it, Ling Zhenfei is in trouble now and can't protect himself. His Xishan Manor produced mutant vegetables that killed quite a number of people, and I heard he's been criminally detained."
As the two chatted, ti passed slowly and the venue gradually filled up. This ti there seed to be an unusually large number of shareholders, many of whom had grim expressions on their faces, perhaps braced for a major power struggle.
Sitting in the front row on the left side was Du Kongting, the second-largest shareholder. Opposite him, Zhuang Buxian sat in the front row on the right side.
After the two of them took their seats, they exchanged glances. Du Kongting's eyes were full of smiles while Zhuang Buxian maintained an unfazed deanor, inscrutable to anyone.
At that mont, Lin Yuluo walked in from outside and took her place at the foremost seat.
Lin Yuluo had changed significantly from the first ti she attended the shareholders' eting as just a girl who had recently lost her father. Now, she was completely different; dressed in a professional suit with her hair put up, she instantly transford into a cold and commanding president.
"Today is this quarter's shareholder eting, and next we have a summary of the company's business this quarter," Lin Yuluo said in a tone that was neither cold nor warm. After she finished speaking, a secretary walked up to begin reporting on the company's financial status for the quarter.
"Chairman Lin, you really are calm. At a ti like this, you're still singing praises for the company. Don't you see what state the company is in now?"
Suddenly soone stood up and spoke, imdiately drawing the attention of everyone present. Lin Yuluo's secretary was interrupted by the voice and stopped the report.
"What do you an by that, Liu Yang? We're in the middle of a report, you can't just interrupt like that. You're showing a lot of disrespect to President Lin."
Du Kongting scolded the speaker in an angry manner.
With an aggrieved expression, Liu Yang responded, "Director Du, it's not that I don't respect Chairman Lin; it's just that the company is facing such a big crisis and she is not ntioning it at all. It is utterly unacceptable."
"What do you an? What's happened to the company? What crisis is there?"
Liu Yang lifted up his cell phone high, displaying a stock trend chart with intertwining red and green lines.
"Everyone, please take a look at Lin's Group's stock. It started plumting a few days ago. The price has hit the daily limit every day upon closing, and today it's even worse—it completely hit the limit just ten minutes after the market opened. I don't want to know how much money our company made last quarter; I want to ask how much money we've lost in these recent days."
"I don't know about others, but in just the past three days, my net worth has shrunk by more than half. I don't know how much longer this will go on, how much worse Lin's Group's stock will plumt. I want Chairman Lin to give an explanation."
As soon as Liu Yang spoke, the entire shareholders' eting erupted into chaos. Many shareholders had not been paying attention to the stock market as they were already very wealthy. Today, upon hearing Liu Yang's statent and realizing they were losing hundreds of thousands or even millions every day, they imdiately grew upset.
Lin Yuluo's expression was extrely awkward. He certainly knew more than anyone else about his own company's stock situation, and being questioned by the shareholders now made him feel utterly humiliated.
"Everyone, please don't rush. Let Chairman Lin explain to us. Chairman Lin has only assud office recently and is still not very familiar with controlling the company. I hope everyone will give Chairman Lin so ti."
At this point, Du Kongting stood up again to argue in Lin Yuluo's defense. To those unaware, he might seem like Lin Yuluo's father, but only a few knew this was Du Kongting's sycophantic behavior, creating an impression of unparalleled loyalty to Lin's Group. However, his ulterior motives were as obvious as Cao Cao's intentions to the common folk.
Everyone turned their gaze to Lin Yuluo, waiting for his explanation, but it was already apparent that so were getting restless.
"Regarding the stock situation, I'm not able to offer an explanation. But I have already sent an email to the Securities Regulatory Commission. I'm certain that soone is manipulating our stock."
"Lin Yuluo, you brazen child, how dare you say that! Soone is manipulating the stock? Who? I've held this in for a long ti now—it's clearly because the shareholders no longer trust our group since you beca Chairman, causing them to aggressively sell off our company's stock. You're simply not Chairman material; that's the reality."
Liu Yang's words were like a slap in Lin Yuluo's face, and everyone looked on in shock at Liu Yang and Lin Yuluo.
Seeing this, Du Kongting quickly stood up, his face flushed with anger as he spoke to Liu Yang; "Liu Yang, what nonsense are you talking? Chairman Lin has done very well. How could a young girl know about stock matters... I'm to bla for not taking the company to new heights, I'm the one who has let everyone down."
Du Kongting and Liu Yang were clearly in cahoots; Du Kongting's acting was flawless, his thods for winning hearts showed no hesitation. He had gone through great pains to bring down Lin Zhengnan for the sole purpose of taking over Lin's Group, and now, his grand promises were rely for show.
"Director Du, I've always valued your opinion. Back when Chairman Lin passed away, I imdiately said that you should be the Chairman. You're an exceptional person, but you are too sentintal, and unfortunately, you let Lin Yuluo, this young girl, beco Chairman.
Your good intentions turned out to be a mistake. Although our company is nad Lin's Group, it is not a family business. Not just anyone is capable of managing a large corporation. Now we're seeing the consequences, and the falling stock price is the most direct result."
The duo's persuasive Divine Skill had an effect, and many people started to agree, feeling that appointing such a young girl as Chairman was not right.
"We should replace Lin Yuluo and elect a new Chairman."
"A woman is not suitable to be Chairman."
The outcry grew, gaining montum and becoming almost uncontrollable as more people joined in shouting. The entire hall was nearly in a frenzy.
"Enough! Stop talking, all of you sit down!"
Lin Yuluo's voice echoed throughout the eting hall, and everyone saw Lin Yuluo glaring fiercely at all the attendees.
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