The four communicated silently and were aware that they couldn't continue to follow Ling Qingyu's rhythm.
They must disrupt it now, or else there would be no such opportunity anymore.
Ling Qingyu's prestige was enough to thwart all their plans and it seed the next plan should suffice.
Li Wei cleared his throat and asked as if making a final decision. "Chairman Ling, is there no room for negotiation regarding delegation issues."
Ling Qingyu interlocked her fingers and answered. "I think I have delegated enough, Mr. Li. But if the delegation you're implying ant sothing else other than what we agreed, I'm afraid the answer is no. There is no negotiation for that matter."
Li Wei's expression didn't change but replied in a regretful tone. "I'm afraid, I'll have to offend our chairman for what's about to happen next."
Huang i showed an apologetic face, unbearable to bully soone, the age of her granddaughter.
"It's a pity," Zhang Hao whispered as he shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Chairman Ling. As a friend of old man Ling, we definitely wanted to take care of you, but the situation calls for our intervention. Extre situations require extre asures." Gu Ling said.
Every director straightened their backs, seeming to have made a major decision. The hesitant air had dissipated.
There were 10 directors on the board and not one of them sided with her; Ling Qingyu eyed them and waited for their action.
It would be too impolite for her to refuse to watch the stage played by her colleague directors. She closed her eyes, calming herself, sohow pitying her predecessor.
What she had done and had struggled was all for naught. The saying that working with strangers was better than with friends or relatives proved to be correct in her scenario.
All of their body language and words explained everything. Ling Qingyu's corners of the mouth curled up in disdain at their pretense.
Except for Huang i who surprisingly to Ling Qingyu, didn't desire to overthrow her position, none of the old hags related to her grandfather Ling, seed to really take care of her.
Huang i, in Ling Qingyu's mory at least, had taught her so of the business matters in the elite circle. It wasn't wrong for Ling Qingyu to address her as a ntor.
"Oh! I'm curious. What asures are we going to discuss then?" Ling Qingyu showed a playful smile.
"As one of the board mbers, I propose to temporarily remove Ling Qingyu from the chairman post on account of failing to delegate the tasks and jeopardizing the company. This will remain in effect until the general eting, where we will collectively decide on the new chairman. We all should be aware that decentralizing is a must, especially after what we have gone through.
Let's vote for the asure to take effect; those who agree raise your hands. I hope the asure will save the company from future crisis." Li Wei glanced at Ling Qingyu and expressed his position to all board mbers.
Ling Qingyu sneered at Li Wei's remarks in her mind but her expression remained stoic, causing other directors to be unsure of their stance.
Li Wei's words contained righteousness as if to save the company from peril. Didn't Ling Qingyu understand clearly the reason why Li Wei wanted to remove her?
After a few seconds, Zhang Hao and Gu Ling raised their hands, agreeing with Li Wei's statent.
"I'm sorry, Chairman Ling. It's all to save the company. Please forgive us." Zhang Hao said with a reluctant face.
"Although Mr. Li's asure is too extre, our situation requires soone to be a villain." Gu Ling added from the side.
They had already discussed the situation but were still acting like they just decided in a mont.
Every political arena was exactly a playwright. People had already composed behind the scenes and actors would follow the scripts and improvise based on the circumstances.
Ling Qingyu wondered if she was in a TV drama series, where she beca a monarch and powerful ministers around her were begging together, pressuring the helpless king or coercing him too.
"Please think twice, your majesty!"
"Please think twice, your majesty!" x n tis. Ministers bowed and knelt down to coerce the monarch to retract his decision.
Perhaps, Ling Qingyu should have thrown the things on the desk over and exclaid. "You, insolent ministers. I, the king, did everything for the country."
Perhaps, Ling Qingyu played too deep that she almost hallucinated. Gathering the jumping thought, Ling Qingyu leaned back and watched the actors, her icy gaze threatened other directors into a dilemma.
She didn't interrupt their play and patiently studied for her next decision, to see who was against her and who supported her.
When it was really Huang i's turn, despite already being inford, she hesitated. On the one side, she watched over and personally taught so of her experience to the little girl to grow up into a titan.
On the other side, her business connections and investnts were overlapped with the other three. She must take a stance and finally choose interest over her emotions.
Now it seed four of them already raised the issues further. There was no turning back. -read-first
The rest of the directors must offend one side of the party. People chose the most advantageous path and the voting process went the sa way.
Four more directors raised their hands to show their position. Only two remained, not willing to express their decision.
Seeing that eight directors, who had expressed their opinion, lay their gloomy eyes over the remaining two, they were helpless.
Since eight out of them had agreed with the proposition, the two could only follow suit to avoid offending the rest of the board mbers.
Rather than offending several people, it was better to offend Ling Qingyu, whose position was currently in peril.
In their opinion, her chairperson position was long gone. It was useless for her to revenge.
Of course, in the directors' hearts, they didn't want to give Ling Qingyu a chance to recover.
They knew how talented she was based on her decision and strategy to run the company. Her ruthlessness against her enemy had opened a path for her company to survive.
After the eting, everyone except Huang i had decided unanimously in their mind to suppress Ling Qingyu.
Li Wei, Zhang Hao, Gu Ling, and the rest exhaled in relief. Ling Qingyu kept her mouth closed during the entire process without any disturbance, which rang alarms in their minds.
Only now after everyone had co to the sa decision, their worries dissipated.
Zhao Xiurong gripped hard on her pen, hating the n and won inside the room for betrayal. Rembering Ling Qingyu's request and keeping it as a secret asure, Zhao Xiurong's face didn't crack and she resud control over her emotions.
Su Ruoi's expression turned ugly as she witnessed the palace fight scene for the throne unfold before her very eyes.
Worries brew within her heart and she studied Ling QIngyu and Zhao Xiurong carefully.
After noticing Ling Qingyu's face didn't change at all or should she say she felt, Ling Qingyu regarded them as clowns, Su Ruoi breathed in deep air.
"10 out of 11 mbers had voted to pass this notion. Based on the shares each mber possessed—the total amount of collective shares made up 36 percent of the company. The percentage vote in favor of removing Chairman Ling is 8 votes. 8 against 7. The minority obeys the majority. Any refutations from Chairman Ling?" Li Wei spoke sonorously and with pride because the victory was near his grasp.
The way percentage vote worked in Ling Qingyu's company was roughly based on shares—every 5 percent ant one vote. For example, 5.1 percent or 6 percent ant having 2 votes.
It wasn't legal but it still represented the majority's opinion without relying too much on the shares percentage so that the less influential people could have a say.
Ling Qingyu invented this voting thod and, ironically, the river now flowed against her.
All eyes were upon Ling Qingyu, whose expression remained steadfast without anger or frustration, astonishing every director.
Her eyes were still deadly clear but her gaze terrified the directors to avoid looking at her. Even though based on the situation, Ling Qingyu had no redy, her prestige hung over their heads.
Li Wei and Zhang Hao had been discussing behind the scenes in the past few days during Ling Qingyu's absence. They had tempted and coerced other directors, including Huang i, who was the closest to Ling Qingyu to their side.
Gu Ling added from the sideline, after seeing Ling Qingyu silent. "Chairman Ling, although the votes against you didn't have an absolute landslide so of our shareholders also uphold the sa view as us. You can look at their signature on the papers."
Ling Qingyu received the paper handed over by Gu Ling and studied it carefully. She recognized so of the nas.
It appeared their intent to remove her was very strong. Gu Ling's move was to show that Ling Qingyu shouldn't resist and accept the proposal, signing the resignation letter and earning the amount behind the scenes.
Otherwise, the battle might be transferred to the general eting where Ling Qingyu would lose face and fa in the public. By displaying the lists of shareholders' nas, Gu Ling's ssage was simple.
Of course, Ling Qingyu didn't mind even losing because she already had sufficient money and background to start anew and a bigger behemoth.
But why should she? Especially this would be disrespectful to her predecessor and who said she was losing?
Ling Qingyu knew this might happen and prepared beforehand. Every step she took had been calculated ticulously.
Zhao Xiurong, behind her, had her eyes brightened when she realized her boss had already envisioned this would happen.
Thinking of the days, Zhao Xiurong scolded Ling Qingyu for wasting too much money, she regretted her mouth. Fortunately, Ling Qingyu continued with her decision regardless of her secretary's reluctance.
Now that she had finished playing the role of an audience, wouldn't it be unfulfilling if she didn't return the favor?
"That wouldn't be necessary," Ling Qingyu finally spoke, causing the other mbers in the room to sigh in relief, thinking she had given up. "This kind of ineffective voting procedure shouldn't disturb the shareholders."
Frankly, Ling Qingyu estimated her own shares amounted to 65 or more percent of the company's total. Since no one knew about her realities, they made a mistake or they didn't expect Ling Qingyu's counterattack to be so swift.
Gasps reverberated in the room, convinced that Ling Qingyu had gone insane in the face of reality to deny their votes.
Their face showed pity at Ling Qingyu's reaction. Ling Qingyu smiled back and turned to Zhao Xiurong. "Sister Zhao, would you please deliver the papers to notify everyone of my possession since it appears our colleagues' news outlets aren't up to date yet."
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