Chapter 694: Chapter 694: Daydreaming
Thinking of this, Lin Dongfang broke out in a cold sweat, contemplating whether he should reconcile with Ye Xuan. Otherwise, once the latter took his revenge, Lin Dongfang feared he wouldn’t even ntion retaining the chairman position, but, as Ye Xuan had said, he might be directly reduced to an unemployed drifter!
As Lin Dongfang’s heart pounded with fear and he tried to open his mouth to say sothing, suddenly there was another set of footsteps walking in from outside.
“Chairman Lin, Mr. Ye is indeed an investing shareholder of Eastern Group.”
The newcor was a handso man in a suit, instantly drawing the attention of everyone present.
He held a docunt bag in his hand and walked briskly to Ye Xuan, smiling at Lin Dongfang as he said,
“Chairman Lin, let introduce myself. My na is Levis, and I am Mr. Ye Xuan’s contract agent. The matter of Mr. Ye Xuan acquiring shares of Eastern Group was handled by .”
After speaking, without regard for the crowd’s astonishnt, he passed the docunt bag to Lin Dongfang and stated in a formal manner, “This is the certificate of shares Mr. Ye Xuan holds in Eastern Group. Please have a look, Mr. Lin… oh no, I should say, Mr. Lin.”
Levis had just changed the way he addressed Lin Dongfang from “chairman” to “mister” in front of him, the implication couldn’t be clearer.
Lin Dongfang’s heart had already sunk to the bottom, his facial expression incredibly grim, his mood shifting constantly, before he finally let out a dejected sigh!
After receiving the docunt bag, Lin Dongfang pulled out the contracts inside and skimd through them, confirming that they indeed were the share certificates of Ye Xuan, who held a total of 57%.
At this mont, everything beca clear; Ye Xuan was truly the major shareholder of Eastern Group. Although he was reluctant to admit it, Lin Dongfang had no choice but to accept the fact!
In fact, he had not just once suspected that the true major shareholder might not be the Song Family. Because even if the Song Family wanted to seek revenge and swallow up Eastern Group, they would only suppress the price indefinitely, so why would they pay such a premium to acquire it? It was clear as day—soone with more money than they knew what to do with—and this did not align with the Song Family’s interests.
He had guessed that there might be soone else behind the major shareholder, and indeed, he had guessed correctly!
However, what he never dread of was that the major shareholder turned out to be Ye Xuan, this person who he had always regarded as his enemy.
If anyone else had been the major shareholder, he might’ve lost the chairman position, but at least he wouldn’t lose his benefits. But with Ye Xuan as chairman, it would be different: he would not only be ousted from the chairman position, but he’d also lose all his interests completely.
Because with the enmity between the Song Family and Ye Xuan, they would surely spare no effort to strike at Eastern Group until it faced bankruptcy and collapse. Unless Ye Xuan had the absolute capability to counter the Song Family, a prospect Lin Dongfang viewed with skepticism.
“How about that, my dear father-in-law? Are you surprised that this country bumpkin has beco a major shareholder of the company?”
Ye Xuan looked at Lin Dongfang with a playful face, a teasing smile creeping across his lips as he spoke slowly.
Looking at the triumphant Ye Xuan, Lin Dongfang felt like a bottle of mixed emotions had spilled in his heart, filled with complexity:
“Indeed, I admit that I underestimated you before, and I doubted your identity and ability.”
He had always regarded Ye Xuan as a country bumpkin with no status or capability.
But it was only at this mont that he realized that he had always underestimated his son-in-law!
To be able to hold 57% of the shares of Eastern Group, the market value was already close to three hundred million, and furthermore, Ye Xuan had acquired these shares at a premium 15% above the market rate! This sufficiently demonstrated Ye Xuan’s financial power, far beyond his imagination, surely with an extraordinary origin and family background.
“Heh, it seems my father-in-law is a wise man, but I guess that you must be feeling very unpleasant inside, right? This croaking country frog that you always trod underfoot, with no status or sophistication, now scares you to the top, isn’t that an insult to you?”
Ye Xuan chuckled playfully, without any intention of holding back, his words dripping with ridicule and mockery.
“No! Not at all, Ye Xuan, you misunderstand . There’s not a bit of unpleasantness in ; on the contrary, I am very happy!”
Lin Dongfang’s expression changed several tis, but he eventually managed to squeeze out a kindly smile, trying to convey his goodwill:
“Before, I opposed your relationship with Xiaotong because I felt you lacked status and weren’t worthy of our Xiaotong, which is why I treated you that way. I just didn’t want Xiaotong to live a hard life with you! But now, you’ve shown your ability, and so I’ve changed my attitude. I won’t stop you two anymore.”
“Ye Xuan, I can accept you as a son-in-law of the Lin Family. You hold 57% of the company’s shares, your net worth has already exceeded a billion! And you have made a purchase at a premium, which shows you have ample assets, and a good background, no less than our Xiaotong, capable of giving her a good life.”
Lin Dongfang revealed a smile, his voice warm, “Given this, why would I still stop you two from being together? Such a good son-in-law, I, Lin Dongfang, would cherish—why would I push him away?”
Hearing this, even Ye Xuan couldn’t help but sigh at how shalessly thick Lin Dongfang’s skin could be!
His mouth curved into a deep scoff, “Oh? My dear father-in-law, you’ve changed your attitude quite rapidly, even more than a chaleon! Just a mont ago, you were bellowing at to get lost, and now you admit I am your son-in-law? I think even an Oscar-winning actor doesn’t have anything on you.”
Lin Dongfang’s face showed embarrassnt, but he spoke sincerely, “Ye Xuan, my words co from the heart, and they aren’t ant to deceive you. I really want you to marry Xiaotong. Don’t you want to be a son-in-law of the Lin Family?”
With Song Bangyao already dead and the position of Family Head of Song Family possibly being directly controlled by that old fellow, Song Zude, it seed unlikely that their relationship could be nded.
So as Lin Dongfang saw it, he urgently needed to find a strong ally to help the Lin Family and Eastern Group out of this predicant and to protect his own interests.
And Ye Xuan, having beco the major shareholder of Eastern Group, was undoubtedly the best choice in his eyes!
Ye Xuan had spared no expense to purchase up to three hundred million worth of Eastern Group shares—a total net worth most certainly exceeding several billion, and potentially even tens or hundreds of billions. As such a wealthy young son-in-law, there was no reason to refuse him.
Moreover, with Ye Xuan’s formidable financial power to assist, Eastern Group could completely overco this crisis, and his interests would be maximally preserved, without suffering too severe a blow!
Of course, these were not the most important points. As long as Ye Xuan beca his son-in-law, he could leverage his status as a father-in-law to continue sitting in the chairman’s position! Then, no one would dare to gossip.
Lin Dongfang’s wishful thinking couldn’t be any louder, but the one thing he overlooked was that he did not understand Ye Xuan’s character!
His pipe dream was dood never to co true.
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