Time passed by little by little, and the conference room was silent, but the atmosphere was very tense. Most people began to show panic, anxiety, uneasiness and confusion on their faces.
Everyone knows very well what waiting means to them.
I don’t know how long I waited, but with a bang, the door of the conference room was pushed open.
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became extremely tense, and most people felt like they were about to be convicted of a crime.
Xue Yishan helped Grandpa Wen into the conference room. He held a Shoushan cane in his hand. Although time had aged him, it had always sculpted his aura and majesty.
Wen Xinya slowly stood up from the chair, walked to her grandfather's side, leaned over and hugged him: "Grandpa, welcome back."
At this moment, her heart was filled with excitement.
Ever since the Wen family was suspected of money laundering and her grandfather was taken to the police station, she had been hoping that her grandfather would be released from the police station as soon as possible.
Old Master Wen reached out and patted her on the back, gently calming her somewhat agitated emotions: "Good child, you have worked so hard during this period of time."
He knew better than anyone how difficult it was to deal with those profit-seeking old guys in the shareholders' meeting. However, Xinya was still able to navigate the situation with ease and control the overall situation of the Wen Group. Her methods and hard work were evident.
Wen Xinya helped her grandfather sit on the chairman's seat representing the chairman of the board.
Half a month's detention had left him with a frosted face, but his dignity remained unchanged: "Before the shareholders' meeting, I want to make it clear that the police have already found out that Wen's suspected money laundering case has been cleared. The police and the industrial and commercial group, as well as the financial media and the business newspaper media, will jointly issue a statement proving Wen's innocence. The shadow of money laundering that had been hanging over Wen's head for 19 days has finally dissipated."
The Wen family has been cleared of suspicion, but because the case involves so many people, the investigation is still ongoing and it is estimated that it will take some time to close the case.
"Pa pa—" A smile appeared on Wen Xinya's face, and she raised her hands and started clapping.
The thin applause seemed particularly abrupt in the conference room.
The first to react was Wen Xi. The sparse applause could not hide the excitement and joy in everyone's hearts, and then the applause became more and more intense.
The applause only lasted for a short thirty seconds before it was stopped by Old Man Wen. His eyes were sharp and pointed: "What is the purpose of this shareholders' meeting initiated by Director Qian and all the shareholders present? I know very well that the Wen family has controlled the Wen family and suppressed shareholders for many years. It is not entirely out of selfishness, but to prevent the Wen family from being like the Xiao family, where serious interest divisions led to internal conflicts and struggles within the group, hindering the group's development. But everyone, tell me with your conscience, has the Wen family treated you badly over the years?"
There was silence in the conference room.
What Mr. Wen said is true.
But if these words were said by Wen Wenya or anyone else in the Wen family, they would just be the Wen family's sophistry. However, if they were said by Old Master Wen, the meaning would be completely different.
The same sentence, spoken by different people, can have completely different effects.
"You nominated Qian Jianhui as the chairman, but have you ever thought that Qian Jianhui only holds 25% of the shares? Once he takes the position, will he allow you small and medium shareholders to threaten his position in order to consolidate his position?"
In addition to small shareholders, there are several medium-sized shareholders who hold a large amount of shares within the group. Any one of these shareholders, in conjunction with the Wen family, can bring Qian Jianhui down.
Will Qian Jianhui allow this to happen
That is absolutely impossible.
Once he takes office, he will dilute and disperse all the shares held by the Wen family and medium-sized shareholders.
To put it bluntly, Qian Jianhui planned to make full use of these shareholders and then kick them out.
At this moment, the expressions of the shareholders present were extremely colorful.
In fact, what Mr. Wen said was suspected of being an attempt to sow discord. If this was said by Wen Yuya, or anyone else, everyone would think that the Wen family was trying to sow discord. But it came from the mouth of Mr. Wen, who had accumulated great power in the Wen family, so everyone couldn't help but think about it.
At this moment, everyone felt even more regretful.
Mr. Wen continued, "Qian Jianhui keeps saying that the Wen family controls the Wen Corporation and disregards the interests of all shareholders of the group. So I would like to ask Director Qian, when you mobilized the minority shareholders to try to seize control of the Wen Corporation, have you ever considered the interests of the Wen family as the majority shareholder of the Wen Corporation?"
"According to the world's corporate governance law, the interests of the group should be the priority of the majority shareholders. The interests of small shareholders are interests, but the interests of major shareholders are not interests? What kind of bandit logic is this? Even if you cite the faults of the Wen family, it cannot cover up your behavior of using shareholders for personal gain for your own selfish reasons."
Older gingers are more spicy.
Old Master Wen did not make any argument for the mistakes of the Wen family that Qian Jianhui had listed earlier. Instead, he analyzed the pros and cons of Qian Jianhui's power grab in great detail, and in a few words, he exposed Qian Jianhui's fig leaf of seeking profits for shareholders.
Qian Jianhui had nothing to say.
The shareholders who originally supported him were now dejected.
"Now, in the name of Wen's Group's major shareholder and current chairman, I hereby rescind Qian Jianhui's position as Wen's Group's executive director, deprive him of his Wen's shares, and remove him from the shareholder list. I also revoke Sun Yichen's position as Wen's assistant president and executive vice president of the board of directors, deprive him of his Wen's shares, and remove him from the shareholder list..."
A series of revocations and orders demonstrated that the Wen faction still held absolute leadership over the entire Wen Corporation.
Most shareholders in the shareholders' meeting were deprived of their shares and removed from the board of directors and the shareholders' meeting.
The shareholders who were dealt with looked ashen. Even though they were indignant in their hearts, they dared not speak out under the accumulated power of Mr. Wen.
"Appoint Wen's Group's Executive President Cao Zixing as Executive Vice President, and Executive Vice President Xue Yishan as Executive President..."
The board of directors of a company is composed of positions such as chairman, executive director, executive vice president, executive president, and executive vice president. Cao Zixing and Xue Yishan were promoted to a higher level out of nowhere.
At this point, with each promotion, the status is almost completely different, and the power in one's hands is also incomparable.
Wen Xinya noticed that most of the people her grandfather appointed were people she trusted. Thinking about the vacant position of executive director due to the abolition of the job, Wen Xinya probably understood what her grandfather was thinking.
The position of executive director was left to her by her grandfather. Her grandfather appointed her team to pave the way for her and intended to let her take control of the entire Wen Group.
Under the chairman, below one person and above everyone else, he is the highest executive officer of an enterprise, which is equivalent to Yan Shaoqing's position in the Lanxin Group.