Grandpa Xia couldn't have cared less. As early as a month ago, when the company's funds started to run into problems, he had secretly sold a large portion of his shares. By now, he only held 5% of the shares. If it weren't for the fact that the stocks were as cheap as cabbages and selling them would be pointless, he would have happily washed his hands of the company and never set foot in it again. He couldn't bear to watch the company's continuous decline day after day, which only filled him with frustration.
"It's over. The company is really finished," a shareholder slumped into his chair, muttering to himself. "I should have known better than to drive Miss Xia out. After all, there's the Mo Ying Group backing her up."
"Right! Miss Xia, do you think if we invite Miss Xia back to manage the company, there'll be a chance of saving it? She is, after all, the granddaughter - in - law of the Mo family."
The few people began to discuss, their voices growing louder and louder, as if they were about to go and fetch Xia Weilan right away.
"Are you all crazy!" Xia Ruolin, with her pregnant belly, was sitting there in a foul mood. The shrinkage of her shares had been so severe that it was making her lose her appetite.
"Do you think Xia Weilan is some kind of miracle - worker? If I can't solve the problem, what makes you think she can? You're all laughing stocks," Xia Ruolin hissed.
Just then, the door of the meeting room was pushed open from the outside. Everyone looked towards the door and saw a woman walking in, surrounded by four or five bodyguards.
Xia Weilan cast a cold look at everyone present. Her gaze lingered on Grandpa Xia for a moment before she slowly walked up to him. "Please give up your seat," she said.
Like everyone else, Grandpa Xia was stunned for a moment. When he finally came to his senses, he immediately flew into a rage. "Why? This is the chairman's seat."
But as soon as Grandpa Xia opened his mouth, the other shareholders quickly spoke up. "Miss Xia is back. That's great."
"Yes, let Miss Xia be our chairman. I'll support her all the way."
"Me too."
Compared to the hands - off Grandpa Xia, anyone seemed more reliable at this moment.
Grandpa Xia glared angrily at the excited crowd. "What are you talking about? She doesn't even have any shares. How can she manage the company?"
Hearing this, the excited shareholders all looked at Xia Weilan and only then remembered that she really didn't have any shares.
But the next second, Xia Weilan suddenly smiled. "Who says I don't have shares?"
That smile was extremely charming and provocative, making everyone in the room stare at her for a moment.
Xia Weilan threw the copy in her hand onto the table. "Take a look at this."
Xia Ruolin was the first to grab the copy. After opening it and looking closely, she burst out laughing. "Hahaha, 55% of the shares? Xia Weilan, if you're going to forge something, at least put in a bit more effort. The combined shares of Grandpa Xia and me already amount to 60%. Where did your 55% of the shares come from? Hahaha."
Xia Ruolin had been worried about what support Xia Weilan might have, but now she felt relieved. Her contemptuous gaze was unashamedly fixed on Xia Weilan.
Xia Weilan stood there like a towering tree, neither smiling nor showing any sign of annoyance, as if Xia Ruolin's words had no effect on her at all.
Xia Ruolin's laughter gradually turned into shock, simply because Grandpa Xia's face looked so grim.
The entire meeting room fell silent. Everyone was looking at Grandpa Xia.
Grandpa Xia's face was ashen. He forced a awkward smile, stood up on his own, coughed once, and said nothing, but his actions spoke for themselves.
"Grandpa Xia, you..." Xia Ruolin couldn't believe it.
"Did you sell your stocks?" another shareholder voiced everyone's suspicion.
"Not all of them," Grandpa Xia said vaguely, looking guilty.
The shareholders finally realized what had happened and were furious. "I never thought you'd sell your stocks. No wonder you've been so indifferent to the company's affairs these days. You're the chairman, for goodness' sake! You're really pissing me off."
Xia Weilan stood in front of the chairman's seat, watching the quarrel among the shareholders coldly without saying a word. It wasn't until Grandpa Xia was forced to quit the management that everyone remembered there was still Xia Weilan in the room.
"Chairman!"
"Chairman!"
The unanimous calls clearly showed their stance.
"Yeah," Xia Weilan replied and then sat down.
"Chairman, it's really great that you're back. The company is on the verge of collapse now. Do you have any good plans?" Everyone's hopeful eyes were fixed on Xia Weilan.
Meanwhile, Xia Ruolin was left in the corner. "What ability does she have? You're just grasping at straws."
"So, do you have a solution? If not, just shut up!" Xia Weilan's cold gaze swept over, leaving Xia Ruolin speechless.
Hearing this, the shareholders' eyes brightened even more.
"Now you can all go back first. As for the company's problems, manage it as usual. I'll take care of the funding issue," Xia Weilan commanded. After hearing this, the shareholders looked at each other. Thinking of the Mo family behind Xia Weilan, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Ruolin also thought of Mo Beichen, but all she could feel was jealousy. She had also tried to ask Ouyang Mingqi for help before, but Ouyang Mingqi had gone abroad and was very hard to reach. He had been away for a whole month. Now, the Xia Group had fallen into Xia Weilan's hands, and she had seized such a great opportunity.
After everyone had left, Xia Weilan also left the meeting room and went straight to the chairman's office on the top floor.
The things inside were still the same, but the people had changed.
Xia Weilan asked the bodyguards to guard outside while she sat down in front of the desk, turned on the computer, and started typing quickly. It wasn't in Chinese but in English.
"What do you think of my design draft?"
Z: "I'm very satisfied. This time, it can be put into production directly without any problem."
"That's good," Xia Weilan's face was hidden in the shadow, making it hard to see her expression. Her hair fluttered slightly as her fingers typed even faster. "I'm sending the contract over now. I've already signed it. Now that I'm the chairman of the Xia Group, there won't be any more problems like before in our cooperation."
"Okay," Z replied. "Congratulations."
"Z, there's something I'd like you to help me with," Xia Weilan typed a string of words.
In the project department of the Xia Group, the project manager's phone rang. He answered it with a gloomy face, thinking it was another call from someone who wanted to withdraw their investment. But unexpectedly, the caller was extremely enthusiastic. "Manager Liu, I'd like to invest 50 million. Do you think my agency contract can be renewed this time?"
"What?" Manager Liu thought he had misheard. "Didn't you say you wouldn't cooperate anymore? Are you dialing the wrong number? This is the Xia Group."
"No, no. I know. Manager Liu, I really want to cooperate with you again. You must give me this chance," the caller said.
Manager Liu was completely confused. He thought someone was making fun of him and hung up the phone without saying a word.
Just then, the assistant rushed in excitedly. "Manager, many companies want to cooperate with us. These are the companies that just sent us their cooperation intentions."
Manager Liu thought he was dreaming. "What's going on in this world?"
Seeing Manager Liu's reaction, the assistant immediately laughed. "Manager, don't you know? The company's stocks have risen. Just now, the Z Jewelry Company from the United States publicly announced that they're going to cooperate with us on product design, and the products have already been put into production. At first, I wondered how our designers had such great skills. But after reading the official statement from the other side, I found out that it was our Miss Xia who had been planning this for half a year."
Manager Liu immediately took out his phone, and the first top - news he saw was about the Xia Group's renewed cooperation with the Z Jewelry Company.
This post was extremely popular, with countless comments below. "Damn it, it's really a cooperation. The Z Jewelry suddenly withdrew from the market half a year ago, and the Xia Group said they were researching a new project. I didn't expect there to be results after half a year."
"Everyone knows that Z rarely values others. But this time, they designed products together with our Miss Xia. This is truly a pride of our nation."
Manager Liu's hand was shaking as he read these comments. He felt as if he had suddenly risen from the bottom of the valley to the clouds. It was all so surreal.
Just then, Manager Liu's phone rang again. He took a deep breath and answered the call with full confidence this time. "Hello, this is the Xia Group. You said you want to cooperate. Wait a moment. We need to conduct an investigation..."