He stood in the doorway, neither pushing the door nor moving away, as if he was waiting for an answer from Old Gump. My heart was pounding and I kept thinking how I would explain who I was if I was found out later.
“People, you can’t think about money in everything. I’m an old thing, I’m old but not stiff, I still have a bit of sentiment. In my case, if Junran is no longer Zhang, then it’s not Junran anymore, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s Han or Liu. Today, not to mention you want to move Junran, even if it is Han Kun who wants to move Junran tomorrow, as long as I am not dead, then there is no such possibility. ”
Liu Rong’s voice also sank, the tone of jokingly rounding up the situation just now had disappeared.
“You still remember Zhang Jun, how many years has it been since Zhang Jun died, huh.”
“He’s been dead for how many years now, and he was my little brother too. I promised Zhang Jun that I would do a good job with the finances of Junran, and at that time Junran was still a small fish factory, but it didn’t matter. I will repay the kindness of a drop of water, no matter what becomes of Surran, I will hold on to this property for my little brother Zhang.”
Lao Gan’s words warmed my heart. Thanks to my dad having a handful of good brothers from back in the day, Han Kun, Lao Gan, and many uncles and aunts I can’t name, he was able to make this company bigger and stronger after he left. They were not related to me in any way by blood, yet they treated me better than family, whereas the people who were really related to me by blood, did not care about me.
Liu Rong sneered, “For the sake of Zhang Jun, how can you work with someone like Han Kun. For so many years, everything he has done with this company, whether it was for Zhang Jun or for Ji Yanran, don’t you know? How many things he has done before for Ji Yanran, don’t you know?! You’re talking so grandly now, whether it’s for your and Han Kun’s private property or for Zhang Jun, you know very well in your heart.”
Old Gan didn’t expect Liu Rong to say this, he knew I was in the cubicle and panicked all of a sudden.
“You bullSh*t!!!”
“What did I say wrong? That you and Han Kun don’t have personal feelings? Then after all these years, why didn’t you avenge Zhang Jun?”
I felt like I had fallen into icy water, my limbs chilling.
Old Gan gasped, “Zhang Jun was in a traffic accident, how can I take revenge?!”
Liu Rong also yelled lowly and defiantly, “What’s going on is very clear to several of us, it’s you who want to deceive yourselves and others!”
After saying this, Liu Rong violently pushed open the toilet cubicle, then he froze, because there was no one in front of him, it was empty.
I had flipped over to the next door.
Ryu Rong grunted, “Are you really talking to yourself?”
Old Gan was furious by this time and pointed at Liu Rong’s face, “Surnamed Liu, we are at loggerheads.”
“You take it easy too.” Liu Rong washed his hands as he said, “What good will it do for you to fight me hard? Nowadays, almost all of the shareholders present today will vote for you, except for a few hardened nails. Han Kun wasn’t there, he couldn’t vote on behalf of Zhang Jun, so we only need 70% of the shareholders to agree and 50% of the shareholders present to agree, I’ll give you one last chance, if you’re still stubborn, once the meeting breaks up today, you won’t be Junran’s finance manager anymore.”
“I said I would stand in this position until the last moment.”
“Hmph, a dead duck, well, we’ll see about that.”
Only when I was sure Ryu Rong had left did I walk out of the cubicle, feeling drenched in cold sweat and with an indescribable sense of isolation from the world.
Old Gan called me several times before I came back to my senses.
“Don’t listen to what Ryu Rong said, he thought you were hiding in the toilet and those words were deliberate.”
“Of course.” I laughed, “Don’t worry Gamble, I’m not that gullible. If what he says is true, that Uncle Han was once an enemy of my father for my mother, and that he’s kept this company for her all these years, then he’ll avenge my mother even if he doesn’t avenge my father.”
Liu Rong was of course stirring up trouble, and the holes in the logic of his words were obvious.
But what concerned me most was still that statement: what was going on with Zhang Jun was very clear to several of us.
So does Uncle Han know too?
He knew there was something fishy about my dad, so why didn’t he investigate and why didn’t he take revenge? And not only didn’t he take revenge, he wouldn’t let me take revenge …… I didn’t want to accept Liu Rong’s statement, but I really couldn’t figure it out either.
Old Gan patted my shoulder: “It’s best if you can think like that. Young master, it’s too complicated here ……”
I nodded: “I understand, then do you know about my father?”
“Know some of it.’
“Is there a part you can tell me?”
“It’s not convenient to tell you now, it’s too complicated, I’ll tell you when I get the chance.”
I laughed bitterly, “So it’s true, my dad really wasn’t a car accident, he was murdered.”
I had investigated so many times and had only been able to find circumstantial evidence, and it was only at this moment that I could be sure that he had really been killed.
I couldn’t tell you how I felt, at the same time feeling a big stone fall to the ground, but also feeling indescribably angry and isolated.
Old Gump covered his mouth in surprise and realised that I had set him up.
I shook my head and said, “Forget it, the most important thing now is to deal with this shareholders’ meeting first.”
He nodded his head, washed his hands, and followed me to the meeting.
As soon as I pushed open the door to the meeting room, there were already a dozen shareholders sitting inside, all dressed in suits and muttering in whispers.
“Yo, Lao Gan, this kid is really your little secretary ah. Since when don’t you want a little girl to be your little secretary and replace it with a young guy.” Liu Rong teased.
“Yeah, who doesn’t know that our manager Gan is flirtatious.”
The crowd echoed in unison.
I glanced at Old Gan and found that he was just smiling, not angry at all. This old fox, his cheek was probably thicker than the city wall.
“Shareholders, today Mr Liu has convened this meeting, I was not qualified to attend, but it is a matter of my stay or departure, and Mr Liu has sincerely invited me to attend, I am extremely grateful.”
Liu Rong clasped his hands to his chest and nodded with an arrogant smile.
I knew that he was trying to get Lao Gan to attend so that he could humiliate him on the spot.
Liu Rong cleared his throat: “Let’s make it short. Old Gan is not in good health anymore, he is getting old and the company is under a lot of pressure, he is at the age of retirement. But he loves his work and refuses to retire. I have asked him several times to pay his bills, but he refuses. This is not the way to go on, so today we are calling everyone here to discuss whether to let Lao Gan retire. Let’s just vote by a show of hands and get it done quickly.”
Having said that, everyone whispered and echoed.
Liu Rong added, “Han Kun is not here today and he cannot exercise his voting rights on behalf of Zhang Jun. So only sixty percent of the shares present today, and I alone have twenty percent. There are nineteen people present today, only fourteen of us need to vote in favour and have more than thirty percent of the shares, Old Gan you go and rest, now everyone raise your hands. ”
Soon most of the people raised their hands, only a few had not yet raised their hands. After raising their hands, a tally showed that a total of forty percent had voted in favour, while another twenty percent had voted against, with fifteen people supporting Liu Rong.
“Old Gan, you have to retire this time, this is what the shareholders’ meeting voted for, what else do you want?” Liu Rong couldn’t wait and was no longer hiding it at all.
“Wait, Mr. Liu, don’t be in a hurry.” I laughed, “I haven’t voted yet.”
Liu Rong didn’t react at first, but after five seconds, he suddenly understood what I meant by that, and his face suddenly turned ugly!
