Chapter 307 — Gu Pengzhan's Predicament
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To demand a hundred million upfront was outright extortion! When had the Liu family ever suffered such a loss? Even if he was a divine physician, a few million would have been the absolute limit. To dare ask for a hundred million—hmph, well then, if you dare to demand it, you had better be able to keep it!
Of course, if Liu Tianyi knew how shortsighted and selfish his wife was being, he would probably explode with rage. A hundred million was no small sum, but what a bargain it was to gain the friendship of a divine physician in return!
Would she never grow old and fall ill herself? Would she never come begging to Wei Zhao then? What a brainless, spendthrift shrew.
Clearly, however, Liu Tianyi had no idea of this, so that when Wu Chengtian went to make trouble for Wei Zhao, it was already too late for him to stop it.
Gu Pengzhan was in a foul mood today. Jin Gubang had actually proposed convening a board meeting to hold an election for a new chairman!
Thinking of the connection between Jin Gubang and Xie Guangbo the day before, a chill ran through Gu Pengzhan's heart! For the first time, he felt this kind of helplessness. He could no longer control the whole situation!
Right up until the board meeting was convened the day before, Gu Pengzhan had still been full of confidence, certain he could purge the company of its vermin, whittle away Jin Gubang's power bit by bit, and finally drive him out of the company.
But now things had gone beyond his expectations! The company's second and third largest shareholders had actually joined forces. The shares in their hands already surpassed his own, and united against him at the board meeting, he would be unable to respond.
When had the company come to this?
The company his father had founded was, in his own hands, about to be handed over to someone else?
Gu Pengzhan had never told his father about company matters. Since his father was retired and enjoying a peaceful old age, he did not want company affairs to disturb him.
Besides, in Gu Pengzhan's view, company matters were nothing serious. As long as he held firmly to the shares in his hand, even if a shareholder or two were a little greedy and a little selfish, Gu Pengzhan believed he was still capable of dealing with it.
But the coalition of shareholders was an accident Gu Pengzhan had never anticipated.
He was at his wit's end. Jin Gubang was determined to go through with the chairman's re-election and had already joined forces with Xie Guangbo to contact the other board members, so there was no possibility of reconciliation at all. Perhaps in a few days, he would no longer be the company's chairman.
In his helplessness, Gu Pengzhan had no choice but to dial his father's number. Though he was reluctant to disturb him, matters had reached such a critical pass that Gu Pengzhan had to explain the company's situation to the old man Chu.
Old Man Chu listened quietly to Gu Pengzhan's words without interrupting, and after he had finished, was silent for a moment.
"Dad, what do you think..." Gu Pengzhan felt utterly exhausted. With a third of the directors won over by Jin Gubang, a board meeting could be proposed, and even as chairman he could not stop that fact! And since Jin Gubang wanted to convene this board meeting, he must be confident of replacing him as chairman!
"Actually, I saw the problems in the company's board long ago." Old Man Chu's voice was calm. "Pengzhan, you are too kind and too soft-hearted. That may count as a virtue, but you must understand that business is like war—mercy to the enemy is cruelty to yourself. People are all driven by greed and self-interest, so it is only natural that directors would band together to seize power."
"Then you mean..." Gu Pengzhan was taken aback. From his father's tone, it seemed he did not intend to involve himself in the matter.
"Go find Wei Zhao," Old Man Chu said with a faint sigh. "In this situation, perhaps only he can help you..."