Chapter 491

Yuhua Business Building, Shangya Clothing Design Co., Ltd.

"Lingling, check if these materials are complete; if there is no problem, it counts as finishing the process," HR Sister Hu placed several documents on the desk.

Yao Lingling flipped through them simply, confirmed they were correct, and looked up, revealing a sincere smile, "No problem, thank you Sister Li, you've worked hard."

"Okay, then I'll go back to the office, contact me anytime if you have anything."

Watching Sister Hu's back disappear at the end of the corridor, Yao Lingling took a deep breath and began to organize her personal belongings.

Actually, there wasn't much left; in the process of handling the handover these past few days, she had already brought most of her things home.

Stuffing documents, mugs, pen holders, etc., into her backpack.

Patting the computer that had accompanied her for more than a year.

Yao Lingling stood up, her gaze sweeping over the surrounding colleagues, a warm smile on her face, "I am officially resigning today, bye-bye, Xinmin, Brother Wang, Old Zhao—"

"Lingling, contact us more often in the future!"

"I really hate to see you go, come back and see us often when you have time!"

"Come on, Lingling! When I can't mix anymore, I'll go to you!"

Because of her personality, Yao Lingling had a good relationship with her colleagues, and everyone liked this cheerful, generous, enthusiastic, and lively girl.

Walking out of the office area while laughing and joking.

Passing the design department, meeting room, and tea room she had traveled back and forth countless times, she arrived at the elevator room.

Yao Lingling's eye sockets were slightly hot, and she bit her lip hard.

No matter what, this was also the first company she entered after coming out of school.

Perhaps there were many small problems, but it did give her the capital to gain a foothold in Yancheng and also accompanied her growth from an intern to a designer.

All along, she had been full of a sense of belonging to Shangya.

The sound of slightly hurried footsteps came from behind.

Xiao Mingxuan walked over hurriedly from the corner, his footsteps clearly hesitated for a moment, but he finally walked up,

And said in a low voice, "Lingling."

Yao Lingling came back to her senses and waved with a smile, "President Xiao, this time it's really bye-bye, thank you for your help in this resignation matter, it made me make a big profit, hehe."

Her smile was still warm and healing, but Xiao Mingxuan noticed the sense of distance in it.

"Ding—" The elevator door opened slowly.

Xiao Mingxuan looked at her bright eyes and said seriously, "I wish you a smooth journey! No matter what, I will always treat you as a friend, goodbye."

Yao Lingling was silent for a moment, looked up, and said, "Goodbye, Mingxuan, I also wish you a smooth journey, come on!"

After saying that, she strode into the elevator.

The elevator door closed slowly, Xiao Mingxuan stood in place, looking at her figure that gradually disappeared, feeling as if he had finally let go of something in his heart.

The chilly wind blew toward her face, blowing away her long hair.

Yao Lingling looked at the gloomy sky above her head, a trace of firmness in her eyes.

No matter what the future held, she was ready to meet the challenge.

"Dudu-du—"

The silver-gray Suzuki UY125 shuttled smoothly on the busy street, the engine sound crisp and powerful.

More than ten minutes later, the motorcycle stopped steadily in front of the administration building of Huashang Apparel headquarters.

After locking the car.

Yao Lingling took out her phone and checked the time, 10:21.

She said something in the WeChat group and left a message for Tang Song.

Not long after, a familiar figure ran out of the office building.

Zhang Jiahong stepped on low-heeled shoes, ran up to greet her, and hugged her with a beaming face, "Lingling, you finally came!"

Yao Lingling patted her best friend's shoulder and asked with concern, "How is Shumin? Is it smooth?"

"Very smooth!" Zhang Jiahong pulled her arm, her tone cheerful, "Directly signed the labor contract, just finished dividing the workstation, it's right next to me."

"That's good," Yao Lingling nodded, her gaze cast toward the office building, "I am not your employee, is it okay to enter the office area?"

Zhang Jiahong affirmed, "Don't worry, no problem! Our design center has to dock a lot of work every day, and there are all kinds of people in various departments, no one will care, and you are here to wait for the senior."

The reason she was so bold was also because there was someone behind her.

Ever since Lin Empress Mu Xue greeted her last time, whether it was colleagues or leaders, they were all particularly polite to her.

Once, the assistant to the president, Feng Yashan, even took the initiative to greet her, which was really full of face!

The two talked and took the elevator to the R&D Design Center on the 3rd floor.

Compared with Shangya, the office environment here was much more spacious and bright.

Beside each designer's workstation, not only were various fabrics and finished clothing samples placed, but there were also some plastic human models.

The entire area was full of creativity and vitality, and a faint fabric fragrance permeated the air.

Arriving at the southeast office area, Yao Lingling saw Li Shumin waving at her excitedly there at a glance.

A bright smile appeared on her face, she walked up quickly, and after the three chatted briefly, they sat at the workstation and chatted in low voices.

Li Shumin seemed unusually excited, telling the various benefits of the new company endlessly. 8th floor, large meeting room.

The proposal to reorganize the board of directors was undoubtedly passed with 55.4% of the votes in favor.

Next, it entered the stage of nominating new directors.

According to the articles of association of Huashang Apparel, the share ratio was directly linked to the allocation of board seats.

Therefore, the core controversy of the entire process was concentrated on the candidates for independent directors.

The He Jingping family held 40.4% of the shares, plus the support of two small shareholders, still ensuring 3 seats.

Rongliu Investment and Juqing Juqing Hui Jin, after negotiation, nominated Zhang Jin as their representative on the board of directors.

The independent director Zhang Wenchao, who was responsible for auditing and compensation, was replaced by Chen Xiaolan, a candidate nominated by Lin Empress Mu Xue.

He Jingping's hands were clenched on the conference table, and the expression on his face was incomparably solemn.

In the 7-member board of directors, Tang Song already had control of 4 seats.

At this moment, he finally realized that he had completely lost control of the board of directors of Huashang Apparel.

He had worked at Huashang Apparel for more than 20 years and had long regarded this company as his life's work, but now it was snatched away by someone.

Anger, unwillingness, pain—various emotions churned in his chest.

For Tang Song, this major shareholder holding 35% of the shares, he had always attached great importance to him, and he had never spoken anything but politely.

Small contradictions occurred in cooperation, so he took the initiative to invite the other party to meet privately to communicate and solve them.

Finding that there was a conflict of interest and the other party refused to compromise, he also took the initiative to make concessions, splitting out a portion of the capacity of the new production line, which was completely enough for Songmei Apparel to carry out early-stage business.

But he didn't expect that the other party would strike violently, directly snatching away the control of Huashang Apparel.

It was really bullying people too much!

Beside him, He Zhijie's face was livid, and his eyes were full of coldness when looking at Tang Song.

Although the board of directors was important, for such a large Huashang Apparel, with thousands of employees up and down, controlling it wasn't just talk.

From CEO to middle management, most were selected by their family.

Even if he controlled the board of directors, so what? In the final analysis, Huashang was still the Huashang of their He family!

Could Tang Song really carry out a major reshuffle?

Does he dare?! Isn't he afraid of collapsing the company?

Just at this moment.

"Dong, dong—" Tang Song's fingers tapped the conference table lightly; the sound wasn't loud, but it made everyone's gaze focus on him.

His tone was calm, but carried unquestionable authority: "I nominate the following candidates on behalf of the new controlling party."

"First, I nominate myself to enter the board of directors."

This nomination had no suspense; according to the company's articles of association, Tang Song, who held 35% of the shares, originally had two board seats, but he had always been one person holding two voting rights.

"Secondly..." Tang Song's gaze swept over the crowd and landed on the figure who had been silent in the corner, "I nominate the current president of Huashang Apparel, Mr. Wu Wei."

Hearing this, Huang Yangming and Wang Chengliang revealed expressions of shock, and both were a bit unresponsive.

Who was Wu Wei?

He Jingping's personally cultivated direct line, his trusted general, the real-power CEO of Huashang Apparel!

He Zhijie, who had been cold-eyed before, suddenly straightened his back, and ecstatic light burst out in his eyes.

Of the current 7 seats, 3 were on their family's side, and originally Tang Song was firmly controlling 4.

As a result, he now nominated Wu Wei, didn't this equal sending the control back?

Could it be that this guy was afraid of problems in the company and wanted to use this way to win over Wu Wei? Stabilize the company's situation?

Isn't this too stupid?

He subconsciously looked at his father, but saw He Jingping's face was ashen, his right hand clutching the fountain pen tightly, and his eyes looking at Wu Wei were full of incredulity.

He Zhijie's heart jumped, and suddenly he had an ominous premonition.

Wu Wei stood up slowly; unlike in the past, he was wearing a stiff dark gray suit today, standing with his hands down, his gaze sharp as a sword, completely different from his usual appearance.

"Thank you for Director Tang's trust, I will not let you down. Here, I also guarantee to all shareholders that every decision of Huashang Apparel will take enhancing shareholder value as the highest criterion and repay this trust with solid performance."

His voice was steady and confident, and from beginning to end, he didn't look at He Jingping.

He Jingping's pupils shrank suddenly, and his chest heaved violently.

He Zhijie also reacted at this time, stood up fiercely, and the chair made a harsh sound on the floor.

"President Wu! You—"

"Zhijie, shut up!" He Jingping shouted to stop him.

Lin Empress Mu Xue on the side raised the corners of her mouth, her tone indifferent, "Director He, this is a shareholders' meeting, please pay attention to your words!"

Now she was the shareholder representative of Rongliu Investment, and her status was far higher than He Zhijie's, so she could naturally reprimand the other party.

Cool! Too cool!

Wu Wei's expression remained unchanged, but his heart felt a bit happy.

For 9 years, he had paid a lot for Huashang Apparel and also helped the company create a lot of profit.

But his equity incentive plan had been delayed again and again, and He Jingping had never thought of letting him enter the board of directors.

Under He Jingping's control, he was ultimately just a professional manager, who could be replaced at any time.

As a company CEO who was in his prime and full of ambition, he would naturally make the right choice.

After the board reorganization proposal ended.

According to the original agenda, they began to vote on the proposal of "Huashang Apparel and Yingqu Media establishing a joint venture."

The shareholder vote ended, and it finally failed with 55.4% of the votes against.

He Jingping and others had solemn faces and didn't say a word.

The shareholders' meeting officially ended.

Juqing Juqing Hui Jin's representative Zhang Jin stood up, "I propose to convene the first meeting of the new board of directors now."

Hearing this, He Jingping's board member Wang He slammed the table and stood up: "Director Zhang! Convening a board meeting requires 3 days' notice in advance, this is a procedural violation!"

Convening a board meeting at this time, the intention was self-evident; it was definitely to re-elect the chairman.

They naturally didn't want to see this scene.

Zhang Jin's face remained calm: "The four of us directors can sign the *Exemption Notice Period Consent Form* on the spot; in this case, an emergency board meeting is compliant in the company's articles of association."

As he spoke, a lawyer beside him placed the document on the conference table.

Seeing this scene, He Jingping and others naturally understood that the other party had come prepared and had long made a full set of measures.

Soon, seven new directors moved to the strategic meeting room next door and began to convene the first board meeting.

In the large meeting room, with the departure of several people, it became even more empty.

He Zhijie sat there, gritting his teeth, his gaze flickering.

Just at this moment, a shadow appeared before his eyes, and the fresh and pleasant perfume scent rushed toward him.

He Zhijie looked up, his face freezing.

Lin Empress Mu Xue's hands hung naturally by her sides, her brown hair tied behind her head, looking capable and intellectual.

Her gaze was sharp and confident, looking down at him from above.

The bright light fell on her, setting her off to be even more extraordinary.

Noticing the fear that flashed in He Zhijie's eyes, Lin Empress Mu Xue hugged her chest, raised her chin, and looked down at him, "Director He, you are the record person in charge of this shareholders' meeting, please organize the meeting minutes and send them to our mailbox."

In order to make his son's succession smooth in the future, He Jingping arranged him directly in the president's office, serving as director.

He Zhijie was able to appear at the shareholders' meeting scene, also in the capacity of the person in charge of the president's office, responsible for meeting records.

He Zhijie looked at the high-and-mighty Lin Empress Mu Xue, his teeth almost gritted to pieces.

He snorted coldly and walked out.

Looking at his fleeing back, Lin Empress Mu Xue only felt refreshed all over.

Facing a rich second generation like He Zhijie in the past, as the person in charge of the event, she could only perfunctory and dodge, and would be teased by the other party in words from time to time.

Now she was stepping him under her feet in the capacity of a superior.

This scene of revenge and showing off simply made her unable to control herself.

3rd floor, R&D Design Center.

Just as the three of Yao Lingling were talking, unknowingly, the originally busy and noisy office area suddenly became quiet.

The surrounding colleagues returned to their seats one after another, focusing on their work.

Sensing the change in atmosphere, Li Shumin sat upright and asked in a small voice, "What's going on? Jiahong, is there some leader coming over? How come everyone has become so serious."

"I don't know, let me ask," Zhang Jiahong picked up her phone and glanced at the group chat message, her expression suddenly becoming stiff, and then she became nervous.

Yao Lingling keenly captured her strangeness and asked softly, "What's wrong, Jiahong?"

Zhang Jiahong lowered her head and looked around, lowering her voice to explain, "Just now, news came out in the group chat that the shareholders' meeting the company is holding has had a major change."

Then, she showed the content in the group chat to the two.

Although the shareholders' meeting was a closed-door meeting, because there were many attendees, information leakage was almost inevitable.

Especially for such a major event that might affect the foundation of the company, gossip spread extremely fast.

Some said that both major shareholders had sold their shares to the outside, the shareholders' meeting was about to welcome a big reshuffle, and it might involve a major reshuffle of middle and senior management next;

Others revealed that Chairman He had been targeted by other directors and was currently very angry.

Seeing this news, Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin, the two new employees, held their breath.

Seeing this news, Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin, the two new employees, suddenly held their breath.

They didn't understand things like directors and shareholders, but the words "major reshuffle" made their hearts tighten, and they couldn't help but feel a bit anxious.

Just at this moment.

A middle-aged woman with an outstanding temperament appeared in the office area corridor.

Zhang Jiahong looked up and reminded in a small voice, "It's our company's administrative director!"

"Oh, oh," Li Shumin hurriedly sat upright, trying to appear more professional.

Yao Lingling moved to Zhang Jiahong's side calmly, pretending to be discussing clothing design work.

Immediately after, the sound of footsteps got closer and closer.

The three quietly looked up and saw Administrative Director Chai Wei stop in front of them.

Zhang Jiahong's heart jumped, and she stood up, "Director Chai."

"Good morning, Jiahong," Chai Wei nodded with a smile, then looked at Li Shumin, her tone gentle and kind, "This is the new colleague Shumin, right? You look so beautiful."

Li Shumin was stunned for a moment, her face instantly flushed, and she responded stammeringly, "Director Chai, you overpraised me, I am assistant designer Li Shumin."

"Hehe," Chai Wei covered her mouth and chuckled, naturally putting her hand on Zhang Jiahong's shoulder, "You are joining the job for the first time, if there is anything you need our administration department to help with, you can speak up anytime."

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Li Shumin said flattered, "Thank you, Director Chai, I have arranged everything here, and I am very satisfied with everything."

"That's good," Chai Wei patted her shoulder, as if suddenly thinking of something, and continued, "By the way, your digital screens seem to be old models used for several years, left behind by previous employees who resigned.

I just checked, and there are brand new XPPen Artist Pro 16s in our warehouse. You can submit a material collection application on the OA

system, and then go to the administration office to collect them."

Hearing this, Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin's expressions instantly became stagnant, and then they hurriedly bowed to thank her, "Thank you, Director Chai!"

As assistant designers, the configuration of the office equipment they usually used wasn't high.

And this digital screen mentioned by Chai Wei was a flagship model that had just been released not long ago, and even the core designers of the company used this model.

"You're welcome, this is my job duty, don't stand, sit down and chat," Chai Wei's tone was soft, carrying a kind of affinity that made people feel like a spring breeze, then, she looked at Yao Lingling beside her, "Who is this?"

Zhang Jiahong hurriedly said, "This is my classmate, and she is also an employee of our company's partner, this time she is here to communicate work."

Tang Song had said that Huashang Apparel was the OEM for Songmei Apparel, and later it would also be docked by Yao Lingling, so this wasn't considered a lie.

Seeing this, Yao Lingling stood up, "Hello, Director Chai."

"Hello," Chai Wei didn't struggle too much, just smiled gently, then pulled a chair and sat down beside them, caring about the adaptation situation of the two.

As an administrative director of a large enterprise with nearly 3,000 employees like Huashang Apparel, Chai Wei was undoubtedly a pivotal figure within the company.

Her appearance was enough to attract attention, not to mention that she was now chatting so enthusiastically with two newly joined small employees.

This special treatment made Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin feel both surprised and nervous, inevitably a bit at a loss.

Especially Li Shumin, whose cheeks were flushed with excitement, and her voice was trembling when she spoke.

Seeing this, Yao Lingling simply sat at the empty workstation beside her without disturbing them.

Taking out her phone from her pocket and checking WeChat, Senior Tang Song still hadn't replied to her message; it seemed he was busy.

Thinking for a while, she typed a message: "(～√～) Senior, I have already arrived at the 3rd floor of the administration building, at Jiahong's side, tell me when you are busy."

The message was just sent.

A hearty voice appeared in her ear: "Haha, Director Chai, you are here too."

Yao Lingling looked up and saw a tall and thin man in his 40s, wearing a shirt and suit pants, quite spirited.

Chai Wei didn't reveal any different color on her face, smiled and said, "Came over to communicate with new employees, doesn't the leader often say, we must maintain harmonious and friendly relations between departments."

"Haha, Director Chai is right!" The man smiled and looked gently to the side.

Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin hurriedly stood up, "Manager Qian."

"It's okay, it's okay, I just came over to ask, is your work going smoothly? Are there any difficulties?"

"Everything is going smoothly, thank you for your concern, Manager Qian!"

Looking at Qian Rui, whose attitude was unusually kind, both were a bit at a loss.

Because Huashang Apparel had many employees, the status of the Human Resources Department was extremely high, and it was a real core department.

As a recruitment manager, Qian Rui could be said to be the second-in-command only to the Human Resources Director.

They had met the other party when they joined the job.

At that time, although his attitude was also very good, it was far from being so kind.

Surrounding employees noticed this scene in the corner.

For these two newcomers, Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin, they naturally discussed them a lot in private.

Combined with the attitude of the leaders, they could also roughly know that this was someone who joined through connections.

For a large enterprise like Huashang, this wasn't rare.

But to be able to make Director Chai and Manager Qian come to greet them, it could be seen that the background was very unusual.

For a time, low discussions rippled, and everyone revealed thick curiosity and confusion in their eyes.

After a while, a dense sound of footsteps suddenly came from the gate, accompanied by enthusiastic greetings.

Employees glanced at the sound and were all startled.

In the center was a handsome young man.

Wearing a dark blue suit, his eyebrows raised, corners of his mouth smiling, looking tall and clear.

Beside him and behind him, surrounded by company president Wu Wei, assistant Feng Yashan, design director Zhao Chengwen, and other famous big leaders.

Everyone's focus was on him, their gazes respectful and careful, invisibly adding to his aura.

Like a "domineering president" walking out of a novel, making people unable to move their eyes away.

Some female employees covered their mouths, their eyes shining amazingly, even trembling slightly because of excitement.

Chai Wei and Qian Rui also quickly stopped talking, stood up fiercely, and revealed an incomparably vivid and bright smile on their faces.

Yao Lingling, who was sitting in the corner, was stunned, her gaze slightly dazed.

Tang Song was wearing the British-style suit she made herself at this time.

Soon, her vision touched a pair of black and white eyes.

Her heartbeat missed a beat, and her cheeks flushed quietly.

Completely addicted to the senior's beauty, unable to extricate herself.

Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin also noticed this scene.

Although they didn't recognize all those company leaders, they could also feel the atmosphere in the office area.

Revealing a dazed and surprised expression.

They never expected that Senior Tang Song actually had such a scene in Huashang Apparel!

Looking at the crowd walking toward this side.

Chai Wei quickly came to the side of the corridor and shouted in a crisp voice, "Chairman! You are here!"

Qian Rui followed closely, slightly nervous, "Chairman, President Wu."

Following the title shouted by the two, surrounding employees revealed dazed expressions one after another.

Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin looked at each other, still not understanding what this meant.

Tang Song nodded lightly, his gaze directly crossing the two, looking at the junior sister sitting there, smiling and saying, "Just finished the meeting, waited anxiously, right Lingling?"

Yao Lingling took a deep breath, a bright smile on her face, "No, Senior!"