Chapter 199: Shareholders' Meeting

Three o'clock that afternoon.

Enzo escorted Zhu Yuan to the outside of the conference room, "Miss Zhu, I can only take you this far; I cannot enter inside. If anything happens, just shout loudly, and I will rush in immediately."

He wore a solemn expression with a firm gaze; those who didn't know better would think Zhu Yuan was heading to a battlefield.

Zhu Yuan returned him an equally firm gaze and patted his shoulder, "I'm going in."

She gripped her phone, which contained a WeChat message Sheng Yu had just sent—

If you're sleepy, sleep; once you've had enough sleep, leave.

Upon entering the conference room, apart from her, only Sheng Hongyao had yet to arrive.

Zhu Yuan sat in her seat, which used to be where Sheng Yu sat.

Sitting in his seat, Zhu Yuan suddenly had the illusion that she and Sheng Yu were one and the same.

However, her internal thoughts could not be known by Sheng Yu, otherwise, she would be teased by him again.

With only one minute left before the meeting began, Sheng Hongyao finally took his seat.

He swept a glance over the shareholders present, his gaze lingering on Zhu Yuan for a moment before he sneered.

"Let the meeting begin."

According to the Sheng Group's articles of association, the shareholders' meeting is presided over by the Chairman.

Secretary Jiang, who followed behind him, presented the agenda for this extraordinary shareholders' meeting

——the replacement of a director.

And he had already projected the list of new directors and the list of directors to be replaced onto the screen.

"I believe all shareholders have seen it clearly."

When she saw that Sheng Yu was the director about to be replaced, Zhu Yuan's expression sank slightly.

She had guessed that this meeting was aimed at Sheng Yu, but she hadn't expected Sheng Hongyao to be so impatient.

Sheng Yu had been elected as a director for less than a month, and he was already in such a rush to replace him!

"Chairman Sheng, if you want to replace a director, you must at least give us a reason; you can't just make us vote without any explanation, can you?"

Sitting among a group of old foxes who were all old enough to be her father, Zhu Yuan showed no timidity, instead looking at Sheng Hongyao with calm composure.

The conference room fell deathly silent.

Sheng Hongyao acted as if he hadn't heard her question, his fingers flipping through the papers on the table.

She had long expected him to be someone who looked down on others.

Zhu Yuan did not retreat in the slightest, saying with a smile: "I don't know about the others, but if a company's decision-maker is hard of hearing and disabled, or someone who deliberately plays deaf and dumb to avoid listening to others' opinions, then I don't think there is any need for this meeting to continue."

Inside the conference room, someone swallowed quietly.

Some were even breaking out in a cold sweat.

This Zhu Yuan—who didn't know she was Sheng Yu's girlfriend?

But if they were to say she was acting arrogant because of Sheng Yu's doting, they didn't dare to be certain.

After all, for someone like Sheng Yu to transfer all his shares to her, they didn't believe this Zhu Yuan lacked some extraordinary quality.

Yet, she was just a stage actress; what could she possibly understand?

No one dared to speak, all watching the situation from the sidelines.

Hearing Zhu Yuan's insolence, Secretary Jiang sternly reprimanded her: "Miss Zhu, even if you are a major shareholder of the company, this is not a place for you to be presumptuous!"

"Oh?" Zhu Yuan leaned against the back of her chair, her legs crossed, "If asking a question is called being presumptuous, then what do you call your shouting?"

She curled her lips, "Is it called 'a dog acting on its master's authority'?"

"You!" Secretary Jiang was incensed.

Zhu Yuan crossed her arms over her chest, "I am merely exercising my legal rights. I have the right to know why Sheng Yu's director position is being replaced. If I don't even have this right to information, I highly doubt the fairness and impartiality of this meeting."

At the head of the table, Sheng Hongyao finally raised his eyes to look at this sharp-tongued woman.

He sneered: "You want a reason, do you? Fine, I can give you one easily."

"Just because he is mired in romantic entanglements and completely disregards the company's interests, allowing the company's shares to fall into the hands of a woman like you who has no respect for her elders and understands nothing, he is not fit to continue serving as a director of the company."

What a fine piece of rhetoric.

Now they wanted to dismiss Sheng Yu from his director position and force him out of the Board of Directors; once the Board was filled with Sheng Hongyao's people, the next step would be to dismiss Sheng Yu from his position as President.

Zhu Yuan was furious inside, but she suppressed her anger, "Whether it is I who lacks respect for elders or someone who lacks dignity in their old age, I ask Chairman Sheng to judge clearly. As for your claim that I don't understand business at all, I admit that; I don't understand anything, but that doesn't prevent me from being a bona fide shareholder of the company."

"Furthermore, as a shareholder, I have unconditional trust that the group will bring me long-term benefits. I trust the group, and the group should serve me. Do you expect me, a major shareholder, to do the labor myself? Then what would be the point of me being a shareholder waiting to collect money? Therefore, your claim that Sheng Yu disregards the company's interests does not hold up, because the creators of the company's interests are you, not me."

What a sharp-tongued person!

Sheng Hongyao's hand on the table slowly clenched, and he gave a cold snort, "Nonsense!"

Zhu Yuan raised an eyebrow, looking indifferent, "Oh, and then what?"

The veins on the man's forehead bulged; this Zhu Yuan—he should have just killed her back then!

Sheng Hongyao withdrew his gaze and swept it across everyone, "The meeting continues; we will now proceed to the vote."

Everyone else withdrew their attention.

This Zhu Yuan was truly too good at talking, and what she said was all quite reasonable.

But there was no help for it.

This meeting was clearly Sheng Hongyao targeting Sheng Yu; they had no choice but to pick a side.

Seeing that the vote was about to begin.

Secretary Jiang prepared to record the voting situation, while Sheng Hongyao glanced at Zhu Yuan from the corner of his eye, sneering in his heart.

A yellow-haired girl who understood nothing, she could only rely on her glib tongue...

Suddenly, Zhu Yuan let out a yawn and slumped onto the table.

Under everyone's gaze, she fell asleep on the table.

"Chairman Sheng, she..." Secretary Jiang reminded Sheng Hongyao.

Sheng Hongyao glanced at her, "It doesn't matter. Since she is attending the assembly, the meeting can proceed; it is useless whether she votes against or abstains."

Secretary Jiang nodded.

The voting officially began.

When the vote count had passed the halfway mark, Secretary Jiang was making records on his laptop when suddenly, Zhu Yuan, who was closest to him, stretched.

Her slender wrist knocked over the water bottle she had deliberately left loose on the table just moments ago.

All the water in the bottle poured onto Secretary Jiang's computer...

With a snap, the computer screen went black.

Along with it, the projected screen also went black.

A deathly silence filled the entire conference room.

"What are you doing!" Sheng Hongyao flew into a rage.

Zhu Yuan stifled a yawn, hurriedly stood up, and forcefully pressed the computer's power button; however, due to her actions, the computer, which might have been salvageable a moment ago, suddenly turned into a blue screen.

"Oh, it seems to be broken." Zhu Yuan looked at the others with an innocent expression, "Chairman Sheng is right, I really don't understand anything. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my fault."

"You did this on purpose!"

Secretary Jiang stood up, burning with shame and anger. Having caused such a disaster, he was terrified of being blamed by Sheng Hongyao, and his entire face turned livid!

He raised his hand, intending to strike Zhu Yuan!

Zhu Yuan grabbed the ruined laptop in front of him to block his hand, a flash of coldness in her eyes, while her other hand pulled out her phone to record, "What are you doing? Want to hit someone? Try hitting me and see what happens."