Chapter 836: 830. Starting the Attack (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Qiaosilin's thoughts turned quickly; in just a moment, she realized what course of action would be most advantageous for her.

Using Zhang Ran's words now to warn her own side was the best choice.

Sure enough, upon hearing Qiaosilin's words, some people's eyes flickered slightly.

The situation had shifted instantly from an initial state of mutual friendliness to the current state of sharp confrontation, which was something many had not expected.

After all, at the beginning, everyone had thought about taking things slowly; it was impossible for matters to yield results immediately.

When Zhang Ran and the Luode Xiongmei entered with smiling faces, it had led everyone to prepare for that kind of pace.

But no one expected that a Luofeide would suddenly pop up at this moment, allowing Zhang Ran to seize the opportunity and subsequently steer the situation into its current state.

However, everyone reacted quickly; it seemed both sides intended to settle things swiftly, otherwise they wouldn't be in such a rush to force everyone to pick a side.

The Chairman of the South Africa Development Bank, Baoluo, spoke up: "Everyone, please sit down. Now, I will state some points of note."

Baoluo's expression was inscrutable, but he was constantly pondering various matters in his heart.

He spoke for nearly half an hour, much of which concerned company operations and future development directions.

After all, this was a board meeting and also a shareholders' meeting; some things had to be made clear, as that was the pretext for the gathering.

Once he finished, everyone's gaze subconsciously turned to Zhang Ran; the opening remarks were ready, and now it was time to see how Zhang Ran had prepared.

Zhang Ran did not hide anything, tapping the table as he said: "I won't state my position on other matters for now, but one point I want to raise is: is there something wrong with the Investment Department?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes flickered; they had not expected Zhang Ran to target the Investment Department right from the start.

One must know that the most important department in the South Africa Development Bank was the Investment Department, which was also the department with the most power.

It could be said that all other departments of the South Africa Development Bank were effectively serving the Investment Department.

Over so many years, the Investment Department had created many miracles and earned quite a lot of money for many of the shareholders present.

Of course, the shareholders' own efforts were certainly involved, as not just anyone could make many of these investments.

However, the status of the Investment Department within the South Africa Development Bank was beyond doubt.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by this?" Baoluo asked, eyes narrowing, his expression calm.

Zhang Ran said: "I mean nothing by it, it's just that I received some news that our Investment Department doesn't seem to be managed particularly well."

"How so?" Luofeide asked with a smile.

Since he had already made up his mind, he would begin to show himself appropriately; for Luofeide, face was not a very important thing.

In many instances, Luofeide simply did not care, especially among those who held the same status as him.

He did not mind appearing a bit sycophantic.

As long as he could obtain more benefits, he didn't care about any of this.

This was also related to how he started out; at times, Luofeide would not feel ashamed, but rather somewhat proud.

It is worth mentioning that his family seemed to have been influenced by him as well, so his sons and daughters all seemed to have a sense of being shameless.

"These are the materials I obtained. The Investment Department Manager, Chalide, has used his position to betray the company's interests and engage in interest exchanges with others.

Furthermore, he has been using company resources to embezzle funds for himself. These are the proofs; everyone, take a look." Zhang Ran's face was all smiles, as if he didn't care at all what the final outcome would be.

Once this was said, some people subconsciously looked at the Luode Xiongmei; Chalide was their person.

In reality, everyone had their own agents in the Investment Department, and there wasn't just one manager in the Investment Department, but many.

However, Chalide was relatively well-known, and over the years, he had achieved quite a few results.

Not only had he created profits for the bank, but he had also secured many benefits for the Rhode Family.

To say nothing else, an oil field in South Africa was acquired by Chalide before many others had even discovered it, and he used the name of the Rhode Family to do so.

Although the South Africa Development Bank held some shares in it, the vast majority belonged to the Rhode Family.

This solved a major problem for the Rhode Family and brought them massive benefits.

Of course, doing this was not wrong, because this was the choice of many; they could distribute some benefits to others, but the lion's share went to themselves.

Everyone had no objections to this; these were all normal phenomena.

However, Zhang Ran was not bringing up these matters, but rather Chalide's personal issues.

Many people looked at the materials, which detailed the situations Zhang Ran had just mentioned, and the evidence was complete and intact.

This proved one thing: Zhang Ran also had his own people inside.

Or rather, someone had long been keeping an eye on Chalide and used this opportunity to send these materials to Zhang Ran.

Although they were only a coalition of interests, they still had their own rules.

If Chalide were to be removed because of this, the position of Investment Department Manager would have many people fighting tooth and nail for it.

It was not the case that if Chalide stepped down, the Rhode Family could simply arrange for one of their own to take over; it wasn't like that.

If things were really done so recklessly, the South Africa Development Bank would just be a pile of loose sand with no combat effectiveness to speak of.

That was why Zhang Ran used this directly as a breakthrough point.

Once the position of Investment Department Manager was taken, the Rhode Family's influence in the bank would suffer a serious blow.

And this was only the beginning.

However, the Luode Xiongmei would not surrender directly. Qiaosilin smiled and said: "The authenticity of the matter still needs to be verified. Mr. Zhang, you can't just rely on this document to make Chalide step down, can you?"

"Of course not. I know more about sticking to facts and reasoning than you do. I can give everyone time to investigate, but a special committee must be formed to do so, and I will only give you five days. If no results are found in five days, then everyone inside that committee can get lost.

At the same time, all their own issues will be thoroughly investigated. I believe everyone will agree to this, right?" After finishing, Zhang Ran began to look at everyone.

Luofeide was the first to say: "Of course, I completely agree."

This was the moment to reflect how many supporters each side had, and the question of who could seize the initiative.