Grandmother and Second Uncle, along with the others, were completely frustrated, but they could only watch with wide eyes as the bodyguards removed the gifts Liu Tianxiong had sent in their original, untouched state!
Whereas the pile of gifts Zhao Chengyi had sent before were all smashed to pieces.
After all that trouble, they ended up with nothing!
What was this all about?
After all the gifts had been removed, Chen Tang spoke to the crowd, “Wait a moment!”
Less than two minutes later, Chen Tang brought a large stack of contracts from the car outside the hall, “Here you go, these are the share transfer contracts already prepared; Second Uncle, you have 5% of the shares, right?
Third Uncle 6%, little aunt 4%…
and then there’s the ones for Aunt, Uncle, Grandmother…”
Chen Tang methodically distributed the contracts, while Lin Chuxue stood beside him, completely dumbfounded.
The relatives were even more shocked!
Had Chen Tang prepared all the contracts in advance?
Could this Chen Tang really predict the future and calculate every eventuality?
Lin Chuxue looked at Chen Tang with eyes filled with intense curiosity and astonishment.
When had Chen Tang prepared these contracts?
She had no idea!
“Chen Tang…
can you really transfer us the money?
Twenty million in cash, have you ever seen so much money in your life?” Second Uncle Lin Zhong said gloomily, exchanging glances with the Third Uncle and others, sensing something was amiss.
But now, it was like herding ducks onto a perch; the relatives had hardly any choice.
They were unwilling to sell their shares at such a loss!
Now, what they hoped for most was that Chen Tang and Lin Chuxue couldn’t possibly come up with that much money!
Chen Tang responded to Second Uncle with a faint smile, “Second Uncle, please sign!
Once signed, four million will immediately be transferred to your account!”
Second Uncle and Chen Tang exchanged a profound glance, “Putting on airs!
Hmph, I really want to see where you conjure up twenty million from!”
Swish, swish!
Second Uncle finished signing the contract, “Alright, your turn to transfer the money!”
Chen Tang turned to Lin Chuxue beside him, “Ask Secretary Tang to make the transfer!”
Lin Chuxue nodded and dialed Tang Qian’s number, “Sister Tang, go to the finance department and transfer four million to Second Uncle for his shares…”
Two minutes later!
The notification chime of a text message went off on Second Uncle’s phone!
As Second Uncle picked up his phone and saw the display showing a deposit of four million, his eyes and pupils dilated, “This…”
Did they really transfer four million?
Wasn’t the company account out of money?
Chen Tang took the contract from Second Uncle’s hand and continued to Third Uncle Lin Cheng, “Third Uncle, now it’s your turn!”
“Aunt?”
“Uncle?”
…
Though completely unwilling, all the relatives in the hall were forced by Chen Tang to sign the contracts numbly, followed by the transfers from Tang Qian.
Within less than twenty minutes, all the relatives in the hall had finished signing the contracts, including my grandmother’s shares which accounted for the most at 13%—all had been bought at the corresponding price.
Chen Tang placed the thick stack of contracts on the table and smiled with satisfaction, “Lin Feng’s shares?
Second Uncle has already signed on his behalf.
Apart from that, whose share transfer contracts haven’t been signed yet?”
Throughout the entire scene, not a single person spoke.
All of them looked dejected, glancing at each other with faces full of question marks…
This doesn’t make sense, right?
The company was clearly short by thirty million in funding—how could they suddenly come up with twenty million to buy back everyone’s shares?
“Alright!
Since all of Lin Group’s shares have been bought back by Chu Xue, I now declare all your shareholder rights void.
Aunt, your department manager role is revoked, big uncle, your procurement department manager role is revoked…” Chen Tang had just been looking at his phone, and had memorized Lin Group’s entire internal organizational structure.
Seeing that big uncle and third uncle seemed reluctant to leave the company—they could still gain quite a bit each year in their managerial roles in Lin Group, after all.
With a slight tap of his finger, Chen Tang sent a text message to each, big uncle and third uncle, “Big uncle, third uncle, if you don’t want to resign and leave, take a look at your phones!”
Big uncle skeptically opened his text message, which contained a photo.
There was nothing special about the photo—the subject was just a girl wearing an apron.
Young and pretty, graceful and pure.
But upon seeing the photo, big uncle’s face drastically changed, and without attracting attention, he deleted it, “I agree to resign.
I’m old anyway—it’s time to step aside for the younger folks!”
At big uncle’s side, his wife gave him a suspicious look, nudging big uncle Zhang Yu with her elbow, and muttered softly, “Are you out of your mind?”
Yet, big uncle felt bitterly in his heart.
Could he afford not to resign now?
The girl in the photo that Chen Tang had sent him was a girl big uncle was secretly supporting.
Big uncle had no idea how Chen Tang found out about this secret, but he knew that if Chen Tang exposed this matter, his wife would probably tear him to pieces!
Third uncle also agreed to resign!
Aunt Zhang Lan kept quiet!
…
In less than an hour, what was originally a battle to force Chu Xue into a corner had completely turned around.
Not only did grandmother and Lin Feng’s plan fail, but under Chen Tang’s coordination, Chu Xue counterattacked, buying up all the relatives’ shares at a low price.
By removing those relatives from the company, Chu Xue now truly had control over the company from this moment.
After placing the contracts back in the car, Chen Tang saw everyone was still staring at him, and waved his hand nonchalantly, “Stop looking around, let’s eat.
If we don’t eat now, the food will get cold!”
As his words fell, Chen Tang didn’t care about grandmother and Second Uncle Lin Zhong’s expressions and started eating.
Lin Chuxue sat beside Chen Tang, looking at him with admiration.
So grandfather had been so decisive in having her marry Chen Tang—Chen Tang, who had always seemed incompetent, was actually not incompetent at all!
Today, he had resolved this deadlock so easily.
After the meal, grandmother, Second Uncle, Aunt, and the others all felt extremely aggrieved.
As for Chen Tang and Lin Chuxue, they didn’t seem to care at all, “Okay, we’re finished eating!
Grandmother, happy birthday once again, and to all the elders, I wish you the best of luck, and may your paths forward become ever broader!”
Chen Tang smiled at everyone as he spoke, his words sounding almost like a farewell.
In fact, grandmother and Second Uncle knew very well that by forcefully pushing today’s confrontation, they had definitely broken the hearts of Chen Tang and Lin Chuxue.
Chen Tang had presented a pair of Chicken Blood Stone Earrings worth thirty million as a face-saving gesture for grandmother.
With all shares bought back, Chen Tang didn’t want Lin Chuxue to have any more ties with these troublesome relatives.
Watching Chen Tang and Lin Chuxue leave through the doorway, grandmother finally spoke up, “Chu Xue, grandmother wants to ask you one last question.
Wasn’t the company out of money?
Where did you get the twenty million from?”
Even in death, we should die with our eyes open, right?