noffsinger Chapter 589 Board of Directors Storm
Chapter 589 Board of Directors Storm
The May sun shone on the exterior of the Lin Group headquarters, making the metallic logo gleam. But inside the boardroom on the top floor, the atmosphere was like an icebox, with a chilling pressure that made it hard to breathe.
Lin Chuyue sat in the main seat of the conference room, her black suit sharp and aloof, as if she were donning armor for this silent war.
All the directors were present, including Lin Yun and Lin Zhengguo.
This is a game that must be resolved.
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I. Head-on confrontation
At the start of the meeting, Lin Yun took the initiative to launch an attack.
“I request to add a temporary agenda item.” She looked up, a disdainful smile playing on her lips. “It concerns the accountability case regarding the recent major management decision-making errors at the Lin Group, including but not limited to the leakage of technical data, fraudulent mergers and acquisitions, the company’s credibility crisis, and the chairman’s dereliction of duty.”
After she finished speaking, she threw a stack of papers on the table, her eyes sharp as blades.
Several neutral board members began to peruse the documents, their expressions varying.
“I prepared this material all night last night,” Lin Yun said calmly. “It has also been sent to the China Securities Regulatory Commission for filing. If we don’t deal with it now, it will be too late to salvage the company’s reputation once the public opinion takes hold.”
She paused, then looked at Lin Chuyue: "Chairwoman, please prove your innocence."
Lin Chuyue did not respond immediately, but turned to look at Lin Zhengguo.
"Dad, you've seen these documents too, haven't you?"
Lin Zhengguo frowned, his face grave. He hadn't wanted to come, but Lin Yun had personally come to his door last night, saying that Lin Chuyue wanted to "kill her father and exterminate her clan"—Lin Zhengguo didn't believe it at first, but that long-forgotten merger agreement suddenly ripped open a wound that had been buried for many years.
"You're going to use something from ten years ago as a weapon?" he asked in a deep voice.
Lin Chuyue stared at him, her eyes calm and composed. "I just want to uncover the truth."
“That was Shen Fang’s idea! I…” Lin Zhengguo was speechless for a moment, “I just signed the document.”
“You know it’s a shell fund,” she sneered. “You also know it will implicate the Gu family, especially… Aunt Li.”
Lin Zhengguo's face turned deathly pale.
Lin Yun, however, keenly seized this opportunity and stood up, saying, "Distinguished directors, I have only one question for you today—if Lin Chuyue truly has evidence, why has she delayed handing it over? Why did she drag the Lin Group's senior management, and even Lin Zhengguo, into this mess when the company was in turmoil?"
She turned to Lin Chuyue, her voice stern: "Do you want to protect the company, or do you want revenge?"
Lin Chuyue slowly opened the folder and placed the photocopy of the "Vision Merger Agreement" in the center. "What I want is fairness."
She calmly said, "This agreement was signed by Lin Zhengguo and Shen Fang ten years ago. The content was that Gu's funds would be injected into Lin's subsidiaries, but the actual source of funds was Lin's own funds being transferred, creating a false financing record. Gu's senior management was also involved. In the year the incident occurred, Li Zhanchuan's mother suffered a cerebral hemorrhage due to excessive pressure from Gu's collapse."
There was dead silence.
"Now Lin Yun has joined forces with Cheng Yi, resorting to the same old tricks, attempting to use the Vision Fund again to 'borrow' assets in order to drain the Lin family's assets. This is the real danger."
She looked up and said, word by word, "As the chairman, I have a responsibility to stop it."
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Second, Gu Yanchuan took action.
Just then, Gu Yanchuan walked out from the other end of the conference room, holding another document in his hand.
"Distinguished directors, I am the person in charge of this Vision acquisition. Today I am providing supporting evidence."
He projected a record of the agreement modifications, which clearly stated:
— Lin Yun unilaterally altered the cooperation terms without authorization from the board of directors, and replaced the original funding party "Qingyuan Capital" with "Qisheng Capital", whose place of registration is the Cayman Islands.
Several directors who had initially favored Lin Yun frowned.
“If this kind of transnational shell fund flows into the Lin family’s main account, it will directly constitute the crime of financial fraud once it is investigated.” Gu Yanchuan’s gaze swept over everyone. “The Lin family’s listed system will completely collapse, and all directors will bear joint liability.”
Lin Yun gritted her teeth and retorted, "This is a charade orchestrated by Gu Yanchuan and Lin Chuyue! Who knows if this record was forged by them later!"
“This is not a forgery.” A voice suddenly rang out.
At the entrance to the meeting room, a thin figure appeared—Luo Zhen.
His eyes were tired, but his tone was firm: "Lin Yun privately threatened me to modify the access records and demanded that I tamper with the data authorized by President Lin in order to cover up the flow of funds. I have already turned myself in to the police."
Lin Yun's face turned deathly pale.
"You're lying!" She jumped to her feet. "Why did you betray me?!"
Luo Zhen gave a wry smile: "I don't want to be able to work for you while simultaneously receiving money and living in fear."
"Do you know what you just said?" Lin Yun laughed angrily. "Do you know you'll go to jail?"
“I once believed in you too.” Luo Zhen’s eyes were filled with dejection. “But I can see that you would even trade Lin Chuyue’s life for resources.”
The meeting room was deathly silent.
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III. Lin Zhengguo's Turning Point
Lin Zhengguo's forehead veins throbbed, and his face alternated between red and white. He knew that the situation had completely turned against him.
“You knew all along that I was involved in that merger and acquisition agreement.” He looked at Lin Chuyue, his throat tightening.
“Yes.” Lin Chuyue’s voice was low. “I obtained a will before Shen Fang died. She used this as leverage to control me even after she died. But I’m not afraid of her.”
Lin Zhengguo shook his head and smiled bitterly: "So you've included me in your 'purge plan' too."
Lin Chuyue remained silent.
"You think you can leave with nothing?" Lin Zhengguo's gaze grew increasingly pained. "Aren't you afraid I'll remove you from the list of heirs?!"
Gu Yanchuan stood silently in front of Lin Chuyue, saying, "Chairwoman Lin, if you say such things now, I will apply on behalf of the third-party investors to suspend your voting rights."
Lin Zhengguo froze, his fingers trembling slightly.
Lin Chuyue slowly spoke: "I'm just afraid you'll never recognize who the real enemy is."
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IV. The Final Kick
Ultimately, Lin Yun was removed from her position by a majority vote of the board of directors and placed under investigation.
Luo Zhen was taken away by the police to assist in the investigation, while Lin Zhengguo left the meeting room in a daze without saying a word.
Lin Chuyue stared at the empty seat, her expression complex.
Gu Yanchuan walked over and said, "You won."
She gave a wry smile, "But I wasn't as happy as I'd imagined."
“We have already exercised enough restraint,” he said softly. “If we had gone any further, it wouldn’t just be a matter for the Lin family, but a storm of annihilation.”
Lin Chuyue lowered her head, her fingertips slightly cold.
She knew that Lin Yun wouldn't give up so easily. And her true enemy was never just Lin Yun.
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V. A Larger Shadow
On the very night the board meeting ended, Li Zhanchuan received an anonymous package.
It is the original CD containing the news of the merger between the Gu family and the Lin family.
There is only one sentence on the packaging:
"Your mother's death was not just a business accident."
Li Zhanchuan stared at the screen, his face expressionless.
Meanwhile, Lin Yun sat in the ward, an ice pack on her forehead, her face pale.
She whispered to her assistant, "Contact the account Shen Yan left behind. I need to initiate the second phase."
"But that plan was too radical—"
"I have no way out."
She gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment: "If she's heartless, then don't blame me for being unjust."
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