noffsinger Chapter 574 The Eve of the Shareholders' Meeting
Chapter 574 The Eve of the Shareholders' Meeting
The night was deep, but the floor lamps on the top floor of the headquarters were still brightly lit. There were less than sixteen hours left until tomorrow's extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.
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I. Undercurrents Resurface: Final Moves by All Parties
Lin Chuyue sat at her desk, which was piled with director authorization forms, equity proxy forms, and the temporary investigation notice from the China Securities Regulatory Commission that she had just received.
She whispered to Gu Yanchuan, "According to procedure, as long as we have more than half of the signatures, we can prevent the temporary resolution from being submitted. Tonight, I will verify the true intentions of each signatory."
Gu Yanchuan frowned: "But some of those shareholders have already been bribed by Cheng Yi and the CR Group. Talking to them won't work. Even if they sign, they might suddenly 'renege' tomorrow."
The two had their first argument over operational details: Lin Chuyue insisted on "using trust to defeat manipulation," while Gu Yanchuan advocated "using money and deterrence to mitigate risks."
The words provoked each other, and the night seemed to grow even colder.
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II. Luo Zhen's desperate battle
At midnight, Luo Zhen secretly met with representatives of the Cheng Yi Foundation in the finance department.
The representative handed over a draft agreement: "In exchange for the dismantling of the temporary board structure, we will acquire 5% of Lin's circulating shares. Once the acquisition is completed, Cheng Yi will buy them back at the original price."
Luo Zhen remained silent for a long time, but his fingertips kept tapping on the table: "If I refuse, you will immediately spread rumors in the shareholder group that I embezzled public funds—then I will lose even the last bit of my innocence."
The other party grinned maliciously: "We just want to give you a choice. If you don't choose, then prepare to see our 'follow-up actions'."
Luo Zhen's heart tightened, but he gritted his teeth and looked up: "Fine, I agree... but I want all your secret agreements with the CR Group at the same time."
The other party hesitated for a moment, and finally left "before the meeting at nine o'clock tomorrow morning"—it seemed that even Cheng Yi was beginning to be wary of her trump card.
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III. Shen Yan's Moral Trial
Meanwhile, Shen Yan visited his mother's small rented room at night, only to find that his mother was preparing to flee Shanghai with old photo albums.
"Yan, they want to expose your family's scandals, they're not even sparing your mother!" the mother said in a trembling voice.
Shen Yan clenched his fists tightly: "I will never let them succeed. But... if I don't expose them tonight, will your mother be able to leave safely?"
The mother sobbed uncontrollably, "I don't want to be a burden to you!"
He turned to leave, but turned back at the door and said, "I promise you, I will clear your name in the fairest way, and I will not abandon any of your family members."
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IV. Critical Night Raid: System Suddenly Destroyed
At 2 a.m., the alarm sounded suddenly at the headquarters monitoring center—the shareholder voting system had been attacked by unknown hackers, and all online signature and voting portals were instantly paralyzed.
Gu Yanchuan rushed to the scene and found the technical team in a state of panic: "They used a new type of penetration testing tool and locked our backups too!"
Lin Chuyue rushed over upon hearing the news: "No! This means that all our legal procedures will be forced to stop!"
The two of them worked together to climb to the top floor of the server room and scaled the server racks, but were suddenly spotted by a red laser scanning camera—Ji Fan’s voice came from the shadows: “Keep climbing, or you won’t be showing up at the shareholders’ meeting tomorrow.”
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V. Lin Zhengguo's Final Backstab
At five o'clock in the morning, Lin Zhengguo secretly convened a temporary board meeting with the neutral old shareholders and secretly signed an "emergency dismissal" proposal: "Given the system paralysis, the board of directors can be temporarily dissolved and handed over to me for full control."
The existing shareholders looked at each other in bewilderment, but under the guise of "avoiding greater losses," they hastily signed the papers.
A "temporary dissolution order" was quietly sent into the secretarial system. If no one retaliates in time, Lin Chuyue and Gu Yanchuan will immediately lose all decision-making power.
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VI. A Life-or-Death Decision: The Standoff Before Dawn
In the meeting room before dawn, Lin Chuyue, Gu Yanchuan, Shen Yanyan, and Luo Zhen faced each other once again.
Lin Chuyue unveiled the disbandment order: "This is Father's last resort to force us to submit!"
Gu Yanchuan's eyes flashed with anger: "Tonight, we have two options: one is for everyone to go to the China Securities Regulatory Commission to appeal, gambling on the last bit of public trust; the other is to secretly mobilize all offline shareholders and forcibly announce a temporary arbitration at the conference."
Shen Yan took a deep breath: "I will take the old photo album from my mother and knock on the doors of each shareholder's house to launch an emotional offensive."
Luo Zhen sneered, "I... can only use this final financial report in my hand to threaten them into not signing it."
The four exchanged a final glance, each harboring their own calculations, yet knowing that whichever path they chose would bring an even more brutal storm.
—End of this chapter
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