Chapter 105 A Plot That Follows Like a Shadow

Chapter 105 A Plot That Follows Like a Shadow

Chapter 105 A Plot That Follows Like a Shadow

Zhong Xiaoxue asked tentatively,

"What's wrong? You look terrible. Have you run into trouble?"

"Hmm, you ran into a little trouble. What brings you here, and you're even bringing coffee? Where's your assistant? How can I let you do that?"

Zhong Xiaoxue blushed and answered shyly.

"It's just a cup of coffee, I'm fine. You should spoil me rotten."

Gu Tingxiao pulled her into his arms, holding her slender waist.

“You are the woman I, Gu Tingxiao, chose. How can you do such heavy work? It will break my heart.”

Zhong Xiaoxue shyly rejected Gu Tingxiao's advances.

"Stop messing around, this is an office, someone will see us."

"So what if they see? You're mine. I'm holding my person. Do I need anyone else's permission?"

Gu Tingxiao gave a domineering reply and affectionately embraced Zhong Xiaoxue.

"Knock knock!"

Hearing the knocking on the door, Zhong Xiaoxue quickly struggled out of Gu Tingxiao's arms.

She carefully straightened her clothes and even took out a mirror to fix her hair and makeup.

Seeing that she had finished tidying up, Gu Tingxiao finally spoke.

"Come in!"

The assistant came in carrying a pile of documents.

Without even glancing to the side, Zhong Xiaoxue stood within a safe distance and reported.

"President Gu, the contract has been drafted and reviewed by the legal department. There are no problems."

The agreed-upon signing time is tomorrow afternoon.

Here are the documents you requested, along with various financial statements.

Gu Tingxiao stared at his assistant, and seeing that he wasn't glancing around, he looked away with satisfaction.

"Okay, put it down. Go through all of Qiao Han's recent contracts and endorsement deals, and send the documents to me."

"yes."

The assistant nodded obsequiously, made sure there were no other instructions, and then took the signed documents from the table and left.

They even considerately closed the door.

Upon seeing the person leave, Gu Tingxiao grabbed Zhong Xiaoxue, who was standing nearby, pressed her against the desk, and leaned in to kiss her lightly.

"Oh dear, Mr. Gu, no!"

"They say no, but their actions tell a different story."

"Mr. Gu, this is the office. Shall we move to another place?"

"No need, this is my place, I'd like to see who dares to disturb me."

Zhong Xiaoxue pushed against Gu Tingxiao's chest with her small hands.

"At least close the door."

The voice became exceptionally soft because of shyness.

Gu Tingxiao heard this and immediately grabbed the person around the waist.

Startled, Zhong Xiaoxue instinctively hugged Gu Tingxiao's neck and wrapped her legs around his waist.

"You see, woman, your body is more honest than you are."

Zhong Xiaoxue's face turned as red as if it could boil water. She buried her face in Gu Tingxiao's neck, not daring to look up again.

Gu Tingxiao chuckled, picked up the person, strode to the door, and neatly locked it.

The malicious person pressed someone against the frosted glass of the office.

"Do you think this glass is soundproof?"

Zhong Xiaoxue quickly covered her mouth to prevent her gasp from escaping.

Gu Tingxiao had no intention of letting him off the hook.

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The assistant received a notification that the meeting had been rescheduled. He went to the office with his phone, only to find that Gu Tingxiao's office was locked.

The assistant tried turning the handle to make sure it was locked, and then dialed Gu Tingxiao's number in confusion.

No one answered, and later the phone was simply turned off.

I had no choice but to take my phone to the vice president and ask him for a decision.

After an unknown amount of time, the office door reopened.

Gu Tingxiao straightened his tie as he came out and locked the door behind him.

Zhong Xiaoxue, who was supposed to be sleeping with her eyes closed on the large bed in the lounge, suddenly opened her eyes.

My eyes were completely clear; I wasn't sleepy at all.

Looking at the shards of clothing on the floor, she wrapped them directly around the blanket, since she didn't have any slippers.

She walked out of the lounge barefoot.

He called out cautiously.

"President Gu, Gu Tingxiao? Tingxiao?"

She called out three times to make sure no one was there before tiptoeing to the desk.

Flipping through the documents, they were mostly project proposals that Gu's Group was currently working on.

There are also investments in scripts, variety shows, movies, and TV series.

Zhong Xiaoxue ignored those and went straight to her target.

I found the file at the very bottom and breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhong Xiaoxue quickly took out her phone and took detailed pictures of the contents of the document.

The shooting was completed quickly, the files were closed, and all files were restored to their original state.

After doing all this, Zhong Xiaoxue returned to the bed in the lounge and lay down.

Send out all the photos you've taken.

After doing all this, Zhong Xiaoxue breathed a long sigh of relief.

After thinking about it, instead of deleting what I had photographed, I uploaded it to a cloud file and saved it with a password.

She needs to leave herself a way out; this will be evidence later.

After finishing everything, Zhong Xiaoxue finally felt at ease and went to sleep.

Gu Tingxiao returned to the office with the food and new clothes.

Seeing that Zhong Xiaoxue was still sleeping, he placed the things on the bedside table and gently closed the door.

I returned to my desk to work on the contracts that were still pending.

He quickly finished processing all those contracts.

There was only one file left. I opened the folder, and the client listed inside was Xia's Group Co., Ltd.

Gu Tingxiao read through the document from beginning to end and confirmed that there were no problems.

Write your full name where you will sign at the end.

Call the internal line to find the assistant and ask him to take all the documents with him.

Then they continued working; the CEO was always so busy he barely had time to breathe.

In stark contrast to the atmosphere here, the people inside the Xia family mansion were somewhat restless.

This is due to the leader's anxiety, which leads to emotional fluctuations.

Upstairs in the room, the doctor frowned as he looked at Shao Ying.

"Still not successful?"

"It's still a little short. We've already used various methods to get all the shares from the retail shareholders, but we're still a bit short."

Shao Ying also had a headache; they were prepared.

They had been preparing for this for a long time, secretly acquiring Xia's scattered shares before taking control of the Xia family.

Xia's Company is not wholly owned by the Xia family.

There are also many individual shareholders and many shareholders of different sizes.

The majority of the shares are held by the Xia family, with Xia Chenggan holding 25%, Xiahou Nan holding 6%, and the four sons of the Xia family each holding 5%, for a total of 51% of the shares held by the Xia family.

They bought up all the scattered shares, and now hold a 35% stake.

In addition, Xia Chengjie was coerced into signing the equity transfer agreement.

They currently own 40% of the shares, while the Xia family owns 46%.

They still have absolute controlling stake.

They had previously wanted to acquire the shares held by that old man, Xiahou Nan.

Adding Xiahou Nan's 6%, the situation reverses; they now hold 46%, giving them absolute control.

Unexpectedly, that old guy resorted to tricks, setting up a trust fund with 6% as the initial capital for the Xia family's continuation, and also as a backup plan.

The annual dividends will flow directly into the trust fund's account.

They wanted to deal with the trust fund, but it was taking too long and the process was too complicated; they didn't have the time.

They had to find other ways, such as acquiring shares from other members of the Xia family.

However, since the eldest son of the Xia family was in a coma and not in a conscious state, it was impossible for him to transfer the shares.

They worried that waking Xia Chenggan would disrupt all their plans.

As for Xia Chengping, he has already moved out and is now hanging out with Li Quan from the Li family. He has moved into the Li family home and is not coming back.

They had no chance to make a move; Xia Chengjun was abroad, and they couldn't reach him.

Xia Cheng'an is missing and has not been found.

It seemed that the Xia family was about to gain control of the company.

But it was just a little bit short.

They've had this feeling of something stuck in their throat for the past couple of days.

The cake is right in front of you, you can smell the aroma, but you can't bite into it. How can anyone not be angry?

"Isn't there any other way?"

The doctors didn't fully understand the operating rules, but they roughly knew that if they couldn't find more shares, their operation would be no different from a failure.

They wasted their time.

"Isn't there still 14% of the shares?"

The Xia family has 46%, they have 40%, that's only 86%, there's still 14% left.

The only option is to look for the missing 14% stake; they still have a chance to win.

"It's not that simple."

Shao Ying also had a headache.

Four percent of them have been located; they are scattered among the company's veterans.

Those people were all stubborn old fogies, tough nuts to crack, and held very important positions.

Persuasion is completely ineffective.

With the funds they currently have, they won't be satisfied with the price offered.

Using forceful methods might alert the enemy.

The most likely thing to be manipulated now is that missing 10%.

The owner of these shares has always been an anonymous figure, and they have been searching for him.

The clues found are overseas, but it's unclear who it is, or whether they are male or female.

"Then what should we do? We're not willing to just give up like this."

Shao Ying gritted her teeth.

"If all else fails, we'll have to take a risky approach."

The only thing we can do is wake Xia Chenggan up. You should find a trustworthy psychologist.

Hypnotize him, and control him with medication.

With him signing the equity transfer agreement on the spot, and Zhou Ran's cooperation,

They shouldn't give themselves away. With Xia Chengqian's shares added, we'll be able to take over the Xia family business with an absolute advantage.

Will this work?

The doctor was uncertain; it was too dangerous.

"No problem. Your psychologist can give Zhou Ran a few more hints to get him to cooperate. As long as he signs the document in front of everyone, the matter will be settled."

The doctor thought about it and realized there was indeed a chance; as long as there was enough control, it was possible.

"I'll try contacting someone I know first."

"OK!"

Just in case, Shao Ying decided to go find the mysterious shareholder to see if she could win over the shares.

The two split up and went their separate ways to begin preparations.

They are now in a bind and have no choice but to take a desperate gamble.

They left, and didn't see a single person emerge from the cabinet after they left.

He made sure the two had left, then quickly slipped out of the room.

"Young Master Zhou! What are you doing?"

The figure froze, withdrawing their hand from closing the door.

Zhou Ran smiled stiffly as she looked at the person who had arrived.

Liu Si Nian was like a ghost, appearing at any time and seeing anything.

"It's nothing, I'm just wandering around. When did you arrive?"

"We just arrived. Young Master Zhou, it's too late for you to wander around. You should go back and rest."

"good."

Zhou Ran nodded and quickly left for her room.

Liu Si Nian frowned as she watched his retreating figure, her expression full of sarcasm, and reached out to close the door that wasn't fully shut.

So what if he heard? He's just a good-for-nothing! Author's Note: Thanks to my mentor 9492239 for their support, muah! To find out more exciting content, please leave a message for this book on Liancheng Reading.