Chapter 172 Return, Seizure of Power

What shareholders' meeting? Holding such an important event as a shareholders' meeting.

Why didn't anyone notify him?

Gu Zi went out and pressed the button for the regular elevator, almost gritting his teeth, "I just joined the company, what shareholders' meeting?"

“This morning, you convened a shareholders’ meeting with President Gu, but you didn’t tell me much about the specifics.”

"Are you blind? Is that me? That's Shi Nianzhi! Get to the elevator and wait for me right now!"

Gu Zichu gripped his phone tightly. Shi Nianzhi had even brought Gu Dongxuan here. What exactly did he want to do?

A power grab?

Shi Nianzhi is dreaming!

When the elevator reached the top floor, the assistant was already waiting outside the door. He didn't dare to say a word when he saw Gu Zichu.

Gu Zichu didn't have time to scold his assistant for being blind; he hurried toward the conference room.

But soon, Gu Zichu stopped in his tracks.

The assistant stopped immediately afterward; if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have crashed headfirst into it.

Gu Zichu turned around and said, "No."

He couldn't just walk in like that. Shi Nianzhi was able to bypass him and directly convene the shareholders' meeting because he came prepared. If he just walked in like that, he would truly fall into a trap.

Gu Zichu wasn't stupid. After smoking a cigarette, he came up with a solution.

He instructed his waiting assistant, "Contact a large number of reporters as quickly as possible, and then let them all in under my name."

The assistant nodded. "I'll take care of it right away."

"Bring the reporter straight into the conference room as soon as they enter, understand?"

"Understand."

The assistant nodded vigorously and then hurried off to do it.

Gu Zichu called Lu Jiunian again, "You don't want Shi Nianzhi to stand so high either, right? The higher he stands, the harder it will be for you to get him."

"What? Something happened?"

"Shi Nianzhi wants to seize power. He has brought Gu Dongxuan with him and is already holding a shareholders' meeting inside."

Lu Jiunian's voice was indifferent as he asked, "What do you want?"

“Since Shi Nianzhi wants to seize power, then I will make him lose the Gu family completely. Gu Dongxuan wants to help him, so I will kick them all out. From now on, only I will be in charge of the Gu family.”

"You're willing to sacrifice your own family for the greater good?"

"Dear? What do I have to do with them? You come and help me, and Shi Nianzhi will only obediently return to your side when she falls into the mud. When you two reconcile, I'll transfer the Gu family business to you and take the money abroad. Then you can hand over the Gu family business to Shi Nianzhi, wouldn't that be icing on the cake?"

How do you want me to help you?

“Just stand by my side and admit that you've loved me all along. I'll wait for you here. Whether you come or not, I'm grateful to you. I'm very touched by the shares you gave me. If Shi Nianzhi is unwilling to forgive you, I don't mind being his substitute for the rest of my life.”

Gu Zichu's words showed a very humble attitude.

He didn't wait for Lu Jiunian's response and hung up.

Gu Zichu frowned and lit another cigarette. Then he received a call from his assistant. "Young Master Gu, everything is arranged."

This time, Gu Zichu did not hesitate.

He walked toward the conference room with a gloomy expression.

The security guards, upon seeing him, were still in shock and exchanged bewildered glances.

They seemed a little confused. Wasn't Young Master Gu in a meeting inside? How come he reappeared outside the door after not coming out?

Before the bodyguard could speak, Gu Zichu had already pushed the door open and gone inside.

Shi Nianzhi sat in the main seat, Gu Dongxuan sat to the side, and the lawyer stood to the side holding a document. The large conference room was quite full of people.

"Remember this often!"

Gu Zichu raised his voice.

Shi Nianzhi looked up and gave him a cold glance, which also drew the attention of many shareholders to the door.

The once quiet meeting room became abuzz with discussion.

Who is this?

"And who is that person sitting in the main seat?"

"What's going on? Why are there two Gu Zijians?"

"I heard there was a body double. The Gu family even let the body double cause trouble at the shareholders' meeting. That's just too outrageous!"

"The younger generation of the Gu family are still young and impetuous, and they are not mature enough in their actions."

......

When Gu Zichu saw Shi Nianzhi sitting in the main seat, looking so superior, his blood rushed to his head.

No, absolutely not, he must not let Shi Nianzhi take everything away from him.

Gu Zichu was about to rush over and lift Shi Nianzhi up when Gu Dongxuan stood up and stopped him.

"Since you're here, please sit down. We've saved you a seat."

Hearing Gu Dongxuan's words, Gu Zichu's eyes turned cold.

Instead of sitting down as instructed by Gu Dongxuan, he pulled a microphone from the conference table and held it in his hand.

"The one sitting in the main seat is an imposter. Don't be fooled by a stand-in like my older brother did."

Gu Zichu spoke these words with great confidence. If there was only some discussion in the meeting room just now, the words were now boiling over.

Shi Nianzhi appeared very calm. He took a pen and tapped it lightly on the table.

Gu Dongxuan said in a deep voice, "Everyone, please be quiet."

These words, spoken through the microphone, carried a certain deterrent effect, and the shareholders fell silent.

Gu Dongxuan reached out and patted Shi Nianzhi's shoulder, as if declaring his ownership, "He is my younger brother, I watched him grow up, I will not mistake him."

Gu Zi immediately put on a show of deep remorse, "Big brother, you've been deceived by him, I'm your younger brother!"

At that moment, a flurry of footsteps sounded at the conference room door, and then a group of reporters carrying cameras and microphones rushed into the conference room, filling it to capacity.

Gu Dongxuan immediately pressed the intercom, "Who let so many reporters in?"

Gu Zichu rushed up to Gu Dongxuan, slammed the microphone back down, and stared at Gu Dongxuan with murderous intent in his eyes. "Big brother, I'm the one who let them in. I don't want the stand-ins to keep disrupting my life. I asked them to come in and be witnesses. I am the real Gu Zijian, and Shi Nianzhi is just a stand-in from the countryside. He deliberately had his face surgically altered to look like mine."

Gu Dongxuan met Gu Zichu's gaze with icy eyes, "Aren't you getting a little too into character?"

"Brother, you may be blind, but not everyone can be blind like you."

After making his sarcastic remarks, Gu Zi left without saying anything more to Gu Dongxuan.

Shi Nianzhi dialed a number, and Shi Er, as if he had been prepared, led his men to set up a cordon and kept the reporters outside.

Gu Zichu's expression turned ugly for a moment. "You were prepared all along?"

He also deliberately used words to test the waters.

Shi Nianzhi leaned back in her chair, not beating around the bush with Gu Zichu. "Do you think you and these reporters could have come in without my permission? You still don't understand the situation. Besides you, there's probably another person who's dreaming of beating me."

It's true what they say, speak of the devil, and he appears.

Lu Jiunian's bodyguards cleared a path through the reporters, and the man with a commanding presence walked in, breaking through the security line and reaching Gu Zichu's side.

He took the microphone from Gu Zichu's hand, lowered his head slightly, and said with a cold expression, "No matter what, I will always stand by your side."

At this moment, Gu Dongxuan wanted to kick Lu Jiunian to death.

But when he was about to get up, Shi Nianzhi pressed his hand down and then shook her head.

Lu Jiunian looked at Shi Nianzhi, then glanced at the reporters and shareholders present.

The man's voice was cold as he said, "I can prove to everyone that Shi Nianzhi is a stand-in I brought back from the countryside. He has a red mole on his lower back."

Someone in the crowd shouted, demanding that Shi Nianzhi take off his clothes to prove it.

Shi Nianzhi calmly looked at the group of shameless reporters, his gaze chilling.

He then raised his hand and swung a glass away, the sound of shattering glass silencing the room.

"I don't have a red mole on my waist. You say you're me, do you dare take off your clothes to prove it?"

Gu Zichu was aggressive and intimidating.

Shi Nianzhi sneered and looked at Gu Zichu, "Leaving aside whether Gu Zijian has a red mole on his waist or not, just asking me to take off my clothes, do you even deserve it?"

Shi Nianzhi stared coldly at the shareholders and reporters present. He stood up, his voice booming with authority, "Are you worthy?!"

His appearance and aura had, to a certain extent, overwhelmed Gu Zichu.

Lu Jiunian said, "A red mole doesn't prove anything; a paternity test is much more reliable in proving identity."

Gu Zichu immediately replied, "I can do it. I will announce the results to everyone once they are available."

Lu Jiunian retorted, "What else do you have to say? You're not a member of the Gu family at all; you have no blood relation to them."

"Are you a three-year-old? Do you think you can tell whether I'm related to my family by blood or not?"

Shi Nianzhi threw out the paternity test report.

Gu Zichu was about to shoot when Shi Nianzhi held up the paternity test report. "This is a paternity test done by my older brother under the name Shi Nianzhi. You can all take a look at the results. I'm not showing this report to prove anything. I'm just telling everyone that besides the publicly known Gu Zijian and Gu Dongxuan, the Gu family has another illegitimate child, Gu Zichu."

Upon hearing Shi Nianzhi say this, Gu Zichu quickly looked at Gu Dongxuan, "Big brother, I didn't even know I had a younger brother. So Nianzhi is Zichu."

Gu Zichu likes to preemptively set the tone and influence the narrative.

However, Shi Nianzhi didn't care about any of this. He retorted to Gu Zichu, "You're wrong. Gu Zichu is not Gu Zijian's younger brother. He is three years older than Gu Zijian. Since we're going to uncover this secret today, I'll tell you all about Gu Zichu in detail."

Gu Zichu instinctively gripped the table tightly, his knuckles turning white.

But he still maintained a calculating demeanor, smiling as he said, "Alright, like everyone else, I'm very interested in hearing about your past."

Shi Nianzhi ignored Gu Zichu, as if he were invisible.

He turned around, pressed the laser pointer, and pointed it at the projection screen.

The projector lit up, and Shi Er sat in front of the computer to operate it. A photo appeared on the screen, a picture of Gu Zichu when he was young. Due to family reasons, Gu Zichu rarely had photos taken; this was an ID photo.

A red laser dot circled Gu Zichu's face. Shi Nianzhi's low voice said, "Fortunately, Gu Zichu didn't inherit his face from his hostess mother, but from my father. As for me—"

Gu Zichu suddenly became very excited, "It's me."

Gu Zichu glared at Shi Nianzhi with eyes full of hostility. The more flustered he became, the more he wanted to argue.