Chapter 289 Don’t disappoint your baby
These days, we can hear about Jiang Group everywhere. Since everyone knows about this, why don’t they go directly to Jiang Yichen?
Thinking of this, I quickly found an excuse to go out and send a message to Jiang Yichen.
In the evening, Xu Sisi was worried and kept waiting for me outside.
When he saw me coming out, he said with a worried look on his face, "Are you okay? I don't think this dinner party today is that simple."
"You guessed it right. It seems that they are all heading towards the Jiang Group."
When Xu Sisi heard this, she immediately understood.
It turned out that she had done some investigation a long time ago. Some of the directors here came to attend the dinner in name only, but in fact they already had no shortage of cooperation with top anchors in other places. However, mutual benefit is not impossible. But after listening to what I said just now, I realized that their target is Jiang Yichen.
"Okay, I understand. The most important thing right now is to wait for Jiang Yichen's reply."
After saying that, I calmed myself down and prepared to face the next challenge calmly.
Mr. Wen's golden nose flashed a calculating smile: "I'm back."
"Yeah, I just had a conversation with my assistant and explained some things. I'll treat you to a meal next time we discuss cooperation."
He nodded and didn't continue what I said.
Outside the French windows of the banquet hall, dusk was falling.
At this time, news came from Jiang Yichen.
"These people are not kind, so be careful. I'll deal with them when I'm done."
"I see."
Just a few words made my tense shoulders relax a little.
My fingertips unconsciously stroked my slightly bulging belly, from where I could feel the slight fetal movement, as if trying to soothe me.
I looked up and saw several directors walking towards me. Director Chen, who was leading the group, had a fake smile on his face and a glass of red wine in his hand. I quickly put my phone back in my purse and adjusted my sitting position.
"Mrs. Jiang, why are you sitting here alone?"
I looked at the man in front of me and remembered that Xu Sisi had shown me a photo before. It was Director Chen.
Director Chen sat down on the sofa opposite me, and several other directors also took their seats, forming a semi-encirclement.
I picked up the warm water in front of me and smiled faintly: "I'm getting older, and I get tired easily if I stand for a long time."
"That's right. How could Mr. Jiang bear to let you attend this kind of event alone?"
Director Chen shook his glass and said meaningfully, "I heard that he is busy with overseas mergers and acquisitions recently?"
I took a sip of water, and the warm liquid slid down my throat. "Uncle Chen is really well-informed."
"I'm not saying anything, but CEO Jiang is young and energetic, so he's bound to be radical in his actions." Director Wang interrupted, "We old bones are also thinking about the company."
I put down the cup and tapped the wall of the cup with my fingertips: "What do you uncles mean?"
"We hope to have a good talk with President Jiang." Director Chen leaned forward. "After all, the company doesn't belong to him alone. We need to listen to everyone's opinions."
At this moment, the door of the banquet hall was suddenly pushed open.
A gust of cold wind blew in, and I looked up, only to see Jiang Yichen striding in. He was wearing a black high-end suit, and his tie was slightly loosened, obviously he came in a hurry.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" His voice was not loud, but it made the entire banquet hall quiet in an instant.
I watched him walking towards me, and the moment he leaned over and kissed my forehead, I smelled his familiar scent.
He placed his warm palm on my belly and whispered, "Are you okay?"
I nodded and watched him stand up and turn to face the directors. He put one hand in his pocket and put the other hand on the back of my chair, his posture was lazy but with an unmistakable sense of oppression.
"Since everyone is here, why not talk now?" He raised the corners of his lips, "It just so happens that I also have something to announce."
The crystal chandelier in the banquet hall cast mottled light and shadows on Director Chen's face. His complexion turned from red to blue, and finally settled into a sickly pale color.
The wine glass in his hand trembled slightly, and the red wine left marks on the wall of the glass.
"Jiang Yichen," he said, his voice squeezed out from between his teeth, "Are you going to kill us all?"
Jiang Yichen calmly took out a fountain pen from his suit pocket. The metal pen body glowed coldly under the light.
"Uncle Chen, who did you meet in Qing City on the 18th of last month? Do you need me to remind you?"
Director Chen's hand shook violently, and the red wine spilled on his expensive custom suit. I noticed that his pupils contracted violently and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
"You..." His voice suddenly became hoarse.
"30 million." Jiang Yichen's voice remained calm. "You embezzled 30 million to cover your son's gambling debts in Macau. This money was taken from the research and development funds for the new energy project, right?"
Jiang Yichen's voice was not loud in the banquet hall. I subconsciously protected my lower abdomen and felt a slight fetal movement. Jiang Yichen's eyes swept over me, and his eyes softened a little, but when he turned back to Director Chen, his eyes became sharp again.
Director Wang stood up suddenly, and the chair made a harsh friction sound on the floor: "You are slandering me!"
"Really?" Jiang Yichen took a tablet from his assistant. "This is the surveillance video of your son in the Macau casino, as well as his bank statements. Do you want me to project it onto the big screen now?"
Director Li suddenly laughed, and the laughter was particularly harsh in the silent banquet hall. He took off his glasses and wiped them carefully with the hem of his suit: "Xiao Jiang, you played this trick beautifully. But have you ever thought about how to convince everyone if you drive all of us old guys away and you are the only one left on the board of directors?"
Jiang Yichen also smiled. He walked to the French window and pulled open the heavy curtains. In the night, the building of Jiang Group was brightly lit: "Uncle Li, look, how many young people are waiting for opportunities in that building? They understand what this era needs better than us."
He turned around and said, "I'm not trying to drive you away. I'm trying to make way for the young people. Over the years, the company has been controlled by you and we have missed so many opportunities for transformation..."
Director Chen suddenly collapsed on the sofa, as if all his strength had been drained away: "You've planned this a long time ago, right? From the day you took over the company..."
"No," Jiang Yichen interrupted him, "It was from the day you started to obstruct the new energy project." He walked over to me and gently held my hand. "After my wife became pregnant, I wondered what kind of future I wanted to give her and the child. A Jiang's Group that is complacent or a Jiang's Group that dares to innovate?"
Director Li put on his glasses and looked at us with complicated eyes: "You are more ruthless than we thought."
"No," Jiang Yichen shook his head.
When the last agreement was signed, Jiang Yichen helped me out of the banquet hall. The night breeze blew by, bringing the unique coolness of early spring. He took off his suit and draped it over my shoulders, and placed his palm on my bulging belly: "Did you scare the baby today?"
I leaned in his arms, listening to his strong heartbeat: "Did you know they would come?"
"Well," he bent down and kissed the top of my head, "but I didn't expect they would choose a place with you here. I'm sorry to have startled you."
I shook my head, feeling the slight movement in my belly: "You know what? The baby kicked me just now, as if to say, Daddy is so awesome."
He chuckled, and that laughter was particularly warm in the night: "Then I have to work harder and not let our baby down."
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