Chapter 229: Calculations, the Most Mysterious Shareholder
"Oh? So, Liu Yan, what kind of attitude do you think I should show to stop Bai Zixuan from continuing to be a jerk?"
Gu Mingxia closed her notebook and looked at Liu Yan with a smile. For some reason, looking at Gu Mingxia like this, a word suddenly came to Liu Yan's mind: fox!
How could she suddenly forget that Gu Mingxia was never one to suffer in silence, and how could Bai Zixuan possibly gain any advantage from her?
"Xiaxia, do you already have a plan?"
Gu Mingxia didn't speak, but smiled slightly, picked up her water cup, took a sip of tea, and slowly stood up when she put the cup down. Liu Yan actually saw a sharp killing intent in her series of slow movements.
"I have always tolerated Bai Zixuan because he once saved me, but I never expected him to be so ungrateful."
Gu Mingxia walked slowly towards the balcony. She could ignore the harm Bai Zixuan had done to her before, but she couldn't anymore.
She was no longer alone. As a mother, she absolutely could not tolerate her future children seeing nude photos of their mother in newspapers, magazines, or online when they looked through news from years ago. Bai Zixuan's actions had crossed Gu Mingxia's bottom line.
"Perhaps you are all right. I have been too soft-hearted all along, which has led to this outcome. From this day forward, I, Gu Mingxia, will never be soft-hearted towards Bai Zixuan again. The little bit of kindness he showed me in saving my life has been worn away bit by bit by the things he has done to me over the years. Since he is capable of doing such a thing, he had better be prepared to face my revenge!"
She never considered herself a good person, so Gu Mingxia naturally wouldn't let Bai Zixuan's treatment of her go unpunished.
"Xia...Xiaxia, what are you planning to do? You don't mean to..."
Gu Mingxia turned around and looked at Liu Yan, whose voice was trembling, as she raised her hand and made a throat-slitting gesture. Her eyes were cold and her lips curled into a faint smile.
"Murder is illegal. I haven't lived enough yet. There's no need for me to give up my wonderful life for a scumbag."
That's true. Xia Xia has always valued her life, so why would she do something illegal for a scumbag like Bai Zha? Liu Yan suddenly felt a little anxious about her own intelligence.
"So... what do you plan to do?"
"Well, that's a secret for now." Gu Mingxia put her hands in her pockets, looking at the trees outside the balcony. The smile on her lips seemed faint, but Liu Yan saw deep calculation in her eyes.
She couldn't help but shed a tear of sympathy for Bai Zixuan in her heart, but if she ever saw Gu Mingxia scheming against Bai Zixuan in the future, Liu Yan would definitely say with heartfelt sincerity, "Well done!"
"By the way, Xiaxia, have you been feeling unwell lately? Why do you always look so pale whenever I see you?"
Liu Yan walked to Gu Mingxia's side and took her arm. Gu Mingxia touched her cheek. Was she pale? Perhaps it was because she had been vomiting so badly lately and hadn't had much of an appetite.
"It's nothing, it's probably just that the weather is cold and you don't have a good appetite. You'll be fine after a rest."
"I've been busy with wedding preparations lately and haven't had much time to spend with you. I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay. Marriage is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and there absolutely cannot be any mistakes. You go ahead with your work, I'm fine."
Gu Mingxia reached out and pinched Liu Yan's cheek. She was genuinely happy for Liu Yan. What a blissful thing it was to be able to marry someone who truly loved her and whom she didn't dislike!
"By the way, Xiao Yan proposed to you, when are you planning to have the wedding? Do you want to join us?"
Are you having a wedding?
Gu Mingxia touched the engagement ring on her hand, her face expressionless, but her eyes held a deep irony. How could two people who were not honest with each other walk down the aisle?
"I don't have any plans to get married yet, but Liu Yan, I wish you happiness, and may you always be happy like this."
"Yes, I will. Zheng Liu is very, very good to me. Xiaxia, you must be happy too. We must both be happy."
Liu Yan hugged Gu Mingxia and said these words sincerely, but Gu Mingxia just patted her shoulder and didn't say another word.
Longteng Group, Senior Conference Room, Shareholders' Meeting.
"Mr. Bai, isn't the progress of the old city renovation project a bit too fast lately?"
Shareholder A looked at Bai Zixuan with great displeasure. Of the 10 billion yuan that had just been allocated, after deducting the portion allocated to other companies, Longteng Group received at least 5 billion yuan. However, in just a few days, this 5 billion yuan had already been almost used up, which made the shareholders very uneasy.
"How can we get the second payment for the project if we don't speed things up?"
Bai Zixuan looked at the documents in his hand and said calmly, "Shareholder A is clearly not satisfied with this answer."
"Mr. Bai, no matter what project you're undertaking, you can't take too big a step."
This kind of unstable stance can easily lead to serious problems, but shareholder B didn't say it aloud; he could only think it to himself.
"The faster the project progresses, the sooner we can see a return on our investment."
Bai Zixuan frowned unhappily. He had founded Longteng Group, but now he had to listen to the nonsense of these shareholders. It was really annoying.
"Haste makes waste. Surely Mr. Bai knows this saying? Urban renewal projects can indeed bring in a lot of profits, but we also need to observe the government's attitude before we can continue."
"Who's in charge of this company, me or you? You should know that I am the largest shareholder of Longteng, the chairman and president!"
Bai Zixuan was already quite annoyed by Gu Mingxia's situation, and now, hearing the minority shareholders constantly opposing him only made him feel worse.
"Mr. Bai, is this how you always hold shareholder meetings? It seems I haven't attended enough!"
A soft voice came from outside the conference room door. As the glass door opened, Gu Mingxia, dressed in a silver-white fitted suit and silver-white trousers, strode in.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
Gu Mingxia casually sat down at the table, placed the documents in her hand on the table, and smiled faintly at Bai Zixuan, whose brows were furrowed.
"What, Mr. Bai, are you not planning to continue the meeting?"
"This is our shareholders' meeting. If Ms. Gu has anything to discuss, you can talk to our president after the meeting."
"I know this is a shareholders' meeting, and that's exactly why I'm here!"
Gu Mingxia waved the document in her hand, sat calmly in her chair, and looked at Bai Zixuan with a strong sense of provocation in her eyes.
After glancing at Bai Zixuan, Amy immediately got up, went to Gu Mingxia, took the documents from her, and after reading them, placed them in front of Bai Zixuan with a cold expression.
"Mr. Bai, according to this document, Miss Gu owns 15 percent of the shares in Longteng Group, making her the largest shareholder besides the president and Madam Bai."
What?! Gu Mingxia is the third largest shareholder of Longteng Group! That's impossible! Bai Zixuan glanced at her, hurriedly picked up the documents in front of him, and his expression became more and more unpleasant as he looked at them.
"Gu Mingxia, you plotted against me?"
Since the company's inception, Gu Mingxia has never been involved in any of Longteng's affairs. The only possible opportunity to obtain shares was when the company went public and acquired a Belgian company through a reverse takeover. At that time, Gu Mingxia served as Longteng's Belgian translator.
This was the first possibility that Bai Zixuan could think of. He held the document and looked coldly at Gu Mingxia, but Gu Mingxia just shrugged.
Amy sensed something was off about the atmosphere in the meeting room and, quite perceptively, got up and opened the glass door.
"This concludes today's meeting. Everyone, please go back now. I will send you the documents regarding the progress of the old city renovation project to your email addresses later. If you have any questions, please let me know via email. Then, at the next meeting, Mr. Bai will explain these documents in detail."
Even Gu Mingxia had to admit that Amy was indeed a very good president's assistant, always able to help him solve such thorny issues.
"Alright, then please have Assistant Ai send the documents over as soon as possible."
The shareholders weren't blind. It was obvious that this was an ex-husband and ex-wife arguing over property. They weren't going to stay here and become punching bags. Everyone knew that Bai Zixuan had a bad temper, and their former president's wife was a very prominent figure in Xiangcheng!
"Don't worry, everyone, I'll go back and send you the documents right now."
Amy considerately closed the glass door from the outside. Gu Mingxia raised an eyebrow and glanced at Bai Zixuan, a faint smile always on her face.
"If you can scheme against me and take nude photos of me, then why can't I scheme against you?"
"Gu Mingxia, that's because you've been refusing to listen to reason and are now asking for trouble! If you had just agreed to remarry me, would I have resorted to such methods?"
Bai Zixuan's self-righteous attitude made Gu Mingxia frown. She raised an eyebrow and said "oh." Seeing her expression, Bai Zixuan became even angrier.
"Xiaxia, as long as you agree to remarry me, I won't care about those nude photos at all. What do you say?"
You big idiot! You may not care, but I do! Gu Mingxia's smile grew gentler as she slowly stood up, placed her hands on the table, and looked at Bai Zixuan with tender eyes.
"Do you think that if I acquire shares from those minority shareholders, I could become a major shareholder of Longteng Group?"
"When you were working as a translator for Longteng, you took advantage of my lack of Belgian knowledge and hid 15% of the shares for yourself, just to scheme against me today?"
"No, no, no! I just wanted to keep some things we shared for myself. I never expected you to resort to such disgusting tactics as a honey trap to scheme for a divorce. And I never expected you to release the photos you secretly took after the divorce!"
Gu Mingxia's tone was very gentle, but as she spoke, her gaze grew increasingly cold. "I left the shares only to guard against treacherous people, not honest ones. If you hadn't treated me that way, I would never have appeared at Longteng's shareholders' meeting. Those shares were hidden, and I would have remained a mysterious shareholder forever. Unfortunately, you still angered me in the end!"
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