Gu Ru'an couldn't think of a solution, and the man in the suit, fearing he would become the scapegoat, quickly offered a suggestion:
"Mr. Gu, it seems this matter can't be kept secret any longer. Perhaps we should inform the board members first?"
"At least the money is still in Shengjing Company's accounts and hasn't gone into Guangyuan Supermarket's pocket yet. If you can continue to delay, it's for the company's and the board's benefit, isn't it?"
According to the man in the suit, Gu Ru'an's initial actions, driven by greed and a thirst for revenge, were now seen as actions taken for the greater good. He claimed that the trouble he suffered was due to unforeseen circumstances at Guangyuan.
Gu Ru'an cursed under her breath for being so unlucky, but having no other choice, she could only agree to the man in the suit's suggestion:
"Alright, notify all directors to call a meeting."
"Anyway, everyone knew about this back then, so there's no reason to keep pretending not to know."
Does he really not know that he has several spies among the board members? Whenever the company makes a decision, the top executives know about it within half an hour, even more than he does.
Given this situation, Gu Ru'an is not going to take on this hot potato again after failing to win over Guangyuan Supermarket.
We still need to find a way to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Gu Ruan's gaze was deep as he led his assistant to the conference room.
As expected, the board members did not "disappoint" Gu Ru'an; they immediately started speaking sarcastically upon meeting him:
"Oh, Mr. Gu, why do you look so dejected today?"
"What else could it be? He must have fallen into Mr. Zhao's trap last night, or maybe he got swindled in a business deal, haha."
"Tsk, Mr. Zhao seems to be having a lot of trouble lately. I heard that our company was sued by some unknown small company?"
"How novel! What kind of company is Shengjing? An industry giant. If we were to be intimidated by some small company, would we still have any face left?"
"Don't say that about President Gu, our President Gu isn't that kind of person!" Gu Ru'an's expression changed several times as she was being teased, her face twitching, and she almost flew into a rage.
Seeing this, the man in the suit quickly stepped forward and approached him to comfort him:
"President Gu, we must prioritize the bigger picture. If this matter isn't resolved, the board of directors could have grounds to dismiss you as president."
These words were like a bucket of cold water, chilling Gu Ru'an to the bone.
When I felt a chill in my heart, I calmed down from my angry state.
He didn't engage in verbal sparring with the person before him, but instead cut straight to the point of the meeting with a blank expression:
"As everyone knows, Guangyuan Supermarket is currently planning to withdraw from the domestic market."
"I've privately reminded the company several times to follow the contract process and have Shengjing purchase Guangyuan's shares at the previous price."
Gu Ru'an's words caused the expressions of several directors to change drastically:
"Wait a minute! How come only we all know about this? Was this reported to the board of directors?"
"President Gu, the cooperation with Guangyuan Supermarket wasn't approved by the board of directors. It was a decision you made with them privately. How can you expect everyone in the company to share the losses?"
As board members, these major shareholders have taken a lot of money, but they have also shifted the blame onto others.
They were all clearly beneficiaries, yet they pretended to be ignorant, wanting Gu Ru'an to take full responsibility for the matter, and ideally, even pay him the money.
But how could Gu Ru'an possibly cut off his own flesh? Besides, this matter couldn't be resolved by him cutting off his own flesh alone.
Gu Ru'an patiently avoided arguing with them.
"Guangyuan Supermarket itself wanted to withdraw due to a financial crisis. "If we take it over now, it's like taking on a hot potato."
"Why don't we all use our brains now and brainstorm ways to get rid of this unprofitable deal?"
The directors saw that Gu Ru'an refused to accept the challenge.
Time is running out, and if we continue to linger, this "losing deal" might really become a dead end.
So, for the moment, they couldn't bother with verbal disputes with Gu Ru'an, and instead discussed among themselves, looking for a way out:
“How could I possibly take it over? Absolutely not! It would cost so much money.”
"Still want to take it over? How can we take it over! If the company really takes it over, I'm afraid it will end up like Guangyuan Supermarket, with a huge financial deficit."
"Are we going to withdraw from this market along with Guangyuan? Absolutely not!"
"Guangyuan is pressing us hard now, they just want money. How can we refuse? Is that contract just a piece of paper?"
"The original price? What was the market situation back then? We can't buy high and sell low. Guangyuan can't be that shameless; he's clearly trying to make us bear his losses."
"That's exactly what they mean. They're making it clear they want the money. They're either shameless or they're planning to break off all relations!"
"But he managed to get hold of the written agreement. Well then, if it doesn't work out, the company will lay off a large number of employees. Anyway, we have to pay this money. If one thing doesn't work, another will. We have to scrape together the money."
Immediately, some people got angry:
"You can actually bring yourself to talk about something as drastic as layoffs?"
"Don't be ridiculous, layoffs alone might not be enough!"
That's a stock price of nearly two billion.
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