Yang Yajing could tell that Xia Changlong and Xu Wenbin really had important matters to discuss, so she helped Xu Wenbin, who did not have an assistant with him, pack his luggage a little and then left.
There are many things that Yang Yajing shouldn't know right now. After she left, Xia Changlong gave Xu Wenbin a wink, meaning: What exactly happened?
After Xu Wenbin recounted the whole story as he knew it, he also handed Xia Changlong the Polaroid photos that Yang Yajing had given him.
"Mr. Xia, do you know whose man this driver is?" Xu Wenbin pointed to the man in the photo.
"When I first heard about the incident, I had Secretary Huang investigate," Xia Changlong nodded, "from the eldest son's family."
The "boss" that Xia Changlong was referring to was his elder brother, Xia Junhu.
Although Xia Changlong controls the Huaxia Consortium, he is not in line to inherit the throne.
He was the second oldest, with an older brother above him and a younger brother and sister below him, Xia Tengyun and Xia Caixia.
His eldest brother was born before the liberation. Due to the war and inadequate medical care, he contracted polio at birth.
Although his condition was later corrected and he was able to walk again, his legs remained somewhat lame, and his right hand was also somewhat deformed, making it impossible for him to hold a pen.
During the period when he was growing up, he encountered three years of natural disasters. Due to the prevailing social climate at that time, even if the family had money, they dared not spend it.
Because of insufficient nutrition, Xia Junhu did not develop properly, was very short, and had a poor physique.
Just when I was about to turn 18, I contracted pneumonia and was isolated and treated for more than half a year before I finally survived.
Xia Junhu, whose health was plagued by misfortune, also faced setbacks in his career due to his health problems. Poor health meant missing classes, disability meant being bullied by other children, and long-term isolation and hospitalization meant that other children were more favored than him, the eldest son.
But this did not affect his ambition and the development of his methods, especially his skill in using others to do his dirty work.
On the surface, he's a kind-hearted, easygoing older brother who only wants the best for his younger siblings. But in reality, he has a cunning hand that manipulates everyone's weaknesses.
Xia Changlong was always on guard against him. Since Xia Junhu couldn't deal with Xia Changlong, the president, he could only cause trouble for the people around him from time to time, making him feel restricted in his actions.
As for his younger brother and sister-in-law, although they didn't have the same covetousness for the president's position as Xia Junhu, they were not exactly benevolent either.
The reason Xia Changlong's parents gave him, rather than Xia Junhu, 60% of the group's shares was firstly because Xia Changlong was indeed very capable, and secondly, probably because they were wary of Xia Junhu's personality.
Parents know perfectly well what kind of person their son is, even if they don't say it.
If the money is divided equally among the brothers, or if they don't even receive half, then those good-for-nothings could easily band together, and the Xia family would be on the verge of ruin.
They are all my children, and it's not that I haven't tried my best to teach them, but some seeds, no matter how hard I try to straighten and water them, will still stubbornly grow crooked.
Both sides are family, and the two older members of the Xia family, having reached retirement age, no longer want to get involved. Since they can't bring themselves to do it, they'll let them fight it out themselves!
The two elders of the Xia family became hands-off managers, turning a blind eye to the affairs of the Xia family, which further fueled Xia Junhu's ambition.
The 8% stake they held wouldn't amount to much. Even if they joined forces with Xia Tengyun and Xia Caixia, who were all talk and no action, they would only have 24% of the shares, which wouldn't be enough to shake their decision-making power.
So he tried every possible way to cause Xia Changlong to have cash flow problems, so that he could sell his shares to fill the gap.
Or create all sorts of things to metabolize Xia Changlong's percentage.
Or they might cause trouble like today, to seize the shares held by scattered shareholders and put them into their own pockets.
Xu Wenbin was Xia Changlong's special assistant to the president, and considered one of his most trusted people. Besides Xu Wenbin, he also kept many other people under his control, precisely to guard against Xia Junhu's shady dealings.
He originally sent his own secretary to pick him up at the airport, but the shareholder meeting documents were inexplicably stuffed into the paper cutter, forcing his secretaries to reprint and bind them overnight before they could find someone else to pick him up.
Xia Changlong kept these photos and put them in a safe, thinking they might be useful in the future.
As for Xu Wenbin, he also agreed with Yang Yajing's idea to temporarily avoid public attention before the shareholders' meeting and deceive everyone.
It was quite a coincidence that Yang Yajing went to the airport to kidnap someone. According to Xu Wenbin, it was because Yang Yajing had a good relationship with him recently and wanted to secretly give him a vacation so that he, the "skinny Zhou," wouldn't exploit him.
Xia Changlong found it amusing. Did this girl think he was a "scrounger"?
Regardless of Yang Yajing's opinion of him, after just one day of interaction, he still quite admired this girl.
She didn't have that unsightly sycophantic look when she saw someone powerful or wealthy, nor was she reserved or afraid; she would even act childish to make money off him.
"Interesting! Very interesting!" Xia Changlong smiled as he thought of this.
"What's interesting?" Xu Wenbin asked, puzzled when Xia Changlong suddenly uttered such a seemingly random question.
"Wenbin! You made the right move back then!" Xia Changlong praised Xu Wenbin. "The young lady has grown up quite well!"
"So... do you want to buy those two Hong Kong stocks?" Xu Wenbin asked. "A 20% profit margin, right?"
"Buy! Of course I'll buy!" Xia Changlong turned on his computer and bought a lot of stocks before the market closed.
"Sigh! That girl's going to be rich! She probably doesn't even know it yet," Xu Wenbin commented with a smile, looking at the amount of shares Xia Changlong had invested.
"It's not a problem to have that much money." Xia Changlong took the tea Xu Wenbin had brewed and continued, "I want to see what kind of taste this girl has. Consider it a test?"
"test?"
"Didn't she want a position from me? There are still three years left! If the position really doubles, should I just go along with it?" Xia Changlong pointed to the graph displayed on the computer screen.
"You don't..." Xu Wenbin said half a sentence.
"No! Take it slow!" Xia Changlong shook his head. "I don't trust Xia Junhu. This matter needs to be discussed further."
Xu Wenbin nodded, and the two then began to seriously arrange the details of the shareholders' meeting for the next two days.
This shareholders' meeting discussed the Xia Group's investment strategy for the next two years. Xia Junhu and the two younger members wanted to invest in retail, especially large supermarkets.
Perhaps because these industries have many intermediaries, a significant amount of illicit money can be embezzled?
Xia Changlong, however, wanted to pursue a career in the high-end communications and internet industry. Xu Wenbin, based in Hong Kong, had already sensed the lucrative potential of the internet.
Mobile phones are becoming increasingly common, and while China has not yet started manufacturing, it is imperative for China to follow suit, making it a prime investment opportunity.
Looking at the development of Apple Inc. in the United States after the 1980s, one can foresee that once this industry opens up in China, it will generate a continuous stream of profits.
Xu Wenbin, based in Hong Kong, is the key to persuading these old-timers to take this emerging industry investment route.
That's why Xia Junhu attacked Xu Wenbin, right?
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