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Chapter 693 - Chapter 693 Chapter 693 Professor Qiao Takes Charge

Chapter 693: Chapter 693: Professor Qiao Takes Charge Chapter 693: Chapter 693: Professor Qiao Takes Charge Xia the Director was so shocked that he staggered backward several steps before stabilizing.

Lu Xian and Lu Rui’s mouths fell slightly open, their thoughts coming to a halt.

Had they heard wrong, or were they hallucinating?

Qiaoqiao said she was one of the shareholders of the Lu Group?

This development was so unexpected that they were unable to react.

Lu Rui, after calming down slightly, realized that the person who had been secretly buying up Lu Group’s shares at a high price was his daughter.

Realizing this, he felt both shocked and helpless.

He was shocked that his daughter’s financial resources might be even more terrifying than he had imagined; otherwise, how could she have acquired enough shares to attend the shareholders’ meeting in such a short period of time?

He felt helpless that he was so useless to allow his daughter to worry about the family to this extent.

Although Qiao Yun was Professor Qiao, Lu Rui had never expected to get anything from Qiao Yun, and after the initial shock of knowing her identity, he always treated her as an ordinary person who still needed parental care.

What they didn’t know was that initially, Pei Ya had wanted to handle the situation in full.

But Qiao Yun believed this was a Lu Family matter, and she was now part of the Lu Family.

Now that there was trouble at home, she couldn’t just sit by and do nothing.

She wouldn’t let anyone bully her family!

“What kind of joke is this? How come I didn’t know the Group had gained another shareholder?”

In the tense atmosphere, Director Xia suddenly stood up, his chair crashing to the ground with a loud noise due to the abrupt force, sounding particularly jarring in the quiet meeting room.

All the shareholders then came to their senses, yet the mood had become even tenser, as some shareholders started whispering to each other.

“Really? Is she really Professor Qiao? She sounds so young.”

“Could it be a conspiracy by Shengqiao? Could the recent events in the Group be because of Shengqiao…”

“Although Tianqi Research Institute is closely associated with Shengqiao, isn’t it strange that President Pei had to appear in person?”

Lu Rui, hearing this conversation, paused for a moment and his gaze involuntarily shifted to Pei Ya, assessing him.

Pei Ya, realizing Lu Rui’s gaze, looked up at Lu Rui, his expression calm and a nonchalant smile on his lips, as if he knew nothing.

Lu Rui had numerous doubts, but he also knew it wasn’t the time to ask, so he suppressed his curiosity and focused on dealing with the shareholders.

Because of Qiao Yun’s arrival, countless speculations turned over in everyone’s minds.

The atmosphere in the meeting room became even heavier.

No one was clear.

If Professor Qiao really controlled shares of the group, how many shares did she hold?

What was her purpose in showing up this time? Was it to seize power or to stand by President Lu’s side?

No one knew, and everyone looked toward the screen, trying to guess Professor Qiao’s true intentions from the dark video feed.

Qiao Yun didn’t make them wait too long, her voice came through the microphone, carrying a chilling weight.

“No need for you to know; the fact is, I now hold shares of the Lu Group and possess the right to participate in the shareholders’ meeting.”

Director Xia looked indignant, clearly very unsatisfied with this response.

Qiao Yun blandly said, “You graduated from a prestigious university and joined the Lu Group early, having served the Lu Group for over thirty years, correct?”

“Yes.”

Mentioning his own resume, Director Xia raised his head high, knowing that according to seniority, Lu Xian and Lu Rui would still have to call him ‘Uncle,’ and he had been close friends who worked together with Old Master Lu.

As he grew older, he also harbored his own ambitions, so his fundamental views had clashed with those of Old Master Lu over the years.

With Lu Xian in charge, Lu Xian also opposed him everywhere, rebutting the reform proposals he submitted for the Group.

Years of deep resentment had long left him disgruntled with the Lu Family people.

Thinking of this, he said with immense pride, “No one knows the group more than I do, haha, I was still pulling all-nighters for the development of the group when President Lu wasn’t even born…”

“But…”

Qiao Yun didn’t wait for Director Xia to go on a lengthy exposition and interrupted him, her tone as calm as always.

“According to our research, in recent years you haven’t created any valuable assets for the Lu Group, and the projects you were responsible for even faced losses, with President Lu having to clean up after you.”

The shareholders started whispering among themselves upon hearing this.

If Professor Qiao hadn’t mentioned it, they would have forgotten.

The decisions made by Director Xia were not always correct.

Qiao Yun looked indifferently at the person on the video, whose face had turned pale, and said bluntly, “Plus, considering your performance today, impulsive and irritable, it makes me doubt whether you are capable of holding your current position. Your behavior today is not fitting for your resume.”

She said unhurriedly, “Before we initiate a vote to dismiss President Lu, I wouldn’t mind starting with a vote against you.”

The shareholders were stunned.

Professor Qiao’s reputation was well known.

But no one had told them that Professor Qiao was this formidable!

Lu Rui and Lu Xian didn’t even get a chance to speak for Qiao Yun, so taken aback were they by her preemptive remarks.

They could hardly believe that the aggressive person now was the Qiao Yun they knew.

Recalling Qiao Yun’s usual demeanor, she was mostly quiet, spoke very little, and had a delicate and clever appearance, almost making people want to protect her.

But now…was this the same person?

Had they seen a ghost?

“You have no right to make this decision!” Director Xia was clearly very angry, the veins on his neck bulging.

He had been so sure that Professor Qiao couldn’t possibly be the new shareholder because the new shareholder was supposed to be someone else.

Someone who had been strategizing with him to take over the Lu Group.

But now the plan had changed, and he wasn’t sure if he should continue.

However, he soon figured it out. Since things had reached this point, there was no use in backing down.

Lu Rui scoffed, “Why doesn’t she have the right, just as you said earlier, if the chairman is not present, the board has the authority to initiate votes and make decisions. Now Professor Qiao is also a board member, she has the right to vote as well.”

Director Xia turned to look at Lu Rui with a face that had seen a ghost.

He was actually speaking up for Professor Qiao, whose side was unknown?

If he contradicted Lu Rui’s statement, wouldn’t he be contradicting himself?

Pei Ya spoke then, his voice rising at the end, looking coldly at Director Xia, “Could you please stop the pointless talk? Professor Qiao is busy and doesn’t have time to argue with you. If anyone objects, please leave, and if not…”

Pei Ya clapped his hands.

The bodyguards, who resembled door gods and had been surrounding the clueless attendees due to Pei Ya’s appearance, heard Pei Ya’s signal and immediately pushed open the doors of the conference room.

At the same time, about a dozen black-suited bodyguards briskly walked in, instantly surrounding the conference table and all the shareholders present, leaving no way out.

Pei Ya laid his arms across his chest and with a playful smirk said, “You don’t have to leave, but I’ll have my men escort you out. Of course, they’re not known for being gentle.”

The atmosphere grew even more bizarre.

The shareholders were terrified by this scene, looking at each other with clearly visible nervousness.

Surely not? Surely not! Holding a shareholder’s meeting as if it were a crime scene.

“Director Pei, what do you mean by this?”

“How can you make a mockery of a shareholders’ meeting?”

“President Lu, won’t you say something? His actions are clearly overbearing!”

Lu Xian didn’t speak, because he knew that Qiaoqiao wouldn’t do anything to harm the Lu Group, so he was happy to let things unfold this way to intimidate those restless shareholders.

Pei Yao impatiently said, “Very well, it seems you all want to be thrown out.”

“…”

The shareholders immediately became as silent as cicadas in winter.

According to Pei Yao’s personality, he would really do it.

Besides, they weren’t brave enough to confront the Shengqiao Group.

Chairman Xia’s face slightly changed, and under the pressing circumstances, he could only sit down obediently.

Chairman Xia was the leader of the group opposing Lu Xian within the company, and now that he had stopped speaking, the shareholders he had rallied could only watch silently for further developments.

Pei Yao nodded with a smile that praised their good behavior and said, “It seems everyone has no objections, very good, let’s continue with the topic we were discussing.”

The shareholders: “…” You’ve thrown everything into chaos, what’s there to continue?

Qiao Yun was very pleased with the quiet atmosphere and took the lead to speak, “I oppose the dismissal of General Manager Lu.”

Lu Xian’s face revealed a wry smile.

He had guessed as much before, and now it was even more confirmed.

Qiaoqiao must have gone to such lengths because she was afraid he would be put in a difficult position at the shareholders’ meeting.

As an elder, he was actually being supported by a junior.

He did not know whether to laugh or cry at that moment.

Lu Rui, on the other hand, felt honored, having someone back him up felt awesome!

The shareholders were once again shocked.

They had thought Professor Qiao wanted to seize power, but the development was completely different from what they had imagined.

Before Professor Qiao showed up, many thought about letting Lu Xian take the blame and get sacked, but now that Professor Qiao had expressly opposed it, they began to think more actively.

What unspeakable dealings did the Lu family have with Professor Qiao?

If they sided with General Manager Lu now, would they benefit more in the future?

“Your solitary opposition isn’t enough, what do the other shareholders say?” Chairman Xia also wasn’t panicking.

Before the shareholders could speak, Qiao Yun said again, “Don’t rush, take a look at this first, then decide how to proceed?”

Her voice conveyed an authority that weighed down on the shareholders, making them dare not speak out against her.

They thought to themselves, you’re the boss, whatever you say, goes.

Pei Yao was very pleased with everyone’s reaction, his finger twitched slightly and he gestured towards his secretary behind him: “Go.”

“Yes.”

The secretary operated the projector for a moment, and soon a video was projected onto the screen.

Immediately after, a scream was heard ringing by everyone’s ears.

“No, no! I’ll tell you everything, just let me go!”

The shareholders first were puzzled by the meaning of the video, then they heard the person in the video say with a trembling voice.

“I confessed everything, yes, someone gave me a lot of money to mess with things and cooperate with that security company, I had no idea that a safety helmet would turn things so serious, I never thought it would cost a person their life!”

Probably because of fear, the person in the video’s teeth were chattering as they spoke.

“After the accident, I’ve been so scared it would trace back to me, it was that person who taught me how to respond….”

The shareholders, no fools, all made faces as ugly as if they had eaten dung.

So, the crisis that had befallen the group was because someone had paid to sabotage the internal operations at the site.

This wasn’t an accident, it was a designed sabotage!

Therefore, General Manager Lu was also innocent.

The Lu brothers’ faces turned red with anger, their fists clenched.

The person who procured the safety helmets, it turned out there was a problem!

As soon as the issue arose, they continuously investigated, but the speed of their investigation was still falling behind the powerful technological means of Qiao Yun.

Chairman Xia’s face turned pale, and he instinctively stood up.

As soon as he stood up, everyone’s eyes turned towards him.

They seemed to wonder, why was he so agitated?

Chairman Xia’s mouth twitched, but he was at a loss for words.

How could this happen… The issue had already been exposed.

Now it would be difficult for him to pull Lu Xian down.

“Why are you standing up, got something to say?” Pei Yao looked at him, smiling teasingly, “Could it be that you already knew there was a problem inside your group?”

His tone was playful, as if he was telling a joke.

But it made Chairman Xia’s heart feel like it was jumping to his throat, he sat back down, trying to stay calm, “I’m just shocked that there was a mole in the group.”

“Oh…” Pei Yao nodded, appearing not very concerned.

Chairman Xia heaved a sigh of relief, his eyebrows tightly furrowed.

Indeed, he did not know about this underlying reason for the group’s troubles, which was why he was so agitated.

After the video finished playing, Qiao Yun spoke again, “Alright, now you can make a decision.”

“Wait…” Chairman Xia suddenly spoke up, “Although it can now be proven that there was a mole and someone wanted to bring down the group, causing the group to end up in this situation, as the general manager, didn’t General Manager Lu fail to detect all this in time? Doesn’t he bear any responsibility?”

The development of the situation had gone beyond his control.

He had no choice but to proceed with the original plan.

Chairman Xia shook his head, “The leader of the group should have keen observational skills and decisive decision-making abilities, and I’m afraid General Manager Lu lacks these.”

Lu Xian opened his mouth, then fell silent.

Clearly, he agreed with this statement.

After a brief silence.

The shareholders began expressing their opinions.

“I agree with Chairman Xia.”

“I disagree, no matter how capable a person is, it’s not possible to be aware of everything; who would have thought there would be a mole at a minor construction site?”

“That’s right, the other side is just too despicable.”

“I agree with Chairman Xia’s words, regardless of the truth, as the general manager, he needs to be responsible.”

After a debate, the shareholders finally returned to the main topic of this shareholder meeting and began to vote.

Chairman Xia was determined to win; even if Professor Qiao’s appearance could win a vote for Lu Xian.

As long as the number of people supporting him was greater than those supporting Lu Xian, he would still win.

He was confident in this, having rallied the majority of the shareholders before the shareholder meeting.

He swept his gaze over the group of shareholders with a warning look, and everyone, looking at each other, had already made up their minds.

Pei Yao observed their subtle movements, his lips curling into a slightly wicked smile.

After a round of voting, indeed…

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