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Chapter 787 - 784 Shareholders’ Meeting

Chapter 787: Chapter 784 Shareholders’ Meeting

Regarding the crowd that Lin Tian attracted, Secretary Xu was also helpless. As Lin Tian had said, the Xiao Group had a majority of female employees, and male employees were rare creatures, with handsome men being even more like national treasures. The sudden appearance of a handsome young president was bound to excite the ladies beyond measure.

Secretary Xu glanced back at Lin Tian and said while walking, "One reason is that both President Xiao and Chairman Xiao are women. Another reason is that Miss said that it’s harder for women to find jobs in society than men, so she prefers to provide employment positions for women. Of course, that’s provided they are competent for the work."

"I see, the male employees working here are really lucky," Lin Tian laughed.

Secretary Xu simply smiled, without responding to his remark, and led Lin Tian down a long corridor before stopping outside a conference room.

The employees were even more surprised to see that Lin Tian was heading towards the conference room because they all knew that there was an important meeting taking place in that room today—the shareholders’ meeting.

What are shareholders? To put it bluntly, they are the real bosses of the group. High-level executives like the CEO are nothing more than workers. Of course, Miss is an exception as the CEO because she is the eldest daughter of the Xiao family and the heir to the group.

Secretary Xu didn’t knock, she just pushed the door open and entered. Not many people were seated in the meeting room; they all looked towards the door.

With one glance, Lin Tian saw that the meeting room was very large, yet only ten people were seated. Xiao Manxue was sitting in the chief seat, with the next seat empty, and the third seat was occupied by Sun Hai. Behind Sun Hai, there were eight other people: five middle-aged men and three women.

The five men were around the same age as Sun Hai, all in their forties. The three women appeared slightly younger, probably under forty. Although they weren’t very beautiful, they looked quite fashionable due to good maintenance and careful dressing.

Lin Tian knew that the entire Xiao Group was in the hands of these ten people. Of course, Mrs. Xiao was the actual person in control, and Xiao Manxue, being here, represented Mrs. Xiao.

While he scrutinized the people at the meeting, the five men and three women were also assessing him. The men looked at him with scrutinizing gazes, especially when they saw Lin Tian was so young, a few of them frowned, their eyes filled with doubt.

Of course, among the men, except for Sun Hai, only he was slightly bowing his head, as if attentively reading the document before him, not casting a glance.

However, the three fashionable women showed more interest in Lin Tian. When they saw that the new shareholder was so young and handsome, all three of them brightened up. But they didn’t speak and all eight shareholders maintained their silence.

They weren’t three-year-old children, nor were they impulsive youths. Before understanding the situation clearly, they didn’t want to stick their necks out and risk offending someone they shouldn’t.

But Lin Tian noticed something: these eight unfamiliar shareholders seemed to know him.

"You sit here," Xiao Manxue said indifferently, pointing to the second seat—the deputy position.

At the arrangement made by Miss, the male shareholders furrowed their brows again. The seating arrangement at the shareholders’ meeting was very particular, usually based on the size of shareholdings.

According to past practice, the first seat was generally for Mrs. Xiao, the deputy for Xiao Manxue, and the third for Sun Hai. If Mrs. Xiao was absent from a shareholders’ meeting, Xiao Manxue would take the first seat and Sun Hai would naturally move to the second seat.

The eight shareholders had noticed the second seat remaining empty and thought it was being reserved for Mrs. Xiao who might join later, allowing Xiao Manxue to move to the second seat. But to their surprise, the second seat was offered to this young man.

They had only received notice about a shareholders’ meeting and that a new shareholder would join. Beyond that, they knew nothing, which is why they were puzzled and had opinions about the seating arrangement made by Xiao Manxue.

However, they still didn’t speak up, instead turning their gaze to Sun Hai. As the second largest shareholder, if Mrs. Xiao was absent, he should take the seat, but now it was taken by an unfamiliar young man—didn’t he have any objections? This was what the other eight shareholders were thinking.

They were all waiting for Sun Hai to voice his disagreement. In previous shareholders’ meetings, Sun Hai generally opposed the Xiao family mother and daughter, so this time they wanted to see what Sun Hai would say.

Unexpectedly, Sun Hai continued to lower his head and look at the documents as if engrossed, ignoring the gazes of the other shareholders.

Lin Tian observed the expressions of all the shareholders, but didn’t show any reaction, simply calmly walking to the seat and sitting down.

Secretary Xu, as Xiao Manxue’s personal and chief secretary as well as the meeting recorder, took her place on the other side. There were no objections from the shareholders about Secretary Xu’s seat.

"Cough, cough..." A male shareholder intentionally coughed twice as a reminder to the silent Sun Hai, meaning, "Your seat has been taken, aren’t you going to say anything?"

Sun Hai also seemed to notice for the first time and looked up at Lin Tian, but what he said was unexpected to the shareholders.

"Is everyone here? Then let’s start the shareholders’ meeting," Sun Hai said indifferently, without expressing any opinion on the seating arrangement.

This greatly puzzled the shareholders—what was happening with Sun Hai today? He seemed like a different person. But at the same time, they also sensed something unusual.

Miss in the chief position didn’t seem inclined to explain. She looked around at all the shareholders and said indifferently, "As the Chairman is out of the country handling some matters and could not attend today’s shareholders’ meeting, I will be presiding over the meeting."

It was Lin Tian’s first experience seeing Xiao Manxue in work mode. Facing many shareholders older than herself, the "little girl" wasn’t the least bit intimidated. Moreover, with a single sentence, she brought everyone’s focus back to the meeting, and some shareholders even unconsciously sat up straight.

It was clear that Xiao Manxue’s presence was extremely powerful. As an Ancient Martial Artist and the Xiao family’s eldest daughter, the aura she naturally exuded made others feel as though they were standing on the edge of a precipice.

Deservedly so for Miss, unbeatable in her demeanor. Lin Tian mentally gave her a hundred likes.

"Today’s shareholders’ meeting is convened with only one item on the agenda, which is the addition of a new shareholder seat," Xiao Manxue announced succinctly and directly.

Upon hearing this, the shareholders’ expressions changed again. They looked at each other as if exchanging signals.

Before coming to the meeting, they all knew about the addition of a new shareholder, but they didn’t know how many shares the new shareholder would hold and how the shares were going to be apportioned.

The entry of a new shareholder meant dilution of the original shareholders’ stakes, involving their personal interests—none of them wanted their shares to be diluted.

A reduction in shareholding implied weakened voting power and, more importantly, reduced dividends. Though cashing out some shares could bring in money, the shareholders preferred maintaining their stakes.

Because with the recent robust growth of the Xiao Group, holding more shares meant bigger profits. Nobody would choose to cash out and "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs" when the company was flourishing—doing so would be foolish.

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