After Yaohui Hua said to start, the meeting room was silent instead.
This meeting was really weird, starting with silence.
Maybe it was because Leon Hua wasn’t here, so they had no one to fire at. Those people must be quite annoyed.
“Chenxing Hua, please say something about today’s topic.” Yaohui looked at Chenxing.
“Today’s main discussion is about the acquisition of Lanhai Technology. Lanhai Technology is the group’s most important strategic investment project…”
What Chenxing talked about was probably explaining how important it was to Hua Group’s strategic layout. It seemed that if Hua’s couldn’t get Lanhai Technology, it would break down.
It’s really funny. When he’s talking, he seemed to forget the important fact that he was originally in charge of the project, turning out he didn’t make it, so that’s why it was given to us to do it, and we made it and it became our private property.
After he finished, everyone looked at me.
I smiled awkwardly, “After Mr. Hua said so, you think I should take a stand. Since the group needs Lanhai Technology, we should give it all to you?”
“You’re also one of the group’s executives and the daughter-in-law of Hua family, so of course you have to take the bigger picture into account.” Xiang Feng seemed to push me, as she warned before.
But I had to hold on, because I represented Leon.
Leon was quite annoying. He rushed up when there’s something good, and when there’s trouble, he let me stand still, and he hid behind me like a chicken.
“Aunt Feng is right.” I affirmed her words first to ease the atmosphere. “We’re part of Hua Family and Hua’s, so if the group has a need, of course we have to ignore our losses, but now if there’s other capital wants to come into Lanhai Technology and wants us to give up, it’s not up to me and Leon. So, here is the deal. Exchanging Lanhai Technology for some of Hua’s shares will work, so that we can also be responsible to our partners. ”
There was a weird silence again after I finished.
“What do you think?” Yaohui glanced at them.
This question was just for me, for they must have already discussed it behind in private, and now it’s just a formality.
Several directors nodded their heads in agreement.
“Okay, that’s settled then. As for where this shareholding comes from, we’ll discuss it later. We’ll each give up some of our own shares in exchange for the group’s overall interest. Of course, it’s not for free. What you give out can be the internal acquisition and you can cash out or make some other investments.” Yaohui said.
Suddenly, I felt that Yaohui was also the winner of this Lanhai Project. He asked the other major shareholders to take out a portion of their shares, but in fact, wasn’t this a way to weaken their influence?
As the saying goes, the wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. In a simple deal, each one has his own calculations. That’s the rich family.
“There’s one more thing that I need to add.” I raised my voice, so everyone looked over at me again.
“Leon is now in charge of Hai City Telecom, but he’s not a member of the board, so he doesn’t have much right to make a decision. Also, he cannot carry out many important projects. Shouldn’t he be offered a board seat? His contribution to the group is obvious to all and there is no need for me to say it again. Please consider my request.”
This is my biggest card and the ultimate condition. Although I was only suggesting it, they all know that if they didn’t approve it, we wouldn’t give up Lanhai Technology.
The whole room was silent, and they all looked at Yaohui.
“One more board seat is not a trivial matter, which requires a general meeting. Holding a general meeting is so important that if there is no feasible reason, it will not be in line with the company’s rules. We’ll discuss it later.” Yaohui said.
Most people agreed with him.
Now I was a bit confused about his decisions. Leon was his son and he should support him to join the board. Why would he be on Feng’s side?
But then I figured it out.
He’s trying to maintain balance, so he couldn’t let others think he’s supporting his son. As a chairman, he also needed support, otherwise his job wouldn’t be easy.
Yaohui could use this matter to strike a balance, but I couldn’t agree, for this was the biggest goal of Leon’s move. How could I give in?
“Then let’s discuss it later.” I said the same, but what I meant was not Leon’s join into the board, but the merging of Lanhai Technology into Hua’s.
“Then when will the relevant procedures be done? You’re the CEO of Lanhai Technology, and you need to assemble a team to interface with the group.” Xiang looked at me.
“What I mean is, after Leon joins the Dong, we’ll discuss the merging.” I said indifferently.
“Nala Yao, are you negotiating a deal? If Leon doesn’t join, you won’t agree to merge Lanhai Technology into the group?” Ruoxin, what a dummy. She exposed the key contradictions of the problem.
Since there was no need to pretend, there was no good to hide my own thoughts.
I laughed, “To merge the Lanhai into the group, this is everyone’s intention, and not my and Leon’s intention. Isn’t it normal for me to negotiate some conditions? If the group wants to take what you have, you’ll have to negotiate, right? Isn’t business all about the word ‘talk’, and if you don’t talk, how will you get a deal?”
“But you’re making a threat. Leon acts recklessly, so why should he be allowed in the board? What does he deserve?” Ruoxin said excitedly.
She was the only one who got so excited.
That meant she wasn’t present when others discussed this? So that meant she’s excluded outside the core?
“Alright Miss Chen. I don’t want to repeat again what Leon has done for the company. I don’t want to argue with you either. If Hua’s wants to buy Lanhai Technology, it must be after Leon’s entering the board. Otherwise we refuse any kind of handover and won’t sell it, no matter how much you offer. I’m the CEO of Lanhai Technology, so I can still count on my word on this matter.”
“Nala, can you represent Leon? Is this your idea, or Leon’s?” Ruoxin now pissed off and her IQ and EQ both instantly became negative, asking such a stupid question. Everyone here could see that I was expressing Leon’s opinion. It was speechless for her to ask so.
I just smiled, not bothering to answer. I just treated her as the air.
“Since that’s the case, we’ll discuss it again.” Yaohui still kept the ‘re-discussion’ argument.
But I actually knew that they had all agreed to it.
The reconsideration was just to prove to the shareholders that it was very carefully deliberated before they decided on it.
It felt so good to win that I was suddenly in a good mood and wanted to have a drink with Ying Hua.