106: Chapter 105: Tragedy of Zhou Kaiyuan (Upper) _1 106: Chapter 105: Tragedy of Zhou Kaiyuan (Upper) _1 Inside Zhongkai Group, people were rushing around everywhere.
Zhou Kaiyuan, with his secretary in tow, walked briskly towards the conference room of the City Company.
His brows were knit together in a frown.
Clearly, his mood was not good.
For some reason, he was beginning to feel increasingly excited.
He even felt that his vitality was stronger at this point than when his fury was at its height.
There was a constant urge to vocalize his secret.
However, he was able to suppress this sudden impulse that welled up inside of him.
Zhongkai Group was established by Zhou Kaiyuan himself!
The group mainly comprised supermarkets across the city and the province, followed by firms involved in real estate, catering, hotels, etc.
Frankly, these days, the whole of Zhongkai Group was having a hard time.
The simultaneous severance of cooperation by Hongmei Group and Guanghan Palace Group resulted in great losses for Zhongkai Group.
This made Zhou Kaiyuan’s resentment and hatred for these two parties escalate instantly.
Upon reaching the door of the conference room, Zhou Kaiyuan’s secretary moved ahead of him, opened the door for him.
Zhou Kaiyuan walked in unhindered, feeling enraged and upset, while his secretary respectfully closed the door behind him before waiting outside.
Upon entering the conference room, Zhou Kaiyuan found that all the shareholders of the company were already present.
It seemed he was the last one to arrive.
Temporarily able to put his resentment aside, Zhou Kaiyuan glanced around the room before heading to his designated seat and sitting down.
Qi Tianhao, the second-largest shareholder, saw Zhou Kaiyuan’s displeasure and was incensed that even though he was so late, Zhou Kaiyuan didn’t even bother to apologize.
But since Zhou Kaiyuan was the chairman with the most shares, he kept his cool for the time being.
Giving Zhou Kaiyuan a cursory look, he said, “Now that our honorable chairman has finally arrived, let’s start the meeting.”
As the second-largest shareholder began to speak, everyone quieted down.
Qi Tianhao then looked sternly at the shareholders and announced, “Let’s officially start the meeting now.
I assume everyone is already familiar with the agenda.
Just over ten days ago, our Zhongkai Group faced a severe setback.
The Hongmei Group and Guanghan Palace Group terminated their collaborations with us, leading a host of other companies to sever ties with our company.
Currently, our group company has been suffering major losses for nearly two weeks.
Our stock value is plummeting rapidly and many retail investors have abandoned our stocks….”
Zhou Kaiyuan had just sat down when he heard the second shareholder taking the initiative to speak up.
This pretty much broke Zhou Kaiyuan’s taboo, causing his rage to flare up.
He was moments away from slapping Qi Tianhao.
In the past, despite his rage towards Qi Tianhao, he could still barely suppress his feelings.
After all, Qi Tianhao was second only to him in terms of status within the company.
Zhou Kaiyuan owned 43 percent of the group’s shares, but Qi Tianhao was not far behind with 35 percent, making him the second-most powerful person there.
“Why should I shut up?” Qi Tianhao sneered at Zhou Kaiyuan and said, “This is a shareholders’ meeting.
The first item on the agenda is to relieve you, Zhou Kaiyuan, of your position as Chairman.
Your actions may lead our Zhongkai Group to the brink of disaster…”
Zhou Kaiyuan forcefully slammed the conference table: “Qi Tianhao, you have no right to unseat me.
I’m the primary shareholder!”
“Ha ha…” Qi Tianhao suddenly burst out laughing, then scoffed at Zhou Kaiyuan and said: “I’m sorry to inform you, Zhou, that I just bought an additional 16% of the shares from the third, fourth, and fifth shareholders.
So, now I’m the primary shareholder.”
“That’s impossible…” Zhou Kaiyuan roared, his gaze turning intimidating as he looked at the other three major shareholders.
When he saw the three men quickly lower their heads, not daring to meet his gaze, Zhou Kaiyuan realized that he had been betrayed by these three.
“Damn it, Yu Guang, He Xiong, Zhang Tianyun, you three…good…good…you dare to backstab me?” Zhou Kaiyuan was gnashing his teeth in rage.
The rage and killing intent in his heart escalated exponentially.
At this point, he put both his hands on the conference table, like a ferocious tiger craving for its prey, glaring at the other three shareholders.
His face turned red with malicious thoughts, and he even visualized picking up a chair and smashing it on their heads…
Yu Guang opened his mouth and said, “Mr.
Zhou, I’m sorry, but we’d rather sell our shares than let the company be ruined by you.
Are you guys out of your mind, blaming me for ruining the company?” Hearing this, Zhou Kaiyuan grew even angrier, veins bulging on his forehead and an abnormal flush appearing on his face.
He roared, “You backstabbers, have you forgotten that Zhongkai Group was built from the ground up by me alone?
Would you be where you are now if it wasn’t for me?
If I hadn’t curried favor with huge amounts of money back in the days, could we ever have swallowed those few state-owned companies?
Zhou, be…be careful with your words…” One of the shareholders, terrified by Zhou Kaiyuan’s revelation of some secrets from their past takeover, was sweating profusely and hastily tried to stop him.
Seeing someone try to stop him, Zhou Kaiyuan’s rage reached boiling point.
He spotted an ashtray on the table, picked it up, and threw it at the man.
Zhou Kaiyuan was surprisingly strong and accurate.
The ashtray hit the man’s shoulder with a single throw.
The man’s face turned pale instantly.
He was enraged: “Damn, Zhou Kaiyuan, have you lost your mind?
I was just trying to warn you……”
Did I ask for your advice?” Zhou Kaiyuan felt an inexplicable rush of excitement.
His ambition rose in the face of challenge.
“Damn it, a bunch of ingrates!
If it was back in the old days, I would have broken your legs as traitors!”
“Huh, and we’re the traitors?
Damn it, Zhou Kaiyuan, we’re shareholders, not your servants.
Damn it, if you, the fool, hadn’t offended both Zheng Shuyu and Zheng Hongmei from those two big groups, our Zhongkai Group wouldn’t be in such straits!” He Xiong, known for his bad temper, burst out yelling.
“Oh, you’re getting cocky now, huh?” A flush of arrogance crossed Zhou Kaiyuan’s forehead, “Who was it that came groveling all those years ago, wanting me to help him with that deal?
Even offered his wife to my bed?
I have no interest in that country bumpkin of a woman.
But there she was, offering herself, who was I to say no?”
“Damn it, Zhou Kaiyuan, you son of a bitch.
I’ve never done those things!
Damn it, you’re framing me, I, Zhang Tianyun, am done playing your game…” Zhang Tianyun was immediately furious, and lunged at Zhou Kaiyuan.