199: Chapter 199 Qiu's Shareholders' Meeting
Secretary Xiao Tian and Xiao Li conspired in the office for a long time, then began secretly contacting employees with whom they had decent relationships on their phones.
They wanted to pull others into their camp, rebelling against the higher-ups by threatening to resign.
They attempted to force Mrs. Qiu to compromise, so that she would not pursue their mistakes and would allow them to continue working at the company.
After all, they were just two young people who had recently entered society and had not suffered too many harsh lessons yet, so their ideas were very naive.
But the other employees did not think so.
They were doing well at the company, with good salaries and good benefits.
How desperate would one have to be to go on strike with these two lunatics?
Secretary Xiao Tian and Xiao Li were rejected one after another, and their anger grew even more intense.
They decided not to care anymore, ran straight to Mrs. Qiu's office, and reported a whole bunch of people at once.
Among these people, some had indeed colluded with Vice President Zheng.
However, there were also some who had simply had a few work-related conversations with Vice President Zheng.
This maneuver added a significant amount of workload for Mrs. Qiu.
It also made those innocent people very angry.
Fortunately, the police were already involved in the investigation; Vice President Zheng's actions this time had caused great losses to the company, and everything had to be thoroughly investigated.
Mrs. Qiu knew that the company was only in temporary chaos.
Once everything was over, it would be time for the company to reach the next level.
However, there was another matter that puzzled Mrs. Qiu.
She sat at her desk, holding a pen and silently writing a string of numbers on a piece of paper.
"020503."
What on earth could this mean?
She had always been very curious about this safe password of Vice President Zheng's.
But regarding Lin Xiao's inner thoughts, she had no way of asking about them at all.
This left her very confused.
She remembered Lin Xiao seemed to say at the time that this was a measurement, but what kind of measurement could be so strange?
At this moment, the assistant walked in.
Seeing Mrs. Qiu staring at the paper on the desk, she curiously leaned in.
"Mrs. Qiu, this is..."
"It's Vice President Zheng's safe password. Take a look and see if you can figure out the meaning of these numbers."
Mrs. Qiu pushed the paper over a bit.
The assistant was about the same age as Lin Xiao, so she might be able to understand Lin Xiao's meaning.
The assistant looked at the numbers, also a bit confused.
Mrs. Qiu reminded her, "It seems to be some kind of measurement."
"Measurement... Ah!"
The assistant thought for a moment, then quickly let out an exclamation, "Could it be, could it be that measurement..."
"What, what?"
Mrs. Qiu's eyes lit up.
She did not expect the assistant to actually know!
But the assistant's expression became a bit strange, as if she were shy yet also showed a hint of disgust.
After hesitating for a long time, she stammered, "It's, it's just that... diameter, length, duration..."
As someone with experience, Mrs. Qiu understood immediately upon receiving such a hint.
"That old geezer!"
Mrs. Qiu's expression also turned somewhat ugly.
She had thought it was something important; she did not expect it to be so sordid!
She had actually racked her brains over this for so long?
However, this measurement and duration were truly abnormal. Who would think of such things?
Unless it was someone who had an unusual relationship with that old geezer...
Thinking of this, Mrs. Qiu immediately raised her head in alarm.
"Xiao Yue, how do you know about such things?"
Mrs. Qiu had some bad guesses in her heart, "You wouldn't also be with that..."
"Ah, no, no!"
The assistant waved her hands hurriedly, as if afraid of getting contaminated by something dirty, and explained with a look of disgust, "It was just when we were eating together before, I heard Secretary Xiao Tian mention it. I did not expect Vice President Zheng to actually use such things as a password..."
Seeing that the assistant did not seem to be lying, Mrs. Qiu slowly let out a sigh of relief.
She was such a good girl; she must not go astray!
...
Because of the incident with Vice President Zheng, that afternoon, Qiu Corporation urgently convened a shareholders' meeting.
Lin Xiao also attended under Mrs. Qiu's leadership.
Only then did he discover that the internal situation at Qiu Corporation was much more complicated than he had imagined.
Because the equity was relatively dispersed, it created a situation where no one was willing to yield to anyone else.
Mrs. Qiu first explained the matter regarding Vice President Zheng to the other shareholders, which could be considered an explanation for the projects frequently being snatched away these past few days.
When it came to matters of interest, the shareholders were still united against a common enemy.
They criticized Vice President Zheng thoroughly.
Among them, a few shareholders who were usually on good terms with Vice President Zheng scolded him even more fiercely than the others; they turned their backs faster than flipping a book.
But Lin Xiao knew that if he had not exposed Vice President Zheng's affairs this time...
Once Vice President Zheng had united with those shareholders to oust Mrs. Qiu, these people who were scolding him would have been Vice President Zheng's strongest backers.
They would have led Qiu Corporation to destruction together.
Therefore, even though these people were now showing loyalty to Mrs. Qiu, Lin Xiao was still very disdainful.
Perhaps because he was being too obvious, someone soon turned their attention to him.
"Mrs. Qiu, I wonder who this is..."
One of the older shareholders asked.
Mrs. Qiu said seriously, "Today, I am officially introducing him to you all. This is our company's new shareholder, Lin Xiao."
This news was like a bombshell, causing everyone to fall silent.
Their gazes all turned towards Lin Xiao, mostly filled with surprise.
Mrs. Qiu had long anticipated this result and did not offer too much explanation, just quietly waiting for everyone to slowly digest the news.
As the saying goes, ginger gets spicier as it ages.
The first to react was the older shareholder from just a moment ago.
He looked a bit older than Mrs. Qiu and had a kind, benevolent appearance, looking like someone easy to talk to.
But when he spoke, it was filled with skepticism.
"Lin Xiao? He looks only twenty years old, a wet-behind-the-ears age... Mrs. Qiu, what are you trying to do by bringing someone so young?"