Chapter 29 Upon learning of the betrayal, Zheng's father said: "In Zheng Jie's eyes, I'm just a clown."

Zheng Tian was sitting in the living room of the Villa, while Father Zheng was nearby, dialing a phone call.

"Old Liu, is it really impossible? I just want to invite the other party out for a meal?"

After Qian Zheng was sent to Prison, Father Zheng had lost his greatest backing, so at this moment, he turned his gaze to the person who had taken over Qian Zheng's position.

He wanted to spend money to get that person to support him. In his view, Tengfei Group had suddenly changed its mind, supporting Zheng Jie and cooperating with him, because they had known in advance that Qian Zheng was going to be arrested. If he could persuade that person to support him, then what did it matter if Tengfei Group didn't? He could still win over the other companies.

He could even promise that their current treatment would remain unchanged. Therefore, Father Zheng was now trying every possible connection to get in touch with that person.

But if Father Zheng knew that this person had been arranged by Zheng Jie, who knows what his mood would be?

"Old Zheng, I really asked, but their stance is very clear: they won't come out to have a meal with you, so just let it go..."

Upon hearing this, Father Zheng's face turned ugly.

Now, if he relied on normal business methods, it would be impossible to get back what he wanted. He had no choice but to do this, but he had failed before he had even begun.

"Old Zheng, take my advice."

"Whether it's Zheng Tian or Zheng Jie, they are both your sons."

"And over this period, it has been proven that Zheng Jie's ability is stronger than Zheng Tian's. You still have 40% of the company's shares, so why are you still thinking about these things? Wouldn't it be better to rest peacefully at home and collect astronomical dividends every year?"

After thinking for a moment, his friend of many years, Old Liu, decided to voice his inner thoughts to Father Zheng. In fact, it was widely acknowledged in the circle that Zheng Jie's ability was superior, so everyone did not understand why, given that he had a more capable second son, Father Zheng still wanted to put his eldest son in that position.

Now, it was a mess; the infighting within Zheng Group was known to everyone. The circle treated this matter as entertainment for after-dinner conversation, and most importantly, Father Zheng had lost, making him a clown.

"Old Liu, that guy Zheng Jie just uses those underhanded tricks."

"Underhanded? But... the business world has always been like this, Old Zheng... You should really think about it."

"Hmm, I know."

After hanging up the phone, Father Zheng took a deep breath. At this moment, Zheng Tian raised his head and looked at Father Zheng.

"Dad, how did it go?"

"Not very well... That person won't agree to come out for a meal... so there are some difficulties..."

"Then Dad, what if we contact those companies directly and offer them benefits? If that doesn't work, we could even give them all the profits from these projects, and we take nothing?"

Zheng Tian only had one thought on his mind: as long as he could take back the Chairman position and crush Zheng Jie, it didn't matter if these projects didn't make money. Hearing this, Father Zheng looked at Zheng Tian.

"But... what if even then, they still don't agree?"

The attitude of Tengfei Group was so firm.

This made Father Zheng somewhat worried about the attitude of those other companies.

"Dad, we have to try, don't we?"

"Sigh, alright, let's try."

Father Zheng sighed.

Things had reached this point, he couldn't just do nothing.

Right?

Therefore, after thinking for a moment, Father Zheng took out his phone and dialed the number for Choutuan Group. Soon, the call was connected.

Choutuan Group held 4% of the shares within the company. It wasn't much, but it was enough. The reason he contacted Choutuan Group was that Father Zheng knew their Chairman, Hua De, was a person who cared deeply about profit. Looking at these people, if anyone could be persuaded with profit, the probability was highest with Hua De.

"Chairman Zheng, is there something?"

When Hua De spoke, his tone was calm.

It seemed the other party still hadn't given up and was thinking of trying to persuade him.

Really...

Still putting up a desperate struggle? How ridiculous.

"Chairman Hua, do you have time today? I'd like to have a meal with you tonight?"

"Chairman Zheng, I really don't have much time today. If you have any business, you can just say it directly."

Hearing this, Father Zheng took a deep breath.

"About the board of directors vote."

"Chairman Hua, I don't know what conditions Zheng Jie gave you, but I can guarantee that if you support me, I can give up 30% of the profits to you on top of the current basis."

Hearing this, Hua De was slightly stunned, knowing the other party had become desperate to regain control of the company. However, he didn't expect the other party to be truly reckless; 30% of the profits was almost all the profit the other party could get.

At this moment, Hua De realized that the other party seemed unaware that his so-called loyalists had already sold their shares to Zheng Jie.

"Chairman Zheng, this is truly a grand gesture. This must be most of your profits, right? You're giving it all to me?"

"I think it's worth it, as long as you support me at the board meeting..."

"But... even with my support, the percentage supporting you still won't exceed 50%. So what's the point?"

Father Zheng was slightly stunned upon hearing this.

"How could that be? My shares, plus the few directors I can control, the gap with Zheng Jie's side isn't that large. As long as I have your support, my shares will be over 50%."

Hua De couldn't help but laugh.

"Chairman Zheng, you really don't understand the current situation. Do you think your directors still have shares in their hands? As far as I know... those directors of yours sold their shares to Chairman Jie on the very day you were removed as Chairman."

At this moment, Father Zheng was slightly stunned.

What?

His own people sold the shares?

How could this be?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

"Impossible, they wouldn't sell the shares."

At this moment, Father Zheng completely refused to believe this. These people were his loyalists, and he had already started plotting to take back the Chairman position at that time, so how could they have sold their shares?

Suddenly, Father Zheng realized something.

If they had sold the shares back then, then even if Tengfei Group had supported him, the shares would still not have reached 50%.

This...

"If you don't believe me, you can contact them. After all, they are your people, and I think you must have their contact information."

"Alright, I'm still busy."

After hanging up the phone, Father Zheng's face was dark and uncertain. Without any hesitation, he directly dialed the phone number of one of the directors.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Chairman Zheng."

"I'm asking you, did you sell the shares?"

Hearing this, the other party was silent for a moment. When the other party was silent, Father Zheng realized that they had indeed sold them; otherwise, the other party wouldn't have had such a reaction.

After a long time, a voice came from the other end.

"Chairman Zheng, I had no choice... You know, those people threatened me, saying that if I didn't agree, they would expose my son's affairs. I really had no choice..."

This person could be considered loyal to Father Zheng.

If it weren't for the threat against his son, the other party probably wouldn't have agreed.

Hearing this, Father Zheng's body staggered.

They really sold them.

This Zheng Jie... he is too ruthless.

"Why didn't you tell me!"

Father Zheng's tone was desperate. Hearing this, the person was silent for a while. After a long time, the person's voice came through.

"Chairman, I don't know how I should explain it to you... I'm sorry, I really had no choice. Chairman, take my advice, you cannot defeat Zheng Jie. This person is more formidable than we imagined; in fact, he had already started planning many things long ago..."

"Enough."

Father Zheng roared upon hearing the other person's words.

"Traitor."

Leaving these last two words, Father Zheng hung up the phone directly.

Originally, taking back the position of Chairman was as difficult as ascending to heaven. Now that he knew Zheng Jie had successfully bought back so many shares, the difficulty for Father Zheng to regain control of the company had increased significantly.

It could almost be called an impossible mission. Unless three of the remaining companies united to support Father Zheng... otherwise, it was absolutely impossible.

After hanging up the phone, Father Zheng's face was filled with despair.

"Zheng Jie..."

Backstab.

Father Zheng had finally experienced what it felt like to be backstabbed.

At this moment, Zheng Tian cautiously came to Father Zheng's side.

"Dad, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Xiao Tian... it's over, it's really over... Now, the shares in Zheng Jie's hands have reached over 30%, and with the directors supporting him, he already has 60%..."

Hearing this, Zheng Tian was slightly stunned.

What?

"Dad, how is that possible..."

Zheng Tian's eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Zheng Jie threatened those shareholders... so they sold their shares. A bunch of traitors, turncoats."

Father Zheng clenched his fists.

If Zheng Jie were in front of him, he would probably get beaten up.

And just at this moment, a noisy sound suddenly came from the entrance of the Villa.

Hearing this sound, Zheng Tian hurriedly went to the entrance of the Villa and opened the door.

When he saw these people at the door, Zheng Tian frowned tightly.

Because the families of the group executives who had been taken to Prison... had arrived.