440: That's crazy.

Because of this, many people sharpened their wits to get in.

Ouyou rarely lacked people.

So every time the official recruitment information was released, everyone would nervously watch—the scene was practically a mad scramble, even rarer than waiting for an unexpected romantic encounter.

Zhao Runqi, the head of the HR department, never expected that a single recruitment advertisement he posted would attract so many shares and comments!

Below the advertisement, the number of comments was more than three times the number of likes!

Among them, comments tagging friends to watch accounted for half, spreading from ten to a hundred, at an astonishing speed.

In less than half a day, the Ouyou studio's private messages were flooded!

People sending resumes through various private chats almost crashed the system.

The chat interface, usually deserted, had been popping up continuously for an entire morning!

"This is too crazy!"

Zhao Runqi couldn't help but exclaim.

But at the same time, immense pressure came rushing in.

At first, he thought at most one or two hundred people would apply, and he could just pick some suitable ones for interviews.

But now, the number of resumes received had already exceeded a thousand!

And this was just the data from a few short hours!

This time, Xu Lian had given him fewer than ten recruitment slots.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Runqi decided to assign this task to the team to complete together.

Coincidentally, the HR department didn't have much work recently, so under Zhao Runqi's direction, everyone plunged into the task of screening job applicants' materials.

While the HR department was bustling with this matter, Xu Lian, on the other hand, was leisurely sitting on the office sofa.

The curtains of the huge window in front of him were drawn open, and with one glance, the entire city scene was visible.

Below, traffic flowed endlessly on the road, and people bustled about for their respective lives.

Looking at the prosperity outside the window, Xu Lian's mind gradually emptied, and his thoughts began to drift.

He now held 25% of the shares in Xinyi Clothing Company.

Just a moment ago, he had received quite a few calls, and among the callers were some small shareholders from Xinyi Company.

Upon hearing that Yu Yunqiu had transferred to their company for an interview, they immediately became anxious.

Regardless of whether this situation was orchestrated by Xu Lian, they keenly sensed that Xinyi Company's development prospects were declining.

They couldn't afford to provoke, nor did they want to touch, the Ouyou brand.

Since Xinyi Company had no future, they might as well quickly divest while there was still a chance, to avoid losing more later.

After making up their minds, these shareholders all approached Xu Lian.

These people were not foolish.

New Clothes and Ouyou were already in a hostile state, so to get rid of their shares, finding Xu Lian was naturally the most reliable choice.

Xu Lian, of course, understood their calculations, but acquiring these shares would not harm him.

Adding the shares of several shareholders, he now held 38% of the stake!

He directly jumped to become the largest shareholder of Xinyi Company!

One should know that even the chairman only held 35%.

As for the vice chairman—that was the chairman's biological brother, holding 15%, but Xu Lian wasn't worried about their relationship at all.

The two brothers were not as harmonious as rumored.

As long as he fanned the flames, the already fragile relationship between them could immediately collapse!

According to the information he had, Xinyi Company was already working on addressing the issue of falling stock prices and was expected to take action very soon.

However…

Since these old foxes dared to scheme against him, how could he let them have their way?

Having figured it out, Xu Lian drained the coffee in his cup.

At this moment, shortly after hanging up Xu Lian's call, Zhao Runqi, another shareholder of Xinyi Company, received another phone call.

He figured it out so quickly?

Zhao Runqi had a triumphant smile on his face.

He had always heard that Xu Lian was a man of deep schemes, but now it seemed he was nothing special.

He was young, but how smart could he be?

Confident that he had the other party firmly in his grasp, Zhao Runqi slowly answered the phone.

"Have you thought it over?"

His tone became very arrogant.

In his eyes, someone like Xu Lian, who called back proactively and with almost no delay, was very easy to deal with.

It even made him think of raising the price again!

"Mm."

A response came from the other end of the line.

After hearing these two words, Zhao Runqi couldn't suppress the joy in his heart.

However, in the next second, Xu Lian's words instantly froze his smile.

"Sorry, I don't want your shares."

After saying this, Xu Lian decisively hung up the phone.

What the hell?!

For a full minute, Zhao Runqi couldn't recover from the shock of the hung-up call.

Who gave him such courage?!

Was Xu Lian not going to target Xinyi Company anymore?!

One should know that, apart from their group of small shareholders who were willing to sell their shares, other major shareholders basically wouldn't let go, determined to be tied to Xinyi Company to the end.

Before Zhao Runqi could fully process this round of shock, his phone rang again.

At this moment, Zhao Runqi was already somewhat anxious and uneasy.

Seeing that the caller ID was his assistant, his mood became even more irritable.

"What is it?!"

Zhao Runqi's tone was unfriendly.

The assistant was startled by the question, and the words he had prepared got stuck in his throat.

Zhao Runqi's emotions were clearly very unstable now, and he probably wouldn't accept the report he was about to give.

Noticing the assistant's hesitation, Zhao Runqi became even more displeased.

"Am I paying you to dawdle here?!"

His voice suddenly rose significantly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao, Jiaoxia Company just called to terminate our cooperation."

The assistant finally gritted his teeth and finished reporting.

"What did you say? Didn't we already sign the contract?!"

Zhao Runqi's voice was tinged with panic.

"Yes… but they'd rather pay the penalty than continue the cooperation. They also said…"

"Said what?!"

"They said you shouldn't have entertained those thoughts, and this is a warning to us."

The assistant said, lowering his head.

He was also confused when he heard this at the time.

But for a company that had already signed a contract to so resolutely propose termination, it seemed the possibility of resuming cooperation was slim to none.

Bang!!

In a fit of rage, Zhao Runqi suddenly stood up, and the water glass in his hand directly smashed to the ground!

The moment the glass hit the ground, it shattered into tiny transparent fragments, scattered on the floor, gleaming with a dazzling light.

But at this moment, how could Zhao Runqi have the leisure to appreciate such things?

Having struggled in the business world for so many years, he immediately understood why Jiaoxia would suddenly cancel the cooperation at this moment.

First, Xu Lian refused to acquire his shares;

Immediately after, Jiaoxia breached the contract.

It was 100% Xu Lian's doing behind the scenes!

That order from Jiaoxia was the main economic pillar of Zhao Runqi's group at the moment!

If this fund fell through, the company's almost sole outcome would be bankruptcy!

By then, apart from his shares in Xinyi Company, he would have virtually nothing.