"Old Li, are you sure you want to do this?"

"If I don't do this, what can I do? I can't afford to waste time with them."

Just a short distance from Ling Zhenfei's seat, two people were chatting quietly. Although the volume of their conversation was very low, audible only to themselves, Ling Zhenfei's hearing was several times sharper than an ordinary person's, and he overheard their conversation clearly.

"It's our only bit of family property now, are we really going to just hand it over to someone else?"

"Of course not, later we won't say a word. Du Kongting wants the Chairman's position, and whether Lin Yuluo agrees or not, even if she does, Zhuang Buxian won't agree. Zhuang Buxian is a veteran of Lin's Group, he has always been at odds with Du Kongting and will definitely not allow him to take the stage."

"You're right. It's not just Zhuang Buxian, there are also quite a few shareholders who are dissatisfied. Who knows what might happen later? Oh, and there's Ling Zhenfei. The last two times, it was because of Ling Zhenfei's interference. This time, who knows if Ling Zhenfei will show up again."

"Don't even mention it, Ling Zhenfei is in trouble now and can't protect himself. His Xishan Manor produced mutant vegetables that killed quite a number of people, and I heard he's been criminally detained."

As the two chatted, time passed slowly and the venue gradually filled up. This time there seemed to be an unusually large number of shareholders, many of whom had grim expressions on their faces, perhaps braced for a major power struggle.

Sitting in the front row on the left side was Du Kongting, the second-largest shareholder. Opposite him, Zhuang Buxian sat in the front row on the right side.

After the two of them took their seats, they exchanged glances. Du Kongting's eyes were full of smiles while Zhuang Buxian maintained an unfazed demeanor, inscrutable to anyone.

At that moment, Lin Yuluo walked in from outside and took her place at the foremost seat.

Lin Yuluo had changed significantly from the first time she attended the shareholders' meeting as just a girl who had recently lost her father. Now, she was completely different; dressed in a professional suit with her hair put up, she instantly transformed into a cold and commanding president.

"Today is this quarter's shareholder meeting, and next we have a summary of the company's business this quarter," Lin Yuluo said in a tone that was neither cold nor warm. After she finished speaking, a secretary walked up to begin reporting on the company's financial status for the quarter.

"Chairman Lin, you really are calm. At a time like this, you're still singing praises for the company. Don't you see what state the company is in now?"

Suddenly someone stood up and spoke, immediately drawing the attention of everyone present. Lin Yuluo's secretary was interrupted by the voice and stopped the report.

"What do you mean by that, Liu Yang? We're in the middle of a report, you can't just interrupt like that. You're showing a lot of disrespect to President Lin."

Du Kongting scolded the speaker in an angry manner.

With an aggrieved expression, Liu Yang responded, "Director Du, it's not that I don't respect Chairman Lin; it's just that the company is facing such a big crisis and she is not mentioning it at all. It is utterly unacceptable."

"What do you mean? What's happened to the company? What crisis is there?"

Liu Yang lifted up his cell phone high, displaying a stock trend chart with intertwining red and green lines.

"Everyone, please take a look at Lin's Group's stock. It started plummeting a few days ago. The price has hit the daily limit every day upon closing, and today it's even worse—it completely hit the limit just ten minutes after the market opened. I don't want to know how much money our company made last quarter; I want to ask how much money we've lost in these recent days."

"I don't know about others, but in just the past three days, my net worth has shrunk by more than half. I don't know how much longer this will go on, how much worse Lin's Group's stock will plummet. I want Chairman Lin to give me an explanation."

As soon as Liu Yang spoke, the entire shareholders' meeting erupted into chaos. Many shareholders had not been paying attention to the stock market as they were already very wealthy. Today, upon hearing Liu Yang's statement and realizing they were losing hundreds of thousands or even millions every day, they immediately grew upset.

Lin Yuluo's expression was extremely awkward. He certainly knew more than anyone else about his own company's stock situation, and being questioned by the shareholders now made him feel utterly humiliated.

"Everyone, please don't rush. Let Chairman Lin explain to us. Chairman Lin has only assumed office recently and is still not very familiar with controlling the company. I hope everyone will give Chairman Lin some time."

At this point, Du Kongting stood up again to argue in Lin Yuluo's defense. To those unaware, he might seem like Lin Yuluo's father, but only a few knew this was Du Kongting's sycophantic behavior, creating an impression of unparalleled loyalty to Lin's Group. However, his ulterior motives were as obvious as Cao Cao's intentions to the common folk.

Everyone turned their gaze to Lin Yuluo, waiting for his explanation, but it was already apparent that some were getting restless.

"Regarding the stock situation, I'm not able to offer an explanation. But I have already sent an email to the Securities Regulatory Commission. I'm certain that someone is manipulating our stock."

"Lin Yuluo, you brazen child, how dare you say that! Someone is manipulating the stock? Who? I've held this in for a long time now—it's clearly because the shareholders no longer trust our group since you became Chairman, causing them to aggressively sell off our company's stock. You're simply not Chairman material; that's the reality."

Liu Yang's words were like a slap in Lin Yuluo's face, and everyone looked on in shock at Liu Yang and Lin Yuluo.

Seeing this, Du Kongting quickly stood up, his face flushed with anger as he spoke to Liu Yang; "Liu Yang, what nonsense are you talking? Chairman Lin has done very well. How could a young girl know about stock matters... I'm to blame for not taking the company to new heights, I'm the one who has let everyone down."

Du Kongting and Liu Yang were clearly in cahoots; Du Kongting's acting was flawless, his methods for winning hearts showed no hesitation. He had gone through great pains to bring down Lin Zhengnan for the sole purpose of taking over Lin's Group, and now, his grand promises were merely for show.

"Director Du, I've always valued your opinion. Back when Chairman Lin passed away, I immediately said that you should be the Chairman. You're an exceptional person, but you are too sentimental, and unfortunately, you let Lin Yuluo, this young girl, become Chairman.

Your good intentions turned out to be a mistake. Although our company is named Lin's Group, it is not a family business. Not just anyone is capable of managing a large corporation. Now we're seeing the consequences, and the falling stock price is the most direct result."

The duo's persuasive Divine Skill had an effect, and many people started to agree, feeling that appointing such a young girl as Chairman was not right.

"We should replace Lin Yuluo and elect a new Chairman."

"A woman is not suitable to be Chairman."

The outcry grew, gaining momentum and becoming almost uncontrollable as more people joined in shouting. The entire hall was nearly in a frenzy.

"Enough! Stop talking, all of you sit down!"

Lin Yuluo's voice echoed throughout the meeting hall, and everyone saw Lin Yuluo glaring fiercely at all the attendees.

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