Rong Dai leaned back on the sofa without making a sound, just watching Huo Shao Ting quietly on the other end of the video.
He was cold, handsome, and wise.
She had been very tired that afternoon, and had just been teased by Qiao Wanzhou and her little sister-in-law. She really wanted to sleep.
But when she saw Huo Shao Ting, she was no longer sleepy.
She watched him quietly on the video. She didn't understand the content of the meeting.
But the people having the meeting in the conference room didn't look very young.
When she was in Shenjing, she went to the company frequently for a period of time.
So she knew about some of the company's personnel.
Huo Shao Ting now held most of the controlling shares of Huo's Enterprise, but there were still some shares given to the original shareholders.
Although their shares were not many, for major decisions of the company, their votes were required.
Huo Shao Ting did not have free rein in the company.
He had to deal with these stubborn shareholders and handle the company's affairs.
Huo's Enterprise's success today could not be attributed entirely to Huo Shao Ting, but his contribution was the greatest.
As a result, in recent years, even his relationships with his family had become distant.
"Why has the funding allocated by the company for the Su City project been frozen? I think the Su City project looks very promising," a shareholder raised a question.
Rong Dai frowned slightly. The words "Su City" seemed familiar to her.
After thinking for a while, she remembered that when the Huo family was in turmoil over the Wen family’s matters, people from Huo Second Master's side had come to Huo's residence to cause trouble.
At that time, Huo Shaoqian had said something to Huo Shao Ting about the Su City project.
Huo Shaoqian had been a little exasperated at the time.
Although she didn't understand business matters, she could tell that these old men were taking advantage of their status as original shareholders.
On one hand they enjoyed the profits earned by Shao Ting's hard work, while on the other they were dissatisfied with him and tried to control him.
While she didn't understand anything about the business world, she understood human nature.
These original shareholders were clearly intentionally making things difficult for him.
From the beginning of the meeting, although they spoke politely, their words were full of arrogance and doubt.
What were they trying to do?
The business was well-managed now, they could earn money just sitting at home.
Yet they sang a different tune from Huo Shao Ting?
With all kinds of questions in mind, she could not ask them, she could only listen carefully and do her homework later.
She saw Huo Shao Ting's face was very cold, even his eyes were as icy as when she first met him.
She couldn't tell how serious these matters were, but she could see these people were deliberately causing trouble for Shao Ting.
Rong Dai felt extremely distressed.
Outsiders thought Huo Shao Ting was young and promising, able to make such a huge company thrive at a young age.
Everyone who looked at the Huo family and Shao Ting saw a bright and glorious prominent family.
But they couldn't see the Huo family's own contradictions, such as those on Huo Second Master's side.
Nor could they see Huo Shao Ting's hard work.
In the eyes of outsiders, a company president of Huo Shao Ting's stature was not only wealthy but also handsome.
Every day he only needed to drink coffee in his office, sign some documents, and he would have more money coming into his wallet than he could spend.
But now it was already ten o'clock at night.
Who could have imagined that this big boss was still in a meeting?
Rong Dai could see his hard work.
Rong Dai felt increasingly distressed.
The company was so busy, yet he still had to face the harassment of the old shareholders.
But he had never said a word to her about it.
He hadn't even told his own family.
The meeting lasted a full hour.
Huo Shao Ting's approach was very simple and crude. Naturally he didn't yell at people or use coercion.
Rather, he sent all the information investigated about the Su City project to those people, one copy each.
Then he presented the data, evaluated the risks, and predicted the returns.
In the end, the project would lose one billion.
One billion was not a particularly huge amount for such a massive enterprise like Huo's. But Huo's funds were not blown in by the wind, for Huo Shaoqian to squander recklessly.
After all, Huo's Enterprise was not a mint, every penny earned was legitimate.
The Su City project was risky. Losing one billion was just the visible loss.
The invisible loss was Huo's Enterprise's reputation.
Huo Shao Ting was very clear about the matter with Su City.
He had indeed made preparations, just waiting for Huo Shaoqian to jump in himself.
Whether to jump in or not was up to Huo Shaoqian's self-control and vision.
It was not as if he was holding a knife to his neck and forcing him to act.
"Do any of you have other opinions? Speak up now and I'll explain clearly," said Huo Shao Ting as he sat down and glanced at Rong Dai on the video, with deep tenderness in his eyes.
"Of course, if any of you still think the Su City project is a lucrative deal, you can fund it yourself from your own pocket."
"I have no opinion. After all, one billion is not a large sum for you," said the man coldly, a mocking look on his stern face.
"But whoever wants to implicate Huo's Enterprise's reputation to do business, don't blame me for being merciless."
"If anyone still thinks the Huo family alone has given you the means to live in comfort and luxury, you'd better resolve those rotten matters yourselves, now that I'm still speaking nicely."
"Otherwise when I investigate each matter one by one, I won't be so accommodating."
"You all have wives and children to support. I, Huo Shaoting, am no deity. I also have a wife and children to support. Whoever damages the company's reputation and interests, I will be ruthless even to my own uncles."
"If you don't believe me, you can come at me one-on-one. Don't continually test my patience."
His cold and heartless words changed the complexions of those original shareholders.
They looked at each other, but dared not retort casually.
They had underestimated Huo Shao Ting's capabilities and skill.
"I'm still willing to let you keep those shares for now, so you should behave yourselves. According to the original incorporation agreement, I can take back those shares anytime if I want."
"Don't force me to go scorched earth. No matter what promises Huo Feng gave you, unless he can remove me from this position now."
"But remember, it was the company that gave you everything."
His ruthless words showed that his patience was nearing its limit.
Otherwise he would not have said such harsh things, and would have just dealt with them directly.
By saying this, he was merely giving these shareholders a chance.
After all, they did contribute when the company was first founded.
