Chapter 353(1/2)
Ten o'clock in the morning, Stark Industries Headquarters. Tianlai Novel
A convoy of luxury cars came from afar, attracting the attention of countless pedestrians.
Under everyone's gaze, the convoy stopped outside Stark's headquarters, and a bodyguard in black walked down, supporting an old man as he walked into the company.
Such scenes are not special cases, but occur one after another.
Careful people counted people and found that within half an hour, such a convoy came at least a dozen times.
Every time, it was the bodyguards in black who opened the way, and the whole scene was huge. If everyone hadn't known very well that this was the headquarters of Stark Industries, they would have thought they were at the United Nations and met a gathering of heads of state from various countries.
Stark Tower, top floor, conference room.
A successful man in a suit and tie sat in front of a round conference table. In front of each person was a nameplate, representing their respective identities.
Everyone sat at the conference table and communicated with each other in low voices.
Everyone present is worth tens of billions or even more than hundreds of billions. Even if they have never met each other, they have heard of each other's reputation through other channels.
If this group of people is put outside, one decision can be enough to cause a financial crisis.
However, in this case, these people are not the core, let alone the leading actors.
"Gentlemen, please be quiet. Mr. Obadiah and Mr. Wu Ming have arrived."
The door to the conference room was pushed open, and everyone remained silent and looked at the door quietly.
Not long after, two men in black suits walked in under everyone's attention.
"Director Wu Ming, as long as you support me this time and are elected as the new chairman, I will nominate you as chief executive officer."
The moment he passed through the gate, Obaday spoke softly and said to Wu Ming.
Wu Ming just smiled and didn't make any statement at all.
Obadiah narrowed his eyes slightly, looked deeply at Wu Ming, and walked directly towards the podium.
Watching Obadiah step onto the podium, Wu Mingcai smiled coldly and sat down in his own seat.
The more than twenty directors present looked at the two of them with a look of scrutiny in their eyes.
Obadiah raised his eyes and glanced around, the expression on his face became more and more serious, and said: "Dear gentlemen, I think everyone should understand how important the chairman is to a company. At present, Chairman Tony has
After disappearing for more than ten days, I decided to activate emergency measures and elect a new chairman by voting."
Hearing this, the shareholders present started talking a lot.
Among them, a director with gray hair and age spots on his face couldn't help but said: "Mr. Obaday, Tony is Stark Industries and the well-deserved heir. At present, Tony's condition has not been confirmed, so he has started rashly
Isn’t the chairman change meeting a bit hasty?”
As the heir to Stark Industries, Tony has no shortage of supporters among shareholders.
The reason why Obadiah strongly invited Wu Ming to support him is because Wu Ming owns 17% of the shares. Together with Obadiah, it is enough to overwhelm everyone.
It's a pity that Wu Ming's attitude was ambiguous and he was never convinced by Obadiah.
Otherwise, this meeting to change the chairman would not have been so troublesome. The two people's stocks combined would be enough to force the proposal forward.
"Reckless, no, this is not hasty, but a well-thought-out countermeasure."
With a sad look on his face, Obadiah called up the stock data of the past few days, pointed to the arrow above and said: "Look, since the news of Tony's missing contact was announced, the company's stock price has plummeted. While we were having a meeting,
Every minute and every second, countless people are selling stocks, and more people are preparing to sell. Gentlemen, you are all shareholders of the company, do you want to do nothing and watch your wallet shrink?
?”
"I hold stocks for the purpose of appreciation. I can't bear if they continue to fall like this."
"Support. What we need most now is to elect a chairman to re-stabilize the stock market. This is imperative."
"Tony has disappeared for more than ten days, and we have been waiting for him for more than ten days. It would be foolish to wait any longer."
Soon, other shareholders enthusiastically expressed their support for changing the chairman, accounting for two-thirds of the shareholders.
The voices of several die-hard Tony supporters have been drowned out by the opposition.
Obadiah looked at this scene with satisfaction. As the company's second largest shareholder, he is also a supporter of these shareholders.
It seems that the shareholders' meeting is already under control and there is no point in anyone objecting.
"Mr. Wu Ming, as the third shareholder of the company, do you have anything to say?" Obadiah's eyes fell on Wu Ming, his eyes full of warning.
Wu Ming understood the meaning of the warning. Obadiah was saying, support me quickly, I have taken control of the situation. You are only the third shareholder, and now there are so many people supporting me, what else can you do.
"Obaday, if you are so disrespectful, Tony will be sad if he finds out. But I think you are not a good candidate. There is someone more suitable than you!" Wu Ming ignored the warning and leaned on the chair with a smile.
The shareholders present looked at each other.
The shares controlled by Obadiah are only a few percentage points more than Wu Ming's, and he does not have an overwhelming advantage.
If Wu Ming, the third shareholder, is willing to come forward and fight for power with Obadai, the second shareholder, it is still unclear who will win.
"No wonder you rejected the position of CEO. I underestimated your ambition!" Even so, Obadiah still firmly believed that Tony was dead and Wu Ming jumped out to compete for the rights of chairman.
In Oba's view, this was the only explanation that could explain why Wu Ming did not take the bait even though he used the CEO as bait.
After all, no matter how good the CEO is, he still has to accept the jurisdiction of the chairman.
In Obadiah's mind, Wu Ming is just as ambitious as himself.
"Damn it, when we were getting rid of Tony, why didn't we think of getting rid of this guy too!" Oba's face turned dark with anger. It was his plan to get rid of Tony. How could others come out to pick peaches?
He even made the billboards. As long as he becomes the chairman today, he can change the Stark Industries signboard to the name Obadiah Industries in the evening.
At this time, Wu Ming objected, and Obadiah was so angry that he wanted to jump up and bite Wu Ming's ear off.
Feeling Obadai's fierce gaze, Wu Ming didn't know the other person and wanted to learn from Tyson to bite his own ears.
He waved his hand gently, suppressed the discussions of shareholders, stood up and said: "The change of chairman requires a prerequisite, that is, Tony is really gone. We all know that this is Stark Industries, not
Obadai Industries, or whatever it is called. Legally speaking, only Tony is the heir here, and no one else is qualified."
"That's enough, you should face the reality, Tony is dead!"
Obaday was furious, banged the table hard, and roared: "We should look forward, instead of dwelling on the dead and waiting for the stock to slide into the abyss day by day. Director Wu Ming, tell the truth quickly, you are
Don’t you also want to stand up and compete with me for the position of chairman?”
Dong dong dong...
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door of the conference room, interrupting Obadiah's speech.
Obadiah picked up the microphone, threw it towards the door, and shouted: "Get away, no one is allowed to disturb us."
...crunch...
The words to ban interruptions did not work, and the door to the conference room was pushed open.
Obadiah looked at the door sharply with a cannibalistic look.
What caught his eye was Tony, wearing a burgundy suit, standing quietly outside the conference room with a playful smile on his face.
"Tony?" Obadiah rubbed his eyes, feeling like he had seen a ghost.
Tony shook his suit and strode into the conference room, paying no attention to Obadiah's surprise.
Finally, under the gaze of countless shareholders, he gently opened his arms and whispered: "I'm back."
There should be applause here, but unfortunately there is nothing.
Everyone was in surprise, even Tony's supporters were a little shocked by his sudden appearance.
"What's going on?" Tony touched his head in embarrassment, stretched out his hand to push Obadiah away from the podium, stood on it, and asked: "Why, we haven't seen each other for more than half a month, and you don't miss me.
?”
Baring his teeth and grinning, Tony looked funny.
Obaday, who was pushed off the stage, stepped back in disbelief and clutched his heart.
Finally, Wu Ming was the first to stand up and welcomed Tony's return with gentle applause.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
The two dozen shareholders all stood up one by one, and applauded into one voice.
Tony stood on the stage with a look of enjoyment on his face. The expression on his face was as much as it deserved to be beaten, but he didn't feel it yet.
Narcissism, beauty, and playfulness are all Tony's shortcomings.
Wu Ming was the first to give support, and also the first to be unable to bear it, and said: "Okay Tony, it's time for you to do your business!"
"Business?"
Tony nodded repeatedly, looked at Obaday, and said: "Uncle Obaday, you are my father's friend and the veteran of Stark Industries. Please allow me to call you uncle for the last time. From now on, I have decided to call you uncle."
The first shareholder, plus the identity of the heir to Stark Industries, declares you..."
"Oh, I can't survive, I have a heart attack!" Before Tony could finish his words, Obadiah clutched his chest and fell straight to the ground.
Tony was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and after a moment of hesitation, he swallowed the next words.
Wu Ming clearly saw that Obaday, who should have fainted, looked obviously relieved.
To be continued...