Chapter 106: Old Ginger, Acquisition

  Everyone thought Sumo was just a little girl, a shield used by Muxinhua to block their arrows. But now, the little girl sitting in Muxinhua's original position is emitting an aura of evil, making everyone present feel a chill run down their spines. Her eyes make it impossible for anyone to look directly at her.

  The person who was introduced by Su Mo Ruo, however, had beads of sweat forming on his forehead, and his legs felt weak and limp, but he still couldn't utter a single word.

  Let an eighty-year-old man listen to the orders of a young girl, and it's hard for him to get rid of the comfortable life and commanding habits he has had for many years. In his heart, he is still unwilling to accept it, but the fear in his heart can no longer be hidden.

  The people in the conference room gradually felt the atmosphere becoming more and more tense, while Sumo's calm appearance, sipping tea water leisurely, seemed like the calm before a storm.

  "Director Liu, the glorious journey of Mu Corporation is something that all of you have witnessed together. I am well aware of your contributions and the hard work and sweat that all of you have put in for Mu Corporation over the years. Your labor achievements are indelible..." Each sentence struck a chord in everyone's heart, also making one by one tense person start to relax, and with Su Mo Ruo's words, one by one face showed a proud smile. Mu Corporation was once just a small factory with only three rooms, it was difficult to eat and live, several times they couldn't even pay their wages, but at that time, they were all thinking of Mu Xinhua wholeheartedly, so even without wages, they still followed Mu Xinhua, and Mu Corporation's success today is indeed inseparable from their strong support.

  "Now that you know, you should think carefully about whether your ability is enough to sit in the chairman's position, and whether your ability can make us convinced." Liu seemed to have found a bit of rhetoric, staring at Su Mo Ruo, but his words carried a hint of arrogance.

  "Sorry, I haven't experienced your past, so I won't participate in this topic... Now that I've taken over the company, I don't hope you old contributors will rely on your past merits. Your contributions to Mu Corporation are remembered in my heart, and I'll give you what you deserve, but you shouldn't take what's not yours... Otherwise, I won't be as soft-hearted as Director Mu. I haven't interacted with you before, we didn't go through the storms together, and your loyalty wasn't to me back then. A new emperor means a new minister, those who know the times are heroes. What do you say?..." The last four words were spoken extremely softly, but in the quiet conference room, they were extremely clear, entering each person's ears.

  Just as Huaiqin was about to enter the conference room through a side door, she stopped mid-action after pushing it open slightly. She listened attentively to the conversation inside, not missing a single word. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly before relaxing, and her mouth curled up into a subtle smile, with a deep sense of admiration in her eyes.

  The boss's vision is indeed always unique.

  Everyone's eyes widened in incredulous stares at Su Mo, who could have thought that in such a meeting, in front of so many people, she would dare to say such words, such great blasphemy.

  "You... you're simply outrageous, I'm going to ask the boss why he would pass on the position of chairman to someone like you. Your words are so lacking in refinement, do you also think you can replace Big Sister's abilities and status? Another person has started getting angry, an old woman with silver threads in her hair, looking no more than fifty years old, but if Su Mo hadn't seen the materials organized by Hui Qin beforehand, she would have never guessed that this old woman was actually over sixty years old."

  His gaze fell on the woman with a furious face, "Director Qin, I don't know which crime to sue me for?"

  "Hmph, you actually dare to be disrespectful to the chairman and say such treasonous words. I will definitely tell the chairman about this. Look at your position as the new chairman, you can't even get our support, nor can you get the boss's recognition. How can you do a good job? The more he spoke, the smoother it went, the more satisfied he became. This position was what they had planned for so long, and the Mu family also had their share. But why did the boss go out of his way to find someone with no blood relation to inherit the company when he didn't even have an heir? These directors all have children and grandchildren, but it never occurred to them that the boss would go outside to randomly find someone to inherit the Mu Corporation. Why is this? It's clearly just personal favoritism at play."

  "Oh? You're going to charge me with this crime... I'm afraid you'd better reflect on yourself first."

  "What did you say?" For so many years, she had been in a high position, and whoever wasn't flattering her was even polite to her boss. He had never spoken to her like that before. Now, she was actually yelled at by a 20-year-old girl. Suddenly, she felt a surge of anger, and with a loud bang, she stood up from her chair, slapping the conference table with one hand, shaking the entire conference room.

  "What are you doing, Qin Liu? The chairman has already given the position of chairman to Miss Su, so Miss Su is our company's chairman. You're questioning the chairman's decision like this, are you trying to rebel?" Li Qingrong had been watching with growing anger, and the scene showed no signs of subsiding, instead becoming more and more intense. He couldn't take it anymore, and for the first time in front of everyone, he lost his temper.

  Qin Liu listened to Li Qingrong's words and also burst into anger, "What do you mean, Li Qingrong? Have you forgotten how we've paid and struggled for the Mu family all these years? Are you now openly saying that for the sake of wealth and glory, you can accept any decision made by the boss?"

  "What are you talking about? If the boss can hand over the company to Miss Su, it means that Miss Su has unique abilities. That's why the big boss is willing to put the future of the company in her hands. If this gets out, our originally harmonious high-level management at Mu Corporation will likely be sensationalized by the media again, and our competing companies will make a big deal out of it." Qin Liu glared at them, clearly disapproving of their attitude towards Su Mo Ruo, and spoke in a tone that was both gentle and instructive.

  The corners of his mouth curled up, and he glanced at Li Qingrong with a slanted eye. Indeed, old ginger is still spicy. One sentence contained so much content, and it was hard on this person too.

  "Director Yang, I don't know if what I just said has any significance to you. Let me add one more sentence: would the chairman of that company instill treachery in his subordinates? In order to avoid future troubles, those who remain can only prove that the decision-makers of this company are exceptionally incompetent and overly capable."

  Yang Hongchun moved his lips, but ultimately remained silent. He thought about the time he spent with Mu Xinhua and how he was often educated by one of her phrases. Now that he thought about it, it seemed to be a true principle. This phrase was also mentioned by Su Mo earlier: "One day as a king, one day as a minister."

  "Come, who else is there? Come and introduce my identity." Each of them was old enough to be her grandfather or grandmother. To deal with these old ginger, she really had to calculate carefully, but for these people, she couldn't be soft-hearted at all, otherwise, what she would face would be an abyss. Mu Xinhua's body is not good now, and the company's affairs are also on her mind every day. In order to let her rest assured and recuperate, this Mu family business, although she didn't want to take it over, had to be taken over by her.

  Everyone looked at each other, but no one got up.

  But before Su Mo could lift her head and speak, Li Rongqing had already stood up, gave a slight smile to Su Mo, "Miss Su, since the chairman has handed over this position to you, then from now on, you will be the chairman of the company. Whatever needs to be done, just give your orders, Miss Su."

  Everyone called her Miss Su, saying that Mu Xinhua had handed over the position of chairman to her, but why didn't he hear Li Qingrong call out Chairman Su?

  This is not something she must care about, but because this has just arrived at the Mu Corporation. If they can't get these people to endure the pain and can't let these people recognize their own chairman, it's likely that future work will be very difficult to carry out, even if she has great ability.

  It's easy to see the little ghosts but difficult to deal with them. Although each of these people owns a small number of Mu Corporation shares, when added up they amount to 34-40%. Moreover, over the years, due to their connection with Mu Corporation, their social status and reputation have become immeasurable. If they really want to do something detrimental to Mu Corporation or throw some obstacles in its way, it wouldn't be a problem at all.

  "Director Li, since you're so in agreement with me, I'll ask you this: if I were to take over your company's shares right now, would you be willing?" Su Mo'er stared at Li Qingrong without blinking, wanting to see what expression the old fox would make.

  “……ah?” Li Qingrong's face, which had been smiling in anticipation of Su Moruo's words, suddenly froze. His mouth tried to curve into a smile, but found it couldn't move. His eyes stared blankly at Su Moruo, unable to believe that he would ask such a question in public.

  "What's wrong, unwilling?" Calmly looking at Li Qingrong, with a faint gaze.

  He stared straight at Su Mo Ruo, trying to see what she was thinking from her eyes, but after a while, he finally looked away in defeat, because there was nothing to be seen in Su Mo Ruo's eyes.

  "Not really... I just..." The tone was somewhat hesitant, and it took a while to think of how to respond. "It's like this, the shares were given to me by my boss, so of course I have to return them to my boss. If that's what my boss says, I'll definitely let go of the shares without hesitation."

  "Oh? Didn't you just agree with me being the chairman?" Listening to Li Qingrong's words, Su Moruo's face gradually revealed a smile, but it didn't reach his eyes.

  "I may have acknowledged you as the chairman, but these shares were given to me by my boss, and if I want to return them, I still need to return them to my boss. A person should be consistent, right?" But in his heart, he felt a bit flustered. This young girl, barely twenty years old, how did she make him feel like he wanted to escape when their eyes met? And it seemed that his thoughts were laid bare under her gaze.

  "Yesterday an emperor, today a minister, have you forgotten what I said just now?"

  "I admit that Miss Su is now the chairman of Mu Corporation, but Miss Su should also know that a person's loyalty is most important. Our boss has been very kind to us, so even if we respect and tolerate Miss Su as the chairman of Mu Corporation, you cannot deprive us of our respect for our boss." Li Qingrong's face had gradually become serious, his voice also becoming solemn.

  Looking at the youngest man in this group of shareholders with a faint smile, his outstanding ability allowed him to climb to the position of the second largest shareholder of the Mu Group. Indeed, his intelligence and calculation were unmatched among these people. In terms of cunning, when compared to the others, the other nine small shareholders seemed like primary school students, so naive. And this Li Rongqing, she couldn't help but admire his endurance and ruthless tactics.

  "You're saying that they gathered together to threaten Chairman Mu, and you didn't join in. Is this your loyalty to the Mu family, your loyalty to Chairman Mu?"

  "Yes."

  "Uh, you're indeed very loyal, but you've overlooked one thing - your actions are too unusual, and they differ greatly from your usual character." Before coming here, she had already obtained detailed information about all the shareholders. For the past two nights, she had been preparing, studying their personalities and habits until she was crystal clear about them. Li Rongqing, who seemed gentle and charitable among the company's shareholders, actually had a somewhat petty and power-hungry personality. In the company, Mu Xinhua gave him the position of second-largest shareholder, an existence that most other major shareholders couldn't shake off. As time passed, this also made his personality more introverted and gentle, making people feel very good about him. Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the Mu family had been prosperous for nearly twenty years. The charitable Li Rongqing's former personality and habits had gradually faded from everyone's minds. He left a very good impression on everyone, being a good person within the company, absolutely loyal to Mu Xinhua. However, no one thought that when this struggle emerged within the company, his ambition, which had been dormant for many years, would be stirred up once again.

  For someone who has gone through a hard time, good days are what they pursue most in their life. Once they have grasped it, they will never let go.

  People are never satisfied, when you're in a relatively low position, you think that as long as you climb a little higher, your salary is a bit higher than it is now, but when you've climbed to the step you hoped for and your salary has risen to the point you hoped for, dissatisfaction will appear again, wanting to climb even higher, over and over, until you reach the top of the pyramid, human ambition will once again strike one's mind.

  He disagreed with Yang Hongchun and others, because he knew their own strength, wanting to truly defeat Mu Xinhua was absolutely not an easy thing, not to mention the Mu Group, just a few companies that had a good relationship with Mu Xinhua, it was impossible for such things to happen, if using strong means to finally seize the control of the Mu Group, in the end, people would also push them down from the position of chairman of the board of directors, and become penniless.

  Among all the shareholders, only he did not betray Mu Xinhua and consistently stood by her side. What impression would this leave on Mu Xinhua?

  Of course it's an absolutely good impression.

  After Mu Xinhua disposes of these small shareholders, the benefits he receives will be far more than just a little bit. And if it's true what everyone suspects, that the future successor of the Mu Group introduced by Mu Xinhua is actually her pawn, then the position of the future chairman of the board of the Mu Group will have a greater chance of going to him.

  So, Su Mo said that ginger is still old, and the old strategy is good at attacking the heart. For so many years, he has been following Mu Xinhua's side, always keeping his position and never betraying him. It's really rare, really rare.

  His heart tightened at these words, and Su Mo's eyes also became sharp. The warmth of a moment ago disappeared. "Miss Su, what do you mean by this? Are you doubting my loyalty to the Mu family, to the boss?"

  "My thoughts will never be explained to outsiders, but once I've spoken, my words won't be taken back." As he spoke, his gaze swept across the room, and he slowly stood up, placing both hands on the conference table in front of him, leaning forward, putting all his weight on his hands. At the same time, the aura of intimidation emanating from him gradually spread throughout the room.

  "If all shareholders think I'm not capable of taking this position and are worried that your interests will be affected, then you can withdraw your shares now... You should also be clear about where the shares in your hands come from. However, I still have great respect for Director Mu, so if you want to withdraw your shares, I will buy back the shares in your hands at the current market price of Mu Corporation."

  The conference room exploded, what does it mean? Su Mo wants to take over all the shares in their hands, what a joke! Not to mention that Mu Shi has deep feelings for them, even if Mu Shi's current market stock price is not low. The total of more than 30% of the shares here, it's impossible to buy them all out, even if a medium-sized company goes bankrupt and sells everything, they won't have enough money to buy the Mu Shi shares in their hands. And now Mu Shi has many projects starting up, with a lot of start-up capital invested, where will the money come from to buy the shares in their hands?