Chapter 825: Showdown
Hong Kong Island Central, Baoyuan Investment Company.
Roland Kadoorie is in the process of managing the share acquisition, and the results are quite satisfactory to him, having acquired a total of 2.79 million shares of CLP Power China, accounting for 3.1% of the total share capital.
At this moment, a series of footsteps came from far and near, and Rorentz Kadoorie followed the voice, and suddenly showed a look of surprise, and his brows wrinkled subconsciously.
The two people who came together were the company's largest and second largest shareholders, Walker Marion, a representative of the Schroder Group, and Baker Jerry, a vice president of Standard Chartered Bank.
In the past year, representatives of the two major shareholders have rarely come to the company except for the board meeting, and there has been no situation where they come together.
Now that the two had come together, the nervous and highly nervous Rorenz Kadoorie had suddenly felt something bad because of what had happened during this time.
However, he didn't show it, and got up and walked enthusiastically towards the two.
"Mr. Marion, Mr. Jerry, you have also come to the company, long time no see, what a pleasure to see you!"
Lorence Kadoorie smiled and shook hands with the two of them.
Baker Jerry, vice president of Standard Chartered Bank, had a somewhat cold attitude, just smiled and nodded and said hello, and then let go of his hand.
Walker Marion, on the other hand, shook hands with Lorence Kadoorie for a long time, but the former looked at the latter with a strange gaze.
The sensitive-minded Rorente Kadoorie had an even stronger sense of malaise.
He immediately smiled quietly and asked, "Mr. Marion, Mr. Jerry, do you have any work instructions for coming this time?"
Walker Marion smiled and didn't speak, but looked at Baker Jerry.
Baker Jerry said with an indifferent expression: "Mr. Kadoorie, Mr. Marion was called by me, and we have a proposal from Standard Chartered Bank that needs to be discussed by the board of directors. ”
"If we're not busy right now, we're going to the office now?"
Rorenz Kadoorie's face was a little solemn, nodded and said, "No problem, you go first, wait for me for two minutes, and I'll arrange the work first." ”
When Walker Marion heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he thought of something interesting, but he didn't say anything, nodded at Rorenz Kadoorie, and walked towards the other side of the hallway.
The different attitudes of the two made Roland Kadoorie can't help but think wildly, and after hastily arranging the work, he slowed down and walked towards the small conference room, pondering the true meaning of the two as he walked.
The distance of 20 seconds was more than 100 seconds by Lorence Kadoorie, and he felt that every second had passed so long.
But no matter how much he dragged it, he finally came to the door of the small conference room and saw the two people talking and laughing inside.
After sitting down in his usual position, Lorence Kadoorie's gaze swept over the faces of the two, and after a moment of silence, he took a deep breath and asked, "Mr. Jerry, Mr. Marion, can you say it now, what is so urgent that you can't wait until the regular meeting to talk about it?"
Faced with this question from Lorence Kadoorie, Walker Marion once again chose to remain silent and turned his attention to Baker Jerry, obviously wanting to show that although he is the representative of the largest shareholder, the next thing to deal with is Standard Chartered Bank.
Baker Jerry doesn't have any psychological burden, but he also gives Roland Kadoorie a little face, and pampers him before stepping on him.
"Mr. Kadoorie, we have been working together for so many years, and we also look at your dedication to the company, not to mention the results, at least in terms of hard work, you have done it, and I have to thank you for your dedication to the company. ”
Although it was a praising word, Rorente Kadoorie felt something was wrong when he heard it, and this kind of affirmative words were too strange.
Then Baker Jerry changed his words and said: "But in business, efficiency and return are the key, in the world's enterprises, there are many employees of enterprises who pay for the company, but they can not achieve good results, and the financial industry is the most competitive industry, the highest requirements for results, but unfortunately, in the past few years, our company's effectiveness is not high." ”
"So for the company to grow better, I think the company needs to change the leadership and adjust the business strategy, so I propose to re-elect the chairman of the board of directors. ”
Bang!
Rorenz Kadoorie was struck by lightning, his eyes widened, and he looked at the expressionless Baker Jerry in disbelief.
After confirming that he was not joking, Lorence Kadoorie looked sharply at Walker Marion, who shrugged at him with a more unequivocal attitude.
The initiator was Baker Jerry, who must have been planning it for a long time, and even though he was the vice president of Standard Chartered Bank, he had no authority to make this decision, so it must have been ordered by Garth Liddell.
Therefore, Lorence Kadoorie gave up his mind of persuasion, and instead launched a persuasive offensive against Walker Marion, trying to change his mind, as long as he changed his position, then with the 35% shareholding of Standard Chartered Bank, he could not shake his position as chairman of the board.
"Mr. Marion, how much I have paid to the company, you should see in the eyes, the company's operating conditions were not good before, it was a big environmental impact, a stock market crash and political factors, resulting in a bad time for the financial companies in Xiangjiang, Baoyuan Investment Company's revenue growth is not bad, since last year, the company's revenue and asset growth has risen significantly......"
It seemed to be an explosion of desire to survive, which made Rorenz Kadoorie's brain surprisingly clear, and he began to talk endlessly.
But Walker Marion listened quietly and said nothing.
The corners of Baker Jerry's mouth lifted slightly, leaning back in the back of the chair, palms crossed, and he didn't seem to be worried at all.
When Rorenz Kadoorie finally finished speaking for five minutes, Walker Marion shrugged his shoulders regretfully and said slightly apologetically: "Mr. Kadoorie, I'm really sorry, I'm just an executor, the specific things are decided by the group, I have no right to change, today I just represent the group, that's all." ”
"Then the matter is already clear, it is useless to say more, let's vote, I propose to re-elect the chairman of the board. ”
Baker Jerry said directly in front of Roland Kadoorie and raised his hand.
In the midst of Rorentz Kadoorie's eyes, Walker Marion slowly raised his hand.
The first and second largest shareholders agreed that 35 percent plus 45 percent of the shares, a total of 80 percent of the voting rights, voted to approve the proposal, and the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Roland Kadoorie was lost in an instant.
Rorente Kadoorie gasped for breath as he felt his adrenaline rush and blood rushing to his head, and his eyes were full of stars.
Frightened, Walker Marion immediately got up and wanted to help him, for fear that he would have an accident, after all, he was in his eighties, and his body organs and blood vessels were already quite fragile.
And Baker Jerry, although worried, hesitated for a moment and sat still in his seat.
After a long time, Roland Kadoorie pushed Walker Marion's hand away, his face was ugly, and he stared at Baker Jerry coldly and asked, "Mr. Jerry, I want to know if the Jiuding Consortium asked you to do this!"
Baker Jerry spread his hands expressionlessly and said lightly: "No comment!"
Rorente Kadoorie choked, took a deep breath and asked angrily: "Then is you the new chairman of the board of directors? Don't say that there is no comment, I am a shareholder of the company, and I have the right to know who it is!"
"It's me!"
Just as Baker Jerry wanted to say who it was, the door of the small conference room was suddenly pushed open, and a calm and deep male voice suddenly sounded.