Chapter 62 Battle, or Compromise?
Half an hour ago.
After reading the recall motion of Lin Tianhua, a staff member of the board of directors' office, he entered the stage of expressing his opinions. originally thought that it was a quick decision, and everyone didn't have to express their opinions, so as not to have long nights and dreams, and jump directly to the voting link, but who expected, Liang Meng took the lead in making trouble.
Director Liang Meng said: "Since the beginning of this year, although the overall business of Donghua Bank has grown, there is still a big gap with the goals set by the directors, President Lin is very diligent and hard-working, but as a president, this alone is not enough, what we need is an overall improvement in performance, especially this year is a critical year before listing, President Lin has made such achievements, I am very disappointed." ”
The relationship between Liang Meng and Lin Tianhua is not harmonious, especially not long ago his nephew Liang Youwei of the Agency Department made a mistake and was arrested by Lin Tianhua. Liang Meng is extremely short-sighted, this time he seized the opportunity to step on Lin Tianhua, how could Liang Meng miss it?
Lin Tianhua also knew that it was reasonable that Liang Meng could not get this vote.
Cai Dongquan glanced at Lin Tianhua and said slowly: "What Director Liang said is not unreasonable, but it is already December, President Lin's term of office is less than a year, and next year he will face a major listing event. ”
Director Li Baoguo is a staunch supporter of Lin Tianhua, he is anxious, and when he heard everyone say this, he couldn't help but say loudly, "I think Lin Tianhua has done a good job now, and I think it is unrealistic to remove him by only using the three reasons in the motion." The current situation is that Lin Tianhua did not violate the law, and second, he did not cause a definite loss, so it will be difficult to remove him, and it will be difficult to block the mouths of the people. ”
Director Tang Shuiqi, who had been silent, suddenly said, "The focus of everyone's contention is nothing more than the question of whether Lin Tianhua is qualified to be the president, so let me ask, can changing the president solve the problem? Liu Jianguo became the president, will everything be solved? Or can the profit target of 800 million yuan be completed before the end of the year?"
Chairman Zhao Youliang saw that the situation was a little out of control, he glanced at Liu Jianguo, and Liu Jianguo shook his head gently.
As the presiding officer of the meeting, he has the obligation to guide things to the normal track, Zhao Youliang said, "Fangcai, all the directors have expressed their opinions, and the words are very intense, which is a good thing, as the saying goes, the reason is not clear, but the board of directors also has the rules of procedure of the board of directors, so if it goes on, even if it is said in the afternoon, we will make a long story short, let's enter the voting link and ask the staff to distribute the ballots." ”
The articles of association of Donghua Bank stipulate that the board of directors votes by show of hands or by secret ballot, and ordinary proposals are mostly voted by show of hands, but this kind of appointment and dismissal of personnel is mainly by registered vote.
Nine ballots were distributed to nine directors, and the fate of Lin Tianhua depends on the outcome of this vote. Thinking of this, his heart almost reached his throat, he himself could only vote for recusal of this bill, and the remaining eight people, as long as five people agreed, the motion to remove himself was passed.
There are two votes counted, consisting of a director and a witness lawyer from a partner law firm. There are also two scrutineers, one director and one supervisor of the board of supervisors. The four of them took out the ballot papers in the ballot box one by one to verify them, checked the completeness of the ballot papers, and after counting them, copied the voting results on the counting book and signed their names.
Lin Tianhua was a little nervous, and even a little angry, he had been diligent and conscientious all these years, and the performance of Donghua Bank was also obvious to all, but at this time, he launched a recall motion, how did he not get angry. In the past few years, he has tried his best to maintain the balance in the industry, but he didn't expect that Liu Jianguo, who has no quarrel with the world and is the most marginalized, launched a fatal blow to himself at a critical moment. Needless to say, without the nod of Chairman Zhao Youliang, Liu Jianguo would not have been so aggressive.
In front of everyone's eyes, the results of the votes were handed to Zhao Youliang, Zhao Youliang glanced at the results quietly, signed and confirmed on it, and returned it to the voter, who said: "The Proposal on the Removal of Comrade Lin Tianhua from the Position of President", nine directors voted by secret ballot, and we received a total of nine votes, all of which are legal and valid, and the voting results will be announced below......"
"Chairman Zhao Youliang: Agreed. ”
"Lin Tianhua, Director and President: Avoid. ”
"Director Liang Meng: Agreed. ”
Director Liu Jianguo: Agreed. ”
Every time the staff sang a person, everyone's eyes fell on him, which made the atmosphere in the venue extremely solemn. The first four votes, three votes agreed, and one vote was recused, which was very unfavorable to Lin Tianhua, as long as the votes agreed to five votes, this bill was officially passed.
Director Li Baoguo: Objection. ”
"Director Tang Shuiqi: Oppose. ”
Director Du Xinchun: Oppose. ”
"Director Cai Dongquan: Agreed. ”
A smile appeared at the corner of Liu Jianguo's mouth, Gu Tiande really betrayed Lin Tianhua, it seems that the deterrent power of those photos is still very great.
Lin Tianhua was startled, with an incredible look in his eyes, and looked at Cai Dongquan, Cai Dongquan looked away and stared at the meeting materials in front of the table in a daze.
Li Baoguo, Tang Shuiqi, and Cai Dongquan were Lin Tianhua's unswerving allies, and he and Cai Dongquan had been friends for many years. He doubted in his heart, is this the opinion of the state-owned assets operation center, or his own opinion?
Lin Tianhua felt that his eyes were black, and Venus was popping up. The remaining independent director, Luo Zhisen, is a consultant of Tianma Group, and Liu Jianguo is a nominee director of Tianma.
The teller continued: "Director Ro's vote was: abstention!"
"What?" Lin Tianhua almost didn't believe his ears, Professor Law Zhisen joined the board for the first time after serving as an independent director, and actually made the decision to abstain.
With a "snap", the pencil in Liu Jianguo's hand was broken into two. He was quiet on the surface, but he was full of anger inside. I endured it for four years before I waited for such an opportunity to regain the position of president, but who knows the final result, but it became like this. He held back his mind and pretended to be calm.
Vote caller: "According to statistics, the bill agreed with four votes, three votes against, one vote to abstain, and one abstention, of which less than half of the votes were agreed, and the bill was not passed." ”
Zhao Youliang said: "According to the articles of association and the rules of procedure of the board of directors, the first proposal has not been passed, and the second proposal does not need to be considered. Please ask the law firm to issue a legal opinion, this meeting is over, thank you directors. ”
With that, Zhao Youliang left the venue. The rest of the people also left one after another, and only the staff was quietly cleaning up the venue. Just a few minutes ago, a war without gunpowder had just ended, and Lin Tianhua kept his position as president.
Liu Jianguo wanted to come forward to congratulate, but after thinking about this incident, the relationship between the two broke down openly, and it was boring to go up again, so he didn't say hello, went straight back to his office, closed the door, and dialed Zhao Xiaocheng's phone.
He said angrily: "I listened to your advice and got Cai Dongquan, but I didn't expect you to get Luo Zhisen, Mr. Zhao, you patted your chest and promised that Luo Zhisen would vote in favor!"
Zhao Xiaocheng knew the voting results just now, and he was not surprised by Liu Jianguo's anger, he coughed dryly and said: "President Liu, you also know that the most difficult thing in the world is to put your own thoughts into other people's heads. Professor Luo is a well-known economist and an independent director, which we did not expect. ”
Liu Jianguo snorted coldly: "The contradiction between me and Lin Tianhua has been made public, and now in Donghua Bank, either you die or I live, what do you say next?"
Zhao Xiaocheng said with a smile, "The founding of the People's Republic of China is a bamboo in my chest, how dare I give you advice." ”
Liu Jianguo hung up the phone, sat in the office and smoked, thinking about countermeasures. After Lin Tianhua retains his position, he is bound to carry out a major purge of his own forces, and he has hidden himself very well over the years, but as soon as the news spread that he was going to be the president a few days ago, these people all came out to show their loyalty to him, but since the meeting, there has been no phone call.
He extinguished his cigarette butt, took out an old man's machine from his arms, turned it on and dialed a phone call, "Execute Plan B." ”
……
After the meeting, Lin Tianhua locked himself in his office. Although he retained his position as president, the crisis has not been resolved.
In addition to Liang Meng and Liu Jianguo, Cai Dongquan and Zhao Youliang all voted in favor, which is not a good signal. He thought hard about the reason why Zhao Youliang was dissatisfied with him, but there was no big difficulty. Cai Dongquan was much simpler, he called him and scolded him, and Cai Dongquan had to tell Lin Tianhua about Gu Tiande looking for him.
Secretary Li came to report, "Director Zhao Xiaocheng of Tianma Group came to visit President Lin. ”
Lin Tianhua wondered in his heart, what is this guy doing here, could it be that he came to see me to laugh? However, he still said, "Please let him in." ”
Zhao Xiaocheng came to Donghua Bank early in the morning, and as soon as the meeting ended, he got the news and talked to Liu Jianguo on the phone, and came directly to visit Lin Tianhua, "Congratulations to President Lin, for overcoming this difficulty." ”
Lin Tianhua sneered: "It's not thanks to you, Lin is really ashamed that someone entrusted God's blessing and failed to do what you wanted." ”
Zhao Xiaocheng laughed, "President Lin said with a smile. The result of the voting in the morning was actually what we expected, and the reason why Professor Luo's vote made him abstain was because Chairman Qi believed that there was still room and room for cooperation between Lin Xing and us. ”
Lin Tianhua was shocked, it turned out that Qi Zhongyuan deliberately operated like this, and this news shocked him even more than when the previous board resolution came out, "In that case, why did you push Liu Jianguo up?"
Zhao Xiaocheng said lightly, "The president of the founding of the country has too much appetite and ambition, and Chairman Qi does this to teach him a lesson, and secondly, to prove to President Lin that the ability and strength of our Tianma Group are too great. ”
"Alright, don't go around in circles. Director Zhao, let's talk about it directly. ”
"Tianma Group's business of applying for 650 million credit in our bank has been stuck here for more than ten days, and it will be the end of the month soon, please President Lin must consider it. This sentence is very polite, but it is a naked challenge and threat to Lin Tianhua.
"What if I don't think about it?"
Zhao Xiaocheng smiled slightly, "We can convene another meeting from the perspective of the board of supervisors, and with the influence of Chairman Qi, it is not difficult to ask for a few directors to canvass for votes, President Lin, what do you think?"
"You're threatening me?"
"Where do we dare to threaten you, what we are talking about is just a little demand from a private enterprise to the bank. Ha ha. ”
"I have one condition, to cancel Liu Jianguo's qualification as a director. ”
Zhao Xiaocheng said: "In the current situation, you are not qualified to put forward conditions for us. President Lin, what I said today is also to convey Chairman Qi's opinion, you should think about it. Farewell!"
Lin Tianhua was so angry that he trembled, it turned out that Qi Zhongyuan would take what he had done, and the business of Shunfa Aluminum, both public and private, should not be put into them, this was destined to be a loan with no return, but under this pressure, he couldn't think of any other way.
Compromise?
This thought flashed through Lin Tianhua's mind, and there has never been a word compromise in his dictionary.
Fight to the end?
The result could be a dead fish.
There is Liu Jianguo eyeing him inside, and Tianma Group is waiting for an opportunity outside, and the situation of internal and external difficulties makes Lin Tianhua feel powerless. He picked up the phone and said to Secretary Li: "Take the loan from Tianma Group to my office." ”