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As soon as she walked into the meeting hall, Chen Mingli felt that something was wrong: in addition to Mr. Tang and the children of Haitian Fund, more than 100 shareholder representatives from all over the country came to the meeting. Many reporters from financial and securities newspapers were also present, presumably invited by Haitian Fund, and even the travel expenses were paid by Mr. Tang, and the venue was full of obvious hostility and disturbing secrets. The participants were full of heads, not knowing what they were discussing. She walked in front of Mr. Tang with Bai Yuanwei and Tian Fengyi, and when she shook hands with Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang said with a smile that this shareholders' meeting may be recorded in the history of China's securities.
Bai Yuanwei knew in his heart, he expected that a storm would be inevitable, and he didn't talk to Old Man Tang much, and after sitting down on the board of directors, he immediately announced the meeting. Weiye Holdings' 2 billion convertible bond proposal has been reported on the newspaper, and the shareholders know that there is no need to say more, but Bai Yuanwei still made some explanations, repeatedly emphasizing that this is for the company's long-term development. Tian Fengyi didn't count at all, and thought that this was a mayor's office meeting, so he interjected and said it without knowing how important it was. Fang Bo, the female manager under Mr. Tang, was very polite, and rushed to the director's seat to ask Bai Yuanwei: Is this surnamed Tian a director or shareholder of Weiye Holdings? If not, ask him to shut up. Angry, Tian Fengyi slapped the table. Fang Bo deliberately came to make trouble, the table slapped even more fiercely, and the venue was suddenly filled with ** smell. Old Man Tang was forced to get up and intervene, shouted to stop Fang Bo, and comforted Tian Fengyi a few more words, so that the meeting could continue.
Until this time, Chen Mingli didn't know that Tian Fengyi would be so stupid and would let a deadly handle fall into the hands of Old Man Tang. Of course, I didn't expect Old Man Tang to be so shameless and record this kind of private conversation.
Before the formal vote of the bill, Mr. Tang stood up from the front seat, walked to the director's seat, and proposed to play a piece of music. Although Chen Mingli, who presided over the meeting, did not expect that this was a recording of the conversation that had been processed by technology, out of vigilance, she instinctively objected, and stopped with a smile: "Professor Tang, we are holding a general meeting of shareholders today to vote on the company's convertible bond issuance proposal, and it is not a party or concert, so don't play your old music, right?!" ”
Old Man Tang was also laughing, "Mr. Chen, the atmosphere is so tense, let's listen to some music and relax!" ”
Chen Mingli turned her gaze to Bai Yuanwei, and Bai Yuanwei waved his hand, "The professor is right, there is no need to be so tense, just let it go!" Then he asked the old man, "It must be interesting music, right?" ”
Old Man Tang remained silent, "Yes, it's very interesting, I enjoyed it with you Secretary Tian yesterday!" With that, beckoning, Fang Bo immediately came over with a tape recorder and put it on the main microphone in the director's seat.
At this time, Chen Mingli noticed that Tian Fengyi, who was sitting next to Bai Yuanwei, was a little restless, and nervously leaned over Bai Yuanwei's ear and said something. Bai Yuanwei listened with his face up, and there was hardly any change in expression on his face.
After the recording ended, the audience was in an uproar, shouting, cursing, beating chairs, and stomping feet rang out one after another.
In the midst of the uproar, Mr. Tang picked up the microphone and said impassionedly, "Shareholders, friends of the news media, out of conscience and justice, and out of respect for market norms, Haitian Fund and I have to announce this shameful insider trading!" The existence of this insider trading shows that the market integrity of Mr. Bai Yuanwei and Weiye Holdings is very doubtful, including the company's prospects after the issuance of the two billion convertible bonds that Mr. Bai just described! Imagine if we hadn't had the moral courage to come forward, who would be the real victims? It is a small and medium-sized shareholder of Weiye Holdings here! The congenital deficiencies of China's stock market have caused small and medium-sized shareholders to be trapped, cut in half, and cut in half again and again in the secondary market. ”
The meeting room became more and more chaotic, and the cursing and shouting sounded again, and several female shareholders in the front row cried on the spot.
Tian Fengyi was anxious, grabbed the microphone in front of Bai Yuanwei and shouted, "Don't be fooled!" This recording is edited, and I proposed to buy the shares of Haitian Fund for 350 million yuan, which is just a personal suggestion, not on behalf of the company, but Professor Tang offered 350 million yuan to our company on behalf of Haitian Fund! If Weiye Holdings really took out three or five hundred million yuan to buy the shares of Haitian Fund, Haitian Fund would definitely not have this attitude......"
There was an angry boo in the shareholder seat, "Get out, get out of the surname Tian, we have to listen to Professor Tang!" ”
Old Man Tang pointed at Tian Fengyi, and said awe-inspiringly: "Mr. Tian, I will offer you three or five hundred million?" Is this true? This is a frame-up! He said to the shareholder representatives and reporters, "Please think about it, if I want to do this kind of transaction, will I talk to this Mr. Tian?" I may find Mr. Bai Yuanwei, Miss Chen Mingli......"
Only then did Bai Yuanwei stand up from his seat in the board of directors, and while walking in front of Old Man Tang, he applauded exaggeratedly, "Okay, good, Professor Tang, you always said it well, it's very good!" Anger does not make you lose your basic sanity, you know very well who is the chairman of Weiye Holdings and Weiye International Group, and who is speaking on behalf of the controlling shareholder Weiye International Group! So to this beautiful piece of music that you have provided today, my conclusion is that there is no such shameful deal of betraying minority shareholders and almost sharing the spoils! Even in your old recording, Secretary Tian Fengyi made a personal suggestion in order to ease the tension between us, didn't he? ! ”
Old Man Tang waved his hand, "No, I think this is instructed by you and the higher-ups, and it is a kind of legal person commitment!" ”
Bai Yuanwei smiled bitterly, "Professor, your stubbornness really makes me helpless, do you want to play the recording again?" ”
Old Man Tang looked at the shareholders' seat, "Shareholders, what do you say?" Do you want to put it again? ”
The shouts in the shareholders' table immediately rang out, "Release, release!" Professor Tang, play the recording again! ”
The recording was played again, and this time everyone heard it clearly: Tian Fengyi said it very clearly, and it took him a lot of effort to persuade Bai Yuanwei and Chen Mingli to win 50 million benefits for Old Man Tang and Haitian Fund.
Old Man Tang sneered, staring at Bai Yuanwei with blazing eyes, "Mr. Bai, you and Mr. Chen were at least persuaded by Secretary Tian, right?" Maybe you were reluctant at first, but in the end you were persuaded and sent Secretary Tian over as a lobbyist! ”
Bai Yuanwei smiled and said, "Professor, if this assumption is true, then another hypothesis may also be true, that is, the three to five hundred million that you proposed to Tian Fengyi!" To reiterate, though, I don't believe it! ”
Tian Fengyi was sweating profusely, almost crying, "Professor, don't pester Mr. Bai, to tell you the truth, before I said this to you, I never mentioned the matter of buying funds to Mr. Bai and Mr. Chen, I did something stupid!" ”
Bai Yuanwei had something to say, "Secretary Tian, you are stupid, I didn't expect that the dignified economics professor and Haitian Fund consultant would use this method against you, right?" Aren't you going to do a PhD with a professor? Let's start with this! ”
Old Man Tang was very modest, waved his hand and said, "No, Mr. Bai, you still have to learn from your circle money fraud!" Don't care how the securities market is flooding, how sluggish it is, and how the small and medium-sized shareholders are bleeding, the money in the circle shines in the circle! You Weiye International is a controlling shareholder, you can legally rob in the market! ”
Bai Yuanwei shook his head, "Professor, are you too extreme?" This is legal financing! Throughout the global securities market, financing is one of its main functions. As speculators, you and Haitian Fund seem to lack a correct investment philosophy! "Shareholders, on behalf of the board of directors of Weiye Holdings, I once again promise to you and investors across the country that we will invest all the two billion convertible bonds in the main business of Wenshan Iron and Steel, and we will definitely give investors a satisfactory return next year, I hope you will understand and support!" After that, he said to Old Man Tang kindly, "Professor, are we going to the next agenda and start voting?" ”
Old Man Tang still didn't want to give up, "No, Mr. Bai, I still have something to say before the official vote!" ”
Chen Mingli couldn't hold back any longer, "Professor Tang, haven't you said enough today?" Vote now! ”
Tian Fengyi also broke out, looking at Old Man Tang gloomily, "Yes, vote, Mr. Bai, on behalf of Weiye International, you vote in favor of the more than 650 million shares in your hand, and this shareholders' meeting can be successfully over!" ”
Old Man Tang snorted, "It's not that simple, is it?" Do you only count the votes for and not the votes against? ”
Bai Yuanwei smiled and said: "Yes, the professor is right, of course the negative votes must be counted, even if there is only one vote!" ”
Old Man Tang said angrily: "Why not just one vote? At least more than 42 million votes against it, it seems that this shareholders' meeting will not end so soon, everyone will have to work overtime, and a democratic record will be born here! ”
Later facts proved that Mr. Tang was not wrong, and the dissenting votes in the hands of Haitian Fund and more than 100 small and medium-sized shareholders actually took a long 9 hours and 25 minutes, creating a time record for the equity voting of listed companies. After the incident, the reports and articles published by various securities newspapers and periodicals were sensational: "The awakening of small and medium-sized shareholders' equity: nine hours and 25 minutes to create a new record in the history of China's securities!" "The tragic struggle that we know will be lost: the prelude to the protection of the rights of small and medium-sized shareholders in the stock market!" "Thrilling: Nine hours against blocking, nine seconds in favor of passing, equity division, one dominant share, reproduce the unique landscape of China's stock market!" "One final roar: it is imperative to vote on the classification of outstanding shares!"
There are also some articles that beautify and praise Mr. Tang and Haitian Fund, saying that Mr. Tang is "the spokesperson of small and medium-sized shareholders and the noble conscience of the securities market". Weiye International Group has been smeared with a white nose, and its corporate image has been greatly damaged, and it has become a typical example of the overlord's strong bow, and there is a lot of scolding on the Internet. No matter how careful they were to prevent it in advance, the worst could happen, but at the time, they still did everything they could.
When the representatives of Haitian Fund and the shareholders present at the meeting expressed their tragic struggle with a long singing vote, except for Tian Fengyi, who is not a director, Bai Yuanwei, Chen Mingli and all the directors did not leave the meeting. Originally, Chen Mingli and Bai Yuanwei had a pre-agreed business activity to discuss Yinshan's silicon steel project with Song Chaoti, the executive vice mayor of Yinshan, and Chen Mingli suggested that they take the first step. Bai Yuanwei did not agree, saying that in this atmosphere, it is more important to respect shareholders and make a good posture.
The meeting lasted until seven o'clock in the evening, and Mayor Song called to urge him, asking when the shareholders' meeting would be held? Chen Mingli looked at the shareholders' seat and found that there were about twenty or thirty small and medium-sized shareholders who did not vote, but I don't know when these twenty or thirty people will vote against? These small and medium-sized shareholders colluded with Haitian Fund in advance, and they all followed the example of Mr. Tang and the "children" of Haitian Fund, and made a big speech before the vote, complaining about the listed company's money-trapping behavior and controlling shareholders. Chen Mingli asked Bai Yuanwei for his opinion, and Bai Yuanwei said that Mayor Song should not wait, and said that we encountered a special situation today, and it may be too late. Song Chaoti said that no matter how late he was, he would wait and see them.
After that, the shareholders continued to perform "tragedy", and the opposition on the voting table continued, 3,000 shares of 5,000 shares, 300 shares of 500 shares, and the minimum equity was only 100 shares, and the opposition did not end until 9:35 p.m. that night.
Bai Yuanwei was the last to vote on behalf of the controlling shareholder Weiye International Group: 653.62 million shares in favor! The more than nine hours of opposition and protest carefully organized by Mr. Tang and Haitian Fund were defeated by a vote in favor of the controlling shareholder within nine seconds, and the issuance of convertible bonds was approved without any suspense.
At the end of the scene, Old Man Tang walked in front of Bai Yuanwei and asked, "Bai Yuanwei, don't you feel sorry?" ”
Bai Yuanwei said calmly: "As long as we get the company up and give shareholders rich returns, we will not be disappointed!" ”
Old Man Tang stopped and stopped, "Have you ever given shareholders a return to Weiye Holdings?" Not to mention the big payoffs! I have calculated the accounts for you, since your listing six years ago, your issuance, additional issuance, and allotment of shares, plus this convertible bond, have totaled more than 6 billion, and what is the dividend distributed to the circulating shareholders? That's just 15 million yuan! ”
Chen Mingli interjected, "But don't forget the fact that we have only been in Weiye Holdings for two years, and in addition to a share allotment and this convertible bond in our hands, the historical accounts cannot be counted on our heads!" ”
Old Man Tang said: "Mr. Chen, you don't have to explain, I'm not settling accounts with anyone today, but talking about a crisis in China's stock market!" He said to Bai Yuanwei again, "Of course, Mr. Bai, I have to admit that this time you won!" ”
Bai Yuanwei smiled kindly, "Really? Professor, I think, maybe you and Haitian Fund won! ”
Chen Mingli was a little puzzled, and when she went out to get in the car and rushed to meet Mayor Song, she asked Bai Yuanwei, "Yuanwei, why do you say that the old fox won?" What did he win? No matter how much they objected, the bill to issue convertible bonds was passed! ”
Bai Yuanwei looked at the street scene outside the window and said, "Why do they do it when they know they can't do it?" Today's shareholders' meeting has actually fulfilled Haitian Fund, and accidentally made the old fox a representative of safeguarding the interests of small and medium-sized shareholders! ”
Chen Mingli somewhat understood, "That's right, with such a toss, they have scored a lot of points in morality!" ”
"Moral scoring will bring economic benefits, and maybe in the future, the size of their fund will be much larger!" I thought of this layer in advance, and I always wanted to avoid it, but unexpectedly, I still gave the old fox as a trust! ”
Chen Mingli immediately remembered Yinshan's silicon steel project and the Mayor Song, "Mayor Song shouldn't let us be the trustee, right?" Isn't the steel overheating? In the past few days, there have been a lot of sayings in the provincial capital and Beijing! ”
Bai Yuanwei didn't take it seriously, "A few years ago, the relevant state departments said that the electricity was overheated, is it accurate?" Not right at all! Now there is a shortage of electricity everywhere, and many enterprises in our group have been affected, especially those in Ningchuan! ”
Chen Mingli said: "However, it is said that Governor Zhao Anbang went to Wenshan early yesterday morning to check the new industrial zone!" ”
Bai Yuanwei was stunned, "Oh, can there be such a thing?" You call Fang Zhenggang and feel the situation! ”
Chen Mingli made a phone call to Fang Zhenggang and took the initiative to mention the statement that the steel was overheating. Fang Zhenggang laughed and said, what is hot? Governor Zhao has been inspecting our new industrial zone for the past two days, and he spoke highly of the work of the new zone, and also awarded medals to the bank presidents who are actively lending! This confuses her: in this case, the claim that the steel is overheated is not true, at least not in the Han River? Bai Yuanwei judged that it was definitely not true, and when Shi Yanan went to the power plant in violation of regulations in Pingzhou the year before last, the province also pretended to check it, and what was the result, it was on it!