Ding Ruola watched as everyone in the meeting room raised their hands. She turned to look at Fang Siyan standing in the corner.
The man still had no expression on his face. He seemed to be waiting for something.
"The result is clear now!"
Xu Changning could no longer contain his joy. The greasy smile on his face made Ding Ruola feel nauseous.
His fleshy folds were squeezed together, leaving only his two nostrils and mouth visible.
Ding Ruola pursed her lips and looked at Fang Siyan in the corner. She was waiting for the man to come up with a solution.
"The combined equity of the people present here is still less than 50%!"
Fang Siyan held the documents in his hand. He was expressionless and his tone was calm.
Xu Changning couldn't hold his temper. "Xu Siyan is from our Xu family. I have the final say on his shares!"
"But the equity is not in your hands!"
Fang Siyan's words were like a bolt from the blue.
Xu Siyan was indeed from the Xu family, but had the Xu family ever regarded this child as one of their own?
Just because Xu Siyan was born to a woman of low status, he could never set foot in the Xu family's mansion. Now that they needed him, they were pulling him into the big Xu family.
Such behavior was really despicable.
"Have some shame!"
Yin Siyuan changed his posture. He half - closed his eyes, slid his chair back a bit, and then put his feet on the table.
He was a greedy and lecherous man, but he was still decent when it came to righteousness.
He had been on Xu Changning's side from the beginning. He didn't switch sides today. Although he only had 1% of the shares, he would vote for Xu Changning.
But he just couldn't stand Xu Changning's hypocritical face.
"Neither Bai Lijingming nor Xu Siyan has voted yet. We'll wait for them to come!"
The old man glanced at Fang Siyan and then slowly spoke.
"No! How long are we going to wait like this!"
Xu Changning immediately incited the emotions of the shareholders present. Those people were irritated by his few words.
These people were just here to watch the fun and go through the motions.
Several of them were old men in their seventies or eighties. They only had 0.1% or so of the equity, which was just the company's internal dividend to reward old employees at that time.
"I'll contact Bai Lijingming. You contact Xu Siyan!"
Fang Siyan finally spoke. The man's voice seemed to have magic. The noisy environment quieted down the moment he opened his mouth.
Ding Ruola rested her chin on her hand and looked at the man's face, observing his actions.
As everyone knew, Bai Lijingming was abroad. Fang Siyan could only hold a video conference.
He asked Zhang Jun to contact Bai Lijingming and then projected the content of their video onto the projector.
"What's the matter? So urgent!"
The environment on Bai Lijingming's side was dim. Just as he finished speaking, there was a woman's voice beside him.
It seemed that he was sleeping.
The two of them laughed and said something. Then, with a click, the lights in the room came on.
Only then did the people in the meeting room see Bai Lijingming's face clearly.
There was still a lipstick mark on the man's face. He raised his arm to cover his eyes and didn't start talking until a while later.
"Speak! Don't disturb my sleep!"
Fang Siyan briefly told Bai Lijingming about the current situation.
The man on the other end of the phone suddenly perked up. He sat up from the bed and burst into laughter from his chest.
The sound was like a nightmare!
Ding Ruola felt that something was going wrong!
"Old Fang, you forced me to Europe. Do you think I'll give this vote to whom?"
The man raised his eyebrows. He seemed to be deliberately provoking Fang Siyan.
Fang Siyan was as cold as ever. It seemed as if the word "whatever" was written on his face.
Ding Ruola kept staring at Xu Changning. Since Bai Lijingming said that, the smile on this man's face had never stopped.
The man thought he had won, but he didn't expect Bai Lijingming to change the subject. The whole situation became complicated again.
"But I don't want the other one to be so happy either!"
Bai Lijingming's appearance was just to make fun of the shareholders present. Some of the old men were so angry that their beards were standing on end.
The man seemed to have learned from the award - ceremony host. He kept stalling for time. An hour had passed.
The man was finally tired of playing. He finally gave a definite answer.
"This was given to me by Fang Siyan. Naturally, I'll vote for Fang Siyan."
Returning things to their original owner, he offended no one.
Ding Ruola suddenly couldn't understand Bai Lijingming's purpose. She glanced at Fang Siyan.
At this critical moment, how could the man still be in the mood to play with his phone.
"Count Xu Siyan's vote as the Xu family's. Xiao Fang, you..."
The old man was just about to speak when his words were interrupted.
"Why wasn't I invited to the shareholders' meeting!"
A clear voice came from the door. The boy was in casual clothes and wearing a baseball cap.
He leaned lazily against the door frame.
"Brother, tell me what's going on now!"
"What's there to tell? Vote for me!"
When Xu Changning saw the boy leaning against the door, his face darkened. He grabbed the boy and pressed him into a chair.
The boy was sitting opposite Ding Ruola.
Their eyes met. The fragments of memory in Ding Ruola's mind pieced together. She was just about to mention what happened that night, but the boy made a silent gesture to her.
"Who did you vote for?"
The boy flicked away the hand pressing on his shoulder with his arm. He stood up from his seat and pointed his slender finger at Ding Ruola's face.
Ding Ruola was startled by the man's sudden movement. She didn't know what to say or do for a moment.
Xu Siyan waved at Ding Ruola. Only then did Ding Ruola come to her senses.
"Him..."
The boy gave Fang Siyan a meaningful look. He smacked his lips and looked embarrassed.
"Then it's him!"
Xu Changning almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. He didn't expect Xu Siyan to make such an extreme decision.
"Do you want to think about it again!"
Xu Changning forced a smile on his face, which was completely different from before.
The boy burst out laughing. "Do I still need to think? A man who only thinks about interests when dealing with his relatives, not to mention you people who are not even related."
Xu Siyan's words woke up the dreamers!
The old shareholders suddenly saw the light. They might be secretly glad now that the decision - making power was still in Fang Siyan's hands.
After the meeting ended, there were only three people left in the meeting room.
The Fang couple and Xu Siyan.
"Thank you for last night!"
The boy lowered his head, looking a bit embarrassed. He raised his hand to scratch the back of his head, trying to ease the awkwardness with this physical movement.
Maybe because he couldn't see himself, he never knew how silly this action of his was.
"Thank you also for today!"
The boy waved his hand, indicating that he didn't help Ding Ruola on purpose today. He just simply liked to oppose Xu Changning.
Only in this way would he feel comfortable in his heart and feel that he was worthy of his dead mother.
Fang Siyan stood aside, observing Ding Ruola's every move. He was grateful for Xu Siyan's help, but this man had impure motives towards Ding Ruola. He felt a bit unhappy in his heart.