Chapter 355 - Chapter 355: Going to pick someone up (1)
Chapter 355: Going to pick someone up (1)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Although Zhen Yiping was the chairman of Zhen Group, he had always been kind to his subordinates, even warm.
Most of the time, he had a smile on his face. Even when he was angry, his eyes were never so cold.
In other words, the people who could see his anger were usually the people he regarded as his left and right arms, his most trusted people, such as Zhen Chongming, Xu Kejing, and Tang Bochuan.
Moreover, Zhen Yiping was even more tolerant toward his trusted aides, especially those like Zhen Chongming who had old ties with the Zhen family.
It was not a matter of principle. Even if he made a mistake, he would usually turn a blind eye.
However, Zhen Chongming had bribed some of his partners to mess up the company’s cooperation which cost hundreds of billions of Yuan, crossing Zhen Yiping’s bottom line.
Zhen Yiping saw the change in Zhen Chongming’s expression, but he didn’t say a word, which meant he was admitting his actions. Zhen Yiping was heartbroken, but he also felt that this was hateful.
“Zhen Chongming, you’ve really disappointed me.”
Zhen Yiping never had much patience for people who crossed the line, and he didn’t want to waste time on such people, so he went straight to the point, “Since you’ve done something for the group in the past, I won’t deal with this matter in public. You can resign and return the group shares under your name. My secretary will get the group’s lawyer to talk to you.”
“The shares under my name were given to me by your father back then.”
Zhen Chongming’s eyes darkened. “Who are you to take it away?”
“You still have the face to mention my father.”
Zhen Yiping’s face also darkened, “What you want to break is the company’s contract that is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. I’m already giving my father face by letting you keep some of the shares and not handing the evidence to the police to put you in jail.”
“You’re afraid that my matter will cause a negative impact on Zhen Group, right?”
Zhen Chongming snorted. “Otherwise, with your personality, you would have killed me long ago.”
Zhen Yiping laughed coldly, “My personality? I’ve already been indulgent enough to you old people! You’re in-laws with Zhen Yuantang. Do you really think I don’t know that you’ve provided Zhen Yuantang’s companies with conveniences in violation of the group’s rules? I didn’t drive you away back then and only transferred you to the Supervision Bureau, but you’re still not satisfied?”
Zhen Yuantang was the younger brother of Zhen Yiping’s father. He used to be a person of high status in the group.
At first, Zhen Yiping was very tolerant of his uncle and wanted to get along with him, but the other party was too ambitious. A few years ago, when Zhen Yiping was hospitalized, he actually tried to stir up a storm in the group to change the ‘master’.
Fortunately, with the help of Old Lady Zhen, Zhen Yiping managed to hold on to his sickly body and regain his footing. Otherwise, there would’ve been no place for him anymore in Zhen Group today.
After the storm subsided, there was a big change in the group’s top management. It had nothing to do with the Zhen family, and the young Tang Bochuan was promoted at that time.
Almost everyone who had a close relationship with Zhen Yuantang had been removed from the group, except for Zhen Chongming.
Zhen Chongming had no children after being married for many years, so he had to adopt a girl. When the girl grew up, she fell in love with Zhen Yuantang’s youngest son and insisted on marrying him no matter how much the family opposed it. In the end, Zhen Chongming and Zhen Yuantang became in-laws.
Originally, Zhen Chongming should have been on the list of people to be eliminated. However, he wasn’t deeply involved in the plot to ‘change the master’ of Zhen Group. Secondly, he had indeed made great contributions to the Zhen family.
Therefore, Zhen Yiping didn’t go too far. He only transferred Zhen Chongming out of the Board of Directors and gave him a rather high position, which was Chairman of the Supervision Bureau.
It was a pity that Zhen Chongming did not appreciate it. After so many years, he still stood on the opposite side.
“Content? I used to be in charge of so many projects, but now that I’m in the Supervision Bureau, I’m just an idle person! You might as well have fired me back then!”
Zhen Chongming said angrily, “We both have the same surname, ‘Zhen’. We’re both from the same family. You said it yourself, your father once treated me as his son and you treated me as your brother. However, in your eyes, I’m not even as good as Xu Kejing or that brat Tang Bochuan who is still wet behind the ears!”
“It’s fine that you trust those people,” Zhen Chongming said, pointing at Shen Hanyu angrily. “But now you’ve found this man from nowhere, and it seems like you’re training him as your successor. We can’t stand it that you’re giving Zhen Group to an outsider! We will not allow it!”
Shen Hanyu furrowed his brows slightly and rubbed his teacup indifferently. He didn’t even bother to explain.
However, Zhen Yiping laughed in anger. “A man from nowhere? Zhen Chongming, I remember telling you that Hanyu is the only son of my second sister, Yixin. He is my nephew. You’re only a few years older than me, so your memory shouldn’t be this bad, right?”
“I didn’t see any evidence, and I didn’t see any DNA reports.”
“Even if he’s Yixin’s son, his last name is Shen, not Zhen. Zhen Group’s assets should be inherited by the Zhen family, not by an outsider!” Zhen Chongming said.
“So, this is the reason why you joined hands with Zhen Yuantang and broke the contract at the cost of 100 million Yuan?”
Zhen Yiping looked at Zhen Chongming coldly. “Zhen Chongming, I think you and Zhen Yuantang misunderstood something. I have the final say in this group now. It’s not up to you to decide who I want to hand it over to.”
His gaze was as sharp as a blade as he glared at Zhen Chongming. His words were as cold and ruthless as his gaze. “Go back and tell Zhen Yuantang to proceed with your resignations. Otherwise, I’ll make you lose your place in the capital!”
Zhen Chongming’s face was livid.
The secretary who had been waiting outside the door came in and said politely, “I’ll take you to the Human Resources Department to handle the resignation procedures. The lawyer has been waiting for you for a long time.”
Zhen Chongming was so angry that he almost fainted.
However, when he saw the bodyguards behind the secretary, he knew that he wouldn’t get anything good out of it. He could only follow the secretary with a dejected face.
“These people don’t know how to do other things, but they’re good at measuring the heart of a gentleman using the heart of a villain.”
Zhen Yiping’s anger had not subsided. “They don’t know how much work Mother and I have done just to convince you to join the corporation.”
However, Shen Hanyu had not relented and insisted on turning Zhen Zhu back to the right path so that he could leave.
“Zhen Chongming’s thoughts probably represent the thoughts of many people in the group.”
Shen Hanyu didn’t think much of it. “It’s indeed more appropriate for the Zhen family to manage their own businesses. I’ll let you know when I hear good news from Zhen Zhu.”
“You still haven’t given up? That child…”
Zhen Yiping didn’t know what to say, and could only let out a long sigh.
He finally understood that the only person who could change Shen Hanyu’s mind was Sang Qianqian.
So, no matter what he said to Shen Hanyu, it would be useless. It was no match for Sang Qianqian’s words.
In the future, he would find an opportunity to let Qianqian talk to Hanyu.
In the evening, Sang Qianqian hurriedly got off work. Jian Han was already waiting outside the hospital.
“I’m not in a hurry to go to the Xie family. I still have to pick up someone.”
Sang Qianqian told Jian Han the location and went straight to Youlin Art Studio to pick up Ruan Xiaoshuang..