After entering the hall, Arya paused. She found that the place was very different from the K&T Materials.
The name was no longer K&T Materials but the K&T Inc.
All twenties floors were owned by the K&T Inc.
The receptionist saw her and asked, "May I have your name?"
Arya said coolly, "I'm here for the shareholders meeting."
Though the receptionist had not seen her before, she dared not to underestimate her because she claimed to be a shareholder. So she called Richard's secretary.
The receptionist may not know. But Richard's secretary clearly know how many shareholders there were in the company.
Except for Xavier, everyone else was present.
When the secretary received the call, she immediately informed Richard.
In the huge conference room, the shareholders were still talking about it. From time to time, they paltered with Richard and said that they would elect a new president to manage the company.
The secretary pushed the door open and walked directly to Richard, whispering to him, "There's a person downstairs who claims to be a shareholder."
Richard was stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize who the person was. "Harriet must have convinced Xavier. Go and pick her up."
The secretary nodded and left the conference room.
Richard suddenly became very confident and didn't take a small detail into account that if it was Xavier, the receptionist would definitely know him and not called him.
Some shareholders jumped on the bandwagon. They thought Richard had a way to get the company out of trouble.
So someone flattered, "Actually, Mr. Harrison, you have made a great contribution to the company in the past few years. Because of your relationship with the Jones Group, our company benefited a lot. We should believe Mr. Harrison can still solve the difficulties we have encountered."
Orlando hated such a fence-sitter, so he retorted, "As the president of the company, if he can't shape a good future for the company and shareholders, why should we elect him as the president?"
The objection against Richard seemed much weaker.
Seeing that he looked confident, people were not sure if he had a way to move the company out of the current predicament.
Richard glanced coldly at the dozen shareholders below. "You guys go on, and I will think about your advice."
The shareholder who had finished his speech right now saw that Richard was confident and began to run against the shareholder who had just attacked him. "Orlando, Come on, let me see how capable you are. Don't forget that Mr. Harrison brought the company back to life because of his relationship with Xavier when the company was at the edge of bankruptcy. Now that the company has just had a little crisis, you're making things difficult for Mr. Harrison. Isn't it too inhumane?"
The man paused for a moment. Seeing that Richard looked very happy, he became even more unscrupulous. "If you have the ability, you can be the president. How about increasing the revenue by ten percent for our shareholders in a year?"
Richard created six percent for shareholders at its peak when he made use of his relationship with the Jones Group.
He was sure that Orlando couldn't do it.
"Okay, but can you live up to your words?"
Orlando was the youngest of the dozen shareholders and had just taken over the shares from his father.
He was young, arrogant, and ambitious.
But with the shares in his hands, he was not even qualified to be the president at all.
That man was rendered speechless. Indeed, he didn't have any power.
He said this because he wanted to humiliate Orlando. No one thought that he would dare to promise him.
At this moment, Richard opened his mouth and said unkindly, "You have a big ambition. When your father was here, he was not as presumptuous as you."
Orlando shrugged.
His father was incompetent and achieved nothing throughout his life while Orlando was different from his father for he had ambition.
It was only because he didn't have much power. Even if he had the ability, it would be useless.
"We are different. What he could not do doesn't mean I could not."
The reason why this group of people challenged Richard when the company encountered a crisis was because of Richard's poor ability.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have suffered that devastating blow four years ago.
It was because of Richard's mismanagement.
The reason why the company didn't fall was that his daughter had a relationship with Xavier. The company could come back to life.
Over the years, the company's performance was all thanks to the Jones Group's support. Otherwise, the company would have gone to bankruptcy under Richard's management.
So when the Jones Group didn't pay much attention to K&T Inc, the little company would be in great danger.
These shareholders realized it and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to replace him. But Xavier was behind him.
Looking at his calm demeanor, they were afraid that the crisis would be averted.
this crisis would be averted.
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