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Huayu’s annual meeting was held as scheduled.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the staff stopped their work and set off early from Huayu Building to Yuxi Lake Guest House.

The venue is spacious, like an indoor track and field stadium, with colorful lights shining down, making the entire interior full of brilliance.

At the front of the stage, an oversized electronic display screen was playing Huayu’s past and present, as well as the New Year’s greeting videos shot in advance by various departments.

Dozens or even hundreds of round tables were surrounded by the crowds that poured into the venue.

The bank employees who arrived early took their seats, some sipping tea and wine, some admiring their colleagues on the big screen, and chatting in groups of three or four.

"I heard that Madam Zhou will also be there. She is probably in her seventies or eighties. I haven't seen her yet."

"Madam Zhou has made great contributions to Huayu's success today. Remember to toast her later. The old lady likes to hear flattery. You all should think of something nice to say."

"By the way, you can't mention Mr. Zhou. Once a young man mentioned Mr. Zhou to Mrs. Zhou, and the next day I heard that he left the bank."

"If you can't talk, just drink and smile more. Look over there, senior party officials are coming over here."

Nearing six o'clock, several BMWs and Bentleys slowly drove in outside the banquet hall's door.

The old lady put on her cloak in the car, was helped out of the car, and walked into the lively yet orderly venue.

Behind the old lady, Huayu Chairman Zhou Chunsheng and his wife Luo Zijin also entered the venue.

Then we saw that starting from the last row of the venue, Huayu employees stood up like mushrooms after rain, and either bowed or looked up to Old Mrs. Zhou.

A graceful, serious old lady.

As we all know, Huayu Bank was originally founded by Mr. Zhou, but its decades of development and current prosperity are inseparable from the protection of this old lady.

Looking at this scene, the old lady's heart was filled with pride, but her face remained expressionless.

Arriving at the main table near the stage, the old lady sat down and looked at her handsome and elegant grandson, praising him: "Xixiang is young and promising. I am relieved that Huayu is under your leadership!"

Zhou Xixiang smiled and said, "Thank you grandma for your affirmation. It is because of my dad's achievements over the past 20 to 30 years that I can take over smoothly today."

Before Zhou Chunsheng sat down at the main table, he was pulled to the side of the stage for a chat by several small shareholders.

"Huayu's stock repurchase is good news. You can see that the stock price has risen in the past few days after the news was released."

"It's not that we can't sell the stocks we have. We want to discuss with Jay Chou whether we can buy them at 1.5 times the current price. If it's OK, I can immediately find tens of thousands of shares for Jay Chou."

"Or else, according to the current trend, everyone wants to keep it on hand. What do you think, Jay Chou?"

Zhou Chunsheng frowned slightly, and after a little thought, he said, "No less than 20 million shares. If you can raise this number, we can talk about it. The longer the time, the lower the price."

"It seems that Mr. Jay is really anxious. Okay, leave it to us. We will have a reply tomorrow."

Zhou Chunsheng returned to the main table and sat down. Luo Zijin was about to ask him if he had seen Yongan and Qingwen when he saw another person coming over and calling Zhou Chunsheng away.

Luo Zijin searched for his son in the venue.

Before coming to the venue, Zhou Yongan went to the Human Resources Department and was told that Li Qingwen had already arrived at the venue.

Don't wait for him?

When he arrived at the scene, he got out of the car and did not follow his grandmother and father into the venue. Instead, he stood outside the door and called Lin Sen.

Lin Sen came out from the backstage with a red scarf around his neck. He took it off and handed it to Zhou Yongan: "This is the scarf you need to wear when you go on stage to receive the award later."

Zhou Yongan hung it around his neck obediently.

"Two minutes to go over the precautions from yesterday's rehearsal."

The two men walked into the inner field and stood in the last row. Lin Sen explained it carefully again.

After listening to this, Zhou Yongan calmly stepped onto the red carpet and walked to the front row.

Luo Zijin asked him, "Where is Qingwen?"

Zhou Yongan saw his name tag, glanced at several nearby name tags, and didn't see Li Qingwen's: "Let me ask."

He sat down and sent a message to Li Qingwen: [Where are you? ]

Li Qingwen quickly replied: [You can see me when you look up]

Zhou Yongan's seat was facing away from the stage. When he looked up, he saw Li Qingwen sitting at a round table in the second row.

He stood up and walked over to her table.

At this time, the lights in the venue dimmed and two hosts came on stage to open the show.

The whole place was silent.

Zhou Yongan walked over to Li Qingwen and patted Old Wu on the shoulder. When Old Wu saw that it was him, he immediately stood up and gave him his seat.

"Why are you sitting here? There are several empty seats in front." Zhou Yongan obviously hadn't looked at the seating chart yet.

Old Wu was standing aside. Li Qingwen glanced at him, feeling awkward, and hurriedly advised Zhou Yongan: "Everyone will be seated soon, go back quickly."

Zhou Yongan: "Are you sure you want to sit here?"

Li Qingwen nodded.

Because he didn't know that his grandmother was involved in this matter, Zhou Yongan just thought that she was following the arrangements of previous years and was used to sitting with these old colleagues, so he went along with her wishes.

When he obediently retreated to the main table, he saw a familiar face sitting next to his seat.

Female CEO Zhao waved and greeted Zhou Yongan.

Zhou Yongan's eyes fell on his grandmother's face. His heart was in turmoil for a moment and he understood everything in an instant.

He looked around and saw that all the Zhou family members were at the main table, along with a few shareholders and company CEOs, but there was no room for Li Qingwen.

Zhou Yongan's face suddenly turned darker than the dim conference room.

The first part of the annual meeting, the commendation meeting, was announced on the stage. Before the meeting started, the host invited Zhou Chunsheng and Zhou Xixiang to give speeches on stage.

Zhou Chunsheng, who always looked dignified, stepped onto the steps and walked to the center of the stage. He had a calm aura that only middle-aged men could have, which was fully reflected in him.

But today is the annual meeting after all, an occasion that requires taking care of both customers and employees. Facing the thousands of faces in the audience, Zhou Chunsheng's serious face rarely revealed a friendly smile.

He briefly reviewed several major initiatives of Huayu this year, including digital transformation, retail transformation, and the innovation of customer service concepts. He then looked forward to the future of Huayu, praised the fighting spirit of the employees, and affirmed their efforts, believing that Huayu would not be what it is today without the presence of every soldier on the scene.

Zhou Chunsheng: "Finally, I hope that everyone can have a good meal, drink and have fun here today."

Zhou Xixiang took the stage amid applause.

In contrast to Zhou Chunsheng's friendly smile, Zhou Xixiang remained calm, gentle and serious after taking the stage. Because his voice was so gentle, he did not appear very serious.

The phone on the table vibrated. Li Qingwen lowered his head and opened it. He saw the message from Zhou Yongan: [It's just a polite remark. Do you need to take it so seriously? ]

Li Qingwen's gaze moved to the main table in front and met a pair of resentful eyes.

As if attracted by something beautiful, her eyes fell on a lady next to Zhou Yongan.

Surprisingly, it was the person I saw when I was having dinner at the green space.

It turns out that she is the representative of the Datata Group.