Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

Old Master Xiao couldn't hold back and came to America to meet me. I went to the banquet alone. When I left, Rong Zixuan looked at me with the same tragic look as the Prince of Yan bidding farewell to Jing Ke. I told him not to worry, I would be back soon. I went to the hotel private room. Old Master Xiao sat in the main seat, leaving the last seat for me, clearly looking down on me.

I sat down calmly and saw a young man next to Mr. Xiao. I said to him curiously, "Hey, new face?"

"Hello, my name is Xiao Tai!" Xiao Tai wanted to stand up, but was stopped by Old Man Xiao.

"Are you the fifth son of the Xiao family?"

"Correct!"

"So why did your father and brother ask me to come here today?"

Xiao Tai looked at Grandpa Xiao, but Grandpa Xiao didn't say a word. Xiao Feng spoke first, "We want to use the shares of our subsidiary company to exchange for the shares of Fang Chuan in your hands!" Xiao Feng waved his hand, and his secretary handed the plan to me.

I didn't even look at it and refused directly, "I won't exchange this share!"

"Why don't you change it!" Xiao Feng shouted loudly.

"Why should I?" I took a sip of water and replied calmly, "The shares are in my hands. I'm free to decide how to dispose of them! Who are you to say anything?"

"It's no use for you to ask for Fang Chuan's shares!"

"Heh!" I sneered, "Xiao Feng, I rely on myself to get to where I am today, not on my father. Don't I know whether Fang Chuan's shares are useful or not?" I not only retorted Xiao Feng but also mocked him in passing.

"Why should an outsider like you hold shares in Fang Chuan?"

"I earned it through my own ability! And you're trading rotten fruit for the fat meat in my hand. Do you think I'm a fool?"

"Fangchuan was built by my father with great effort. You stole my shares by despicable means. You are shameless!"

"Fangchuan was won by your father with great efforts, but how could you lose it so easily? And I have to correct you, Fangchuan was not won by your father alone, but also by the efforts of others! For example, Mr. Zhang Jian! And Mr. Zhang's son is much better than you!" I looked at Mr. Xiao with an intriguing look, and Mr. Xiao understood what I meant.

"Tell me, what do you want?" Old Master Xiao's tone was still so majestic.

"I don't want anything. I got Fang Chuan's shares and I just want to share the dividends honestly!"

"Name a price!" Old Master Xiao still ordered in an imperative tone.

"I said I won't sell it!"

"I told you to name a price!" Old Master Xiao finally gave me the order directly.

"Mr. Xiao, I respect you as an elder and Xiao Yuan's father, so I still respect you. But please don't speak to me in that commanding tone! You and I are equals! I am neither your subordinate nor your son, so you can't order me around!"

"You are also my junior! What if I give you orders?"

"Even though we're juniors, we're still strangers. Your harsh orders make me uncomfortable!"

"Do you want me to beg you humbly?" Old Master Xiao replied expressionlessly.

"First of all, I'm a guest. According to table etiquette, you gave me the lowest seat, even lower than your secretary's. You're looking down on me! Secondly, you've been ordering me to sell my shares. I don't owe you anything, and I'm not your appendage. You have no right to give me orders! In short, you've shown me no respect at all!"

"You want us to respect you after what you've done?" Xiao Feng said disdainfully.

"Since you don't want to respect me, why did you call me here?" I pretended to be suddenly enlightened, "Oh, it's not a negotiation, but an insult, right? You think I can't defeat you big shots! You called me here to insult me, right?" I pretended to be very angry.

"So what if it is!" Xiao Feng said shamelessly. Xiao Tai next to him was shocked. Xiao Yuan, Xiao Ke and Xiao Min didn't dare to breathe and just watched silently.

"Okay! Now you have achieved your goal! Are you satisfied?" I continued to pretend to be angry.

"Uh, Wei Qing, we are here today mainly to talk to you about the issue of Fangchuan shares. My brother is just saying this in anger, please don't take it to heart!" Xiao Tai wanted to be a peacemaker and give me a way out.

"Really? Your dad acquiesced to all this happening, your eldest brother spoke out, your other brothers remained silent, and then you came out to play the good guy. You all agreed and thought I couldn't see it!" I stood up angrily, "Grandpa Xiao! I'll remember the insult you gave me today, don't blame me for being ruthless in the future!"

Old Master Xiao remained silent, and Xiao Feng continued to confront me, "How dare you challenge my father? You were just lucky enough to cheat me out of my shares. Don't think you're that great!"

"Okay! I'm not very good, and you, Xiao Feng, are the best! Goodbye!" After saying that, I left.

I breathed a sigh of relief after I got out. It turns out the legendary Xiao Du was just a paper tiger! He was trying to bluff me! He thought his cold attitude and tough tone could scare me. How ridiculous! He thought this was his time!

The next day, Zhang Jian and other shareholders convened a shareholders' meeting in Hegang, demanding the removal of Xiao Feng from the position of executive director due to recent performance. Even though Xiao and his son were absent, the required number of shareholders was present, and the shareholders unanimously passed a resolution to remove Xiao Feng from the position of executive director. However, several major shareholders had their own agendas and wanted to nominate their own candidates for the position of executive director, so no executive director was elected.

When Old Master Xiao learned about this, he was incredulous. He couldn't believe the shareholders would remove his heir while he was away! This deeply hurt his proud heart! He had already met with all the shareholders before coming to the United States, and they had promised him they wouldn't make any moves. How could everything change in the blink of an eye?

Mr. Xiao has been semi-retired for years, leaving the company to his sons. Apparently, his presence has faded! Without Mr. Xiao at the helm, the shareholders simply ignore his sons! The shareholders want profits, which his sons can't deliver, so naturally, they can't tolerate him remaining in such a high position! As a last resort, he asked me to meet again to discuss my shares.

During this meeting, they specifically reserved the seat next to the main chair for me, but I gestured to a secretary to stand up and take his seat. Although Mr. Xiao forced a smile and asked me to sit next to him, I directly said in a sarcastic tone that I was not worthy of sitting next to him, and he could only endure my ridicule.

"Tell me! What are you trying to do?" I sat down impatiently.

"We want to discuss the shares of Fangchuan that you hold. Just name your price!" Old Master Xiao said with a forced smile, and his smile was extremely forced, uglier than crying!

"Wow! Why did you make a 180-degree turn this time? It was you, Mr. Xiao, who spoke personally. It wasn't like this last time! You were so majestic last time! How could you change in just a few days? Who can tell me what happened?" I answered sarcastically.

"Wei Qing, you..." Xiao Feng was about to confront me but was stopped by Old Man Xiao.

"Mr. Xiao, please let him finish!"

Old Master Xiao could only smile and say, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. My eldest son is quite impulsive!"

"So why did you choose such a mediocre person as your heir? The second son is much more outstanding than him now. The third and fourth sons can also stand on their own with some training. I think the fifth son has good potential and a promising future. The subsequent sons are more outstanding than each other, so why did you have to choose the eldest son? Do you owe him something? They are all sons, but why do you arrange this and that for the eldest son as soon as he graduates, and give him shares non-stop? While the other sons have to work hard to complete several major projects before they can get a tiny bit of the leftovers? As a parent, you should treat everyone equally!"

"Yes! But I have my own reasons for doing this. Can you discuss the shares of Fangchuan you hold? We really need it!"

"Wow! Why is the high-and-mighty Mr. Xiao groveling like that today? Did you find out that your old comrades don't listen to you? Or that your partners have backstabbed you? Or that the shares I hold are crucial and can influence the election of the executive director, and even affect your Xiao family's control over Fang Chuan?"

"We were wrong last time! I thought you were just an opportunistic girl, but I didn't expect you to be much more capable than I imagined! A person in his twenties can understand human nature so well and be good at business! I'm very sorry for offending you before!" Old Master Xiao apologized reluctantly.

"You didn't realize that you were wrong, but you realized that you had to pay the price for provoking the wrong person! Why haven't you learned the lesson of the Cheng family? You have to be on the verge of death to repent!" I continued to retort with contempt.

"You are all right! But these shares..." Mr. Xiao kept talking about shares, so I kept him hanging.

"Tell me, why did you change your mind? You haven't told me yet!"

"I thought that with my status, the old people in the company should listen to me, and my partners have supported me for so many years, but I didn't expect that no one would support me this time," said Mr. Xiao helplessly.

"You just realized! Your time has passed! People are gone and the tea is forgotten. This world is just so realistic!"

"Yes, yes! This share..."

I interrupted Mr. Xiao, "Old man! You're quite capable, but you're too dictatorial and overbearing! You insist on having your own way! You rarely listen to other people's opinions. You were like that when you were young, but you did achieve results, so people had no choice but to put up with it. When you got old, you wanted your son to take over, but unfortunately, your son inherited your dictatorial and overbearing personality, and hasn't achieved the same outstanding results as you. Naturally, people are not convinced! This company was built by everyone working together, not by you, Xiao Du, alone! Why would you hand over the empire we all built to a mediocre person? Why would you ruin everyone's hard work? Moreover, Zhang Jian's son, Zhang Sen, is very outstanding, and none of your five sons can compare to him. And your son is in such a high position, people are even more dissatisfied!"

"I'm very pleased that Ayuan can achieve such good results with your help!" Old Man Xiao didn't have the confidence to refute me, so he could only change the subject.

"Then why are you suppressing Xiao Yuan so much?"

"I'm doing this for his own good! Otherwise he would have gotten carried away!"

"Then why don't you teach Xiao Feng a lesson? Xiao Feng has been getting carried away for a long time!"

"Afeng and Ayuan have different personalities and require different types of education."

"Wow! That's the best excuse I've ever heard for my bias!" I sneered.

"It's time to get back to what's going on between us!" Old Master Xiao wanted to bring the topic back, but I pretended not to hear him.

"Look at Zhang Jian's children. They're so united! They wholeheartedly support Zhang Sen. Why? Zhang Jian treats them equally! And as the eldest brother, Zhang Sen is also very capable, and he has convinced his brothers! Can your boss convince his younger brothers like them? Can you treat your sons equally and prevent them from harboring resentment? Look at your sons. They're a disunited bunch! How can you take over the company?"

I scolded Old Man Xiao for over two hours, and he just listened obediently. I felt so good! He was so arrogant last time, but now he has to sit in front of me and listen to my lecture! I guess I said what Xiao Yuan and the others really wanted to say. They listened with smugness, and from time to time they were secretly happy.

Finally, I responded to the issue of shares that Mr. Xiao was most concerned about.

"How about it?"

"Do not sell!"

"I've listened to so much of your nonsense, and you're just kidding me?" Old Master Xiao said, suppressing his anger.

"You're not pretending anymore? But listen to me first! Mr. Zhang and I exchanged shares. I now hold 31% of Fang Chuan's shares, making me Fang Chuan's largest shareholder! Why did Mr. Zhang exchange shares with me? Because they are going to immigrate, I exchanged shares of the overseas company with them, so Zhang Sen will not participate in the subsequent election of executive director. But as a major shareholder, I have the right to vote! You'd better show me some respect!"

When the news came out, everyone present was shocked.

"Xiao Feng unreasonably alienated Xiao Yuan and me, but I've already avenged that vengeance, and we're even now. However, he's too overbearing and won't listen to advice, making him unsuitable for the executive director position at this time. Xiao Ke is capable and old enough to exercise, so I nominate Xiao Ke as a candidate. It's up to you whether you'll campaign for him or not!"

"Really?" Xiao Ke looked at me in disbelief.

"Ake is not bad! But..." Old Master Xiao sighed helplessly.

"I'm curious why you've been obsessed with Xiao Feng, but why you've trained him to be like this!"

"It's the rule that the eldest son inherits, and it can't be messed up!" Old Master Xiao said firmly.

"Old man! Times have changed! Now it's the capable who gets promoted! It's not based on seniority!"

"I admit that the world is now ruled by you young people! But I still stick to my own principles!"

"Your era has ended. Now is our era. Forget about your old-fashioned principles and rules! Look how Xiao Yuan surpassed you in such a short time. Why? Because we keep up with the trend of the times! We follow the Internet and grasp big data! These are all products of the times! Your previous principles and experiences are no longer applicable to this era!"

"Afeng is very good, but I don't know why he became like this!"

"Then I don't care about the reason for his change. I'm a shareholder. If you can't generate profits, then step down from that position!"

"He has good abilities and is excellent. Can you give him another chance?" I was a little moved when I saw an old father recommending his son so enthusiastically.

"But he has been dismissed now. If he wants to get back to his original position, he can only make achievements and then compete with others!"

"Okay! I get it! I will campaign for Ake!" Old Master Xiao had no choice but to compromise in the end.

In the end, we ended the meeting very peacefully. After I walked out, Xiao Ke ran out to thank me.

"Don't be too happy. Your father has chosen your eldest brother as the heir. You're just a stand-in now. To prevent management rights from falling into the hands of others, your father had no choice but to choose you. He will definitely return to the company to take charge of the overall situation. You're just a figurehead. The real power will still be in your father's hands. When the time is right, your father will hand over the power to your eldest brother again! But don't lose heart. You can learn more from your father. When you have the ability, you will be wanted anywhere!"

Xiao Ke stood there in a daze. I didn’t know whether he heard what I said or not.

Finally, the dust settled on the personnel changes at Fangchuan Group. Xiao Ke was elected Executive Director, and Old Master Xiao returned to the fold, remaining the de facto leader. But no matter who reigns in Fangchuan, the ultimate winner is me, the majority shareholder! But while I'm triumphant, Rong Zixuan is frustrated. I was expanding my territory up front, only to find a fire in my backyard!