I've been reborn, but you still think I'm a PUA?

Xu Yang was driving and preparing to return to the studio when he received a message from Nora on the way.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu is very angry today and doesn't look well. I'm worried he might have a seizure. Would you like to come to the company?"

Xu Haixing is angry?

Xu Yang stepped on the brakes and replied: "What's going on?"

"The company's shareholders' meeting will be held at the end of the month, and now is the proposal stage of the meeting. Mr. Qian has joined forces with six other shareholders to propose an early dividend distribution. This matter is so complicated, you'd better come quickly!"

When Jiaxing Film and Television was first established, it was not well-received. There were only eight small bosses from Jianghai City who invested in Xu Haixing and Zhou Jia.

These eight bosses are the eight shareholders today.

After barely saving enough funds, Xu Haixing and Zhou Jia worked hard and quickly turned the unknown Jiaxing Film and Television into a company with a market value of over 40 million today. After Zhou Jia's death, her % stake was inherited by Xu Yang.

Jiaxing Films is busy with business, and the shareholders' meeting decided to distribute dividends at the end of each year.

This decision has been in use for twenty years.

Over the past twenty years, the eight shareholders have received dividends once a year, and each dividend is enough to support them for a year.

But now everything is fine, why does the shareholders' meeting propose to distribute dividends in advance?

Xu Yang felt a little uneasy, turned the car around and drove towards Jiaxing Film and Television Building.

……

an hour ago.

In the conference hall, the only people who came to submit proposals were Zhang Lei, Lao Qian and Lao Liu, three shareholders.

Xu Haixing walked into the meeting room: "Director Zhang, Lao Qian, why are you here in person?"

Zhang Lei is not only a shareholder, but also the chairman of another company, so everyone usually calls him Mr. Zhang.

Director Zhang smiled casually. He would come to the proposal stage every year. What was so strange about that?

The strange one is Lao Qian. He hasn't filed a case in more than ten years. What happened this year?

"Old Xu, you came at the perfect time. I just happened to have something to show you."

Old Qian smiled, took out the prepared document from his briefcase, and glanced at Director Zhang beside him: "Director Zhang is here too, you can take a look too."

As he spoke, everyone's curiosity focused on the document.

However, upon opening the document and seeing the bolded words on the first page, 'Proposal to change dividends from once a year to twice a year,' Xu Haixing and Director Zhang froze in unison and turned to ask, "Old Qian, are you kidding?"

Calculating dividends for shareholders every year is a huge project, requiring several departments of the company to work around the clock for a month before the dividend money can be deposited into the accounts of each shareholder.

Therefore, Xu Haixing set the dividend distribution in December every year. While distributing dividends to shareholders, he also held an annual meeting to settle year-end bonuses for employees to reward them for their hard work throughout the year.

Employees work overtime for a month just to distribute dividends to shareholders.

If you don't give them any rewards, employees will inevitably feel unbalanced.

Year-end bonuses can be used to retain employees while distributing dividends at the end of the year. But what kind of reward should be used for the extra dividend?

Employees are not fools. They have to do such a huge workload of calculating dividends, but in the end they don’t get any benefits. After a long time, employees will naturally complain and even think about changing jobs.

The only way to retain these employees is to increase company benefits.

The cost of increasing company benefits is too high, but if we don’t increase them, it will have an impact on the company’s future development.

In short, the proposal to change the dividend frequency is not a wise choice for the company.

That's why Mr. Zhang and Xu Haixing thought Lao Qian was joking.

But Lao Qian is a shareholder, and the result of this proposal is only to reduce his payment from once a year to once every six months. He still gets every penny he deserves. The ones who suffer are the company's employees, and the impact is also borne by Xu Haixing.

So, what does it have to do with him? Why would he be joking?

"Old Xu, Director Zhang, I'm not kidding you!"

As he spoke, Lao Qian turned to the last page of the document.

On that page, seven names were signed under the proposer, the first of which was Lao Qian himself, and a red fingerprint was pressed on each name.

Lao Liu, who was standing beside Lao Qian, took out a pen and handed it to Director Zhang. "We are serious about this proposal. Director Zhang, as a small shareholder, you get to decide whether or not to sign it!"

Seeing this, Xu Haixing and Director Zhang knew that they came prepared.

"What are you signing?"

Director Zhang slapped away the pen that Lao Liu handed him and looked at Lao Qian in confusion. "Lao Qian, you've lost your mind, haven't you? Don't you know that doing this will reduce the company's efficiency? By doing this, you'll get more distributions, but do you think you'll get more money?"

"Your behavior, in other words, is a waste of time and money! You're stupid!"

"No wonder you didn't invite Old Xu to your last dinner. I've figured it out. You've grown wings and want to go it alone!"

Old Qian was a little unhappy and retorted: "You can't say such harsh words!"

"As a shareholder, I propose increasing the frequency of dividends. What's wrong with that? Besides, I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Look—"

He pointed at the signature and red handprint on the paper and said, "The other six shareholders agree with me. I just put forward their opinions! Director Zhang, Old Xu, Jiaxing Film and Television is not just you!"

"you--"

After hearing what Lao Qian said, Mr. Zhang became angry.

At this moment, Xu Haixing spoke: "Calm down!"

Xu Haixing frowned and looked at Lao Qian: "Lao Qian, just tell me what you think."

"Then I'll be frank."

Lao Qian sat down on the chair, looking nonchalant. "Lao Xu, you can't be unaware of the decline in Hongyun Energy's stock price, right?"

To be honest, Xu Haixing really didn't know.

Ever since Xu Yang told him not to worry about it and to wait and see the results at the end of the month, he has never paid any attention to this stock again.

"I know an Ivy League graduate with a degree in economics. He analyzed Hongyun Energy's stock for me and said a few days ago that this stock was bound to plummet. Look, hasn't it come true?"

Director Zhang interrupted him, "I know. Isn't it Zhao Kang, the man your son Qian Dong introduced? What does he have to do with this proposal?"

"Why doesn't it matter?"

Old Qian sighed, "Old Xu, I warned you long ago not to listen to your son's nonsense and follow me to invest in Guangda, but you refused to believe me. Now, Hongyun's stock has plummeted, and the three hundred million you invested will be wasted! It's not that we don't trust you, but we don't trust your son Xu Yang!"

Old Xu only invested 300 million, but who knows if Xu Yang invested anything? And how much did he invest?

Moreover, Xu Yang also holds 40% of Jiaxing Film and Television's shares. What if he gets possessed one day and uses the company's money for investment?

Instead of waiting for Xu Yang to bankrupt the company, it would be better for them, the small shareholders, to take the dividends as soon as possible and find a way to get out so as not to lose everything.

Xu Haixing was so angry that he laughed. It was about investment again!