Shareholder Meeting

Longcheng International Publishing House was leaderless, and Longcheng Biology was no better off. The chairman and General Manager had been taken away by the police without any warning whatsoever. This was a major incident.

Longcheng Biology's shareholders had no idea what had happened, and all sorts of rumors were flying around.

Longcheng Biology's stock was heavily affected as well, continuing to fall.

The shareholders could no longer sit still and decided to hold a general shareholders' meeting the morning after next.

Meanwhile, Lin Yumo and Guo Yuan were having dinner with Attorney Zhang San, discussing matters related to the case.

According to Attorney Zhang San, they had the video as direct evidence, as well as indirect evidence gathered by Lin Yumo and Su Yurou. The evidence was already enough to form a complete chain, sufficient for a judge to find Wang Qiu, Lin Zhengdong, and Lin Zhengbei guilty of intentional homicide.

Attorney Zhang San said that if a case this well-supplied with evidence were handed to him, the three of them would start with suspended death sentences, while the ringleader would be directly sentenced to death. Unfortunately, he was only handling the civil suit this time, so he had no chance to show off his skills.

Lin Yumo was already very satisfied with this outcome.

Then, Lin Yumo asked Attorney Zhang San about Su Yurou. "Attorney Zhang, I have a friend."

Based on Lin Yumo's account, Su Yurou's greatest offense should have been assisting Wang Qiu with money laundering. Wang Qiu's publishing house often helped clean funds from unknown sources, and in order to gain Wang Qiu's trust, Su Yurou had known about and participated in it.

After hearing this, Attorney Zhang San thought for a moment and said, "Your friend voluntarily turned herself in and actively reported Wang Qiu. That should count as meritorious service to atone for her crimes. Moreover, she never received any money from it and was only following her employer's instructions.

"So, your friend will most likely receive around two years in prison, suspended for two to three years, or a direct sentence of one to two years in prison. The specifics will depend on the judge's ruling."

Lin Yumo breathed a sigh of relief. If it truly turned out as Attorney Zhang San had said, that would be wonderful.

Meanwhile, Lin Yumo's elders only learned why Lin Zhengdong and Lin Zhengbei had been arrested through their lawyers.

Within a single day, Lin Yumo received countless calls, all hoping that she would show mercy and spare her uncles' lives.

To be honest, Lin Yumo had not intended for her uncles to die just yet. In her eyes, letting them die so easily would be letting them off too lightly.

Didn't they love money? They had even killed their own brother for it. Lin Yumo would make sure they were left with nothing.

So Lin Yumo gave them a choice: if the two were willing to give up all their assets, she would be willing to write a letter of forgiveness.

Lin Zhengdong and Lin Zhengbei, who valued money as dearly as their lives, could not possibly agree to those terms. Lin Yumo's other relatives and elders repeatedly tried to persuade her as well.

In the end, Lin Yumo made a small concession. She demanded that the two transfer their shares to her, and she would write a letter of forgiveness. With that letter, they could receive lighter sentences and at least keep their lives.

This time, Lin Zhengdong and Lin Zhengbei agreed. The two had made quite a lot of money from Longcheng Biology. Even without their shares, it would be enough for them to spend after they got out.

Naturally, Lin Yumo knew exactly what the two were plotting, but she urgently needed their shares to obtain veto power in the company. So she could only agree for now.

Once she had stabilized the company, she could deal with them slowly afterward.

(PS: The specific process of the share transfer won't be described here. Generally speaking, transferring shares in a listed company involves several steps: first, reaching an agreement and signing a transfer contract; second, making an information announcement and disclosure within three days; third, applying for exchange approval; and fourth, registering the transfer. The whole process takes a long time, so it is skipped here for the sake of the plot.)

Lin Yumo now held 27.2% of the shares, 5% of which belonged to Su Yurou. Her two uncles held a combined 15.6%, bringing her total to 42.8%.

Given Longcheng Biology's ownership structure, holding more than 34% of the shares gave one veto power. With 42.8%, Lin Yumo could even put herself directly in the chairman's seat.

Unless all the other shareholders joined forces, they would have no way to stop her.

But now that Guo Yuan and the mysterious force behind him were helping her, Lin Yumo was not worried that they would unite.

Early the next morning, Lin Yumo went to attend the shareholders' meeting, and Guo Yuan went to the company with her.

On one hand, he would also hold 15% of Longcheng Biology's shares in the future, so it was only natural for him to attend the meeting as a shareholder. On the other hand, he wanted to use the narrator's prompts during this meeting to get a handle on Longcheng Biology's shareholders.

Lin Yumo and Guo Yuan entered the conference room together, and Longcheng Biology's shareholders all turned to look at them.

By now, they already knew what had happened. Lin Yumo had kept herself so well hidden, yet she had quietly pulled off something this big and brought down her own uncles.

However, the shareholders did not look kindly on Lin Yumo.

To these shareholders, it did not matter whether Lin Zhengnan or Lin Zhengdong was chairman, nor did they care how that chairman had risen to the position. All they cared about was whether the company could make them money.

Lin Yumo's actions had caused the company's stock price to plummet, undoubtedly harming the company's interests. Of course they would not give her a pleasant look!

Lin Yumo did not care. She simply took the first seat on the left.

A few minutes later, all the shareholders had arrived. Someone dressed like a secretary handed out documents to everyone, then said, "Shareholders, these documents show the fluctuations in the company's market value over the past few days. Our stock has now fallen below fifty yuan, and the company's market capitalization has shrunk by 20%.

"What we urgently need to resolve now is this matter. That is also the theme of this shareholders' meeting."

"The most important thing, if we want to eliminate the impact, is to first appoint a new chairman and have him hold a press conference to explain the truth of the matter," said the potbellied man sitting opposite Lin Yumo.

Bai Xinshu, male, fifty-five years old, held 14.7% of Longcheng Biology's shares. He was Lin Yumo's maternal uncle and held the most shares outside the Lin family.

Though he was already fifty-five, he was still vigorous for his age. Behind his devoted wife's back, he had taken two mistresses. In 2019, he bought apartments for those two mistresses on the twelfth floor of Building 6 in Country Garden near the company. The two apartments faced each other across the hall.

"Indeed. But we must be more cautious when selecting the new chairman. We cannot let someone who does not care about the company's interests and only cares about personal gains and losses become chairman," the woman to Lin Yumo's right stood up and said.

Ma Shuhua, female, forty-seven years old, held 6.4% of Longcheng Biology's shares and was also Longcheng Biology's CFO. She was sharp-tongued and mean-spirited, often withheld employees' wages, and frequently diverted company funds for investments. She still had over six million yuan that had not been recovered.

"I think so too. Anyone who doesn't care about the company's interests should not become chairman, no matter how many shares they hold," said the man seated diagonally across from Lin Yumo. Aside from Lin Yumo and Guo Yuan, he appeared to be the youngest person present.

Sun Ming, male, thirty-two years old, held 5.3% of Longcheng International Publishing House's shares. He was closely connected to Wang Qiu, also held shares in Wang Qiu's publishing house, and Wang Qiu often laundered money for him.

The shareholders spoke one after another, while Guo Yuan used the narrator's help to note down their information one by one.