Chapter 189 - The Storm Is Coming
Chapter 189: The Storm Is Coming
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Xie Wenkai glanced at Yao Wenhong and the others, and then slightly raised his hand to signal them. Then, he walked to the conference table, pulled out a chair, and sat down. He threw the folder on the table, opened the folder, and began to look through it. He looked like he didn’t want to pay attention to anyone and only wanted to wait for the time to start the meeting. When Yao Wenhong and the others saw Xie Wenkai’s hand gesture, they understood Xie Wenkai’s meaning. They had to keep a low profile for now. The few of them looked at each other, and then all of them sat down.
After Yao Wenhong sat down, he looked at the director on his left who had just stood up. He was in his fifties and was bald. Although he looked average, he was wearing a suit that fit him well. Furthermore, besides his usual straight face, he still had a leadership aura around him. This man was called Wan Bo, 54 years old. He was the senior vice president and chief marketing officer of the Six Blessings Corporation. In addition, he was also the general manager of the online business group of the Six Blessings Corporation. The online business group mainly referred to all the relevant business leaders of the sales offices in the major online shopping malls who had to report to Wan Bo. After that, Wan Bo would report directly to the chairman, Xie Guofu.
The Six Blessings Corporation was originally a traditional brick-and-mortar business. However, since the new century, with the rapid development of the Internet in China, online marketing had become more and more important. Although until now, most of the annual sales of the major jewelry groups in China including the Six Blessings Corporation came from brick-and-mortar stores. However, online sales are also increasing year by year, and it is becoming more and more important.
Wan Bo was not one of the ‘elders’ of the Six Blessings Corporation, but his resume was very impressive. He has held important positions in many large multinational groups and has a wealth of experience in online marketing. He was a ‘Senior Manager’ personally hired by Xie Guofu with a high annual salary. After joining the Six Blessings Corporation, he continued to expand his territory in the company. Although Wan Bo did not have shares in the Six Blessings Corporation, he had successfully become a director under Xie Guofu’s arrangement in the two consecutive board elections.
Wan Bo had a good personal relationship with Xie Guofu and was also a loyal supporter of Xie Guofu on the board. Yao Wenhong looked at Wan Bo with a subtle expression. Wan Bo also supported Xie Wenkai…?
“Director Wan.” Yao Wenhong suddenly called Wan Bo in a low voice. Wan Bo turned to look at Yao Wenhong. Yao Wenhong raised his eyebrows at Wan Bo and slightly tilted his head in Xie Wenkai’s direction. However, he did not say anything. Some words were not easy to say. Wan Bo was stunned for a moment. He looked at Xie Wenkai and then understood what Yao Wenhong meant. So, he nodded to Yao Wenhong.
Yao Wenhong smiled and looked at Wan Bo with a lot of affection. He knew it! Xie Wenkai, the successor that the Xie family and the Six Blessings Corporation had high hopes for, how could he start something without any preparation?
Wan Bo smiled politely at Yao Wenhong and then looked away. He didn’t like Yao Wenhong very much. Of course, this didn’t affect his support for Xie Wenkai. Last night, he talked to Jiang Tong, and the main topic was his ‘family matters’. After that, he also met Xie Wenkai and Zhou Jingyun. He had his own helplessness, but he didn’t think that supporting Xie Wenkai would be a big problem. Just as Yao Wenhong thought at that time, he also thought that no matter how much internal trouble there was within the Xie family, in the future, the Six Blessings Corporation would still belong to Xie Wenkai. Therefore, he had no choice but to support the future chairman of the Six Blessings Group earlier. It wasn’t so hard to accept.
Some people entered the meeting room one after another. Finally, it was 3:30 in the afternoon. Xie Wenkai first looked at his watch, then closed the folder and looked up at the meeting room. All the directors who could come had come. Including the assistant secretaries and the people from the supervisory board, there were more than 30 people in total. The rest of the people were seated at the back. They sat behind whoever came with them. There were only a dozen people sitting around the meeting table. The other board members were already in their seats. Only Madam Xie and the second largest shareholder, Xu Zhentian, were still whispering by the window.
Xu Zhentian was Yao Wenhong’s former boss. In fact, his shares in the Six Blessings Corporation were not much. The proportion was not high, he only had a dozen or so shares. However, he was the second largest shareholder of the Six Blessings Corporation! However, his shares weren’t even half of Xie Guofu’s. This was even when Xie Guofu had already given his shares to Xie Wenkai.
Xu Zhentian had never been very well-behaved. He had secretly purchased the circulating shares in the market to increase the proportion of his shares. His relationship with Madam Xie wasn’t very good, but the two of them only quarreled occasionally. They could still get along after their quarrels.