The leading captain, startled by the many armed individuals in the courtyard, immediately shouted into his walkie-talkie,
"Armed individuals in the courtyard, requesting backup, requesting backup!"
Afterward, he and the other officers drew their guns and ordered Li Shengtian's subordinates, "Jiangbei Police Bureau, put your guns down! Hands behind your heads, squat in the corner!"
Li Shengtian and Guo Jianhua were taken aback, their brows furrowed. Why were the police here?
Within moments, another large group of officers rushed in. Li Shengtian's subordinates looked at him, unsure what to do.
Although Li Shengtian held considerable power, he dared not oppose the state. He signaled to his men, who then put down their guns and squatted in the corner.
"Handcuff them."
The police captain holstered his weapon, took out handcuffs, and, along with the other officers, cuffed Li Shengtian's subordinates who were squatting in the corner.
Next, the captain approached Guo Jianhua and produced another pair of handcuffs. He said, "Hello, Mr. Guo. I am Wu Tianke, team leader of the Jiangbei Police Bureau. We received a report alleging you are involved in tax evasion, smuggling, and several murders. We are detaining you for investigation. Please cooperate."
Guo Jianhua's face paled dramatically. "You don't understand what you're saying. I'm friends with Director Song. Let me call him." He fumbled for his phone to make a call, but Wu Tianke snatched it away and cuffed his hands. Wu Tianke sneered, "No need. Director Song himself issued the order. Whatever you have to say, you can say it at the station."
After cuffing Guo Jianhua, Wu Tianke turned to where Li Shengtian had been, but he was nowhere to be seen. He immediately asked the officers, "Where is Li Shengtian?"
The officers looked around and shook their heads. They had all been busy cuffing Li Shengtian's subordinates in the corner and hadn't paid attention to Li Shengtian himself.
Wu Tianke frowned, cursing lightly, "What are you good for? You can't even keep track of one person. Hurry and chase him! He can't have gotten far!"
A few younger officers quickly reacted and gave chase.
Guo Jianhua stared incredulously at the handcuffs on his wrists. Then he looked up, his rage reaching its peak. "Kid, this is all your doing!" Just moments before, Guo Jianhua had been contemplating how he would soon possess eighty percent of the Wang Corporation's shares once he obtained Wang Yuyan's. Now, his hands were cuffed.
Qin Xuan sneered, "If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it. I originally intended to kill you myself, but that would be too easy. Spend the rest of your life enjoying prison food."
Guo Jianhua's face instantly froze.
At this moment, Wang Yuyan stepped forward and slapped him across the face with a loud crack. "Guo Jianhua, you beast, avenge my grandfather and parents!" Wang Yuyan cried, repeatedly slapping Guo Jianhua's greasy face. Soon, Guo Jianhua was bruised and swollen.
"Yuyan, that's enough," Qin Xuan said, embracing Wang Yuyan and stroking her hair. Wang Yuyan wiped her tears. "I want to beat him to death, beat him to death, and avenge my family!"
Qin Xuan looked at her with concern, then held her tightly, patting her back. A gentle wave of dragon energy seeped from Qin Xuan's palm into Wang Yuyan's body. "Everything will pass."
Wu Tianke approached Wang Yuyan and Qin Xuan. "The two of you, please come with us to give your statements."
"No problem," Qin Xuan replied.
After their statements were taken, coupled with the mobile recording and testimony from the shareholders previously threatened by Guo Jianhua, Guo Jianhua was essentially finished. All of Guo Jianhua's shares fell into Wang Yuyan's hands. Including the shares he had forced her to buy, Wang Yuyan now held sixty-eight percent of the shares, surpassing even the combined holdings of her grandfather and father. It could be said that the Wang Corporation was now solely in the Wang family's name. Aside from Wang Yuyan, there were no other major shareholders. The remaining shareholders, even combined, held only thirty-two percent of the shares, posing no threat to Wang Yuyan's position.
In the highest conference hall of the Wang Corporation building, Wang Yuyan, dressed in business attire, exuded a completely different aura than before.
"I have convened everyone here today because I have an important matter to announce. I have hired a president from outside the company, who will also serve as the company's vice chairman."
Now that Guo Jianhua was out of the picture and imprisoned, Wang Yuyan had dismissed many of his loyalists from the company. However, a few remaining shareholders, holding some stock, had felt squeezed by Wang Yuyan in the past few days and were not entirely pleased.
"Chairman Wang, our company has so many outstanding talents in its senior management, and quite a few shareholders. How can you hire a vice chairman from outside the company?"
"Exactly. Our Wang Corporation has never had a president. Isn't that like having a prime minister in ancient times? And does an outsider truly understand our group?"
"Therefore, our group doesn't need a president, and there's no need to waste money hiring one. Given our group's situation, we have only the best of the best. Wouldn't it be better for an internal candidate to take the position?"
With a few of Guo Jianhua's remnants instigating, many other senior shareholders began to ponder, nodding in agreement.
"Yes..."
"That makes some sense..."
"Chairman Wang, I do not support hiring from outside."
"Neither do I."
...
Wang Yuyan's expression instantly darkened. She knew that apart from a few troublemakers deliberately trying to embarrass her, the others were genuinely concerned for the company's interests.
Guan Rou, seeing the tense atmosphere, stood up to support Wang Yuyan. "Don't forget, Yuyan is the chairman of the board. According to the company's regulations, shareholders holding more than fifty percent of the shares have absolute decision-making power. Even if Yuyan hired a president from outside, or even sold the company, you would have no right to object."
Her words silenced the clamoring crowd. Everyone knew the company's regulations, and even unanimous opposition would be futile. This regulation actually originated from Wang Youhai. When he founded the Wang Corporation, he did so with a group of brothers who had accompanied him on tomb raids. At that time, although Wang Youhai was the chairman and largest shareholder, he only held thirty percent of the shares. Thus, he later established this regulation, intending to gradually reclaim the company's shares in the future.
Wang Yuyan glanced at everyone, her gaze finally settling on those who had been instigating. She said coldly, "I don't care if you agree or not. As long as this group bears the Wang name, no one can oppose my decisions."