Xiao Xun waved his hand, "Stop spouting nonsense here. If you delay my business, you will all be kicked out."
The security guard stood on tiptoe, appearing taller than Xiao Xun, and waved his hands, "Come, everyone, judge for yourselves. Clearly, you are the one bullying others with your influence, yet you call us disruptive. You really are the pot calling the kettle black."
Xiao Xun's face turned extremely pale, "You say I'm bullying with influence. Whose influence am I using? Whose person am I bullying?"
The security guard put his hands on his hips and swayed his legs, "You know it in your heart."
Xiao Xun patted Zhang Ming on the shoulder, "He is a police officer. He saw everything that happened here clearly. If you continue to be disruptive, don't blame me for really bullying with influence."
The security guard was surprised that Xiao Xun had a police officer with him. He was stunned at first, then pretended to be calm, "So what if he's a police officer? I haven't broken any laws, why would you arrest me?"
Zhang Ming finally spoke, "According to Article 246 of our country's law, anyone who fabricates facts to slander others and damage their reputation, depending on the severity of the circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance."
Upon hearing Zhang Ming's well-reasoned statement, the security guard immediately cowered and said in a low voice, "I didn't say anything! You didn't hear anything." Then he shouted to the security guards around him, "Disperse, everyone disperse. Get back to what you should be doing."
Xiao Xun didn't have the energy to deal with these people, and Zhang Ming didn't want to cause trouble, as he still had to work here.
As soon as the two left, the security guard spat towards Xiao Xun's retreating back, "What's so great about you? You're about to be fired. Once you leave here, no one will even want you as a security guard."
Xiao Xun led Zhang Ming directly to Wang Suchen's office door. Lu Wenshan stopped them.
"What are you doing?"
Xiao Xun was displeased, "Are you going to stop me too?"
Lu Wenshan quickly waved her hands, "No, President Wang has something important to do inside. If you can avoid disturbing him, please do."
Xiao Xun glanced inside, "It's not that big of a deal. He asked me to find the new technical director, and I found him. Please tell President Wang."
Lu Wenshan pointed to the sofa beside them, "If you're not busy, you two can wait here for a moment. I will inform President Wang after he finishes his current work."
Xiao Xun asked Lu Wenshan, "Can I take him for a walk around?"
Lu Wenshan shook her head with a smile, "No, because according to company regulations, no one is allowed to casually lead strangers around the office area."
Xiao Xun knew Lu Wenshan was telling the truth, so he took Zhang Ming to sit down. Lu Wenshan arranged for a young assistant to pour two cups of plain water for them in disposable cups.
Zhang Ming stood up and said thank you, while Xiao Xun ungratefully put the plain water aside.
"You still don't like drinking plain water!"
Xiao Xun shook his head, "I grew up drinking beverages. I really can't swallow this tasteless water."
He wasn't lying. Although his family's conditions weren't good at first, and they didn't get much better until the card was given, he had indeed been drinking beverages like water since he was young. Even if he didn't have enough living expenses for food, he would still allocate money to buy soda to quench his thirst, as if he were addicted.
He didn't drink all kinds of beverages; he didn't drink carbonated water, no matter how expensive.
In his own words, adding bubbles to water was purely a scam.
Beverages are high in sugar. Xiao Xun had been drinking them for over twenty years, yet he hadn't gained any weight, which was quite strange. If it were someone else, they would have developed type 2 diabetes long ago.
The two sat for a full two hours, chatting about their school days. Seeing that it was almost lunchtime.
Finally, two men came out of Wang Suchen's office. Although it was early winter, both were already wearing down jackets, which looked quite warm.
Lu Wenshan went in to inform Wang Suchen and then turned to the two, "You may go in now."
Xiao Xun said to Zhang Ming, "You go in then! I'll wait at the door."
Zhang Ming had never interviewed before and felt uncertain, "Aren't you coming in with me?"
"No, if I'm here, some things are not convenient to say."
Zhang Ming instantly understood, then smiled and nodded at Lu Wenshan before walking into Wang Suchen's office.
Xiao Xun was bored. He could chat with Zhang Ming earlier, but now he could only play with his phone.
He glanced at the calendar and thought, "Huh? Isn't it Saturday today? Why is Mu Jiahe still working today?"
Looking at the president's office across the way, Xiao Xun got up and walked over.
Mu Jiahe's assistant stopped him, "President Xiao, what are you doing?"
"I'm looking for President Mu."
Mu Jiahe's assistant said with difficulty, "President Mu is meeting with a distinguished guest. Why don't you come back this afternoon?"
"Who would he be meeting at noon?"
The assistant shook her head, "You shouldn't ask about that." Seeing Xiao Xun's intention to force his way in, she almost wanted to hug him.
"President Xiao, please don't make things difficult for me. If you go in today, all of us here will be fired."
Upon hearing the assistant's words, the secretaries and assistants nearby gathered around, all saying the same thing, begging Xiao Xun to leave.
Xiao Xun thought about it. Since that was the case, he wouldn't say anything more. He would ask about it later.
But just as he was about to turn to wait for Zhang Ming at the door, Mu Jiahe's joyful laughter came from the president's office.
Hearing this commotion, Xiao Xun felt a green tinge to his forehead. He couldn't tolerate it and, ignoring their earnest pleas, rushed in.
He opened the door and was stunned. Inside, besides Mu Jiahe, there were six other people.
Seeing Xiao Xun barge in, Mu Jiahe immediately put away his smile and looked at the assistant who followed him, "What's going on?"
The assistant's face was grim, "We really couldn't stop him. President Xiao insisted on coming in."
Mu Jiahe pointed outside the door, "You can't even keep one person in check, what use are you? Go to the HR department and report yourselves. They know how to handle you."
The assistant walked out with her head down. Mu Jiahe shouted, "Can't you even close the door?"
The assistant, trembling, closed the door. Xiao Xun looked at the six people, including Secretary Fan, and was dumbfounded.
"What is going on?"
The six people stood up simultaneously and bowed to Xiao Xun, "Hello, President Xiao."
"You guys?"
Secretary Fan walked up to Xiao Xun, "Let me introduce you. These are the main responsible persons from Longtan Group's project department. They are here to discuss the acquisition of the Jingjidao Group Building, and also the acquisition plan for the controlling stake in St. Loman Group."
"I didn't say I wanted to acquire St. Loman!"
Secretary Fan said to Xiao Xun, "This is Mr. Feng's intention."
Xiao Xun frowned, glanced at Mu Jiahe, and then looked at Secretary Fan, "What stage has the discussion reached?"
One of the main responsible persons said, "Since St. Loman is still a company with considerable potential, the acquisition of its shares is quite troublesome. We have only acquired eleven percent from some retail investors. Therefore, we hope to acquire Mu Zong's thirty percent stake at a high price. This way, the entire St. Loman will become an affiliated group of our Longtan Group."
Xiao Xun clearly didn't understand and looked at Secretary Fan, "So, what does that mean?"
Secretary Fan smiled and nodded at Mu Jiahe, then said to Xiao Xun, "To put it bluntly, it means that for the future St. Loman, you will choose who its future helmsman will be. If Mu Zong agrees to sell all her shares in St. Loman, and you do not assign her a position in St. Loman, then she will have no relationship with St. Loman."
Mu Jiahe also nodded, "She is correct."
Xiao Xun looked at Mu Jiahe, "Then do you plan to sell?"
Mu Jiahe let out a soft hum and retorted, "Do you want me to sell?"
Xiao Xun asked Secretary Fan, "What is your offer?"
"It is absolutely a price that no normal person can refuse. Mr. Feng specifically instructed this, saying it is a见面礼 (meeting gift) for President Xiao."
After saying this, Secretary Fan added, "Actually, we came to Mu Zong directly to respect her opinion. Otherwise, we could have acquired shares from other shareholders at the same or even lower prices, and we would still achieve our desired effect. You would still be a major shareholder of St. Loman, but merely a shareholder, without decision-making power, only dividend rights. However, doing so might cause you to blame our President Xiao."
Xiao Xun thought to himself, "This is sowing discord! This Mr. Feng is truly formidable. Not only is he coming himself, but he's also planning to undermine me."