Chapter 492: You Must Resign
Lana was stunned to see that familiar figure in the meeting room. But what shocked her the most was that he emitted a very different aura as he stood there. His entire persona had changed and he was nothing like what he used to be in front of her.
He stood there like a rich man who owned everyone in the room. Eyes covered with dark shades, he smirked as he turned his face to Lana and took off his shades to look into her eyes.
"Yes me. Why? Are the shareholders with the highest shares not allowed to be in this board meeting?"
"Isn't he the paralegal help that Ms. Huang always trusted? The newly hired lawyer?" Someone among the board members commented in a sarcastic tone.
Lana snapped back to her senses and looked at him with a questioning gaze. Kyle, the man standing in front of her was nothing like his usual self. He was behaving like a completely different person with his arrogant attitude and nonchalant words.
Lana took a while to respond to his words before she realized that the new mysterious shareholder who had been buying the shares of their company was actually him!
"What? Shareholder? Since when did you become a shareholder of this company?" Lana was getting agitated so she stood up and snapped at him. Her mind was a complete mess and she couldn't understand why Kyle was behaving that way. What made him betray her, that too in such a high-profile manner? Why would he betray her?
"Ms. Lana Huang, the board members of this company have gathered to make some important decisions today, and being one of the highest shareholders of this company I am supposed to be present here too, to make the right decision for the company," Kyle spoke in a firm tone before moving ahead and taking his seat.
He then gestured with his hand and asked her to sit down on her chair, "Please be seated and start the meeting Madam CEO."
Lana came out of her thoughts after analyzing all the facts and knew she had been brutally betrayed by her most trusted comrade. Her eyes became misty thinking about how highly she thought of Kyle but alas! She was too disappointed...
She shook her head and flicked away the thoughts from her mind, as the most important thing right then was to deal with the current situation. She could deal with Kyle a little later.
Even after everything, she still remained the highest shareholder and also the CEO of the company. Her mother had left behind all her assets only to Lana and also made a condition that Lana would not be able to sell them or transfer them to anyone for at least the next five years.
She sighed deeply and closed her eyes, gathering some courage. She firmly sat on her seat before opening the folder on her table and gesturing the other shareholders to do the same. The important agendas of today's meeting along with some concerns of the shareholders might have regarding the leadership of the company were written there.
Lana read the first agenda of the meeting which was about the sudden drop in sales of their best products. All the people sitting there started murmuring to each other as soon as this point was raised and Lana's uncle Jay who wanted to overthrow Lana's position took this chance to make his move.
He stood up and said in an angry voice, "Lana, ever since the company was transferred to you, you have not been paying attention to the progress of the company. At first, you ran away to hide from everyone leaving the company in the hands of your sister, and now when you are back, your bad reputation has started to damage the company's sales. Our sales have gone down by more than forty percent in just one month because of you!"
"Yes, he is right. The sales figures had never been this low, even our best selling products have shown a slump in the market."
"That's right! It is absolutely the reason for such poor sales." supported a few others.
Just a handful of her mother's trusted people did not agree with him and supported her.
"Slump in sales figures cannot be related to Lana's return! The company was already losing its business from the past few months," defended an old man who was on Lana's side.
The entire meeting room erupted in heated discussions and many of the board members started feeling that Lana was responsible for the low sales figures. This so-called uncle of Lana, who was Mrs. Huang's distant relative, smirked, as a vicious light flashed in his eyes.
He knew now was the right time to escalate things further and turn the topic towards the most crucial point which was, change in the leadership of the company. Even if Lana held the highest shares of the company, the board members as a whole could still take a unanimous decision to remove her from her seat and appoint a new CEO.
Kyle silently sat in his seat, unfazed by what everyone was saying as a faint smile was constantly plastered on his face. He was here with a purpose and although things were going as he wanted, he also knew Lana was a capable woman and her poised attitude very much spoke for her.
Kyle's eyes fixated on that unperturbed woman and he couldn't help but admire the beauty and elegance of the woman he wanted most in his life. He sighed sadly as a bitter smile crept on his face.
Among all these discussions, Lana was the only person who sat without saying a single word. She kept listening to the accusations most of them were hurling at her. She took her time remembering all the faces speaking against her when suddenly a loud voice rang out from the voices of those board members blaming her for everything...
"The current CEO must resign. Ms. Lana Huang you will have to resign."
As this sentence fell, everyone was quiet for a second and suddenly all the opposing board members started to support the idea and spoke in unison, "Yes, yes… Lana Huang, you must resign."
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