CEO is Picky but Handsome - Chapter 43

At the beginning of the new year, Yongkang Group’s illegal theft of commercial secrets case by the prosecution formally submitted to the indictment, the first day of the trial, the media gathered, when Xu Shenqing’s son Xu Bin and Gu Xinzhang dressed in prison garments, successively appeared in the court of law, by Huo Zhun suppressed the news of the past few days can no longer be hidden, and the public in front of the eyes of the big white.
Public opinion was in uproar, everyone thought that Yongkang Group was able to successfully steal the secrets, there must be an insider in Phoenix Group, but no one thought that the insider was the son of the major shareholders and Phoenix Group executives.
For a while, all kinds of conspiracy theories have been clamoring, and some people even suspect that the whole incident is a deliberate setup by the Phoenix Group, with the intention of eradicating the Yongkang Group, which is a rival with a strong wind. Especially Huo Jun for Gu Xinzhang and other high-priced lawyers after the exposure of the news, the industry is more generally believe that Huo Jun and the theft of confidentiality of the case has nothing to do with, otherwise how would not take the opportunity to retaliate against the traitor, instead of money for its defense.
In this regard, Huo Jun’s response is: “In public, Gu Xinzhang has had credit to the group, in private, Gu Xinzhang is my good friend for many years, I believe that he is only a momentary lapse, can still be saved. The rest, no comment.” This sentence basically solidified Huo Jun’s defense of being a traitor, and although there were some in the industry who praised him for his great generalship, such comments quickly faded into nothingness under the drumbeat of conspiracy theories from numerous media outlets.
No one gave much thought to why almost all the media would point their fingers at Phoenix Group overnight. After all, people like to watch the action more than analyze the inside story. As the Phoenix Group was under attack, it was revealed that it had a major funding gap. For a time, the group inside and outside the panic, affected by the successive events, Phoenix Group share price shock decline, gradual decline. The investment community was generally not optimistic about Phoenix Group’s prospects, and there were even rumors that some investors intended to withdraw their investments.
At the critical moment, the Rong’s just entered the F country to lend a helping hand, willing to equity swap way to fund Phoenix Group, to help it through the difficult times. Rong’s has won many battles in the capital market in recent years, and this news, once released, caused an uproar. Anyone guessed that Rong’s recent raging announced the entry of F country must have big action, but no one thought, its first shot, aimed at Phoenix Group. For this joint venture, the investment community is generally optimistic. They externally proclaimed that the combination of strength is conducive to the integration of market resources, in fact, but playing a small unknown scheme. Huo Zhun in the investment and industry are extremely outstanding talent, its investment community in F has always been invincible, the rest of the people firmly suppressed, known as the “uncrowned king”. When Huo Jun made a mistake, people in the investment community couldn’t wait to swarm to him, hoping to push him down and get a piece of the action themselves.
After Rong’s news was released, it took three days for Phoenix Group to respond, and it was a unilateral response from the president. Huo Zhun was blocked by a reporter after a certain meeting, and directly pressed to ask whether he would accept Rong’s financial assistance, and Huo Zhun just smiled.
“Those are just drinking hemlock to quench thirst, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Besides, the group is fully able to tide over this difficult time with its own strength, I have confidence in the group, I have confidence in the employees up and down the group, and I also hope that my colleagues can have confidence in me.”
These words were basically equivalent to rebuffing Rong’s help. Rong Sheng publicly expressed his regrets, and a few days later, Rong’s publicly sent a letter to all major media outlets announcing that he would join hands with the Rain Name Consortium three days later to hold a press conference to announce a major initiative for the two companies to work together.
The Rain Name Consortium is an investment consortium that has grown rapidly in the last five years, specializing in the investment market, each investment is extraordinary, and since its establishment five years ago, it has accumulated countless capital through a number of beautiful investments. However, it is a typical example of “making a fortune in silence”, and it was not until Rong’s announcement of its cooperation that it officially stood in front of the public.
Within three days, the past successful cases of the Rain Name Consortium were turned over by the media, and the industry was surprised to find that behind almost every successful investment case, the Rain Name Consortium’s figure was missing. If the Phoenix Group is important, is because of its success in industrial investment, then the rain name of the consortium is a good hand at playing with capital. And as the international economic landscape continues to adjust and change, the Rainmaker Consortium is bound to have more advantages than the Phoenix Group in the future.
Therefore, when Rong’s was just rejected, he announced to join hands with such a consortium, to say that there is no component that is targeting the Phoenix Group, it is really unbelievable for anyone to believe.
“What do you think?”
Late at night, in the Phoenix Group president’s office, Huo Jun rubbed his brow and asked Ye Ling at his side.
Ye Ling bows and puts the cup in front of Huo Jun, raising an eyebrow in disbelief.
“They’re all saying that Rong Sheng is annoyed and wants to deal with me,” Huo Jun points to the news on his computer and laughs lightly, “You know Rong Sheng, what do you think?”
Ye Ling smiled a little, “It’s not like Rong Sheng wanted to deal with you for a day or two, he didn’t have good intentions when he proposed the equity swap. If you had agreed to his proposal in the first place, I’m afraid that in less than three months, the person sitting in this chair would have to be replaced.” Ye Ling pointed at Huo Jun’s seat, “Compared to Rong Sheng, I think you should be more worried about the Rain Name Consortium.”
“The Rainname Consortium is not enough to fear.” Huo Zhun stretched – he had been working overtime for a week straight, “However, once their conference is held tomorrow, I’m guessing those old men on the board are going to cause trouble again. It’s not like, in the afternoon, they jointly requested for a temporary meeting tomorrow, saying something about the group’s life and death, they want to watch the live broadcast of the conference together, and discuss countermeasures together. Heh, what countermeasures, just get together to crusade against me in person.”
“You agreed?” Ye Ling asked.
“What can I do if I don’t agree,” Huo Zhun smiled bitterly, “It says that I have the most equity, but when they join together, they can control my shares, besides agreeing, I have other options?”
Ye Ling also shrugged helplessly, “Then you won’t go to Rong’s side of the conference tomorrow?”
“You go for me, originally I didn’t plan to go myself.” Huo Zhun picks up his cup, “It’s funny to say that, it’s just a launch party, sending out invitations all over the city – not coffee?”
“It’s hot cocoa.” Ye Ling laughs, “Let’s call it a night, don’t work overtime. Go home early, go to bed early, there’s still a tough battle to fight tomorrow.”
Huo Zhun’s heart is instantly filled with warmth.
“Well, let’s be together then, I’ll send you home.”Huo Zhun blows out his breath, and after a few mouthfuls of hot cocoa, he gets up and says, “Be careful of Rong Sheng tomorrow, if he treats you …… again”
“Don’t worry, it won’t happen.” Ye Ling raises his eyebrows and smiles, “In full view of everyone, if he dares to do anything to me, I’ll scream.”
Huo Jun is amused by him.