CHAPTER 123: CHAPTER 123: PUTTING YOU ON THE FRONT PAGE

For the first time, Haohan Group held a board meeting without the presence of President Si Yuhuan.

The convener was Jian Xi, who possessed twelve percent of her grandfather’s shares.

Dressed in professional OL attire with her hair tied up in a high ponytail, she captured everyone’s attention the moment she stepped into Haohan Group.

The woman’s perfect S-shaped figure was accentuated by the hand-tailored suit, and coupled with the authoritative aura innate to a lady of her stature, it had a somewhat daunting effect.

Pushing open the door and curling her red lips, she walked toward the seat that belonged to Si Yuhuan.

Si Junyan immediately slammed the table and stood up. "Jian Xi, that’s the chairman and president’s seat!"

He moved so abruptly that he aggravated the wound at the corner of his mouth, eliciting a pained yelp.

With a teasing tone, Jian Xi asked, "Si Junyan, did you get hit because of your sharp tongue? You seem a bit disheveled."

Everyone exchanged glances, their eyes turning toward Si Junyan.

Si Junyan, feeling the sting of the remark, immediately lost his confidence, glaring at Jian Xi with eyes that seemed ready to spew fire.

Jian Xi took a seat in the chair that belonged to Si Yuhuan.

It had to be said, sitting in the position of a trillion-dollar listed company’s boss truly gave one an indescribable sense of grandeur and expansiveness, as if at that moment she were the emperor who commanded the world.

"Actually, I called everyone here today for no other reason than to simply express my belief that Si Junyan’s recent behavior has been a little too flamboyant and unrestrained, not quite suitable for managing the company."

A director who sided with Si Junyan immediately questioned her. "On what grounds are you pointing fingers here? Even as the president’s wife, isn’t it a bit inappropriate for you to swagger around the company saying such things?"

Si Junyan stood by, glaring.

Jian Xi ignored him. "Have you forgotten that I am representing my grandfather?"

She took out a document and threw it on the conference table. "This is the share custody document my grandfather had me sign. That means, until my grandfather recovers and as long as Si Yuhuan doesn’t object, I have a participatory role in the entire Haohan Group. According to relevant laws and regulations, at this moment, I have the ultimate say in Haohan Group, even more so than Si Junyan."

"If you stubbornly stick only to personal relationships and feelings, then I can only laugh and say that you truly aren’t fit to be directors of a trillion-dollar listed corporation, because you lack discernment."

She enunciated each word, hammering them into the hearts of every director.

Before the directors could react, Jian Xi added, "Angering key technical personnel to the point where they go home and sit idle has attracted countless headhunters to extend olive branches. When did Haohan Group, a company that used to stand tall in the world based on technology, turn into a sales-driven industrial enterprise? Don’t you directors feel we are getting things backward?"

"Sure, we’re making money now, but chip technology is advancing internationally day by day. Once Haohan Group’s chips no longer hold an absolute dominant position, may I ask all of you, will you still be able to sit here leisurely discussing whether a woman deserves to have a say?"

The directors were stunned, as if they had experienced a moment of enlightenment.

With a smile, Jian Xi looked at Si Junyan and commanded her secretary to play the content from the USB drive.

The footage showed Si Junyan leading a group to besiege Jian Xi, fiercely threatening to kill her, and uttering many vulgar and disgraceful obscenities.

The few directors who wanted to protect Si Junyan looked increasingly uncomfortable at this scene.

"Jian Xi!" Si Junyan became frantic.

Because the next part of the video showed Jian Xi’s people apprehending him.

Jian Xi immediately hit the pause button and raised an eyebrow toward him. "Si Junyan, you admit that you personally committed these mistakes, right?"

She’s threatening me!

Si Junyan clenched his fists tighter.

If I refuse to admit it, Jian Xi will leak the rest of the video where I was beaten up and stripped of my clothes. I can’t let anyone see me in such an abject state!

"Yes, it was me..." His head hung down as if he accepted his defeat.

Jian Xi smiled, her gaze sweeping over all the directors who had just supported Si Junyan. "Is someone who is extremely emotionally unstable, utterly uncultured, and prone to violent outbursts, even harming his sister-in-law, truly fit to manage Haohan Group?"

"This is going too far! I don’t agree with Si Junyan taking over the company."

"Right! I don’t agree either. If Jian Xi is willing to give this evidence to the police, he has already committed a crime. I heard before that some of his erratic behaviors were suppressed by Director Si; it seems that may be true. Haohan Group can’t have such a leader."

"We are a company at the forefront of technology, not an industrial manufacturing company. Jian Xi is right; we need to bring Luo You back."

Jian Xi said with regret, "I’m sorry, but many headhunting firms are willing to offer a hefty price to help recruit him. It’s unlikely he will return to Haohan Group, unless he..."

"Jian Xi, don’t go too far."

Si Junyan’s face turned red with anger. "It was wrong for me to attack you, but it’s a family matter after all. If you dare to drive me away, my elder brother will not let you off."

I’m taking advantage of Si Yuhuan’s absence to bring you down. Did you think I would be scared?

"Then I’m sorry. On behalf of Grandpa and in the best interest of Haohan Group as a whole, I really can’t keep you."

One after another, the directors cast votes in her favor.

"Alright, Jian Xi. You’ll remember this."

Si Junyan slammed the door with a BANG and left.

Jian Xi’s smile faded, a cold chill gathering in the depths of her eyes.

This is just the beginning, Si Junyan. You’re the one who should be waiting for retribution.

She touched her belly. Those who want to harm me and my baby deserve to die.

「Three days later.」

Si Yuhuan returned to the country.

Wan Yu immediately called to report his schedule.

"I really don’t know what method Jiang Qimeng used to actually convince Sernosen to come back with her. It seems Si Yuhuan now treats her like a treasure, sending quite a few people to look after her, even giving her a company and restoring her status in the entire entertainment circle."

"In any case, he’s given her everything. I always feel that a divorce between you two is not far off. Do you think if he finds out you used the privileges granted by Old Master Si to kick Si Junyan out of the company, he might stop at nothing to destroy you?"

Jian Xi was applying lipstick. She had a prenatal checkup today and didn’t have time to worry about these things.

"What’s done is done. What can he do? Besides, without me, Haohan Group would already be entirely under Si Junyan’s control by now. He should be thanking me, if anything."

"You’re incredible! I absolutely adore your confidence," Wan Yu said, thoroughly impressed.

Jian Xi glanced at her perfect makeup. She guaranteed that no one would recognize her today.

She had applied so much makeup she looked like a ghost; she hardly recognized herself.

She immediately drove to the private hospital frequented by celebrities, which guaranteed privacy.

The road was somewhat congested.

Everyone was impatiently waiting.

She rolled down her window and heard the driver of the car next to her cursing, "What a joke! Some female celebrity goes out, and they block the roads? That’s freaking ridiculous! She’s just some B-list internet celebrity with no notable work, always relying on hype to get attention. Blocking roads in broad daylight, making people late for work and preventing them from earning money—how shameless can you get!"

Jian Xi curved her red lips and sent a sensational and explosive news headline to the boss of Fenghuang Entertainment.