Chapter 573: Sit Down and Stand Up
In the early morning, a light rain fell in Harrow, making the already cold weather even gloomier, much like Tan Haohan’s complexion at this moment.
In the mirror, he wore a sharp suit, his hair meticulously groomed with wax, but the once proud and domineering air was nowhere to be found.
Since becoming famous, this was the first time he had consecutively stumbled over someone, and moreover, it was a stumble significant enough to utterly disgrace him.
What made him even more helpless was that he didn’t even have the chance to vent his anger and seek revenge.
In the battle with Xiao Shun, Tan Haohan was truly defeated and humiliated!
Forget it, forget it.
Losing some face is much better than losing his life. At least he can still breathe fresh air now, unlike his six bodyguards who had become wandering spirits.
At this thought, Tan Haohan let out a long sigh, instantly aging several decades, appearing despondent.
“Lao Yan, prepare the car!” He turned around and instructed the dejected butler.
“Yes, boss.”
Clearly, Lao Yan had not yet recovered from the previous night’s display of Xiao Shun’s power. Despite his injuries, he continued to dutifully serve Tan Haohan.
Silent all the way, half an hour later, they arrived at the Tans Group headquarters.
Accompanied by Lao Yan, Tan Haohan entered the conference room on the 88th floor.
The conference room was spacious enough to accommodate a hundred people for meetings and discussions.
Here, Tan Haohan had once formulated countless astonishing strategic plans and it had been his commanding platform for conquering territories.
But today, in this place that had once filled him with immense pride, he was going to make a deeply distressing announcement.
At nine in the morning, shareholders and senior management gradually filed into the conference room, their faces showing a hint of confusion.
Today was clearly Saturday. Why was the chairman summoning all the key figures of the company for a meeting on a day off?
Some of the more astute individuals had already sensed something from Tan Haohan’s expression at this moment. They felt that this meeting would likely have a significant impact.
Ten minutes later, the previously empty conference room was now bustling with people.From NôvelDrama.Org.
Yet, despite the crowd, the room remained unusually quiet. All eyes were fixed on the silent figure of Tan Haohan seated at the head of the table.
Executive President Song Lian, seeing that everyone had arrived, walked up to Tan Haohan and reminded him in a low voice, “Mr. Tan, everyone is here, the meeting can begin!”
As he finished speaking, a loud and arrogant voice could be heard from outside the meeting room.
“I haven’t arrived yet, who said everyone is here?”
At these words, everyone looked towards the door in astonishment.
They saw four people, three men and a woman, walking slowly towards the conference room.
Seeing this, Song Lian roared, “Who are you? This is a high-level company meeting, outsiders are not allowed to participate. Security, get them out of here!”
As the executive president, he carried an air of authority and power.
“You darn fool, if you keep yapping, I’ll knock you out with a stick!” A young man with green hair scolded Song Lian, about to make a move if his sister wasn’t present.
At this moment, Fatty chimed in, “Little Fei, can you be a bit more polite? Don’t threaten people at every turn. You should learn from me. If it were me, I would have fired them right after the meeting!”
Song Lian, upon hearing this, was almost bursting with anger. These guys were either insulting him or planning against him. Did they have no respect?
Thinking this, Manager Song was immediately furious and shouted, “Security, get these people out of here!”
Tan Haohan stood up, pressed down the angry Song Lian, and then walked to the entrance, making a gesture to invite the uninvited guests, in front of numerous employees.
This scene left everyone in shock!
What was going on?
Who were these people? Such characters had never been seen in the company before!
Amid the stunned silence, a shareholder whispered, “Isn’t that Yao Cen, the chairman of Starline Bio?”
This sentence was like a stone thrown into calm waters, stirring up a storm in everyone’s hearts.
Mr. Tan actually invited a competitor to participate in the company’s high-level meeting?
However, what shocked them even more was yet to come…
Tan Haohan led Yao Cen to the top seat, and they sat side by side. The other three were also given seats.
At this point, Song Lian burst out, pointing at Yao Cen seated beside Tan Haohan, and angrily said, “Chairman, this is against the rules!”
Before Tan Haohan could respond, Yao Cenplayfully smiled and said, “Then please tell me, what rule is being violated?”
“This is the chairman’s seat. You are just a president from an outside company. Even if your status is equal to Mr. Tan’s, this is still a high-level meeting of Tans Group. At most, you should only be seated at the bottom!” Song Lian spoke with conviction.
As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room erupted with impassioned voices.
“That’s right. In terms of company size, what does your Starline compare to our company? Although we don’t know why the chairman invited you to the meeting, now that you’re here, you must abide by the rules here.”
“Huh, just a chairman of a small company, and yet he’s acting so high and mighty!”
“Even as a shareholder, I can only sit in the third position. Who do you think you are, daring to sit in front of me?”
Xiao Shun, standing behind Yao Cen, smirked at Fatty and said, “Fatty, remember those who were just blabbering. We’ll settle scores later.”
Fatty agreed, and from somewhere, he produced a small notebook, his eyes slyly scanning the troublemakers.
Little Fei shrugged, “Boss, in my opinion, why bother writing it down? Just knock them out and drag them out. It’s less of a headache.”
At this, Xiao Shun gave Little Fei an exasperated look, “If things get too rowdy, we might just end up unemployed after this meeting!”
Little Fei nonchalantly replied, “What’s there to fear? We have plenty of talent in the Pearl Commercial Chamber, and they all speak so eloquently!”
Seeing Little Fei, who had been influenced by the leader’s “Che Guevara” mindset, Xiao Shun was speechless, “Those guys are not willing to work, they are all top-notch salesmen. Letting them handle official business would be chaotic!”
Just as the meeting room was in chaos due to the seating issue involving Yao Cen, Tan Haohan suddenly coughed twice, signaling for everyone to quiet down.
Seeing this, everyone fell silent, waiting for him to speak.