Chapter 571: What If I’m Pushed Too Far

Lan Corporation.

Conference Room.

“Second Brother, why bother? The situation is quite clear now. There’s no chance at all.”

Lan Guangrong looked at Lan Guanghui and said, panting.

The two brothers had just engaged in the most primal form of conflict—fist fighting.

So now both were sporting black eyes and swollen faces, with Lan Guanghui even having a trail of blood hanging from his nose.

Lan Guangrong felt Lan Guanghui was simply being unreasonable, not making any sense at all.

But this guy was the General Manager of the company, someone with actual power, holding a lot of important resources and documents.

If he couldn’t deal with him, and this guy decides to go down with the ship, his own position as Chairman might be in jeopardy.

“Pah! Lan Guangrong, don’t think I don’t know what kind of person you are. All you know are dirty tricks. A person like you will drag our Lan Family into ruin sooner or later!”

Lan Guanghui wiped the sweat off his forehead and spat in disdain.

As for the others, they all maintained a laid-back demeanor. Some were playing on their phones, while others were chatting, completely unaffected by the two.

After all, they had already accepted the things Lan Guangrong had sent them, and they had also agreed to support his bid for Chairman.

So the rest had nothing to do with them.

It didn’t matter who became Chairman, as long as their own interests were safeguarded.

“Bang!”

Just then, the conference room door was kicked open with great force.

Everyone immediately turned their gaze to the doorway.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes…

Xu Shaochen walked in unhurriedly and turned to Long Yi, slightly scolding him, “Long Yi, can you be a bit gentler when you open doors? What if you break it?”

“Yes, Boss. I’ll remember that.” Long Yi nodded seriously, his expression earnest.

“Mr. Xu, what… why are you here?”

It took a while for everyone to react, and they quickly stood up, with Lan Guanghui running eagerly to Xu Shaochen.

“Oh, Director Lan! We just saw each other this morning, but in just a few hours, you’re already looking like this?”

Xu Shaochen was a bit surprised when he saw Lan Guanghui’s bruised face.

Lan Guanghui awkwardly smiled without saying a word.

“Mr. Xu, this is an internal meeting of the Lan Corporation. I hope you can step aside for the time being.”

Lan Guangrong spoke politely to Xu Shaochen, fearing that he had come to support Lan Guanghui.

So he made it clear.

This was an internal Lan Family meeting. Everyone present was a shareholder. Xu Shaochen had no reason to interfere.

“A shareholders’ meeting? Why wasn’t I notified? Look, if I hadn’t come in time, I would have missed it!”

Xu Shaochen said with a friendly smile, sitting down unceremoniously in the CEO’s position at the head of the table.

Seeing this, everyone’s faces turned gloomy.

That seat was only meant for the Chairman of the company.

“Mr. Xu, I don’t understand what you meant by those words. As far as I know, you don’t hold any shares in the Lan Corporation.”

Lan Guangrong frowned, thinking Xu Shaochen was here just to stir up trouble.

“Thud.”

Xu Shaochen tossed a signed contract onto the desk and said coolly, “Sorry, Director Lan just sold me something. Now, I am also a shareholder of Lan Corporation—the largest one, in fact.”

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone’s expressions changed drastically.

“That’s impossible!”

Lan Guangrong blurted out, grabbing the contract from the desk and flipping it open. His face instantly darkened, and it looked like it could drip water.

“Mr. Xu, there’s no need to get so worked up. This is the original contract. If you accidentally tear it up, I might have to tear you up instead.”

Xu Shaochen’s tone was calm as he looked at Lan Guangrong, but there was a chilling undertone that made everyone’s skin crawl.

“Guangrong… what’s the situation?”

“Yeah, Guangrong, say something. Is the contract real or not?”

Seeing Lan Guangrong’s expression, everyone had a bad premonition but still held onto a sliver of hope.

“It’s real.”

Lan Guangrong squeezed out the words through gritted teeth and handed the contract back to Xu Shaochen.

“That bastard Lan Guangming! How dare he do something like this?! He’s turned his back on our ancestors! This is outrageous! Insane!”

“Exactly! How could Lan Guangming do something like this! It’s… I curse his ancestors for eighteen generations!”

Everyone was furious, spewing curses at Lan Guangming. No one had expected him to pull a move like this.

Xu Shaochen couldn’t help but interject, “Folks, cursing Lan Guangming’s ancestors for eighteen generations also includes yourselves.”

“Mr. Xu, with all due respect, according to the contract, when shareholders sell their shares, the other shareholders have the right of first refusal. Therefore, the contract in your hand is invalid.”

Lan Guanghui took a deep breath, looking at Xu Shaochen.

Although he had just fought with Lan Guangrong, they had to unite temporarily at this moment.

“I signed the damn contract, and you tell me it’s invalid?”

Xu Shaochen stared coldly at Lan Guanghui, as if he were looking at a dead man.

He knew full well about the shareholders’ right of first refusal, but did he care?

“Mr. Xu, why not sell your shares to us? We can compensate you for any losses.”

Lan Guangrong suggested.

“Bang!”

Xu Shaochen grabbed a teacup from the conference table and smashed it directly.

“Ah!”

Lan Guangrong screamed, instinctively covering his forehead as blood trickled through his fingers.

“Do I look like I’m short on money? Come on, tell me! Am I short on money?”

Xu Shaochen stood up, glaring at Lan Guangrong and emphatically asking, then looked around the room coldly before saying, “All I know is that I legally bought my shares from Lan Guangming. If you have a problem, go find him. Don’t try to bullshit me!”

“Xu Shaochen! You’ve gone too far!”

Lan Guangrong shouted angrily, his face twisted in rage, as if he could explode at any moment.

“So what if I’ve gone too far? What can you do about it?”

Xu Shaochen looked at him dismissively, his eyes mocking and full of disdain.

“Security! Where are the security guards?”

Lan Guangrong shouted loudly. He couldn’t tolerate Xu Shaochen’s arrogance anymore.

Earlier, they had bowed to Xu Shaochen only to avoid losing their interests because of Lan Guangming.

But now, Xu Shaochen was trying to swallow their interests whole, and that was something they would never allow!

“Don’t bother calling them. When I came in earlier, they tried to stop me and acted disrespectfully, so I gave them a temporary leave. They’ll be in the hospital for a few days.”

Xu Shaochen spoke nonchalantly.

Lan Guangrong was instantly at a loss for words, and the conference room fell into a terrifying silence.