Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 929 0917 [The guest takes over the host’s role]

Du Yongxiao entered the meeting room and glanced at everyone. Just this one look made everyone present shudder, and they all thought of Du Yongxiao's nickname "Bloody Hand Butcher".

At this moment, it seemed as if Du Yongxiao's eyes could kill people, and the scene was completely silent.

"What? Didn't you hear my question? Who wants to fight to the death with me, Du? Who wants to be irreconcilable with me?" Du Yongxiao asked again.

Everyone who was filled with righteous indignation just now was silent. Some even didn't dare to look Du Yongxiao in the eye and just lowered their heads.

Watching the scene in front of him, Du Yongxiao felt contempt in his heart. No wonder people said that the scholar's rebellion was as powerful as ascending to heaven. These people were just talking nonsense. When something serious happened, they were all scared to death.

Du Yongxiao snorted coldly, glanced at everyone again, then looked at the conference table, saw an empty seat, and walked straight over.

Yan Xiong helped him pull out the chair, Huang Ying helped him take off his windbreaker, and barrister Brando stood on his left, holding a briefcase with a serious expression.

After Du Yongxiao sat down, he crossed his legs, took out cigarettes and a lighter from his arms, put the cigarettes on the table, and put the lighter on the cigarettes. He had a hard time quitting smoking recently, so he just started smoking again.

Seeing this, Yan Xiong came forward and said, "Godfather, smoking cigarettes is bad for your health, try this!" He handed over the cigar, "The cigar has a mellow flavor and is strong! Try it!"

Du Yongxiao nodded, took the cigar and put it in his mouth.

Yan Xiong used fire to slowly roast it for him, lighting it without haste.

Du Yongxiao didn't smoke cigars every time, but he just didn't like the strong smell of cigars.

But at this moment, with a thick cigar in his mouth, facing so many people, Du Yongxiao's attitude was defiant, and he looked like a hero.

Gradually, thick cigar smoke rose, blurring Du Yongxiao's stern face.

Du Yongxiao was just sitting there simply, surrounded by crowds of people, but his aura radiated outward, making those people feel anxious and uneasy, as if the person sitting in front of them was not a person, but an iceberg, so cold that it penetrated into their bones.

Jin Yong, Shen Baoxin and others looked in astonishment at Du Yongxiao who suddenly appeared and most of them had a look of helplessness on their faces.

They were just clamoring for revenge on Du Yongxiao, but now that Du Yongxiao appeared in front of them, they were shocked.

After Du Yongxiao sat down, he smoked a cigar without saying a word, which made everyone present, who were already a little frightened, even more at a loss.

This atmosphere is so depressing and uncomfortable.

Jin Yong, the boss of Ming Pao, was the first to lose his patience.

He stood up and pointed at Du Yongxiao and said, "Excuse me, should I call you Mr. Du Yongxiao or Director Du Yongxiao? If it's Mr., then please tell me, what are you relying on to come here? And sit down so openly? If it's Director, then just pretend I didn't say anything, after all, many people in Hong Kong like to bully others by taking advantage of their power!"

As expected of a scholar, his words were full of sarcasm and a scolding was enough to make people feel ashamed.

Du Yongxiao bit his cigar, looked at Jin Yong who was furious, and said calmly: "Bullying others by taking advantage of your power? Don't worry, I'm not that despicable! I won't come here in the name of the police chief to oppress you kind people."

Jin Yong sneered: "Then I am curious, if that's the case, why are you here, and why are you sitting at the conference table so arrogantly? Don't you know that this is our Ming Pao Industrial Group? Don't you know that this is our company's internal meeting?"

Du Yongxiao held a cigar between his legs and looked at Jin Yong, who was swearing. Without any fluctuation in his tone, he said, "Are you questioning me?"

"So what? Fortunately, this is not America..."

"So what if it's the United States?"

"If it was the United States, you would be dead - American law stipulates that anyone who breaks into a private house can be shot to death, let alone such a big company?"

Du Yongxiao smiled: "Mr. Cha is very fond of democracy. The United States is a beacon of democracy. It seems that you have studied their laws very thoroughly."

"I'm just giving an example," Jin Yong said. "Mr. Du, you came uninvited. I'm confused. Should I call the police or convince them with virtue?"

"Don't be confused. I came here for a reason! As for the reason, I will tell you now--"

Jin Yong smiled, "I'm all ears."

Everyone else also looked at Du Yongxiao.

"The reason why I came here is because you, Mr. Cha, convened the shareholders' meeting of Ming Pao Group, and I happen to be a major shareholder, and a major shareholder!"

"You are a shareholder?" Jin Yong was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "I am dying of laughter. You actually said you are a shareholder? Oh my God, why didn't I know? Why aren't you on our shareholder invitation list?"

"Yes, Mr. Du, you are a well-known person after all, so don't speak nonsense."

Others also spoke up.

"Liar? I, Du, haven't reached that point yet!" Du Yongxiao smiled coldly and extended his hand to the great lawyer Brando behind him.

Brando opened the briefcase and handed the equity transfer agreement to Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao threw it on the table without even looking at it, saying, "It clearly says that I, Du, or to be more precise, our Du Group owns 50% of the shares of Ming Pao! In other words--"

Du Yongxiao glanced at everyone and said, "I am now the largest shareholder of Ming Pao."

boom!
The scene exploded.

what?
Is Du Yongxiao the largest shareholder?
He owns 50 percent of the shares?

How can it be?

Jin Yong angrily snatched the transfer letter from the table and looked at it carefully.

Shen Baoxin, Ni Kuang and others also came forward and watched carefully.

Their expressions were fairly calm at first, but became increasingly uglier, and in the end Jin Yong's face turned the color of liver!

He raised his head, glared at Du Yongxiao, held up the information in his hand and said, "Tell me, these are not true, you forged them!"

Du Yongxiao laughed, "Fake? You are a martial arts master, but you can't tell the difference between fake and real? In other words, why would I fake something like this?"

One sentence stumped Jin Yong.

Jin Yong is mute.

Shen Baoxin said: "Du Yongxiao, stop hiding your head and showing your tail. What are you planning?"

"What's your idea?" Du Yongxiao smiled. "I'm planning to take over Ming Pao. Is that okay? I now own 50% of the shares. Even if all of you here add up, you can only tie with me at most! In other words, I am the boss of Ming Pao now, and you--" Du Yongxiao stood up, put his hands on the table, and stared at Jin Yong with a pair of starry eyes, "Just an ordinary major shareholder!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Jin Yong's heart sank when he heard Du Yongxiao say this, and he said hurriedly: "All this is not true! I founded Ming Pao, I would never..."

"Yes, you won't sell it to me, but you mortgaged it to HSBC, didn't you?"

Du Yongxiao's words awakened the dreamer.

Jin Yong finally realized where he went wrong.

"Could it be Shen Bi... shameful fellow! Despicable fellow! He promised me..."

"What did he promise you?" Du Yongxiao interrupted Jin Yong. "He is a banker, that is, a businessman. A businessman will never suffer a loss, he will only consider the interests! Besides, Mr. Shen Bi has always been a smart man. For HSBC, he is willing to give everything! Of course, he is also a man of his word. If he really promised you something, he will definitely do it. The question is, did he promise it?"

"Ah, this——" Jin Yong was stunned and thought carefully. It seemed that the last time he negotiated with Shen Bi, he was interrupted by the other party just when he was about to ask the other party to keep his promise. In the end, he did not make his words clear and told the other party that the equity could not be transferred to a third party.

"Why, you can't remember? If I'm guessing correctly, he didn't promise you anything. He's a famous banker, he would never take his reputation lightly." Du Yongxiao said to Jin Yong with a smile, "So you are just imagining everything, isn't it?"

Jin Yong was speechless after being asked by Du Yongxiao.

Shen Baoxin could no longer hold back: "Du Yongxiao, you damned fellow! Stop your glib talk and nonsense here! Isn't your goal to take over Ming Pao? Now I tell you, even if you really own half of the shares, what? So many of us have resigned collectively, let's see what you can do!"

"You're right. Let's resign collectively and leave you alone! Hahaha!" Ni Kuang also said.

Du Yongxiao looked at the others and asked with a half-smile, "What about you guys? Are you really willing to resign collectively?"

Everyone was stunned.

One of them stood up with his neck stiffened: "So what?"

Du Yongxiao looked at the man, "What is your position here?"

"My last name is Wang, and I'm the editor-in-chief of the entertainment section."

"Oh, it's Editor-in-Chief Wang." Du Yongxiao nodded, "So how much is your current salary?"

"Why are you asking this? I only make 1,800 yuan a month!"

"Three thousand six hundred!" Du Yongxiao suddenly said, "If you stay, I will double your salary!" He then looked at the others and said, "The same goes for you. Anyone who is willing to stay will have their salary doubled!"

There was a commotion.

"Double the salary!"

“That’s a high salary!”

When Jin Yong and Shen Baoxin heard this, their faces changed and they looked at each other, fearing that the situation would change.

Editor-in-Chief Wang stood up again and said loudly, "Du, don't think you can buy us off by doubling our salaries! We are all literati with a literati spirit! We will never sell out our integrity for a little money from you!"

"That's right! We have the character of a scholar!"

"We won't sell ourselves out!"

Three or four more people stood up and started yelling.

Jin Yong and Shen Baoxin were very pleased to see this. Did you see it? Who said that we newspaper people have no integrity? This is it!
Du Yongxiao looked at the people who were constantly shouting at him, smiled slightly, leaned over and flicked the cigar lightly towards the ashtray.

A wisp of silvery, scaly cigar ash bounced into the ashtray.

Du Yongxiao raised his head, looked at Editor-in-Chief Wang and the others, and said calmly, "Three times! I'll triple your salary! How do you think?"

The originally noisy scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Du Yongxiao in disbelief, suspecting that they had heard it wrong.

Triple salary?
How can it be?

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Du Yongxiao seemed to see through their thoughts and said calmly: "This is not impossible! I, Du, am a person of status and position after all, and I will do what I say! I will triple your salary, and that's it! If anyone can't meet the requirement, just come to me!"

This sentence is very domineering.

Coupled with Du Yongxiao's defiant posture while biting a cigar, it is full of great deterrence and persuasiveness.

When Jin Yong and Shen Baoxin saw that everyone's expressions changed again, they felt a pang in their hearts and thought, oh no, this Du guy is too good at psychological warfare!
The two of them looked at Editor-in-Chief Wang at the same time.

Editor-in-Chief Wang immediately understood what Du Yongxiao meant when he saw his eyes. He said to Du Yongxiao, "Oh, who do you think you are? You can say whatever you want. Don't be fooled by him. I can say I want to take you to the moon and pick the stars..."

After being sabotaged by Editor-in-Chief Wang twice in a row, Du Yongxiao could no longer tolerate it and threw the cigar in his hand directly into Editor-in-Chief Wang's face!

The charcoal fire on the cigar hit Editor-in-Chief Wang's face, sparks flew, and the editor-in-chief Wang was so burned that he staggered and almost fell!
Du Yongxiao pointed at Editor-in-Chief Wang who was hit by his cigar and said arrogantly: "Who do you think you are? I say one thing, and you say three things! You know, everyone else can stay and get a three-fold salary increase, but you, get out now! Right now, right now! GO——!"

Editor-in-Chief Wang wanted to speak again, but Zhuang Dingxian had already ordered someone to take him away.

Two plainclothes officers appeared, grabbed Editor-in-Chief Wang under his arms and dragged him out.

Editor-in-Chief Wang was completely scared this time.

"Mr. Du! Mr. Du! No, I know I was wrong, please don't fire me! Don't kick me out! I was just following other people's instructions..."

The two plainclothes officers didn't give him a chance and simply dragged him outside like a dead dog.

Everyone looked at the sudden change before their eyes and fell silent again.

They knew that Editor-in-Chief Wang wanted to be in the spotlight, but they didn't expect that he would die so miserably.

Triple salary is gone.
And got fired!
After Editor-in-Chief Wang was dragged out of the conference room, Du Yongxiao slowly picked up the teacup in front of him and said to the people in front of him who were frightened and changed their faces: "As the saying goes, a man of insight is a hero! You are all smart people, otherwise you wouldn't be sitting here as a boss! Besides, you are all scholars. It's right for scholars to distinguish right from wrong, and they must also know how to judge the situation! So now - who is willing to step forward?"

With the lesson of Chief Editor Wang just now, no one in the room dared to speak casually. Everyone looked at each other, hoping that others would gather their courage while they waited and watched from behind.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, no one spoke. Du Yongxiao put down the teacup in his hand and smiled slightly: "Ming Pao caught fire last night. I know everyone has a shadow in their hearts, but as the saying goes, fire and water are ruthless, but people are kind! I came here today, in addition to telling you that I am a major shareholder of Ming Pao, I also want to tell you that I will be fully responsible for the reconstruction of Ming Pao this time, and I will also personally fund the funds!"

As soon as Du Yongxiao said this, the scene exploded again.

Now, these people are most afraid of paying out of their own pockets. Now that Du Yongxiao is willing to take it all on his own, they are extremely happy. Moreover, Du Yongxiao promised -
Triple commission, triple commission!
In this world-
No one wants to go against money!
(End of this chapter)