Chapter 61
After entering the hall, Arya paused. She found that the place was very different from the K&T Materials.
The name was no longer K&T Materials but the K&T Inc.
All twenties floors were owned by the K&T Inc.
The receptionist saw her and asked, "May I have your name?"
Arya said coolly, "I'm here for the shareholders meeting."
Though the receptionist had not seen her before, she dared not to underestimate her because she claimed to be a shareholder. So she called Richard's secretary.
The receptionist may not know. But Richard's secretary clearly know how many shareholders there were in the company.
Except for Xavier, everyone else was present.
When the secretary received the call, she immediately informed Richard.
In the huge conference room, the shareholders were still talking about it. From time to time, they paltered with Richard and said that they would elect a new president to manage the company. The secretary pushed the door open and walked directly to Richard, whispering to him, “There's a person downstairs who claims to be a shareholder.”
Richard was stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize who the person was. "Harriet must have convinced Xavier. Go and pick her up.”
The secretary nodded and left the conference room.
Richard suddenly became very confident and didn't take a small detail into account that if it was Xavier, the receptionist would definitely know him and not called him.
Some shareholders jumped on the bandwagon. They thought Richard had a way to get the company out of trouble.
So someone flattered, "Actually, Mr. Harrison, you have made a great contribution to the company in the past few years. Because of your relationship with the Jones Group, our company benefited a lot. We should believe Mr. Harrison can still solve the difficulties we have encountered.”
Orlando hated such a fence-sitter, so he retorted, "As the president of the company, if he can't shape a good future for the company and shareholders, why should we elect him as the president?" The objection against Richard seemed much weaker.
Seeing that he looked confident, people were not sure if he had a way to move the company out of the current predicament.
Richard glanced coldly at the dozen shareholders below. "You guys go on, and I will think about your advice."
The shareholder who had finished his speech right now saw that Richard was confident and began to run against the shareholder who had just attacked him. "Orlando, Come on, let me see how capable you are. Don't forget that Mr. Harrison brought the company back to life because of his relationship with Xavier when the company was at the edge of bankruptcy. Now that the company has just had a little crisis, you're making things difficult for Mr. Harrison. Isn't it too inhumane?" The man paused for a moment. Seeing that Richard looked very happy, he became even more unscrupulous. "If you have the ability, you can be the president. How about increasing the revenue by ten percent for our shareholders in a year?"
Richard created six percent for shareholders at its peak when he made use of his relationship with the Jones Group.
He was sure that Orlando couldn't do it.
"Okay, but can you live up to your words?"
Orlando was the youngest of the dozen shareholders and had just taken over the shares from his father.
He was young, arrogant, and ambitious.
But with the shares in his hands, he was not even qualified to be the president at all.
That man was rendered speechless. Indeed, he didn't have any power.
He said this because he wanted to humiliate Orlando. No one thought that he would dare to promise him.
At this moment, Richard opened his mouth and said unkindly, "You have a big ambition. When your father was here, he was not as presumptuous as you."
Orlando shrugged.
His father was incompetent and achieved nothing throughout his life while Orlando was different from his father for he had ambition.
It was only because he didn't have much power. Even if he had the ability, it would be useless. "We are different. What he could not do doesn't mean I could not."
The reason why this group of people challenged Richard when the company encountered a crisis was because of Richard's poor ability.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have suffered that devastating blow four years ago.
It was because of Richard's mismanagement.
The reason why the company didn't fall was that his daughter had a relationship with Xavier. The company could come back to life.
Over the years, the company's performance was all thanks to the Jones Group's support. Otherwise, the company would have gone to bankruptcy under Richard's management.
So when the Jones Group didn't pay much attention to K&T Inc, the little company would be in great danger.
These shareholders realized it and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to replace him. But Xavier was behind him.
Looking at his calm demeanor, they were afraid that the crisis would be averted.
this crisis would be averted.
After all, Xavier was going to marry Harriet. So he would definitely not ignore his future father-in- law.
This time, it was probably because someone from Harrison Family made him unhappy. So he made a warning.
Just as the shareholders were ready to accept the fact, the conference room door opened. Everyone looked at the door at the same time.
These were all senior leaders from K&T Inc. They knew about Harrison Family and recognized her at a glance.
Only the freshman Orlando didn’t know her.
They were all confused.
“Shouldn't it be Xavier? How could it be her?"
Richard was probably the most shocked. He hadn't seen her in prison once in four years.
He felt that she was the shame of the Harrison Family.
But he never thought about how she got in prison.
"Just go home when you are released. What are you doing here?" Richard snapped. He was very angry.
He just thought that Xavier was here himself. Otherwise, no one would dare to call himself a shareholder.
After all, the rest of the shareholders had arrived.
He was the only one missing.
Although he had never taken K&T Inc seriously, nor had he attended the company's shareholders meeting.
Arya's heart skipped a beat when she saw his father's angry face.
When he decided to let her take the blame for Marshal, she was disappointed in him.
But seeing his indifference and ruthlessness at this moment, she still felt sad.
Even if she pretended not to care, she knew blood was thicker than water.
Richard was her father. Even if she didn't admit it, she couldn't change it.
She bottled up all her feeling and resumed being cold and arrogant.
"I'm here... to attend the shareholders meeting."
As she spoke, she walked in without any hesitation and greeted the shareholders politely. "It's been a long time since we met. I'm a newcomer. Glad to be a part of the team.”
Everyone looked confused.
'What was this family doing?’
Richard couldn't help but look gloomy. "What are you doing? I told you to go out. Didn't you hear me? Can you get in here?!"
Richard's words were harsh.
There was not a trace of fatherly kindness.
Arya ignored Richard's ruthlessness. She calmly walked to an empty seat and sat down.
She put the document on the table.
"Whether I am qualified or not is not up to you.” Arya was calm. She was neither anxious nor angry, attracting everyone's attention.
Richard was furious.
'Did she want to piss him off the moment she was released?’
He pointed at Arya with a trembling hand. "You, the unfilial daughter, get out of here. Get out now!" "This is a shareholders meeting. You only have 25 % of the company's share. Are you qualified to ask a shareholder with 40 % shares to get out?"
Arya paused, looked at Richard, and asked word by word, "Are you qualified?"
Richard widened his eyes in shock and finally denied what she said.
He indeed only had 25 % of the shares. Apart from Xavier's shares, the rest was in the hands of the shareholders present.
"How could she have such a large amount of shares?’
“Wasn't that a fantasy?’
Orlando sat back in his chair with a smile on his look, waiting to watch the confrontation between the father and daughter.
"Arya, I used to think you were just ignorant. But I didn't expect you to be so ridiculous. Security! Throw her out!"
The security guards immediately came in to arrest her.
"Wait..."