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Chapter 56 Announcement of Will
Lin Yushu rested at home for one night, and went to the Eternal Star Building early the next morning to attend Shao Zhenbang's memorial service.
Except for him, all the colleagues in the family office were busy with their own work, and it looked like an internal employee of the Shao family, but he seemed to be a friend who came to mourn.
"I've heard all about you."
In the corner of the mourning hall, Zhou Xian sat in a wheelchair and said to Lin Yushu behind him.
Song Qiming went to the airport to pick up his parents. Lin Yushu had nothing to do, so he could just accompany his teacher.
"Is there anyone else going to gossiping with you?" Lin Yushu looked at his busy colleagues and said self-deprecatingly.
"Who else do you think?" Zhou Xian asked, tilting his head slightly.
Lin Yushu's heart skipped a beat, his expression was slightly frozen, only to hear Zhou Xian say again: "It's Shao Zhenbang."
Indeed, only he can say it.
There is a photo of Shao Zhenbang on the wall in front of him. He is wearing a brand new suit, his hair is combed meticulously, and his kind smile makes people feel that he has not left, as if he will walk out of the photo at any time.
"I'm sorry, teacher." For some reason, Lin Yushu lowered his head slightly, like a student who has done something wrong.
"You didn't feel sorry for me." Zhou Xian clasped his fingers and put them casually in front of him, "It's your own choice, just be responsible to yourself."
"Yes." Lin Yushu replied softly.
"However," Zhou Xian changed the subject, "I am surprised that you are still in Eternal Star after these things happened."
"I have plans to resign," Lin Yushu said, "but I'm still hesitating."
"Is it because of that kid named Song?"
Even though the relationship between Lin Yushu and Song Qiming was already semi-public, seeing Zhou Xian speak out so calmly, Lin Yushu felt more at ease.
"There are his reasons." Lin Yushu said, "But part of the reason is reluctance. After all, this is my first job since graduation."
Zhou Xian nodded, and seemed to agree with Lin Yushu's thoughts, but he said: "But the meaning of your stay in Eternal Star is not great anymore."
Lin Yushu fell silent.
"Your career plan is to jump from the family office to the management of the listed company, right?"
These ideas Lin Yushu had communicated with Zhou Xian a long time ago, and Zhou Xian also expressed his support.
"But if you are with Song Qiming, this idea is unnecessary." Zhou Xian continued, "If Shao Hedong is in charge of the company in the future, there will be no place for you two; on the other hand, if Song Qiming is in charge, thenYou will be his vassal forever."
"...Well." It's not like Lin Yushu didn't think about it, "So you mean, it's time for me to go home."
"This is good for both of you." Zhou Xian said, "If Song Qiming is unemployed, at least you will still be there; if he is not unemployed, then the two of you are very suitable."
The teacher is worthy of being a teacher. He thinks about things more comprehensively than Lin Yushu.
But Lin Yushu suddenly realized that something was wrong. Just now Zhou Xian said that he knew these things because Shao Zhenbang came to him.That is to say...
"Is this what the old man meant?" Lin Yushu couldn't help frowning and asked, "He talked to you about the company's development?"
"You don't have to worry about that much." Zhou Xian said lightly, "Anyway, you just need to know that you are no longer fit to stay in Eternal Star."
Zhou Xian was not in good health, and he only stayed at the memorial service for a short time before leaving.
At noon, all the guests gathered in the company restaurant for a light meal, so when Song Qiming returned from the airport, there were only a few people left in the memorial hall.
Lin Yushu staggered the peak hours of the restaurant, and happened to be upstairs at this time, but he didn't step forward to disturb, but just waited silently.
Song Qiming was followed by a tired Shao Wenqian and a man in a black coat. The man looked serious and serious. Lin Yushu had seen him in the photo before. He was Song Qiming's father.
The relatives of the Shao family put on the armbands for the three of them. Unlike the cheerful aunt seen in the video before, Shao Wenqian has been crying since seeing Shao Zhenbang's photo, while Song Qiming and Song's father have been comforting her.
Lin Yushu suddenly thought of the time when his parents left due to an accident.
At that time, he was still very young and didn't quite understand the meaning of death. Lin Yize only told him that his parents had gone far away.
Later, when he grew up, Lin Yize confided in him, saying that he envied him for being so young and ignorant at that time, so that he would not feel the pain of losing a loved one.
But Lin Yushu didn't say, in fact, when he started to understand, for a period of time, he cried every day in front of the pictures of his parents.
"Dad, Mom, this is Lin Yushu."
After Shao Wenqian slowed down, Song Qiming looked around, and Lin Yushu knew that it was almost time to wait, so he walked over consciously.
"Hello, Uncle and Auntie," Lin Yushu was somewhat cautious when facing Song Qiming's parents for the first time, "My condolences."
Papa Song nodded, without any special reaction: "Hello."
"Hello, Little Shu." Shao Wenqian's tone was still weak, with a strong nasal voice, "The plan can't keep up with the changes. The family in Germany even has your quilt ready. Who would have thought..."
Speaking of this, she started to sob again, Song Qiming patted her shoulders around her, and comforted: "It's okay, Mom, there will be opportunities in the future."
Lin Yushu didn't know what to say. Papa Song probably saw his nervousness and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"
The next step is to wait for the announcement of the will.
It's just that such words are not easy to say, so Lin Yushu said: "When the work matters stabilize, I will also take him to my house."
"I hope your family likes him too." Shao Wenqian finally stopped sobbing and said, "His father and I both like you."
Song Qiming's straightforwardness should be inherited from his parents. Sometimes it makes people angry, and sometimes it makes people feel at ease.
"Thank you." Although Lin Yushu was also uncertain, he still said, "Yes."
The members of the Shao family who were eating in the restaurant came back upstairs one after another. Shao Hedong kept watch last night. He didn't show up this morning, but he didn't know if he had received the news of Shao Wenqian's arrival, so he rushed over quickly.
"Everyone is here." Shao Hedong hurried over, not to greet Shao Wenqian, "We can announce the will."
Beside him stood Shao Zhenbang's friend, lawyer Zhong, the founder of a top law firm.
At this time, Lawyer Zhong had a bulging briefcase under his armpit, attracting everyone's attention.
"Okay then," Attorney Zhong pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, "let's find a big conference room."
There are twenty or thirty core members of the Shao family, and moving together is not a small battle.
All the guests stopped what they were doing at the same time, and looked here inquiringly, presumably they were equally curious about the content of the will.
The three Shao Hedong brothers and sisters are at the forefront, after all, they are the protagonists of the will.
Song Qiming and Lin Yushu followed in the second echelon. While waiting for the elevator, Song Qiming asked Lin Yushu in a low voice, "Are you familiar with this lawyer?"
"I'm not familiar." Lin Yushu shook his head lightly, "But you can rest assured that this lawyer is someone the old man can trust, and he won't do anything like change the will."
Even if you want to change it, there is no way.
When Shao Zhenbang amends his will, he will ask the notary office to notarize it. Different staff members come every time, and it is impossible for lawyer Zhong to bribe the entire notary office to falsify the will.
"Why," Shao Guangjie came over from nowhere, and said to Song Qiming, "Are you afraid?"
With so many relatives in the Shao family, Shao Guangjie had no choice but to walk beside the two of them.
Really lingering.
Lin Yushu and Song Qiming speeded up their pace in tacit understanding, but Shao Guangjie followed again, with a very kind expression on his face, but the words he said were still so ugly: "Don't worry, you won't get much in the first place, who has nothing to do with the will?"?”
"Have you ever thought about it?" Lin Yushu couldn't bear it anymore, and while paying attention to the people around him, he lowered his voice and said to Shao Guangjie, "As soon as you resume your position, the company's stock price will plummet. Don't you know how much you weigh??”
"President Xiao Lin, oh no, Manager Lin, I remember that you are not a person who can't figure it out." Shao Guangjie called this on purpose, apparently to remind Lin Yushu of being demoted in secret, "Is it Song Qiming who gave you the confidence? Be carefulHe took you down the gutter."
Lin Yushu retorted unceremoniously, "That's better than following you into the cesspit."
"You—" Shao Guangjie's face darkened, probably because he didn't expect Lin Yushu to speak so harshly, "Speaking of our family announcing the will, what are you doing here?"
"He's mine, why can't he come here?" Song Qiming also looked bored, and simply grabbed Lin Yushu's shoulders, and walked quickly to the first echelon.
There were few people in front, and they were all elders, so it was difficult for Shao Guangjie to keep up with him.
A few minutes later, a group of people came to a meeting room that can accommodate dozens of people at the same time.
The more core members sat forward, the members on the opposite side sat behind the conference table, while Song Qiming and Lin Yushu sat against the wall, and their positions were in front.
Lawyer Zhong took out a sealed document bag from his briefcase, and then took out a thin and light laptop and put it aside, and then said to everyone present: "Now I will play Shao Zhenbang, the founder of Eternal Star Group, Mr. Shaowill."
The members of the Shao family present were obviously divided into two camps, some were comfortable and some were worried, which reflected the mentality of Shao Hedong and Shao Hexu.
Lawyer Zhong inserted the USB flash drive in the sealed bag into the laptop, and then connected the computer screen to the big screen in the conference room. Soon, the image of Shao Zhenbang appeared in front of everyone.
"I am Shao Zhenbang. Today is January 18, 20XX. I will distribute the property under my name as follows..."
This date, that is, a few days ago, shows that Shao Zhenbang's will has been revised, not as Shao Guangjie said.
A gleam of hope secretly rose in Lin Yushu's heart, and at the same time, a faint worry appeared between the brows of those who were able to handle things with ease.
"There are a total of 142 real estate properties at home and abroad under my name, including..."
Shao Zhenbang distributed part of the real estate to relatives of the Shao family, and most of those people were heroes of Eternal Star.As for the rest, he evenly distributed it to his children, and even Song Qiming got several properties in Singapore.
"For the deposits, funds, trusts... and other products under my name, part of XX will be donated to XX organization, and the rest will be divided equally between Shao Hedong, Shao Hexu, and Shao Wenqian."
Shao Zhenbang is worthy of being the Master of Duan Shui. So far, his property has been evenly distributed among the three brothers and sisters.
But what really matters lies ahead.
"100% of the equity in Eternal Star Holdings Group in my hand is stored in an overseas trust, which can never be pledged or transferred. What I am about to distribute here is the dividend right and voting right of this part of the equity..."
Everyone held their breath and looked at Shao Zhenbang on the screen.
Just listen to him say in a calm manner: "Shao Hedong and his family get a total of 51% of the shares, Shao Hexu and his family get a total of 34% of the shares, Shao Wenqian and his family get a total of 10% of the shares, Shao...etc.The remaining 5% stake."
With the expected distribution, the people on Shao Hedong's side were all relieved, but the people on Shao Hexu's side all looked solemn.
The two numbers 1/2 and 2/3 are quite important in company law. Shao Hedong obtained more than 1/2 of the equity, which shows that he has relative control over the company, and he can make decisions on general affairs.
This avoids the situation where the two brothers are at odds and cannot make a resolution.
And Shao Hexu obtained more than 1/3 of the shares, which means that he has a veto power in major matters, that is, matters that require more than 2/3 of voting.
As for the portion owned by Shao Wenqian and other relatives, it can basically be ignored and cannot play a decisive role.
In short, the purpose of Shao Zhenbang's distribution in this way is that Shao Hedong is basically in charge of family matters, and Shao Hexu has the veto power for particularly important matters, such as the merger and split of the group.
The very fair and just division method once again demonstrated his style of master Duan Shui.
However, this part of the equity is limited to the top holding group. To put it bluntly, it is the internal affairs of the Shao family.
When the shares of the two are projected to external listed companies, they will be diluted to 30.6% and 20.4%, so Shao Hedong has not yet obtained control over the listed companies.
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Shao Guangjie said that his family already indirectly held more than 10% of the listed company's shares, and adding the 30.6% they got, it might be very dangerous.
These numbers flashed through Lin Yushu's mind, and he couldn't help holding the back of Song Qiming's hand worriedly.
"It's okay." Song Qiming held Lin Yushu's hand back, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Shao Hexu and Fang Lan both signed an agreement with me, and the shareholding is not much different from Shao Hedong."
Lin Yushu estimated that the equity of both parties is more than 40%, so the next step is to see who can mobilize a large amount of funds in a short time to buy back the company's shares from the secondary market.
It's bound to be a tough fight.
Shao Hexu's financial resources are inferior to Shao Hedong's, and Song Qiming owes billions of dollars in debt, and it is impossible to mobilize more funds...
Unlike Lin Yushu who was frowning tightly, Shao Guangjie on the opposite side turned the swivel chair again, as if he had the chance to win.
However, the video of the will does not end here.
"Here is one more thing to add." In the video, Shao Zhenbang suddenly slowed down his speech, as if he was talking about the most critical point, "If my grandson Song Qiming can complete the acquisition of Xunjie Tram within half a year,Then he will get all 100% equity of Eternal Star Holdings Group."
A thunderbolt struck, causing everyone to be stunned for a second.
The next moment, these people all looked at Lin Yushu in unison, some with hostility, some with surprise, but most of them couldn't figure out the situation and could only wait and see the development of the situation.
...Acquisition?
Lin Yushu frowned.
The fast tram is no longer surnamed Lin.
So the previous ones are all foreshadowing, right?
Not only made the appearance of holding water, but also gave Song Qiming a glimmer of life while driving Song Qiming to a dead end.
As expected of you, old man, Lin Yushu couldn't help sighing, he really was playing with their family until his death.