Chapter 532: Reorganization of Zhalang
On Wednesday afternoon, after finishing his professional course, Lu Yiming went directly to the principal's office and found Wang Hongsheng: "Principal Wang, I need to take a week off."
Wang Hongsheng frowned when he heard this, and said with a puzzled look in his eyes: "Student Lu Yiming, you came to school half a month later than other students this semester, and now you want to take a week off? Do you know how many weeks there are in a semester?"
As the president of Fudan University, Wang Hongsheng attaches great importance to the school's reputation, so he loves and hates a "problem student" like Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming said calmly, "I have already made up for all the missed courses and also prepared for the next half month's courses, so I have no problem with my studies."
As a programmer twenty years later, what Lu Yiming learns from textbooks now is very superficial.
People always say that the Internet is changing with each passing day and that electronic products are updated and replaced quickly. But for those who develop software at the lowest level, it is pure nonsense.
In the software field, students generally use software that is older than themselves. For example, when Lu Yiming went to Qingniao Education and Training, it was already the second decade of the 21st century, and students were still using Dreamweaver, developed in 1997, to learn HTML.
Therefore, the software that Lu Yiming uses now in college are actually the same ones he used twenty years ago, just with different versions.
For Lu Yiming, this is very easy to learn, as it is a way of “reviewing the old to learn the new”.
Wang Hongsheng had no temper at all about Lu Yiming's learning ability, so he didn't doubt his words. But out of concern for his students, Wang Hongsheng still asked, "What are you doing in Beijing?"
Lu Yiming did not hide it, and replied: "To attend the shareholders' meeting of Zhalang Company."
Wang Hongsheng was stunned for a moment before he remembered that in addition to being a student of Fudan University, Lu Yiming was also the richest man in Xia Country. Moreover, the recent feud between Lu Yiming and Sina had been a hot topic and everyone knew about it.
In desperation, Wang Hongsheng could only approve Lu Yiming's leave application.
In fact, Lu Yiming had previously asked for leave from He Zhongtian, the head of the Computer Department, but Lu Yiming is no longer an ordinary student, and He Zhongtian did not dare to approve Lu Yiming's leave easily. He could only put the blame on the principal, so Lu Yiming had to come to Wang Hongsheng in person.
Two days later, at the Zhalang headquarters in Zhongguancun Software Park in Beijing.
Lu Yiming showed up at the Zhalang headquarters with a large group of people. The receptionist recognized Lu Yiming at a glance and quickly picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Hello, Secretary Song? Mr. Lu is here with his men. OK."
After the call, the receptionist quickly walked around the counter and came in front of Lu Yiming. She bowed slightly and greeted him, "Mr. Lu."
Lu Yiming nodded, and the first thing he said was, "Is Wang Zhidong here?"
The beautiful lady at the front desk looked embarrassed, but she still tried to stop Lu Yiming: "Boss Wang is in a meeting, why don't you go to the lounge and wait for a while and have a cup of coffee?"
But how could Lu Yiming just let himself be manipulated like this? He immediately smiled and said, "Meeting? That's perfect. We are here for a meeting too. Come on, take us upstairs."
"this……"
The beautiful receptionist showed an embarrassment on her face again. It was obvious that there was a conflict between Lu Yiming's request and the order she received.
But Lu Yiming didn't expect to get any constructive advice from a front desk clerk. He ignored it and took his people up in the elevator.
"By the way, which floor is the conference room on?"
"nineteen……"
The receptionist subconsciously answered Lu Yiming's question, but then realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she could only run back and make a phone call in a hurry: "Secretary Song, Mr. Lu is bringing people upstairs...but I can't stop them..."
On the 19th floor, Lu Yiming brought his people to the door of the conference room. When he opened the door, he saw Wang Zhidong and other Zhalang executives there. They were all surprised to see Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming looked around and finally came directly to Wang Zhidong, pulled out a chair, sat down with his arms and legs folded, and said loudly: "Boss Wang, the front desk just told me that you were in a meeting, but I didn't believe it. It turns out that you are in a meeting. You say, I am now a major shareholder of Zhalang, so how can you not invite me to such a fun meeting?"
Just such a light sentence made the atmosphere in the conference room tense in an instant, and the air was full of gunpowder.
The scene before our eyes can be described as Mars hitting the Earth.
Who here doesn't know about the grudge between Lu Yiming and Wang Zhidong?
But they neither know how nor dare to stop a fight.
Therefore, the executives of Zhalang all tacitly started playing dead and kept silent. After all, Wang Zhidong is the current boss, but it is hard to say how long .
However, Lu Yiming, who holds 18% of Zhalang's shares, is someone they cannot afford to offend.
Wang Zhidong's face was gloomy, and he asked unhappily, "Lu Yiming, you brought people into my company without permission. What do you want to do? If you want to find me, wait until I finish the meeting."
Then, he said loudly: "Come here, please invite Mr. Lu to the reception room for tea."
However, no one came in.
Lu Yiming smiled and waved at Wang Zhidong: "Alright, stop shouting. No one will come in even if you shout your throat out."
Outside the door, the security team had actually been in place for a long time, but how could they dare to go against Lu Yiming?
Not to mention that Lu Yiming now controls almost 20% of Zhalang shares, even if they were to take advantage of his status as the youngest richest man in mainland China, they would never dare to offend him.
Mr. Lu might not do anything to company executives like Wang Zhidong, but dealing with these workers with no background is just a matter of a word, right?
Wang Zhidong's face turned black. He had realized that he had lost control of the company. The negative news in recent days had already made the company's employees uneasy, and his orders had become ineffective.
Lu Yiming patted Wang Zhidong on the shoulder, his smile gradually becoming more presumptuous: "Boss Wang, look, what do you mean by your company and his company? Now you can't even command your company's security."
"you……"
Wang Zhidong was anxious and angry. He didn't expect that even the security guards would not give him face.
Lu Yiming said slowly: "Okay, don't be angry. After all, everyone knows that Zhalang Company will no longer belong to you."
Then, he looked at the shareholders of Zhalang Company in the office with a disdainful look, and said in an even more excited tone: "I came here today to convene a shareholders' meeting of Zhalang Company."
Although he had already been warned, Wang Zhidong still said coldly: "Convene a shareholders' meeting? How come I didn't know about this?"
Lu Yiming slapped his forehead with an annoyed expression, and said, "Hey, look at my memory. I actually forgot to inform you in advance, Mr. Wang. But there is nothing I can do. After all, Mr. Wang, your shares are only 3.8%, so it's normal that I can't remember. It's not too late to inform you now. Look, now that you have received the notice, can we have the meeting?"
Lu Yiming's contemptuous look and tone deeply hurt Wang Zhidong's heart. It was not until then that he realized that he was so vulnerable in front of a top billionaire like Lu Yiming.
However, Zhalang was the company he founded , and Duan Yongji also expressed his support for him. Wang Zhidong, who thought he could still control the situation, stared at Lu Yiming coldly: "Boss Lu, don't think you have won. You only have 18% of the shares, and the entire board of directors is made up of my people. Even if you initiate a shareholders' meeting, you can't do anything to me."
At this moment, Wang Zhidong is still full of confidence, even though the shares of Zhalang in his hands are far lower than those of Lu Yiming.
Because according to the provisions of the Company Law, a company shall establish a board of directors, which is the management decision-making body that manages the company's affairs internally and represents the company externally.
Although the board of directors is elected by the shareholders, in fact, shareholders cannot directly interfere in the company's internal affairs without going through the board of directors. In other words, if Lu Yiming wants to dominate Zhalang, he must first re-elect the board of directors, at least kick Wang Zhidong out of the position of chairman.
Relying on the fact that he was still the chairman of Sina, Wang Zhidong regained some confidence. He looked directly at Lu Yiming and said without any hesitation: "As long as I am still the chairman of Sina, you can't do anything."
Lu Yiming was not in a hurry when he heard this. Instead, he nodded to Wang Zhidong and said, "That makes sense. Now that you say so, let's re-elect the board of directors."
Then Lu Yiming looked around and raised his voice: "Now, I think that under the leadership of Mr. Wang Zhidong, Zhalang's performance has been declining, which has harmed the interests of shareholders. So I propose here to remove Mr. Wang from the position of chairman and kick him out of the board of directors. Who is in favor and who is against?"
This move caused Wang Zhidong to laugh: "Lu Yiming, let me tell you, the board of directors has a chairman and a vice chairman, and the chairman and vice chairman are elected by the board of directors. The term of office of a director is three years, and he can be re-elected after the term expires. Before the expiration of the term of office, the shareholders' meeting shall not remove a director from his position without reason, so don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you are a major shareholder. You have no right to directly remove me from my position!"
Lu Yiming also laughed, looking at Wang Zhidong calmly: "Boss Wang, you are so naive at your age? What can I say about you? Do you think I came all the way from Zhonghai to Beijing just to make you laugh?"
Just when Wang Zhidong was puzzled, the door of the conference room was pushed open again, and the person who walked in surprised Wang Zhidong.
"Duan... Mr. Duan!?"
Not only Duan Yongji, but also four directors followed closely behind him. It can be said that all the core figures of Sina were present. Among them, Vice Chairman Jiang Fengnian even gave Wang Zhidong a look that showed that the situation was hopeless.
Wang Zhidong was suddenly struck by lightning and froze in his seat.
Lu Yiming actually invited all the directors over! ?
He has no idea how powerful the power of capital is.
In order to get Zhalang listed, Wang Zhidong split his shares and signed a bet agreement with investors. It was from then on that the actual control of Zhalang fell into the hands of capital.
Wang Zhidong himself became a puppet.
Especially now that Zhalang's stock price has fallen, none of the target performance he set at the beginning has been achieved. Naturally, the investors behind him have completely lost confidence in him.
Now is the moment when the true intention is revealed.
Lu Yiming looked calm and said in an unquestionable tone: "Since everyone is here, let's hold the shareholders' meeting and the board meeting together today."
Afterwards, some representatives of small shareholders also entered the market one after another. Obviously, these were all prepared in advance by Lu Yiming, with the purpose of launching a "mutiny" against Wang Zhidong.
What completely disappointed Wang Zhidong was that after Duan Yongji walked into the meeting room, he didn't say a word to him, and didn't even look at him. Instead, he walked over to sit next to Lu Yiming, and the first thing he said was: "Mr. Lu's proposal just now is very good, I vote in favor of it."
The other four board members, except for Vice Chairman Jiang Fengnian, also expressed their opinions: "We also agree with President Lu's proposal."
Only Jiang Fengnian, considering their friendship in the past, said dejectedly, "I will abstain from voting."
At this point, everything is settled.
It has become a foregone conclusion that Wang Zhidong has been removed from the position of chairman and even kicked out of the board of directors.
Lu Yiming shrugged towards Wang Zhidong and spread his hands: "Well, this is the public opinion, there is nothing I can do."
Wang Zhidong obviously didn't want to admit defeat just like that - just because he spoke bad words to Lu Yiming, he ruined the entire company?
This is so fucked up!
So he still argued: "According to the Company Law, if the term of the board of directors has not expired and there are no statutory circumstances, it is not possible to request a re-election of the board of directors. I do not recognize this result!"
Lu Yiming had expected him to say this. After all, as a well-informed person, he was very familiar with hysteria.
"Don't admit it? Okay, let's take our time in the lawsuit. But I have to remind you, Mr. Wang, don't forget that the gambling agreement you signed originally has relevant clauses. If your personal words and deeds damage the image of Zhalang Company and affect the interests of Zhalang, as a shareholder of Zhalang, I will not sit idly by and will ask for some compensation..."
"you!"
Wang Zhidong was so angry that his whole body went numb.
It is you who shorted Zhalang.
It is you who are badmouthing the portal.
It's you who made the hostile takeover.
Now you're accusing me of damaging the image of Zhalang Company?
I have never seen such a shameless person!
"You what?"
"I……"
"I what me?"
Lu Yiming slapped Wang Zhidong's hand that was pointing at him and shouted to the security guard outside the office: "What are you waiting for? Why don't you come over and invite Mr. Wang to the reception room to rest? We will serve you good cigarettes and good wine."
The security captain rushed in with his men, made a gesture of invitation to Wang Zhidong, and said apologetically: "Boss Wang, we are just trying to make a living, and we hope you won't make things difficult for us brothers."
Now everyone can see that within Zhalang, Wang Zhidong’s situation is hopeless.
The person who can give orders is the powerful Lu Yiming, the richest man in Lu.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Wang Zhidong also understood that it was not a wise choice to make a scene here. He snorted, waved his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and walked out with his head held high.
"Lu Yiming, our mountains and rivers remain unchanged! There is still a long way to go, and I will definitely take back everything that belongs to me!"
"As you wish."
Lu Yiming didn't care at all when faced with the harsh words uttered by the loser.
If he could still get along with Wang Zhidong, he would just throw away his identity as a reborn person.
After Wang Zhidong left the meeting room, Lu Yiming immediately put on a friendly expression, making people feel like spring breeze: "Okay, let's continue the meeting. Since President Wang is questioning his resignation, Zhalang Company now needs to elect a new leadership team. I propose that President Cao Guowei replace Wang Zhidong and serve as the chairman of Zhalang Company. What do you think?"
Cao Guowei is also considered a veteran employee of Zhalang Company. His qualifications are there, and he was the one who pushed Zhalang to go public. His prestige is also there. Everyone agreed with Lu Yiming's choice.
After all, everyone's first reaction was that Lu Yiming would definitely take the position of chairman. Now he gave the position to Cao Guowei, which made people feel that Lu Yiming was "appointing people based on their talents and merits". For a moment, they actually had a better impression of Lu Yiming and felt more at ease.
Cao Guowei had already received Lu Yiming's promise, so when Lu Yiming said his name, he was not too surprised. He immediately stood up and bowed slightly to Lu Yiming, then said: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Lu, and thank you for the support of all shareholders. You elected me as the chairman, but I know I am here to serve you. Then, let me say a few words..."
In the chairman's office, Wang Zhidong packed some of his important items without saying a word.
From now on, everything here has nothing to do with him. He, the founder, was fired by the shareholders.
He immediately thought of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, who was fired by the board of directors in 1985.
In 1996, Steve Jobs was politely invited back to Apple and took over the reins again.
Wang Zhidong felt that since Steve Jobs could do it, there was no reason why he couldn't do it.
"When I make a comeback, Lu Yiming, I will let you know what cruelty is!"
Muttering something, Wang Zhidong packed up his things, filled a suitcase, and left the office.
Outside the headquarters building of Zhalang Company, a group of reporters had been waiting for a long time, as if they knew that something big would happen in Zhalang Company today.
In fact, Lu Yiming had already spread the news that Wang Zhidong was going to be kicked out through various channels.
This was huge news, and reporters from all walks of life flocked to the scene.
When they saw Wang Zhidong coming out, the reporters surrounded him immediately.
"Boss Wang, I heard that you were kicked out of the board of directors of Zhalang Company. What do you think about this matter?"
Wang Zhidong took a deep breath and said excitedly: "Conspiracy, all of this is Lu Yiming's conspiracy! He used dishonorable means to steal the company I founded. He is shameless!"
"Boss Wang, do you have a chance to return to Zhalang Company in the future?"
Wang Zhidong gritted his teeth but said with great certainty: "I will definitely come back!"
"Mr. Wang..."
Wang Zhidong accepted the interview for half an hour, then went to the basement and drove away in his car.
