Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 258-259

Both of them arrived at the university in the evening. It took only one day, but to Wen Xuehui, it was as if the whole world had changed.

The truth was cruelly revealed even if she was not willing to believe it.

That night, Wen Xuehui went back home with Chancellor Wen and did not stay at the dorm. Jiang Yao knew that Wen Xuehui needed her family's accompaniment and encouragement especially at a time like this. Wen Xuehui did not wish to let her friends see her being dejected, or perhaps she did not want to see Li Ronghui.

On Sunday, Jiang Yao received some good news from Manager Sun. He said that he had bought Mr. Qin's shares at a price two times lesser than their discussed price.

"Well done! I'll give you a bonus this month!" Jiang Yao was exhilarated. "Since Mr. Qin was willing to sell his shares at such a low price, it seems like he could not wait to get them off his hands."

"Miss Jiang, many people were eyeing the sales of Mr. Qin's shares. Someone asked me at what price he sold his shares, and I told him truthfully. I bet everyone would know about this after just one night." Manager Sun was happy because he helped his new employer to complete a task and received a genuine compliment from his new boss, not because of the bonus that Jiang Yao mentioned!

"I'll settle the other shareholders in the afternoon. After all the shares are in my hands, you can get an official position!" After Jiang Yao ended Manager Sun's call, she called the director's office. She asked the director to inform all the shareholders about a meeting at the conference room at two o'clock in the afternoon.

After lunch, Zhou Xiaoxia looked at Jiang Yao who had changed her clothes and asked in confusion, "Jiang Yao, are you going out? Why are you so busy lately?"

"Shengqi Hospital is closing down, don't you think that I, the new shareholder, should be busy? I'm going to the hospital for the shareholders' meeting, you guys can have dinner without me, I think I will come back after dinner." Jiang Yao sighed on purpose, smiled at them and carried her backpack before going out.

Zhou Xiaoxia and the others heard what she said and laughed out loud. "Jiang Yao, you're hilarious!"

When everyone was praising her for being hilarious, they did believe that she was indeed hilarious. She made a passing remark about it the other day, they did not think that she would actually still make a joke about it now. Zhou Xiaoxia and the others laughed to the point where they could not straighten their backs.

"Well, have a good day, Miss Jiang! We are counting on you to arrange for our future jobs!" Zhou Xiaoxia shouted at Jiang Yao.

"Well said, well said!" Jiang Yao knew that nobody believed her so she did not explain any further. She took her stuff and glanced at Moe who was still reluctant to reconcile before going out on her own.

The driver, Xiao Fang, was already waiting for Jiang Yao at the university entrance. After she got into the car, Xiao Fang started the engine and drove Jiang Yao to the hospital.

Jiang Yao cut it fine and arrived at the conference room ten minutes early. Unexpectedly, the other shareholders had already arrived even before she did.

When the people in the conference room saw Jiang Yao, their faces darkened, with the exception of Chen Zhibin and the director.

Chen Zhibin knew that Jiang Yao was coming to the hospital for a meeting and came to the conference room to be Jiang Yao's temporary bodyguard proactively without asking her.

"All of you are so early! Not bad, I like people with a good sense of time." Since they had arrived, Jiang Yao had no reason to wait until the scheduled meeting time to start the meeting.

She carried her school bag inside and took out the things that she had prepared in the morning from her bag before handing it to the director. She considered the director as her personal assistant as she said, "Distribute these contracts to the shareholders."

The director took the contracts without looking at them before distributing them to the shareholders accordingly.

Not a single shareholder present was happy receiving Jiang Yao's contract. Their expressions started to change upon realizing that it was a contract to purchase their shares. Everyone expected to instead receive a document detailing the transition from a hospital to a hotel.

"What do you mean by this, Ms. Jiang?" Someone asked. "I heard that you wanted to shut the hospital down and turn it into a hotel, is that true?"

"Excellent question! I believe everyone here wants to know the truth." Jiang Yao sat calmly at the head of the meeting desk with her fingers laced. She nodded and continued, "What you heard is the absolute truth. Mr. Qin has been going around spreading rumors about the demise of the hospital, making everyone involved anxious and worried. There was nothing I could do to stop the rumors so I might as well close it down and do something else with it."

The director wiped his brows and thought, 'Certainly there was something she could have done!' Knowing that the rumors were started by Mr. Qin, she took no action against him and allowed them to spread around. He believed that it was intentional. She wanted the rumors to spread, giving her an excuse to demolish the hospital.

"Anyway, I do not think having a hospital at a place like this is a good idea. It sure gives off some bad vibes. That is why I have decided to build a hotel here instead." Jiang Yao knocked on the desk twice and continued, "I know you are not willing to see it happen, nor are you happy with my idea. I hereby offer a solution. Sign the agreement in front of you and sell your portion of the shares to me. Whatever happens here in the future has nothing to do with you. Even if the business fails, you will not be affected."

Upon further reading of the agreement presented by Jiang Yao, some of the shareholders were quite relieved. They were keen to sell off their shares but could not find a single buyer who was interested.

However, the price offered in the agreement was too low!

"Ms. Jiang, we have no qualms about selling our shares to you, but could you raise your asking price?" Someone suggested. "How about by twenty percent, at least!"

"This is what I am willing to pay, and it is final! Do what you want but remember this! Mr. Qin sold off his entire ten percent of shares at this price without a single complaint, what more do you want? Let me tell you, if you are not selling it now, do not expect to resist my decisions with those tiny numbers of shares you own. No one can stop me from expanding my hotel business!" Jiang Yao broke into a smile. "I now own seventy percent of the shares, granting me absolute decision-making rights! If you do not plan to sell, let us end the meeting and go our separate ways. If the hotel makes profit, the dividends will be given to you. But! If it loses money, you are all responsible too!"

With the shares under her name, Jiang Yao had no fear at all. She had to announce the news sooner or later, why not do it now and use it as a tool to pressure the rest of the shareholders?

The room turned silent in an instant. The shareholders were shocked to hear that Jiang Yao now owned seventy percent of the shares.