Chapter 1483: Chapter 1295: “In the Spotlight”, A Small Meeting_2

Zhao Xinyu shared his thoughts with Shang Dadong.

The latter’s face darkened slightly, but he still let out a cold snort, “Votes, huh? It seems he wants to play by the rules. Excellent! We can also find people to increase our votes!”

Playing cards by the rules, they had the advantage and could more easily challenge the “high and mighty” Executive President!

“Now, there’s less than half an hour until the meeting. Should we find some ‘allies’?”

Zhao Xinyu felt that time was pressing and there wasn’t enough time to thoroughly communicate with the so-called “allies.”

Yesterday, they believed Bai Xiaosheng only had three Senior Affairs Officers on his side, not enough to worry about, and didn’t want to stir up trouble, so they hadn’t reached out to anyone in advance.

Now it seemed they had been too careless.

“If Bai really wants to carry out the reforms he talked about yesterday, apart from us, the other two guys will also suffer considerable losses. The rest won’t remain unaffected!” Shang Dadong squinted his eyes, “So, you and I should separately find the person most damaged, give them a hint, don’t be too direct, so as not to leave a handle for others. They’re not stupid; they’ll surely understand what we’re saying! Let’s take some preventive measures first!”

This way, it’s reliable yet efficient, and they’ll make it in time.

Zhao Xinyu naturally nodded.

The two of them had a meeting, then acted separately.

It went fairly smoothly; the people they found also appeared very worried, even grumbled on the spot.

These two temporary “allies” were thus established.

In Shang Dadong and Zhao Xinyu’s view, their current side was “four versus four” with Bai Xiaosheng. The remaining two whom they hadn’t contacted were considered neutral; those two would also be affected and, when truly threatened, would lean more towards their side.

So in terms of calculation, their current advantage should be larger than Bai Xiaosheng’s.

Shang Dadong and Zhao Xinyu thought if Bai Xiaosheng used voting to make the final decision, the failure rate would be very high. If he forcibly pushed the so-called “new reform” measures, it might be even better, making everyone see how overbearing and tyrannical this young Executive President was, with no regard for others!

At that time, the two could secretly stir things up, and everyone would join hands, and no matter what new reforms, no matter what new measures were passed, they would be dragged to a dead stop!

Knowing this, Shang Dadong and Zhao Xinyu felt reassured.

So, until the meeting began, when Shang Dadong and Zhao Xinyu walked into the conference room, they still felt confidence in their hearts.

When the time came, everyone entered the meeting room.

Bai Xiaosheng, Xiahou Qi, and ten Senior Affairs Officers, including the added Chen Yucheng, took their seats one after another.

Bai Xiaosheng even smiled and interacted with everyone, asking if they were satisfied with yesterday’s banquet.

Han Richeng immediately stood up, representing everyone, and repeatedly expressed their gratitude to Bai Xiaosheng.

Compared to others, he was more adept at pleasing the leader.

Bai Xiaosheng smiled, nodded, and then took the lead in welcoming Chen Yucheng.

Amidst applause, Chen Yucheng also stood up smilingly to greet everyone, during which he gave Bai Xiaosheng a sincere and grateful look.

In fact, they had been “comrades” for a long time, and there was no need for excessive politeness between them.

Earlier that morning, Chen Yucheng reported to Bai Xiaosheng, but behind closed doors, Bai Xiaosheng treated him like a brother, on equal footing.

Chen Yucheng was extremely touched by Bai Xiaosheng.

No need to elaborate further.

“Alright, then let’s officially begin the meeting.” Bai Xiaosheng said to everyone with a smile.

Throughout, his cordiality towards Han Richeng was even slightly more distant and cold than yesterday.

Bai Xiaosheng’s intentional or unintentional neglect made Han Richeng’s smile subtly stiff.

In fact, Han Richeng did not sleep well last night.

He kept having nightmares, dreaming of himself in ancient scenes, amid the formation of three armies, with Bai Xiaosheng, a majestic supreme commander, standing high above, coldly and emotionlessly wanting to sacrifice him for ceremony. No pleas could avail.

Old Han was startled awake three times in one night, and Bai Xiaosheng’s attitude today seemed to align with the dream, sending a chill through his heart.

Bai Xiaosheng’s words at the meeting yesterday, saying he wanted to thoroughly clean up Shen Peishen’s errors and make an example, were to blame.

Even at yesterday’s banquet, Bai Xiaosheng had deliberately or inadvertently mentioned it again.

When he said that, he even glanced at him!

Han Richeng felt uneasy all the time, up to this very moment!

No matter how scheming and cunning he was, he couldn’t remain indifferent to matters concerning his own livelihood and well-being.

Concerns caused chaos, and how could he not be anxious.

…

When Bai Xiaosheng announced the start of the meeting, it officially commenced.

“When I was at the headquarters, I had a chat with the two vice-chairmen, as well as Mr. Jiang Kuo from our Asia region.” Bai Xiaosheng looked at everyone, speaking slowly and calmly, “They were quite satisfied with our Greater China Region.”

Everyone looked at Bai Xiaosheng, although he said they were satisfied verbally, his tone seemed to imply the senior management was not quite satisfied with this side.

“Why do I say ‘fairly’?” Bai Xiaosheng continued, “because the overall performance of the Greater China Region has grown every year, even ranking among the top three in several intercontinental regions.”

“However—”

Bai Xiaosheng’s expression turned serious, his gaze cold, and his tone shifted accordingly, “Several leaders, the top leaders all felt that with Huaxia’s rapid development over the past two years, the achievements our group has made here don’t match up to it!”

The crowd couldn’t help but exchange glances. Previously, when Xiahou Qi was the president, he never spoke so bluntly and sharply; it was mostly encouragement and praise. Bai Xiaosheng, the new Executive President, seemed to start with criticism right off the bat.