Chapter 450 – The Vote is Tied
But he had to admit that he liked the lively and jumpy nature of the woman in front of him.
Looking at his beloved woman so happy and cheerful, he sincerely felt the joy in his heart, the joy that could not be compared to how much money he earned.
There are some joys that are destined to be bought with money.
The night passed quietly, the darkness of the night is about to be washed away, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, the sunny day will always appear.
Moren Howard in his own residence early to organize their own clothes, specially matched with a sky blue tie, more and more looks like the whole person noble and forceful.
He wears an expensive watch encrusted with diamonds and a coat of wax in his hair to make him look even more impressive.
This was his first day as a shareholder member of the Nancy Group’s board of directors, so he had to perform well and not let himself lose face.C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.
When he arrived at the Nancy Group’s office building, he was greeted with “President Howard” by those who knew him, and nodded in a friendly manner by those who did not.
It’s really the way he dresses that emphasizes his status and makes it hard to ignore his presence.
Today, he’s joining the shareholders on the board of directors to approve a capital flow-through that will completely integrate the Nancy Group with the Howard family.
There is no difference between the size of the Nancy Group and the Howard family, and there is no such thing as a subsidiary company or a parent company, it is just a cooperative relationship, but the form of this cooperation is still mainly dependent on the Nancy Group to provide funds to the Howard family.
So the two companies become interdependent, then Watson even if you want to withdraw funds are already impossible.
To his surprise, Watson was waiting for him early in the conference room, and all the shareholders were sitting there.
Among them were those he couldn’t convince, and those he had convinced to stand his ground with his three-inch tongue.
“Godfather.” He smiled and said hello.
Watson responded with a single syllable of ‘hmm’, the coldness of which was evident.
It was even a favor for him to respond, after all, Moren Howard had gotten to him in such an underhanded way.
As for Watson’s coldness, Moren Howard had been prepared for it and didn’t really care.
The one who cared about this old man was Elena Lawrence, he wouldn’t love to care about this old man as well, he wasn’t Elena Lawrence’s real parent.
He sat down where he was supposed to, to the right of Watson.
He was the second largest shareholder of the company with all the shares he personally owned today, and he was fully entitled to it.
Seeing that he was so self-conscious, Watson let out another heavy cold snort, “Nowadays’ juniors, they really don’t know how to respect their seniors more and more.”
The implication was obvious, he was dissatisfied with Moren Howard’s behavior of sitting so self-consciously.
How many years old seniors in the company were not as arrogant as him, a small newcomer, and before sitting down, he didn’t even give a greeting in advance, it was really too much of a disrespect.
“Godfather, nowadays in this era, what is spelled out is strength, not length of seniority.” Moren Howard said back.
Even though the words coming out of his mouth were the truth, the words he uttered were really harsh to the ears, wasn’t this a turn to say that those seniority old men didn’t have strength?
The crowd looked at each other with different faces, each harboring their own thoughts.
In fact, Moren Howard is not wrong, many of the company’s old-timers with the age of the more and more growth, has long been no youthful ambition, not to mention the work of the work of the vigor and impetus.
Most of them are mediocre people who go with the flow, take their due shares of dividends and benefits, day after day, eat and wait for death to live a good old age, while using their own hands for the few resources for future generations to work for the welfare of only.
As a result, a large number of those social demographic “loser” and “second generation rich”.
“Well, the meeting has officially begun, does anyone have anything to say?” Watson didn’t want to get into an argument with Moren Howard in what should have been a serious situation, and got back to the point.
No one seemed to have anything to say, so the power of speech had to fall back on Watson’s head.
“Since no one has anything to say then let me be the first speaker. First of all, on behalf of the whole company, I would like to welcome the new shareholders, Mr. Moren, and I hope that nothing you do will jeopardize the interests of our company.”
“Secondly, about that proposal of yours, I vote against it.”
“Lastly, I hope Mr. Moren that you can be careful with your words here and never damage the company’s image.”
Watson opened his mouth in an organized manner, expressing what he was going to do clearly from the beginning to the end.
After listening to Watson’s words, all the shareholders present launched a series of positive discussions.
Regardless of whether the proposal could be passed or not, everyone would put their interests first. If it was favorable to them, they would gladly accept it, and if it was unfavorable to them, they would try to avoid it.
Moren Howard watched with interest the heated discussion of this group of shareholders, and in his heart, he only felt funny, but it was just people who were the same as him.
I really don’t understand how on earth these guys became the group shareholders, and they even hold the shares in their hands for a long time.
“Please listen to me for a few words. Firstly, I, Moren Howard, have just come here a short while ago and haven’t done anything unfavorable to the company yet. Second, I am not an employee of the company but its major shareholder, isn’t it not too reasonable to ask me to be careful with my words? Thirdly, my proposal book will only make money without any problems.”
The tone of his voice was unusually firm, as if what he said was the truth that way, it was easy to convince people to believe him.
Half of the shareholders began to fall to his side again, indeed just a bunch of wallflowers that swayed from side to side.
With this being the case, in the end, there was no choice but to vote on the matter, but unfortunately, the final number of votes that came out was actually half to half, and the shares that each person added up in the hands of both sides also happened to reach a balanced figure, not differing by a single point or a single cent, which made it a bit difficult to deal with.
“In that case, let’s call this matter a day, with the votes and shares tied, there’s no way for your proposal to pass.” Watson didn’t really like the vote count, but he was also very glad that he didn’t let Moren Howard have his way.
Otherwise the consequences of all this would have been unimaginable.
Moren Howard looked at the half-and-half vote and stock and felt a pang of depression in his heart. I did not expect that the group of old men who promised to stand on his side at the beginning, but changed their minds at the last moment, it is really damned to the extreme.
“I don’t agree, I oppose.” He immediately argued with reason, hoping that there was still room for things to shift.
“Since the votes and shares are tied, it means that I haven’t lost and you haven’t won. We can start the vote all over again in three days with a two out of three rule.”
It was the only compromise he could come up with.
Watson knew that his opponent was stalling for time, but his opponent had a point, and he couldn’t be dictatorial, so he just had to accept the request.
Watson agreed to come back in three days to vote again, and of course he knew what Moren Howard was doing.
It was just to utilize these three short days to gain more support from the shareholders, even if he had to use a despicable way, he had to try his best to fight for it.
Looking at Moren Howard’s back as he walked out of the conference room, Watson secretly sighed a really unrepentant, wanting to fight against York Charlie, Francesca Jones and them to the end.
So stupid.