The beautiful CEO falls in love with me
Chapter 461 - 461 446 Made a Mistake

461: Chapter 446: Made a Mistake 461: Chapter 446: Made a Mistake At this moment, the conference room was bustling with noise, as over a dozen major shareholders of Tianya Group had gathered together.

They were all puzzled about what was going on, who the person sitting in front of them was, and why he kept insisting that he was the largest shareholder of Tianya Group, demanding that Li Ruo step down.

“Who is this guy?”

“Not sure, but it seems he came here a month ago, perhaps he’s from the American Apple Group?”

There was a heated debate in the conference room.

Li Ruo, with an ice-cold face, walked towards the conference room, and immediately there was silence.

All eyes were focused on Li Ruo.

Some of the shareholders curiously asked, “Mr.

Li, what’s this about?”

“It’s nothing, just consider it an important meeting,” Li Ruo swept a glance over everyone.

However, once again, all eyes turned to Kong Haoran who, to everyone’s surprise, was sitting nonchalantly in the chairman’s seat.

Facing Li Ruo at the entrance, Kong Haoran grinned and asked, “Xiao Ruo, you’re here?”

“Kong Haoran, what exactly are you trying to do?” Li Ruo glared at Kong Haoran, biting her teeth.

“Xiao Ruo, why so fierce?

Don’t you know what I want to do?” Kong Haoran smirked defiantly.

“Hmph, stop playing dumb!” Li Ruo snorted coldly.

“Kong Haoran, get up right now, that’s not your place to sit!” Lin Ziwen scolded Kong Haoran with an icy tone.

However, Kong Haoran continued to lounge in his seat, with the team of American lawyers he brought standing by his side.

He was firm in his belief that with this team of lawyers, he would surely be able to take full control of Tianya Group.

“Who says it isn’t my place!” Kong Haoran spun his chair around and then flashed a grin, “I’m telling you, Tianya Group will soon be mine, so I’m merely taking my seat in advance.”

“It doesn’t matter, let him sit!” Li Ruo directly took a seat in the last chair, which was right opposite Kong Haoran and closest to the entrance.

With a faint smile, she said, “Listen up, everyone, from today on, this will be the chairman’s seat!”

“Yes, Mr.

Li!” Everyone nodded in agreement.

Kong Haoran frowned, not expecting Li Ruo to play this trick on him, but it didn’t matter, as long as he got his hands on Tianya Group, there would be no need to worry about not being able to occupy the chairman’s seat.

Kong Haoran cleared his throat and said, “Xiao Ruo, there’s a saying in business, ‘business is business.’ Since we are here, I shall proceed with official matters.

This contract was signed by you a month ago, in the presence of lawyers to ensure fairness.”

“Hmph, Kong Haoran, what tricks are you playing now?” Li Ruo frowned, “Don’t you know this contract pertains to the parent company of Tianya Group?

If you want it, take it, I’ll give you this entire building!”

Although Li Ruo said this, she felt a sense of foreboding because Kong Haoran’s mouth was turned up in a sinister smile.

Surely enough, Kong Haoran spoke, “Xiao Ruo, I’m afraid you’ve got it wrong, or you’ve forgotten.

The contract states ‘Tianya Group,’ not the parent company of Tianya Group.

You need to understand, since it’s written as Tianya Group, it means all subsidiaries, even the factories, the entire Tianya Group system belongs to me!”

“Nonsense!” Li Ruo slammed the table and stood up angrily, “We only agreed on the parent company, and you paid one billion yuan for a 51% stake in the parent company.

Do you think I have a memory problem?”

“Maybe it’s true!” Kong Haoran chuckled, “The contract doesn’t mark it as the parent company!”

“According to Chinese contract law, even if it isn’t specified, it still implies the parent company!” Li Ruo ground her teeth.

Had she not remembered this provision in contract law, she would have never signed that contract.

“Haha, you’re too naive!” Kong Haoran laughed aloud, “We are a foreign-funded enterprise, so investing in you means following international contract law.

International law has an interpretation that in such situations, the whole corporate system belongs to the party B.

So, Xiao Ruo, Tianya Group is still mine!”

“Kong Haoran, you’re going too far!” Li Ruo trembled with excitement.

“Xiao Ruo, all is fair in love and war,” Kong Haoran said, standing up and taking a long sigh of relief as if he had succeeded in his revenge.

Then he spoke earnestly, “Xiao Ruo, if you are willing to stay with me, and to get married and have children, then isn’t what’s mine yours?

Tianya Group would be yours as well!”

“You’re delusional!” Lin Ziwen couldn’t help retorting from the side.

“Shut up, you bitch!” Kong Haoran burst out in anger.

“Who are you calling…” Suddenly a leisurely voice came from the doorway, startling Kong Haoran, but bringing a glimmer of joy to Li Ruo and Lin Ziwen’s hearts.

They knew their savior had arrived.

Everyone turned their heads and saw Ye Chen walking in leisurely, dressed in a black suit, and sucking on a thick cigar that must have taken a lot of effort to get.

“Ye Chen…” Everyone gasped in surprise.

“Humph, Ye Chen, your arrival won’t change the facts!” Kong Haoran snorted coldly.

At that moment, Lin Ziwen quickly explained the situation to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen was taken aback and swiftly turned to look at Li Ruo.

Li Ruo, ashamed, hung her head low, admitting to the truth.

Ye Chen took a deep breath, grasping an understanding of the situation.

Ye Chen walked over and sat next to Kong Haoran, asking, “You just said your company is an international corporation that follows international law.

Alright, may I ask, when you signed the contract, was it a bilingual contract?

Both in Chinese and English?”

“Of course, I had already planned everything out, how could I not be prepared?” Kong Haoran looked smugly at Ye Chen.

His remark made Li Ruo despise him even more.

She had not anticipated that the so-called one billion yuan investment was nothing but a sham, a ploy just to trick her into signing a contract.

The subsequent so-called affection was nothing but a blatant scam.

And to think she had been completely clueless, caring for him in every possible way.

“Bring it out and let’s see it.

How could we know without looking at it?” Ye Chen said, cigar in mouth, scanning the crowd, “With so many people here, you must persuade everyone to have Li Ruo step down, right?”

Upon hearing this, Kong Haoran thought it made sense, so he immediately nodded at his lawyers.

Without another word, the lawyer pulled out the contract from the case and handed it to Ye Chen, though it was just a photocopy.

“This isn’t clear at all!” Ye Chen flipped through two pages and immediately pointed out two crucial lines.

Kong Haoran leaned over, glanced at them, and after studying the contract for a long while, muttered, “Strange, the original contract doesn’t have this.

Why are these two lines blurred?!”

The lawyers behind him also leaned in to look, and then Kong Haoran promptly commanded the lawyers to fetch the original document.

The lawyer hesitated slightly, but eventually took it out from the silver briefcase and handed it to Kong Haoran.

Just as Kong Haoran was about to take it, suddenly, Ye Chen grabbed the contract and tore it to shreds, stuffing the pieces into his mouth and methodically chewed and swallowed them.

Everyone was so dumbfounded by what they saw, even Kong Haoran hadn’t expected Ye Chen to do something like this.

As Ye Chen forcefully swallowed, Kong Haoran was stupefied, while the lawyers were in a frenzy, shouting, “No, that’s the original, the original contract, you can’t swallow it!”

Eventually, Ye Chen gulped it down all at once, then continued with his cigar still in place, nonchalantly saying, “Oh right, what were we discussing just now?

The Northern City District project?

The progress has reached forty-three percent.

According to estimates, the project can be completed by the end of next year, as long as there is no lack of funding…”

Ye Chen’s seemingly nonsensical words made everyone suddenly realize what had happened.

“Ye Chen, you despicable scoundrel!” Kong Haoran shot up from his seat, furious.

What Ye Chen had swallowed represented the entire Tianya Group for Kong Haoran, and for Li Ruo, it meant a debt of one billion yuan.

Kong Haoran watched with an aching heart, but Li Ruo was thrilled.

She wished Ye Chen could swallow it a few more times.

Unfortunately, there was only one contract, and Ye Chen couldn’t possibly swallow it a second time.

“Hehe…” Ye Chen grinned and burped, “Compared to your despicability, what is this little act of mine?”

Seeing Ye Chen burping, the room erupted in laughter.

Without the original contract, it basically held no legal power.

Now, Li Ruo had no need to worry about Kong Haoran’s threats.

Kong Haoran also realized he had completely lost his advantage.

Even if the dispute continued, it would be to no avail.

Reluctantly, he gave Ye Chen a cold look and said, “You’re ruthless.”

“Don’t say that, I’m not garlic!” Ye Chen laughed out loud.

“Ye Chen, you wait for me, I will come back sooner or later!” Kong Haoran immediately turned and walked away.

The lawyers hurriedly followed.

Biting their teeth in frustration, what was so nearly in the grasp of the Apple Group had disappeared at the last moment, leaving them consumed with anger and resentment.

Watching the group of white people from the Apple Group leave, a thunderous round of applause burst forth in the Tianya Group’s conference room.