The CEO's Wife and First Love

Lizhen was sitting at her desk, closing her eyes and reminiscing about the joy of returning to her familiar job.

"It's great that the chairman is back," the assistant ran in hurriedly.

Li Zhen opened her eyes immediately after hearing the voice. She was smiling and wanted to call her assistant, but suddenly she saw that the assistant's face looked strange. "What's wrong? Did something happen to Xiao Li?"

"Chairman, you've come back just in time. They were discussing in the meeting room about giving up your position as chairman. They wanted to let their own people take charge instead of others. But you're sick and can't take care of yourself. I was just about to call you, and when I heard that you had come to the company, I immediately came to find you." The assistant was very anxious and out of breath.

"Oh, let's go meet them." Li Zhen and her assistant immediately went to the meeting room.

"Hmph, I've had enough. We grown men are controlled by a woman and have to endure her bullying every time." Lizhen and her friends just happened to arrive at the door of the conference room and heard the voice from inside: Shareholder Liu, who ranked only tenth in terms of shares, was giving a speech. The assistant was very angry and wanted to rush into the meeting room, but Lizhen held her back immediately.

"We should speak with conscience. Chairman He has managed our company quite well in recent years, and we have received the same amount of dividends. Now she is ill and resting, and we cannot add insult to injury. Over the past year or so, she herself has not been in charge, but the people entrusted by the chairman have done a good job in management. We have received a lot of dividends this year, and we have even received an improvement compared to before. You say you don't want others to manage us, but who among you has the ability and qualifications to manage us?" The speaker is the second-ranked shareholder, Uncle Liu.

"That's right, Uncle Liu is right!" Several other shareholders echoed.

"Last year's financial crisis affected the whole world, but we were not affected. In fact, we even received more dividends last year. What's wrong with a woman? She can lead my company to get better and better. We should support her and love her. Chairman He has worked hard for us and not only did we fail to thank her, you stabbed her in the back. Are you men? I feel ashamed for you." Uncle Liu spoke in a matter-of-fact and passionate manner. Most people nodded and only a few remained silent.

After hearing what Uncle Liu said, Lizhen was very grateful that Uncle Liu was a real man. She thought that there would always be someone standing by her side at the critical moment.

"I think we should give Chairman He some more time to recuperate and make a decision after she recovers. During this period, we can first elect an acting chairman to assist in managing the company's affairs." Uncle Liu suggested.

At this time, a shareholder who had been silent all this time spoke up: "I agree with Uncle Liu's suggestion. However, the acting chairman must have sufficient ability and experience to be qualified for this position."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Li Zhen was secretly happy. She knew that as long as she could recover her health as soon as possible, she would be able to regain control of the company. She looked at the shareholder who spoke and remembered his name - Xiao Lin. It seemed that he might become her powerful ally in this power struggle.

At this time, the meeting room fell silent, and then Lizhen walked into the meeting room.

When they saw Lizhen walking into the venue with firm steps, more than a dozen pairs of eyes stared at Lizhen in a daze, as if they were saying something. And at the same time, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were all staring at Lizhen's feet as she walked, as if they didn't know Lizhen, and their eyes were as big as copper.

When Lizhen walked to the middle of the table, she quickly went to the chairman's chair and sat down gracefully.

There was a "crackle" and a burst of warm applause in the venue. The man who had just said bad things about Lizhen looked left and right, and he could only helplessly follow everyone to applaud.

"The chairman is back," everyone greeted Lizhen in unison.

Lizhen scanned the entire room with her sharp eyes, and then said very seriously: "Dear shareholders, I have not been to work for nearly a year due to my illness. As I could not go to work, I took the initiative to ask someone to replace me without everyone's consent. It was wrong, because I had no other choice, I had no intention at all, I didn't even know who I was." Lizhen's eyes were red when she thought of the pain she had endured during her serious illness.

But I proposed to replace my agent. Our company has not suffered any losses in the past year. Relatively speaking, our performance has improved and the dividends have also increased." Lizhen glanced around the meeting room again to see everyone's expressions, especially the person who had just proposed to replace Lizhen. When Lizhen's eyes fell on him, he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look Lizhen in the eye.

At this moment, Li Zhen's expression suddenly changed. She became angry and her voice suddenly became louder. "Go ahead, you were very talkative and active just now. I am here to listen to everyone's speeches attentively."

"I believe that everyone here is thinking about the development of the company." Li Zhen suppressed her anger. "If anyone feels that they are capable of serving as acting chairman, they can nominate themselves or recommend others. We will conduct the selection process fairly and impartially. But I hope that everyone can put the interests of the company first and not do anything that would harm the company for personal gain."

After saying that, Lizhen looked at shareholder Liu who had just proposed a replacement, and a hint of disappointment appeared in her eyes.

The conference room was silent, and no one spoke immediately. Everyone was thinking about Li Zhen's words and weighing the pros and cons.

At this time, Xiao Lin broke the silence: "I think we can first formulate a detailed selection criteria, and then vote. This can ensure fairness and transparency."

Li Zhen nodded in approval: "This is a good idea. Then let President Xiao be responsible for formulating the selection criteria, and we will discuss it at the next meeting."

But Lizhen was absolutely sure that no one could replace her because she owned 70% of the company's shares, and no one in the company could surpass her.

After the meeting, Li Zhen felt exhausted, but she knew that the battle for agency rights had just begun and she had to be fully prepared to deal with it.

The conference hall was so quiet at that moment that you could hear a pin drop.

"I suggest that we should not change people. We have witnessed in the past few years that no company has grown as fast as ours every year. Even during the financial crisis last year, the stock prices of other companies were falling, but our stock price not only did not fall, but also rose. This is the credit of our chairman. She is a woman, but how many men can surpass her? Let's speak with our conscience." Uncle Liu's words resonated strongly with the shareholders, and everyone nodded...