Chapter 200 Head-to-head confrontation
When Duan Yongji and Chen Liwu heard this, they immediately turned their eyes to the source of the sound.

The person who spoke just now was Liu Zhou. Facing the gazes of the two men, he smiled harmlessly and said:
"I don't think it's necessary to hurt feelings over such a small matter. I think adding two board seats should be harmless."

"Mr. Duan, I think Mr. Liu's proposal is very good. What do you think?" Chen Liwu continued.

Duan Yongji was silent for a while and then said:
"Then add two board seats and let both Mr. Mao and Cao Guowei join the board."

This is indeed a better solution. It will not offend Chen Liwu and will also allow Cao Guowei to enter the board of directors smoothly.

Although he was not afraid of Chen Liwu, he did not want to offend him easily.

"If we increase the number of seats to nine, we still need one more person."

"Mr. Liu, do you have any good recommendations?"

"Mr. Duan, I know almost nothing about Sina, so how would I know who would be suitable to join the board of directors?

You guys can decide on the specific candidate, no matter who it is, I will support it. "

Duan Yongji was very satisfied with Liu Zhou's answer, and then said to others:

"What about you? Who do you think is suitable?"

Everyone else remained silent and did not speak. They all knew that the board of directors was Duan Yongji's anti-corruption agency.

If he asks you this now and you really propose a candidate, you would be a fool. Not only will he reject you, but it will also most likely arouse his suspicion.

So it is safest to keep silent. Anyway, the person who passes in the end must be someone approved by Duan Yongji.

However, I thought this would just be a formality directed and acted by Duan Yongji himself, but I didn't expect someone to stand up this time.

"I think Sina's vice president and editor-in-chief Chen Tong is quite suitable. He is not only a veteran of the company, but also has outstanding abilities."

Everyone was very surprised to see that the person who spoke was Jiang Fengnian, who had rarely spoken in the past five years.

When Duan Yongji saw that it was Jiang Fengnian who was speaking, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He had always been very wary of Jiang Fengnian because he was not only a veteran of the company, but also had a good relationship with Wang Zhidong.

At the meeting in 2001 to kick Wang Zhidong out, everyone else voted in favor except him, who abstained.

The reason why Duan Yongji wanted to drive Wang Zhidong away was because the combined strength of him and Jiang Fengnian was no less than his own, and even surpassed it.

So he had to kick one of these two people out. It just so happened that Wang Zhidong's decision in the company caused opposition from everyone, so he took the opportunity to drive him away.

After that, Jiang Fengnian completely kept a low profile. Although he became the chairman of the board, he hardly took care of anything and all matters were decided by Duan Yongji.

Seeing Jiang Fengnian like this, Duan Yongji certainly wouldn't think that he would just give in.

Duan Yongji, who is particularly good at political intrigue, knows this kind of routine too well. His ancestors have long used this trick to death.

So even though Jiang Fengnian was no longer in charge, she still kept paying attention to him.

However, Jiang Fengnian had been pretending for five years, and even set up a new company outside. Only then did Duan Yongji relax his vigilance towards him.

But now, he suddenly spoke again, and Duan Yongji couldn't help but think too much.

"Besides Chen Tong, are there any other proposed candidates?"

Seeing that no one was talking, Duan Yongji said directly:
"Although Chen Tong has sufficient qualifications, there are already two company executives on the board of directors. If we add one more person, it would be too many."

"Who do you think is suitable, Mr. Duan?" Wu Zheng continued.

“I think Li Jia from Sunshine Capital is a good fit.”

Li Jia, who was called, was stunned at first, then immediately straightened his chest.

This Li Jia was the one who teased Chen Tianqiao when Liu Zhou just came in. He was obviously Duan Yongji's henchman.

As for Li Jia, Duan Yongji was even too lazy to talk about his qualifications.

"I agree." Wu Zheng expressed his opinion immediately.

Then several more people expressed their agreement, Liu Zhou and Chen Liwu also raised their hands to agree, and finally only Jiang Fengnian was left.

Duan Yongji looked at him. Jiang Fengnian noticed a hint of teasing in the other's eyes and shrugged.
"Since everyone is so optimistic about Li Jia, then let him be."

"Since everyone agrees, Li Jia will be the ninth board member of Sina." Duan Yongji said with finality.

After the board of directors was elected, Duan Yongji breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the result is different from what I imagined, it has little impact and everything is still under control.

He was just about to announce the official end of this shareholders' meeting when another voice interrupted him.

"Mr. Duan, I think it's still early, why don't we finish the board meeting together?"

"Boss Liu, the meeting time has been arranged in advance and announced to the public. It would not be appropriate to move it forward now."

"I know. I'm quite busy recently. I need to fly to America the day after tomorrow, so I may not have time to attend the board meeting tomorrow.

Anyway, there shouldn't be anything big to deal with in the board meeting, and there's plenty of time, so why not just finish it now.

As for the media, I think they will understand.”

At this time, Chen Liwu also said:
"Mr. Liu is right. I have been quite busy recently. If the board meeting can be concluded as soon as possible, then let's do it."

Duan Yongji saw that the two men looked anxious and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

These two people were people whom even he needed to treat with caution. Now that they both proposed to hold the board meeting in advance, it was difficult for him to refuse.

Thinking that it would not matter whether the board of directors was convened in advance, Duan Yongji nodded and agreed. "Since both Mr. Chen and Mr. Liu have proposed this, we will convene the new Sina board of directors in an hour."

Seeing Duan Yongji agreed, Liu Zhou and Chen Liwu looked at each other imperceptibly, and then quickly looked away.

Afterwards, some shareholders who had nothing else to do left Sina's headquarters.

Liu Zhou and others stayed and rested in the reception room next door.

Although an hour was short, Liu Zhou felt it was very long.

As the final showdown is approaching, Liu Zhou still feels a little worried, especially since his opponent is a big shot like Duan Yongji.

After just less than a day of contact with him today, Liu Zhou felt even more deeply how powerful he was.

But now the arrow has been put on the string and has to be shot, he can only hope that nothing will go wrong with his previous arrangements.

It was not known how long it had been before Liu Zhou came to his senses when someone came to inform him that the board meeting was about to begin.

Liu Zhou took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and then walked towards the meeting room.

It was still the same conference room, but this time there were far fewer people.

Jiang Fengnian sat in the main seat, after all, he was still the nominal chairman.

The co-chairman sat on the first seat on Jiang Fengnian’s left, and the first seat on his right was given to Sina’s largest shareholder Liu Zhou.

After that, everyone sat down as they pleased, but a few people were seated according to seniority.

For example, the two newly joined directors, Li Jia sits at the last on the left, and Cao Guowei sits at the last on the right.

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder will feel comfortable seeing this, with four on one side, which is just symmetrical.

The board meeting was still chaired by Duan Yongji. Old-school people like him always liked to say some polite words before the meeting officially began.

However, he knew his limits and did not speak at length. He got to the point after a few minutes.

This time Duan Yongji did not call his men to go on stage, but went on stage himself.

“I propose that the company’s CEO, Wang Yan, serve as the company’s vice chairman and step down as CEO.”

It seems that Duan Yongji didn't even pretend and started adjusting the company's management according to his own ideas.

Wang Yan's position is obviously a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality. The vice chairman is just a nominal position, not to mention that there are two chairmen above him.

Although Wang Yan was mentally prepared, when he saw that Duan Yongji kicked him away mercilessly, the guilt in his heart completely disappeared.

As soon as Duan Yongji finished speaking, Wu Zheng immediately raised his hand to show his agreement, and Li Jia next to him immediately followed suit.

Just as Duan Yongji turned his gaze towards other people, Jiang Fengnian suddenly spoke:
"I think the changes to the company's management can wait until we finalize the positions on the board of directors."

"Mr. Jiang, are there any other positions on the board that need to be adjusted?"

"Yes, I am ready to step down as chairman."

"Mr. Jiang, don't joke around."

Duan Yongji felt that he was throwing a tantrum because he had just lost face at the shareholders' meeting.

"Mr. Duan, I'm not kidding. I think this position needs a more suitable person to take it up."

"So do you want to take back my position as co-chairman?" Duan Yongji said with a smile.

Before 01, Jiang Fengnian served as co-chairman and he served as chairman.

"Yes, I have heard what people in the company have said about me over the past few years. Instead of me occupying the toilet without doing anything, I might as well give this position to someone as capable as Mr. Duan."

"In that case, let's take a vote." Duan Yongji said with a smile.

He gave up the position of chairman to Jiang Fengnian in order to appease him.

Now Sina has long eliminated most of the influence of Wang Zhidong and Jiang Fengnian, and there is no need to pamper him anymore.

If Duan Yongji wasn't worried about taking too big a step and getting hurt, he would even want to kick Jiang Fengnian out of Sina.

But thinking about the huge public opinion that changing the CEO and the chairman would cause, I gave up.

Since you don't want to take the chairman's seat, I'll take it.

Not surprisingly, the board of directors voted unanimously in favor of the resolution to appoint Jiang Fengnian as co-chairman.

Then came the vote for the chairman. Wu Zheng proposed Duan Yongji, who thought it was just a formality, but unexpectedly someone raised a different opinion.

"Mr. Duan, I think there shouldn't be only one candidate for the chairmanship. This would seem a little informal."

"Then who do you think is suitable to be the chairman?"

"I think Mr. Liu is quite suitable. He is young and energetic."

Duan Yongji turned his gaze towards Liu Zhou and asked with a smile:

"Mr. Liu, are you also going to run for chairman?"

Liu Zhou still showed his harmless smile, stared at Duan Yongji and said:
“I think I can give it a try!”

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, Duan Yongji's pupils couldn't help but shrink.

(End of this chapter)