Grandma Xiao seemed much calmer than her and instructed the butler beside her, "Go call Uncle Tang, and you take Uncle Tang’s place for now."
The butler left to carry out the order. Since Xiao Jianming had fallen ill and was temporarily unable to move, even though this was the Xiao Family’s own hospital with the best security measures, in the end, it was not okay without the most reliable person by his side. Uncle Tang therefore had been replacing the old lady by Xiao Jianming’s bedside day and night.
Having received the bad news, Uncle Tang let the butler take his place and hurried to the old lady. He had thought through what she might ask him on the way, so without waiting for her to ask, he directly answered, "Last time, after the board of directors planned to increase the stock issuance, the chairman’s share of stocks naturally decreased."
"What else?" Grandma Xiao knew very well that there must be more than just this one matter, and it seemed that the other party had been plotting this deliberately. Without the accumulation over time, it wouldn’t have been enough to sink Changda’s massive ship. However, for a behemoth like Changda, a single strike, if it hits the vital points, could conversely be fatal.
With such a question from the old lady, Uncle Tang had even more to answer. Some matters were related to secrets and could almost only be whispered into the lady’s ear, and even the second son present shouldn’t expect to hear them.
Shulan was so anxious she felt her tongue was on fire. She only saw that someone was offloading a large amount of Changda’s stock on the market, and someone else was secretly buying up a lot of Changda’s stock. Thıs text ıs hosted at novel※fire.net
Who exactly was behind this? Why had she never received any similar hints? Such a large volume of stock sales was hard to explain as being done by non-company shareholders. Her father-in-law was one of the company’s executive directors and one of the major shareholders. She was more than familiar with the other major shareholders and logically should have heard such rumblings.
So it was not hard to understand the contradiction in Shulan’s mind at this moment.
On one hand, she feared the collapse of her father’s company, and on the other hand, she thought it might be her husband’s family’s doing, and perhaps all their actions were to support her in becoming the next chairman.
The words Uncle Tang whispered into the old lady’s ear, Shulan couldn’t hear a single one.
The old lady’s aged eyes swept over the fluctuating emotions on her face and slowly opened her mouth, "Why don’t you go and help me and your elder sister inquire more, to find out exactly what the problem is?"
Shulan had just wanted to ask her father-in-law for clarification because she feared that she couldn’t get a more certain answer here. Therefore, she nodded to Grandma Xiao and said, "Grandma, call me immediately if anything happens. Don’t worry, I will protect the Xiao Family."
Just as the eldest had said, the second son also said the same.
This time, the expression on Grandma Xiao’s face was not as emotionally moved as when she’d heard the eldest speak the first time, it was exceptionally calm, and she didn’t even nod.
Shulan, without considering the old lady’s expression, rushed out the door.
Watching the hurried back of the second son, Grandma Xiao suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, steadying herself on the armrest of the chair beside her, she continued to interrogate Uncle Tang, "You said, our family’s properties have always been mortgaged at the bank."
"They have always been," confirmed Uncle Tang.
In business, which one does not start out by borrowing money? Therefore, it is very normal to have fixed assets mortgaged at the bank. Not only the private fixed assets of Xiao Jianming and his deceased wife but also the fixed assets within Changda Company were definitely mortgaged items.
At the moment, the old lady was only worried about her son and asked, "What about this hospital then?"
"The hospital is different," Uncle Tang said. "The hospital was funded by the charity foundation. The charity foundation does not mortgage at the bank."