Faced with the criticism of his partners, Xiao Lingye flipped through the information in his hands. His face became darker and darker. Then, he slammed the information together and said calmly and loudly, “I didn’t sell the technology.”
“How is this possible?” The five partners said in disbelief, “You’re the only one who has access to them. If you didn’t sell them, then who did? Who else has the ability to obtain these technologies from your hands?”
Qiao Ruoyang harshly rebuked, “Xiao Lingye, you are in charge of the company’s technology. So, regardless of whether this new technology was sold by you or not, you have a responsibility that can not be shirked. Moreover, you are the only person who knows how to handle these new technologies. So who can the traitor be but you?”
“Xiao Lingye, what else do you have to say?” Pang Dayue shouted and questioned.
Su Yang advised with some good intentions, “Lingye, tell us, do you have any difficulties? If you need some emergency funds, you can tell us. There’s no need to do this.”
Xiao Lingye looked at each of them coldly. They did not even investigate but instead, put these groundless accusations on him. What good partners they were.
Xiao Lingye closed these documents and revealed a cold smile. He said, “It sounds like you’ve already convicted me of this crime in your mind.”
He looked at his partners with an ambiguous smile.
Seeing his expression, the five partners were slightly shocked.
Then, Su Yang immediately shook his head and said, “Lingye, that’s not what we mean. However, it’s true that only you can access these new technologies. Other than you, who can the traitor be?”
Xiao Lingye glanced at him, then shook his head with a smile and said, “Then tell me, what do you all want now? Do you want me to pay for it? Or do you want me to be out of the company?” His last sentence seemed to have another meaning in his tone.
When Su Yang and the others heard this, their hearts pounded. Their eyes seemed to drift with guilt. They did not dare to look directly into Xiao Lingye’s eyes as if they would be seen through by him.
The five partners looked at each other and did not say anything. But the meaning was very clear. They wanted to chase Xiao Lingye out of the company.
Xiao Lingye used his mind to take up 20 percent of the shares when the company started. The other five had invested, and they had 16 percent each. When the company was founded, everyone knew that technology was the most important. Xiao Lingye alone took up a fifth of the shares. No one had any objections.
As the company grew bigger and bigger, the issue of distribution slowly made these partners feel indignant.
Why was Xiao Lingye able to take up 20% of the company’s shares without giving them anything?
Even though Xiao Lingye had contributed a lot to the development of the new technologies for the company, so what?
If Xiao Lingye didn’t have them to invest in the company, he would still be a poor country bumpkin.
Now that the company was big enough, they could do without Xiao Lingye. They could hire another technician to take his place. After all, they didn’t need a shareholder who would take the money but didn’t invest any.
Xiao Lingye glanced at them and nodded with a cold smile. “I understand now. You want to chase me out of the company, right? That’s why you came up with this whole project.”
The five partners were shocked and looked at Xiao Lingye in disbelief.
Xiao Lingye ignored their expressions and said with a cold smile, “It’s not that easy to chase me out, but I don’t want to stay in this rotten company anymore. I will sell my shares directly. Any of you can buy my shares as long as you offer a price that I’m satisfied, but I will only sell my shares to two people. If none of you want to buy them from me, I’ll sell them to the highest bidder outside. Consider this wisely!”
With that, Xiao Lingye left!