"Zhixuan, there's a group of reporters outside looking for you. Yunjin is already blocking them outside!"
After a while, Lee Kwang-soo once again ran into Xu Zhixuan's resting room and interrupted Xu Zhixuan's thoughts of reading the newspaper. However, after listening to Lee Kwang-soo's words, the smile on his face disappeared and he frowned. He did not understand. Didn't I give them big news? Why are they still harassing me?!
After Xu Zhixuan announced his temporary retirement and focused on company management, the entire South Korea was in an uproar. At one point, the presidential election, which was the most popular topic, was pulled down. Almost all of the top ten trending topics were occupied by Xu Zhixuan alone!
Subsequently, after the news spread the next day, Xu Zhixuan held a press conference at YG to officially acknowledge those reports. It could be said that on that day, Xu Zhixuan had accommodated the reporters except for not answering the questions from Lotte Cinemas. Now, this group of people was still not satisfied and came to his door to bully him again. How could Xu Zhixuan not be angry?
"Are the security guards useless? They can't even stop them? "
For Lim Yoon-jin to go out to help, it seemed like this group of reporters had already entered the nightclub. Otherwise, Lim Yoon-jin would not have come out. Xu Zhixuan was suddenly a little angry. After all, this nightclub was the headquarters of the Antipressure Society. There were more than thirty security guards!
"There are too many reporters. We can't stop them at all!"
Xu Zhixuan was stunned when he heard that. If more than thirty security guards could not stop the reporters, then how many people would there be? At this time, they were not interviewing the elders who were marching. What were they doing here? Moreover, he was already preparing to retire!
"Let's go and take a look!"
The two walked out of the room excitedly. When they arrived on the first floor, they saw that the hall had been temporarily set up by Lim Yoon-jin. Xu Zhixuan saw a sea of heads, which shocked Xu Zhixuan a little. The center of the stage was full of people. There were almost a hundred of them!
"What happened?"
When Xu Zhixuan saw this situation, he naturally wouldn't show up rashly. He instructed someone to call Lim Yoon-jin over. When Lim Yoon-jin arrived, Xu Zhixuan couldn't wait to ask. Even the experienced Xu Zhixuan felt a little nervous facing so many reporters!
"President, the news of your controlling stake in Lotte Cinemas has been exposed!"
A smile finally appeared on Xu Zhixuan's face. So that's what they were talking about. That's fine. Anyway, the Xin family's people in the Letian Cinema chain had all been replaced by his own people. There was no need to be afraid of what would happen if this news were to be exposed!
"So that's what happened. So be it. I'll admit it now so that they can leave!"
How could Lim Yoon-jin let Xu Zhixuan go? She quickly pulled him back and said nervously, "It's not just that. I don't know who exposed the list of Lotte Cinemas' shares. Now, the whole of Korea is going crazy because of this!"
At this moment, Xu Zhixuan's expression changed. After he acquired Lotte Cinemas and took full control of the company, Xu Zhixuan began to rope in allies. The first one was naturally Yin Zhiyuan, who represented Park Jinhui. Because of his identity, Xu Zhixuan gave Yin Zhiyuan 10% of the shares. It wasn't a lot, just 10%!
But why would he give this 10% of the shares to Yin Zhiyuan? Needless to say, everyone understood. Even Lee Jae-hyun of CJ only owned 8% of the shares of Lotte Cinemas. YG's Yang Xianshuo had even less, only 2%. And this was given to him by Xu Zhixuan on account of their past relationship!
It could be said that there was no good end to monopolizing everything. Xu Zhixuan knew this very well. So, he only owned 51% of the shares and distributed the rest. He gathered a group of people to protect Lotte Cinemas. The Xin family had already withdrawn from Lotte Cinemas. You can't expect them to continue protecting the cinemas. Not to mention the Xin family, even if the other party was willing, Xu Zhixuan wouldn't allow it!
"What the hell is going on? How did the list get exposed?"
Xu Zhixuan was puzzled by this matter. If it was under normal circumstances, then so be it. Xu Zhixuan would be happy to let the media help him announce to everyone that he was strong and that even without the Xin family, Lotte Cinemas was still one of the top three cinemas. No one could touch him, or else he would chop them up!
However, it was different now. The presidential election had entered the most critical period. How did Yin Zhiyuan get so many shares? Even an idiot would know. If something happened to Park Jinhui because of this, not to mention what Park Jinhui would think of him, even Park Jinhui's supporters would want to kill Xu Zhixuan!
"Stall for time. I'm going to make a few calls. Don't let anyone go up to the second floor!"
Seeing Lim Yoon-jin's blank expression, Xu Zhixuan knew that he had asked for nothing. Even he didn't know, let alone Lim Yoon-jin, who only knew a little about it. Xu Zhixuan's first thought was that it was done by the Democratic Party. Although it wasn't easy for them to get their hands on the list of shareholders, it wasn't difficult either!
"What's going on? How did you do your job?"
Cui Xiyuan was once a vice president of CGV. He was headhunted by a headhunting company and was highly valued by Xu Zhixuan. He was the current manager of Lotte Cinemas. Now that something like this had happened and he didn't know anything about it, it was natural that he would vent his anger on Cui Xiyuan.
"Guild Leader, what happened?"
Xu Zhixuan could tell that Cui Xiyuan was very puzzled by his questioning. He calmed down a little, but he still didn't look happy as he said, "There's a group of reporters at the set where I'm filming. There are no less than a hundred people there, and they all have the list of shareholders of Lotte Cinemas in their hands!"
"That's impossible. Recently, several executives who know about this list have been eating and living with me in the company. They almost never leave!"
Indeed, changing a company and not wanting to cause any trouble had kept Cui Xiyuan and the others busy for the past two months. They didn't even have time to go home. They ate and lived in the company. In order to take care of them, Xu Zhixuan even gave up the lounge in his office. At least, he gave everyone a place to shower!
As for why there was such a lounge in the office with its own bathroom and bed, Xu Zhixuan naturally laughed and raised his eyebrows. Of course, he meant … Take a guess!
However, this wasn't the main point. When Xu Zhixuan heard Cui Xiyuan's words, he knew that he had wronged him. Although he hadn't been in the company for a long time, he knew that Cui Xiyuan and the others had worked hard to show Xu Zhixuan some results. They also wanted to be worthy of the high commission Xu Zhixuan gave them.
"It seems that someone can't wait to make a move. There will be reporters on your side soon. Pass down the order to refuse all interviews. I don't want to see anyone's words appear on the news!"
Since Cui Xiyuan was selected by the headhunting company, he wasn't an incompetent person. From Xu Zhixuan's words, although it wasn't detailed, he could tell that someone was behind this. He nodded at Xu Zhixuan's orders. As soon as he hung up the phone, he started to gather his subordinates for a meeting.
If Cui Xiyuan went downstairs to take a look, he would see that there was a group of reporters outside the company building. Fortunately, the building's security was good and wasn't afraid of the reporters. They said that it was a private area and refused to let the reporters in, blocking them outside the door!
After making a few phone calls, he even personally called Park Jinhui's assistant and told him to inform Park Jinhui of the situation. He knew that the other party wasn't targeting him. Their target was Park Jinhui, and he was just a stepping stone for them to reach their goal.
"Come in!"
There was a knock on the door. Xu Zhixuan was slightly unhappy. Didn't he tell the others not to disturb him?
Lim Yoon-jin walked in, sweating profusely. She was out of breath and said, "President, we can't hold them back any longer. They've started to make a scene. Director Park is afraid that there will be a conflict, so she asked me to come over and ask for your instructions!"
"Got it. You go down first and tell them that I'm washing up. I'll be right down!"
Xu Zhixuan washed his face and tidied up his appearance. With a calm expression, he walked down the stairs. Under the protection of the security guards, he walked onto the small stage that was temporarily built. He had already obtained a list of shares of Lotte Cinemas from a newspaper company that was close to Xu Zhixuan!
"President Xu, according to the information provided by an insider, do you already have a controlling stake in Lotte Cinemas? Especially in the past two months, there has been a lot of activity in the personnel allocation of Lotte Cinemas. Does this mean that you have already driven the Xin family out of Lotte Cinemas and that it belongs to you now?"
"Who is the insider? Can you tell me?"
Although Xu Zhixuan was expressionless, from his tone, one could tell that he was dissatisfied with the reporter's question. What did he mean by driving the Xin family out of Lotte Cinemas? Those who didn't know would think that he had used some kind of scheme. If the low-level employees of Lotte Cinemas who were not in the know knew about it, who knows what kind of twist and turn it would cause!
"This …"
This time, the reporter was speechless. Where could he find an insider for Xu Zhixuan? However, his newspaper company had suddenly received a letter today. There was nothing in it except for a list of shares of Lotte Cinemas. Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed over to interview Xu Zhixuan instead of directly publishing the news!
"President Xu, are you choosing to run away? Are you feeling guilty?"
These words made Xu Zhixuan laugh. Was this reporter sent by monkeys to make fun of him? Looking over, he saw that it was a relatively young man from a newspaper company that he was friends with. He could only smile helplessly at the old reporter beside him. What he meant was, "Can't we still have fun together? Next time, don't bring such a joker out."
That old reporter also knew Xu Zhixuan and had interviewed him more than once or twice. Naturally, he understood that the young man's words were a little harsh and could easily cause problems in their relationship with Xu Zhixuan. Therefore, he slapped the young man's head and shouted at him to shut up!
"Senior, what are you doing?"
The young man looked at his senior with a gloomy expression. He blinked his eyes and seemed to be asking, "Why did you hit me!?"
"Bastard, if you want to die, don't implicate me!"
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