Chapter 6 — Never Look Down on Women

Within a week after that. I launched a lightning attack… textbook standard. When the Co family was in chaos, they couldn't take care of themselves. My new company — “Tan Nguyet Capital”… appeared like a storm. We linked up with a few investment funds that had been eyeing Co Thi for a long time... and began to frantically collect shares on the market. Co Thi stock price was already shaky. Under our combined pressure... it plummeted even further. Retail investors panicked and sold off. Co Vien Son tried to organize a counterattack. But… too late. The money in his hand... is not enough to fight hungry wolves like us. In just three days. Co Thi's shares in my hand... have surpassed thirty percent. Become the largest single shareholder. Day four. I sent a notice to the Co Thi board of directors, requesting to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. There is only one content. Co Thanh was dismissed as chairman. Restructuring the board of directors. It is said that when Co Vien Son received the notification, he threw the phone straight to the ground. He called me, his voice hoarse and tired.

“Tham Nguyet… do you really want to chase and kill him?”

“Mr. Gu.”

I sat in the study room that once belonged to my father, my voice calm.

“Business is like a battlefield...win to be the king, lose to be the enemy.”

"In the past, when you guys took over the Tham family's property... did you ever hold back?"

Co Vien Son was silent. He had nothing more to say. Because everything... is just cyclic cause and effect.

“I only have one request.”

He said.

“Leave A Thanh... a way to live.”

"Of course."

“I won't let him die.”

“I will let him live.”

“Live well… to see with my own eyes, how I trampled on everything he was once proud of.”

12 Queens on the throne The extraordinary shareholders' meeting... was held in the meeting room on the top floor of Co Thi Group's headquarters. When I arrived, the meeting room was full of people. Several trusted directors of the Co family looked at me with extremely complicated eyes. There is anger, there is unwillingness... and even a little fear. Co Vien Son sat next to the chair, his face gray, not saying a word. And the main character who was supposed to appear today - Co Thanh - was late.

“You are enough, then let's begin.”

I walked straight to the chairman's position, my voice calm. An old man in the Co family immediately stood up and slammed the table.

"Tham Nguyet! Don't be too harsh!"

“It's not your turn to give orders yet!”

Even when I came to look at him, I was lazy. Just nodded slightly to lawyer Vuong next to him. Lawyer Vuong understood, stepped forward and distributed documents to each person. His voice was clear and decisive.

“According to the provisions of enterprise law, shareholders holding more than ten percent of the shares have the right to request to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.”

“Currently, my client — Ms. Tham Nguyet — through herself and Tan Nguyet Capital, holds a total of thirty-eight percent of Co Thi shares, being the largest shareholder.”

"Her proposal to dismiss Mr. Co Thanh as chairman and restructure the board of directors... is completely legal, reasonable and in accordance with regulations."

Several directors looked at the paper in their hands... simultaneously silent. Numbers... don't lie.

“I object!”

The old man still stubbornly resisted.

“The late President has made great contributions to the company, which cannot be said dismissal is dismissal!”

“Great merit?”

I finally spoke, the corners of my lips curling into a cold smile.

“You mean… the credit for a fraudster caused the company's reputation to collapse, its stock price to plummet, and hundreds of billions to evaporate?”

“Or is it due to blind stupidity that nearly dragged the entire company into bankruptcy?”

My words... each word felt like a knife. The faces of all the people in the room... were unsightly. Because… it's all true. No one spoke out against it. The vote… became a ritual without suspense. I won overwhelmingly. Became the new president of Co Thi Group. The meeting ended. I stood up and looked around the room that once made me feel stuffy and hard to breathe. From today. This place… is mine. I didn't pay attention to the eyes of the people behind me and walked directly to the chairman's room. A figure stood with his back to me, in front of the large glass door. It's Co Thanh. He has become much thinner and more emaciated. The man who was once in great shape... now only has the appearance of a failure. Hearing the door open, he slowly turned around. The eyes that once made me tremble... are now filled with blood and hatred.

“You have finally arrived.”

His voice was hoarse.

“I'm here.”

I walked past him, behind the desk. Then… right in front of him, slowly sat down in the large leather chair. Familiar location. It's just... the owner has changed. That move... was an unspoken insult. Co Thanh's body trembled uncontrollably.

“You won.”

He looked at me, each word hissing out.

“You destroyed everything for me.”

“It's not like I destroyed you.”

I leaned back, hands clasped, looking leisurely.

“It was me… that destroyed me.”

“Your greed, your stupidity, and your self-righteousness… are the real causes.”

“Even without me… sooner or later you would fall under another ‘Wen Nha’.”

He suddenly roared.

“It's all because of you! Without you, I simply wouldn't—"

“No what?”

I interrupted.

"Didn't realize that your bright moonlight... is actually a woman used by the whole world?"

“Not finding out that my great love… was actually just a scam?”

“Co Thanh, do you still not understand?”

I stood up, walked in front of him, looking down from above.

“You don't lose to me.”

“I lost… to my own illusion of touching myself.”

He was so shocked by my words that he took a step back.