Chapter 18 — Unlock Message 8.72 Billion After Divorce

Ten o'clock Friday morning. The extraordinary shareholders' meeting of To Thi Group officially took place. The large meeting room on the forty-eighth floor was filled with people. To family's side. I represent 51% of the shares. Co Thua Trach represents 5% of the strategic investor's shares. Opposite side. Representative of Dinh Thinh Investment. A middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. Trinh Vien. He came personally. Twelve years without seeing each other. His hair was gray. But his eyes were still as cold and gloomy as ever. He sat at the other end of the conference table. The corners of the lips curled slightly.

"The last time I saw you..."

"...you're only fifteen years old."

"It's really big now."

I calmly looked at him.

"Uncle Trinh."

"Do you still remember calling me uncle?"

"It's just a courtesy."

The smile on Trinh Vien's face immediately disappeared. The chairman of the meeting announced that the General Meeting of Shareholders had begun. Dinh Thinh Investment Representative was the first speaker.

"According to the provisions of the Enterprise Law, our side currently holds 8% of To Thi Group's shares. Plus the voting rights authorized by three shareholders, for a total of 20%. Therefore, we officially propose to dismiss Ms. To Niem as CEO for the following reasons."

He opened the file.

"Lack of management experience."

"Heavy personal animosity."

"Suppression of veteran personnel."

Still just old arguments. I didn't interrupt. Calmly let him read it all. Five minutes later. He closed the file. I just spoke up.

"Are you done?"

"Done."

"Then it's my turn."

I slowly stood up.

"The first."

"On the issue of management experience."

"Within three weeks since I took office, I have recovered 120,000,000 yuan of assets illegally transferred by the former Deputy General Director, restructured the entire management team of the technology sector and at the same time launched two new projects."

"All the data is in the file in front of you."

"White paper and black ink."

"About the so-called 'personal revenge'."

"What I cut out were the resources in my personal name."

"Including loans guaranteed by me."

"The orders are connected by me using personal connections."

"Those resources..."

"...does not belong to To Thi Group at all."

"Tuesday..."

I slowly turned to look at Trinh Vien.

"Mr. Trinh."

"Or..."

"...will you say it yourself?"

Trinh Vien slowly stood up. Slowly re-button the vest. Then looked straight at me.

"So you know what I'm going to say..."

"...then I don't need to be polite anymore."

He took out from his briefcase... ...a file bag.

"Twenty years ago, when To Thi Group auctioned the first plot of land in Giang Thanh, land number 168 Kim Giang Street, the transfer price was 30,000,000 yuan, but in reality To Thi only paid 15,000,000 yuan. So where did the remaining 15,000,000 yuan go?"

He took out each document from the file bag and spread it all out on the table.

"Bank statements, transfer documents, signed confirmation. To Minh Vien, To Niem's father, bribed 15,000,000 yuan to the official in charge of approving land use rights at that time. All evidence of the case is here."

The entire meeting room immediately stirred.

"To Thi Group's first capital was obtained through bribery. From the first day of its establishment, To Thi's foundation was not clean."

Trinh Vien looked at me, the corners of his lips curled up go up.

"To Niem, do you still want to vote with me now?"

The eyes of everyone in the meeting room turned to me. Liu Jianguo and the two remaining small shareholders looked at each other in confusion. Even Co Thua Trach's finger resting on the table stopped for a moment. I still stood in place, calmly looking at Trinh Vien. I smiled.

"Mr. Trinh, you have been hiding these documents for twelve years. Today you finally took them out."

"How's it going? Do you have anything else to say?"

"I also have three things to show you."

I opened my file.

"First, the file for transfer of land use rights at 168 Kim Giang Street. This is a copy of the original file I directly requested from the Government Archives Department. He said To Thi only paid 15,000,000 yuan, but the truth is that by 2005, To Thi had paid the entire difference, including late payment interest. The additional payment documents are all available here."

I pushed the file towards him. Trinh Vien picked it up and looked at it. His face immediately changed.

"All the things you call evidence, including bank statements and signed certificates, I have asked the legal team to examine the handwriting."

"Signature on confirmation..."

"...not my father's autograph."

"It's because you faked it."

There was a stir in the meeting room again. Trinh Vien's face completely changed. I took out the last set of documents.

"Dinth Thinh Investment's source of money."

"The money he used to buy 8% of To Thi's shares on the secondary market came from revolving loans from three underground banks."

"This cash flow diagram was completed by Co Thi Group's financial investigation team."

I put the file down in the middle of the table.