While Meng Fei was suffering from various problems, there was a group of high-ranking guys on Zhangdao who were also experiencing inner torture.
It was deep in the dense forest on Zhangdao Island, and the lush trees on all sides almost dyed the transparent glass green.
The walls are made of pure, weight-bearing solid glass, without even a single pillar.
Therefore, the entire large conference room of more than 300 square meters seems to have no walls, and the roof seems to be suspended in the air.
The sky, which was a clear blue a few minutes ago, was quickly shrouded in haze, as if someone had splashed it with dark and light ink.
The strong wind caused the lush branches and leaves in the forest to surge uneasily like waves, making a rustling sound.
Under the increasingly dense shade of the trees, two people, an old man and a young man, walked in the wind and stopped downstairs in the large conference room.
The old man's name is Ailon. Although his beard and hair are as white as snow and his face is covered with wrinkles and spots caused by old age, his steps are still steady.
He is over ninety years old and is the lifelong honorary president of Lynx Military Industry and one of the most respected veterans.
"Aisha, your blood relationship is the closest to that of Ai Yun. Your knowledge and achievements are unparalleled among the younger generation of the Ai family."
He sighed again and continued:
"It happened suddenly, and it was indeed a little early for you.
"But now that Ai Yun is terminally ill, I still hope that you can bravely assume the important responsibility of steering the entire group and the entire family."
Young Aisha pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose, nodded, and answered firmly: "I will not let down grandpa's expectations!"
The old man looked at the conference room upstairs with smoky yellow eyes and whispered: "Remember, you can only call me president on the board of directors."
"I got it, Grandpa."
The two went upstairs together and walked into the conference room.
There are already about ten people gathered here. Most of them have the surname Ai. This is the board of directors of the most important enterprise of the Ai family, Lynx Military Industry.
The conference table is rectangular and very large.
The two main seats at the end of the front are for the two presidents of Lynx Military Industry, and the other directors are lined up left and right.
Ailon sat in the right seat, which is the position of the honorary president.
But the most critical left seat, that is, the position of the leader of the Lynx Military Union with real power is empty.
Because President Ai Yun was suddenly reported to have a rare form of acute leukemia and was being treated.
Everyone is staring in that direction. Because there is a simple clock on the wall behind the president's seat.
It was five minutes before ten o'clock, and everyone was waiting with bated breath.
These five minutes involve the vital interests of everyone here.
The reason why Lynx Military Industry is powerful is that it can produce a kind of "ionized crystal core".
This is a must-have part for the ionization gun and other ionization weapons they produce.
The only one in the world, unique.
But only one person has mastered the production technology of ionized crystal nuclei, and that is Chairman Ai Yun.
Whenever a person holds a secret, there is always a risk. What if Ai Yun dies suddenly and unexpectedly?
This is actually not a problem. Because there is a special secret storage mechanism on the country's goddess system.
As the chairman of Lynx Military Industry, Ai Yun can upload the secret of producing ionized crystal nuclei to the state-controlled goddess system, and absolutely no one can steal it.
In the event that Ai Yun dies unexpectedly, the goddess system will automatically complete the transfer of inherited authority, allowing his successor to obtain the secret.
To ensure nothing goes wrong, there is a supplementary rule in the company's articles of association:
Once the current president's life is in danger and there is no confirmed heir, special handling must be done in advance.
Within one week from the news being confirmed by the board of directors, the president must hand over the secret of the production of ionized crystal nuclei to another person on the board of directors, that is, the acting president elected by the board of directors.
Even if the president dies, or the president is not dead but refuses, the goddess system will automatically complete the process based on the candidate for acting president submitted by their board of directors.
Whoever controls this secret will have an unshakable position in the entire board of directors, and will naturally become the inevitable candidate for the next president!
At that time, it didn't matter whether Ai Yun died or who his successor would be. The position of president has nothing to do with Ai Yun's family.
It has been forty-eight hours since Ai Yun was reported to be seriously ill, and he does not have any heirs.
In other words, all directors present may be candidates for acting president. Who can't be nervous?
Of course, the children of the Ai family are kept outside secretly, and even if Ai Yun has descendants, they have no way of knowing.
But even if he does, these children must board the last yacht to Zhangdao before ten o'clock today.
Otherwise, there will be a winter storm for the next week, and they will not be able to land on the island, nor will they be able to prevent the board of directors from electing the acting president.
There are only five minutes until ten o'clock! As Aisha, who was supported by the honorary chairman Ailon and was the most promising to be elected as the acting president, her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
He is capable, knowledgeable, and prepared, but his life is often determined by inconspicuous coincidences.
For example, now, he is only five minutes away from the position of chairman of the Lynx Military Industry Board of Directors!
What an inconspicuous five minutes, but they can determine the fate of his life.
Most of the remaining people are thinking about the redistribution of interests after the new president is elected.
It happened that at this time, he heard a ding on his cell phone, sending the message that he least wanted to see and that really made him despair.
He wasn't the only one who received the news. All directors on the entire board received it almost at the same time.
"Hello Mr. Director.
“It is my honor to inform you.
"After genetic comparison, the identity of Ai Ting, the daughter of the group president, has been confirmed.
"Miss Ai has boarded the yacht Yuntian and is expected to arrive at 11:30.
"Details have been sent to the mailbox."
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"The old guy really has something up his sleeve!"
"It happened to be stuck at the end, Yin. He wanted to see who would jump out first and choose the acting president, right?"
"Fortunately, I never expressed my stance."
Everyone present was thinking a lot, but no one spoke. They were all reading the detailed information sent in the mailbox seriously.
The information they read also included the details that Meng Fei answered one by one five minutes ago.
After reading these contents, everyone still didn't speak, but they were already talking to each other in their thoughts.
"I didn't expect that Ai Yun, the eldest daughter, has a high official position, and she actually has the twelfth level!"
"Although the deputy ministerial level official is not young, it is meaningless. If she wants to come back to serve as the chairman of the board of directors, she must step down from her official position!"
Of course, Lynx Military Industry will not refuse a high-ranking official to hold their shares and obtain a position, but this is strictly prohibited by the laws of the Qingmang Republic.
According to the rules of the Ai family, the secret of the core ionized crystal nucleus must be held by the president or acting president, and the surname must be Ai.
Therefore, if Ai Ting does not take the initiative to resign, she will not be able to come back and hold the secret as chairman. Even if there is a spouse who has entered into the family, this will not work.
"Fortunately, she chose a son-in-law instead of marriage!"
