Female Novel
Chapter 2606
The voting session lasted for half an hour.
After that, the notary public of A City began to count the votes.
Percy sat on the chairman's seat calmly. Pierre, who sat beside him, was on pins and needles.
Pierre wanted to stand up and head to the washroom to take a look at his phone. He wanted to seewhat was the news on the online forum that Percy mentioned.
Pierre knew it must be something advantageous to him when Percy mentioned it.
Anything advantageous to Percy would put Pierre in a disadvantageous position.
Old Master Mallory grabbed Pierre's hand and asked, “Where are you going?"
“To the washroom," replied Pierre.
"How can you do great things when you can't remain calm?" Even though Old Master Mallory wascurious about what Percy had posted on the online forum, he was confident about the proposal thistime.
Old Master Mallory had met up with many of the shareholders before he called for the shareholders'meeting, telling them that he would be supporting Pierre. He hoped that they could do him a favor andsupport Pierre too.
He convinced them courageously that even if Pierre took over the position of chairman and CEO of thecompany, Mallory Corporation would still be the same and there would not be many changes.
Most of the shareholders were close to him, and they told him that they would agree to the proposalduring the meeting.
Percy would not be able to defeat him no matter what plans he came up with.
Pierre heard him and continued to remain seated. He glanced sideways to look at Percy. He was ascalm as a millpond.
The vote counting was a cumbersome job. The shareholders were waiting for the results.
An hour later, the notary public stepped up to the podium with the results in his hands. Seeing aseveryone was waiting for him, he announced the voting results.
"Regarding the proposal of dismissing Percy Mallory from his CEO position and nominating PierreMallory as the CEO of Mallory Corporation, I hereby announce the voting results. A total of threepercent of the shareholders gave up their rights to vote. 36 percent of the shareholders agree with theproposal, and 61 percent disagree with the proposal. The final result is that the proposal has beenrejected."
Percy listened to the announcement with a calm expression on his face. He already knew the outcomeof this extraordinary general meeting.
Pierre had always thought that he was meticulous at work, but when he started planning to take overMallory Corporation back then, Luke's men had already begun to investigate him.
Pierre got himself involved in so many dirty businesses behind everyone's back to make sure that hecould start his own company.
Moreover, he made a whole lot of deals under the table to support his company and gain morebusiness.
He had done so many things that Pierre could hardly remember each of them. After Old Master Malloryfound out what he did, Madam Mallory helped Pierre to clean up the mess and handled many matters
for him. She even destroyed all the evidence.
However, many things that he did in his early days were not covered up yet.
Madam Mallory thought she had everything settled, but there were some things she did not handlewell. Percy had been holding the unfavorable proof against Pierre, and he had been waiting for thisday.
Percy wanted to take their brotherhood into account too, but Pierre kept hurting Nina again and again.He even thought of snatching his lover. His relationship with Pierre was no longer a concern or reasonfor him to hold back.
The news on the online forum was all about what Pierre did. Other than the dirty businesses Pierre wasinvolved in back then, there was also news about him purchasing another company's bidding documentthrough illicit channels. All the other things he did were posted online too.
It was Percy who asked Adrian to schedule the post on the online forum. That way, he could avoid whatOld Master Mallory had done earlier.
All the news contained detailed information and evidence. It was difficult for everyone to not believe it.
Even though the shareholders had promised Old Master Mallory to show their support, they could notrisk letting the company fall into the wrong hands after seeing the news.
Otherwise, Mallory Corporation would face a crisis the moment Pierre became the CEO.
After all, the information Percy had disclosed could allow related departments to investigate Pierre.Although Old Master Mallory could cover for Pierre, he had made the shareholders lose theirconfidence in him.
Pierre was the first to raise a question when he heard that the proposal had been rejected. “Objection.
How could the proposal be rejected? I own more shares than him!"
He pointed at Percy and questioned.
Pierre had the most number of the Mallory family's shares, and it was unlikely that Percy owned morethan that.
He also had some shareholders who were on Old Master Mallory's side. It could not have ended up likethis.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Pierre. There's nothing wrong with the final result," replied the notary public. He workedfor the government, and he dared not cheat on such an occasion. "You may watch the footage of thesurveillance camera and take a look at the ballots that have been counted if you suspect me."
They recorded everything down when they were counting the votes, and they never left the scene tomake sure that the result was fair and honest.
"..." Pierre knew there was nothing wrong with the final result. He was the one who appointed thenotary public to come here.
Even though he would not help them cheat, he would not help Percy either.
"I have more shares than you do," said Percy. He showed the shares he owned and Luke'sauthorization letter.
He reckoned that the total amount of the shares he had in his hands was more than anyone else in theMallory family.
Pierre looked at the amount of shares Percy owned. He was down in the dumps as he sat on the chair.
Percy rose to his feet victoriously and said to all the shareholders behind him, "Thank you for trustingme. I'll continue to lead Mallory Corporation to success in the future."
After that, he left the conference hall.
An ominous cloud hovered over Old Master Mallory. He remained seated on the chair.
The other shareholders understood that the meeting had ended. They stood up and prepared to leave.novelbin
"Grandpa..." Pierre gritted his teeth as frustration filled up his heart.
"He actually did it.." said Old Master Mallory. He thought it would be difficult for Percy to make it withoutthe Mallory family's support.
However, he defeated Pierre while having an absolute advantage.
"Old Master Mallory, Pierre, I'm sorry." A middle-aged man approached them. He was one of thebiggest shareholders of Mallory Corporation, Hector Blanton.
Old Master Mallory watched the man walk toward him. He frowned as he thought Hector was feelingsorry for him over Pierre failing to become the CEO. Hence, he said, "I appreciate it."
Hector shook his head and replied, "Old Master Mallory, your men will certainly check the voting resultslater. Let me just be honest and say that I didn't choose Pierre."
Pierre stood up, refusing to believe what he said. Among all the shareholders who promised to showtheir support to Old Master Mallory, Hector was the one who would least likely go back on his words.
Besides, the Blanton family owed Old Master Mallory a favor.
"Uncle Hector, why did you suddenly go back on your word?" Pierre questioned him angrily.
Hector had become an ungrateful person in his eyes. He promised that he would support Pierre in frontof Old Master Mallory, but he eventually cast his vote for Percy.
"Pierre, you should take a look at the local online forum. I'm an investor. Of course, I have to value thecompany's future development. If I had chosen you, there was a chance Mallory Corporation mightface a crisis in the future. I did it for the sake of the company's future. Old Master Mallory, I'm sorry Ididn't help this time," Hector apologized. He would have been unwilling to tell them about this if it werenot for the reveal of the final results.
After all, his family owed Old Master Mallory a favor. If it were not for the sake of benefits and interests,he would not have chosen Percy either.