Li Jiawei leaned into Xiao Yi's arms, feeling the familiar breath, and her tense nerves relaxed slightly.
She looked at the gradually darkening sky outside the window, her eyelashes trembling slightly: "Li Xuanbao's case should have reached the end of the investigation. Some things can't be explained over the phone... I have to go back to Xishi and clear up the misunderstanding in person."
Xiao Yi held Li Jiawei's hand tightly and asked solemnly, "If the worst happens and the situation becomes out of control, what are you going to do?"
Li Jiawei straightened her back, slowly turned her head to look at Xiao Yi, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and said: "Now I can't say for sure what I will do, but since she can urge several shareholders to intervene in the affairs of "Meishang", it is obvious that she is sending me a signal. Even though I am the largest shareholder of "Meishang", in fact, the right to speak for "Meishang" is still firmly in her hands.
With such a hidden danger that hinders everything, if I still want to promote the development of "Meishang" in the future, I will have to obey her in everything.
If so, what is the point of having such an estate? I'd rather return it to its original owner."
On the high-speed train back to Xishi, Li Jiawei sat by the window, looking at the scenery passing by quickly. If she really cut off from "Meishang", it would not be as simple as she and Xiao Yi said that day.
At present, "Meishang" and Universal Pictures have been closely intertwined in the chain of interests. If the relationship with "Meishang" is cut off rashly, Universal Pictures will inevitably suffer a huge impact, and may even trigger a series of chain reactions.
However, there is an old saying that "a short pain is worse than a long one". If the mother really wants to re-intervene in "Meishang", her choice to disassociate from "Meishang" now can be regarded as scraping the bone to cure the poison, so as to avoid an irreversible situation.
But if we delay for a few more years, by then we will have to undergo a complete overhaul and a radical change in order to complete the divestiture of interests, and the difficulty and risks will increase exponentially.
After thinking about it carefully, she realized that her previous decisions would actually cause such great risks.
Although the excessive bundling of the two independently operated companies has indeed enhanced brand influence and market competitiveness in the short term, it has also exposed both parties to greater risks, and the crisis of mutual loss is always around the corner.
Of course, this was just the worst-case scenario she had imagined in her mind. Perhaps things had not yet developed to the point where the interests had to be untied, and there was still room for maneuver.
After Li Jiawei came out of the high-speed rail platform, a driver was already waiting outside. She got in the car and went straight to the Li family villa.
Li Yan had not been to the company these days. He was so busy before that he had no time to rest, but now that he finally had time to rest, he was indeed anxious.
In fact, the Li Group was not harmonious. Even though his father Li Ronghua was in charge of the group, if he stayed away from the power core for too long, when he returned to the Li Group in the future, I am afraid that everything that had been carefully planned and deployed before would suffer losses to varying degrees.
Zhong Xinlan naturally knew the urgency in her husband Li Yan's heart, but before the verdict of the Li Xuanbao case, in the eyes of other directors of Li's group, Li Yan himself posed great risks.
Therefore, if Li Yan returns to work for the Li Group now, it will be tantamount to transferring the risks he faces to the Li Group, which is very likely to cause shareholders to question the management and future of the Li Group.
At that time, if people with ulterior motives take the opportunity to hype up the market, the stocks of the Li Group will also be affected.
In such a situation, those people on the board of directors naturally would not allow such a thing to happen, so they would not agree to Li Yan returning to his post until the risks to Li Yan were completely eliminated.
Seeing that Li Yan asked someone to take out another bottle of wine from the wine cellar and drank it alone, Zhong Xinlan couldn't help but sigh softly.
She came forward with a cup of hot tea and said worriedly, "Drinking too much will harm your body, so just drink some tea." As she spoke, Zhong Xinlan placed the tea tray on the counter, and then reached out and took the wine glass from Li Yan.
Li Yan looked at the wine glass that his wife had taken away, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Now I stay at home all day and have nothing to do. Drinking a little wine won't hurt."
Zhong Xinlan gently pushed the warm teacup in front of Li Yan, and said in a soothing tone: "I asked someone, Xuan Bao's case is about to be closed, all the materials have been transferred to the procuratorate, and the court will probably be in court and the verdict will be announced soon. Once the result comes out, you will no longer be suspected, and you can return to the company with a clear conscience."
Li Yan took the teacup, the hot steam blurred the haze in his eyes, and he sneered: "Those old foxes, they wish they could take this opportunity to kick me out of Li's immediately." There was suppressed anger in his voice, and the ending tone was trembling with a coldness.
Zhong Xinlan reached out and covered the back of her husband's tense hand, stroking it gently with her fingertips: "Dad is still in charge of the company, they can't make any waves.
When this storm subsides, you will still have the final say over the Li family."
At this moment, the housekeeper appeared at the door and respectfully reported to Li Yan and Zhong Xinlan: "Sir, Madam, Miss Jiawei is here."
The teacup in Zhong Xinlan's hand shook slightly, and when she looked at Li Yan, both of them could not hide the surprise in their eyes.
According to their expectations, Li Jiawei should return to Xishi only after Li Xuanbao's case was settled. Why did she suddenly come back now without any news before? It was really surprising.
However, Li Yan quickly calmed down and nodded to the housekeeper, "We'll go downstairs after changing clothes. You wait for them first." Then he stood up, tidied his clothes, and motioned for Zhong Xinlan to go back to the bedroom to change clothes.
In the living room downstairs, Jing Qiu sat upright on the sofa, his eyes coldly cast at Li Jiawei who had just entered the room.
She understood why Li Jiawei suddenly came back from Beijing, so she didn't smile at all and asked stiffly, "When did you arrive in Xishi?"
Li Jiawei raised her lips and said, "I just arrived today. I came here as soon as I got out of the high-speed rail station." She handed the exquisite gift bag in her hand forward, and said in a friendly tone, "Mom, this is the new spring tea made in the tea garden. I brought it specially for you and Dad. Please try it and see if it suits your taste. If you have any suggestions, please tell me."
Jing Qiu reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth, but did not reach out to take it. He just said lightly: "You are so thoughtful. Put it on the table. Is your uncle busy recently?"
Li Jiawei put down the gift box and sat on the sofa where Jing Qiu had been. "My uncle has been doing research down there, so I haven't seen him many times in Beijing. But last week, he came back to Beijing and saw me once. He seemed to be in good spirits."