Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Bai Lan’s words left Murong Hai quite astonished, as the current situation had greatly exceeded his expectations.

Xu Ke had merely asked him to investigate the company’s general situation, yet now the company’s predicament seemed dire.

If he, as the president, did not take the helm soon, the company might face a significant crisis.

Murong Hai suddenly felt that Xu Ke must be in a dilemma, caught between the cunning old fox Wang Lishan and the company’s difficulties.

"Bai Lan, wait here for me for a moment, I need to make a call." With that, Murong Hai hurriedly ran outside.

He needed to get in touch with Xu Ke immediately, otherwise, as Bai Lan had just described, the company wouldn’t last a few more days.

Once the call connected, Murong Hai could hardly wait to report to Xu Ke.

"The company is now at its most critical juncture. Recently, there’s a large plot of land available for bidding, and our company plans to participate. Director Zhang has demanded the design department to produce drawings within three days. He seems determined to win this bid. Yes. Moreover, the company is in total chaos now, and only the leaders in each department are holding things together, or the company would have already collapsed."

Xu Ke only refrained from going to the company for two days and hadn’t expected things to spiral out of his expectations.

Although he was already aware of significant internal issues and that Wang Lishan had people in every department, he hadn’t anticipated such a dire scenario.

During these days, Xu Ke hadn’t received any reports about the company, leaving him unaware of this bidding project.

Now, after hearing Murong’s words, she realized that someone must have intercepted the information.

Although he had not fully taken over the company, he was already the nominal president.

Even the dullest person should know to respect him, to report such important matters to him.

Yet since no news had reached him, it meant Director Zhang didn’t regard him at all.

Or perhaps Director Zhang believed he would never find out about this matter, and even if he did, there was nothing he could do about it.

Xu Ke had never met this Director Zhang, so he decided to personally visit the company.

He wanted to see for himself what shape the company was in and whether even the president was now unrecognized.

But Xu Ke still had some reservations, as the handover process was still ongoing, and he was not yet the real president.

Some employees might recognize him, but Wang Lishan’s employees definitely wouldn’t cooperate.

To ensure nothing went wrong, Xu Ke ultimately decided to bring Old Mr. Xu with him.

Though his grandfather’s health had been declining day by day, at such a critical moment, he needed to step up personally.

After all, he was the previous president, much more familiar with the employees than Xu Ke was.

Thinking of this, Xu Ke immediately went to Old Mr. Xu’s room.

Recently, Old Mr. Xu had been busy with check-ups and monitoring at the hospital with no leads yet.

He was worried about this matter as well, and his quality of sleep had been poor recently.

"Xu Ke, why did you come to me at this time? Are you in some trouble and need your grandfather’s help?"

When Old Mr. Xu said this, Xu Ke suddenly felt embarrassed.

It was clear that he was supposed to take over the company, yet he couldn’t handle things independently. He had to trouble Old Mr. Xu with such crucial matters, making him question his own capability.

"Grandpa, I’m really sorry. If I had a solution, I wouldn’t bother you. I just received a message that the company will soon have a bidding at the North Suburb, but I haven’t received any information about it."

When Xu Ke got to this point, the old man immediately understood.

As the president, Xu Ke hadn’t received any news, which meant someone had intercepted the information.

Although Old Mr. Xu wasn’t clear about the identity of this person, there weren’t many people with such capabilities within the company.

Though he had stopped overseeing the company’s affairs long ago, he was still familiar with its workings.

It was evident Xu Ke intended to go to the company to understand the situation, and since he was newly appointed, and worried about his capabilities and influence, he wanted the old man to support him.

Old Mr. Xu had great faith in this grandson of his. However, Xu Ke had only taken over the company for a short period, and suddenly so many issues arose. What he had achieved so far was already commendable.

"Xu Ke, you don’t have to blame yourself like this; this isn’t your fault. I didn’t even realize that after I had you take over the company, you’d encounter such a heap of trouble. It’s also my fault for not noticing their little tricks when I was still with the company. If I had nipped them in the bud then, such situations wouldn’t arise now. Enough said, I’ll accompany you. I want to see what these rascals have been up to since I left?"

Old Mr. Xu had decided to go with Xu Ke to visit the company, to put his mind at ease after so long.

After all, it was the place where he had spent his entire life striving, and even mentioning retirement felt somewhat unsettling.

So, Old Mr. Xu accompanied Xu Ke to Xu’s Company, and as he looked at the familiar yet strange company, he suddenly felt very emotional.

Once upon a time, he was the head honcho here. Now it was all in the past for him, and all of this was to be handed to the younger generation.

"Grandson, once we’re in the company, call out those key leaders to me. I want to know what mischief they’ve been up to during my absence."

Old Mr. Xu was determined, this visit was to help Xu Ke resolve the company’s issues.

If things were to continue dragging on, a big problem was surely imminent.

Initially, Xu Ke hadn’t intended for Old Mr. Xu to do this, but since he suggested it, Xu Ke was willing.

After all, he was the former president, and his word was as good as law; nobody in the company would dare defy him.

When Xu Ke and Old Mr. Xu appeared at the company, it immediately caused a huge stir.

Since Old Mr. Xu’s retirement, he hadn’t shown up in the company.

This could be considered his first appearance after leaving the company.

Of course, the previous visit with Xu Ke didn’t count, as that was when he formally retired.

"Good day, President! Good day, President!" As they walked, employees continuously greeted them.