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Chapter 615: The Root Cause Has Been Found

Gao Song was very efficient. The next morning, he delivered the affiliation of Baoshan Kindergarten, the list of school board members, and the principal's resume to Huang Xiaochuan.

Huang Xiaochuan only realized after reading it that the largest board member of Baoshan Kindergarten was Liu Zhaoheng, a Hong Kong real estate tycoon, and that Liu Bowei was Liu Zhaoheng's grand-nephew.

The clueless principal is named Chen Lisha. She has been in the industry for over ten years and is known for her strict management. According to the information, she is particularly good at managing those mischievous children with powerful backgrounds and can keep the place in order, so she is trusted by some of the school board members.

The chairman of the board of directors is named Zhang Qi, who is the chairman of Hong Leong Bank, a small-to-medium-sized bank in Hong Kong. Huang Xiaochuan does not know this person.

Huang Xiaochuan snorted coldly. No wonder Chen Lisha was so arrogant. It turned out she thought she had the Liu family backing her up. Unfortunately, she had kicked a hornet's nest this time.

"Gao Song, help me arrange a meeting with Zhang Qi. Tell him I want to meet and talk to him. Also, tell Cao Charlie to look into the parent company of Baoshan Kindergarten and buy it."

"Yes, Mr. Huang!" Gao Song readily agreed.

According to available information, this Baoshan kindergarten belongs to a non-profit charitable company. Following the Hong Kong private education model, the fastest way to get involved is through donations and acquisitions.

Hong Kong's school board system has a more Western-style character and is quite complex in form. If you want to become a school board member of a prestigious school, you can usually exchange a seat for a seat by making a direct donation. Moreover, this school board seat is not for life and usually rotates every three to five years.

Of course, there are other ways to achieve this goal, such as registering a special education fund in Hong Kong, establishing long-term cooperative relationships with relevant prestigious schools, and gaining a certain degree of influence through continuous financial support.

Alternatively, one could try to first obtain membership in organizations such as the Hong Kong Education Advisory Committee or Po Leung Kuk, and then obtain membership on the board of directors of prestigious schools.

Alternatively, Huang Xiaochuan could leverage his status as a renowned scholar to gain admission to the board of directors through recommendations from other board members.

However, according to Hong Kong law, all of the above require a Hong Kong identity card to implement, which Huang Xiaochuan does not yet have, so he cannot achieve this. Besides, he also finds it too troublesome.

Therefore, it would be better to indirectly enter the market by directly acquiring shares of the parent company of Baoshan Kindergarten. This method is the fastest and most effective.

As agreed, Huang Xiaochuan and Zhang Qi met at a famous Hong Kong club, a place specially arranged by Zhang Qi.

This Hong Kong club is said to be the oldest elite club in Hong Kong, with members including key figures in the political and business circles. After Huang Xiaochuan arrived here, he found that it reflected the old-fashioned British gentleman style everywhere, such as the classic restaurant, classic library, classic banquet hall, and the club that preserved the traditional British gentleman culture.

This displeased Huang Xiaochuan greatly. After all, people are shaped by their environment, and he was deeply influenced by traditional culture. He would never visit a place with such a strong colonial atmosphere a second time.

Zhang Qi was overjoyed to learn that Asia's richest man wanted to meet him. He specially arranged this place to show his respect for Huang Xiaochuan, but he didn't expect to make a fool of himself.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two sat down together.

"Mr. Huang, may I ask what brings you to see me, Mr. Zhang? Is there anything that you need our Hong Leong Bank to do?" Zhang Qi asked Huang Xiaochuan cautiously, inquiring about his intentions.

Huang Xiaochuan got straight to the point: "Chairman Zhang, the main reason I've asked you to meet is to talk about some minor issues my daughter is encountering at the kindergarten in Baoshan."

He then recounted the events.

In particular, the entire incident was objectively recounted, including Liu Bowen's discriminatory insults against his daughter Huang Ruiying, and Huang Ruiying's unfair treatment of the kindergarten principal Chen Lisha after she fought back.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qi immediately broke out in a sweat, even though the temperature in the private room was very comfortable.

He was no stranger to Chen Lisha, the principal of Baoshan Kindergarten. She had once expressed disdain for nouveau riche from the mainland when Huang Xiaochuan's children enrolled in the kindergarten, even though he was Asia's richest man. Chen Lisha advocated a kind of European aristocratic tradition, which he was very clear about. However, Chen Lisha was very good at management and had the support of many wealthy Hong Kong board members. She also had a certain network of connections. As long as it did not involve their interests, the board members did not care who was the principal. That's why Chen Lisha had been the principal of Baoshan Kindergarten for more than ten years.

Zhang Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Huang Sheng, is there some misunderstanding here?" He was still thinking about whether he could help Chen Lisha get out of trouble. After all, they had known each other for so long, it wouldn't be right not to lend a hand.

Huang Xiaochuan sneered: "Misunderstanding? Chairman Zhang, it's inevitable that children will have some conflicts when they're together. But we both know what the term 'Northern Girl' means in Hong Kong. It's a very serious form of regional discrimination and insult. My daughter's methods were a bit impulsive in order to protect her dignity, but her intentions were not wrong."

But this Principal Chen's method of handling the situation was a unilateral threat to expel my daughter? If this gets out, firstly, it will damage the reputation of Baoshan Kindergarten, right? Secondly, does she think I, Huang, am a saint?

Huang Xiaochuan's words were a blatant threat, and Zhang Qi's forehead broke out in even more sweat. He naturally knew how much power the person in front of him wielded. Let alone a mere Chen Lisha, even Luo Jihui, who was known as a financial tycoon in Hong Kong last year, was quite formidable, wasn't he? Yet he fell into the hands of this seemingly harmless Asian richest man, and now his fate is unknown.

At this moment, he felt it was better to sacrifice his friends than himself, so he immediately declared, "Mr. Huang, please rest assured, our school board will handle this matter seriously. I will summon all the board members to meet with Principal Chen and order her to apologize to Mrs. Huang and your daughter."

However, Zhang Qi knew that he couldn't afford to offend Liu Zhaoheng, the elder on the other side of the incident, so he could only avoid the main issue.

Zhang Qi's statement was not what Huang Xiaochuan wanted. His idea was either not to do it at all, or to do it thoroughly. Chen Lisha absolutely could not be allowed to continue working there, and she should not expect to find such a job in Hong Kong again in the future.

The purpose of meeting Zhang Qi today is to see if we can get rid of this woman in the simplest way. Since Zhang Qi is not clear-headed, there is no need to waste any more words on him.

"No need for an apology. If apologies were enough, what would be the point of the police? In that case, I don't think we need to talk any further. I have other things to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, Huang Xiaochuan got up and walked towards the door.

Zhang Qi was on the verge of tears! He quickly tried to dissuade him, saying, "Mr. Huang, please wait."

Huang Xiaochuan stopped in his tracks, intending to give Zhang Qi another chance.

Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan had stopped, Zhang Qi quickly said, "Mr. Huang, to put it bluntly, I, as the chairman of the board of directors, am just a maid holding the keys, not in charge! In our board of directors, it is actually Chairman Liu who calls the shots."

Huang Xiaochuan asked, "Liu Zhaoheng?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's Chairman Liu!" Zhang Qi nodded hurriedly in agreement.

Huang Xiaochuan said calmly, "I understand!" and then turned and left. Zhang Qi wanted to chase after him to see him off, but Huang Xiaochuan's bodyguard blocked his way.

As Huang Xiaochuan walked out, he sneered inwardly, "No wonder, so this is where the root of the problem lies!"

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