Chapter 362 Scarlet Phoenix Tragedy

Phoenix Republic, Wu'an City.

2004, 12 noon.

A heavy shareholder banquet was held in the banquet hall on the 74th floor of the Li's Heavy Industry Group Building today.

Group President Li Yan and his wife Han Yayun were toasting and chatting cordially with the guests.

As a world leader in heavy industry, Li's Heavy Industry has never been listed and has adopted a family management system.

This has been criticized by many shareholders. In the shareholder meetings of the past few years, there have been voices calling for the introduction of professional managers and IPOs, and the Li couple have been trying to deal with various directors and shareholders.

The purpose of today's banquet is mainly to let Li Moyang show his face in front of the members of the board of directors and take the lead in the future handover of the president.

24-year-old Li Moyang stood in front of the French window, holding a glass of champagne in his hand, looking at the panoramic view of Wu'an City outside the window.

Wu'an City is a southern city, divided into two parts, Jiangbei and Jiangnan, by a large river. The south is an important commercial center of Wu'an City, while Jiangbei is a development zone for emerging technology industries.

Today, the sky is cloudless. Standing on the 74th floor and looking across the river, the sky and the earth are clear, and the vehicles on the street are like ants. Everything is in order and seems very boring.

Li Moyang heard a playful whistle in his ear. He turned around and saw that it was his mother Han Yayun.

Han Yayun, 44 years old, still has charm. She is wearing a black business dress and still maintains a good figure. The fabric of the dress is very good, and the black color shines under the warm yellow light.

"Look who this handsome guy is? You look really good today." Han Yayun walked to Li Moyang with a wine glass and smiled.

"I don't like the blue suit, and this dark green tie, I..." Li Moyang sighed.

"I don't think you don't like this dress." Han Yayun saw through Li Moyang's mind.

"I would rather stay in the laboratory. I feel uncomfortable here." Li Moyang said.

"You have to learn to get used to it. Sooner or later, you will take over the telescope from the captain." Han Yayun smiled.

"Why can't we find someone to help run the company?" Li Moyang asked.

Han Yayun took a sip of champagne, put her hand on her son's shoulder, and looked out the window at Wu'an City.

"Look at this city, Li Moyang. 30 years ago, your father came here, led the unemployed workers, and founded the first nail factory with his only savings. Everyone worked hard together in the form of a workers' cooperative and became rich together. Li's Heavy Industry not only belongs to our Li family, but also to 200,000 workers." Han Yayun said.

Li Moyang nodded.

"Li Moyang, this city and these workers raised you. We are one with them. This group of workers is Li's Heavy Industry. You know the capitalist system. Introducing professional managers, followed by large-scale layoffs, listing, stock games, and then the entire group will begin to rot from the inside." Han Yayun continued.

"So, cheer up, the burden of your father will fall on your shoulders one day, be prepared, and get familiar with the shareholders at today's banquet." Han Yayun patted Li Moyang on the shoulder.

Li Moyang sighed. At this time, a shareholder came and greeted Han Yayun.

"Mrs. Li, you are really dazzling today. The president's speech is about to begin. Can I talk to you alone?"

"Of course, how about we go over there?"

Looking at his mother's leaving figure, Li Moyang raised his head and drank the champagne, then put the glass on the table on the side.

After brewing his emotions, Li Moyang looked at the sky in the distance outside the window, and two small black dots were moving at high speed.

"Today I called everyone here to announce two things. These two things are very important to the Li Group."

At the same time, Li Yan stood on the podium in the banquet hall and began the important part of today's banquet: the president's speech.

Everyone applauded politely, all gathered near the podium, and instantly quieted down.

Li Moyang straightened his tie and walked to the podium, but because he was a step slower, he could only stay at the outermost edge.

"The first thing is that Li Heavy Industry has decided to change its name to Wu'an Heavy Industry starting next month." Li Yan announced.

"Oh... we want to change the name?" There was a small commotion in the crowd.

Changing the name of an international group is a very important and cautious matter. Since it was announced at the shareholders' banquet, it means that the board of directors has approved the proposal.

"Wu'an Heavy Industry... is a group of workers. This company can be what it is today, not by me alone, but by the joint efforts of 200,000 workers, and it is also inseparable from the strong support of Wu'an City..." Li Yan made an impassioned speech and explained the original intention of the name change.

"Well..." Li Moyang felt a vibration, as if the floor was shaking. He looked at the others, and everyone had this feeling more or less, but the president was giving a speech, so no one took it seriously.

"The second thing... the board of directors decided to add a seat for Li Moyang to become one of the directors of the group." Li Yan said.

"Oh... the president's son."

"It's the son."

Some people in the crowd whispered.

As a rich second-generation, Li Moyang was paved by his father in the group. It is indeed difficult for outsiders to look at him. Li Yan knows the resistance of public opinion to do so, but he is not too worried.

"Li Moyang is my son. He is only 24 years old this year. He joined the board of directors at the age of 24. It is inevitable that you will have other ideas. But I, Li Yan, will tell you from the bottom of my heart today. Back then, my wife Han Yayun and I opened the first factory with dozens of brothers. We only did one thing, which was to make nails." Li Yan sighed.

"We made our first pot of gold by selling nails, and then we began to learn new technologies, introduce new machines, and began to make things much bigger than nails! Tractors, harvesters, boats, cranes, mining trucks, bridge-building machines! At that time, we said that we workers have power! There is nothing we can't make!"

As Li Yan spoke, he was deeply moved by the scene. His eyes drifted to the past struggle, as if the scenes of the past 30 years were playing in front of him. He spoke in a different tone and began to return to his unique accent.

"But I tell you... those things were made by workers. I can't take those things as my own achievements. Guess what the best thing I have made in my life is? My son." Li Yan said, looking at Li Moyang.

The shareholders around him followed Li Yan's line of sight and focused their eyes on Li Moyang.

"He graduated from the Polytechnic University of the United Federation of Mary Province at the age of 20, joined the group's research department at the age of 21, and took the lead in promoting the group's development in the fields of materials and mechanical power. He has always been the leader of the R&D department of Li's Heavy Industry." Li Yan said.

"I have heard about the strength of the group's R&D department for a long time, but I didn't expect that the leader was Mr. Li." A shareholder was closer to Li Moyang and couldn't help but stretch out his hand to shake hands.

Li Moyang shook it symbolically and smiled uncomfortably.

He saw his father and mother smiling at him on the podium, and seemed to say something, but the sound in his ears became blurred.

Time slowed down at this moment.

A black flying sword penetrated the wall on the right side of the hall.

The broken wall stones slowly scattered in the air, and the flying sword flew from the gap between Li Yan and the guests, and a circle of white sonic booms tore them to pieces.

Li Yan's head was cut into six petals by the air wave, like a red flower, and the white skull was like being blown by a fierce wind, forming an open incision, and the pink brain was scattered in the air.

Han Yayun's upper body was torn apart from left to right, and the white flesh and warm yellow fat mixed with dark red blood flew towards the crowd.

The dozen guests in the front row were also cut into several pieces by the air wave in an instant, and the blood was like a can of Coke that was shaken violently, spraying onto the podium.

Behind the flying sword, a man in black followed the sword across the hall. He was in his 40s, with his right hand stretched out to the black flying sword, his face facing back, looking at the soles of his feet.

Another man in golden armor followed closely behind, holding a silver spear in his hand, and flew towards the man in black.

These 4 seconds seemed extremely long in Li Moyang's eyes.

4 seconds later.

A huge air wave and a sharp explosion sounded in the hall. The two flying men broke through the French windows and flew away to the sky outside. The hall was like being robbed by a tornado. People in the front row and on the podium flew into the air, caught in the air wave, and crashed into the French windows on the left side of the hall.

Many people fell down from the 74th floor. Li Moyang was also blown away by the air wave and hit the pillar beside him. He groaned and felt that several ribs were broken.

The hall was in a mess, a pool of blood and flesh. The shareholders with blood on their faces lay on the ground, enduring the strong wind from the 74th floor. Li Moyang crawled towards his parents. In his ears, a shareholder kept shouting...

"Superman... It's Superman..."