Chapter 1409 Fired In Public

"You still don't agree that I can lead this company?" Darren asked in a menacing voice. His face twisted
with great anger. However, the director still stared him directly in the face.

He plucked up all his courage and said, "Ex-convicts can't lead legacy companies to greatness." A sly
smile slowly spread across Darren's face, his eyes filled with cold fury.

"Those are termination documents. Take them with you on your way out. You're fired." Darren smacked
his lips and looked the director straight in the eye.

The director panicked at once. Before he could gather his thoughts, Darren continued, "Take your son
with you as well. He's also fired."

Darren's words hit the man hard. Beads of sweat formed on his forehead as he thought about his
mortgage. If he lost his job, how would he pay off his housing loan? Thinking of this, the director
instantly regretted what he said. At that point, he did not care about his public image anymore. He
started begging. "I'm sorry, Mr. Xu. I was out of line. I didn't mean what I said. Please don't terminate
us. Please! I was wrong! I'm begging you, Mr. Xu!"

Darren did not budge. He simply waved his hand and security stormed in to escort the director out.

The meeting room fell deathly silent as the former director's desperate pleas vanished into thin air.
Everyone was stunned by Darren's cruelty and had stopped whispering among themselves. They could
only exchange shocked and awed glances. All the directors present were from ordinary families.
Although they did not condone what Darren had done, they had to keep quiet. The benefits and wages
offered by the KING Group were very attractive. It would be stupid to give up their jobs now for the
sake of principle.

"Anyone else want to take a stand?" Darren challenged through clenched teeth. He glanced sharply at
everyone present.



Scared out of their minds, everyone shook their heads quietly.

With a satisfied smile, Darren dismissed the meeting and left the room.

It was only then that the room felt like something of this world again. Nobody had moved since Darren
left. The directors started exchanging words in low voices. Some of them had cold sweat dripping down
their backs while others had clammy palms. The rest were still trembling with sheer fear. They felt as
though they had just survived a great disaster.

And now, they had no choice but to endure what was coming next.

After the meeting, Harlan went to report to Darren immediately. As things were urgent, he did not
bother to take a break. Because of the recent personnel change, all the core employees of the group
had been chased away. Now, operation was partially paralyzed. Some of the business partners had
even called to terminate their cooperation. In addition, some of the company's large-scale development
projects had been suspended.

The company would lose hundreds of thousands of dollars per day if these vital projects were
postponed. If the situation continued to worsen, it would not be long before the reputation of the KING
Group was completely ruined.

Soon after that, the group would go bankrupt.

After listened to Harlan's report, Darren realized the seriousness of the matter. What was the use of the
shares he had gone through hell and back to buy if the KING Group did not flourish under his control?

He could not just sit back and watch the group fall to ruins.

He would never lose to Jacob like that.

Meanwhile, at the Gu Consortium...



"Mr. Gu, Darren has taken office today. He fired two employees during a staff meeting. He has started
his rule with fear."

Jacob's assistant had come to report to him as soon as he received the latest update from their
informant inside the KING Group.

"What an arrogant bastard! Keep an eye on him."

Darren was naive to think that he could succeed as the KING Group's CEO by terrorizing his
employees. Unbeknownst to him, Jacob had everything under control.

At the Gu family's house...

Taylor had come once again to administer Emily's hypnosis treatment.

She helped Emily lie on the sofa comfortably with her arms on her sides.

"All right, Emily. Let's begin. First, clear your mind of all distracting thoughts, relax your muscles, and
focus on your breathing. Now, focus on the shiny object in my hand," Taylor instructed.

Emily nodded and focused on the shiny object in Taylor's hand. Taylor started swaying the object in
front of Emily.

Emily focused on the object intently and followed it with her eyes.

With a soothing voice, Taylor spoke, "You will feel your eyelids slowly growing heavy. You must keep
staring at the shiny object in my hands. Your eyes are getting tired and your eyelids are getting heavier
and heavier. You can't open your eyes anymore. Give in gradually but remain focused on your
breathing. You will fall asleep soon. Go to sleep then. Have a good sleep. I assure you that you will
have a very good sleep."



Soon, Emily's eyes closed. Taylor carefully put down the object she was holding.

She continued to guide Emily through the session with a calming voice. . . . . . .

Emily woke up after the hypnotherapy.

"How are you feeling, Emily?" Taylor brought Emily a glass of water.

"I'm feeling better but still a little sad. . . It's hard to let go," Emily answered. . . The thought of her
children brought a pained look to Emily's face. She raised her head and asked with a trembling voice,
"Taylor, do you think I will get better?"

"You will, Emily. Take your kids as your inspiration. They must be missing you very much." Taylor
flashed Emily a warm and reassuring smile.

"Yes, the kids." Emily nodded. . . When Taylor mentioned her children, Emily's face brightened.

Seeing this, Taylor thought that talking more about Emily's kids would help Emily recover fast.

"You know, Jacob told me that a few days ago, Beryl asked him if she could go to the children's park.
Jacob asked the nanny to take her." Taylor watched Emily's face attentively as she spoke.

The mention of Beryl's name brought a twinkle to Emily's eyes.

"At the park, Beryl heard a roar from the pond. She immediately ran to the nanny and pulled her toward
the pond to see where the roar came from. Guess what they found." Taylor smiled at Emily while trying
to suppress her laughter.

"What? Is Beryl okay?" Emily gasped. Her face was full of concern.



"Don't worry. Beryl's fine. They found a battery-powered toy dinosaur in the middle of the pond. Beryl is
small, so she crawled under the fence to get close to the toy dinosaur. The nanny stumbled after her.
Before Beryl could grab the toy dinosaur, it opened its mouth and spit out a stream of water at her.
Beryl giggled and clapped as she got water all over her face and shirt."

Emily laughed at Taylor's story about her eldest daughter. She was happy that her daughter was happy,
but she was sad that she could not be with her.

"What about Bowen and Baron? Are they both doing all right?" Emily asked. She hoped that her two
sons were doing fine as well.

Taylor smiled and showed Emily a photo that Louis had given Jacob two days ago.

In the photo, the two boys were lying next to each other. Emily's youngest son, Baron, was sound
asleep, his face red and round like a little apple. His two arms were like two little sausages, cute and
chubby.

Bowen, Emily's elder son, was staring at the camera curiously. His dark eyes were big, wide open, and
twinkling like two miraculous gemstones.


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