Chapter 1408 The Voice Of Resistance


    "I''m sorry, sir. You can''t see the CEO if you don''t have an appointment." The receptionist wore a


    professional smile, but she could not help thinking, ''This man can''t fool me. The new boss of the KING


    Group is Jacob Gu.''


    Darren did not want to argue. He just walked past the receptionist and went straight to the elevator. The


    receptionist yelled after him.


    "Sir! Sir! You can''t go in there!"


    Han approached the receptionist, whispered in her ear, and then followed Darren.


    As soon as the receptionist heard what Han had whispered to her, her face turned red. "Jacob Gu


    isn''t our new CEO? Oh, no. I''m going to get fired."


    Her stomach turned at the realization that she had just offended the new CEO of theirpany.


    Inside the elevator, Han watched Darren. He looked pissed, so Han said, "Ignore the receptionist.


    She''s obviously new. She doesn''t know who you are."


    Darren kept silent.


    Of course he knew that, but he still felt annoyed. He had not fought tooth and nail to acquire this


    company back just to be stopped at the front desk by a new receptionist.


    The elevator went straight to the CEO''s office.


    Darren walked in with Han on his heels. The floor was paved with ck marble that was clean and


    shiny enough to serve as a mirror. The gorgeous crystal chandelier that hung from the ceiling was like


    suspended ss rainfall. There was a wooden office desk, an imported swivel chair, and a bookcase


    with intricate carvings.


    The office was as magnificent as before. However, Darren felt that something was off.


    He asked Han to step out. As soon as he was alone, he started tidying up. It had been a long time


    since he had been here. He started reminiscing.


    Han was waiting for the elevator when he overhead some employees talking. He stepped closer to


    eavesdrop.


    "Have you heard? The CEO of the Gu Consortium has taken over ourpany," one employee said.


    "Really?


    Jacob Gu? I heard he''s handsome," another replied.


    Another employee said, "I thought someone messed up his takeover."


    "What? Who would dare mess with Jacob Gu?"


    "That person must be out of his mind."


    "I want the CEO of the Gu Consortium..."


    The conversation went on and on. It seemed that no one knew that Darren was the new CEO of the


    company and that everybody was expecting Jacob.


    Han found that strange. They should know Darren because they had worked for him before.


    The more Han thought about it, the more confused he became. He was about to walk into the


    elevator when some of the employees spotted him.


    "Who''s that? Why is he using the CEO''s exclusive elevator?" one of them said.


    "I''ve never seen him before. Maybe Jacob has arrived with his assistant," another replied.


    Han nced at them. They seemed very excited at the thought of Jacob arriving.


    The elevator had just arrived when Han decided to go back to Darren to report.


    There was a knock on Darren''s door.


    "Come in," Darren called. Upon seeing Han with a confused look on his face, Darren asked, "What''s


    wrong?"


    "Well..." Han still could not believe what he had just heard from the employees. He fumbled with


    words for a while, but came up empty. Darren stopped what he was doing and looked at Han.


    After some time, Han was finally able to share everything he had just heard. Darren was surprised.


    Nothing made sense to him either.


    The employees here had worked for him before. How could they not know who he was? Darren then


    dispatched Han to the HR department to retrieve the information of all the employees.


    As expected, Han brought back bad news.


    Most of the talented staff of the KING Group had been reced. Darren recognized none of the


    employees recorded on the personnel archives.


    The current KING Group was a strange ce.


    Darren pressed his lips tightly upon hearing Han''s report.


    Jacob had always driven him crazy. Darren had been just annoyed by Han''s report that all the


    employees were expecting Jacob to be their boss. But now, what annoyed Darren even more was that


    Jacob had reced the former employees of the KING Group.


    Darren had acquired so many shares of the KING Group, ultimately seizing control of thepany. But


    all his former employees had been reced.


    Han even told him that all the female employees'' eyes had lit up with great excitement upon hearing


    that Jacob would be their new CEO. Some of them had even expressed the desire to woo and marry


    him. ording to Han, one of the directors had even said, "I wonder if I can set my daughter up with


    Mr. Gu."


    Everyone seemed to be looking forward to working for Jacob, and they were all talking about him.


    All of them had no idea that Darren was their new CEO.


    "Arrange a staff meeting at once, Han."


    Whether these employees looked forward to meeting him or hated him, Darren thought that it was only


    appropriate for him to introduce himself as the KING Group''s new CEO.


    After making sure that everyone was present at the meeting, Darren came up to the front and spoke,


    "Good morning, everyone. My name is Darren Xu. I''m your new CEO. Moving forward, I will lead you


    and the KING Group to continue its legacy."


    A few heartbeats passed.


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    Everyone in the room kept silent. Then, the directors from different departments started whispering


    among themselves.


    Although most of the senior executives of the KING Group had been reced, most of them still came


    from Jingshi City. Therefore, most of them had heard about Darren.


    They knew that Darren was a legendary ex-convict. Because of that, they were having a little difficulty


    epting him as their new boss.


    "What''s wrong, everyone? Aren''t you happy to meet your new CEO? Why don''t you give him a round of


    apuse?" Han said. There was only a spatter of apuse after that. Darren stood his ground,


    looking sullen.


    Han continued, "You should all probably know this. Mr. Xu owns 65% of ourpany''s shares,


    making him the biggest shareholder. He is now the controlling shareholder of ourpany."


    As soon as Han finished speaking, the room erupted into a heated discussion.


    "This ex-convict even holds 65% of the KING Group shares."


    "Since Mr. Xu has acquired more than 60% of the shares, he has gained the right to take control of the


    KING Group."


    No one had expected that someone could acquire 65% of the KING Group''s shares. After all, it was


    worth hundreds of millions of dors. Nobody had that much money at one time to blow on shares, let


    alone someone who had just spent his recent years in prison.


    "I''m not convinced. We all know that you''re a convicted felon. How are you eligible to lead this


    company? Besides, we were expecting Jacob Gu of the HT Group to be our new CEO. What happened


    to him?" One of the directors stood up and challenged Darren. His statement was followed by several


    objections from the rest of the crowd.


    Darren slowly picked up a document from the conference table and tossed it to the director who had


    just spoken.