A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

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!"

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

As soon as the receptionist heard what Harlan 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 their company.

Inside the elevator, Harlan watched Darren. He looked pissed, so Harlan 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 Harlan on his heels. The floor was paved with black marble that was clean and shiny enough to serve as a mirror. The gorgeous crystal chandelier that hung from the ceiling was like suspended glass 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 Harlan 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.

Harlan 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 our company," 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.

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

The more Harlan 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.

Harlan glanced at them. They seemed very excited at the thought of Jacob arriving.

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

There was a knock on Darren's door.

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

"Well..." Harlan 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 Harlan.

After some time, Harlan 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 Harlan to the HR department to retrieve the information of all the employees.

As expected, Harlan brought back bad news.

Most of the talented staff of the KING Group had been replaced. Darren recognized none of the employees recorded on the personnel archives.

The current KING Group was a strange place.

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

Jacob had always driven him crazy. Darren had been just annoyed by Harlan's report that all the employees were expecting Jacob to be their boss. But now, what annoyed Darren even more was that

Jacob had replaced the former employees of the KING Group.

Darren had acquired so many shares of the KING Group, ultimately seizing control of the company. But all his former employees had been replaced.

Harlan 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. According to Harlan, 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, Harlan."

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.

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 replaced, 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 accepting 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 applause?" Harlan said. There was only a spatter of applause after that. Darren stood his ground, looking sullen.

Harlan continued, "You should all probably know this. Mr. Xu owns 65% of our company's shares, making him the biggest shareholder. He is now the controlling shareholder of our company."

As soon as Harlan 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 dollars. 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.

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