Chapter 286 Chairman of the Board
Chapter 286 Chairman of the Board
Half an hour later, a stretch Lincoln Limousine stopped at the front door of J Group.
It was the rush hour with lots of white-collars walking around in a hurry. However, the security guard still
noticed Alan getting off the car at his first sight.
The guard showed a sarcastic smile and remarked, “The loser chased out by the Watts family finally
comes back.”
People would be astonished if they heard the security’s words. No one would expect that the richest
man in Emerdale would be so unwelcome by the Watts family and even by the security guard.
“What’s a big deal for being the richest man in Emerdale? He can’t get any venture capital if his father
didn’t leave all savings before he died.”
Another security guard also looked at Alan with sarcastic smile.
Alan didn’t hear their conversation because he was busy opening the door for someone when he
hurriedly ran towards the back door of the car.
This scene shocked both security guards.
The whole Watts family knew what happened to Alan. Anyway, Alan was the richest man in Emerdale.
How could he be grove to open the car door for others.a
At this point, the security guards got curious and looked to their direction, wondering who could be the
one to make Alan open the door for him.
With the door slowly open, a young man with straight figure and cold expression went off. His Armani
outfit could portray his elegance. Also, his behaviors were of quiet authority. All of these made the two
security guards opened their eyes widely and couldn’t help guessing which prestigious family he came
from.
On the other hand, Alan and a middle-aged fit man were walking behind him just a few steps away on
his left and right side, like they were his doormen.
Naturally, this young man was Leo. They all walked towards the J Group Building.
“Stop! Who are you?”
Although not knowing the young man, the two guards still blocked his way at first.
Leo stopped and didn’t say anything, simply glancing over them calmly.
Alan suddenly got angry and scolded, “Don’t you know who am I? He is my distinguished guest. Get
out of the way!”
However, the two security guards rolled their eyes. They didn’t seem to show Alan any respect, noting,
“I’m sorry. The J Group is the Watts family’s property. Other people are not allowed to get in!”
Alan went furious. When he was about to scold them, Leo stopped him. Leo showed them a smile and
asked, “When has the J Group become the Watts family’s property?”
“The J Group is always under the Watts family’s name. Are you from Hopkins?”
The two security guards looked at Leo in wonder. If the man was from Hopkins, he must have heard of
the J Group.
“I am from Emerdale.” Leo replied calmly.
The two security guards got startled and then relaxed down. Suddenly, their gaze became disdainful as
they remarked, “I am wondering because every young master in the whole Hopkins would know that
the J Group belongs to the Watts family. Well, now it seems you are only a rube from Emerdale.
”
“I am sorry. The J Group has adopted the advanced technique of face ID. People who don’t have
registered cannot come in.”
Another security guard introduced to him complacently. However, Leo directly went towards the
machine and asked, “This one?”
The scanner let off infrared ray.
The two security guards suddenly changed into an astonished expression and shouted, “Stop it, rude!”
However, before they could finish their sentence, they opened their eyes widely.
Leo was standing beneath the scanner. After being checked, the screen suddenly showed his photo
with a red line of introducing words that astonished everyone.
“Identity verified: Chairman of the Board. Please come in!”
“What?!”
Both two guards were shocked, feeling so terrible as if they just swallowed bitter Coptis.
The big words “Chairman of the Board” really surprised them. When they looked towards Leo again,
their expression was full of despair.
“You, you are…”
“Chairman of the board?!”
Leo didn’t speak a word, but glanced at them coldly.
“No way, how could it possible…”
One guard’s eyes were full of astonishment. He stared at Leo and remarked, “I don’t believe it. Lane
should be the chairman of the board. How come there exist a second chairman?”
“There is something wrong with the machine. Right, it must go wrong!”
Another guard also echoed. However, his trembling sound still conveyed his fear.
At this time, a middle-aged man in suit came inside the group. His badge showed that he was the chief
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“ ?”
Seeing who was coming, the two guards got extremely astonished. How could this thing bring the chief
of the bran here?!
looked at the guards coldly. He didn’t want to waste his time explaining to them. He hurriedly came in
front of Leo and greeted, “Mr. Cohen. I am Ethan Wood, the manager and also the chief of the
Emerdale brand in J Group. I have learned everything from Mr. Wilson.”
After introducing himself, Ethan bowed in respect.
“I see.”
Leo calmly replied him. He didn’t turn to look at the two guards and went inside directly.
Alan and Justin closely followed him from behind, while Ethan stopped bowing until seeing they walked
inside the elevator.
He then turned around and looked at the two guards coldly.
Flop!
The two guards sat on the ground and hurriedly begged for mercy when kneeing down, “ , we didn’t
mean it…”
“Go to write your letter of resignation and get your remaining salary from the finance department.
!”
Ethan left them this remark and also turned around to get in.
During the time when the elevator going up, Alan used this chance to explain to Leo the situation.
“The J Group was found by the butler of the Wilson family in his young age. It gradually expanded and
became the frontier in the internet era. After being Marco’s butler, they walked together to establish the
Emerdale branch and the headquarter is under the Watts family’s charge.”
“I see.”
Leo immediately understood the situation. Ted was a spy in the Wilson family. In order to win Marco’s
trust, he decided to hand over the J Group to him. However, because of geological distance, it was
hard for Marco to take charge of the headquarter, which provided the Watts family a chance to take
over.
Now, the Wilson family had given everything to Leo. Naturally, Leo was the new chairman of the board.
The Watts family was over-confident by trying to steal things from Leo.
“Where is Lane?” Leo asked.
“He already arrived.”
With the ringing sound, the elevator reached its floor. Under Alan’s lead, Leo walked towards one of the
offices.
The office door opened before he could knock. A secretary with a good figure gave them a smile and
remarked, “Greetings. The chairman has been waiting for you for a long time.”
Leo and the others immediately showed a serious expression. They were not surprised at the thing that
Lane knew they were coming in advance because Leo’s information was just showed up and he must
have heard about it.
What made they unsatisfied was that Leo was supposed to be the only chairman of the J Group. How
could Lane still regard himself as chairman of the board? He didn’t seem to care about Leo.
Alan gave the secretary a cold look. Leo stooped him when he was about to say something. Leo
remarked, “Let’s see what chips he gets.”
Lane must have his own reason to replace his position as chairman.
Alan finally restrained his anger and followed Leo to get in.
Soon, they found a man in his thirties turned around his armchair with legs resting on the office table,
showing his extremely arrogant attitude.
He was the chairman of the J Group, Lane.
He gave Alan a teasing look and remarked, “Alan, you really got something. I thought you made up
your mind to return to our family by coming back to Hopkins. Now it seems you want to steal the
property from us. Well, is him the backup you arranged?”
After saying this, Lane rested his gaze on Leo and was full of unvarnished
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