[Beep! Beep! Beep~ Sorry, the phone you are calling is currently busy, please try again later...]

[Beep! Beep! Beep~ Sorry, the number you dialed is not reachable...]

"Bang!" "Damn it!"

In the CEO's office, Xu Jingsong twisted his face as he smashed the phone in his hand onto the table.

The contact on the phone screen glaringly displayed "Chairman Mo"...

From being read without reply, to having calls hung up, and now just outright blacklisted...

Gao Sheng and the Qilin Club were undoubtedly his most important allies at the moment. Facing a huge crisis now, he naturally wanted to reach out to them first, hoping to reverse the situation.

Gao Sheng's help is too far away to solve the immediate problem, even if they had vast amounts of funds. Without the support of Xu Bonian and the family, he couldn't possibly acquire enough shares from the market to surpass his opponents.

The only remaining hope now rested on the resourceful Chairman Mo of the Qilin Club.

That was to use "capital with power," seeking "non-conventional operations outside market rules" to deal with Gao Yuan...

However, Chairman Mo, who initially vowed to "support" him and act as his backer, had a 180° shift in attitude, even blacklisting him!

Could it be because he realized that I have lost my utility value and decided to discard me?

But isn't the speed of this betrayal a bit too fast?

"Ring ring~"

Just as Xu Jingsong was lost in thought, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.

Seeing that it was a call from the company's front desk, he answered it with an impatient look.

"Hello, what is it... What?!"

After just two sentences, Xu Jingsong's face changed dramatically.

[Mr. Xu, there are two officers at the front desk in the lobby, hoping you could cooperate and go with them, you see...]

Xu Jingsong nearly blacked out.

Cui Jizhong!

At such a critical moment... he dares to recant his statement!

Who gave him the guts!

Yet he hadn't even figured out the reason...

"Bang!" The office door was suddenly pushed open rather roughly from the outside.

Xu Jinbai walked in with a few people, a smug look on his face.

"Oh! Mr. Xu, still busy, are we? Well, let me formally notify you.

This is the newly issued formal appointment and dismissal letter from the group. From now on, you are no longer the CEO of the Group, and staying in this CEO's office seems inappropriate, no?

Shall you move your things out yourself, or should I get some people to help you, Mr. Xu?"

Looking at the gloating face, Xu Jingsong didn't retaliate, just gritted his teeth, his face ashen.

He knew he was finished, and clashing with Xu Jinbai here would only make a spectacle for the people of the Group.

Moreover, there was a bigger problem waiting downstairs...

Without the heart to argue, he got up and left, with Xu Jinbai's mocking laughter behind him.

"Hehe! Well, Mr. Xu... Take care, no need to see you off!"

Clenching his fists, Xu Jingsong turned his head with a sinister face.

"Don't gloat too soon, one day, I will definitely be back!"

Leaving these words, he walked into the elevator with a dark face amidst the varied expressions of the group's people.

As the elevator door closed slowly, the floor numbers below lit up one by one, and he gradually forced himself to calm down from his anger.

He knew that Cui Jizhong knew too many of his secrets, and if he really defected, his life might truly be over...

The immediate priority was to figure out a way to eliminate this trouble.

Like having Cui Jizhong "commit suicide out of guilt" in detention...

Instinctively, his first thought was of Hong Tianfang.

However, just as he picked up the phone, he suddenly remembered that he was no longer the CEO of Xu Group... Momentarily stunned in place.

The identity of Xu Group's CEO had always been Xu Jingsong's greatest reliance.

He socialized with officials, roped in the rich, threatened others...

Not by the virtue of Xu Jingsong himself, but because of the towering tree that was the Xu Group behind him!

Once that identity was lost, he immediately lost connections, leverage, and even his original intimidation power...

Other than some money, what value does he still have for Hong Tianfang?

Does he aim for your small fortune, or your tarnished reputation?

At this point, he probably couldn't even qualify to be a live-in son-in-law; why would anyone help you?

However... even though when the tree falls the monkeys scatter, when the wall tumbles everyone pushes...

I've just lost power, and following that, my backers lose contact, my subordinates betray me...

Is it possible that there's no one meddling in this?

Immediately, an image flashed in his mind...

"Gao! Yuan!" Xu Jingsong gritted his teeth and uttered the name he hated bitterly.

So, is this not just about pushing him out of power, but utterly destroying him?

Until this moment, Xu Jingsong truly felt a shred of despair, realizing there wasn't even a scrap of a way out left for him...

Soon, this despair turned into a surging anger and hatred!

"Fine! Since you won't let me live, then none of us shall!" A hint of madness crept into the corner of Xu Jingsong's eyes.

And as his mind boiled with murderous intent, brewing one final burst of insanity...

"Squeak~ Clank!"

The elevator suddenly shuddered, accompanied by flickering lights, it abruptly stopped on the 18th floor.

By inertia, Xu Jingsong almost lost his balance and nearly fell. He looked around in shock.

"What's happening? Elevator malfunction?"

Looking at the flickering indicator pointing to the 18th floor, he felt an inexplicable unease in his heart.

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