He walked steadily towards the front of the conference room - the vacant chairman's seat that symbolized supreme power.

Alfred silently walked past Ribbs and pulled out the heavy chairman's chair for him, his movements respectful and smooth.

"Ha, father-in-law, how are you?" Reeves' tone was playful, but his eyes were cold. "You didn't expect it, did you? The 'major shareholder' who saved your group from this dire situation is none other than me... 'one of our own'."

Thorne's body was completely exhausted. He could no longer hold on and slid heavily like a puddle of mud, falling onto the cold carpet.

He understood... He understood everything! This was not salvation, this was a carefully planned judgment!

Frank's capital swallowing was a naked humiliation... In order to survive, he signed the indenture, put the noose around his own neck himself, and handed the rope to Reeves!

Ribs paid no attention to Thorne's disheveled form slumped on the carpet.

His gaze didn't even stay on his "father-in-law" for a second, as if it was just a piece of waste paper that had accidentally fallen to the ground.

Then, Ribbs sat directly on the chairman's chair, which symbolized the highest power of the Thorne Empire.

"The meeting begins." His cold gaze swept across the small shareholders who were silent around the conference table. Reeves' voice was not loud, but it had unquestionable penetrating power.

"Thorne Group..." He paused deliberately, the faint smile on his lips deepening. "No, it's now Reebs Holdings' New York Real Estate Division. Mr. Alfred will represent me in day-to-day management, and Mr. Frank will be responsible for financial restructuring and strategic direction. As long as each of you here is willing to abide by the new rules and continue to create value for the company, your interests will be protected, and even better than under the old boss."

Reeves' sharp eyes swept across the faces of the shareholders one by one, and he was responded with a wave of loyalty.

"I fully support your decision, Chancellor Ribbs!"

"We have been looking forward to a leader as courageous as you!"

"Thorne... he's already led the company into a dead end! We're willing to work for the new management!"

"Absolutely follow the Speaker's arrangements!"

In just a few minutes, Thorne's status had been completely stripped away.

Alfred watched all this with an expressionless face, while Frank watched this scene through the real-time connection on the big screen with an uncontrollable smile of satisfaction on his face.

The meeting was extremely short and efficient.

After announcing the core personnel arrangements and the key points of the future capital injection plan, Ribbs adjourned the meeting.

The shareholders, as if they had been pardoned, filed out with a sense of relief at clinging to the new rich. No one even dared to look at Thorne lying on the ground.