Chapter 198 Shocked and Frightened
A huge private room hall.
The silence is hard to describe in words.
You could hear a pin drop on the carpet.
Han Tai, who was active in both the business and political circles, lost control of his facial expression, with a look of astonishment and surprise that was beyond words. He stared fixedly at Han Er, who was brought to him by Mr. Elton. He was wearing a neat suit and tie, without any trace of a playboy. He looked like the president of a listed company, gentle, indifferent, dignified and steady.
Unlike Han Tai, Ms. Bai's eyes were filled with complex emotions. Her shock and astonishment quickly gave way to panic and fear. She instinctively clenched her fists, as if she had known Han Zhan had the ability to climb the ladder to heaven. Because of her obstruction, he repeatedly fell and collapsed to the ground. Yet, in the darkness, unseen by her, he had reached the top of the unreachable pyramid.
She was scared.
fear.
Subconsciously, he turned his eyes and glanced at his beloved eldest son out of the corner of his eye.
Ms. Bai moved her trembling lips and was about to say something when she saw Han Zheng speak: "Ah Zhan, when did you meet Mr. Elton? You became the president of Shine Group's Beijing branch, why didn't you tell your family? We can help you celebrate."
"What do you mean?" Elton paused, looked at his most proud 'son' Sean, and then glanced at the person who spoke: "Family? Isn't Lucien an orphan? How come he suddenly has a family?"
"Orphan?" Han Tai suddenly sat up straight, and when he looked at Han Zhan, his face darkened a little: "Is this how you introduce yourself when you go out? You eat the Han family's food, use the Han family's things, and even have Han family blood flowing in your veins, but you tell others that you are an orphan without a father or a mother? This is simply outrageous!"
"Dad, don't be angry." Han Zheng persuaded, speaking for his brother as he used to, "A Zhan doesn't mean to curse you and Mom, he may have some hardship."
Assistant Yan, who had remained silent, was annoyed by the back-and-forth conversation.
Rao has excellent professional qualities.
He couldn't help but glare at the three Han family members who were sitting together.
He walked straight to the host's seat, stood beside Han Zhan, and said to Elton in the middle, "Mr. Shine was only fifteen years old when he went to Country M. In a strange country, he barely made ends meet by working odd jobs every day. You met Mr. Shine outside the Shine Group headquarters building. Do you remember?"
Elton nodded.
As he got older, his memory gradually faded. But no matter how much he forgot, he would never forget the first time he saw Lucien.
The boy is tall and thin.
His wheat-colored skin was covered in sweat.
Carrying a carton of fresh milk, he clashed with the security guard at the office building entrance. A fight ensued, and the young Lucien was no match for the well-trained guard, quickly being pinned to the ground. The boy refused to yield, even as half his face was crushed against the scorching marble floor, his shoulders twitching in resistance.
He was sitting in the car.
Just about to leave.
I saw this scene.
Especially the boy's eyes, like those of a nighthawk, which refused to give in. With just one glance, he asked the driver to stop the car and walked over to investigate. When he learned that the security guard was discriminating against Asians and deliberately making things difficult, he immediately dismissed the person and helped the person up.
The boy walked away carrying the milk box.
The back figure is very straight.
He asked his assistant to order this milk, and the next day, the next day... for a week straight, he saw this tall, thin figure in the building. One day, after a meeting, he saw the boy standing at the elevator door.
He asked, "How did you get up here?"
The security system at Shine Group's headquarters is sophisticated, and the chairman's office floor is even more tightly guarded. Without an advance appointment and Elton's consent, even Elton's own son, the general manager, cannot go up there.
The boy stared at him and replied simply, "My secretary brought me up here. You ordered milk for a whole year, silently telling your subordinates that you favor me. This attention has become a privilege for me to be here."
He has been in power for half his life, and no one, whether it is the entire Elton family or the hundreds of thousands of employees of the Shine Group at home and abroad, dares to stand in front of him like this, look him in the eyes, and speak these implied words openly.
What surprised him even more was the next sentence.
The young man said, "Can I join your company? You can pay me according to the market price after I bring you benefits. Just a position in the marketing department, is that okay?"
“How do you know you will be valuable in the future?”
"I guessed."
"Then wouldn't it be too risky for me to use you?"
"Gambling is risky, with a 50/50 chance of winning and losing." The young man took a half step forward and said, "From the moment you took the initiative to walk up to me, helped me up, and ordered a year's milk, you were already placing a bet. You've lived for so long, with wealth, fame, descendants, and everything else, but life is actually a bit boring. Why not let me become your new source of fun and see if I can reach the top—"
That moment.
He seemed to see his younger self.
The sharpness cannot be hidden.
Indestructible will.
And there is also the passion to keep climbing up.
He accepted the gambling invitation and instructed the HR department to handle the onboarding procedures. When asked to register his personal information, the boy said he was an orphan, abandoned by his parents, and had smuggled himself into the United States, where he lived with his uncle, who had difficulty walking.
He gave the boy a name: "Lucien."
From Latin.
It means light, future and truth.
He won the gamble. In just three years, Shine Group's business covered the entire country of M. It's no exaggeration to say that M's water flows from Shine, M's electricity is supplied by Shine, and even 98% of the floor tiles people walk on are made by Shine.
Those years.
The chaebols monopolize the economy of Country M.
The Shine Group is a company that is looked up to by all the people. When the upper class aristocrats hold banquets or when the president comes, they always give some face to the top executives of Shine.
The boy won him a very beautiful victory.
As Si En said.
Thanks to his presence, Elton's life has been revitalized over the years. Watching the "orphan" he helped raise from the ground grow taller and taller, the old man feels a sense of accomplishment.
Just a little bit.
This boy was disobedient. He refused to marry his youngest daughter and take over the Elton family business as a son-in-law. He also refused to open a page of the family tree and let him join the Elton family.
He said fallen leaves return to their roots.
He still wants to be a Chinese citizen and return to the capital.
Right now.
Elton looked at the Han family not far away, his brows furrowed. "Lucien, is this the root you want to return to? Your parents, your brothers, your...home?"
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