Chapter 353: Wil's five demands

*Thud*

"Please forgive me, Young Master." Storm fallen to his knees as soon as Wil took his seat.

The moment Wil asked about the financial reports, Storm knew that he was f****d up.

Until now, even after doing all kinds of illegal jobs, he had only managed to deposit 1.6 billion dollars into the company's account of which 1 billion is his personal money, inherited from Philip.

So, there are more than 4 billion dollars which he had to account for. If it is around a billion or more, he could say that the real estate is soaring and the value of their 150-story building has been increased to 4 Billion dollars as he never planned to change the data in the accounts.

However, the fact that the change would be too enormous made Storm feel like he was walking on a tight rope hanging between two cliffs. He couldn't even breathe properly for a while.

After the board meeting is over, Storm took heavy deep breaths for a long time before catching up to Wil and personally escorted him to the Chairman's office while sending away Maria who was walking with him.

After entering the room, Storm closed the door and kneeled on the floor before confessing everything to Wil except for the fact that he was involved in a dozen illegal occupations right now.

Listening to everything, Wil stared at him in silence. He doesn't know how to react.

'That was f*****g 6 billion dollars, not cents. You f*****g moron, b***…'  Wil roared in his head and cursed Storm with every word that he knew while still maintaining a calm look on the surface.

Taking a deep breath, Wil opened his mouth in a stern tone, "Earlier, I proposed five things to all the board members. I'll also do the same to you.

First, you will resign from the position of CEO.

Second, of the billion and a six hundred million that you deposited, I believe the billion you received from my father's last will. Don't insult his wishes by returning the money. It's yours. So, I will return it to you. Use it for yourself. As for the money, I know how to get it back from Texel.

Third, publish the whole story to the news channels and newspapers. Secretly bribe them if you have to. But, I need this matter to escalate in the morning news. Inform the news channels that there should be debate segments on this topic too.

Oh! And also, don't forget about the internet. A few angry and hate tweets against Texel would spark the flames. I don't care how but I need the matter to be spread like a wildfire in the forest. Whether it sways on our side or the other side, public opinion doesn't matter. 

As long as Texel's share value drops temporarily for a few days, the rest will become easier.

Fourth, arrange a private meeting with Texel's Chairman. I want to talk with him.

Five, in compensation for your mistake, I want you to become my general and assist me in building the empire in War Online. 

Do these five things for me. Sure, I will forgive you."

As Wil finished speaking, tears welled up in Storm's eyes. He never expected that his young master would be this generous. 6 billion dollars isn't a normal amount. Heck, even 1.6 billion dollars is a huge sum of money for billionaires. 

Maybe, it's because his past was spent in the mafia gang, Storm couldn't help but think from their perspective.

If it was the Mafia Lord, Storm was sure that he would have been either chopped off into pieces or at best, considering their close relationship, he will be forgiven by probably getting imprisoned in the ice room.

Continuing to kneel, Storm thanked Wil and swore that he will even die for him if Wil orders it.

Wil always wanted to have loyal people like his dad have. It's not like Silver and Storm are untrustworthy but they were loyal to him because of their relationship with his father.

It's clearly not enough for him to put complete trust in them.

Wil thought Aster would be his trusted right hand until his trust was broken when he listened to Silver's orders back at Hailey city.

However, now, after Storm's confession, Wil felt like he can gamble his trust on him. That's why, to gain his loyalty further, he returned all the money Storm deposited into the company's account and forgave him.

As Storm stood up on his feet, Wil then looked at his eyes and said, "Considering our relationship, I'm giving you a second chance to redeem yourself. You heard my rules too. I hope you won't break my trust one more time."

"Absolutely, young master. I will never disappoint you again." Thanking him once again, Storm left the office enthusiastically and later, returned with all the files of financial reports that Wil asked earlier.

Leaving Wil alone in the office, Storm summoned the board members to announce his resignation before inviting the media to inform him about the whole story from his side.

Although the media channels knew the story long ago, they still swarmed to the company headquarters.

After all, it is the first time Storm has been talking to the media ever since he was appointed the new CEO. Naturally, they have a lot of questions to ask. 

Starting from why Jordon has been replaced by a person, who had nothing to do with the company prior to how he resigned within just three weeks, the media bombarded him with questions after questions. 

Despite that, Storm patiently answered their questions one by one in a calm manner.

In the end, as they finally asked him who will be his successor, Storm answered the question that he prepared for.

Although he believed that Jordon will be reappointed as the CEO to lead the company, Storm didn't give the name yet as he didn't know what is going on in Wil's mind. So, he just said that it will be decided soon once they have discussed it with the Chairman in a board meeting.

"Okay, that's good…" Wil nodded in satisfaction while watching the press meet from his PC. "Now, the only thing left is to make sure everyone talks about it."

***

Texel Electronics Headquarters, Colville;

A middle-aged man named Tang He was enjoying his morning tea in leisure while gazing at the city from the 63rd floor. He was the founder and chairman of the Texel group.

*Knock* *Knock*

"Hey, dad..." "Hey dad" A young man and young woman in their early twenties entered the office and greeted him.

"Xiao Lan, Xiao Lei…" He was surprised to see his children in the office at this time and that too, together.

"What is it?" He asked them.

The younger twin nudged her brother to say it.

"Um, dad… Xiao Lan wanted to start from the bottom and grow outside of our company's shadows. So, she applied to a few companies. Yesterday, her interview went successful and she got a job at Ares city." The older twin brother had this expression of nervousness on his face as he explained the situation to his father.

"Oh! Congratulations, my daughter." Surprisingly, the Texel group's Chairman seems to be chill about it.

Just when the two of them about to sigh in relief, Tang He asked, "what company is it, by the way?" 

As soon as she heard it, Tang Lan stiffened up for a second. "it's um Rave…"

*knock* *knock*

Suddenly, a couple of knocks were heard on the door before the Chairman's secretary entered.

"Not now, Yuan Qing. My kids are here…" The Chairman turned serious. Busy people like him rarely get time to spend time with family. He doesn't want to be disturbed with office matters when he was with his children.

However, the secretary doesn't seem like she intended to leave. "I apologize, Mr. Chairman but this is urgent."

"What is it?" Tang He asked her. He wondered whether it was that serious.

The secretary reported, "Mr. Chairman, it's the matter with Scarlet Group. It looks like their CEO is being fired and…"

After showing him the video of the press meet which started with the apology from Storm and ended with how the investigation is taking too long, she further said, "This is being telecasted in every news channel right now. It is going to hurt us for sure…"

Upon hearing the matter, Tang He frowned, "I thought the matter was finished, a while ago. What's going on here?"

Meanwhile, Tang Lan and Tang Lei looked at each other.