King's Awakening

All employees of Jones Group were dumbfounded, completely unable to believe the scene unfolding before their eyes.

Sherry Jones hadn’t even officially onboarded yet, which, strictly speaking, meant she wasn’t actually an employee of the Jones Group.

Yet, someone who hadn’t even completed the onboarding process was able to attract this many distributors, who were unequivocally drawn to her.

At this moment, Sherry, who was being surrounded by everyone, was feeling a little overwhelmed and unsure if she should sign this contract.

“Everyone, calm down, have a seat and a drink,” Old Madam Jones began. “I assure you all that Sherry will indeed sign your contracts today.”

However, nobody paid her any mind — it was almost as if she was talking to air. She had been left in the cold.

“Aunt Mori, I…” a helpless Sherry directed her gaze at Mori Jones.

Mori gave a smile, then raised her voice, “Since the chairwoman personally asked you to sign, it means you’re now officially a part of the Jones Group. Isn’t that right, Madam Chairwoman?”

At this moment, everyone’s eyes focused on Old Madam Jones.

Old Madam Jones was taken aback for a moment, then her face lit up. “Yes, yes,

Mori’s right! From this moment on, Sherry is an official employee of the Jones

Group.”

“Mother, what!?” Amanda looked at Old Madam Jones with a bewildered expression.

Right then, Old Madam Jones’s sole focus was on figuring out how to retain these twenty or thirty distributors. She considered all other matters secondary and could be dealt with later.

This understandably frustrated Amanda. She hurriedly ordered Will Jones to have the finance department call Nine Dragons Finance in the presence of everyone there.

“I’d like to see you dare to sign this contract once Nine Dragons Finance comes looking for trouble!” Amanda muttered angrily to herself.

Shortly after, the somewhat nervous finance employees quickly walked over and glanced at Will Jones.

Will gave them a nod, and they immediately made a call to Nine Dragons

Finance, with the speakerphone turned on.

“Hello, this is Nine Dragons Finance…”

As soon as the call connected, the room fell silent.

Everyone knew Longman Jack’s reputation, and the Nine Dragons Finance was one of his businesses. Thus, everyone paused the moment they heard the voice on the other end of the phone.

“Before signing the contract, I think everyone should hear what Nine Dragons Finance has to say about Miss Sherry Jones!” Will announced seriously.

He was Snowden Jones’s father, and under such circumstances, he felt obliged to support Snowden.

While he framed it as an evaluation, his true intention was simply to let everyone know that Sherry had offended Longman. With that information, who would dare to associate with her?

Then, Will himself picked up the phone, introduced himself, and stated his purpose.

To his surprise, someone else took over the call on the other end after hearing what he had to say.

“Who the hell are you? Who the hell told you to refund my money? Is there a rule that says you can refund my money? Is the Jones Group looking down on me, Longman? Speak up, hooligan!

I warn you, that ten million is my apology to Miss Sherry Jones. If you dare refund it again, I’ll send someone over right now to raze your Jones Group!” The room was filled with gasps.

No one had expected the person on the other end of the call to be Longman himself and that the ten million was truly meant as an apology to Sherry.

At that moment, the entire Jones Group was plunged into an atmosphere of astonished silence.

“Older brother, older sister-in-law, do either of you have reasons to stop Sherry now?” Mori teasingly added fuel to the fire.

Will Jones and Amanda both felt their faces heat up with embarrassment. They would’ve preferred to bury themselves in a hole right then and there.

At that moment, the distributors became active once again, clutching their contracts and clamoring to get in front of Sherry Jones, begging her to sign them.

Prod by Old Madam Jones, an overwhelmed Sherry, started signing the distributors’ contracts filled with trepidation.

While some rejoiced, others grieved. When all the distributors rushed to the Jones Group, chaos reigned in the Bright Corporation, where Jacob Bright was based.

“What? Another distributor is terminating their contract with us? What have you all been doing? Didn’t you assure me you had good relationships with them?

Didn’t you say they were like close friends? Didn’t you call them sworn brothers? Why are they terminating the contracts without any notice? Worthless! Worthless! Worthless! You’re all fucking worthless!!!”

Archer Bright, the chairman of the Bright Corporation and Jacob Bright’s father, erupted in his office at this time.

The employees outside his office didn’t dare to step in.

“How many does that make now? Thirty-five or thirty-six?” A bitter employee lamented at the entrance of the office. Another employee answered, “Thirty-six.”

“Thirty-six… the total number of our distributors isn’t much more than that, is it?” someone let out with a bitter smile.

Early that morning, the Bright Corporation’s distribution department had been flooded with calls, all of them notifying contract terminations.

Some even didn’t bother to make a phone call, directly negotiating for a full and prompt payment, their intentions to terminate the partnership clear as day.

“No, Mr. Ma, after all the years we’ve worked together, aren’t you going to stick with me? What the hell is going on? Why are you all…”

Once again, the sound of Archer Bright’s voice rose, causing the hearts of his employees to sink even further.

Old Ma, Mr. Ma, was a long-time distributor who had worked with the Bright Corporation for over a decade. Archer Bright himself had helped to build him up, but now he was leaving too.

Was the Bright Corporation finished?

That thought crossed the minds of many employees. Just then, the door to Archer Bright’s office opened abruptly, and Archer Bright stormed out, his face red with fury.

Rage was written on Archer Bright’s face — it was best not to approach him. The employees instinctively dodged out of his way.

After a short while, Archer Bright made his way to Jacob Bright’s office, kicking the door open.

At this moment, Jacob Bright was also on edge. After dealing with the distributors, he had to soothe the aggrieved Snowden Jones.

And right then, while he was on the phone with Snowden Jones, the door was flung open by Archer Bright.

“How dare you! You brainless fool! You’ve put our distributors at risk for the sake of a woman?”

“I’ll kill you! Today, I will kill you, the unfilial son, for the sake of the Bright family!!!”

With large strides, Archer Bright kicked Jacob Bright to the floor.

Jacob Bright was sent sprawling on the floor, his face totally stunned as he looked up at Archer Bright, “Dad, what are you talking about? I didn’t, I wouldn’t…”

On seeing Jacob Bright denying it, Archer Bright got infuriated, “Still trying to deny it? You have the guts to do it but not to admit it, right? Your Uncle Ma just told me they’ve all gone to the Jones family!

Of all the places, they decided to go to the Jones family. If it wasn’t you, then who could it be? I’ll kill you, you traitor!!!”

Boom!

The moment Jacob Bright heard this news, his body trembled. Were those distributors that Snowden Jones mentioned on the phone the ones from their company?

What happened? What on earth was going on?

But before he could decode it, Archer Bright kicked him again yelling, “That’s for being too generous! You traitor! I’ll beat you to death! Traitor! Traitor! Traitor!”

Jacob Bright, who was being kicked, was in utter dismay, but Archer Bright didn’t even give him a chance to speak.

Jacob Bright wailed, “Dad, please stop hitting me. I swear I didn’t do it. I swear!

I’m going to the Jones family right now to try to persuade them to come back.. I’m going right now!!!”