Chapter 3: Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Thick and Thin

All the employees were stunned when they saw Jeremy bowing down to Martin. This also made Jessie and Rudolf's jaw drop.

After Jeremy did what he did, he immediately looked at Rudolf.

"Manager Warner Joseph, this is the new chairman. What are you waiting for?" Jeremy said with a glare.

"Hold on...He's the new chairman?" Warner asked as he turned pale.

"Is he really the chairman?!" All the employees said as they looked at Martin dumbfoundedly.

Rudolf simply couldn't come to terms with what he was witnessing right now and widened his eyes in surprise.

"No! That's impossible! He's just a loser! he can't be the new chairman!" Jessie sneered. "I knew him back when we were high school. I know his family background, so that's impossible!"

Warner was in shock. "Secretary Jeremy, maybe you made a mistake? It doesn't look like he'd be a good chairman."

"Manager Warner Joseph, here are the formalities. See for yourself." Jeremy sighed as he gave Rudolf the papers needed for them to understand that Martin really was the chairman. "If you still don't believe it, you can call Mr. Gracie for confirmation."

When Warner took a closer look, he saw that Martin really was the chairman.

However, he couldn't do anything about it now.

Jeremy then faced the employees of the Gold Group company. "Master Martin is the biological grandson of Mr. Morgan Gracie. If you won't accept that, then I'm afraid you have to leave Gold Group at once!"

The sudden news hit everyone hard and they simply didn't know what to say.

"Y-you're the grandson of Mr. Gracie?" Rudolf said as his face turned pale. He couldn't possibly imagine the consequences if Morgan knew that he robbed Martin's girlfriend.

"That's impossible! Martin, stop playing around right now. This isn't funny!" Jessie shouted as she stared at Martin. She couldn't believe it

Just as Jessie stopped shouting, Warner immediately went in front of Martin and smiled at him "Chairman, the other employees hadn't recognized you yet, but I assure you that things will go smoothly if you're here!"

Martin simply ignored Warner and looked at all the other employees. He saw that they bowed their heads and kept silent.

When Martin's eyes saw Rudolf, he immediately went to him. Rudolf was frightened as soon as he saw Martin coming towards him and started sweating profusely.

As soon as Martin came towards Rudolf, Rudolf hugged Martin's thighs. "C-Chairman, I was wrong! I shouldn't have robbed your girlfriend. I'll give back Jessie if you want! Just please, don't hurt me!"

Martin never dreamed of someone superior kneeling down in front of him and beg for mercy. However, he'd be lying if he said that it didn't feel good.

"Give her back to me? Don't joke around, Rudolf. I don't need a bitch to love me just for my money." Martin said angrily. "Besides, do you really think I'll spare you?"

With that, Martin kicked Rudolf away.

"Chairman, I'm sure my son didn't mean to do it." Warner said as he tried to intercede for Rudolf.

Martin simply glared at Warner. "Don't even try and protect him. I've seen everything yesterday and he wouldn't even be like that if you hadn't taught him such a disgusting attitude."

All of a sudden, Martin shouted. "As the new chairman, I'll expel both of you from this company."

Warner's face turned completely pale. He had worked hard for years so he could be a general manager.

And now that he was getting fired by Martin as the chairman of the company, all his hard work would be in vain.

Warner wanted to tell Martin and explain himself, but he didn't have the courage to.

After all, he didn't want to oppose Mr. Gracie's grandson.

"Security, I want all of you to kick out both of them right now!" Martin said as he waved his hand.

More than a dozen of security guards looked at each other and hesitated. Warner had been in the company for years and he was obviously well-known.

However, Martin frowned at them. "What's the matter? Are you opposing me?"

Just then, the security guards decided that they'd follow Martin's orders. Because if they didn't, they wouldn't be able to maintain their job either.

They all grabbed Warner and Rudolf without hesitation and tried to throw them out.

"You assholes! Get off me!" Rudolf shouted.

"You and your father have been fired already! You can't be in this company anymore!" One of the security guards said.

Rudolf's lips trembled with anger. He couldn't believe he got humiliated by mere guards.

Meanwhile, Warner was calm. He was angry, but he knew that he couldn't oppose Martin as the new chairman.

The guards then threw Rudolf and Warner on the side of the street and left them there.

Many employees witnessed the commotion, but they didn't say a word. Martin's decision was in their favor, after all.

They despised Rudolf and Warner and they were happy that the Joseph family wouldn't have anything to do with the Gold Group company anymore.

Martin then walked towards Jessie slowly.

This time, Jessie was the one who turned pale. She never thought that Rudolf would be expelled the same day that the new chairman arrived.

She also never expected that Martin would be the new chairman and at the same time, the grandson of Morgan Gracie.

"Martin, it's impossible that you became Mr. Gracie's grandson. If you were really biologically related to him, I would've known!" Jessie said, trembling in fear.

"I thought the same thing, Jessie. I never expected that I would be the grandson of the richest man in the world" Martin smiled.

Jessie bit her lip. "M-Martin, I was deceived by Rudolf's sweet words. In fact, I-I wanted to apologize to you. Would you please give me a chance?"

Martin simply laughed. "Sorry, Jessie. We're over. I don't need you in my life anymore." He then pushed Jessie away and walked towards Michael Bess, who was the deputy general manager.

Michael almost stumbled when Martin went towards him. "C-Chairman, I'm not like Warner at all! Please don't fire me!" He pleaded.

Martin smiled at Michael. "I'm not here to fire you, Michael. I'm here to give you a promotion."

"W-Wait, really?" Michael said in bewilderment. Martin simply nodded.

When Martin said that he'd be the new chairman, he wanted to find out what was going on inside the company, so he hired a spy.

It turned out that Michael had been degraded by Warner and he always took the blame even when he did nothing wrong.

Because of this, Martin decided to promote him. After all, the spy he hired said that Michael was a good person, so he gave him a hand and let Michael do all the necessary work without Warner degrading him.

"Thank you so much, Chairman! I'll remember this promotion for the rest of my life. You don't know how much this means to me!" Michael shouted in excitement. He wanted to kneel in front of Martin, but Martin stopped him.

"You don't have to thank me. Just be sure to do a good job in the future. If you can do that for me, then I'll be able to promote you again." Martin said with a smile.

"Thank you so much. I'll be sure to do my best." Michael said as his tears began to form in his eyes.

It was at that moment that Michael realized that Martin was a noble man. He was willing to go through thick and think for Martin, no matter what the cost.