CHAPTER 340: CHAPTER 340: PRESIDENT KANE IS SO COOL, WE MUST SUPPORT HIM

Lucas Pierce heard this and suddenly panicked. Those three billion... he had secretly siphoned off more than half. During that time, he was overly complacent and went gambling at O Gate, winning at first. Once he got addicted, he began to lose.

And the losing was uncontrollable.

The management of Micro New were all shocked, staring at Lucas Pierce.

Didn’t Manager Pierce claim that all the previous profits were handed over to the Kane Group? Why was it different from what President Kane and Manager Pierce had said?

Everyone knew Lucas Pierce was in through nepotism.

Because Lucas Pierce was the most beloved eldest grandson on the maternal side of President Kane’s mother, her old father wished to give Lucas Pierce the best of everything in the world.

Lucas Pierce studied economics and had his eyes on the lucrative Kane family business, so President Kane’s mother’s father had her place Lucas in the Kane Group, insisting on a managerial position for him.

Thus, despite Leon’s opposition, President Kane’s mother brought him in.

These words came from Lucas Pierce himself, some were things he let slip when drunk at the table, inadvertently revealing things he shouldn’t as if they were bragging rights.

Initially, Micro New’s management was not convinced by Lucas Pierce, but after his boasting and showing off, everyone understood that with his strong connections, even President Kane had to give Manager Pierce some face.

Because a son always listens to his mother, and a mother listens to her own parents and elders.

So, since then, the management of Micro New had been following Lucas Pierce’s lead, as a survival strategy in the corporate world.

But no one expected that Lucas Pierce, so flamboyant and exaggerated, would embezzle most of Micro New’s retained earnings in the first year he was on board.

Leon Keane said calmly, "Three billion, it took you two years to squander it, and by the third year, you were in debt, owing the bank two billion. Do you think banks are fools? Why would they lend to you? Or... do you think I’m a fool? Would I take out three billion to let you squander it further?"

Lucas Pierce was extremely shocked. How did Leon know he owed the bank two billion?

He had kept this matter tightly under wraps, not even telling President Kane’s mother, because he had mortgaged Micro New’s land title for the loan. Initially, he borrowed 1.6 billion, and with the bank’s interest, it amounted to exactly two billion by year’s end.

The reporters’ cameras were trained on Lucas Pierce.

Originally, they didn’t intend to do this, as they had been paid by Lucas Pierce to stir the pot, helping him secure funds from Leon.

But who would have thought that real life is far more dramatic than acting?

Leon exposing Lucas Pierce in this manner and laying the facts so clearly is basically revealing Lucas Pierce’s scandalous behavior, and audiences love watching scandals.

To cross Leon, they needed to think twice, but to cross Lucas Pierce, a beaten dog? No need to think at all.

Take the shot! High ratings mean high traffic.

High traffic means money.

Lucas Pierce felt the gaze of everyone focused on him, including those damn reporters and their cameras, all capturing him. He wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

But he couldn’t.

He was now up a tree with nowhere to hide.

Suddenly, his face twisted with rage, "What are you filming? All of you, get lost."

Reporters: "..."

Screw it, keep filming.

Lucas Pierce was utterly crushed by Leon, looking at him with resentment, yelling, "I’ve done enough for you and Micro New, every enterprise faces gains and losses. Is this your excuse to erase my achievements?"

"Hahaha... Leon, you refuse to invest more funds because you want to see me humiliated within the family, unable to hold my head up before the elders, right? You have so much money, what are another three billion to you?"

"You are deliberately targeting me, you’re jealous that your mother is good to me."

Derrick Stern heard this and was particularly speechless, wondering if Lucas Pierce’s brain was fried.

It’s Lucas Pierce’s own incompetence. Does President Kane have to keep pouring funds in for Lucas to squander as he pleases?

Who does Lucas Pierce think he is? President Kane’s son?

President Kane’s two sons are both excellent. Lucas Pierce, this dimwit, isn’t worthy of comparing to even one finger of the young masters, let alone to be President Kane’s son.

"Yes, three billion means nothing to me." Leon asserted domineeringly, "But I would rather donate to charity than let you squander it."

"If you want to jump off a building, commit suicide, be my guest."

Leon had no time to watch this buffoon continue his performance and turned to leave.

At that moment, someone started clapping, and all the employees of Micro New began to applaud.

To be honest, if Micro New really went bankrupt, they would lose their jobs, a loss indeed.

However, President Kane made it clear that Micro New’s collapse was Manager Pierce’s personal problem, even if President Kane took out another three billion, Micro New would remain problematic under Manager Pierce’s observation, merely delaying the inevitable collapse.

There was simply no sense in it.

It would be better to donate the three billion to charity.

President Kane’s decision was too cool, too impressive.

There are always jobs to be found, but such a cool and impressive person like President Kane must be supported.

Police: "..."

Medical staff: "..."

Reporters: "..."

The first two were there to save lives, even though they agreed with Leon’s approach deep down, they couldn’t applaud him, as if the person in the tree got provoked, they’d be held accountable.

The law doesn’t blame the multitude, but it would question their enforcement and rescue actions.

The reporters lifted their cameras to capture Leon’s impressive exit; they couldn’t applaud even if they could.

It wouldn’t have been right after taking Lucas’s money.

However, ferociously capturing Lucas Pierce to attract eyeballs and generate traffic seemed even less appropriate than clapping.

"Leon... you damn turtle..." Lucas was so furious his face turned blue, seeing Leon’s indifferent departing figure, he burst into foul curses.

In his agitation, Lucas suddenly slipped, his legs moved, and the "turtle grandson" insult wasn’t even finished before he screamed in horror, "Ah~ help~"

The camera quickly moved over, capturing Lucas Pierce’s horror-stricken face perfectly.

Onlookers were either shocked, disdainful, or jeering.

So afraid to die?

Yet still causing a scene from the fifth floor jumping onto an old tree?

Had to hand it to him.

Lucas Pierce fell onto the air cushion, bouncing a few times, and lay still on it. As he slid down, his knee bumped, causing intense pain, and he grimaced, clutching his knee.

"Ah~ it hurts~ I’m going to die... Save me... Doctor save me..."

Medical staff hurried over, diligently placing him onto an ambulance.

A few of the executives who "performed" with Lucas, their old faces turned a bit red, realizing they’d played a role in Lucas’s "monkey show."

The lower level employees mocked, gossiping amongst themselves.