Chapter 177 Good Example, Good Student
Not being invited, Ken came in the morning and rushed into Aiden's office. Aiden's assistant asked him what he would like to drink. He rubbed at his sleepy face and said, "Coffee, a little strong."
The assistant went out, and Aiden asked calmly, "Why did you come?"
Ken said, "Make an announcement: only recently did the company find out Bobby's private life was indiscreet, so we expelled him as a punishment."
He collapsed into the chair and closed his eyes. He had been playing around throughout the night last night, and he had woken up after only sleeping for less than three hours. Now his heart was beating so fast that he needed the Quick Heart-saving Pills badly.
Reviewing a contract, Aiden said without looking up or raising his eyes, "No."
Aiden said with a normal expression, "I'm different from him."
Ken said, "If he had not caused the trouble, you wouldn't have been dragged into the mire, would you?"
"Now he's jobless, and he's also being sued. This is the price of his deeds."
Ken suggested, "Then, since he's already in the swampland, you should make an announcement to clarify that it was the company that expelled him. That is good for both you and our company. And you are not lying. That's the truth."
But Aiden asked, "I asked him to hand in his resignation, which was a punishment. But why kick him when he's already down?"
Ken had failed to take a breath. He didn't know the difference between the two things. "To hold a man's moral standards, you're willing to give up the easy way but resort to the difficult one. Aren't you afraid of trouble?" he thought.
"Hey, you're a businessman! Can't you deal with problems a little flexibly? I know Bobby and you came from the same school. You've helped him a lot over the years, but he stole things under our nose, and he also dragged you down. He was bad to you when you were good to him. You aren't soft to those who trapped you, are you? This is also your rule."
Aiden looked up with inborn indifferent eyes and peacefully replied, "One should keep their word, especially a businessperson. Going back on your word is a serious taboo."
Ken stared at Aiden for a few seconds. Knowing he would not change his mind, Ken simply said, "If you refuse, I'll do it."
Aiden asked, "Do what?"
Ken frowned, so irritable. "I also have the shares of the company Bobby was in charge of. You're willing to be shouted at, but I don't want to listen! You're now a very poor guy because of their insults!"
Aiden was quiet while Ken was annoyed. When they were glaring at each other in the office, the assistant knocked on the door and came in with coffee and an iPad, which she showed Aiden. "Mr. Cater, the two pieces are the latest trending topics online."
Aiden looked down, and Ken asked irritably, "What else is happening?"
After hearing the assistant's explanation, he got energetic. "Is this the PR work you've done?"
The assistant shook her head and said, "Mr. Cater told us not to care about it."
And she added, "Wait a minute, Mr. Garcia. I'll grab another one for you."
After a short while, Ken and Aiden each held a tablet in their hands in the hushed office.
A netizen said, "Now the so-called renowned universities are all reserved for the celebrities to gain shine. Anyway, a new business noble, who was once a prisoner, and his company's senior leader with an indiscreet private life, are both from the century-old Y University. The most terrifying fact is that they studied in the same class and lived in the same dorm. This shows that they are the same species with the same bad taste."
The reply below aiming to contradict it wrote, "First, I don't deny that 'going through the back door' happens in every renowned domestic and overseas university. But if a library or lab can be built because of a person enrolled, it will benefit hundreds of thousands of students in the school. Then the benefit is greater than the flaw. Second, both Aiden and Bobby are ordinary people, but they went to Y University through their great effort. As for how they behaved during their school years, everyone can search the school's website to find it. Don't mix the first argument and the second to confuse right and wrong! Third, you and your parents have been living under the same roof for decades, but you still can't represent each other. Then why should Aiden be held accountable for Bobby's fault only because they lived in the same dorm? This year is 9012, but you still want to get someone implicated, eh?"
The first two arguments were quite sensible, but the third one suddenly became a refutation. The fury of the person who replied could be felt through his words.
Another netizen wrote, "Aiden is a bad man. Back then, when he had just graduated, he was sentenced to more than two-year imprisonment. Later, through some unknown means, he was released only after being imprisoned for one year. Now he has a flourishing life. I don't believe that he, a young man without money, could become wealthy overnight. Top leaders, investigate him quickly. He is absolutely not clean."
The reply below was, "I slapped you for no reason, but please don't slap me back. Otherwise, some will say that it takes two to make a quarrel, and that why the one slapped you, not someone else. You must thank those who have ever hurt you. It was they who made you the good one you are now. If a young man without money suddenly became rich, it means that he must have done something dishonest or evil. This view of yours is as twisted as the above two examples. Besides, when you're free, go read more news. The police have given the details of Aiden's imprisonment a long time before."
There were seventeen sharp questions, but all the replies below just hit the nail on the head. After reading them, Ken could not help but smile, "Who is this hero? He's brilliant! He fights all these people with a sharp tongue!"
In the beginning, when all netizens swore at him, Aiden had not wavered. Having been developing his career in S City these years, he had stood in the way of a lot of people and taken many's resources. Therefore, large numbers of people were willing to feed fuel to the fire, making a real show of the people's strength.
Ken knitted his brows almost unnoticeably, "Unrivaled Culture?"
Aiden looked up and asked, "You know it?"
Ken pondered it over and then said, "It seems to be the company of Jane's close friend."
Remaining silent for a few moments, Aiden asked his assistant to come in.
"Mr. Cater."
"Okay, I'll do it right now."
After the assistant left, Ken seemed to speak to himself, "The two trending topics came out at the same time. There seems to have been a discussion behind it."
Aiden did not make a sound, but he thought, "Jane..."