Supreme Mars novel Chapter 132

Soon, as the elevator ascended, the two came to the top of the building, which was the branch of Kingston Chamber of Commerce in Emerdale.

As soon as the elevator opened, a man in suit and tie then walked up with cap in hand and greeted, "The chairman will be here soon, Mr. Cohen."

"Fine." With a smile, Leo responded, and then waited by the elevator together with Nadine.

In a little while, Forrest came, with Alan and Justin following behind.

"Boss!" Said Forrest.

Leo responded with a thin nod, and asked, "Is Thomas here?"

Forrest nodded, "Yes, he's now in the meeting room, and there are still five minutes to go before the conference begins."

"Well, arrange two seats for me and Nadine. We are sitting in on the meeting." Leo said.

His words caused Alan and Justin to shudder. Looking at Leo with fear and veneration, they believed that today would be the doomsday of Thomas.

"Yes, sir." Said Forrest.

Having a clear understanding that Leo had always been a man with low profile, Forrest knew that it would be inappropriate to arrange his boss to sit inside the meeting room. He then suggested with respect, "Boss, there is an office next to the meeting room, and it is possible to attend the conference online via computer."

"Perfect." Leo nodded, and then headed to the office together with Nadine.

It was more like a palace rather than an office — inside of the office, the whole place was decorated with numerous world-renown paintings and some antiques more than a hundred years old. For those who were blessed to work here, the place would give them a paramount feeling, as if an ancient monarch working on his governmental affairs.

Leo sat on a chair placed centrally inside the office, while for Nadine, instead of taking a seat, she chose to stay in a corner as silently as a shadow — she had accustomed herself to being subordinate to her Leon.

Soon, the conference began. Through the computer screen, the faces of every members present were clearly visible to Leo. These men, dressed decently and looked radiant, were all the bigwigs from different cities, who gathered around today for a conference.

Alan and Justin were then seated as well, with Forrest sitting between them. His eyes ran over every single member in the room, and, finally, with a swift and fierce look on his face, his attention was focused on a man, whose name was Thomas.

Thomas, as one of the attendees of the conference, was shuddering out of fear, with his face turning increasingly pale.

Since Darcey confessed his crime to the police and publicized the truth of 316 Event, the whole internet had been heated for that, and for Thomas, it would be least possible for him to know nothing about it.

As one of the initiators of 316 Event, he and Julton Pharmaceutical had thus been pushed to the forefront of the controversy.

Forrest turned on the computer, and played a video, inside of which Darcey was accounting the truth of 316 Event.

The whole meeting room fell silent. Each of the attendees caught her breath and could feel that a repressive atmosphere gradually filled the place.

"Now, maybe you should explain something about this, Mr. Reyes." Forrest turned off the computer and said coldly after the video was over.

The rest of the attendees, within a second, then all turned to Thomas with sharp eyes.

For Thomas, his face turned deathly pale, his forehead was drenched with sweat, and his back was soaked as if a drowned rat.

After a while of hesitation, he said, "I have to confess every wrong that I have done, Mr. Barker. But you need to believe that I was possessed by Peter's slanderous talk at that time! I …"

"All we need is your confession." Forrest interrupted, and then continued in a chilling tone, "If you had not been one of us, our chamber would have never involved your business no matter how despicable it was. But sadly, the truth is that you are! You are one of us, and your deed is such a disgrace for the whole chamber! How dare you do something like that?"

Thomas remained silent and dared not to respond.

"Things come down to the point where you can't stay with us anymore. Now, everyone, please vote on whether we should remove Thomas from the chamber."

Without any hesitation, every members presented voted to agree.

Casting a glance over the whole meeting room, Forrest then said with resounding voice, "Now, according to the vote, I declare Thomas is removed from the chamber and his intermediate membership is forever invalidated. Also, Julton Pharmaceutical will be banished from now on. Dismiss!"

As Forrest's forceful articulation faded, a death look spread on Thomas's face, and his body was twisting and trembling out of shock.

In fact, since the day when Darcey exposed the truth of 316 Event, Thomas had already awoken to that sooner or later he would fall as well.

His inner mind was filled with shock, fear, anger and a sense of reluctance. As a middle-aged man, he had spent almost half of his lifetime gaining the membership of Kingston Chamber of Commerce and climb to the position of intermediate member.

No matter how close it seemed that he was going to attain his meteoric rise, he was doomed now — he culminated in failure and was deprived of everything that he once owned.

Indeed, he held a sense of reluctance within, and the reluctance was devouring the last peace inside of his head.

It would be like shooting fish in a barrel for him to rise again as long as he could keep the intermediate membership of the chamber — he might abandon Julton Pharmaceutical, but he would never tolerate being expelled from Kingston Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, Thomas, a pathetic middle-aged man, knelt down in front of Forrest and begged, "Please show me some mercy, Mr. Barker! I need to stay in the chamber! I swear I will stick to my duty, and shall never break the rules again!"

In the face of Thomas's supplication, Forrest remained poker-faced, and all the rest of the members, including Alan and Justin, held no sympathy for the plight of Thomas.

"Are you asking me to absolve you from all your sins? You have cheated in your production, producing counterfeit drugs, poisoning your customers and even threatening their families. Why should I keep you in the chamber giving so many evil deeds that you have done?" Forrest sneered, and then continued, "No one shall ever pardon your guilt, Thomas, not even my boss."

Hearing the word "boss", Thomas was stunned, and the rest of the members were also overtly shocked.

For them, the "boss" Forrest mentioned could only refer to only one man — the creator of the Eight Chambers of Commerce and one of the the seven personages in Country X, Mr. Commerce.

"Wait, is that Mr. Commerce is also here?"

Everyone in the meeting room looked at each other, and discussed under their breath.

The ones who were awake to the fact were Alan and Justin — Mr. Commerce was currently working abroad on expanding the foreign market, so it was impossible for him to be in Emerdale at the moment, which meant there was only one possibility left.

Thinking about that in their heads, Alan and Justin, with their eyesight turned serious and solemn, chose to remain silent.

Forrest sneered, walking down the platform and pushing the door behind open with strength.

With the cracking sound of the door open, everyone witnessed the splendidly decorated office behind it, in the middle of which there was a man sitting on the chair.

Because the man sat with his back on to everyone, no attendee could either see his face or discover who he was.

"Please make the final decision, boss." Bending down, Forrest said respectfully.

Seeing that, every other members also stood up and greeted loudly, "Greetings, boss."

Thomas then knelt before Leo and implored with a grimace, "Please, boss! Show me some mercy and forgive me!"