On the day of the shareholders' meeting, the largest conference hall in Ashford Group Tower was filled to capacity.
The Ashford Group had hundreds of shareholders nationwide, but only the fifty largest shareholders had been invited to attend.
Each of them owned enough stock to guarantee a lifetime of wealth.
As for me...
I was just a five-year-old standing behind the side entrance, waiting to be called onto the stage.
Mom crouched in front of me and straightened my bow tie.
"Julian, are you nervous?"
"Not at all."
I meant it.
In my previous life, I'd defended my proposals before panels of industry leaders and government officials in far more intimidating settings than this.
Compared to those experiences, today's audience was nothing.
Mom looked at me, her eyes slightly red.
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