Holding their heads low, all the employees put as much distance as possible between themselves and Jessie. Following the receptionist, Jessie barged into the conference room.
At that moment, a meeting was ongoing inside. At the sight of Jessie interrupting the meeting without even knocking, Ewan’s expression changed slightly before he tapped the table and announced, “Let’s take fifteen.”
The members of the management team nodded at him before walking out of the conference room with their notebooks and their heads held low. While everyone deemed Jessie a demon, Ewan saw her as the apple of his eyes. After all, she was his only daughter.
“Jess, why didn’t you knock before coming in?” Although Ewan was slightly mad at her, he still addressed her by her nickname.
Knowing full well that Ewan loved her too much to treat her too harshly, Jessie tried her best to play the victim by crumpling her face and grumbling, “Dad, I can’t believe you’re still scolding me while I’m already feeling sad.” With that, tears welled up in her eyes.
Ewan, whose heart hurt at the sight of his daughter’s miserable look, asked, “Tell me, Jess. Who bullied you?” Ewan was livid with rage, wondering who had the guts to bully his beloved daughter.
“Dad, do you remember the music video I’ve been shooting lately?”
Ewan turned to face his daughter. “Yes, the production of the music video is sponsored by our company.”
Sounding extremely distressed, Jessie complained, “The composer of that song bullied me! The crew members too; they were all laughing at me!” Before Ewan could even respond, Jessie tugged his arm and pleaded, “I don’t care! You have to ask the director to fire them all.”
To Jessie, firing a composer was as easy as a piece of cake for Ewan because the Hunter Group owned vast assets and business and it was the parent company of Nottom Entertainment, which was one of the three major entertainment companies in the country.
Upon hearing, Ewan was stunned and only spoke after several seconds. “Jess, could it just be a misunderstanding? Why would a music composer have a dispute with you?”
Jessie pursed her lips in annoyance and snapped, “Dad, that girl insisted to use my practice room! Not only did she refuse to let me use the room, she even humiliated me by saying I was an orphan!”
What she said made Ewan tremble with fury. “I’ll talk to the director about this matter. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure whoever dares to bully you will have no place in the entertainment industry!” Who exactly was the person who had the guts to humiliate his daughter like that? With that, he made up his mind to get that person blacklisted in the music industry.
Overjoyed by her father’s promise, Jessie wrapped her arms around Ewan and said, “Thanks Dad! You’re the best! You’re the best father in the world!”
Ewan was quite pleased by what she said and he responded, “It’s no big deal. You’ll always have me on your side.”
“Muacks!” Jessie planted a kiss on her father’s cheek. The thought of getting Sweet Tune Guru blacklisted made her ecstatic. She was sure no one would dare to offend her after this.
…
The following day, Ewan and his entourage of bodyguards visited the director’s office.
“President Hunter, I’m so glad to see you here!” The director in charge of the music video was eager to please Ewan and he hurriedly walked over to welcome him. With a stiff smile, he asked, “President Hunter, why didn’t you inform me of your visit beforehand? I could have gone to the lobby to welcome you myself!”
Wearing an impassive expression, Ewan put his briefcase down on the table hard with a loud thump. “I heard that my beloved daughter was bullied at the recording studio?”
Frowning as he sensed trouble ahead, the director responded cautiously, “President Hunter, you must be kidding! There’s no way we dare to bully your beloved daughter!”
A crease appeared on Ewan’s forehead as he countered, “Are you trying to say that Jessie lied to me?” Ewan was dissatisfied with the director who gave him an answer without even investigating the matter. Was his daughter a villain in their eyes?
His smile disappearing, the director anxiously clarified, “President Hunter, I don’t mean it that way.” With that, he immediately dialed a number. “Let me ask my crew about the matter.” They couldn’t afford to offend President Hunter as he might decide to cancel Nottom Entertainment’s investment in their production. In fact, they were only able to hire someone like Sweet Tune Guru all because the production was funded by several mega companies. This way, it was a win-win situation.
“Fire the two dumb*sses!” the director bellowed into his phone all of a sudden.
After ending the call, he turned to Ewan and said, “President Hunter, I’m very sorry about what happened. Some of our crew members might not have acted professionally on that day but I hope you can forgive them because they really didn’t bully your daughter! However, now that those crew members have been fired, I hope you will stop being mad because it’s not good for your health.”
