Stefan asked calmly.

�4 million dollars.�

The secretary said indignantly, �That greedy bastard! How dare he blackmail you!�

�Tell the paparazzi, do as I say and I�ll pay him double.�

Stefan�s lips curled into a smile. He also had a plan.

Renee calmed herself down and returned to the Azure Group.

�Miss Everheart!�

The employees were delighted to see Renee return safely. They happily greeted her.

All the employees that still remained at the Azure Group were loyal people who were determined to follow Renee.

Although there were not many of them and their abilities could not be considered outstanding, they were all passionate, gutsy people. They made sure to properly complete all the tasks they were assigned.

Renee nodded to the employees, then turned to her assistant, Shelley, and said,

�Notify every department that we will be holding the monthly meeting right away. All the employees must attend.�

�Yes, Miss Everheart!� Shelley replied respectfully.

At the same time, Shelley thought to herself that Miss Everheart seemed to be in a great mood. She and Mr. Hunt must have had a great time together last night. That means� the �marriage alliance� between the Azure Group and the H Group would very likely happen.

The conference room was large enough to accommodate over a hundred people. In the past, it would be filled to capacity during monthly meetings, but today, less than a fifth of the room was filled. The rest of the seats were empty. It looked sad.

Renee took the center seat. She could not help but sigh when she saw how sparse the staff had become.

The Azure Group went through four years of ups and downs to reach this point. When Liam Osborne left, he took a bunch of people with him.

Laura Osborne then took advantage of the Azure Group�s moment of weakness to loot them. Not only did she empty their company treasury, she even took away a group of elites. Among those elites were R&D experts that Renee admired and designers that Renee valued very highly�

In short, the Azure Group had been bled hard. The only reason they could continue operation was purely because they were tough enough.

However, the days of humiliations were coming to an end. The era belonging to the Azure Group was about to begin! JrNovels.com