<b>Chapter </b><b>189 </b>


    Ronald let out <b>a </b>


    t out a wry chuckle. He knew Emery all too well, ‘Like father, like son, he thought. Who could know my son’s nature better than ma?


    “She demanded all the shares of the Wilson Group,” Ronald said.


    Emery blurted out, “Aubree, she.” As the words left his mouth, he caught his father’s meaning gare fixed on him, making him pause mid–sentent


    Ronald said, “Didn’t you always want Aubree toe back to the family? Then why don’t you hand over your shares first!”


    Emery fell into silence.


    He could bring himself to sell Apex Squad to Aubree, but when it came to handing over his shares of the Wilson Group, that was out of the question


    It was because he knew he could always rebuild the club, but without his shares, he’d lose his leverage


    Awry smile tugged at the <b>corner </b>of Emery’s lips. Turns out I’m not as selfless as I thought. When ites to what matters, I still put myself first, he thought.


    Emery’s silence spoke volumes to Ronald.


    Ronald sighed and said, “Emery, Aubree is your sister, <b>and </b><b>she’s </b>my daughter too. You’re not the only one who wants her toe home. I’m trying to work it out as <b>well</b>. Sure, we’ve made mistakes <b>before</b><b>, </b>but as long as <b>we’re </b>willing to try, there’s always away.”


    At the same time, Ronald thought to himself, “As long as it works, who cares if it’s right or wrong?”


    “Stop thinking about <b>leaving</b>,” Ronald said. “You’ve been doing well at Wilson Grouptely. Even the shareholders praised you for having Bryan’s potential. Since you’re no longer interested in running the club, why not focus on your work here! Also, Bryan could use a right hand man by his side.”


    Faced with this mix of threats and incentives, Emery wavered. Aber <b>all</b>, he had studied financial management just like Bryan, <b>precisely </b>because he’d always harbored ambitions for the Wilson Group


    “RosepolyGroup, our subsidiary, has run into some trouble. You’ll handle it,” Ronald pulled out a file and ced it squarely in front of Emery


    Emery hesitated, tom by inner conflict, but in the <b>end</b>, he reached <b>out </b>and took the file,


    Ronald smiled in satisfaction.


    The assistant at the door couldn’t hear the conversation inside, but he could guess more or less. Something about this doesn’t sit right with me! thought. ‘Is Mr. Ronald Wilson making the right call by handing this directly to Emery?”


    Meanwhile, yzy had mostly stabilized.


    The live–streaming industry once experienced a boom, leading to a market shakeout where many tforms folded while only a few managed to the.


    yzy currently facedpetition from only four to five rivals, the majority of which had replicated its operation ““ramework


    Aubree hadn’t paid much attention to these, but afisingpetitor called MindDrift truly caught her eye.


    MindDrih pioneered a never–before–seen streaming method, PK battles.


    The tform enabled streamers to connect live for PK battles, like setting up fun punishments,peting in talent shows or other challenges, <b>and </b>getting viewers to vote for them. With impressive results, it quickly became a rising star in the industry.


    Aubree had a unique perspective on this


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    This streaming strategy was something Aubree had seen in her past life, a tactic thatter became widely adopted. Naturally, it proved highly for both streamers and the tform.


    Leveraging this strategy, MindDrift had poached numerous high–profile streamers from rival tforms. Even Aubree’s yry <b>had </b>recently seen ona defections.


    yzy hadn’t rolled out the PK feature yet, not because Aubree didn’t want to, but because she knew the timing wasn’t right.


    Aubren thought to herself, ‘The lengths people will go for money are unfathomable. In the early days, a tform can still keep things under control, <b>but </b>once it scales up, can it micromanage every single detail?


    ‘Once PK battles start, things could quickly go out of control. Unscrupulous individuals might emerge, exploiting loopholes. If the tform <b>fails </b>to rein them in, it could lead to catastrophic consequences.


    She had nned to <b>wait </b>until yzy’s operations stabilized and the development team had <b>built </b><b>a </b>robust monitoring system before gradually rolling <b>out </b>the PK feature. She never expected <b>a </b>trailzer to emerge so soon.


    If MindDrift takes off, I’ll follow their ybook. If they crash and burn, I’ll learn from their mistakes and do it even better, Aubree thought.


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