Leader—a very special word.
It contained many things. It was more like a word formed by fusing together several words with positive meanings, encompassing all sorts of things.
Excellence, goals, direction, role models...
Even... faith! Those who had never experienced these things could not understand how important the word "leader" was to some people!
No matter what difficulties they faced, as long as their leader appeared, endless courage would spring up in their hearts! That was also why the elders always said that the younger generation was a generation that lacked faith! They were lost and bewildered, unable to find direction and without faith! Young people might argue or offer excuses, but they would never experience the feeling of becoming so excited at the sight of their leader that they could barely express themselves normally!
To the people in the Staircase Conference Room, Gladstone was their leader.
As long as Gladstone remained within their sight, they could treat everyone else's words as fart.
But Gladstone was not here now, and everyone else's words were filled with bewitching power.
That made them start to worry, because Gladstone had said he would appear at this meeting and lead everyone to continue their victories.
But now he had not come. What had happened? Was he stuck in traffic?
Or had he... encountered an accident? What did those people mean when they said he would not be coming? Had they... already done something excessive to Gladstone, which was why they were so certain he could not come?
There was too much crucial information missing, while much of what they did know was worthless. They began to grow uneasy and apprehensive.
They repeatedly glanced toward the entrance, but the man never pushed the door open and strode in to steady them once more.
They kept