“What?! You want me to kneel in front of the table and wait for you to finish your meal before I can stand up?” Charlotte’s lungs exploded with anger as she stood up and glared at Flynn, her fists clenched.
“This is outrageous! This bastard is too much. We’ve been so subservient, and he won’t retract the first condition. He even wants Charlotte to kneel down?”
“Flynn, don’t take advantage of us and act all high and mighty. Do you believe I’ll use a plate to smash your head?”
“This bastard is completely lawless! You’re using contract coercion on us! Don’t you understand leaving room for others? I really want to punch your eyes out!”
The Kaur family was already unhappy with the first condition.
Flynn’s second condition directly ignited everyone’s anger.
Making Charlotte kneel down was slapping them in the face!
Everyone was indignant, but Matteo’s family said nothing.
As they listened to their curses, Paulina even showed a look of disdain on her face.
Flynn’s approach was indeed inappropriate, but Charlotte always targeted Madeline everywhere she went and often disrespected Matteo.
If it weren’t for Frank siding with his eldest son’s family, Paulina would have slapped her hard across the face long ago.
Frank also turned black with anger as he held back his fury, “Flynn, your conditions are a bit excessive.”
“Excessive?” Flynn sneered coldly. “Alright then. Let me change my conditions.”
Upon hearing this statement, everyone breathed a sigh of relief while wearing a cold smile on their faces, “You know how important it is for you to curry favor with us right now. Hurry up and call Mr. Hill so that we can get our share according to proportion!”
“You got lucky enough getting this order; you still have to rely on it in the future. Don’t be too greedy; 60 million dollars for Matteo’s family isn’t possible! And what about Charlotte? Do you think making her kneel down looks good?”
“The last board resolution gave 20 million dollars worth of dividends at ten percent profit sharing rate for Matteo’s Family after they earned enough profits from taking advantage last time around… Now this time around if you increase it by thirty percent instead, are you trying sincerely to irritate us?”
Flynn nodded indifferently, “Hmm… I’ve received your opinions.”
“So Uncle Matteo’s family will receive forty percent profit sharing rate while yours will only receive half compared from last year.”
“The remaining money will stay in company account which Madeline can use later when investing.”
“Charlotte’s family doesn’t need any dividends; they should just kneel in front of me until I finish eating!”
Boom!
Charlotte and the others exploded.
“You motherfucker… are you going to fight with us until the end?!”
“After all this, this bastard is actually playing us? Dad, we absolutely cannot agree to this demand! Robbery! Flynn is robbing us!”
“Damn it, I’m so angry that my heart almost gave out. This bastard wants to kill us with anger. He’s too inhumane!”
They originally thought Flynn would relax his conditions.
Even if Mattro’s family only got 30% of the bonus, as long as their bonus was twice as high as last year’s, they could accept it.
But they didn’t expect that this guy not only didn’t change his mind but also intensified his demands!
After hearing this, Charlotte was so angry that she almost spewed blood. Her fury was burning her internal organs and she slammed her hand on the table, “Grandpa, he’s slapping our faces. Flynn is a shameless scoundrel and a despicable person! You must not agree!”
“Not agreeing?” Flynn laughed and stood up confidently. He said coldly to Frank, “I’ve said it several times before: I’m only helping the Kaur family because of Uncle Matteo’s face. Since you don’t want to sign the contract, then find another way.”
“I don’t care!”
Even if the Kaur family went bankrupt tomorrow, Flynn could still ensure Matteo had food and clothing for life; he didn’t care about the Kaur family’s fate at all.
Scarlet heard what Flynn said and shook her head bitterly while smiling wryly.
After all she was an outsider; she could only watch everything during this birthday banquet without expressing any opinions.
But from when people from the Kaur family forced Madeline until now, Scarlet had already guessed what would happen next.
Flynn had an arrogant personality which wasn’t something anyone could control once he became stubborn like now!
Flynn already showed enough restraint by leaving the contract with the Kaur family due to Matteo’s face value alone; yet people from the Kaur family still complained about him being too much?
“WAIT!” Frank trembled with anger making his beard shake violently while shouting loudly, “I agree to your request! Make your call!”
Boom!
Everyone from the Kaur family froze in shock looking at Frank incredulously wondering if he lost his mind?!
“If we can’t get Rhinowares Group’s project and can’t get Peninsula Group’s too, what do we have left? Do you think you can rely on just your words?”
“Don’t complain anymore thinking I don’t know how many benefits you’ve secretly obtained from our company over these years. Even if we don’t give bonuses for three years straight, you won’t starve!”
Frank tapped his fingers heavily on the table, scanning the room with a pained expression. He knew all too well what was going on with the Kaur family.
Alan had taken all their money, leaving them in debt to the bank for 100 million dollars. Flynn had tried to make up for it by using his money for marriage, but even after they secured the Rhinowares Group project, it fell through.
Now there was a contract from Peninsula Group that could earn them 200 million dollars in just three months. Even if Flynn demanded too much and Matteo took 80 million for himself and gave only a few million to their relatives, they would still have over 100 million left, more than they’d ever earned before.
There was no way Frank would let this opportunity slip away. Of course, he could argue with Flynn about not wanting this contract and have Madeline find another project instead, but who knew what kind of project she’ll find or when she’ll find it? There were simply too many unknowns.
The Kaur family couldn’t afford any more setbacks; they had no choice but to agree to Flynn’s demands.
As soon as Frank made his decision and revealed some old secrets about their past dealings, everyone went silent. They regretted not being nicer to him earlier; maybe Marcel wouldn’t have cancelled the previous contract if they were friendlier towards him.
Now that their profits had shrunk tenfold due to these new terms, everyone felt frustrated beyond belief.
“Grandpa…” Charlotte couldn’t believe her ears as he agreed so easily with Flynn’s demands.
“Kneel down!” Frank barked at her sternly. “For the sake of our family’s future… kneel down for Flynn!”
“If you want someone to blame,” he continued harshly, “blame your bad luck! I can’t help you.”
Charlotte stumbled back two steps in shock; her face turned red as she struggled against accepting this reality.
Flynn didn’t say anything when he saw Charlotte standing strong against him; instead he walked straight out of the room without looking back once.
“Ahh! He’s leaving! We won’t get any money now!” exclaimed one woman frantically. “Charlotte hurry up and kneel down!”
“Oh my god we’re screwed now! If you don’t kneel down right now, then I promise you won’t be able to stand up again later!” said another person impatiently.
The entire Kaur family aimed their guns at Charlotte like how they forced Madeline earlier, wishing desperately that she’d just kneel already!
And under everyone’s bloodshot gaze… Charlotte finally knelt before where Flynn sat moments ago…
Feeling incredibly frustrated, Charlotte found herself kneeling before a man she despised from the bottom of her heart.
“Kneel! Charlotte has knelt down, my dear nephew-in-law, please call him!” The Kaur family saw Charlotte kneel and quickly asked Flynn to return to his seat.
At that moment, the commotion in the small hall caught the attention of passersby. They looked at Charlotte kneeling like they were watching a monkey show and pointed fingers at her.
“Oh my god! What kind of society is this? Someone actually apologizing on their knees? I have to take a picture and post it on social media!”
“Shameful! It’s really shameful! This girl probably won’t be able to lift her head up for the rest of her life. It’s just not right!”
“I bet this girl offended someone she shouldn’t have offended. She’s just cheap, that’s why she deserves to kneel!”
Hearing these comments from strangers made Charlotte feel even more humiliated than before. She burst into tears uncontrollably and felt utterly helpless…