“Mr. Bolton, did you just get quite angry? We owe you money, right?”
Robin Bailey, like a devil, walked towards Mr. Bolton, who trembled and took two steps back, “Don’t come over. I’m the president of Hercules Properties! You can’t afford to mess with me!”
“I can’t afford?”
Robin Bailey craned his neck.
“I… I’ll… I will put your company out of business. I can do it. And when that happens, you will all be heavily in debt.”
Herman Bolton thought for a moment, and threatened.
After he uttered the threat, he breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he believed that no matter how good this Robin Bailey was at fighting, he still would not ignore Lands Corporation.
“If you get down on your knees and beg me now, maybe I’ll forgive you.”
Herman Bolton’s trembling stopped, and his eyes welled up with amusement. He felt much at home now that he could put Lands Corporation out of business with one word, and he shouldn’t be afraid of this Robin Bailey.
He wasn’t like them.
This Robin Bailey was just a tramp who lived off his wife.
They were so different.
“Yeah?”
Robin Bailey took out his cell phone and made a call, “Jeff…”
“Heh, are you calling for help? I can tell you, you can’t imagine the background and power of Hercules Properties. Your Lands Corporation simply can’t afford to mess with us.”
Herman Bolton sounded increasingly smug as he added, “I’m going to give you one more chance. If you get on your knees, then I can consider…”
DING!
Suddenly, the phone in his hand rang all of a sudden, and Herman Bolton frowned, “Who is it? Can’t really find a worse time.”
Herman Bolton pulled his cell phone out and found it was his secretary. He answered the phone immediately, “What’s going on? This is my private time. Didn’t I tell you that you shouldn’t contact me unless there’s something important?”
“…”
The secretary was silent for a moment before he said, “Boss, our company is going bankrupt. Is that important?”
“What? We’re going bankrupt?”
Herman Bolton trembled. He couldn’t believe his ears. He had just bragged to Robin Bailey about their background and strength, but now they were going bankrupt. How could this be!
They were just doing alright!
“What’s going on?”
Herman Bolton asked in a hurry.
“Boss, a couple of big companies just called us. They want to suspend their partnership with us. It would involve two of our major projects. We could lose several hundred million dollars, but we simply don’t have that much liquidity. If we can’t solve this problem, then we’re definitely going to go bankrupt. And we’ve just asked the bank and they said they won’t give our company a loan.”
Herman Bolton froze, “What’s happening? What happened?”
“Someone from above told me that we have messed with the wrong people.”
The secretary added.
“People we shouldn’t have messed with? People we shouldn’t have messed with!”
Herman Bolton scratched his head and suddenly thought of something: “I… I haven’t seen anyone in the past two days… But you… You just made that phone call… Was that you?”
Herman Bolton suddenly lifted his head and looked at Robin Bailey incredulously. Just now Robin Bailey made a phone call and he could never believe it. “Obviously, it’s me. You are a man of your words. You said you can make Lands Corporation go bankrupt. You may continue now.”
Robin Bailey looked at Herman Bolton with a blank expression.
But suddenly … Pfft!
Herman Bolton fell to his knees and slapped himself, “I was wrong, I was just so blind…”
Pfft!
One crisp slap after another landed on Herman Bolton’s face. At this moment, Herman Bolton was very regretful. He could not have imagined that a tramp in his eyes who lived off his wife would be able to make his billion-worth company go bankrupt with just a phone call!
It was just a phone call.
He could already imagine the fearful identity of Robin Bailey!
He didn’t want to know why Robin Bailey would be hiding up, but he knew that if he couldn’t get Robin Bailey’s forgiveness now, then he would be out on the streets.
“All right.” Robin Bailey waved his hand, “You should know how to do it, right?”
“Yes, yes.” Herman Bolton nodded in a hurry, and this time he no longer dared to refuse. And that’s when, in the middle of the bathroom, Elise wiped her eyes with a piece of paper towel.
She didn’t want to cry, but she really could not bear the humiliation from Lucas Corporation.
It seemed never to stop.
“Elise, don’t be sad. Maybe next time.”
Elise looked in the mirror and tried to cheer herself up. She already knew that this time it would be a failure, and Lands Corporation was no match for Hercules Properties. After a while, Elise walked out of the bathroom.
But when she walked out, she was shocked, because that once full cafe was suddenly so empty after just a short while.
Everyone else seemed to have gone.
“What’s wrong?” Elise was a little confused, but didn’t think much of it.
She walked over toward her spot and said to Herman Bolton, “Mr. Bolton, this is the last time. Next time, if I still can’t have your money, you may have to talk to our lawyers.”
A lawsuit, however, would almost surely take months. There would be no winners in that case, and they would even lose more since they were just a small company.
But, she could not find any better way.
However, at that moment Herman Bolton walked over with all smiles, “Ms. Houry, you are talking nonsense. We sure need to pay for what we owe. We are partners, so don’t let this ruin our partnership, right? How much do I owe you? Twelve million? Well, you can have three million more as interest!”
Three million more as interest! Elise was stunned! Just now he was such an arrogant snob and he didn’t seem to be willing to pay at all!
It was three million, not just some toilet paper!
“Mr. Bolton, have you really thought about it? We can take that twelve million for sure but a three million interest?” Elise still thought something was wrong.
“For the common future of our company, three million is not much. I’ve already signed the contract. As for the 15 million, I will ask my accountant to make the transfer right now. Please don’t worry.” Herman Bolton seemed very sincere, and he didn’t even look like that snob she was talking to minutes ago.
“… Good.” Finally, in a much weird way, Elise got her work done.
On her way back, Elise leaned over Robin Bailey and said to herself, “Is that Herman Bolton sick? I felt like I was talking to someone else after I came back from the restroom.”