Flynn kicked Rodrigo so hard that it nearly cost him half his life, the incident so sudden that the room fell deathly silent.
How dare this man raise his hand in front of Young Master Stewart of the Stewart family?
Utterly reckless!
Lawless!
The Stewart family’s bodyguards quickly surrounded Brooks.
This man was the future of the Stewart family; they must protect him at all costs.
The Stewart family’s servants also crowded around him, forming a human wall.
Brooks’s expression was dark, but he held back his anger. Through his bodyguards, he glared at Flynn, his eyes flashing coldly.
“You… you… How dare you!” Cristina’s face turned ghostly pale, and she immediately hid behind the crowd, her voice trembling with fear.
She had not expected Flynn to be so violent, to kick Rodrigo and nearly end his life.
She couldn’t even imagine what it would be like if Flynn turned on her.
Flynn looked at her coldly and said indifferently, “If I wanted to kill you, hiding in Kingsmen wouldn’t save you.”
“Aren’t you willing to be the Stewart family’s dog? When the Stewart family goes to Tinley to guard the tomb, we’ll just tie your neck here to watch the house.”
After saying this, Flynn turned to Brooks and said, “I’m glad you could make it here in fifteen minutes, but I don’t like your condescending attitude.”
“I hope you can correct it.”
Everyone was shocked by his words.
Madness!
This guy is too arrogant.
How many in Shipmeda State would dare to speak to Brooks this way?
No more than five!
Neither Orion nor Edwin standing together would dare!
They all started in real estate; to make money, they had to play by the Stewart family’s rules.
Otherwise, they’d immediately cut off the supply of cement and steel!
Buy from another province?
Not to mention the astronomical shipping costs, would suppliers from other provinces dare sell to them?
A strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake!
No one would dare touch this bad luck!
Even if Flynn had some abilities, he was just a big fish in the Niarak river. How could he compare to a sea dragon?
Brooks had connections all over the province, all of them influential figures!
Otherwise, how could the Stewart family have secured the cement and steel supply for the Ponocord Bay scenic area?
“You don’t like it?” Emerson burst out laughing harshly and said, “Don’t think that because Young Master Stewart hasn’t taken your life, he is afraid of you.”
“Ridiculous! Young Master Stewart is sparing your life because he doesn’t want to start a massacre on his engagement day!”
“Faced with such a favor, instead of kneeling in gratitude, you continue to spout madness, thinking Young Master Stewart is a paper tiger?”
“A paper tiger?” Flynn shook his head and spoke dispassionately, “In my eyes, he isn’t that significant, just a speck of dust.”
Margot was furious, gritting his teeth, “Young Master Stewart, it seems he won’t cry until he is slapped in the face!”
“Please, take action to suppress him!”
Brooks narrowed his eyes and nodded, “Good! I’ll call someone now, and we’ll see if he can continue to be so arrogant!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a suit walked in.
“Thaddeus?”
Everyone was surprised.
The newcomer was Thaddeus Thorne, Mr. Richardson’s secretary, Travis. There was a meeting tomorrow about the Ponocord Bay and new district projects.
He had heard that Brooks was in Niarak and came to notify him, also to gather information on the Terrapin Company to help Mr. Richardson take control.
“Young Master Stewart, what has happened here?”
Thaddeus glanced at the fallen gate and then at the severely injured Rodrigo, his brow furrowing.
He and Young Master Stewart had known each other for a long time, having even received money from him during the holidays.
A full million dollars.
Brooks pointed at Flynn and said calmly, “Thaddeus’s timing is perfect.”
“Recently, Mr. Mcguire and Ms. Wise merely offended him with a few words, and he joined forces with Orion and others to shut down their companies.”
“Mr. Mcguire and Ms. Wise came to the Stewart family for help, and this thug followed them here and severely injured Mr. Mcguire without a word.”
“He even wanted to use an iron chain to tie Ms. Wise’s neck, making her kneel and act like a dog.”
By now, Rodrigo had been helped into a chair. Hearing this, he cooperatively lifted his hand, his bloodied appearance quite horrifying.
River also cried out a few times, pointing at his knee, which was already a bloody mess.
Brooks continued,
“Thaddeus, I want to ask if all the entrepreneurs in Niarak are this violent? Ready to shut down the weak at the slightest disagreement?”
“If the climate here in Niarak is so poor, I think it’s necessary to give some breathing room to the bosses who come here to invest.”
“What? There is such a thug in Niarak?” Thaddeus couldn’t help but rage.
Brooks spoke coldly, “Not just a mobster, but a robber as well!”
“Thaddeus, you might not believe this, but because Ponocord Bay and the new district need a lot of cement and steel, the Terrapin Company group has decided to suspend cooperation with other groups.”
“He, Flynn, the head of Orco Real Estate, actually thinks I’m targeting him. Relying on his friendship with Orion, he comes to show off before the Stewart family.”
“He threatened me to sell him cement and steel at one-tenth of the market price!”
“One-tenth of the price!” Hearing this, Thaddeus’s face turned as dark as char, and he looked at Flynn and said coldly:
“Beating someone up in broad daylight, and so brutally at that.”
“And openly threatening Young Master Stewart.”
“What a huge audacity! It seems you no longer wish to live!”
“And there’s Orion, right after the province set the guidelines for economic safety development, he goes and blocks local businesses.”
“Does he really think because people call him Niarak King, he is the king of Niarak?”
“Who dares claim the title of Niarak King besides Mr. Richardson?”
Hearing Thaddeus’s words, everyone’s faces lit up with a mocking expression.
Since ancient times, no business has triumphed over politics.
Orion may seem splendid on the surface, but even he must bow down to the city’s leader.
Mr. Richardson has a hundred ways to deal with him.
Don’t forget, Orion was in Demon Island Prison for three years because he offended a high official and was accused of selling national resources!
It’s only because the military and political circles don’t bother with him that he can act all high and mighty.
But if he really annoys them, they can reveal his true colors in an instant!
Seeing Brooks spout such nonsense, Flynn was stunned for a moment, then asked Thaddeus:
“Thaddeus, you judge the situation based solely on one side of the story? Without even discussing evidence?”
“Evidence?” Thaddeus scoffed coldly, disdainfully saying, “In my eyes, the words of Young Master Stewart are evidence! They are the fact! They are the truth!”
“Even if the reality isn’t so? If he says you’re a mobster, then you’re a mobster, if he says you’re a robber, then you’re a robber!”
“You’d better apologize to Young Master Stewart, notify Orion to lift the ban on Mr. McGuire and Ms. Wise, and then turn yourself in!”
Brooks chuckled, spreading his hands as if he controlled the whole world, and said:
“See? Such is the renown of the Stewart family. With a mere call to arms, everyone will side with me.”
“The little storm you’ve stirred up, I only need to lift my finger and it will calm.”
Flynn looked at Thaddeus and said, “What if I don’t do as you say?”
“Not do it?” Thaddeus sneered, “Fine, then I’ll ask Mr. Howe to arrest you in Mr. Richardson’s name, tidy you up for a couple of days, and then report to Mr. Richardson for disposal!”
Everyone smirked at this, shaking their heads in disdain.
A businessman’s friend trying to oppose a powerful family will surely end badly.
Flynn waved his hand and said lightly, “No need for that trouble, let’s skip to the last step. I’ll call Mr. Richardson and see if he dares to arrest me.”
“What? Did I hear that wrong? This guy actually said Mr. Richardson wouldn’t dare to arrest him?”
“Talking as if he’s more formidable than Mr. Richardson himself, how boastful. Thaddeus has been with Mr. Richardson all these years, how does he not recognize such a character?”
“He surely doesn’t think that by calling Mr. Richardson’s hotline to complain, Thaddeus would be scared off. Everyone knows Thaddeus is Mr. Richardson’s favored one.”
The crowd burst into laughter, thinking Flynn was just putting on airs and not taking his words seriously.
Flynn gave a hollow laugh and said, “I’m indeed not familiar with Mr. Richardson, but he would certainly be willing to teach you a lesson.”
“But I don’t have his number on my phone; I’ll need to ask Katrina for it, please wait a moment.”
The crowd was stunned, then burst into laughter.
“What? Miss Katrina? This guy looks like that and claims to have Mr. Richardson’s daughter’s phone number? Haha…”
“Not familiar with Mr. Richardson, doesn’t even have his phone number, and still spouts such pretentious nonsense, must be delusional.”
“Exactly, isn’t he just slapping his own face with those words? I’ve never seen such idiocy.”
Brooks also laughed out loud, finding Flynn too absurd. He admitted to not being close with Mr. Richardson and even lacking his phone number, yet naively thought Mr. Richardson would help him teach Thaddeus a lesson.