Looking at the plummeting numbers, her ears buzzed. She opened her mouth in a daze, “How much is the loss per share?”
Such ruthlessness threw everyone into chaos like a bolt from the blue.
Shamar said to himself, “Buy more.”
Callie spoke hesitantly, “But we… we have no more funds.”
They had no strength left to fight back…
Shamar shook his head in disbelief, “No, didn’t they say it was only two billion!”
They quickly realized that last week’s tug-of-war in the market was just a smokescreen. There wasn’t just one shell company; there was another one secretly buying stocks, and today, they shorted everything…
They had been deceived…
The funds used for the acquisition were far more than two billion…
Callie no longer cared whether Litzy had deceived her or if someone had used Litzy.
A heavy blow struck her, painful yet awakening.
Someone rushed in and said to Shamar, “We should liquidate immediately… if we delay any longer…”
If they sold the stocks now, outsiders would certainly buy at low prices and use their holdings to…
If they didn’t build a position, Shamar wouldn’t even need to file for bankruptcy…
No matter what, Shamar had lost this battle in the financial world.
Not just Shamar, but Callie too.
Someone had taught her a lesson and slapped her in the face.
Callie’s personal phone rang at this moment. She trembled, looking at the unmarked number, and slowly answered.
Her ears continued to buzz, but the man’s cold voice was crystal clear, “How does it feel?”
“It’s you.” Callie showed no expression, but it was expected. Her knuckles turned white as she gripped the phone, “You are despicable.”
“Naive.” Nelson sneered mercilessly, as if educating a rebellious child, “Didn’t Jaquan teach you? When I engaged in a tug-of-war with you in the stock market, you should have guessed that a hostile takeover couldn’t be so one-sided. You invested all your funds; that was foolish.”
His straightforward and mocking words echoed in her mind. Callie closed her eyes tightly and slowly squatted down, trying to regulate her breathing.
In his eyes, she was just a clown.
The person who barged into the office suddenly said, “Stop adding more funds, liquidate!”
Shamar gave him a look, signaling him to leave first. Then he walked over to Callie and frowned as he suggested, “Is there any way to get Jaquan to continue supporting us…”
Before he could finish his sentence, the voice on Callie’s phone flared up like fire, words cold and desperate, “You probably don’t know that I’m currently playing chess with Karlie’s father at Faithview Group.”
The last hope was extinguished.
Callie already knew what lay ahead for her and Jaquan beyond this dire situation.
Biting her knuckles, she forced out cold words through clenched teeth, “You are ruthless.”
After about a minute, Nelson’s emotionless voice came through, “Not as much as you, Callie.”
“If you knew me better, didn’t go to Jaquan, or restrained all your thoughts of escape, you wouldn’t be in this predicament today.”
“If you had accepted the flowers I sent you, even hesitated to take a look, you would have found the card I wrote inside. The card detailed every step I planned to take against Scott Group. If you had read it, you could have turned the tables.”