“Thirty percent loss?” Francis thought that he had misheard it. He remembered that Michael said that he had earned five per cent before this. “Michael made five percent that day, didn’t he? Why would I suddenly lose 30 percent?”
The assistant looked calm and collected when he saw how anxious Francis was. “Yes, he had earned some profits at first, but he suffered 40 percent of losses when the market had a flash crash for the past two days.”
Francis was stunned when he heard the bad news. He then grabbed his assistant’s hand and said, “Is this true?”
The assistant pulled his hand away and said, “Yes. Michael had been keeping tabs on the stocks for two days straight. I think you can’t contact him because he’s probably resting now.”
“Didn’t he say that he would definitely make profits?” Francis was incredibly anxious and his veins were throbbing on his forehead.
The assistant frowned slightly and said, “Sir, there is no such thing as an investment that would definitely bring in profits. You have been in doing business for a long time, so you should be very clear about it, right?”
“But before this…”
The assistant immediately interrupted Francis, “That was before. Wasn’t there a guy that managed to increase his portfolio by 20-fold in 10 days? So isn’t it normal for investments to have profits and losses?”
“Call Michael and find him immediately!” Francis held his chest, but he still couldn’t help but scream at the top of his lungs.
The assistant’s attitude was cold. “Sir, I’m very sorry but I can’t find Michael!”
Francis stared at Michael’s assistant and gasped in anxiety. He was not a fool and he knew that the assistant was lying. Michael must be afraid to see him after losing so much money, right?
Since Michael didn’t want to see him, he couldn’t change the current situation by staring at his assistant either. The most important thing was to deal with his losses first.
Francis softened his tone and said, “I know that Michaelis hiding away from me because he lost a portion of the funds. Tell him that I won’t blame him and that we should meet up to discuss what to do next.”
“Sir, you’re thinking too much. This investment is something that you had done willingly and it was clearly written in the contract that you signed with Michael. You have to take responsibility for your losses. Profits and losses are inevitable in investments, so Michael has no reason to hide from you. If you really want to take out the money now, I can help you deal with it immediately.”
“You!” Francis was so angry when he heard this that he almost fainted. He knew that Michael would not see him, so he left with Frederick in a huff because it was useless for him to continue waiting.
Francis leaned against his seat motionlessly after he got into the car. Frederick looked at him worriedly and asked, “Sir, are you okay?”
“I feel terrible! I lost so much money… Do you think I can earn it back?”
Frederick didn’t know, but he couldn’t say anything about the current situation and he could only comfort Francis. “You’ll get it back, so you don’t have to worry!”
How could Francis not worry? A loss of 30 per cent was a huge amount of money. How could he have dared to invest such a huge sum at that time and why did he only take the profits into consideration?
The more Francis thought about it, the more he regretted it. His company’s stock price was plummeting. He had taken a bank loan and liquidated all of his assets to transfer all of the funds to Michael. If he really failed this time, the consequences he would face would be unimaginable.
Francis was extremely worried, but it was impossible for him to take out the funds from Michael’s account at a 30 per cent loss.
It would definitely get better, right? Francis was deep in thought. Since the market would have ups and downs, maybe there would be some good news soon.
After Francis left, his assistant knocked on the door of Michael’s lounge. “Mr. Davis, he’s gone!”
Michael opened the door with a smile and walked out. “D*mn it, I’m acting like I’ve committed a crime.”
“I just took a look. A hundred million dollars worth of stocks of the Gurney family have been sold! Their stocks will probably be locked down soon, right?”
“It all depends on William. It’ll be open again when he makes his move.”
“Is he planning to buy the stocks of the Gurney family?” The assistant was taken aback when he heard this because he still didn’t know what William’s plan was.
Michael sat down and took a sip of tea. “No, but I’m going to wipe out the Gurney family with him!”
The assistant was extremely shocked. He had always thought that Michael wanted to take revenge on Francis because the latter had schemed against him, but he had never thought that Michael would actually destroy the Gunrey family’s company.
Michael did not show up even after Azalea stayed in the hospital for three hours, so she left the hospital with the servants and her son.
Azalea was in an extremely bad mood on the way back when she saw her son sleeping in the nanny’s arms.
Just as she was in a foul mood, she got into a collision with another car on the road.
The other party was driving a new car, so he got out of the car and accused Azalea’s driver of being in the wrong with extremely foul language.
Azalea was furious when she listened to this in the car, so she immediately opened the door and got out to argue with the other man.
The other party didn’t give in at all and continued to scold Azalea. In the end, they ended up in a physical fight. Since Azalea brought her driver and nanny with her, they were evenly matched since the other party had four passengers on board. It wasn’t until the police arrived that their fight was forcefully stopped.
Both sides were taken to the police station, but Azalea still wanted to use her status to her advantage. “I’m from the Davis family…”
“Everyone is equal in the face of the law!” The police did not give in to Azalea at all.
Azalea, of course, was unwilling to sit in the interrogation room, so she wanted to leave with the excuse that her child was sick. However, the police just asked the nanny to take the child away. They said that since Azalea had instigated the fight, she had to be investigated since she was the chief culprit.
Azalea was very annoyed after being questioned by the police repeatedly. She called Francis for help, but the latter did not answer the phone. Hence, she had no choice but to call Meadow again.
Meadow didn’t answer her call either, so she had to stay in the police station for four hours before she was released.
It was already nine o’clock at night when she left the police station. Azalea was angry and hungry. How dare Meadow not answer her call when she could return to the Davis family because Azalea had pleaded for mercy. Since Meadow turned a blind eye to her request for help, Azalea was planning to vent all of her anger out on Meadow.
Unexpectedly, she realized that the atmosphere of the Davis family was extremely strange when she returned. The servants were not as enthusiastic as they were in the morning when they saw Azalea, and they pretended not to see her as they walked past her without saying hello.
All of the servants acted similarly, so Azalea knew something was wrong when she caught onto their attitudes.
She wanted to throw a fit before this, but she started to calm down. Just as she strode into the living room, she found that Michael, Stanty, and Meadow were all in the living room. Besides them, there was a perverted-looking man standing in the middle of the room.
When the man saw Azalea, he turned his head and looked at her affectionately. “Azalea, you’re finally back! I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!”