NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 529: Gone?
"Mr. Song, you mustn't joke like this! My heart isn't very good; such a prank could kill a person!"
Wayne pressed his right hand to his chest and squeezed out a thin smile as he said, "Aren't your friends doing it all for you? As long as you could casually mention it, wouldn't they..."
"I'm not joking!"
Song Yun said earnestly, "My friends, each with their significant backgrounds, are not mine to command. Whether they act or not, I have no right to interfere with whatever they want to do."
"I..."
Wayne felt a chill coursing through his body, a cold dread creeping up his spine!
He had been played!
He had parted with so much money for nothing! What now!
If the chairman learns about this, he might even be furious enough to kill me!!!
He dared not even think of the consequences!
"Mr. Song, why don't you ask your friends to see if they need compensation? Our Drue will do whatever it takes to make amends, even if we have to sell all we have!!"
"It's not a matter of money anymore. What they want, Drue might really not be able to afford."
Song Yun said with a chuckle.
Ever since Count Jackson began exerting his influence, this smokeless battle of business had no chance of settling down easily!
What they wanted was everything Drue had!
Including taking over the opponent's mines!
If they could be appeased with just a little money, they definitely wouldn't accept it!
So the real helmsman was no longer Song Yun, but rather the leading Count Jackson!
Of course, if they ended up victorious in the end, Song Yun would also get a significant share!
"I..."
Wayne's body trembled slightly, and with a clenched fist he said softly, "Excuse me, I need to use the restroom."
"Go ahead."
Wayne left the private room and quickly walked to the safety corridor, frantically typing on the keyboard to reach Joson across the ocean.
"Hello? How's the situation being handled?"
Joson was staring at the screen, which displayed negative news about Drue. With each passing second, dozens of new articles popped up!
This led to Drue's stock prices plummeting day after day! If they don't release some inspiring news soon, Drue might face delisting!
"I... Chairman, I'm sorry..."
"Clang..."
Over the phone, a cacophony erupted, followed by Joson yelling frantically, "What the hell happened! Wasn't everything handled perfectly??? Didn't I already arrange to transfer the money to Song Yun???"
"Yes... but Song Yun said, that money was just so he wouldn't trip us up while Drue was entering the Hua Country market. As for the issues at headquarters, he said he's powerless to intervene. He claimed it was a spontaneous action by his friends and has nothing to do with him!"
"Bullshit!"
Joson swore furiously, "If it has nothing to do with him, I'll twist off my head and kick it around like a football!"
"But now they've started to play dirty..."
Wayne said with a pained voice, "And when I suggested offering compensation to his friends in exchange for them to stop targeting Drue, he said what his friends want, Drue can't afford..."
"Huff, huff, huff..."
Heavy breathing came from the other end of the phone, as Joson was obviously enraged.
"Right now, our liquid assets amount to just over forty million!"
Joson screamed frantically, "We need to raise funds to unfreeze bank operations, use the money in the bank to fix safety issues in our mines for them to operate again! Or to pay those shitty luxury brands their compensations! At this critical moment, you're telling me the one hundred million US dollars have gone to waste??? My god!!!"
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"Get lost! I'm telling you, all these problems were caused by you. If we hadn't pressed Song Yun so hard, none of this would've followed. You are going to take full responsibility for this mess! Now, you have two choices: either dig into your own pockets to square the company's accounts, or get down on your knees and beg for Song Yun's forgiveness! Make your choice!"
After that, Joson hung up the phone.
Wayne lit a cigarette and sat on the steps of the stairway, lost in thought.
After a while, he stubbed out the cigarette, rubbed his face, and went back to the private room.
After that, he didn't mention a word about Drul during the dinner.
This change left Song Yun unable to figure out the other party's tactics.
It wasn't until the next day when Sun Yong called him to say Wayne had disappeared that Song Yun suddenly realized – this guy was playing the vanishing act, dragging things out!
Once Drul went bankrupt and those board members didn't have a penny to their names, they couldn't threaten him at all!
All he had to do during this time was turn off his phone and be an outsider!
This really was a... irresponsible but clever person!
On Song Yun's side, things seemed relaxed, but Drul was in complete chaos.
Because when Joson called Wayne, he found the other's phone was already turned off!
He truly wanted to curse all of Wayne's ancestors!
When he sent people to Wayne's home looking for his family, he discovered that they had apparently been forewarned and were nowhere to be found!
It looked like Wayne was completely prepared to slack off!
A mixture of extreme anger and powerlessness overwhelmed Joson.
"You can't come in! You can't come in!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The door to Joson's office was knocked twice, and before he could respond, someone had already pushed the door and entered.
The visitors were the representatives of those luxury brands.
"Chairman Joson, the delivery for this month from your company is already three days late! Do you have any idea how much loss these three days have caused us?!"
A luxury brand representative sat in front of Joson and said gravely, "Give me a clear answer now, are you going to pay the breach of contract compensation, or deliver the diamonds right away?"
"Everyone's seen Drul's current situation. We're out of money and all I have left is my life. If you really want my life, then take it."
Joson slouched back into his chair and said shamelessly, "All my money is frozen by the bank. Either you help me, or just go back where you came from."
"You!!! How can you have no sense of contract at all!"
"Hahahahaha, contract?"
Joson sat up with a villainous expression and said fiercely, "After I'm dead, let the flood come!"
"..."
Seeing even the highest tier of Drul was starting to slack off, the brand representatives lost their temper.
They couldn't really kill this old scoundrel, could they?
"As far as I'm concerned, unless you help me, Drul is going to file for bankruptcy soon, and by that time, I'll be using my money to live a respectable life as a wealthy man. As for your diamonds and breach of contract compensation, let it show up in your dreams!"
"How should we help?"
"Simple, each of you lend me one hundred million US dollars. Once I've thawed the bank's assets, I'll repay you immediately. Not to hide anything from you, there's still over ten billion in the bank, enough for an incredible comeback!"