Female Novel
Chapter 971
Chapter 971
lan settled into his seat, his fingers drumming a slow rhythm on the table, just like he used to duringboard meetings.
All eyes in the room were on Dennis.
Dennis’s hand, hanging loosely at his side, slowly clenched into a fist. His face was ashen, and he tooka deep breath.
“The bet is over, lan. The 20% of company shares you used to hold is now in my possession,” he spat,his voice tight with anger. “Your presence at this meeting is a mere humiliation.”
lan glanced up at the clock on the wall.
Before he could say anything, Mr. Haley chimed in.
“What does it matter whether it’s over or not? I’m sure Mr. Raymond has other plans. Besides, I’vewanted to give him the 5% shares of the EcoTraverse Group since the beginning. He refused, and hadno choice but to hold onto them“.
Mr. Haley was buttering up lan, something he would never do when dealing with other members of theRaymond family.
What did Mr. Haley’s words imply?
If he wanted to give the shares to lan, it meant that lan could win the bet. But he deliberately delayeduntil the end, intentionally arriving late. Impossible!
A flash of disbelief followed by anger crossed Dennis’s eyes.
“Mr. Haley, what do you mean by this?” he asked.
“Wasn’t it obvious?, Mr. Raymond didn’t want to win.”
Mr. Haley grabbed a file from the table, using it as a makeshift fan for lan, as if afraid that the tenseatmosphere in the room would make him too warm.
Jeff, standing on the other side of lan, found Mr. Haley’s fawning amusing.
No wonder the CEO had said earlier that Mr. Haley was a man who knew the right time to act.
The other members of the Raymond family in the room were starting to panic.
“What do you mean he didn’t want to win? lan, stop playing games. After the way you’ve treated us, doyou think we’ll believe you?”
“That’s right, you’ve shown us no respect. Compared to your brother, you’re a disappointment.”
“This position should have been Eric’s. You should have stepped down long ago.”
lan leaned back, his face expressionless.
At that moment, a staff member from the share custody institution approached and asked lan, “Mr.Raymond, should we announce the share composition now?”
lan nodded, and the staff member straightened up and pulled out the record of lan’s share purchase.
“These are the 30% of the Raymond Corporation shares that Mr. Dennis mortgaged with our institution.It was stated in the agreement that mortgaging carries risks. If someone offers a price higher than themarket price during the same period, the institution may sell these shares. Unfortunately for Mr. Dennis,Mr. Raymond offered a price higher than the market price, so these 30% of shares now belong to Mr.Raymond. In addition, Holden has already signed a share transfer agreement, and his 15% of shares
also go to lan. This is witnessed by two lawyers, so the shares that Mr. Raymond holds are now 70%,making him the undeniable CEO of the Raymond Corporation, even exceeding his previousshareholding of 55%.
After the staff member had finished, the room fell silent momentarily, before Dennis burst out indisbelief.
“Impossible! There was a dispute over lan’s position as the CEO of the Raymond Corporation before,and he has no right to use the company’s assets to buy shares!”
The staff member pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
“Who said Mr. Raymond used the Raymond family’s assets?”
Dennis’s face paled instantly.
“I don’t believe it! I will ask the police to investigate this matter. This is business fraud by lan! He willend up in jail!”
The two top lawyers present spoke up.
“Mr. Dennis, all of Mr. Raymond’s actions are legal and compliant.”
These two lawyers were very well–known and often appeared in various interviews and newspapers.Their words couldn’t be wrong.
lan had always been known for using legal loopholes in business to make others lose everything.
Dennis instinctively stepped back, his chest aching with rage, his vision blurred by anger.novelbin