Female Novel
Chapter 2229
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2229 Based on a rough estimate, Gerald figured that thirty percent of the shares would probably amount toten billion dollars.
“Bingo. I’ve already been planning to tell you this for years, though Iwas never able to find you… Withthat said, now that we’ve finally met again, please accept my offering. I’ve already bought some of thecompany’s shares, and I’ll be transferring them to you later,” replied Derrick with a nod, his eyesblazing with passion. From the looks of it, he really wanted Gerald to have the money.
After a slight pause, Gerald simply chuckled before saying, “Aren’t you worried that I’ll take over yourcompany after you hand me the shares?”
“So what if you do? You saved my life! Had you not given me a chance to live, I wouldn’t have beenable to start the Fareast Consortium in the first place! Besides, you simply aren’t the kind of person todo such a thing!” replied Derrick.
Though his encounter with those bandits had taken place years ago, he still had nightmares about it.
Nightmares where Gerald never came to his rescue, resulting in his head getting chopped off by an ax.With that in mind, every time he woke up drenched in cold sweat, his gratitude toward Gerald only grewstronger and stronger.
Either way, upon hearing that, Gerald poured himself a cup of tea while saying, “Saving you was only asmall matter for me, so I really can’t accept your shares. However, if you still insist, I’m willing to acceptthe offer, though in return, we can’t meet up ever again. Which is it going to be?”
“That…” muttered Derrick, clearly not expecting Gerald to say that.
“Putting that aside, tell me honestly. Is the current Futaba family capable of meeting your company’srequirements for the collaboration?” asked Gerald as he attempted to change the topic.
Upon hearing that, Derrick’s expression turned slightly serious as he replied, “Unfortunately, theycan’t…”
“How large is the gap?” asked Gerald who had expected that answer. After all, while the old Futabafamily may have been able to pull it off, those leeches pretty much ruined everything by replacingteamwork with greed for money.novelbin
Gerald, for one, knew that Derrick had only offered the Futabas large contracts since Derrick had beenkeen to please him. While this would allow the Futaba family to revive, Gerald was honestly worriedthat Derrick’s decision would eventually come back to burden him. In fact, it could possibly affect theFareast Consortium as a whole, and Gerald really didn’t want Derrick to suffer a loss just because hewanted to help him.
Clearing his throat, Derrick then said, “Well… I’ll be saying things frankly then…”
“Go ahead. There’s only the two of us here now. Say whatever’s on your mind,” replied Gerald with anod.
“Well, as you’ve said, the gap is a bit wide… Since we worked together once a few years back, Ivaguely remembered the family being quite capable. However, after discussing with them in the pastfew days, I’ve unfortunately found that the family’s capabilities have greatly declined…” mutteredDerrick with a sigh.
Honestly, had Gerald not asked him to help them, he wouldn’t have given the Futabas a chance at all,at least from the moment he learned that their family was in such poor condition.
“To be honest, you could just hand them simpler contracts, you know? Anything good enough that’llhelp them recover. Following that, you can give them the more standard contracts,” replied Gerald ashe stroked his untrimmed goatee.
“I had thought about that too, though in the end, I just told my secretary to loosen the requirements. Asa precaution, I’ve also selected a group of technical staff and company management personnel who’llbe heading to the Futaba family’s company to lend them a hand in a few days. With that said, thisshouldn’t be too much of a problem in the end,” said Derrick.