Female Novel
Chapter 2289
“Mr. Holston, you're quite observant," Jason mocked him before the other two said anything.
“I was just looking out for Mr. Mallory by spying on them," Jim said joyfully.
"You could recognize a thousand-dollar watch? Has your taste in fashion downgraded after gettingmarried?" Percy seized the opportunity and dealt him a mighty blow to get revenge on him for makingfun of Nina for not being able to cook.
Even if Nina did not know how to cook, she was still the best. They could just leave the cooking to themaid. As long as she stayed by his side, that would be way better than mastering any skill.
"The year is ending soon, so I did my research because of employee benefits." Jim noticed hisuninterested expression and asked, "Are you really not going over there to take a look?"
"After what happened between him and Pierre, there's no way he would go over there." Luke picked uphis wine glass and slowly swirled it unlike the other two who downed theirs.
Percy took a sip of wine and rolled his eyes at Luke.novelbin
Why was he such a blabbermouth?
"Did you two really cut ties?" Jim did not know much about it as all his attention was focused onScarlett.
"Sort of, which is why I called you here today to ask you a favor," Percy said bluntly.
"What favor?" Jim turned serious as Percy was not one to ask someone else for help easily. If thosewords came out of his mouth, it must be a very serious situation.
"I need your investment account to purchase the rest of Mallory Corporation's odd lots circulating in thestock market. Pierre is also doing the same right now, and if he ends up with more shares than me,there'll be a change of hands in Mallory Corporation."
"That's it? I'd still help you even if you told me this over the phone. No problem. You have my word."Jim agreed immediately without asking about the reasoning behind it.
When the time came, it did not matter whether Percy wanted to take back the shares or let him keepthem.
As long as Percy was in charge of Mallory Corporation, a huge crisis would not occur. hence, it wouldnot be a big deal even if Percy decided not to take the shares back as there would be continuousdividends anyway.
"Thank you." Percy expressed his gratitude.
“Mr. Mallory, I want to be a minor shareholder of Mallory Corporation too," said Jason all of a sudden ashe had always made investments.
He obtained a lot of information from following Luke around, so he would know about the marketdynamics way earlier than others, which was why he had excellent timing in buying stocks.
Over the years, he had earned a hefty sum from his investments.
"Sure, you can buy some shares with your boss and Jim." Percy did not care who bought those sharesas long as they were in the hands of people he knew and trusted.
"But do you have a chance of winning? If the Mallory family decides to support Pierre, it won't workeven if we've purchased the majority of the shares. Old Master Mallory and your parent's sharescombined will definitely surpass yours."
"As of right now, they're just temporarily providing Pierre financial support. It's not yet clear whetherthey'll support him with the shares in their hands. It's only a test, and if he passes, I'll need to give upMallory Corporation; but if Pierre fails the test, Mallory Corporation will still be in my hands." Percyunderstood the consequences.
Although Old Master Mallory was against his relationship with Nina, he did not act rashly by using hispower to support Pierre.
Besides, Mallory Corporation was a big deal. If it fell into the hands of someone incompetent, theconsequences would be disastrous.
Percy wanted Old Master Mallory to realize that even if he played dirty and the entire Mallory familywas on Percy's side, he would never be able to get more shares.
"It seems like Old Master Mallory hasn't completely lost his senses. He's still very shrewd," Jim praisedhim. If Old Master Mallory was not shrewd, he would have just handed the company over to Pierre. Hewould not need to go through all of this.
"He's the founder of Mallory Corporation, so of course, he won't take such big risks," said Percy.
Old Master Mallory had gone through blood, sweat, and tears to establish Mallory Corporation, so hewould not let it fall that easily.
Even though he had been abdicated, he still followed Mallory Corporation's status closely. If Percy haddone a bad job in operating the company in the early years, the company would have been in Pierre'shands right now.
Likewise, if Pierre did a bad job, Old Master Mallory would run it himself.
Therefore, in Old Master Mallory's eyes, Mallory Corporation was as precious as life itself.
"I look forward to cooperating with you all." Jim raised his glass.
The remaining three raised their glasses to clink them too.
Luke added, "Jim, I have something to tell you too."
"Is it about Peace Valley Villa?" Jim guessed it at once.
"Yup." Luke nodded. He had told Jim to inform him immediately if Matysh were to check out of his roomthere.
"What about it?" Jim asked.
"I want to know who he met at the villa," said Luke as this was not a difficult task for Jim.
"That's not too hard. It just involves breaching the privacy of the guests, so you owe me one after this,"Jim said jokingly, when in fact, they would help each other whenever anyone was in trouble.
Their relationship was much better than superficial friends.
"Sure," said Luke. It did not matter how deeply indebted he was to others, as long as Luca was safe.
"Cheers to that, and you have to finish this glass." Jim filled Luke's glass to the brim.
"No problem." After clinking glasses, Luke downed his entire glass.
Percy lit a cigarette and held it in his hand without smoking it. "Now that we're done talking about this,let's talk business."
Luke and Jim looked at him at the same time.
"Mr. Mallory must be talking about the development in the suburbs." Jason understood right away. Afterbeing by Luke's side for so long, he could roughly guess what these big bosses were going to say next.
"Only you get me. Are you really not going to consider coming over to Mallory Corporation?" Percygrinned.
"Mr. Mallory, I think it's better for me to stay out of your company's conflict." Jason rejected him outright.
"I guarantee that you won't lose your job. I'll have more confidence to win if you're here," said Percy.
"Don't you mess with my people," warned Luke as he swirled his wineglass. He was deep in thought.
He was not thinking about the development of the suburbs but Luca.
"Luca is your person, and Jason is Ms. Carter's person," Percy said deliberately.
Luke rolled his eyes at him.
Jim brought the conversation back to the main topic. "Has the development of the suburbs beendecided for real this time?"
"It's been decided that an announcement will be made after the new year, and it'll be done throughbidding," said Luke. If the word came from Jack himself, then it could be confirmed that thedevelopment would indeed be carried out.