As he looked at Vinny, who was crying and sullen with remorse, Greg felt indifferent.
Had it not been for Jasper, Greg would be the one who was sitting on the ground in agony.
At the end of the day, all of this happened not because Vinny had offended Greg, but because he offended Greg, who had Jasper as his boss. Therefore, Greg knew very well where all this power came from and whom he should thank for it.
Jasper and his gang did not walk far. After all, they had to wait for Greg to finish taking care of things. So, they walked to a café near the restaurant where they found a quiet corner and sat down.
The business on Greg’s side had not been finished yet, so even though Jasper and Todd had something to say to each other, they both stopped themselves. Even Todd, who had obviously humbled himself, did not act too eagerly.
This was the rule of negotiation. The party who spoke first usually gave up their advantage.
The illusory initiative in negotiation was a key factor that represented huge interests.
One had to speak sentence by sentence and do things one at a time.
They would have to say something after Greg got here anyway, so Todd was not in a hurry. Hence, he only chatted about nonsense with Jasper to pass the time.
After a while, Greg hurried over from the door.
“Mr. Laine, it’s done.”
Unbeknownst to Greg, he had started to address Jasper as Mr. Laine instead of just his name.
Greg did not notice this small change while Jasper’s smile remained unchanged. However, he let out a huge sigh in his heart.
Now that Greg had started to address him as Mr. Laine, it meant that he had lost another friend and gained another competent subordinate. Only God knew whether he had lost or benefitted from this.
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