Life at The Top novel Chapter 611

In Skyward Aluminum Co., Ltd.

The atmosphere was suffocating.

Expressionlessly, Conrad took the main seat and slammed his palm on the table, frightening the senior executives who shuddered in fear.

“Are all of you useless? I spend a few millions each year on you and you’re telling me none of you have a single plan when someone is trying to acquire our company?!

“They’ve just made their move and you guys are already frantic? How do you expect me to believe in your abilities from now on, huh?”

Conrad’s reprimand echoed in the meeting room, and everyone looked down silently.

No one dared to meet their boss’ eyes at such a critical time.

Conrad’s sinister eyes swept through the meeting room before they finally fell on a balding middle-aged man.

“Benjamin, you’re the manager of the investment department. This is part of your business scope. I want a report written right away and given to me today, or you can go to the Human Resources Department, finalize your salary, and leave.”

Benjamin looked distressed as he spoke, “Please calm down first, Mr. Monty.

“There’s something strange with the funds that were used to increase our company’s share price this time. The evidence we have on hand shows that these funds were from Harbor City, not the Mainland.

“So I’ve been wondering if our share price rising to the limit is a result of an investor who decided to enter the market to benefit from it, seeing how JW and Haddock are going to team up and acquire.”

Benjamin’s words had everyone’s eyes shining with hope.

Everyone had assumed that the rise in share price was caused by Jasper and Haddock, so they had not thought of it from such an angle.

If what Benjamin said was true, then the nature of the matter was completely different.

It did not matter who bought those shares, as long as it was not Jasper.

Conrad furrowed his brows and pondered aloud, “Not bad. This is a completely different view on the matter. Continue.”

Seeing that his thoughts had been approved of, Benjamin let out a sigh of relief and continued to speak, “If that’s the case, then the situation is much better. Despite being faced with a forceful acquisition, I believe that there’s quite a lot we can do.

“You currently hold 40% of the company’s shares, Mr. Monty. Southeast Province Mining Co., Ltd holds another 30%, leaving 30% more in the stock market. This is the situation now.

“We have two options. We either officially announce that the company is buying back its shares, or negotiate with Southeast Province Mining Co., Ltd to see if we could take back a percentage of the shares they hold.

“We just have to ensure that you have more than 50% of shares in hand, Mr. Monty. Because even if Jasper manages to buy all the shares and becomes one of our shareholders, what can he do?

“Nothing.

“He’d have wasted all his hard work only to advertise for us in the end. Plus, if we manage to buy our shares back this time, our share price would increase quite a bit as well.”

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While Conrad had summoned all of Skyward Aluminum’s senior executives to discuss plans to retaliate, Jasper was currently on a video call with Jake who was far away in Harbor City.