As soon as he said those words, everyone’s faces turned dark and somber.
Conrad felt like the fire within him had been ignited. Even though he managed to keep a lid on it, it was at the brink of exploding at any time.
“How ignorant can you get?!” Conrad said with a sneer.
Henry was full of smiles as he was pleased to see Conrad and Mitch infuriated yet were unable to vent out their frustrations. They looked as if they had eaten a fly.
After clearing his throat, Dwayne turned to Jasper. He was unsure what Jasper had up his sleeve, so he asked, “Mr. Laine, are you sure you want to make those two motions you mentioned earlier?”
“I’m sure.” Jasper nodded, giving Dwayne his affirmation.
Dwayne sighed. Seeing how Jasper was determined to embarrass himself, he made no further attempts to stop him and said, “Now that Mr. Laine, holding 24% of the shares, has made the motions, we will begin voting on the first motion.”
“I object.”
Conrad expressed his opinion at almost the same time Dwayne finished his sentence.
Dwayne cleared his throat and said, “Mr. Monty, holding 40% of the shares, objects. I abstain from voting on behalf of the 6% shares held by all retail investors.”
As Dwayne said those words, he turned to look at Colin Walter who had yet to say a word so far. After thinking about it, Dwayne thought it was pointless for him to prompt the other man and announced straight away, “Because the majority voted against the first motion, I announce that Mr. Laine’s first motion is invalid—”
“Hold on, Mr. Martin. Mr. Walter has not spoken yet. Isn’t this against the standard operating procedure?” Jasper said calmly.
Dwayne was taken aback for a moment and gazed at Jasper with a look of dissatisfaction.
In his opinion, Jasper was too hard-headed that he had even failed to recognize his good intentions.
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