A trickle of cold sweat appeared on Flynn’s forehead as he hurriedly explained, “No, I would never dare to do so. I’m just trying to make it up for how I offended you just now, Mr. Laine.”
“Making up for a mistake is a must, but these aren’t necessary. They won’t solve the problem,” Jasper said coldly.
“Stupid fool! Aren’t you going to take them away?” Scully gritted his teeth as he bellowed at Flynn.
Flynn had no idea what he had done wrong. However, the only thing he could do was get his staff to remove all the dishes that had been added before he stood at attention on the sidelines.
Jasper used his fork to get himself a meatball and said to Victor, “Director Gul, let’s eat. Don’t be shy.”
Victor laughed bitterly. He had no choice but to pick up his cutleries and begin eating, even if the food tasted bland to him.
“Let’s continue with our previous conversation,” Jasper said as he ate.
“I don’t care how the leases for these commercial properties were worded previously. Either way, the previous leases will naturally all become invalid now that I’ve bought these 266 commercial properties. I wouldn’t want any complicated relationships getting in the way of the area’s advancement in the future.
“I spent so much money buying these commercial properties, there’s no way I’ll rent them out for 70,000 to 80,000 dollars. I wouldn’t be able to get even the interest back. Director Gull, I trust you guys would be able to understand, right?”
The expression on Victor’s face changed as he hurriedly said, “Don’t worry, Mr. Laine. I’ll take care of the relevant work to clear out all the problematic contracts.”
“That’s good. I won’t have to trouble anyone above you if that’s the case. After all, they have a lot of matters to take care of every day, and I would be embarrassed to trouble them with such trivial things,” Jasper said as he smiled.
Victor finally breathed a sigh of relief.
What Jasper said sounded soft and gentle, but in reality, it was an iron fist in a velvet glove.
He had made his meaning clear. Victor could be in charge of this if he was capable enough. If he was not, Jasper would look for his superiors.
How would Victor have the guts to let the deputy mayor know about the sh*tshow that had happened today? All the praises he received this afternoon would have been for nothing, and he might even end up getting punished instead.
Flynn felt his knees go weak when he finished listening to the conversation.
He was sure of one thing.
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