Chapter 246 Take Action
Ivan looked at the dejected people in front of him, and his face twitched with anger. “You said you failed? I didn’t expect so many of you couldn’t even handle a woman! What are you doing? It turned out that I spent so much money supporting you no–goods!”
The few people who had gone to make trouble lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Ivan. They had to bear Ivan venting his anger. After a long time, their head said in a low voice, “Mr. Smith, we didn’t expect this woman to be so scheming. She used the carrot–and–stick approach so well that she fooled us. Those workers‘ families were as timid as hares. A few words of that woman frightened them to beg for mercy.”
After hearing what he said, Ivan sneered, “Don’t make excuses for you guys. I think you guys exposed yourselves.”
It was not that Ivan had never seen Cynthia before. To him, she was just a good–looking and soft woman and always hid behind Alston. She was, at best, an obstetrician with good medical skills. She had never been in business, so how could she be so calculating?
Ivan thought they must be making excuses for their failures.
“Get out of here! I don’t want to see you!” Ivan roared, and those people had no choice but to leave in a panic.
Ivan sat on the sofa to temper his anger. Although the consequences of what had happened today were
different from what he expected, and he was annoyed that it did not cause any loss to the Smith Group, Cynthia was the only one who showed up when such a significant incident happened. Something happened to Alston.
After realizing it, he couldn’t help but smile. To him, it was a godsend opportunity. If he could take the chance to defeat the Smith Group, there would be no one in Jadney City who only knew Alston and didn’t know Ivan. After being suppressed by him for half his life, he could finally turn over.
Ivan couldn’t wait to see this day coming, and his face was full of excitement. As soon as he thought of the scene that Alston would be trampled underfoot by him in the future, he was ravished with joy.
Just when he was in a state of euphoria, his secretary knocked on the door suddenly and came in, handing over the report forms for the first half of the year to him.
Ivan retracted his smile, but there was a little joy in his eyes and brows, and he seemed to be in a very good mood.
Seeing him like this, the secretary smiled and asked, “Mr. Smith, you look so happy. What happened?”
Ivan flipped through the report forms casually, and after hearing the secretary’s words, he raised his head to look at him. “Great news. Our Tansy Group is going to turn over!”
The secretary needed clarification about what he said..
“Wait and see. Our good days are coming,” Ivan said meaningfully. Then he asked the secretary to have an eye on the Smith Group these days and reported to him whenever what happened.
Everything seemed to be calm over the past few days, but the Smith family, operating steadily, frequently made mistakes. Except for the leading businesses like real estate and technology, those small projects had frequent problems, and even because several projects suffered heavy losses, they had to be canceled.
All the significant families in Jadney City took a wait–and–see attitude, wondering if there was something wrong with the Smith Group. Still, because the Smith Group’s employees were unforthcoming about what had happened, they sent people to investigate for several days but got nothing.
When Ivan heard this from the secretary, he almost grinned ear to ear. He thought Cynthia didn’t have any business talent as he expected because it took little time for the Smith Group to lose so much. “Sure enough, women are women. What they need to do is to stand behind the men. It is unnecessary to e in the limelight,‘ Ivan couldn’t help but think.
The Smith Group had a problem, so his chance came.
Ivan looked at the Secretary and asked, “How much liquidity does our company have?”
The secretary didn’t know why he was asking this, but he still checked it out and told him. “There are 16 million you can transfer.”
“So little?” Ivan frowned. Such miserable money was not enough for what to do. “The Tansy Group has a good performance during this period, so it shouldn’t be only so little.”
When he said these words, the secretary showed an embarrassed look. “Mr. Smith, it is not inconsiderable. Our group needs to invest money in many projects during this period, and this amount of money is for emergencies.”
Ivan smacked his mouth and said, “Withdraw the money. I have something to do.”
The secretary was startled. “Mr. Smith, no. The money is for emergencies. If you take it away, what should we do if something happens to our company?”
Ivan was impatient to hear what the secretary said, so he waved his hand to interrupt the secretary. “Enough. Our Tansy Group has such good momentum. What will happen to it? I need the money urgently. Don’t worry. It will bring many benefits for our company, and it won’t take long before we earn back.”
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