“Hehe…”
Victor was all smiles as he approached Frank, passing him his cup of tea and asking tentatively, “Mr. Lawrence, I’ve just spoken to Uncle Emilio himself, and he sends his best regards.”
“I see.”
Frank nodded he was certainly not afraid of Victor messing around, even drinking the tea right away and nodding. “This is good tea.”
“Hehe… If you like it, I can have it delivered to you, Mr. Lawrence.”
“That’s unnecessary.” Frank refused, stretched his back, and turned to Helen. “Let’s discuss what you owe Lanecorp. If I recall, it’s 200 million dollars in investment funds, and regarding the interest…” “Oh, don’t worry about it.” Victor smiled, stopping Frank from counting-he was plenty shrewd enough to understand. “Just take 300 million dollars from me, with 100 million as interest. Consider it a well wisher’s gift to Lanecorp. Will that do?”
“Yeah.” Frank nodded.
Helen, however, frowned uncomfortably. “That’s inappropriate. The debt has aged for a while, but it shouldn’t be worth 100 million—”
“Hey now.” Victor chuckled. “Are you belittling my company here, or me? A hundred million dollars for a present is really insignificant in my opinion! Take it, or you’d be insulting us Soranos!” Seeing that Victor was determined, Helen nodded in exasperation.
She turned to Frank, feeling proud as she suddenly realized her husband was ten times more impressive than she believed.
And here she thought Victorget was going to be a tough nut to crack…
But all Frank had to do was show up, and Victor Sorano was coughing up every last dime, even adding 100 million dollars on top of that!
All the board members were shocked when Helen had Owen relay what had happened.
Since the cunning thugs of Victorget had been tording over the city for so long, the board members certainly knew that the company was backed by the Soranos of Morehn. S
And yet, their new board chairwoman had managed to make them pay anyway without putting up a fight.
They certainly feared that she was even more horrific than they expected!
And once they received word, the board members’ mindset certainly changed.
One could argue that they were coerced from the start before being convinced they could become richer by working with Helen.
Now, however, they were utterly willing to serve her.
Naturally, there were also losers in this turn of events.
After all, not only did Kallum have to receive news that Helen succeeded in collecting the debt from Victorget, but he also received news of his san’s death.
Victor had actually called Kallum personally, allowing him to hear his son’s last words as their partnership drew to a close.
“Dad, Frank Lawrence is the real deal, not Helen Lane! He looks unseemly, but we can’t afford to mess with him!”
Cid was bawling, and he soon screamed.
Then, there was silence.
Victor then chuckled coolly. “Don’t call me cold, Kallum. It’s your son who lacked tact and messed with people he shouldn’t. If anything, you should be watching your back too.”
And with that, he hung up, leaving a dumbfounded Kallum collapsing into his office chair.
