Chapter 787



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Nora was a little surprised.

Elder Lady Hunt only gave her money because she had never believed in her ‘friends’, but wasn’t Joel in the Imperial League? Didn’t she see what King had said in the group?

King had already said in the group that the price of gold would go up in the future. He should have realized it after seeing the message, so why was he still giving him money?

Suddenly, Nora thought of something and looked directly at Tanya. She asked, “I see, what about Dad?”

Tanya replied, “Dad has been paying a lot of attention lately to what’s going on with you, but this time he didn’t offer to give you money. When I ran into him on my way here today, he didn’t mention anything about it either. I guess it didn’t occur to him. The money isn’t enough? I still have some, and so does Joel. How much more do you need?”

Now that Joel was Ian’s son, Tanya had also become his daughter-in-law.

Therefore, she was now also addressing Ian as Dad.

Hearing what Tanya said, Nora suddenly understood.

It turned out that Ian was still using that account Hadn’t he already given it to Joel? Why did he give it back? Honestly…

With that in mind, Nora looked down and slowly asked, “How’s Joel been doing lately?”

At her question, Tanya looked at Nora. A moment later, she finally sighed and said, “Actually, there’s something I don’t know if I should say or not.”

Nora replied, “Is there still something the two of us shouldn’t tell each other?”

The two were already close friends when they were still in Switzerland.

Now that Tanya was with Joel, she was leading a happy and blissful life. Along with how cute Mia was, even her personality had changed significantly for the better.

However, she had always been a straightforward woman, so she simply decided to say it bluntly. She said, “To be honest, Joel’s relationship with Dad became a bit delicate after your return. Dad had signed over all his shares in the company to Joel, but now that you’re back, Joel often says that everything the Smiths own should have been yours.”

Just as Nora was about to speak, Tanya sighed and continued. “But Dad says you’re lazy and don’t like to take care of those things, so he wants Joel to keep taking care of the company. You should also know that running a family business requires absolute control in the company’s stock, so this made Dad have to give him 51% of the shares. Dad only had 70% of the shares, so now he can only give you 19%. Because of this, Joel keeps saying that you are at too much of a disadvantage, so he has decided that, as long as he lives, he will give you half of all dividends he receives.”

Nora: “!”

He really didn’t have to.

She was fine as long as she had enough to spend. What would she need so much money for?

She turned it down right away. “No, that’s okay. I’ll set up my bank account to decline the funds.”

Nora’s way of doing things had always been direct and decisive.

Tanya covered her mouth and laughed. Compared to before, she had actually become much nicer. Seeing her, Nora couldn’t help but comment, “Laugh if you want to. Why are you covering your mouth?”

Tanya rolled her eyes. Then she said excitedly, “Nora, you know, I’ve always thought that relationships between people are predestined and that everyone we meet surely imparts a bit of knowledge to us. In Mia’s case, she taught me to be kind. How could I dare to be strong when I address her? Before I knew it, even my laughing became much softer!”.

However, Nora agreed with her.

Since she was a child, she had always been lazy and had never thought of having children. Who would have thought that she would suddenly become pregnant and even give birth to three at once….

As lazy and unwilling to communicate with others, with Cherry, the little chatterbox, flattering her all day long, before she knew it, even she had started talking more.

She felt she had talked more to Cherry than she had for the first twenty years of her life.

As she was thinking, Tanya came back to the charge. She said, “I knew you wouldn’t want it, so Joel said he’s thought of a way to make it up to you!”

A way to make it up to her?

“What is it?” asked Nora.

Tanya pursed her lips and replied, “It’s top secret between the Smiths, so how would I know? In any case, she told me not to worry.”

“…Oh.”

He handed the check back to Tanya. “When you get back, tell Joel that the price of gold will go up in two days. If he’s interested, he can buy some too.”

Tanya didn’t understand very well, but she was a messenger between the two of them, so she took the check and said, “Okay, I’ll tell him.”

Then she got up and left.

It wasn’t until she left Hunt Manor that Tanya realized something.

Because of what had happened to Justin, her heart had been heavy when she arrived. She wanted to accompany Nora as much as she could, but she also had to restrain herself and make sure she didn’t mention Justin, lest she make Nora sad.

But as he chatted with Nora, seeing that she was in such good spirits and didn’t look like she had just lost her beloved, he forgot all about it.

It wasn’t until he left that he finally remembered.

However…

Wasn’t Nora in too good a state?

Thinking about it, he shook his head slightly, repressed his doubts and turned back to the Smiths.

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After firing Tanya, without having time to wonder what Joel was referring to that was more important than the company’s stock, Nora went straight to Hunt Corporation.

Now that she was the president, the CEO of Hunt Corporation, she could no longer stay home and sleep late every day.

In addition, she had to take care of all the company’s affairs and get everything in order as soon as possible. Only then could she leave to look for the V16.

When Nora arrived at the company in the car, all the surrounding employees looked at her and started pointing and gesturing.

As soon as she reached her office, Roger invited himself in. Seeing Nora, he sighed quietly and said, “Nora, didn’t I already tell you to sell the gold reserves? Yet you refuse to listen! Well, look at that now we’ve taken more losses.”

Nora lowered her head. “Mmhmm.”

Roger hadn’t closed the door when he came in, deliberately letting the people in the secretarial department outside hear what he was going to say.

“Nora, I know you’re rich, and I also know that Grandma gave you $50 million. But it’s the company that’s losing money here! You have enough money to support your will, but what about the company’s shareholders? And the employees of the company too. What are they supposed to do?”.

Nora frowned and replied, “I will take all the losses. I will also give an explanation to the shareholders and the employees, you don’t have to worry.”

Before he arrived, Roger had already deduced that she would say that, so he immediately acted as if he was trying to persuade her and talk some sense into her.

“Nora, I know you’re rich. Even if you use Grandma’s $50 million as compensation, you can still get money from the Smiths. In the worst case, you can even make up the losses with Justin’s money, but don’t you know that you’re just eating up your savings with that? One day you will empty your savings. Besides, with the way you’re behaving, how are you going to give the people at Hunt Corporation any hope? Do you know that everyone in the company has been feeling nervous and uneasy since Justin’s accident? In fact, it is even rumored outside that Hunt Corporation is about to lose its position as the number one company in America.”

Nora: “?”

Roger continued. “Over the years, the Hunts and the Smiths have vied for the top spot in America. From the beginning, the profits of the two companies have been about the same. If there are losses on some projects, that may cause a change in our position. Do you really want that to happen?”

Everyone said the Smiths and the Hunts were competing and fighting with each other, but from Nora’s perspective, the two companies had always done business in a mutually beneficial way. It was fine as long as they both made money, why worry about who made more?

Whether it was Joel, Justin or even Ian, they had never thought about competing for the top spot and so on. On the contrary, these empty accolades were all given by outsiders.

Like Hunt, it was obvious that Roger understood.

But still, he had asked such an absurd question-especially when his question drew the attention of outsiders.

Through the doorway, Nora could see that everyone in the secretarial department had pricked up their ears to hear her answer.

Moreover, before she could answer, Roger was already starting to set her up. He said, “No, wait. Nora, you’re a Smith, so you must favor the Smiths! I see, so that’s how it is! … Even though you gave birth to Justin three sons, you’re still a Smith! And your daughter is a Smith too! Even after she and Justin recognized each other as father and daughter, she didn’t change her last name all this time!”

Roger suddenly thought of something and went so far as to say, “Now I get it, I’ve finally figured it out! I’ve been puzzling about why you refuse to cut our losses even though gold prices are clearly plummeting day by day. It turns out you were on the prowl.”

Nosy, gossipy secretaries were sending news of their dispute to the group’s chat rooms. Thus, Roger’s words were like a bolt of lightning that bombarded the hearts of all Hunt Corporation employees.

Everyone launched into an argument in the group chat.

[Is Miss Smith’s heart really not here?]

[Are you sure it’s not that serious? After all, the two families are already allied through a political marriage. They even have children].

[Dude, Miss Smith and Mr. Hunt were only engaged, not married yet! Legally, Miss Smith was not Mr. Hunt’s wife!].

[Oh dear! Now that you’ve put it like that, I’m suddenly starting to form a conspiracy theory here…. No, no, surely not. Is Miss Smith really here to harm us? Is a company as big as the Hunt Corporation really going to go bankrupt?].

[I feel so anxious! Will they fire the staff? Will they fire me? I’m already middle-aged. If I lose this job, I won’t be able to find a better one].

Everyone was speculating. For a while, everyone in the company panicked.

The local media also reported the incident and it made headlines in business news. For a while, everyone discussed it both on the Internet and in real life.

The focus of the discussion was:

For holding the top spot in the country, the Smiths were stooping too low.

Nora also came under fire on the Internet:

[Suddenly I understood the Smiths’ strategies – the way rich families manipulate people is really so sinister!]

[Oh my gosh, how scary.]

[Nora? She’s the most important in the society, right? So, the way to defeat the enemy is to give her a son, then inherit her business and bankrupt her company?].

Some journalists also cornered Nora and asked her opinion on the matter.

Nora merely looked at the camera and said a few words.

“In two days I will give you an answer.”

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