King’s Awakening - Chapter 175
Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Carrot and stick, intimidation and bribery!
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Whoosh!
Upon hearing this, Sherry Jones’s face suddenly turned ugly, and she immediately felt wronged.
Mori Jones, having witnessed this, couldn’t help but speak up, “Mom, you can’t blame Sherry. You don’t know how much harm my big brother has done to Jones Group lately.
You suddenly announced a 200 million dollar deal for Sherry, but how can she just…”
Outrageous!
Before Mori could finish her sentence, Old Madam Jones’s face suddenly darkened. She coldly retorted, “What are you implying, that I’m hurting her now?
Mori! You better take a look! It’s a 200 million dollar deal, written in black and white. How can I hurt her?!
I’m warning you, if you refuse to sign this deal today, I’ll immediately call a board meeting and fire you. Then, you can say sorry to Mr. Weiden with that bastard White Mitchell.
It’s either one or the other and you must give me an answer today!”
Old Madam Jones’s stance was extremely resolute and threatening, causing Sherry Jones to be even more hesitant.
“Grandma, I…” Sherry looked at Old Madam Jones, her face strained.
At this time, the elder referred to as Sir Jaak by Old Madam Jones, pretended to look disappointed and said: “Old Madam Jones, it seems that you are not doing a good job as the Family Head.
How could a youngster dare to defy the orders of the Family Head? If she were my granddaughter, I would have slapped her and kicked her out of the house.
It seems that the business deal won’t be made today. Never mind, I will not demean myself, just pretend I never came. I’ll find someone else to work with. It’s all the same to me.”
Hearing this, Old Madam Jones appeared to be uncontrollably furious and glared at Sherry: “What are you waiting for?! Apologize to Sir Jaak now!”
This…
Sherry stood in place, looking bitter, unable to make up her mind.
Seeing this, Old Madam Jones rolled her eyes in disappointment, then assumed a heartfelt tone: “Sherry, I understand your grievances and concerns.
But everything your uncle did was for the sake of the Jones family and for you. Though his methods might have hurt you, I promise, I will straighten him out when he returns tonight! I will explain it to you.
Now, you need to discuss the deal with Sir Jaak. Stop being so stubborn.”
As she was speaking, Old Madam Jones grabbed Sherry’s hand and held it in her own palm. She continued with an air of entrustment. “Sherry, think about it, this is a 200 million dollar deal.
With this profit, not only can you confidently continue your position as General Manager, but you can also help White Mitchell.
You can rest assured that I won’t prevent you two from being together in the future. You can help White Mitchell however you wish, and I will fully support you.”
Sherry was at first unsure, but upon hearing these words, she began to waver.
Yes, it’s a 200 million dollar deal. Upon completion, the Jones family might ascend to the ranks of the secondary elite. This way, she could help White Mitchell.
In her view, if the Jones family became a secondary elite family, they wouldn’t be able to fully resolve White Mitchell’s predicament, but at least the Imperial Group would be more cautious in dealing with him.
It would be the same case with Hans Weiden and his people.
With this in mind, Sherry silently walked up to Sir Jaak, apologized, and began to discuss the contract.
Seeing this scene, Old Madam Jones quietly let out a sigh of relief, a cunning glint in her eyes, like a sly old fox.
Soon, Sherry finished reviewing the contract prepared by Sir Jaak.
All the conditions were acceptable, leaving sufficient profits for the Jones Group. It appeared to be a no-loss deal.
“Young lady, don’t worry, this is only 20% of my quarterly orders. If your products are well received in the market, I will increase the orders!
By then, it won’t be a problem for Jones Group to earn a billion or so a year.
But you have to deliver the goods to me first. Our ship is setting sail tomorrow, so we are in a hurry. As for money, I will make arrangements immediately and the payment will be made within three days.” Sir Jaak assured, patting his chest as if he was making a solemn promise.
Sherry Jones smiled, then got to know a bit more about this Sir Jaak.
According to him, his company is in Riverside City, next to Sayon, engaged in import-export trade, selling products to Southeast Asian countries.
His relationship with Old Madam Jones is that they were close friends years ago. Back then, Old Madam Jones did him a favor. Now that he knows she’s not faring well, he intends to lend a helping hand.
Seeing the serious look on Sir Jaak’s face, and with assurance from Old Madam Jones, Sherry didn’t suspect anything, so she took Sir Jaak back to her office to sign the contract.
What she didn’t know was that, after she left with Sir Jaak, Will Jones slowly stepped out from the room and sinisterly watched them leaving.
After returning to the office, Sherry took out the company seal, stamped the contract, and began making arrangements.
A shipment worth two hundred million was not a trivial amount for the Jones Group.
What was more, the other party wanted it urgently. By tomorrow evening, it would have to be loaded onto the ship at the port, ready to set sail.
Consequently, Sherry had to call each of their distributors one-by-one, asking them to release the goods they currently had on hand.
Moreover, Sherry went to the factory herself to supervise the shipment, even following the transport vehicle twice to ensure that there were no issues.
In this manner, Sherry spent about nine hours until all the goods were ready by the early morning. Now, all that was left was to slowly transport these goods tomorrow.
Phew!
After returning home, Sherry was exhausted. She fell asleep without even taking a bath, and immediately fell into a deep slumber.
In her dream, she saw White Mitchell washing her feet very carefully, leaving her with a ticklish sensation.
After waking up in the morning, Sherry looked at her fair feet and realized that it wasn’t a dream last night.
Immediately, a blissful smile spread across Sherry’s face.
After basking in her happiness for a while, Sherry took a bath and blushed as she passed by White Mitchell on her way back to the office.
Once back at the office, Sherry continued to manage the cargo. She asked for updates every half hour.
Through the collective efforts of the entire company, they managed to get the two hundred million worth of goods to Sir Jaak’s warehouse at the port before the end of the afternoon.
Sherry thought that everything was settled, but little did she know that this was just the beginning!
The next morning, Sherry called to inquire about the payment but eventually realized that she couldn’t get through to Sir Jaak!
No matter whose phone they tried, they couldn’t get through!
Sir Jaak was missing!
As soon as that thought entered Sherry’s mind, she tightened with anxiety and immediately sent someone to check the port warehouse, only to discover that the goods had disappeared like Sir Jaak!
Whoosh!
Cold sweat broke out all over Sherry, and her beautiful face paled. She had been deceived—it was Old Madam Jones who had tricked her!
As this realization hit her, Sherry ran frantically from the office.
Seeing her disheveled state, everyone froze. Seeing this, Mori Jones quickly ran over and asked, “Sherry, Sherry, what happened?”
As soon as Sherry saw Mori, tears brimmed in her eyes. Her nose tingled, and tears flowed down her cheeks, “Mori, I’ve been fooled. Two hundred million worth of goods are gone.
It was Old Madam Jones who deceived me, it was her. The two hundred million worth of goods are gone…”
This…
After Mori heard this news, she was petrified. She never expected Old Madam Jones to be so ruthless. Was she even human?
Mori’s face twisted in anger, “Let’s go! We are going back to the Jones family! Old Madam Jones needs to make it right! They must hand over the goods!”
