Journi was slightly stunned, not sure why Harvey was doing this. Harvey smiled. "The Country H Commercial Group is connected to the Stanton family, after all. As an outsider, I won't be able to convince everyone when I become chairman. That's why I'm appointing you right now as my agent. Help me manage Country H Commercial Group. Are you alright with that?"Journi was quite surprised, to be honest. She knew very well why Harvey was doing this. While she was already free, all her resources and connections belonged to the Stanton family. If Elric wanted, he could take back all of it easily. Someone who lost everything like her would probably end up becoming his puppet again.However, things would be different if she acted as Harvey's agent. If she could take control of the Commercial Group, she would have the power to go against Elric directly. Not to mention, Harvey didn't simply give the commercial group to her. He only made her act as his agent.Which meant that she could count o
Journi didn't care that the board of directors was staring at her oddly. She politely invited Harvey to take his seat reserved for the chairman before sitting next to him. She switched on the mic and said, "Alright everyone. All of you know the person that's next to me. He is the next chairman that you have chosen, Harvey York."I am the agent he has employed. Which means that once he has officially become chairman, I will perform all the duties of a chairman on his behalf. My father is retiring in ten more days, but he has already signed the letter of appointment. The reason I called for this meeting is so that all of you can get to know and support each other better. That way, the Country H Commercial Group will become even better."After Journi had finished, she clapped. "Everyone understands what I'm saying?"When everyone from the board heard what Journi had to say, all of them revealed nothing but sneers and contempt. From what she had to say, even if Harvey had become chair
"Mr. Leighton…" Journi said slowly as she looked at the vice-chairman. "You should understand that Mr. York could be the chairman because of the result of your votes. According to normal procedure, whether my father gave him the appointment letter or not doesn't matter. He would be the next chairman regardless."No one has the right to question this. Unless Mr. York personally asked to resign, he'd be the next chairman. No one has any say in this.""Ha! Are you threatening me?" Leighton smirked coldly. "Just as he can remain as the chairman of Country H Commercial Group, we also have the right to withdraw. We'll make this company exist in name only!"Journi frowned. "We're not worried. Mr. Leighton, the procedure was decided by the board. Mr. York was also chosen by the board. As one of the original members of the group, it's not good to say things that would affect the group's unity, no?""Affecting the group's unity?" Leighton scoffed. "Fine! I won't say something that affects
Bang!Before Leighton and the others could finish what they were saying, Harvey slammed his palm on the table."Good! I've always thought the people in this company were all together in this with Elric. I didn't expect that all of you would love your country so much! Then this will be easy. The first thing I want to do when I'm chairman is to completely remove the Island Nation's meddling within the Country H Commercial Group, so that we can act on our interest once more."I'll make the Island Nation investors leave!"Everyone who was clamoring for Harvey to leave was taken aback by his statement. They were so startled that they were unsure of what to say. Even Leighton was a bit stunned.Harvey had acted beyond their expectations.Only Journi knew that Harvey wasn't doing this because they forced him to. He was going to get rid of all the Island Nation investors for real. It had been one of his major requests to Elric. "Harvey, is it?" Leighton said with a dark expression. "Do
They weren't irreplaceable?The board members simply wanted to threaten Harvey using their potential resignation. But from his tone, it seemed he genuinely wished they could all leave. After giving it a thought, it made sense.Country H Commercial Group's reputation was too strong.There were plenty who were willing to replace them if they were to leave. Not to mention, Harvey could use the empty spots to purchase the loyalty of others. If Harvey allowed their enemies to sit on the board and use the commercial group's reputation against them, even if they wouldn't fail outright, it would certainly be disgusting.When the board members thought things through, they chose to stay quiet. They instantly looked at Leighton, wanting to see how the vice-chairman was going to deal with this situation.Journi looked at Leighton as well, curious.She knew very well that Leighton's biggest wish was to become the commercial group's chairman. Would he leave in a situation like this? Impossib
"Do you really think everyone here is an idiot? That they deserved to be exploited by you? Do you think you have the right to do that?" Harvey went on.Every word Harvey said was enough to silence Leighton. He didn't dare to talk back.The board members were slightly taken aback, and their expressions became a little strange. "When you first became the vice-chairman, you befriended this person, colluded with that person, promised this, swore to do that…" Harvey said. "But in the end? You didn't benefit everyone after you became the vice–chairman, and even used the chance to profit yourself instead."Harvey slammed his hand on the table. His words were enough to cause a riot. "You used the commercial group's reputation to exploit them all and take their hard-earned profit! Where is your conscience? With a style like that, anyone here on the board can be the vice-chairman and perform better than you."Maybe they won't even take any fee for introducing someone else to do business.
Looking at the photos, Leighton was very clear that he had already lost his justifiable cause. His expression instantly turned dark as he clenched his fists. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "My apologies, chairman. It's my fault this time…"Leighton was furious. He wished he could choke Harvey to death right there and then. However, he didn't dare to make any moves at the moment.What happened was enough to make everyone present narrow their eyes. Some of them couldn't even react to what was happening just yet. No one expected Harvey to deal with Leighton so easily.In the beginning, everyone thought that with how forceful Leighton was being, he would easily disgrace the so-called new chairman. But they didn't expect the situation to reverse so quickly. They could only sigh and think to themselves that no one who could be in a leadership position was a fool.However, those who were waiting to see how Harvey was going to make a fool of himself had determined two
Leighton was acting like a gambler who had lost everything. He was going all-in. It was obvious he didn't want to get suppressed by Harvey little by little. What he wanted to do now was to retaliate with everything he had and take back everything."One month? I don't have the time to play around with you." Harvey grinned, then approached Leighton and tapped the latter's face. "Three days. If I can't make the Island Nation investors withdraw in three days, I'll leave. But if I can, you'll have to give up everything you own and leave this group."Harvey didn't want to waste time and wanted to deal with everything in one go. Leighton gritted his teeth. "Fine! I'll do as promised. Everyone here can be our witness! I want to see just how great you are!"-Half an hour later, in a semi-outdoor office at the top of an estate. The warm sunlight showered into the office through the skylight and into the office. However, the brightness wasn't blinding.This was the Country H Commercial Gr
Nicholas' return and taking back everything he wanted was just an excuse. His greatest aim was to borrow the powers of Evermore and other forces to make Wolsing bleed and covered in corpses. He wanted Wolsing to fall into chaos.While he was indeed pitiful when he was forced to leave Wolsing, it was not an excuse for his actions.Harvey even suspected that the reason Nicholas could reach this stage was all thanks to Evermore and their planning. Nicholas was one of the most important pawns for them to throw the country into chaos.If Nicholas really did become the patriarch of the Thompsons of Wolsing, the result would be unthinkable.An elder from the Thompson family approached him and slammed his hand on the table. "How dare you! You dare threaten the family? And you will make us choose between life and death? What? Are you going to kill everyone here?"I'm going to make it clear. The Thompson family isn't just someone's private property. Those who become the patriarch would have
"Traitorous son?" Nicholas said calmly, his hands behind his back. "It's true that to you, I'm a traitorous son. But have you all forgotten something? The position of patriarch was supposed to be mine. "However, my father died young, leaving behind my brother and me. We were entrusted to Roberto's care. But maddened with power, he allied himself with outsiders and took our power away. That was why my brother and I had to act out such a performance."He will stay behind and become Roberto's fake son, while I depart for Dark Island. According to our original plan, when I return, my brother and I will dish out our revenge accordingly. I didn't expect him to die first."Since that's the case, I'll personally take care of what's happening in the Thompson family. However, seeing that we're in front of my brother's grave, I don't want to spill too much blood. I'll give you all a chance."Give up what's rightfully ours. Otherwise, you can't bear the consequences!"Couldn't bear the conse
"Not necessarily the Islanders, no." Harvey shook his head with a dark expression. "Today is Hector's funeral, and the key moment for the Thompsons' heirs to fight for their ascension as patriarch. While it looked like the Islanders were behind this assassination attempt, the Thompsons might have arranged for him."Mandy frowned. "Don't tell me it's Vaughn…?""Not him. He's the next person in line with the hope of becoming the patriarch after Hector's death. There's no need for him to make things difficult for himself," Harvey said slowly.Harvey had a guess, but he didn't expect this person to be so decisive and make such a risky move in the funeral service. If it really was that person, then all of these arrangements were just the appetizer. The entree wasn't here yet.When Harvey realized this, he didn't care about Mandy's resistance and immediately dragged her under a nearby tree where she would be out of sight. It was too late to leave right now."Thompsons! Hear me! Don't le
As soon as Harvey pushed Mandy to the ground, he saw Vaughn and many of the members of the family's higher echelon gathered around Hector's coffin.Suddenly, gunshot sounds could be heard from the front of the coffin. Roberto didn't react in time—his body shook as bullets rained down on him. He coughed out a mouthful of blood and collapsed on the ground.The people behind Vaughn finally reacted, and quickly retreated and escaped. The Thompsons were shocked. Some of them cried in anguish. "Sir!"Before they could do anything, the coffin blasted open with a bang. A figure in a dark outfit from the Island Nation came flying out. With a longsword in his hand, he immediately headed toward where Vaughn was, preparing to kill him right there and then.Vaughn was shocked, but a slender figure suddenly stepped out. With a flick of her sword, she blocked the ninja's decisive attack.It was Rachel.Vaughn crawled up from the floor and ran to a bodyguard, grabbing the firearm from his hand
The following day, news spread throughout Wolsing.Hector, one of the Four Young Masters of Wolsing, had passed away due to an acute disease a few days ago. Today was the day of his funeral.All the members of the Thompson family had returned. It was obvious that they wanted to give Hector a grand funeral. After the news came out, all the members of the major wealthy families went to the funeral to pay their last respects.Suddenly, a lot of people gathered in Mount Jewel, where Hector's funeral service was held. While the Thompson family had expected all this, it was obvious that the security forces they prepared were stretched to their limits.All they could do was check the invitation and their belongings, and that was it. They could not do anything else.Harvey had arrived at the funeral service very early in the morning. However, no one noticed him because he preferred to be discreet. After narrowing his eyes and scanning the corners of the service, Harvey quietly mixed into
Harvey did not stay despite Veer and Marlee's request after he was done with matters in the Judd household. After declining several invitations from the other geomancers, he left after a few more polite words.Once he was back in his estate and had just finished enjoying a cup of coffee, he received a message from the front that Vaughn requested an audience.Harvey did not refuse and simply asked Vaughn to enter the estate."Boss, I have bad news. Nicholas Thompson is back!" said Vaughn, with the obvious darkness in his expression when he met Harvey, who was drinking his coffee."Nicholas was Hector's brother. Not only was he from the family's main branch, but it was also said that he had created an invincible corporation on Dark Island. Not only did he want revenge this time, he wanted to take back everything he lost."Harvey nodded. "I understand."Vaughn replied sternly, "No, you don't understand. According to my information, he had accepted help when he was overseas. Many mer
Everyone was shocked when they saw Harvey swing his hand gently at Nicholas with an open palm, but it was enough to throw him away into the ground, coughing in blood. Everyone could only watch in awe.Some elites could already tell from this moment alone that Nicholas was no weakling. Unfortunately, he was unfortunate enough to encounter someone even more powerful than he was.That was Nicholas's fate.Marlee stared at Harvey with a shine in her eyes. Veer held his throat, admiring Harvey even more. He had encountered plenty of young talents throughout the years as the patriarch of his family. But it was the first time he encountered someone with so much talent in the mystics and martial arts.At this moment, Veer even wanted to sacrifice everything he had just to recruit Harvey and make him the Judd family's son-in-law.As for the others, all of them simply thought of how eye-catching he was at this moment.Meanwhile, Harvey simply pulled out a paper towel and thoroughly clean
"Regret? Why would I be?" Harvey calmly replied. "If you really dare to kill Mr. Veer, the Judds and the other four hidden families would never show you any mercy." Hearing Harvey's words, everyone from the Judds of Wolsing was stunned. Even before they could say anything, Harvey said, "But seeing that you did single me out, I'll give you a chance. Let him go, and we'll exchange moves. If you win, you can leave. If you lose, you die. How about it?"When Nicholas heard Harvey's challenge, he smiled coldly. "Are you saying that you want to fight me alone? And that we will see who's victorious in one move?"Harvey shrugged. "One move, ten moves, there's not much difference for me. Since you're just someone who I can slap away with on strike."Then, Harvey signaled for everyone in the middle to clear space. Once he was there, he pointed at Nicholas, beckoning him with his finger. Nicholas was enraged when he saw what Harvey was doing.Harvey's calmness and arrogance should be somethi
The next instant, all the Judds' bodyguards immediately attacked. It was obvious that all of them were martial arts elites, and every attack made the wind howled. However, Nicholas was also not just any ordinary fighter. When he saw the bodyguards attacking him, he immediately countered and threw them on the ground. Once he was done with the bodyguards, Nicholas appeared right before Veer. He extended his hand, catching Veer by the throat.At that moment, all the armed bodyguards had their faces pale. They did not dare to attack, worrying they would hit Veer instead."Release my dad!" Marlee said coldly. "I don't care who you are, Nicholas. But if you hurt my dad, I guarantee that you won't be able to leave here alive!"When Nicholas saw Marlee speaking to him coldly, he narrowed his eyes. Initially, he wanted to make Marlee his, and then control the Judds of Wolsing. But now…When the thought crossed his mind, Nicholas looked at Harvey even colder. "Ms. Marlee, do you really thi