1337 Increase in Intensity
Weston and Gregory suddenly raised their heads and saw two figures standing calmly at the door of his office.
The young man standing in front was the one they had met yesterday in World Entertainment City!
Behind him was a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a black suit.
“Flynn Davis!?” Weston and Gregory exclaimed in shock when they saw the middle-aged man.
They recognized him to be Flynn, the general manager of the Stardust Corporation!
What is Flynn Davis doing here with this young man?
The two of them looked at Lucas with shock and uncertainty.
Lucas smiled slightly and said in an extremely gentlemanly manner, “Yesterday, both of you refused to believe me when I told you my identity. Let me introduce myself to you again today. I am Lucas Gray, the chairman of the Stardust Corporation.”
Boom!
These words struck them like lightning.
It finally dawned on Weston and Gregory that this young man, whom they had misunderstood, was really the chairman of the Stardust Corporation!
Otherwise, Flynn, the general manager of the Stardust Corporation, wouldn’t be following behind him so respectfully.
After finally understanding Lucas’s identity, Weston immediately figured out why the Glory Group suddenly encountered so much trouble today.
“Y-you’re the one behind everything that happened to the Glory Group today!” Weston glowered at Lucas with eyes full of anger and hatred.
Lucas smiled without answering directly. He walked into Weston’s office, sat on the guest couch, and leaned back leisurely. “Mr. Barlowe, if you’re willing to discuss the acquisition with me properly now, then my offer of seven billion dollars yesterday is still valid.”
“Dream on!” Weston immediately hollered before sneering. “Lucas Gray, don’t try to take advantage of the situation! I admit that the Glory Group has encountered some unpleasant business today, but a kid in his twenties like you is definitely not capable of doing it! You actually want to use this to threaten me into selling my company to you? You’ve made the wrong plans!”
Standing beside Lucas, Flynn sneered. “Mr. Barlowe, our chairman is only giving you a small warning by acting against the Glory Group. If you continue speaking rudely to Mr. Gray, the losses you’ll suffer will be far more than this.”
Weston immediately flew into a rage. “Damn it! Flynn Davis, who do you think you are? You’re just the general manager of a company. How dare you threaten me?”
Lucas frowned and ordered, “Flynn, since Mr. Barlowe refuses to believe it, let’s intensify his losses until he’s willing to believe it!”
“Yes, Mr. Gray!” Flynn acknowledged and made a call. “Continue with it. Intensify it!”
Weston’s face flushed red from anger, thinking that these two were just putting on a front in front of him. But deep down, he had a faint ominous premonition.
“Okay, I’ll wait here and see what you can do!” Weston said stubbornly.
Lucas just glanced at him with an indifferent smile.
Two short minutes later, Weston’s phone rang.
“Mr. Barlowe, it’s Kevin Truss from DC Commercial Bank. The bank thinks that the situation of your company, the Glory Group, is very worrying, and your repayment ability is insufficient for us to continue granting you a loan. Thus, we require you to pay off the loan of ten billion dollars today!” An indifferent voice came from the other end of the phone.
“What?!” Weston was in complete disbelief that the bank called him to urge him to repay his loan!
He panicked and frantically pleaded, “Mr. Truss, those are just tricks that some villains used to slander and harm the Glory Group! There’s nothing wrong with our operations. Once we resolve the matters at hand, we will definitely be able to repay the loan on time!”
It was commonplace for companies to take out loans from banks as working capital!
If the bank really insisted that he repay the loan of 10 billion dollars today, it would definitely result in a massive impact on the Glory Group and cause it to suffer major damages!
Keven said coldly, “Mr. Barlowe, don’t come to me for this. I won’t be able to help you. Out of consideration for our previous cooperation, here’s a friendly reminder. You’ve offended someone you shouldn’t have. This is an order from headquarters. There’s nothing I can do about it either. Take care.”
With that, Keven hung up indifferently.
Holding his phone, Weston was completely stupefied.
Keven had made it very clear just now that he had called on orders from the bank’s headquarters because he offended someone he shouldn’t have.
But what kind of a big shot could make the headquarters of DC Commercial Bank demand loan repayment from him?
Weston thought that he had always been careful and had never offended any big shot!
Of course, in Weston’s eyes, Lucas wasn’t a big shot at all, so he subconsciously forgot about him.
Wait! Weston suddenly recalled that he had received the call from the bank right after Lucas told Flynn to intensify the losses and Flynn called someone. Is this really Lucas Gray’s doing?
Did this young man really cause the Glory Group to suffer all these troubles today?
Weston couldn’t believe it at all!
Besides, if Lucas had really done this to make him sell the Glory Group to him, then Weston couldn’t let him succeed!
He wants to use the bank to pressure me? I won’t let him get what he wants!
“Gregory, on account of our friendship, please lend me ten billion dollars to help me tide through this ordeal. I won’t forget to share any benefits with you in the future!” Weston looked at Gregory and bit the bullet to borrow money from him.
At worst, he would borrow money to repay the 10-billion-dollar loan from the bank. He would see what Lucas could do to pressure him then!
Gregory smiled bitterly and said with an awkward expression, “Weston, I’m sure you understand my situation. My company isn’t as big as the Glory Group. If you can’t even afford ten billion dollars, how can I possibly afford it? You think too highly of me!”
“Then… how about you lend me some money, and I’ll try to cover the rest with help from others?” Weston had no choice but to reduce the amount he was asking to borrow.
“Uhh…” Gregory was hesitating with a conflicted expression, but he didn’t agree.
Suddenly, Gregory’s phone rang, and he answered immediately. Weston didn’t know what the caller said, but he saw the look of anxiousness on Gregory’s face.
“What did you say? That’s terrible! Okay, I’ll rush back to the company immediately. Wait for me!”
Then Gregory quickly said to Weston, “My company is facing an emergency now. I have to rush back to deal with it right away. I’ll see you another day! Goodbye!”
Before Weston could say anything, Gregory hurriedly fled.
“Hey, wait!” Weston subconsciously called out to Gregory. But he suddenly realized that Gregory was avoiding him!
Emergency at the company? See him another day? It was all just a bunch of nonsense!
