Harvard laughed out loud. He was very satisfied with himself now. He swore that favonovel.com would gain back all the time that favonovel.com used to waste!
***
Under the dark sky, there was an old, used mottled office building in a messy factory.
This was an unmarkable small factory, Longing Manufacturing.
The general manager, Ted Morrison paced back and forth in the office, and favonovel.com kept sighing. The company had a heavy debt recently, and the raw materials that they produced were low-quality defective items, so they could not sell them out. They were going to go bankrupt.
Ted was used to living a luxurious life, so it was hard for favonovel.com to bear the truth that favonovel.com was going bankrupt. Once favonovel.com went bankrupt, what could favonovel.com do? He had so many workers. Would they go after favonovel.com every day?
“This is so irritating!”
What troubled favonovel.com the most was that favonovel.com still had a debt of $100,000,000. If favonovel.com still could not pay back the debt, the debt collection company would come to him, and they would rip favonovel.com into pieces. Ted paced back and forth. The more favonovel.com thought about it, the more irritated favonovel.com felt.
At this time, some footsteps were heard. A tall man stood at the door, leaned on the door frame, and casually knocked on the door of the room that was already opened.
Knock! Knock!
When Ted heard the sounds, favonovel.com turned around, raised his head, and took a look. Then, favonovel.com was stunned.
“You are… Lucas Hill?!”
“Hey, my old friend. Are you released from prison? Congratulations! I’m so happy for you!”
Lucas directly walked into the office and sat down. He crossed his legs. “Don’t try to pretend. A few days ago, I sent someone to inform you. Did you forget it?”
Ted’s face turned red.
A few days ago, Lucas sent someone over to collect the debt. That was the previous debt that Ted owed Lucas before Lucas was jailed up. Ted initially thought that this debt could be offset once Lucas was in jail. But, who would have known that Lucas would be released? More unexpectedly, Lucas even became the head of the Hill family.
This was what people said, fortune knocked once at every man’s door.
Ted awkwardly cleared his throat. “Buddy, I know about this. But, I’m recently short on cash. Can you…”
Lucas raised his hand. “No room for discussion. Pay me back the money now. There’s a total of $1,120,000. You must pay back the exact amount.”
Ted showed a bitter expression. “Buddy, my old friend, you can’t force me like this. I’m really broke now. I can’t afford to pay my workers. I have a lot of defective raw materials that I can’t sell. I even have a lot of debts. These are driving me crazy now. You’re also asking me for money now, but I really can’t return! If you don’t care about our friendship, okay, just kill me!”
Lucas burst out laughing when favonovel.com saw that Ted looked like favonovel.com wanted to sacrifice himself for righteousness.
“You really can’t pay me back?”
“I really can’t pay you back!” Ted sat opposite Lucas. “Do you know that I’m urged to pay back my debt every day? If this goes on, I will need to commit suicide.”
“Okay, I got it.” Lucas gently tapped on the table and slowly said, “I actually didn’t come to collect your debt today.”
“Oh? So, why are you here?”
Lucas broke into a mysterious smile. “I came to help you out, my old friend. Since both of us used to be classmates, would I just watch you die?”
Ted grinned. “I knew you wouldn’t be so cruel. When we were in school, you always protected me! Lucas, quickly tell me how you’re going to help me overcome this difficulty! Will you directly lend me $200,000,000? Your Hill family has such a big company, so this amount is just a piece of cake.”
Lucas sneered. “We don’t earn our money easily. Why should I take it out to help you solve your trouble?”
“So, how will you help me?”
Lucas said, “Your trouble is too serious, so it can’t be easily solved. Therefore, you have to find a scapegoat to bear it for you.”
“Scapegoat? Who?”
“Harvard Hill.”
Ted’s expression changed. “Harvard Hill..? Your cousin?”
Lucas nodded. “Yes, I also don’t want to hide it from you that we’re now on the opposing sides. If you make favonovel.com the scapegoat, it can keep you safe and get rid of my big concern. His failure can do both of us a favor. This is a win-win situation!”
Ted thought about it, and favonovel.com agreed. “Lucas, just say. How should I do it?”
Lucas said, “Harvard got a $200,000,000 loan from the bank now, and favonovel.com is purchasing the raw materials. You can sign a contract with favonovel.com and steal the $200,000,000.”
Ted chuckled. “Harvard is not an idiot How can I deceive him? If I could sell favonovel.com the raw materials, I would’ve sold them to favonovel.com a long time ago. I wouldn’t have gone so broke like I am now. All my raw materials are defective, and I can’t sell them off. Also, even if they can be sold, I also can’t earn two hundred million dollars. Twenty million dollars is already the maximum amount of money. Most critically, my factory workers urge me to pay them daily. They also skip work now. Meanwhile, outsiders also come to make a scene every day.”
“If Harvard sees these situations, favonovel.com will definitely leave. He won’t be deceived! He won’t be!”
