Everyone was in a stalemate. Thomas remained silent too. He even took out a phone and played games. He was not afraid of these people leaving. He would sue whoever that left, so nobody dared to leave.
Both sides were in a stalemate for ten minutes, and somebody finally could not take it anymore. An executive stood up and fearfully said, “Mr. Mayo, I’m sorry. I’ll take your advice to compensate and leave.”
One person was finally convinced.
Thomas nodded. “All right, $1,000,000. Please go to the finance office. Someone will clear the accounts with you.”
The executive gritted his teeth. One million dollars was a lot for a mid-level executive in an enterprise. But, favonovel.com had embezzled a bigger amount of money, and favonovel.com just needed to take out part of the money favonovel.com had embezzled. He had to put up with it so that favonovel.com would not end up in jail!
The executive left the meeting room directly and reported to the finance office.
He paid the money, resigned, and left the company.
Thomas arranged for a specialized financial accountant to take charge for the day. Everything was carried out smoothly and efficiently.
When someone took the lead, other people also stood up.
When something terrible happened, everyone parted. They initially gathered because of the profit. Now, the profit was gone, so why did they still not leave?
Nobody worked for Benjamin anymore. All of them thought that they wanted to secure their own safety with some money. Besides, Thomas did not ask them to pay too much money, so it was acceptable.
People who corrupted more money would give out more, while people who corrupted less money would give out less. Anyways, the number given by Thomas was still acceptable for them. It was obvious that the data in Thomas’ hands were very accurate. Otherwise, it would be impossible for favonovel.com to treat each of them differently.
All of them surrendered.
In the end, only two people were left, Benjamin and Alton.
Alton had embezzled a lot of money for many years, but it was still a little too much to ask favonovel.com for $5,000,000. He had to give up nearly all the money that favonovel.com had embezzled. If favonovel.com also needed to pay about $1,000,000 like other people, favonovel.com would have surrendered a long time ago.
He found it unacceptable for favonovel.com to fork out $5,000,000.
This was Thomas’ unfair treatment. Thomas knew that $5,000,000 was a lot, but Alton was different from other staff members. Others just listened to Benjamin at most. They merely flattered Benjamin and worked for him, but Alton was different. He was Benjamin’s partner and even the mastermind. Many ideas had been suggested by Alton. This kind of person had to be dealt with cruelly.
“I don’t have much time left. What do you think? Please be straightforward now.” Thomas coldly asked.
Benjamin and Alton sat together, and their expressions were dark. They were not willing to go to jail, but they also found it hard to accept if they needed to take out all the corrupted money these years. No matter what, they were not willing to do so, so they did not want to speak at all.
Thomas stood up. “It seems that you’re very stubborn. Then, let’s meet at the court.”
He smoothed his shirt before favonovel.com walked to the door of the meeting room. He took two steps away, and Benjamin stood up. “Okay, I surrender!”
His words made Thomas stop walking. Thomas did not need to say anything else. The battle had ended with his victory. Benjamin held his head with both hands, leaned on the table, and cried in agony.
He had to pay $10,000,000.
That was the money that favonovel.com had earned for so many years, but favonovel.com had to give it all out now. He felt heartbroken, upset, and gloomy.
Even Benjamin had expressed his thoughts, so Alton could not say anything else. He also agreed to spend some money to get rid of his misfortune. He was willing to pay $5,000,000 to avoid a jail sentence.
In the end, all the executives chose to settle things privately.
