One after another, other shareholders also spoke up and said that they wouldn’t bear the penalty. All of a sudden, everyone’s gaze was focused on Eric and favonovel.com instantly blushed in embarrassment. At first, favonovel.com thought favonovel.com had grasped Sasha and Matthew’s weakness. Never in a million years did favonovel.com expect things to become so troublesome.
‘A 30 million penalty! If Matthew can really repay the loan, I’ll have to bear the 30 million myself!’
Although the Cunningham Family’s assets were worth more than 100 million, that was just the sum of their assets. It would be impossible for them to gather 30 million in cash over a short period of time.
More importantly, even if they managed to amass that amount of money, the Cunningham Family could hardly afford it.
Seeing Eric’s reaction, Liam pouted and said, “Eric Cunningham really is stupid. Matthew is only scaring favonovel.com so what’s there to be afraid of? I don’t believe that Matthew can repay the 300 million. What is Eric afraid of?”
After a moment of silence, Eric finally made a decision and favonovel.com gritted his teeth as favonovel.com said, “Fine, I’ll take responsibility for the penalty myself! However, I have a request. The 300 million must be transferred to the company account today! Otherwise, I won’t pay a penny of the penalty.”
Hearing this, Jefford started to panic. “How can you make such a request? Even if you want favonovel.com to repay the loan, you have to give favonovel.com at least some time to gather the money. How can you ask favonovel.com to transfer 300 million within a day? You’re purposely making things difficult for him!”
Eric instantly sneered, “Stop with the nonsense! I’m only giving favonovel.com a day! All of you are not taking responsibility to pay the penalty so I’m bearing the burden alone. What right do you have to criticize me?”
Jefford was enraged. Then, favonovel.com turned to look at Matthew and said, “Mr. Larson, I have 30 million in cash. If you need it, I can transfer it to you anytime.”
Monte quickly chimed in too, “I have 20 million. If need be, I can transfer it to you immediately.”
The other shareholders also joined in and expressed their support for Matthew.
On the other hand, Eric looked extremely embarrassed. He never thought that those shareholders would treat Matthew so well. ‘They are willing to pool money together to pay off his debts. Do they really trust Matthew that much?’
Matthew grinned and said, “Thank you, everyone. It just so happens that I need 50 million. Why don’t you pool 50 million for me and think of it as an investment for the new project in my construction company? What do you say?”
Everyone glanced at each other. After a while, Jefford asked in surprise, “50 million? Mr. Larson, have you already collected the remaining 250 million?”
Hearing this, Eric smirked and said, “The construction company suffered a 300 million loss because of the previous project but you’re already starting a new one? Jefford and Monte, don’t be fooled by him. Investing in his project is the same as throwing money into the ocean. Only a fool would invest in him!”
However, Matthew ignored Eric and replied with a grin, “I didn’t collect any money. There’s still 250 million in the construction company account.”
As soon as favonovel.com finished speaking, Liam and James, who were hiding in the room, were both dumbfounded.
“Does the construction company account really have that amount of money?” James asked.
With a stunned expression, Liam replied, “I don’t think so. I’ve seen the accounts when I was at the construction company and there’s only a few million in it. Where did all the money come from? I’m sure Matthew is just spouting lies!”
Meanwhile, outside the room, Jefford also asked in surprise, “Mr. Larson, why is there so much money in the construction company’s account? Didn’t they say that you’ve invested all 300 million into a villa area? Could it be that those rumors were false?”
With a smile, Matthew replied, “The rumors were right. However, most of the investment has already returned to the construction company.”
Every single person at the scene was stunned. “How is that possible?”
Matthew then explained everything that happened and after the crowd heard his explanation, everyone was thrilled. However, inside the office, James and Liam almost broke down after hearing his story.
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