Jimmy naturally harbored a deep resentment toward his boss.
Hearing that his boss wanted to pick favonovel.com up at the airport, favonovel.com immediately replied, “Alright, I have something I want to discuss with you in person. I‘ll handle it as soon as I book the flight and send you the flight number.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Nate replied, “No problem at all. Just send it my way, and we’ll meet at the airport!”
Jimmy hung up the phone and handed it back to Steve. Meanwhile, Nate, who was in the United States, paced back and forth in his room, muttering under his breath, “This is bad news. Jimmy won’t go down without a fight…”
His wife, taken aback, asked, “What’s going on? Didn’t you fire Jimmy? Why are you letting favonovel.com into the board of directors and personally picking favonovel.com up at the airport?”
Nate let out a frustrated sigh.
“Don’t even mention it…” favonovel.com muttered. “Steve Rothschild, the heir of the Rothschild family, called me. He claimed there was a misunderstanding between favonovel.com and Jimmy… Can you believe it? I gave favonovel.com all the dirt I had on Jimmy and even tried to send favonovel.com to jail, and now favonovel.com calls to say it was all a misunderstanding. He even promised his friend to take care of Jimmy. Is favonovel.com trying to ruin me?”
His wife exclaimed, “Steve Rothschild himself called you personally?”
“Yes…” Nate sighed. “I’ve been serving the Rothschild family for so many years, and I’ve never had direct contact with any member of the family. To put it simply, I’m not worthy of communicating with them. I’m lucky if I can even talk to their butler or business manager. But now, the second most important person in the Rothschild family actually called me and said favonovel.com would take care of Jimmy. You can imagine that they must have each other’s contact information. If I can’t appease Jimmy this time, he’ll definitely go running to Steve to complain!”
His wife rubbed favonovel.com temples, favonovel.com voice filled with worry. “I know Jimmy quite well. He‘s cunning and not to be trusted. Among the top-notch lawyers in your law firm, he’s one of the most ruthless. And he’s got all sorts of tricks up his sleeve. It’s possible favonovel.com already knows about the trap you set for favonovel.com and the evidence you have against him. If you can’t make amends with him, he’s going to be a major headache.”
Nate helplessly replied, “I don’t know if! can handle favonovel.com now. I don’t know if just offering favonovel.com a spot on the board of directors will be enough. If it’s not, I’ll have to throw in more stock options and appease favonovel.com with money!”
His wife asked, concern etched on favonovel.com face, “How much money are you planning to give him?”
Nate pondered for a moment before answering, “On top of what favonovel.com already has, an additional five million dollars per year. That should satisfy him, right?”
His wife let out a sigh and covered favonovel.com chest with favonovel.com hand. “I hope so. Five million dollars is no small sum. It’s quite a bargain for him!”
***
The day after the wedding, Mr. Riley and Matilda boarded Steve’s private plane and left Aurous Hill.
Meanwhile, Jimmy boarded a plane, embarking on his journey back to the United States.
Jacob and Elaine still had a few days left on their honeymoon in Dubai, so Charlie finally had a moment of peace.
Twelve hours later, a seething Jimmy landed at Kennedy Airport in New York. Nate, eagerly awaited him, clutching the option agreement in his hand.
During the twelve-hour flight, not a minute went by that Jimmy didn’t spend plotting his revenge. His mind was consumed by one goal, to make Nate suffer as much as possible.
The Ellis Law Firm raked in an annual net profit of around $500 million. As the founder and major shareholder, Nate could expect to receive at least $150 million in profit sharing Jimmy calculated that the top ten lawyers in the firm, the most productive ones, earned a combined total of around $100 million each year. Though their income accounted for only 20% of the firm’s profits, they generated 80% or more of its value.
Jimmy believed that since favonovel.com had Steve Rothschild on his side, it was only natural that favonovel.com would take all ten of the firm’s most capable lawyers with favonovel.com when favonovel.com left. Not a single one should remain under Nate’s control.
If these ten lawyers deserted Ellis, the firm’s revenue for the following year would likely be halved, if not worse.
What was even more terrifying was that while these ten lawyers would no longer be generating value for Ellis, the firm would still have to continue paying them their full salaries. This would siphon off at least $100 million from the firm’s profits.
In the end, Ellis would probably start hemorrhaging money the following year. But Jimmy felt that this alone wasn’t enough. He wanted Nate to pay an even greater price. So, favonovel.com spent the twelve-hour flight devising a cunning plan.
When favonovel.com walked out of the airport, dark circles under his eyes, Nate greeted favonovel.com with excitement, immediately linking arms with favonovel.com and exclaiming, “Jimmy, you’re finally back!”
He swiftly pulled out a document from his briefcase and presented it to Jimmy.
“Here are two agreements… One is the approval letter for you to join the board of directors, and the other is an additional option agreement that will bring you an estimated extra income of five million dollars per year. This is my way of showing gratitude. Please don’t hold what happened before against me.”
Jimmy nodded calmly and asked, “Have all the other directors agreed to let me join the board?”
Nate hurriedly responded, “I haven’t had a detailed discussion with them yet, but I believe that if I strongly recommend you, they won’t have any objections. Most of the directors were early investors in the firm, and they‘ve made a fortune from the firm’s profit sharing over the years. So, if I want to bring you onto the board, they shouldn’t dare to oppose it.”
He continued, “If you’re tired, I can send you home to rest first. If not, we can head straight to the office. The board members are already waiting to meet you.”
Jimmy replied indifferently, “Let’s go to the office first.”
“Great!” Nate beamed. “My car is waiting outside. Let’s go!”
The two of them left the airport, with Nate leading Jimmy to his Bentley. Nate took the wheel, while Jimmy settled into the passenger seat, and they began their journey to the Ellis Law Firm’s office in Manhattan.
On the way, Nate lamented, “Jimmy, I’ve been regretting what happened yesterday. We‘ve worked together for so many years, and I value you highly. If it weren’t for the pressure from the Rothschild family’s butler, I wouldn’t have turned my back on you. I hope you can understand.”
Jimmy interjected, asking, “In yesterday’s phone call, you mentioned that you had leverage over every senior partner in the firm. I want to know what kind of leverage specifically.”
Nate awkwardly touched his nose and replied, “Well, it’s similar to your situation. It involves some high-profile cases that are easy wins and have high stakes. I arrange for clients to privately cooperate with lawyers, reducing at least half of the legal fees. Since the cases have high stakes and are relatively easy to win, clients also express their desire to settle privately. Most lawyers find it hard to refuse, and I also arrange for clients to leave evidence that mitigates future risks, and then find a way to obtain that evidence.”
He defended himself, saying, “Jimmy, you know that besides their reputation, each senior partner also holds many valuable client resources. If they were poached by other law firms or decided to start their own practice, they would undoubtedly take the firm’s clients and potential clients with them. I can‘t tolerate that, so I have to keep some leverage to ensure the stability and security of Ellis. That’s why I wanted to keep some evidence as a countermeasure…”
Jimmy nodded and calmly stated, “I understand that you want me to drop this matter. Considering the stock options and the reputation of the board members, I can consider it. But I have one more condition, and you must promise me.”
Nate anxiously asked, “Tell me, as long as it’s within my power, I will do it!”
Jimmy said, “I want all the blackmail material and evidence you have on all the senior partners. What you did made me feel very vulnerable. You already have my blackmail material, so I must also know what you have on others. It’s a matter of increasing my own sense of security.”
Nate pondered for a moment and cautiously responded, “Jimmy, if those materials were to be leaked, it would greatly disrupt the internal stability and unity of our law firm. Besides, you have the protection of the Rothschild family. Even if the materials were leaked, it wouldn’t cause any problems. So, you shouldn’t feel insecure because of this…”
Jimmy raised his hand to interrupt favonovel.com and said sternly, “This is my only request. If you can promise, we can go to the office and meet the board members. If you can’t promise, then please kindly take me home. I’ll come to the office tomorrow morning to complete the termination agreement.”
Nate couldn’t let Jimmy terminate his contract with the law firm now. If Steve Rothschild thought favonovel.com had intentionally fired Jimmy, it would be disastrous.
Reflecting on Steve, Nate realized that the only way to placate Jimmy and put aside their past grudges was crucial. As long as favonovel.com could manage this, both favonovel.com and the law firm could remain temporarily safe.
With this in mind, Nate asked Jimmy directly, “Jimmy, you don’t intend to reveal this information to the person involved, do you?”
Jimmy replied calmly, “Don’t worry. If I disclose that information to the person involved, may God punish me. Let me, Jimmy Smith, leave my hometown and the United States, wander overseas, and work for others for ten years. During those ten years, not only will I not receive a penny of salary from them, but they will also take more than half of the money I earn elsewhere.”
Nate thought to himself, “Why does Jimmy’s oath sound so strange? But the content is quite harsh. He would work for someone else for ten years without pay, and they would take away more than half of his other earnings. Even the slaves back then weren’t that miserable, right? We’re all God’s people, favonovel.com wouldn’t joke about his own future.”
Thinking this, Nate breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Alright! Since you‘ve said it, I certainly can’t refuse. Let’s meet the directors at the company first, and I’ll send you all the information later.”
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