Hearing Charlie’s response, Nate was momentarily taken aback. He pondered, “What on earth does this guy mean? ‘Don’t get too happy’? That doesn’t sound like a good thing!”
Assuming that Charlie was Steve’s subordinate, Nate grew concerned that his words were influenced by Steve. So favonovel.com quickly inquired, “I wonder what Mr. Wade means by this?”
Charlie smiled and replied, “Quite literally, Mr. Ellis, are you truly thrilled to see me?”
Although Nate was perplexed, favonovel.com courteously responded, “Mr. Wade, as Mr. Rothschild’s subordinate, I greatly admire him. Naturally, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to meet you.”
Charlie nodded, smiling, “Don’t be too hasty in forming conclusions. Perhaps you can determine your happiness after getting to know me for half an hour.”
Nate became even more bewildered, unable to comprehend why Charlie was singling favonovel.com out. He had no choice but to turn to Steve and gauge his reaction.
Noticing Nate‘s gaze, Steve directly questioned him, “Nate, what do you hope to achieve by inviting me here through Jimmy?”
Nate hastily replied, “Mr. Rothschild, for many years, Ellis Law Firm has handled legal matters for peripheral companies and affiliated families of the Rothschild family. Personally, I hold great admiration for the Rothschild family. I heard that you and Jimmy have become friends, so I wanted to invite you to our high-level meeting and provide an opportunity for us to showcase our professional abilities In front of you.”
Steve nodded, glancing at Jimmy, and asked, “Jimmy, if I asked you to objectively evaluate your boss and your law firm, what kind of evaluation would you give?”
Nate looked at Jimmy expectantly, hoping for praise for his law firm. After all, favonovel.com had just signed a one-year contract with Jimmy worth over ten million dollars, making favonovel.com his ultimate benefactor. Surely, Jimmy would stand up for favonovel.com at this moment.
However, Nate never expected Jimmy’s reaction.
As soon as favonovel.com heard the question, Jimmy‘s expression instantly turned disdainful. He scrutinized Nate up and down and coldly stated, “Mr. Rothschild, my boss is a despicable person. The company favonovel.com founded and leads is filled with scumbags. How good can it be?”
Nate couldn’t believe that Jimmy, who had always been respectful and flattering towards him, suddenly turned against him, especially in front of Steve Rothschild.
Anger surged within him, and favonovel.com couldn’t resist asking, “Jimmy, what do you mean by that? I’ve been so good to you. I just promoted you to the board of directors a day or two ago, and now you’re calling me a scumbag?”
Jimmy sneered, “Calling you a scumbag is an insult to scumbags! Did you really think you could buy me with money?”
Nate suddenly comprehended the situation and thought to himself, “Oh no! Jimmy must still hold a grudge against me for setting favonovel.com up and gathering evidence of his crimes! I thought that by bringing favonovel.com into the board of directors and giving favonovel.com extra stock options, I could keep favonovel.com silent. But it seems his appetite is not so easily satisfied.”
Realizing this, favonovel.com quickly smiled at Jimmy and said, “Come on, Jimmy, I know you still harbor resentment about what happened before. But honestly, I have been quite generous to you. What’s the point of trying to undermine me now?”
Jimmy scornfully replied, “I’m undermining you right now because I hope more people can see your true face!”
With that, favonovel.com looked at the bewildered senior partners and exclaimed loudly, “Everyone, there’s something I haven’t told you. Nate Ellis is a scumbag. He set me up at work, luring me into committing a typical financial crime. I was kept in the dark for a long time until recently when I discovered that favonovel.com lured me into the crime to secretly gather evidence against me and use it to blackmail me.”
Nate was terrified, perspiration trickling down his forehead. He desperately clung to Jimmy and pleaded in a hushed voice, “Jimmy, if you feel that the compensation I provided is insufficient, please speak up. I can negotiate for more benefits on your behalf. But if you expose my secrets and tarnish my reputation, you won’t fare well either!”
Jimmy sneered, “What’s wrong with exposing your secrets? I expose your secrets, and you still have to give me good things. And I’ll enjoy them for ten years!”
With that, favonovel.com turned to the crowd and continued, “Everyone, esteemed partners, each and every one of you should be aware that you have been involved in financial crimes. I believe you are all well aware of this fact. And let me make it clear to all of you, Nate, this scumbag, possesses evidence of your previous financial crimes.”
“He will use this evidence as leverage to blackmail you if favonovel.com deems you valuable. He will also use this evidence as a ticking time bomb beside you. If you are of no value to him, favonovel.com will directly use this evidence to send you to jail, destroying the rest of your life!”
Nate frantically attempted to defend himself, “Don’t believe what Jimmy is saying. This guy is just an ungrateful traitor. I just signed a new stock option agreement with favonovel.com before favonovel.com arrived, and I have to pay favonovel.com at least ten million dollars extra every year. Yet, favonovel.com immediately accuses me in front of everyone. This kind of person isn’t even worthy of being called human, let alone a scumbag.”
Jimmy sneered, gazing at a person in the conference room, and declared, “Eric, two years ago, you privately took on a high-profile divorce case for a famous golfer, aiding his wife in acquiring seventy million dollars in assets from him. You personally received seven million dollars. According to the agreement you signed with the company, undertaking legal-related business without the company’s permission violates the non-compete clause. According to regulations, you will have to compensate the company ten times the income you earned. Therefore, if the company sues you, you will face a colossal compensation of seventy million dollars. Are you aware of this?”
A man, who was addressed as Eric, turned pale with fear. He had taken on the case privately, not as a client of Ellis Law Firm, but as someone introduced to favonovel.com by a friend who approached favonovel.com directly.
Although favonovel.com believed favonovel.com had executed it flawlessly, favonovel.com never expected Jimmy to accurately state the amount involved in the case and the identity of the other party. This alone proved that Jimmy had already obtained crucial evidence of his violation of the non-compete agreement.
However, favonovel.com didn’t dare admit It in front of his boss, so favonovel.com feigned ignorance and said, “Jimmy, what are you talking about? Why can’t I understand?”
Jimmy sneered, “Do you think this secret is only known to me? Let me tell you, Nate informed me about this. That client who hired you for the lawsuit, favonovel.com covertly introduced you. His intention was to gather all the evidence of your agreement violation. You may think you made seven million, but in reality, favonovel.com has at least seven hundred million dollars worth of evidence against you. When you try to change jobs or start your own business, favonovel.com will use this evidence to ruin you. At that time, all the money you earned through your hard work at Ellis will be taken away, with interest!”
The man froze upon hearing this, while the others were shocked by Eric’s changing expression. From his demeanor, they could discern thatJimmy’s claims were not unfounded. This also meant that Eric had indeed committed such an act.
And if what Jimmy said about Nate was also true, then Nate’s methods were excessively ruthless!
Nate was in a state of panic. He looked atJimmy and whispered, “Jimmy, what do you want? How does ruining me benefit you?”
Jimmy sneered, “Nate, don’t worry. Why would I want to ruin you? Let’s not forget, we just signed a ten-year contract. I‘m counting on you to support me for the next decade. No one wants you to thrive more than I do!”
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