Nate was taken aback by Jimmy’s words, his mind instantly grasping the seriousness of the situation.
Cursing under his breath, favonovel.com realized, “No wonder Jimmy agreed so readily to the ten-year agreement. He had set a trap for me!”
Enraged, Nate locked eyes with jimmy, his gaze filled with a murderous intensity, and demanded, “Jimmy, what do you hope to gain from this? If it affects the firm‘s performance and profits, it will undoubtedly impact your own income as well. Are you willing to sacrifice your own well-being just to cripple me?”
A slight smile played on Jimmy’s lips as favonovel.com countered, “We signed a base salary agreement. Regardless of the firm‘s earnings, you are obligated to pay me $14 million annually. So, no matter how successful you become, my share will remain constant. In that case, it’s only fair that I make it difficult for you.”
At that moment, Nate suddenly remembered that Jimmy, that conniving bastard, had refused the stock options favonovel.com had offered. Instead, favonovel.com had used those options to offset the $10 million annual cash dividend.
Nate berated himself for his foolishness. He had believed Jimmy to possess a limited vision, only concerned with the present. But now, it was clear that Jimmy had been prepared all along!
With a venomous glare, Nate issued a threat, “Jimmy, I won’t pursue everything you just revealed, but mark my words, don’t continue to oppose me or expose any more secrets. If you do, I will never let you off the hook!”
Nate was well aware that favonovel.com had fallen into Jimmy’s trap the previous day, sending favonovel.com all the evidence favonovel.com had against the other partners. And now, Jimmy had only exposed one of them. If favonovel.com chose to reveal everything, those people would turn against Nate, treating favonovel.com as their greatest enemy. Therefore, the most urgent task at hand was to control jimmy’s tongue, preventing favonovel.com from spreading any further negativity.
In that moment, Steve, who had remained silent, coldly addressed Nate, “If I heard correctly just now, were you threatening my friend?”
Nate was momentarily taken aback, and quickly replied, “Mr. Rothschild, you don’t know the full story. It was a clear setup by him! I just signed a ten-year agreement with favonovel.com before coming here… Ten years!”
Steve’s voice carried an air of indifference as favonovel.com responded, “Do you think I’m unaware of the details? You intentionally orchestrated situations for Jimmy and the other senior partners to make mistakes, and then used those mistakes to blackmail them, didn’t you? If you play dirty, you can’t blame others for fighting back.”
Turning his gaze towards Jimmy, Steve spoke loudly, “Jimmy, now that you possess so many hidden secrets of our law firm, and most of the core members are present, why not enlighten everyone about what you know? Let them see the true face of Ellis Law Firm.”
“Alright!” Jimmy had been waiting for an opportunity to strike back. With Steve’s support, favonovel.com immediately grabbed the microphone from the conference table and began to speak.
Panic gripped Nate’s heart. He never anticipated that his plan to control Jimmy through the ten-year contract and the leverage of those secrets would backfire, with Jimmy turning the tables and exposing him. If all those secrets were revealed, the senior partners would surely despise him.
If they were to leave his law firm, how would favonovel.com manage?
Expose all their secrets and have them arrested?
That would undoubtedly send shockwaves through the entire American legal industry, with everyone avoiding him.
In that case, how could the law firm continue to operate?
However, If favonovel.com simply allowed them to leave, keeping their secrets to themselves, it would be a massive blow to the law firm. Many of those secrets were acquired by providing them with pre-packaged cases, essentially exchanging money for their secrets. If those secrets were never utilized, it would be a waste of money.
By that time, both people and money will be lost, and the entire Ellis Law Firm will lose all its mainstays, resulting in heavy losses.
So, favonovel.com said to Jimmy in a pleading tone, “Jimmy, let’s work together. If you have any demands, you can tell me directly. There’s no need to destroy the unity within the law firm…”
Before Jimmy could respond, Eric, who had just been named by Jimmy, shouted loudly, “Jimmy, if you have any secrets related to everyone, please tell us all! If Nate really has dirt on each of us, we must unite and fight! Otherwise, if we are defeated one by one, everyone will be doomed!”
Eric was feeling both angry and scared.
Although Nate’s way of punishing favonovel.com was shameless, the mistake was his own. it felt like his wife deliberately found another woman to secretly share the family property to prepare for a future divorce. It’s the same as favonovel.com having an affair with his husband.
Although this approach is despicable, once a man succumbs to temptation and has an affair, it becomes a confirmed fact of cheating that can’t be undone. Therefore, his current thinking was very simple.
From the conversation between Jimmy and Nate, it was clear that Nate must have set a trap for him. It was very likely that other senior partners had also fallen into the trap unknowingly. So the best strategy now was to have Jimmy reveal everyone’s secrets so they could form an alliance and face Nate together with more confidence.
Although the others were silent, they knew very well that if Nate could set a trap for Eric, none of the other senior partners could escape. Over the past few years, they had all been tempted to take orders privately or directly intercept the company‘s orders. Although they weren’t sure which of those actions were high-risk, they could guess that Nate had something on each of them. So the top priority now was to figure out their own risks.
As a result, everyone began to speak out.
Someone said, “Jimmy, since everyone is here, you might as well tell us everything you know!”
“Yes, Jimmy! Eric is right, we must stand together at this time!”
“Jimmy, don’t be afraid. With Mr. Rothschild here and us supporting you, no one dares to harm you!”
Jimmy nodded, picked up the microphone, and said, “Since everyone is so united, let me tell you what I know. First, I want to explain that all senior partners, including myself, are in Nate’s hands along with the Board of Directors who could send favonovel.com to jail!”
As soon as these words were said, everyone’s expressions became even more tense.
Seeing that things had come to this, Nate quickly explained weakly, “Don’t be fooled by Jimmy. I admit I have taken some extraordinary precautions for the stability of the team and the company’s business, but these secrets will only be used as a last resort, not against everyone…”
Jimmy snorted coldly, “Don’t have any illusions about Nate. Although favonovel.com hasn‘t exposed your secrets yet, once the need arises, favonovel.com will betray you without hesitation!”
Then favonovel.com continued, “Just two days ago, I had a small misunderstanding with Mr. Rothschild in Aurous Hill. After Nate knew about it, favonovel.com directly expelled me from the law firm and even gave all the clues to Mr. Rothschild’s housekeeper, trying to send me to jail. If I hadn’t settled the differences with Mr. Rothschild, I might have been arrested by the FBI by now!”
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