shuhaige
Chapter 117
Chapter 117
Seeing her speaking on the phone, they all quieted down for fear that one extra sound would affect the
conversation between Phoebe and Rory.
Now, there was no way out for them.
To be honest, they were not very capable people. They had always relied on SK Company for survival.
Every year, they would get decent dividends, which allowed them to live a comfortable life. They were
also rich people in their social circle.
But once SK Company was closed down, they would lose the dividends, and most of their financial
resources would be gone. They would suddenly become poor, which was not something they could
accept!
That was the nature of human beings. It was easy to go from thrift to extravagance, but it was very
difficult to go down from extravagance to thrift.
So when they found out that Zack managed to get a large investment and Phoebe had ruined it, they
all regarded Phoebe as their enemy!
To put it in an exaggerating way, if killing people was legal, they would even kill Phoebe to vent their
anger.
The Scotts was not some big family, but it had made the mistake that all big families did, that was,
there were only interests and no friendships, and anyone who undermined the interests of the family
was an enemy.
The call got through, and Rory's voice came through the phone, "Phoebe?"
Rory was a little surprised when he received Phoebe's call. He hurriedly signaled the person sleeping
beside him to keep quiet, then walked aside to answer the phone.
Phoebe took a deep breath and said, "Rory, you promised me last time that you would invest 50 million
dollars in our company to buy 30% of our shares. Do you remember?"
Hearing this, Rory frowned instantly and the smile on his face disappeared, and he became gloomy.
Why did Phoebe just mention this? How could he afford to invest 50 million now?
Not to mention whether he could provide the money or not, it was the business itself that was not cost-
effective. SK Company owned by the Scotts was not a big company in the first place. To put it bluntly, it
was just a factory producing decoration equipment for the lights. All the assets of the company added
together were only worth thirty or forty million dollars. And only a fool would purchase 30 % of the
shares with 50 million dollars.
What he said before was just to please Phoebe and take advantage of her.
Besides, Rory just went to see Mr. Potter yesterday and gave Mr. Potter a large sum of money to buy
Tom's life. Now he wouldn't spend 50 million dollars to finance the SK Company.
So he immediately said in a dilemma, "Well, I'm a little short of money recently. I can't offer that much
money."
Phoebe was stunned, and then she immediately became nervous, "Ah? Rory, but you said before that
you were willing to invest 50 million dollars. It's only been two days. Why are you suddenly so short of
money?"
Rory's voice became cold, "Phoebe, are you doubting me?"
"Rory, that's not what I meant!" Phoebe quickly apologized. She then said, "Rory, how much can you
provide now? My Family is in a difficult situation now. We need your help."
Phoebe felt very uncomfortable when she said this. It was as if she had been stabbed by needles.
What a proud person she was. It was a great challenge for her to say this!
She felt her face blushing.
Others sitting in the conference room also held their breath, opened their eyes, and listened attentively.
However, Rory sneered and did not answer Phoebe's question directly. Instead, he said in a teasing
voice, "Phoebe, you don't have to ask me, do you? Your Tom is very capable. The blue and white
porcelain made in the Ming dynasty worth thirty million dollars has been easily thrown away by him.
You can turn to him."
Because Phoebe turned on the speaker, Rory's voice over the phone was heard by all, which made
them dumbed.
What was going on?
Tom, that loser, actually had a piece of blue and white porcelain made in the Ming dynasty worth 30
million dollars, and he actually broke it?
All of a sudden, their expressions became very emotional!
Even though they no longer believed it was true, they still felt it was a pity when they heard thirty million
dollars.
Damn it, even the company owned by the Scotts was only worth about 40 million dollars.
When Phoebe heard this, her feelings became even more complicated. She bit her lips tightly and her
lips were nearly bleeding!
Yes, Tom, who had a piece of porcelain that was worth 30 million dollars, broke the porcelain. This
could be an opportunity to save the Scotts!
"Rory, Tom's porcelain has been broken, which was only sold for 150,000 dollars. So he can't help me.
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help me?" When Phoebe said this in a low voice, she was almost holding back her tears and her desire
to cry.
Rory also felt her condescension. At this moment, he felt extremely happy. Good for you, Phoebe.
Didn't you always act so arrogantly, always cold, and disdainful of me? Why are you so humble to me
now?
"Well, it's not that I don't want to help you, but that I'm really short of money. I've invested all the money
I have. I can't help you!" Rory was lying with great satisfaction. Suddenly, he thought of something and
clapped his hands, "By the way! Didn't Tom say he was going to give you a hundred million dollars as a
gift last time?" What else did he say? He said he had married you for four years and had never given
you a decent gift. Now he took out a hundred million dollars and gave it to you in one go. What a hero! I
know a lot of business tycoons, a lot of rich and powerful people, who are not so generous as to be
willing to give a hundred million dollars to their wives. Gee, gee, this love is really so great and
touching!"
When everyone heard this, their expressions became even odder.
Of course, they felt anxious, not excited. Naturally, they wouldn't believe that Tom could come up with a
hundred million dollars. Not even to mention a hundred million dollars. For the loser Tom with such low
capability, it would difficult for him to provide even ten thousand dollars.
They all guessed that the reason Tom said this was to show off in front of Rory. Unfortunately, this was
not a showing off, but a foolish act!
Phoebe was breathing more frequently, and she almost squeezed words out of her teeth. She was
smiling, which was worse than crying. She said, "Rory, stop joking! Tom is just an ordinary person. He
said angry words. How could he take out so much money?"
"Well, then I don't know." Rory sneered, then continued, "If you'll excuse me, I still have businesses to
attend to!"
"Wait a minute, Rory!" Phoebe hurriedly stopped him.
Rory wasn't in a hurry to hang up either, "Anything else?"
Phoebe gritted her teeth and asked, "Rory, what can I do for you to get your help?"
Rory smiled and said, "It's not impossible to help you. I'll help you when you ask Tom to kneel down
and kowtow to me and call me grandpa a hundred times. Then I can help you."
"Rory..." Before Phoebe could finish speaking, Rory had already hung up the phone.
After he hung up the phone, the conference room became restless again, and everyone became quite
anxious.
"What? Tom, this trash, actually has thirty million dollars of blue and white porcelain from the Ming
dynasty, and he broke it?!"
"What kind of bastard is this? Idiot!"
"Thirty million, thirty million!"
"Didn't Rory just say that as long as Tom kowtowed to him and admitted his mistake, he could invest
money in us? Then let Tom do it!"
"Yes, call Tom quickly!"
"I'm afraid the loser Tom won't agree, will he?"
"Humph, how dare he not agree? Even if we have to tie him up!"
A group of people began to shout, wanting to tie Tom up and ordering Phoebe to call Tom...
Phoebe was in a dilemma. To be honest, she didn't want to do this.
But the pressure from the family was so great that she couldn't think straight at this moment.
Just as she was about to make a call, suddenly, the door of the conference room was opened and a
figure that was familiar walked in. It was Tom.