Lord Came Back From The Battlefield

“But now that the contract is in effect, they don’t have to beg us anymore! If he don’t want to give us the money, we have no way out.” said Harleen.

Billy laughed and said, “A valid contract can also become invalid.”

“Huh?” Harleen was slightly puzzled.

“Harleen, trust me, that old man will come to beg you again.” While speaking, Billy edited a message on his phone and sent it to Derek before leading Harleen towards the elevator.

Meanwhile, Zeph returned to sit on the couch with a faint smile on his face. The contract issue had finally been resolved. As for how Fletcher’s family would react, he didn’t care. Even if they wanted to leave the family clan for good, it wouldn’t make much difference in these few years anyway. With the Ozin Tower contract in hand, he was confident that Knight Group would soon rank among Ozin’s top 20 companies. By then, Fletcher’s family would eventually come begging him to let them return to their clan.

“Gilbert, take a seat! Thanks for your help this time.” Zeph picked up his cigar and took a puff of smoke.

“You’re too kind.” Gilbert sat down on the couch and smiled back at him.

“Gilbert, when are you free? Let your father know that I’d like to invite him over for dinner as an expression of gratitude from the Knight Family.” Zeph said. Although he knew that this had nothing to do with Gilbert, the Guerrero family was ranked tenth among the Ozin families and it would be beneficial to establish a good relationship with them.

“I appreciate your kindness, Mr Knight. My father has been busy lately, let’s talk about dinner another time.” Gilbert responded after a moment of hesitation.

In his mind, he thought, “What dinner? I never mentioned anything about your family to my father. If we meet again and he finds out, it’ll be bad news.”

“Okay.” Zeph nodded with a smile before turning to Beatrice. “Beatrice, didn’t you say you were going to see a movie with Gilbert today? Why don’t you go?”

“Oh! I almost forgot!” Beatrice responded after a brief pause. She understood that her grandfather was trying to push her towards Gilbert.

Suddenly, there was a hurried sound of footsteps in the hallway followed by Robert rushing in frantically.

“Father… something big happened!” Robert said breathlessly.

“What happened?”

“Just now… the Ozin Tower called us and told us they won’t fulfill the contract we signed yesterday…” Robert struggled to speak.

“What!?” Zeph’s wrist shook and some ash fell on the ground as he shouted, “Why?”

Beatrice also looked shocked when she heard this news.

“They didn’t give any reason, they just said there were problems with the contract we signed yesterday so they won’t fulfill it.” Robert replied solemnly.

“And they’ve transferred over the penalty for breaking the contract.”

“Damn it!” Zeph threw his cigarette butt to the ground and spoke angrily. “World Group is such a big company, but they don’t even have the basic spirit of a contract!”

“Father, there is still something big.” Robert added nervously.

“What’s that?” Zeph asked, with a sense of foreboding.

“Three largest raw material suppliers just called and said they will terminate their cooperation with us starting tomorrow. They will no longer provide any raw materials to our company.”

“What?!”

The had been working with those suppliers for more than 10 years and the latter provided almost 80% of the company’s raw materials supply. If they dissolved their cooperation, the production line of the company would immediately be paralyzed.

“And… there’s more…” Robert wiped his sweat while speaking hesitantly.

“Damn it! Can’t you just say everything at once!”

Zeph, in a fit of rage, picked up the ashtray and hurled it across the room.

“What else could go wrong?” he roared.

“Our-our top ten clients just called to say they want to return all their inventory.” Robert said, dodging the flying ashtray before continuing. “And they also said they’re terminating all business with our group starting tomorrow.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Zeph couldn’t take it anymore and collapsed onto the floor, cold sweat pouring down his body. If the supply of raw materials was cut off and major clients were returning their goods, their group would face a death sentence. He knew someone was targeting Knight Group.

“Who could do something like this to us?” Zeph muttered as he lay on the ground.

Beatrice’s teacup fell from her hand as she turned pale.

“Grandpa… could it be that man named Billy?” she asked nervously.

“No way! There’s no way that kid has that kind of power, that’s impossible!”

Gilbert listened in surprise; even he hadn’t expected such a huge crisis for Knight Group.

Just then, his phone rang. Gilbert looked at the caller ID and saw that it was his father calling. He quickly answered.

“Dad…”

“Where are you? Where are you right now?” A roar came through the phone before Gilbert could even finish saying a word.

“I-I’m out doing something, Dad, what’s going on?” Gilbert asked, trembling slightly as he spoke. This was the first time he could remember his father ever getting this angry with him.

“You little bastard! Have you offended someone? The Ozin Tower just called me and said they’re canceling their contract with our group. They’re not going to fulfill their obligations!” His father continued to shout into the phone.

“What!?” Gilbert exclaimed in shock. “That’s impossible! He couldn’t have that kind of power!”

The first person who came to mind for him was Billy.

“You ungrateful son! I’m telling you, I don’t care who you’ve offended or what methods you use, but go apologize to whoever it is right away!” His father’s voice grew even angrier when he heard what Gilbert had said.

“If they can’t forgive you, then from today on, don’t bother coming back to the Guerrero family!”

With that final statement, his father hung up forcefully.

Gilbert slumped down in shock and fear as soon as the call ended. His face turned pale as a ghost and his whole body trembled slightly.