"Mm, ahh…"…Meanwhile, word had also traveled to Brocade Real Estate, the third-ranked real estate company in Longford.On the highest floor of their headquarters, Shonda Lane looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows at the endless stream of cars, a mysterious light flashing in her eyes."Ms. Lane, I have all the information on Seth Yeager here."Her secretary had been working with her for a few years, and now she walked in with a stack of documents.Shonda took the documents and read through them carefully.It took her nearly an hour to finish reading everything.Her secretary stood by her side the entire time.Shonda put the file down and rubbed her temples before making a decision. "Book me a flight. I have to meet this man as soon as possible."The secretary was taken aback. "Are you going to meet him personally, Ms. Lane? Isn't that too much?"As the third-ranked real estate company in Longford, Brocade's market value was more than 50 billion dollars. It was a giant
That afternoon, Rosemary rushed to Seth."Seth, bad news! Look at the news online."Seth went onto a news website and immediately saw a bunch of bright red bolded headlines.'Seth Yeager, Starnight CEO, beat up some rival executives who came to ask for cooperation.''Shocking News: Starnight's CEO Seth Yeager caught sleeping with a female subordinate!''Starnight has reached a net worth of one billion within a month. What is the true story behind their success?'…Seth clicked on one of the headlines. The article inside slandered him in every possible way.The entire comment section was flooded with trolls spewing vulgarities at him.Some netizens who were out of the loop naturally got swept away in the overwhelming wave of bad press. Influenced by the army of trolls, they joined in the online criticism of Seth.Within less than an hour, Seth had been crucified in the court of online opinion.False and malicious accusations came flying at him from every conceivable angle. An
"This is their regular MO. They'll hire trolls to defame their rival and shake their will, making them panic."Next, they'll dig up as much dirt as they can. If that still doesn't work, they'll use their connections to cut off the supply of building materials."Dianne snorted. "What can we say? They're big enough to throw their weight around like that." After the two of them left the airport, they hailed a taxi, heading straight to Starnight.When they arrived at the lobby, the two of them were surprised to find that the situation at the company was perfectly orderly. No one looked worried at all.There was a gleam in Shonda's eyes. "Looks like Seth Yeager is a little more capable than we thought."The judgment of public opinion outside was overwhelming, but the atmosphere inside the company was calm. Not everyone could pull that off.The two women introduced themselves, and the receptionist immediately reported their arrival.Not long after, Rosemary personally came down to m
When the two women saw Seth, they were a little disappointed.Seth had a handsome face and a good figure, sure, but he was not drop-dead gorgeous or anything.How could such a man be worthy of Rosemary?Even more unbelievably, Seth had rejected Rosemary's advances. How could he?Seth had no idea what the women were thinking.After standing up and inviting them to sit, he personally made them some tea.His tea brewing skills were also top-notch, his movements elegant and beautiful.Anyone who saw him would not be able to look away.The two women were also taken by surprise. Their impression of him improved immediately.Men who could brew tea earned a few extra brownie points. After all, it took a certain amount of patience and good manners to make a proper pot of tea.Rosemary narrowed her eyes.She had discovered yet another one of Seth's talents. It felt like Seth was constantly surprising her in one way or another. This thrill of discovery was intoxicating, and her feeli
If the asking price was too high, this deal might still fall through.To their surprise, however, Seth's offer was even lower than they had expected."I'll sell you the land for five hundred dollars per square meter."The two women's eyes widened in unison.Shonda was stunned. "Mr. Yeager, are you sure about that price?""Yes, I'm sure. I'll take five hundred dollars per square meter," Seth said flatly. "But I have two additional conditions."'I knew there was more to it,' Shonda thought to herself.On the surface, though, her expression did not change. "Tell us what you want. We'll do whatever we can.""Firstly, I hope that you can give me the property management rights to the residential areas that you'll build on the land."Shonda nodded. "No problem.""Secondly, you'll need all kinds of raw materials and workers for the upcoming development. I hope you'll be transparent with us and help us buy the materials according to the market price."If Seth had to build his own con
"Things have gotten out of hand!"Rosemary stood in front of Seth, her expression grave."The trolling went too far. Some people even went and doxxed all of our stores!"Now there are a ton of people boycotting our shops. They even vandalized and looted the stores! We incurred significant losses."Rosemary gritted her teeth. "They're so despicable and shameless! How could they resort to these methods?""Cool your head." Seth was very calm. "Let them do whatever they want. They will reap the consequences soon enough."Rosemary's eyes lit up. "Do you have a plan, Seth?"Seth handed a USB drive to Rosemary and whispered a few words into her ear.Rosemary listened and kept nodding."I knew it, you're amazing! You even came up with a contingency plan! Now it's their turn to suffer."Rosemary was too excited to linger any longer at Seth's place. She strode back to her office.…Meanwhile, the CEOs of various real estate companies had gathered at a five-star hotel."Hahahaha, tha
Rosemary had a way with words, after all.She immediately hit the enemy where it hurt the most and then turned the tables on them in the court of online opinion, making her side out to be the victim.People always tended to side with the underdog.The comment section immediately changed its general tack."Those real estate moguls are too much!""They're utterly lawless!""If they refuse to sell, you can't force them!""If you have so much time and energy on your hands, why don't you improve the quality of your buildings instead? There are tons of problems with your houses every year!"…When they read the comments, the real estate bosses were furious."Goddamnit, how did those idiots get on camera?!""We're in big trouble now. All our efforts have gone down the drain!""Wait, there's more breaking news!"…After leaving the current page, they saw another post that was related to them.'Real estate executives frame CEO of Starnight for bodily harm after deal falls through
The voice on the other end was kindly and warm. "Shonda, dear, have you seen the news about those real estate companies?"A sweet smile spread across Shonda's face. "I have, Grandma. Any thoughts?""Oh, I have plenty of thoughts about that terrible scandal."I got someone to investigate the whole affair. The young man who was victimized is a very good person. He's also handsome and capable."He is a little young, though. I hear he's turning eighteen in a month."You're a bit older than him, but not by too much. Six years is nothing on the larger scale of things."So hurry up and find a way to win his heart, you hear? I'd love to have him as my grandson-in-law."Shonda was stunned. "Grandma, what are you saying? I only met him once."And you haven't even met him before! You want me to marry him just because of what you read in an investigation report? That's ridiculous."Shonda was perplexed. Something felt off with her grandmother today, but she could not tell what it was.On