Chapter 34: Mission completed with style
Everyone on the stream and in the boardroom was very much eager to see what exactly the result of this rollercoaster would be.
Even Paul and Andrew, who were at home.
Paul was already furious. It was quite obvious nothing was going their way.
It had all been such a rollercoaster, and that stupid man called Charles couldn’t even at the very least make the voting slightly equal-footed without anyone being the favorite.
You see, this was their thing, but another thing was that Paul was not really as foolish as it may seem.
The main thing was that he had actually foreseen this in the future and had already had a plan on what he would do in case something like this actually showed up.
The plan was simple, and he had already taken it into effect.
He had called over 170 out of the 230 board members, showing them proof that he was the person that bought the company, and if they could vote Miss Stephanie out they would be given some privileges and some large bonuses on investment.
And prior to what one would think, Paul had actually made his research pretty well.
Firstly, he didn’t just go out and begin calling boardroom members just like that.
He had actually gone and checked which members were more shady in their business and were more and more willing to do something like this.
And of course he got a good number.
Calling them anonymously, forwarding all the documents of proof on the call, and telling them what they stood to get if only they followed what he had asked them to do.
And just as you may think, not everyone agreed to him, but a very good amount were open to it and even went as far as to add some incentives for themselves.
So Paul, despite being panicked, knew that it was only a matter of time till Hydra Oil belonged to him—except if there is another twist in the matrix.
As for Charles, he was a waste of investment.
He had thought that Charles would send the case to a place of no return, but as it seemed he was very, very wrong.
As currently even Charles himself had his job on the line.
"It’s only a matter of time," Paul muttered as he and Andrew continued watching the live stream, completely anticipating what exactly was going to happen next.
Meanwhile, somewhere else, Evelyn was in shambles.
She just got about 3 of her social media accounts banned for no reason, with more than 20,000 dollars still in them.
She was furious, about to lodge a full complaint when a friend of hers finally sent her the video of Miss Stephanie’s defense.
Evelyn watched the video, and by the end she was already furious.
She didn’t know why and what gave her the right to actually call out her name in public. She was sure that there was no comparing Hydra Oil at all with the Rose Foundation.
Hydra Oil had just been existing for some time—probably ten to 15 years.
There was no way they would want to start a fight with the Rose Foundation.
A family who had been in existence for far more than 100 years.
Evelyn was still furious, promising herself to deal with this mess.
Right from time she was a social media addict and had been creating videos since she was 10, so messing with an account of 1.5 million followers was equal to messing with her actual life.
There was no sugarcoating it in any way.
All she needed to do now was to call her dad, and she was sure that Hydra Oil would go bankrupt in less than 24 hours.
And she was not going to pity her in any way.
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Steven stood up in front of the crowd and looked at everyone. He was so shocked it was like he couldn’t read properly anymore.
Even Stephanie, who was very confident, started to feel the heat.
He immediately began reading out the results.
"As to the case of Miss Stephanie, whether she is still good enough to continue as the company’s CEO or not...
From the results I have here, 89 percent of the entire votes says...." Steven stopped to look at them for a while as if doubting if they were right or not.
"89 percent of the votes says that Miss Stephanie is in fact meant to be the CEO, and not just that—it also states that for this to not repeat itself, the agreement in the file should now be removed."
The shock was immediate. Even Miss Stephanie couldn’t help but look up with shock.
Steven obviously didn’t like the removal of the clause but had no choice but to continue to the very next part of the clause.
"As to the very next case...
The case of Charles...
100 percent of the board members have determined his case worthy enough to sack him immediately.
But 55 percent do believe we shouldn’t send him to court, so Charles, you have escaped just this time. Pack your bags and leave immediately, never to apply to Hydra Oil ever again—whether in the main headquarters or even a branch in any other country or state," Steven said, looking directly at Charles.
Disappointment written on his face.
"With that, the meeting has finally come to a close."
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"Yes dear, I’m coming down now," Caroline said, panic setting in her voice as she immediately began to dress up fast.
Logan doing the same thing.
"But why lock the door though? Or is anything going on?" Brandon said, and with the way his voice was sounding it was already quite obvious that he was already getting frustrated.
In less than a minute, Logan and Caroline came down to the door.
But Logan immediately gestured to Caroline to attend to the kitchen while he opened the door, which he did calmly.
"Logan????" Brandon immediately said in shock.
"Wait, if you were inside, why did you keep me out so long, and why is your head and clothes slightly wet?"
"Well, I actually couldn’t afford coming with transport since where we are going is still going to be a little transport costly.
And as for the door, I had asked your mom if I can freshen up in your room before you come back, but as I was about starting you came in, so I didn’t have any choice but to dress and come and get the door. After all, your mom had been very busy in the kitchen."
The explanation kept flooding out of Logan’s mouth like he had preplanned it before time.
But it was just basically adrenaline at play. After all, he couldn’t tell Brandon that he could not come get the door because he was fucking Caroline.
But to God be the glory, despite how bizarre and over-specific it sounded, Brandon bought it.
"Alright, you could go shower then. I’m with the foodstuff, so I would help her in the kitchen."
[Caroline has increased by 1100 attraction points: reason – sexual intimacy]
[Caroline has increased by 1000 attraction points: thrill of taboo]
[Congratulations. Caroline now sits on approximately 3900 attraction points and is now eligible for binding]
[Perverted Hands have now entered cool-down mode]
Logan looked at the flurry of system messages on his phone as his face brightened up more and more.
It was just perfect.
Just as he was about to enter the bathroom, two crazy messages took him out of the blues with joy.
One message was from the system.
While one was from Miss Stephanie.