Playtime's Over, CEO: She's Really Done With You-Chapter 400: Overestimating Herself, Underestimating Others
Could she have gotten false information again?
Was Serena behind this mess again?!
Isla Lawson was unaware that she overestimated herself and underestimated others.
Serena didn’t meddle in Aether’s affairs at all.
It was Brandon Huxley who discovered it.
Isla Lawson openly tried to recruit Emeric Grant, could Brandon Huxley really have no precautions in place?
If that’s truly the case, Aether should just shut down early.
And Brandon Huxley might as well quit.
Isla Lawson was angrily pacing back and forth in her office.
Watching Aether’s valuation update, seeing Serena making big profits again, she was practically going crazy with anger.
Just then, her phone rang.
Isla Lawson reached out to answer the call: "What’s up?"
"Hello, Miss Lawson, it’s me again, the person helping you manage your overseas assets lately," the other party began, "You said you wanted to think about the offer proposed last time."
"Right," Isla Lawson replied, "Those assets are high-quality, that low price is unacceptable."
The other party was silent for a moment, then continued, "Miss Lawson, it’s not like that, now the other party has other options."
"What?" Isla Lawson couldn’t immediately comprehend.
"The current economic situation isn’t great, it’s normal for the other party to have other choices," the other party said, "but they still told me they’re quite interested in yours, willing to quickly transfer funds, but hope for a discount."
Isla Lawson was furious to the point of madness.
"It was already low before, and now they want a discount?" Isla Lawson’s voice was loud.
"Sorry, that’s the other party’s request. They said if you can’t lower the price, they’ll choose another option," the other party said.
Isla Lawson simply didn’t want to sell.
She decided to hold onto those things and slowly find buyers later.
But then she remembered the deadline for what she had promised others was approaching.
Later, Quinn had also approached her, mentioning the matter of promising profits to those people.
To maintain face, Isla Lawson calculated profits per day.
So...
Every day she delays, she has to pay more money.
And the deadline was very near.
Others she had found before either had repayment time issues or other reasons making them unsuitable.
This was the only one...
"Miss Lawson?" The other party urged, seeing that Isla Lawson hadn’t spoken for a long time, "Are you still listening? Have you made up your mind?"
Isla Lawson didn’t want to answer!
But ultimately, she had to agree.
Simply because she needed quick liquidity.
After hanging up the phone, Isla Lawson collapsed on the sofa.
She felt like she was dreaming.
The Lawson Corporation’s account suffered a huge loss, her own account was depleted, and now she had to sell overseas assets at a significant loss.
These were really bleeding losses altogether.
"Knock knock."
The door of the office was knocked.
Isla Lawson looked up, and the door was pushed open as Jude Chaucer wheeled Julian Lawson inside.
Upon seeing Julian Lawson, Isla Lawson became triggered.
Before Jude Chaucer or Julian Lawson could speak, Isla Lawson shouted, "Even if Aether’s valuation has risen, Serena only invested seventy-five million before, it’s not much at all!"
Julian Lawson calmly looked at Isla.
While Jude Chaucer spoke up, "Miss Isla, President Lawson is here not because of that, but because the old master wants you to visit home together, President Lawson came to call you along."
Isla Lawson froze.
She stared directly at Julian Lawson, who remained silent, signaling consent.
"Ah!"
Isla Lawson screamed shrilly.
A fit of impotent rage.
It’s all Serena’s fault!
Serena turned her into this!
...
Afternoon.
Hawthorne Group.
Silas Hawthorne returned to the company.
There was a meeting scheduled for the afternoon.
He walked into the conference room calmly and took his seat at the head.
"Let’s start," Silas Hawthorne said, "Go ahead."
He ignored the strange looks from others at the conference table and proceeded with the meeting as usual.
Until the meeting ended, he still didn’t mention Serena.
This was the second time.
As Silas Hawthorne left, everyone was still in a daze.
But they were even more nervous.
Throughout the meeting, each person was already sweating profusely.
"Luckily he didn’t mention it."
"Even if he did, it would just be small change, no problem."
"If it really doesn’t work, next time there’s financing, we Hawthorne Group will wait for a more certain opportunity before investing, it’s just risk avoidance."
...
Brandon Huxley’s phone was still being bombarded daily.
Countless people were asking him when the A+ round would start.
He had been rejecting them all along.
Just when everyone thought he would wait for more orders, for the valuation to surge again, making the stocks in his hands more valuable before opening the A+ round, Brandon Huxley suddenly agreed.
"Alright, too many people have approached me, I really can’t hold it off anymore." Brandon Huxley replied, looking as if he didn’t want to offend anyone.
He said, "Also we are facing tremendous pressure now, after all we didn’t raise enough money last time."
Brandon Huxley’s positive response immediately stirred everyone up.
#Aether opens a new round of financing#
#Brandon Huxley relents, agrees to new round of financing#
These news were flying everywhere.
The entire circle was in an uproar. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
"Quick, prepare funds, last time we couldn’t get in, this time we must hop on the train!"
"Right, right, our company president too, making us work overtime like crazy!"
"This time might be harder than the last, or more expensive, let’s see what the situation really is!"
"Everyone’s moving, I checked with many companies, they’re all moving!"
...
It’s not just these small companies that mobilized, the major players were also getting active.
Isla Lawson, upon receiving the news, planned to invest.
Because Aether’s breakthrough was too significant, she planned to bring The Lawson Corporation into Aether and initiate a factional struggle to push Serena out.
She believed that with the resources and funds of The Lawson Corporation, marginalizing and crushing an Aeon would be a breeze!
Previously, because of Brandon Huxley’s unresolved issue with Emeric Grant, he didn’t dare approach particularly large companies.
This time, that problem didn’t exist at all.
"Why did Brandon Huxley suddenly agree? Waiting until the orders come in would be fine too, this is essentially conceding profits now."
"Just like he said, can’t hold off the pressure anymore, right?"
"True, with so many people watching him now, he wants to avoid the spotlight for a while too."
Everyone nodded, thinking Brandon Huxley was a smart person.
Now, it’s just a matter of seeing how much funding Brandon Huxley is asking for this time.
This question had an answer not long after.
Because Brandon Huxley directly announced it.
"Last time the target was three hundred million, but we only raised one hundred fifty million, so this time let’s fill in the gap, it’s also one hundred fifty million."
These were Brandon Huxley’s words.
And shortly thereafter, an announcement appeared directly on their website.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
"Only one hundred fifty million?"
That’s what everyone was thinking.
Last time Serena and Jasper Ford alone managed to get one hundred fifty million, and now the valuation has increased so much, still only one hundred fifty million?
There’s not enough to go around, even a single company could scoop it all up.
"Brandon Huxley is indeed a clever guy, on one hand he opens financing to avoid offending people, on the other hand the concession isn’t much, so he doesn’t lose too much, plus he has a suitable reason, to make up for last time’s shortfall."
"It’s just a matter of seeing which company snags this time."
While everyone was discussing, Jasper Ford talking on the phone with Serena was practically overjoyed.
For no other reason than the fact that their last contract included a priority clause.
Those of them on Aether’s train have the right to invest with priority.
Meaning, if there are no special requirements, then, the newly released shares will go to them first, with the remaining left for others to divide.
