Playtime's Over, CEO: She's Really Done With You-Chapter 451: Slap in the Face—I’ll Lay It Out for You, Do You Still Think This Was All Luck?
"The situation with Aether was indeed as you knew at first, Emeric wanted to leave."
Serena looked at Isla, and said, "But your investigation wasn’t thorough, do you know why Emeric wanted to leave?"
"What does his leaving have to do with me?" Isla shouted.
"Fool!" Jasper couldn’t stand it anymore and retorted, "Emeric wanted to leave because his mother was seriously ill, it was Serena who found someone to take Emeric’s mother to Cygnus for surgery."
"So what?"
"Idiot, once the illness is cured, Emeric won’t leave, understand? The previous news of his departure then turns into false news!" Jasper rolled his eyes in frustration, thinking that he was already stupid enough, but the angry Isla seemed even less rational.
So that’s it!
She insisted her information source wouldn’t be wrong!
Isla clenched her teeth, "So you were always certain you had to invest in Aether!"
"Then I’m not wrong, you just knew something I didn’t!"
Jasper wanted to continue speaking, but Serena patted his shoulder.
"No, you were wrong," Serena said, "Back then, in the early morning, so many companies, they all received the false news you provided, but none were like you are now."
"Moreover, after receiving the news, nearly twenty companies showed up the next day."
Isla tried to say something, but Serena’s words blocked her.
Serena quickly said, "You were wrong in three aspects."
"First, even if the information source is absolutely certain, it shouldn’t be spread like this. Once something goes wrong, the consequences are endless."
"Second, a promising investment project, even if there are risks, can be tested with small capital within a bearable loss range. The other dozen companies that showed up that day did just that, only they were intimidated by you and Virgil not to invest."
"Third, targeting a nonexistent enemy, gambling everything, including your reputation, Miss Lawson."
"I didn’t gamble everything!" Isla retorted.
"Didn’t you?" Serena sneered, "Using your name to spread information, putting pressure on other families on site, which of these didn’t stake your reputation, Isla Lawson?"
Now her reputation has completely collapsed, it’s merely the fruit of seeds sown in the past, self-inflicted.
Isla couldn’t refute, unwillingly, she shouted angrily, "Then what about the gold and copper in the international market, Serena, you were just gambling! I know about the copper mine in Gallia, you just got lucky!"
Serena smiled.
"I don’t deny there’s an element of gambling," Serena said, "But Isla, do you really think I’m reckless without any logic?"
"At that time, Morova was cutting interest rates, the global situation was tense, gold prices had a probability of rising, which was the reason for buying gold, subsequently, when it rose too high, it was prone to fall, so I withdrew without greed."
"Copper, indeed there’s the reason of Gallia’s copper mine, but before the announcement came out, outsiders could only guess, no one knew the specific situation."
"But Isla, you overlooked one thing."
Serena took a step forward, approaching Isla.
Looking at Isla’s unwilling eyes, she said, "The Lawson Corporation is transitioning into a technology company, I thought you’d be more sensitive being in it."
"What?"
"Many things use copper, like copper cables, copper foil, high-speed connections, and many other places use copper, it’s a vital material."
"Have you noticed, technology has been soaring recently."
Isla’s lips parted slightly, unable to speak.
If she had no intelligence it would’ve been fine, but she clearly knew what Serena said was true.
"So, even without the matter of Gallia’s mine, finding a low point in copper’s price fluctuations would be worth a try."
"And your suppression of copper prices didn’t harm me, instead, it was of great help, later copper prices retaliated and rose, all thanks to you."
Serena looked at Isla.
She said, "Of course, I’ve exited now, recently gold and copper prices started to fall, technology is also oscillating, that’s the market for you, Isla, you still haven’t learned to respect the market, insist on going against it, recklessly following your whims."
"But..."
"Still trying to say it’s luck?" Serena laughed.
"Just being played by gold and copper, isn’t this my operation?"
"And I swapped Aether Group’s shares for Hawthorne Group’s shares, wasn’t this series all planned by me?"
In the dim underground parking lot, Serena’s voice echoed from all directions.
Her deep eyes stared into Isla, inch by inch shattering Isla’s still fantasizing heart.
Each word, every sentence, hit like a heavy blow.
"Isla, when you smugly thought you could suppress me, actually you helped me greatly, if it wasn’t for you and Ford Group wanting to join Aether, Hawthorne’s executives wouldn’t have been so desperate, allowing me to win this psychological battle."
"Until today, as I’ve already told you, I’ve completed the interest alignment with Aether."
Serena looked at the confused-faced, parted-lip Isla Lawson.
She said, "Isla, until now, do you still believe all this is just luck?"
All she meticulously planned day and night, countless times simulating.
Enduring pressure repeatedly, step by step to arrive at today, with finally some small progress.
All her hard work, all her efforts, can it just be summarized by the word "luck"?
She doesn’t deny there’s an element of luck in it.
But the important thing is her, Serena.
Isla’s lips parted, she wanted to say something, but for a moment, couldn’t utter a word.
She looked at Serena in front of her, calm, strategizing.
This was the version of herself Isla imagined.
It’s the goal she wanted to achieve.
But why wasn’t she the successful one, but Serena!
"It’s luck." Isla’s eyes were moist, she said, "Serena, at the start, didn’t you also benefit from The Lawson Corporation? If not for my brother, there wouldn’t be any of this beginning!"
"Serena, your foundation, is The Lawson Corporation!"
Serena looked deeply at Isla.
Many memories from the past overwhelmed her.
"Yes, Julian saved me," she said, "Years ago, Julian saved what was left of the Sheridan Family, now I can take them."
Serena’s eyes turned slightly red, "But I’ve repaid."
She spent seven years by Julian’s side, going through life and death together, joined him in transforming The Lawson Corporation.
She risked her life, even put the lives of two children on the line.
If that’s still not enough, she doesn’t know how else she can repay.
Must she stay in The Lawson Corporation for a lifetime to repay the favor?
But she’s already exhausted.
Those years at The Lawson Corporation were merely because of love.
Otherwise, amidst so many life-and-death moments, so many trials by fire, how could she have endured?
Serena’s gaze turned to the ceiling on one side.
She still couldn’t achieve the absolute rationality her father advised.
She still, too easily swayed by emotions.
