Chapter 128: Chapter 128: Useless Rotten Mom
Derrick Stern received a call from Leon Keane, and he felt a bit scared. After all, he had made a low-level mistake and was transferred to a godforsaken place. Now that he had finally returned, he felt that the air in Ravenswood was so fresh and comfortable.
He never wanted to be transferred again.
When Derrick heard Leon mention a new task, his expression tightened. Great, there was a new task, which meant he wouldn’t be transferred again.
"Understood, President Kane, rest assured, I’ll get this done perfectly." Derrick flattered over the phone.
Intercepting contracts was his forte. As for creating public opinion? He had a friend who could help him with that.
Leon hung up the phone.
Derrick suddenly realized that President Kane wanted him to do these things to swallow up the Young Group?
The executive director of the Young Group was Hugo Young, who got rich through real estate. In Ravenswood’s real estate industry, he wasn’t the leading figure, just a nouveau riche!
For the Kane Group, swallowing the Young Group wouldn’t bring much benefit because the prime lands and constructions in Ravenswood had already been taken by the rising star of the real estate industry, New Edge Real Estate.
The Young Group didn’t even have the qualifications to compete, so the lands they acquired were all in remote areas. A notorious lowland real estate from a few years back was also a Young Group development. They thought they had concealed it well, but it was still exposed by someone in the know.
Derrick looked it up on his phone, and sure enough, it was the Young Group. Not only were there negative reports about the lowland, but also issues with building distances, quality of unfinished houses, and inconsistency with delivery terms. The most exaggerated was the quality of the deluxe apartments, which used the shoddiest materials on the market, fell far short of the model houses, and provoked the collective rage of the buyers.
This information was released in March this year. Derrick checked further; March was precisely when the Young Group’s "Waterside Huayu" was delivered.
The more Derrick read, the more he cringed. He checked the stock holdings, and it was simply unbearable to look at. It had been plummeting like a roller coaster since March and continued to decline.
A company like this could hold out for at most one or two more years before collapsing on its own. What was President Kane thinking in swallowing such a lagging company?
Derrick had a flash of inspiration. If he remembered correctly, Hugo Young’s son was named Franklin. He attended the same kindergarten as Ian Keane and had even been beaten by young Ian before.
Could it be that Franklin had provoked young Ian Keane again? Had he angered President Kane this time?
Thinking of this possibility, Derrick sneered. Franklin was really bold, not having learned from previous lessons. This time, he directly implicated his father’s company.
If Hugo Young knew that the company’s collapse was because of Franklin, the wastrel, he would surely direct all his resentment towards Franklin.
The Young Group was the result of two generations of efforts within the Young family.
With this in mind, Derrick thought it fitting for Hugo Young’s stock to fall. He wouldn’t even need to intercept the Young Group’s contracts. Instead, he’d go directly to a few major banks in Ravenswood, approach the branch managers, and persuade them not to grant loans to Hugo Young. Then, spread some rumors online that the Young Group lacked funds to build houses. It wouldn’t take long before Hugo Young would be exhausted and declare bankruptcy.
The financial power of the Young Group now, without bank loans, would surely collapse.
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The Young family.
Old Madam Young came home injured, giving Bella Young quite a fright.
"Mom, how did you get so seriously hurt? Did a mad dog bite you?" Old Madam Young’s hand and arm were covered in bite marks, making Bella Young anxious and fearful.
It must have been a Tibetan mastiff that bit her, right? Otherwise, why couldn’t two bodyguards protect her mother-in-law?
Franklin ran out of the room holding a toy gun and wildly shot at Old Madam Young and her bodyguards, the toy gun emitting "BiuBiu" music and flashing red and blue lights.
"Where’s the mad dog? I’m Superman, here to help you kill the mad dog." Franklin hadn’t gone to kindergarten these days, with Bella Young having asked for sick leave for him, intending to send him abroad.
But Old Madam Young was old, refused to go abroad, and couldn’t bear to part with her precious grandson. She couldn’t be without him for three days, so she insisted on keeping Franklin and had Bella Young figure out a way to get hospital receipts from abroad.
"Franklin, stop messing around, can’t you see how badly your grandma is hurt?" Franklin had been playing with that toy gun in the room, making Bella Young unable to even watch a makeup show. This gun’s music had already annoyed her to no end. Now that Old Madam Young was injured, Bella naturally couldn’t let Franklin continue to fool around.
Old Madam Young’s lifeless face suddenly revived upon hearing Bella scold Franklin. She immediately rebuked Bella discontentedly, "I’m the one who got hurt, not you. Why are you yelling at the child?"
"Franklin is only six years old, just an innocent child. How could he tell if my injuries are severe or not? A child doesn’t understand, but you, as an adult, also don’t get it? Just want to irritate me?"
Old Madam Young angrily scolded Bella. After being injured and aggrieved by Ivana Monroe, she had returned home in a foul mood. Why was Bella reprimanding Franklin and adding to her troubles?
Old Madam Young couldn’t stand the sight of Bella Young at the moment. She had initially advised Hugo not to marry this trophy wife, but Hugo didn’t listen. If it weren’t for this vase being so incompetent, unable to truly stand up for Franklin, why would she have to worry? Why did she have to bring bodyguards to the hospital to fight Ivana and her illegitimate child?
These matters should have been handled by Bella Young, the mother, not by her, an old woman who had no hope of matching young people’s strength.
Bella felt indignant inside but dared not confront her.
Franklin then pointed his gun at Bella Young and shot another round of "BiuBiu". This time, he was especially earnest, tilting his head, his eyes fixed on the scope, aiming at Bella’s heart, and shooting another round of "BiuBiu".
"You’re just a useless mom. I want to kill you."
Franklin pouted his thick lips, his young eyes filled with a rather menacing look.
Franklin’s expression and words stabbed at Bella Young. His fake gun seemed to morph into a real one with bullets loaded, coldly and sharply piercing her heart, shooting right through it.
Bella Young’s eyes reddened with unbearable sorrow. "Mom, what do I have to do to satisfy you? Look what Franklin has become now. I carried him for ten months to give birth, raised him with so much effort, and not only does he lack gratitude, but he also calls me a useless mom and wants to kill me."
Bella Young was heartbroken.
Franklin saw Bella Young crying and got irritated. "Stop crying, Dad said only useless women cry."
Seeing Bella not listening to him and continuing to cry, knowing she wouldn’t dare do anything to him with Old Madam Young around, he threw his gun at Bella. "Not playing with you anymore, useless woman."