Enchanted By His Charm

Chapter 884 884: Joseph’s Mining Proposal

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It was a peaceful night. Irish curled up in Joseph's arms. Both of them were naked, and they could feel each other's warmth.

Joseph remained silent after sex. He rubbed Irish's long hair and was absorbed in his thought. A drowsy feeling came over to Irish.

After a long while, she looked up at Joseph but found his eyebrows knitted in a frown. Reaching out, she strived to soothe his frown. Joseph smiled softly and took her hands over his lips. But Irish was aware that he was thinking of something.

Irish stared at him without moving. Joseph looked into her eyes and showed a big smile to her. 

"It is time to sleep," said Joseph softly.

"But I don't want to sleep now," Irish pouted, holding him tightly. She cherished every single minute of being with Joseph.

Compared with Cassie, Irish was luckier since she got much more time to get along with Joseph. They worked at the same company, and Joseph would go home no matter how busy he was.

Joseph grinned at her and patted her gently as if she was a spoiled little girl.

"I like your smile," Irish murmured.

"Am I so serious in daily life?"

"Yes, you always smiled faintly." 

Joseph held her face and buried his face into her hair. 

"It is not necessary to smile when making love."

"I am not talking about it!" His beard tickled Irish.

In the next second, Irish was encircled by his arms. He stared at Irish and said, "Sometimes I really hope you are not a part of the Lake family."

Irish lowered her voice and replied, "You must encounter many troubles like this, right?" 

Irish didn't care if Becky would come to her again, but she was clear that Joseph knew what had happened between Becky and her. Although he still remained calm, Becky soon lost every chance for film and advertising. The only thing Becky could do was to pick up a row in the company.

What was more surprising was that the dog packs reported that Britney was the real evil and backstage manipulator, which shocked the public.

Britney was so flurried that she held three press conferences to clarify her name. She insisted that she had nothing to do with Becky, but Becky was irritated, so she began to disclose Britney's scandals.

For a moment, the public had a bad impression of Britney, and she lost the chance to be awarded as the Best Actress.

Some negative reports were released, and Britney and Becky's company canceled all of their advertisement and film.

Joseph kept silent about this, but Irish knew why all this had happened.

Finally, Daisy told her that Joseph remained silent for a long time after he learned that Becky had come to argue with her that day. That day he ordered Daisy to go out, but she saw him call somebody, although no one knew who he had called.

Soon, Becky became a madwoman, and Britney's future was ruined.

Before Irish celebrated, her concentration was soon diverted. 

When the Runestone Group was busy launching the new arrivals, Joseph's decision shocked the board so much that all shareholders were talking about that.

At the board of directors meeting, Joseph proposed closing the mine and focusing on mine No.2 in South Africa because No. 1's resources were exhausted, and there was no need to spend much more manpower and material on it.

But Joseph's decision to scrap the mine was met with opposition from the shareholders in the Lake family and those such as William, who believed that the No. 1 mine still had a lot of resources, and even concluded that Joseph's decision was selfish.

As a result, it suppressed the process.

Although Joseph's holdings could be equal to that of the Lakes, South Africa's mines were bought and developed under Joseph and the Lake's name, and Joseph's voice was so small that he couldn't just pursue any plans, so he had to convince those shareholders who were against his decision.

She was a member of the Lake family or even a major shareholder in the Runestone Group, and these days William had made frequent moves to care for her, so it was not difficult to think that he was willing to let her in.

Irish did not make any comments on Joseph's proposal. However, she didn't doubt Joseph's professional judgment. Though she didn't know how much ore they produced, she understood the huge cost of each development; as Joseph said, No. 1 mining site resources were exhausted, and there was no need to spend much more manpower and material on it, so they'd better concentrate on the No.2 Mine.

But she couldn't decide to agree because the Lake family shareholders and William had already concluded that Joseph was selfish, and she was his wife, so her decision to side with Joseph would only put them in an embarrassing state and make William unhappy. More importantly, William said something to Roy. That hinders Roy from making a decision, and he also holds a hesitant attitude. So, they put aside the idea.

Irish understood that even if Roy no longer cared about the Runestone Group, he was, after all, the eldest son of the Lake family, so he had to make some decisions and he must need to be careful.

But Irish couldn't object because Joseph was her husband, not to mention in the field that she did not understand, she could not do a rebuff.

Generally speaking, as long as the preliminary survey was good, the basic content was more or less estimated. But in South Africa, the shape of the No. 1 mine was relatively special. The previous exploration could only provide incomplete data, plus the riverbed had been diverted, which divided the No.1 mine into two, and it needed the later exploration.

It was because of the unique terrain in the second half of the No.1 mine, which caused too much trouble to explore. The needed human and material resources were enormous, and it became a problem.

Of course, under the opposition of shareholders, Joseph also proposed to find people to explore, but unexpectedly, William and others opposed it.

In this way, the two sides were at a dead end.

So, Irish and Ruby became the key decision makers because apart from William's shares, Roy, Ruby, Irish, and Lilith's shares combined were absolutely larger than Joseph and Roy's, so they had an absolute right to speak.

But at present, Roy had been hesitant, Ruby did not express her opinion, and she had said that she unconditionally supported any decision of the Lake family, which meant that she chose to stand with them. And Lilith had a minimal number of shares, she chose to give up and did not make any statement, so only Irish didn't express her idea.

So Joseph's words made Irish uneasy. Yes, she also hoped that she was not from the Lake family.