King's Awakening

Chapter 212: Failing to Steal the Chicken, Losing the Rice Instead!

Chapter 212: Failing to Steal the Chicken, Losing the Rice Instead!

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This…

Will Jones, standing in front of the entrance, had his facial expression frozen in place, replaced by a look of shock.

Before he could react, Antonio Wood’s bodyguards stepped up, forming a circle around him.

He was not White Mitchell, lacking superb martial arts skills. Against these bodyguards, he had one fate only – waiting to die!

Seeing this, a chill ran down Will Jones’ spine, as he franticly produced the asset transfer agreements of the Woods and Thomas families.

He held the agreement in hand, his voice trembling slightly as he spoke, “You… stay back! If you lay a hand on me, I will fire all of you!

Open your goddamn eyes and see clearly! These are the asset transfer agreements of the Woods and Thomas families. Now all assets of these two families, including you bodyguards, belong to the Jones family!

If you dare make a move, I’ll be the first to sack you!”

Will Jones began a bit timidly, but as he went on, his voice steadily grew more confident and seemed to be filled with newfound gusto.

It gave off the feeling that with the agreement in hand, he owned the world.

The Woods’ bodyguards paused at his words, but soon after, Antonio Woods’ voice came from behind them: “Really?! You even brazenly delivered the agreement to my doorstep yourself?

Well… Will Jones, instead of choosing heaven you barged into hell, huh?

Good, grab that agreement from him, and continue beating him. Beat him to the brink of death!”

Whoosh!

Upon hearing these words, Will Jones was so scared he felt he might lose his eyes out of fear.

Antonio Woods, acting against established norms, intended to grab the agreements?

“Antonio Woods, under broad daylight, you rob me and still has…” Will Jones was hopping mad, but before he could finish his sentence, Antonio Woods’ bodyguard snatched the agreement from him.

This…

With the agreement stolen, Will Jones froze in place, then, the Woods’ bodyguards swarmed him, raining down blows and kicks onto his body.

Will Jones’ wails echoed on the scene, his face contorted in pain, appearing utterly miserable.

A few minutes later, Will Jones was sprawled in front of Woods family’s entrance like a dead dog. Tattered and gasping for breath, he looked a pathetic sight.

At this moment, Antonio Woods and Blake Thomas slowly approached him, their faces carrying a cold, mocking smile.

Will Jones, frightened, scrambled backwards, and watched them in terror. “What…what are you planning? Are you plotting treason?

When Mr. Weiden comes back and sees what you’ve done to me, there will be hell to pay!”

Still using Hans Weiden to threaten us?

Antonio Woods and Blake Thomas sneered, their faces full of ridicule. Then Antonio bluntly stated, “Cut the bullcrap!

Will Jones, we have a score to settle. We spent quite a lot helping you manage relationships. All together, it amounted to around 30-40 million.

Plus interest, 50 million should be fine, right?”

Fifty…50 million?

Hearing this number, Will Jones was dumbfounded. Ignoring the fact that he was no longer the general manager of the Jones Group, even if he still held the position, he wouldn’t have that much money!

And what did they mean by ‘plus interest, 50 million’? Which interest is that high? Even Nine Dragons Finance would not be so harsh!

These two bastards were clearly taking advantage of a disastrous situation!

Seeing Will Jones’ stunned face, Antonio Woods let out another cold laugh and continued, “You have two days, I don’t care if you have to sell everything you own or sell yourself.

If I don’t see the money, prepare to search for your corpse in the River Arch!

Go on, toss him out! As far as possible!”

Not giving Will Jones a chance to react, Antonio Woods signaled his men to throw him out immediately after his threat.

At that moment, Will Jones felt as if his heart was bleeding.

This time, he didn’t just lose the transfer agreements from the Woods family and Thomas family, he ended up owing them fifty million instead.

This was truly a case of trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice!

“Fifty million, fifty million, fifty million!!!” Will Jones lamented endlessly.

But at this point, Will Jones was very clear that he couldn’t shoulder this debt himself.

Wasn’t Sherry Jones the general manager? Wasn’t Sherry Jones a shareholder of the Jones Group?

Alright, now it was the Jones Family who owed money to the Woods Family and the Thomas Family, so let Sherry Jones handle it herself!

Fifty million!

Enough to make Sherry Jones go out of her wits!

With this thought in mind, Will Jones quickly headed back in the direction of the Jones Family.

On the other hand, having obtained the shares, Sherry Jones didn’t pause at all, and immediately returned to the company and initiated a major reorganization.

First, she called back Elijah Bailey and the employees who had left with him. Upon receiving the news, Elijah had no hesitation and directly led his people back to the company.

Although there were still many troubles afterwards, no matter what, this was still a good start. Sherry felt her confidence multiplied.

Next, Sherry Jones began dealing with Ryan and his people. Those who could be used were kept, the rest were fired. People like Ryan, who was Will’s man, Sherry temporarily kept him around to give face to Will Jones.

Then, it was time to deal with the issues of suppliers, distributors, sales platforms, and the court.

Sherry Jones took a deep breath, preparing to visit each of them as a show of sincerity.

But before Sherry Jones could leave the company, a group of people came walking straight towards her at the entrance of the Jones Group.

Many of the faces were familiar.

Weren’t these the suppliers and distributors she was planning to visit?

And the one in the lead, with the solemn badge on his chest, wasn’t he from the court?

Could it be that the court was bringing these suppliers and distributors to take inventory of the Jones Group’s assets?

She remembered that there was such a legal procedure when a company went bankrupt, its assets would be auctioned by the court to repay the creditors.

Upon thinking of this, Sherry’s heart skipped a beat, and her pretty face instantly clouded over with despair.

Was the court really going to seize her company on the very first day of her being a shareholder?

Sherry’s mood was low, but even with the slightest glimmer of hope, she didn’t want to give up, so she hurriedly went to greet the court staff.

“You….” Sherry just wanted to speak, but unexpectedly, the court staff apologized to her full of regret, “You are Miss Sherry Jones, right?

I’m really sorry, the colleague who came this morning made a mistake. The company to be seized is not yours but another one. I came here specifically to apologize to you.”

They… they got it wrong?

Sherry was momentarily stunned. Before she could react, the suppliers and distributors who were behind the court staff came rushing up to apologize.

“Mr. Jones, we’re sorry. Some fool said your Jones Group was going bankrupt this morning. But as I see it, it’s doing well as ever, it was a misunderstanding.”

“Mr. Jones, to show our apologies, I’m willing to reduce the price of raw materials by another five percent.”

“Mr. Jones, we owe you an apology. From now on, the goods of the Jones Group….”

At this point, Sherry was utterly dumbfounded.

What… what the hell was going on?

While Sherry was bewildered, Ryan, who had learned of the situation, had secretly relayed this news to Will Jones.

Will Jones, who had just arrived at his doorstep, was about to explode with anger after reading the message on his phone. He then said viciously, “I see! This time heaven is really helping me!

Sherry Jones, White Mitchell, you’re both dead this time!!!”