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Chapter 2286
Chapter 2286
Chapter 2286
Percy knew that Pierre would no longer be able to sustain his company if his cash flow was removed.
Luke's gaze deepened. He knew that Pierre was not as capable as Percy when it came to managing a company.
"Where did his money come from?" He was aware of Pierre's company's current situation, so he wondered where Pierre got so much money to acquire the shares.
"There are many in the Mallory family who are helping him right now," Percy said in a calm tone. "Old Master Mallory, as well as my mother and father, are probably providing him with funds to buy the shares."
The entire Mallory family was supporting Pierre because of the choice that Percy made.
On top of some relatives of his, Old Master Mallory, Madam Mallory, and the others were silently providing funds to Pierre.
They could not take the company back from Percy and hand it over to Pierre. It would cause a lot of public opinion and would be detrimental to the company's development.
As such, they supported Pierre and wanted him to take over Mallory Corporation in the right way.
"You're sidelined," Luke said. The Mallory family was much simpler than the Crawford family.
At least Percy's father did not invite a few more competitors for the family fortune. Percy and Pierre were brothers from the same mother and father. In theory, that kind of power struggle should not happen.
However, it was what it was.
The reason they wanted him out was that Percy had chosen a woman he loved to be with for the rest of his life.
Pierre was still interested in her. He went from helping her at the beginning to becoming what they were now.
The two brothers, although they had not had any direct confrontations, were already not seeing eye to eye behind the scenes.
"That's why I need foreign aid." Percy crossed his arms around his chest and looked at the man in front of him. "Actually, I'm happy to fight with him if he has the capability to take over Mallory Corporation, but I won't let him get it from me so easily."
He did not care about Mallory Corporation. Since everyone in the Mallory family was in favor of allowing Pierre to bring down the company, he was fine with it as well.
Percy knew that his abilities were not reflected by his ownership of Mallory Corporation.
As long as Luke and Jim agreed to help, even if everyone from the Mallory family helped Pierre, he would not lose easily.
Even if he lost, he would not make it easy for Pierre to get what he wanted.
"With your attitude, you're not afraid that Mallory Corporation will eventually fall into his hands and you'll have no money?" Luke could not help but tease him.
As Percy had a stake in Mallory Corporation, he would still get a large sum of dividends even if he did not have decision-making power.
Of course, that was under the premise that Mallory Corporation was operating under the leadership of Percy. The dividends were considerable, so many people were scrambling for them. They wanted to
get the shares of Mallory Corporation to get a piece of the pie.
However, if the person making the business decisions was Pierre...
If the company was run down to the ground by Pierre, his shares would turn into waste paper.
"If he can do it, I'll either sell my shares to start a business, or I'll find a job at T Corporation. I'm capable, right? I'm definitely better than Jason. You can let Jason be my subordinate and I'll be your subordinate," Percy joked.
He did not care much about the future of Mallory Corporation. All he cared about was Nina.
If the price of getting Mallory Corporation was to give up Nina, he would never agree to it.
In the past, Percy did not understand how one could fall head over heels for someone, but now, he did.
Even if the glass of wine that Nina handed to him was poisoned, he would drink it unequivocally.
"T Corporation is too small of a pond for you. Tell me, how can I help?" Luke took a sip of his coffee and looked at Percy's unconcerned attitude. It was as if Percy was not under any pressure.
"I need to open a few stock accounts in your name. They're buying shares. I can too, but I can't buy them in person," Percy said. He did not want to fight against them in person yet.
"You want me to get the shares?" Luke raised an eyebrow.
"You can transfer them to me or keep them for yourself. It doesn't matter." Percy nodded. His main priority was to gather more stocks.
He wanted the Mallory Corporation's shares to be owned by him or someone he trusted.
Someone like Luke was perfect.
That was because he would never work with Pierre.
"You're quite smart. I have an investment account. I'll buy the shares for you. Whenever you need them, let me know. I'll transfer as many as I have." Luke agreed. He was not short of money and was more than happy to do this favor for Percy.
Moreover, he also wanted to dim Pierre's spirit.
"Easy! What a great friend you are." Percy smacked the table and smiled.
"Are you still going to ask Jim for help?" Luke asked.
"Yeah." Percy nodded and responded, "He's in the office today. I'm going to visit him later at night."
"Ask him out for drinks tonight," Luke said. He also happened to have something to ask Jim for help.
Percy frowned. "He's enjoying his family life and is happy. Will he say yes to drinks?"
"I also want to ask him for help with something. Tell him that this is about the suburban development project and ask him if he's interested," Luke said.
He believed Jim would be interested in having his entertainment facilities in the suburban development project.
Even if he was enjoying family life, his wife and children had to eat.
"Okay, I'll make an appointment with him." Percy took out his phone and opted to text Jim instead of making a call.
Luke also took out his phone to text Luca, telling her that he had something on for tonight and would not be back for dinner.
Luca replied quickly: [Okay.]
There were no sweet nothings between them.
In the past, when he was going to events on his own, Luca would always tell him to drink less and not drive after drinking.
However, all he could get now was one simple word—okay.
Luke frowned.
"We're on for tonight. He's interested, and I told him to meet us at our usual spot at seven o'clock," Percy said. He saw that Luke was frowning when he looked up.
He guessed that the reason someone like Luke, who always had a stern expression, would frown was not because of work.
"What's the matter? Haven't got Dr. Craw yet?" Percy could not help but tease him.
Luke gave him a cold stare and replied, "You're not doing much better."
"I'm doing much better than you. At least I can tell Nina sweet nothings every day and we can love each other loud and proud. You have to work harder." Percy deliberately triggered him.
Although his relationship with Nina has not been approved by the family, their current situation was indeed better than Luke's.
"You're so long-winded." Luke put his phone down and said, "Aren't you leaving?"
"Nah, you're going to get off work soon, right? It's closer to go from here. Let's head there together. It'll save me some time." Percy shook his head and looked at Luke jokingly. "How's it going? Haven't your men found out more about the situation?"