Chapter 505: Chapter 505 Win-Win Cooperation_1
Carn Stuart felt a chill in her heart. She knew it would not be easy to convince Greg Jensen, but she didn’t expect him to have investigated the Stuart Family’s weaknesses so thoroughly.
Greg Jensen was right, if they couldn’t find a strong ally, the Stuart Family’s share would shrink even further.
That was why Carn Stuart, despite all opposition, insisted on recruiting Greg Jensen.
However, the conditions Greg Jensen proposed were far too harsh. Setting aside the matter of money for now, if they really agreed, where would the Stuart Family’s honor stand?
Just as Carn Stuart was about to outright reject his offer, Greg Jensen, as if seeing through her thoughts, slowly began to speak:
“What if I said I could increase the Stuart Family’s share to over thirty percent?”
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“What did you say?”
Carn Stuart was taken aback, “Are you joking?”
Ten percent of the profits were divided among seven families, averaging at one and a half percent each, but most families couldn’t even secure that much.
Because the top families took nearly sixty percent of the shares.
What did a thirty percent share entail?
It was equivalent to one person swallowing the shares of two families!
Where did Greg Jensen get such confidence?
Carn Stuart looked at Greg Jensen with a shocked expression, clearly finding it hard to believe, and said, “Impossible…”
Greg Jensen calmly replied, “Whether it’s possible or not is my concern. How about we make a bet? If I can secure thirty percent of the shares, those industries will still be managed by the Stuart Family, but I want sixty percent of the profits.”
“Fine, it’s a deal!”
Carn Stuart agreed without a second thought and added, “If you can secure thirty percent of the shares, then the Stuart Family will beco your vassal. How about that?”
Greg Jensen extended his hand, laughing heartily, “Haha, then it’s settled!”
“It’s settled!”
Carn Stuart also extended her hand and struck his three tis to seal the wager.
The two exchanged a look and simultaneously burst into laughter.
Carn Stuart was happy because she had finally found a strong supporter for the Stuart Family, while Greg Jensen was pleased because he could finally bypass the Stuart Family and directly enter the competition in the seven provinces.
Next, as long as he could beco the champion in the martial contest within the seven provinces, he could use this victory as leverage to try to take control of all powers in the seven provinces.
After that point, he could confidently travel to famous mountains and rivers to find places rich in Spiritual Energy and concentrate on cultivating True Qi.
Greg Jensen, with a smile, picked up his tea cup and said, “Miss Stuart, let’s drink tea in place of wine to honor our agreent, shall we cooperate happily?”
Carn Stuart smiled and said, “Then may I wish Mister Jensen success in securing thirty percent of the shares?”
Her smile was like lting ice caps, her entire being shimred with a moist luster, causing Greg Jensen to pause, feeling as if sothing within him had been stirred.
Carn Stuart drank the tea in her cup and raised her head only to catch Greg Jensen’s slightly dazed gaze.
Her face turned slightly red, irritated that Greg Jensen was staring at her like that, which she found quite impolite.
But looking into his clear, pure eyes, she found that the reprimands that were on the tip of her tongue just couldn’t be voiced.
Since she was young, Carn Stuart had been beautiful, the focal point wherever she went. Boys often stared at her.
She always remained indifferent to those boys, but she had never seen a look like Greg Jensen’s before.
Pure, clear, without the slightest hint of desire—it was solely admiration, and it made her untouched heart pound fiercely.
She shyly averted her gaze, and her usually cold face beca covered in red roses of shyness.
At that mont, the jarring ring of a phone shattered the silence between them.
“I… I need to take a call.”
“Sure.”
Taking the call as an excuse, Carn Stuart grabbed her phone and hurried out, only stopping once she was outside the villa to catch her breath.
After glancing at the caller ID and seeing it was Carn Stuart, she paid it no mind, hit the mute button, and began to wander aimlessly around the yard, her mind on the scene that had just unfolded.
A short while later, the phone rang again.
Carn Stuart snapped to attention and realized she had unwittingly made her way to the back of the villa, only three or four ters away from the deep cliff’s edge.
“Why isn’t there a wall built behind the villa? What if soone falls off?”
Louisa Burley looked worried as she glanced over, then answered the phone.
“Hello, Carn, why the rush to call?”
An anxious voice ca from the phone, “Aunt Louisa, have you seen Barry Wolfe?”
“I’ve seen him, what’s going on?”
“Where did you see him? Was it at the mountaintop villa?”
Louisa Burley felt curious and asked, “Why are you asking so precisely, interrogating a criminal?”
The next second, she heard Carn Stuart urgently say, “Aunt Louisa, you need to run, there’s a bomb in the villa, it’s about to explode.”
“What did you say?!”
Louisa Burley’s face changed dramatically, and she instinctively turned back to look, only to see Barry Wolfe standing at the study’s window looking at her, a gentle smile still on his face.
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Inside the study.
Greg Jensen stood by the window, his heart skipping a beat as he watched the graceful figure below.
Compared to Lois Abbott’s assertiveness, Lindsey Wolfe’s brashness, Alia Simmons and Chelsea Wolfe’s docility, Vince Cooper’s gentleness, and Ryan Lampe’s lively cuteness,
Greg Jensen preferred this kind of quiet elegance.
With such a woman, nothing needs to be said, nothing has to be done, just sitting in silence is beautiful.
Amande Burns was that kind of woman, and so was Louisa Burley, plus she had a chilliness Amande didn’t have.
That was why Greg Jensen’s heart was stirred.
Just then, Louisa Burley happened to look up and their eyes t, and Greg Jensen couldn’t help but smile.
But at that mont, Greg Jensen noticed that Louisa Burley seed anxious and was even waving and shouting at him.
Greg Jensen was distracted with his thoughts and didn’t hear what she was saying. Just as he wanted to open the window to ask, a painful sting shot through his forehead, and a sense of alarm surged in his heart.
That sense of a life-or-death crisis caused his muscles to tense up instantly.
Without a mont to think, he surged all his True Qi through his body, crashed through the window, and charged out.
Boom!
Just as Greg Jensen broke through the window, a deafening explosion sounded from beneath his feet.
The huge shockwave, carrying a cloud of dust and debris, spread out like ripples with a thundering roar.
It was like a steel knife that, in an instant, cleanly bisected the entire villa.
Everything in its path was turned into powder!
Greg Jensen didn’t even have ti to use his Wind Control Skill before he was flung away by the powerful blast.
He felt as if his head had been slamd with a hamr, his vision went dark, and he nearly lost consciousness.
However, before he could steady himself, a succession of explosions kept ripping through the air.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Wave after wave of shockwaves followed one another incessantly!
Greg Jensen was like a flat boat in a ferocious storm, being violently struck by relentless waves.
He passed out while still in mid-air.
Then, along with plants and stones, he was thrown down the cliffside by the shockwave.
Ti passed, and the dust gradually settled.
Looking around, the artificial hills, fountains, and garden flowers were all leveled by the blast.
The once grand and luxurious villa had been reduced to rubble.
The yard that had its own unique charm was now littered with broken stones, tiles, and fragnts of precious antiques and paintings.
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