Huh? How does he know? "Terry, what's going on? Please be straightforward and tell me all about it," Fabian said calmly.
"Wesley just called me. He wants to raise the price of the land you're partnering up with him to buy so that he can swindle some of your money. He even talked about splitting it in half with me. I disagreed. I'd rather not ruin our relationship like this."
Hah! You just can't wait to get wrecked, can you? Since you're asking for it, then I'd better grant you your wishes.
Grinning, Fabian said, "Terry, why would you reject such a great offer?"
Terry was rather baffled by what he had just heard.
"Huh?"
"Terry, call him back. Tell him you want eighty percent of the money. And then..."
After listening to Fabian's plan in full, Terry could not help but chuckle a little. "Okay, okay. I'll do as you've instructed. Mr. Norton, it can be really devastating to go against someone as smart as you. Fortunately, I do have the wisdom to be your friend."
"Terry, your involvement in this is much appreciated."
The two proceeded to engage in some small talk with each other and eventually ended the call.
Hours later, Wesley found himself narrowing his eyes at his phone. "Hmph. This Mr. Ziegler guy is greedier than I have expected. It turns out that he rejected me the first time simply because he wasn't offered enough money," he said to himself.
Upon hearing that, Regina turned to look at him eagerly. "So, he agreed to our plan?”
Nodding with a somewhat discontent expression, Wesley replied, "He did agree... but he wants to get eighty percent of the money."
"That's fine. What's important is that he agrees with our plan. We are turning a profit anyways. How about you try to raise the price of the land even higher?”
Wesley replied, "Yeah, I'll try my best to make the price as steep as they can get."
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