Mr. Frazer and his men stood at the gates of the Lin's mansion, eyeing for every chance to get in. Hours slipped away as they waited.
"Oh, you guys haven't been captured?" A puzzled voice sounded. Henry walked towards them slowly, looking at Mr. Frazer and his friends. "I saw the cars of the officials when I left the hotel just now. I thought you guys had already been caught and killed."
As the word "killed" rolled out of Henry's mouth, Mr. Frazer and his friends trembled in fright once more.
"Mr. Henry." Mr. Frazer smiled and said, "I know I had offended you just now, Mr. Henry. Please forgive me forthat."
"Mr. Frazer, you speak of it too seriously." Henry simply waved a hand at him.
Mr. Frazer smiled embarrassedly and said, "Mr. Henry, look, we have come prepared. All that needs is for you sir, or President Lin to sign it, and the deal will be sealed."
As Mr. Frazer spoke, he had already inadvertently changed to address Mr. Henry from "you" to "sir".
The rest of the owners also put up friendly smiles at Henry.
Henry scratched his head with a troubled expression and said, "Mr. Frazer, this would be a little bit of a problem, I'm afraid. When I asked just now, it was clear that you weren't planning to transfer the ownership of the land anytime soon, so I used the money gotten from the sales of the land for other investments. Why don't you wait a little longer? This is an error on our end, I'm afraid. To compensate for our error, we'll forget about the breach of contract damages you were supposed to pay."
Upon hearing this, the faces of Mr. Frazer's and friends suddenly changed. Temporarily unable to proceed? But the deadline given by that Silver Visitor just now was today!
No one on Mr. Frazer's side dared to risk their lives to find out what the Silver Visitor would do to them.
"Mr. Henry, can you try transferring some funds to resolve this? Can we first settle this deal?" Mr. Frazer asked fawningly as he rubbed his hands.
"No." Henry answered without a second of hesitation, "There's no way for me to transfer any funds.Don't you fret, Mr. Frazer, the Lins Group will be responsible for all the breach of contract damages. What's wrong, Mr. Frazer, what's the hurry?"
Mr. Frazer and his friends looked around at each other, they then threw looks at Mr. Frazer. With a troubled expression on his face, Mr. Frazer said embarrassedly, "Mr. Henry, we will be holding an event soon, so we'll have to travel elsewhere. Since we can't really be sure of when we will be coming back, we really would like to have this deal settled as soon as possible today."
"We've got no money." Henry said bluntly, "If you want to go through the procedures today, you can make some changes to the agreement and transfer your lands to us for free. This way we can ensure that the deal can be completed today, or else well just have to wait and see."
"Henry! You've gone too far!" One of the owners could not contain his anger and shouted. "You people of the Lins Group have already profited greatly from this, and yet you now want us to transfer the ownership of the land to you for free?"
"You could just wait and see if you refuse my offer." Henry whistled and said, "I guess you're right. I did intend to take things farther than needed. Well, now that I think about it, for you to transfer it to us for free isn't enough. Our people knocked on your doors for no less than ten times yesterday, causing them to
even have to delay their businesses at hand. Also, what about their travel fees and compensations for emotional damages? I guess each of you should pay us a compensation of ten million yuan. Don't you talk to me if you're offering less than that."
"In your dreams!" The same owner shouted. "Henry, how dare you make such outrageous requests! Do you think a few actors with fake guns could scare us? We'll see who'll be the one begging first!"
After saying those words, the man turned around furiously and left.
The other owners who stayed on watched the back of the angry man as he left.
"Why don't we leave as well?"
"Let's go back and think about it."
"Mr. Henry, you're asking for ten million yuan all of a sudden. None of us can afford that. We'll go back and think about it."
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