Chapter 65 Jack Is Brought to Justice
Recently, Skyview had been busy buying and renting land, which Lily naturally knew about. However, since the land Skyview was buying was in a nice location but too small, Lily didn't understand Skyview's purpose or what the land would be used for.
At the time, Lily thought Skyview was acting on impulse. Now she realized that Skyview is actually planning a shared locker project.
'What a genius idea!' she exclaimed inwardly.
She couldn't help but think, 'Shared lockers are a complementary industry to courier companies. With shared lockers, Lakeview Express' efficiency would greatly improve. Moreover, in the current hot shared economy, using shared lockers as a selling point to go public and make money is a sure win!
'And Skyview pulling in Skyler's investment is a masterstroke!
'On one hand, he first demonstrated his power to Skyler by using Suzanne, gaining the upper hand in momentum. Then, he tempted Skyler with profits, making Skyler eager to act. With this combination of hard and soft tactics, Skyler naturally had to hand over Jack obediently.
'On the other hand, although he has a huge fortune, he is fundamentally still a nouveau riche without much strength. While Skyler's wealth is not as great as his, Skyler has been building his business from scratch for many years, solid and steady, with significant influence in the city. A collaboration between him and Skyler can be mutually beneficial and a win-win situation.
'Moreover, he can quietly turn an enemy into a friend, making Skyler become a friend or at least a partner from an enemy.'
After figuring this out, a smile involuntarily appeared on the corners of Lily's mouth. 'Such a man can truly be called a genius!'
Suzanne was a bit stunned and couldn't help thinking to herself, 'Just now Skyview and Skyler were at odds and a fight seemed to break out at any time. However, now Skyler just handed over Jack as a flattering gesture due to some words Skyview said.
'This guy is so rich. I thought he was just a trust fund boy, but I didn't expect him to have such skills. It seems these rich people aren't all useless!'
Skyview had long anticipated that Skyler would hand over Jack and was not surprised. Instead, he felt it was a matter of course.
After all, Jack was just Skyler's godson, not his biological son!
'My shared locker project can bring Skyler at least a dozen million dollars in profit. Compared to benefits, a godson is nothing to Skyler,' thought Skyview.
Skyview looked at Jack and said coldly, "Jack, let's settle our scores today! You should have gone to jail with Alice a long time ago. Unfortunately, you escaped last time, but you still haven't repented. With all the bad things you've done, you are destined to be caught!"
Skyview's face was cold!
To friends, Skyview was always as warm as spring.
To enemies, Skyview was as ruthless as winter.
He showed no mercy, no compassion to his enemy.
Jack looked at Skyler and then at Skyview and laughed bitterly, "How did I lose? Can you tell me?"
Skyview said indifferently, "In short, you're out of your league."
"Out of my league? What do you mean?" Jack asked, puzzled.
Skyview said, "I'm a big capitalist, and you are a person without self-awareness. You should have seen the gap between us."
"Got it!" Jack suddenly realized, "I lost fair and square!"
"I don't care if you accept it or not!" Skyview ordered his men. "Take him away and hand him over to the authorities!"
After saying this, Skyview didn't look at Jack again.
Jack might look fierce on the outside, but in Skyview's eyes, he was nothing.
The key issues that really concerned Skyview were the business projects and the battles with some board members.
Jack was sent to the authorities.
This time, without Skyler's interference, plus Skyview had spent some money, Jack was likely to face severe punishment and would definitely be sentenced to life imprisonment.
"Mr. Scott, about the investment..." Skyler looked at Skyview and said.
"Recently, the scale of our operations has been too large, and there's a gap in the funding chain," Skyview said.
He was telling the truth.
Lakeview Express's business situation was not great to begin with, and Skyview had almost used up all the money on the books. This time, Skyview paid for all the crisis management.
"How big is the gap?" Skyler asked anxiously.
"15 million dollars," Skyview smiled. "I'm afraid it would be a bit difficult for Mr. Everett to come up with 15 million dollars, right?"
A person with a net worth of one billion dollars might not be able to offer 15 million dollars easily.
People with large cash flows were actually in the minority.
Most assets were fixed assets, and they owed a lot of money to the bank.
As one tycoon once told his son, "You'll never be able to spend all our family's money, and you'll never be able to pay off all the money we owe the bank." This was the portrayal of most wealthy people. They might have abundant assets, but they owed a lot of money. After all, to develop industries, spending their own money was too costly; spending other people's money was the way to go.
Skyview understood this principle well. He spent other people's money.
The crisis management was actually funded by John.
For the shared locker operation, he decided to use Skyler's money!
To him, his own money was so precious that it should only be used for eating, drinking, and having fun!
"I can still come up with 15 million dollars!" Skyler said, "How much equity can I get?"
Skyview said perfunctorily, "You can discuss that with my assistant! I'm not very clear on the professional details!"
Skyview always believed that professional matters should be handled by professionals.
Lily was very proficient in business negotiations compared to Skyview, so Skyview naturally let Lily handle the negotiations.
Lily immediately started negotiating with Skyler.
Lily had a good grasp of the situation and took control of the negotiation, leading Skyler.
The final result of the negotiation was that Skyler invested 15 million dollars for 20% of Lakeview Express's shares.
After signing the contract, Skyler smiled and felt optimistic about the future.
Skyview also smiled, feeling that he had made at least 7.5 million dollars off Skyler.
Both felt they had profited, so who actually lost?
"Mr. Scott, we are partners from now on!" Skyler looked at Skyview with increasing satisfaction.
"It's a pleasure to make a deal with you." Skyview promised, "Within a year at most, we will go public and make money!"
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