Chapter 434: Chapter 434 Exposed

On the top floor of the Valiant East, the board meeting had started at 8 a. m.

Bethany led Steven into the meeting room confidently and sat down in their corresponding seats.

Bethany provided a summary of the company’s performance and its overall financial situation of the quarter at the beginning of the board meeting. None of these statistics were good.

It was evident that she had planned this for a long time. Otherwise, she would not have been confident the moment she stepped into the meeting.

She looked amiable and suggested that Steven explain the drop in financial revenue and progress.

She had made a deal with Steven in advance, in which the latter would give up the position on his own.

Steven nodded and then stood up.

“Thank you very much for attending the meeting. I just took over the company last quarter and I have not done a good job of developing the company. I’m indeed at fault for all these. Hence, I’ll apologize to everyone here right now.”

The directors didn’t seem to have any reaction, hence Steven went out with his explanation.

Bethany, on the other hand, seemed satisfied. She smiled as she looked at Steven.

“Young man, it’s understandable that you didn’t do well in the beginning!”

She was waiting for Steven to take the opportunity to give up his position in his next sentence. That way, she could also improve her image in front of the board of directors.

At this moment, Steven nodded instead.

“Thank you for your approval, Aunt Bethany. Although I didn’t do well in the first quarter, I believe that I will get better in the future. I hope that I could get support from all of you.”

Bethany’s face darkened immediately. How dared this son of a b*tch actually dared to say something like that at this moment?

However, she had to keep up with her affable facade, so it wasn’t convenient for her to snap back at him now.

She cast a glance at her nephew, Andrew, who seemed to have gotten the hint immediately.

“President Granger, I’m afraid that that is difficult for us to do! You did so badly in the last quarter. Besides, half of the financial year has already passed. If things were to go on like this, will all of us end up living on air with you in the next half of the year? Well, you and your family will not be starved, but we shareholders still have a family to raise. We simply couldn’t afford to take such a risk!”

Bethany had roped in those shareholders, and all of them echoed their assent.

“Yes! President Granger, we simply wouldn’t dare to place our trust in you any longer!”

Steven looked at the crowd coldly, unhurried.

After they were done talking, Steven finally spoke, “I know that my previous performance has been worrying, hence I assure you that I am not talking nonsense this time. I’ve just gotten a big break, and I’m going to sign the contract with the company later this afternoon. It has been confirmed!”

Andrew scoffed, “What kind of big project would you be able to secure that could possibly make up for our losses from the last quarter? President Granger, are you lying to us?”

Steven snorted, “Of course not! I’m sure all of you know about the TAG Group, right? We have already negotiated with the person in charge of TAG Group. Our group will be responsible for the renovation and construction of their resort town in the country!”

Everyone immediately burst into an uproar.

“Is that true?”

“They’ve never done a project in this city before, right? Why so sudden?”

“That’s hard to say! Have someone check it out quickly!”

There was a stir in the meeting room, and soon, someone had gotten the answer to that question.

“It’s true. The TAG Group is really going to build a resort town here later this year. It will be located on the mountain behind Rosaville City.”

“President Granger, I didn’t expect you to be such an exemplary young man to be able to get such a project!”

“President Granger, we believe in you. You will definitely lead us to improve our overall performance this year.”

They were all on Bethany’s side in the beginning, but in less than two minutes, they’d all turned their backs on her. Steven looked at the crowd with a brilliant smile on his face, “Thank you, everyone. I will definitely not let you down.”

Bethany was indignant. She gave Andrew a meaningful look. Andrew then broke the news immediately, “President Granger, this is the bill from the Finance Department. It is closely connected to the company under your girlfriend’s name. Could it be the transfer of Valiant East’s property?”

Steven was caught on details by Bethany. Since he was no longer adhering to her plans, it only made sense if she exposed this scandal of his.

However, it seemed that Steven no longer feared the repercussions of going against Bethany. He had already planned everything well.

Steven laughed as though he had heard something funny.

“Transfer the property? How is that possible? Valiant East is my family’s property. Why would I do such a thing to myself?”

“This is the accounts book. Why don’t you have a look at it?”

Steven refused to give in. He threw another account book over and said, “I’m afraid that there’s something left out in your account book. The one I have now is the real one. That company is indeed under my girlfriend’s name, but the materials of her company are of good quality and at a favorable price. Pray tell me why shouldn’t I seize such a good deal then?”

Bethany took the account book over and looked at it. As expected, Steven had already prepared all of the account books well. She had planned to expose him, but he had really bought good quality materials to make up for it.

Bethany could not hold it in any longer. She sneered.

“But you’ve lost a lot of money, haven’t you?”

Steven must have spent a lot of money to buy such good materials. The money that he had transferred out from the company before was not enough at all.

In fact, it was exactly as Bethany thought. Not only did Steven spend all his money away, but he also spent all the money that had been left behind by Harry Granger.

However, he did not regret it. He knew Bethany too well. He knew that she would expose his private matters next if he was really kicked out by her this time.

Then, he would have nothing left.

It would be better for him to risk his life now so that he could keep this position. He could then get as much money as he wanted in the future.

Steven put on a smile and played dumb.

“Aunt Bethany, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

Bethany was so furious that she could not believe that the dull-witted Steven could actually come up with such a good idea on his own. Could it be that Amos had colluded with him?

That couldn’t be the case!

After all, Amos had been hanging around Eudora lately.

As expected, those shareholders who had been roped in by Bethany changed their course of action as soon as they knew that they could benefit from Steven.

They consoled Bethany one after another, “Rest assured, Madam Bethany. We all feel that President Granger is still very capable of running the company!”

“That’s right. I’m sure that President Granger will be able to run the company well.”

Faced with such pressure, Bethany knew that it would be pointless to say anything further.

Perhaps, she really had lost this time. Bethany closed her eyes and was about to speak.

Andrew, who was sitting next to her, said all of a sudden, “That’s not right! President Granger, you just said that you will sign a contract with TAG Group in the afternoon, didn’t you?”

Steven was thrilled at the sudden turn of events. Without thinking too much, he nodded his head and asked, “Yes. What about it?”

Andrew burst into laughter abruptly. This time, he really laughed from the bottom of his heart.

“President Granger, have you gotten stood up? Or are you lying to us? The official website of TAG Group has just released a notice saying that they have already gotten the most suitable candidate. They also mentioned that they will announce the contract later.”

Steven was stunned, “That is impossible!”