Chapter 428 - 422: Too Stingy

Chapter 428: Chapter 422: Too Stingy

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“Kay Lee, this is a great opportunity for you. If you’re not satisfied with the endorsement fee, we can negotiate. To honor the friendship between my grandfather and your grandfather, I can increase the endorsement fee to 150 million. I’m doing this in good faith.” Norton James paused a bit then spoke up, a bit annoyed, but he managed to suppress his emotions.

Kay Lee frowned slightly. She had already deemed this man as no good. However, him offering such a high price, not that she cares about the money, but also bringing up the relationship between her and his grandfather, somewhat put her in a tough spot.

After all, her feelings about Norton James were purely personal, without evidence. No one would believe her if she told them. But if she declined the offer, it seemed like she was disrespecting Norton and disregarding the relationship between the grandfathers.

Kay was struggling, when a sudden voice rang out: “Mr. James is so generous. Kay, you should go for it.” Everyone was taken aback, then a few individuals started showing disdain. The speaker was none other than Finn Lewis!

Kay was surprised because this statement... definitely didn’t reflect Finn’s character. She didn’t want Finn to get into an argument with the man. She didn’t want him to get into unnecessary trouble because of her. However, to the Davis clan, Finn seemed selfish for letting his girlfriend engage in order to get the money, even though Norton’s proposal was indeed formal.

Norton had initiated the negotiation with the intention of spending big, that’s why his annual fee of 150 million had greatly surprised everyone. Finn’s two additional words after his amount had backed Norton into a corner.

Norton found himself in an immensely uncomfortable position where he had to decide between confirming or denying the assumption. If he confirmed, then he wouldn’t be able to provide such a large sum. Joking or not, his company only had a registered capital of 1 billion Flame Nation coins. Despite the actual capital exceeding 1 billion Flame Nation coins, 150 million Federation Currency would equate to 900 million Flame Nation coins.

This essentially implied giving the entire company to Kay Lee. Over this mere endorsement contract... 150 million Federation Currency a year? Had he gone mad? It would be impossible to provide such a high figure even for any celebrity worldwide!

Norton muttered curses under his breath as he realized that Finn wasn’t here to help, but cause chaos.

However, since he already had asked him for his question, not answering would definitely lose face. So, he just glared at Finn Lewis fiercely, before trying to answer the question, “Mr. Lewis, you’re making a joke out of this. We are conducting business domestically, so we will use the Flame Nation currency naturally. Plus, an endorsement fee of 150 million Federation Currency is way too exaggerated. No celebrity worldwide has such a high endorsement fee. Even at 150 million Flame Nation coins, this would still be a top-tier endorsement contract.”

Having lost his dignity already, Norton James tried his best to explain himself to salvage what remained of his image. Upon hearing Norton’s explanation, Finn replied in a ‘disappointed’ manner, “So it’s Flame Nation Currency? Mr. James, you were quite impressive upfront! I was expecting you to respond to me saying it’s not Federation Currency, but Alliance Countries Currency or South Federation Currency. This is rather disappointing.”

“Ah!” With that statement, Elegant Sky could no longer hold his laughter. His spit almost choked him. God, this guy was truly a piece of work. That was a straight-up insult without any dirty words. This literally meant calling out Norton James for showing off unnecessarily. Norton had no retort. Well, how could he claim it wasn’t Federation Currency but rather Alliance Countries Currency?