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Chapter 649
Carlisle found that although the spaghetti he cooked smelled good, something was missing. He determined that it was herbs. So, he went to the kitchen and found a bottle of mixed herbs meant for pasta. It tasted much better after he added them in.
The information department spent nearly five million dors traveling to Yalville to gather data on the fourpanies and the Lyon brothers. With such an investment, there must be a return.
"That''s not excessive... But... I''m unable to get that much money..."
Yara sounded frustrated over the phone.
Confused, Carlisle asked, "Don''t you have 38% of the shares? What about your inheritance from Yosef?"
"Yalville and Rivend were wealthy cities because they had abundant water resources, thus resulting in a particrly developed seafood industry. As the seafood tycoon of Yalville, his personal assets must have been at least a billion dors, right?"
"My father donated all his assets before he died. He didn''t even leave the house and car to me."
Carlisle was speechless. He instantly found his spaghetti unappetizing.
"You have to think of a n. Once you get 40% of the shares, you''ll haveplete control over Paradise Fishery.
"In the future, you''ll have the final say in Paradise Fishery. You can even make peace with Sylvester and his wife.
"You''ve endured so many years of criticism. Haven''t you been waiting for this day?"
"Alright. I''ll get the money as soon as possible," Yara replied decisively.
She had indeed waited for this day for a long time. She might have had to wait several years longer if it were not for Carlisle.
She would rather use the next few years to recoup her investment than continue wasting time. She called Charles after she ended her call with Carlisle and told the former about the situation.
"How much savings do you have right now?" asked Charles.
"I only have about 20 million dors."
Although she had 38% of the shares, she would only receive five million dors worth of dividends annually. The remaining dividends were used to expand the market, as her father had wished.
This arrangement was forced upon her by her uncles. She had no say in it, and the money could be directly transferred without her consent.
After a moment of silence, Charles said slowly, "I have 200 million dors, but I can help you raise about 500 million dors. You''ll have to figure out how to get the remainder."
He was merely Yosef''s uncle, but Yosef had given him 12% of the shares after he became rich. It was more than what Yusof''s brothers had received.
Charles was aware of the reason behind that. When they were poor, young Yosef was weak and sickly. His parents had nned to give up on him.
Charles had returned from the battlefield then. His character was more upright than that of his brother and sister-inw.
Driven by the belief that he would rather go hungry himself than let a child starve, he took Yosef into his home and raised him for six years. This kindness over those six years led Yosef, after he became wealthy, to give him a 12% share of hispany.
Charles relied on those shares to live a luxurious lifestyle, which he started to enjoy when he was 40. At 92 years of age, he was now content with how he lived most of his life.
On December 27th, Carlisle contacted the four Lyon brothers and reduced the value of the 30 % to 40% stake in Paradise Fishery from one billion to five hundred million.
He then dropped his act and had Yara directly buy the shares from the Lyon brothers.
After all, trading shares incurred taxes. If Carlisle bought them first, some of it would be deducted for tax. Transferring them to Yara would incur another tax. It was an unnecessary step.
On the 28th of December, Carlisle received 150 million dors from Yara.
On the 30th of December, Holly Fisheries signed a seafood acquisition contract with Paradise Fishery.
On December 31st, Carlisle received a phone call. The caller imed to be Stephen Dunn, the founder of Odyssey Network Company Limited at Mocuwait.
"You''ve giarised!"