"You said you wanted to talk to me about shares, what is it you want to discuss?"
James Campbell approached her, sitting down before her. If he hadn’t been wary of the Campbell shares held by her and Adam Jones, he would never have been able to sit down in front of her.
Elly Campbell glanced at him and didn’t hurry to speak, merely sipping from her coffee cup, an occasional sip here and there. The calmer she appeared, the more impatient James became.
His greatest fear was that Adam Jones would truly give that fifteen percent of shares to Elly Campbell, and then at any moment, she could drive him out of Campbell.
"What exactly do you want to discuss with me? I don’t have time to waste with you."
James Campbell’s entire demeanor started to become agitated.
Finally, Elly Campbell slowly put down her coffee, looked at him, and said, "I will sell you all thirty-five percent of the shares I hold."
James was startled, thinking he had heard wrong, "What did you say?"
Sell all thirty-five percent of the shares she held to him?
Was she sick? Did she want to leave Campbell?
Of course, he was only too happy for this wretched girl to leave Campbell, but then, this wretched girl wasn’t stupid, so why would she give up such a big piece of the pie like Campbell?
"According to the current stock price of Campbell, I will sell you all of the thirty-five percent of shares I own."
Elly Campbell patiently repeated once more.
"You would do that for me?"
How could James possibly believe Elly Campbell so easily, "You aren’t planning to trick me, are you?"
Elly Campbell looked at him, and scoffed, "You? If I wanted to scheme against someone, I would never target someone as weak as you. That would be an insult to my own abilities."
"Elly Campbell, you..."
James, furious with embarrassment, raised his hand to slap her face, but Elly repelled it with the documents in her hand.
Seeing her still seated steadily on the couch, even as she looked up at him, the force in her eyes remained unaffected.
James’s raised hand, it seemed, had been forcibly lowered by Elly’s gaze.
"I’m not here to argue with you. The reason why I’m selling the shares to you is purely that I don’t want to waste my time working with someone like you."
The undisguised disgust on Elly Campbell’s face ignited the urge in James to hit her once more, but ultimately he lacked the courage and could only glower resentfully at her.
"You should know that as long as I’m at Campbell, with the thirty-five percent of shares in my hands, I won’t let you have peaceful days. I’m sure you’ve thought about this, otherwise you would not have come running to see me after just one phone call."
Elly spoke with a steady rhythm, her voice soft, yet every word was like a stab to James’s heart, causing the corners of his mouth to twitch involuntarily.
"Furthermore, with the shares I hold, I could force a capital increase on Campbell. By then, your little shareholdings would be diluted to almost nothing. Given your limited abilities to start with, if your shares were also diluted, it would take me but moments to kick you out of the game."
As James was about to retort, Elly raised her hand and interrupted him, "Don’t be in a hurry to contradict me. Verbally contradicting me for the sake of arguing is pointless. Think carefully about what I’ve said."
From beginning to end, Elly maintained a composed and unflappable poise, unlike James, who seemed far more impatient.
However, this was normal. Anyone watching an opponent holding overwhelming capital ready to crush them would react like James did.