Chapter 429
Zane continued, “And there are no obvious loopholes among the evidence we’ve gathered?”
The lawyer answered solemnly, “That’s right.”
Relieved, Zane gave Douglas a meaningful look and said, “We’ve already cut off all their possible fallbacks, anyway. Shall we publicly announce our newly established collaboration?” Douglas nodded. “Yes.”
Now that his services were no longer needed, the lawyer left without prompting. As for Douglas, he contacted his staff and told them to release a press statement claiming that they had secured a partnership with a giant corporation like Huxham Corporation. Zane, too, informed the relevant staffers in Huxham Corporation to release a similar press statement.
Douglas couldn’t help beaming at how things turned out.
As Zane sat down behind his desk, he eyed Douglas meaningfully and offered, “Your staff might not be adequately equipped to procure or handle a project of this scale. How about I send over a few of my staffers to lend you a hand?” Douglas was taken aback by Zane’s generosity. “That would be great!”
With Huxham Corporation’s help, he was confident that the project would be executed smoothly. He was grinning from ear to ear when he left Zane’s office.
Yvonne stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows as bitter resentment coursed through her.
Annalise had made a lot of money from her work because Zane had backed her up, yet the company expected Yvonne to bankroll Jessica on her paycheck. It was the most ridiculous thing she ever heard!
Her resentment grew. She might not have the money, but Jessica did.
It didn’t take long for inspiration to strike Yvonne.
She smirked as she dialed Jessica’s
number and relayed her
conversation with the secretary to the latter verbatim. After that, she asked, “Would you be willing to fork out the money? Your work is amazing, Jessica. If you’re willing to market it, I promise you’d be making more money than Annalise…”
Jessica was quiet on the other line, and the glee on Yvonne’s face
vanished instantly. “What, you don’t
want to fork out the money e
tell me you’re content to see Annalise’s work become a
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worldwide sensation while you eke out a living as an unknown comic artist.
“Would you rather watch Annalise make it big while you survive on meager revenue shares each month?”
After a long pause, Jessica said, “The thing is, Steven and I aren’t on good terms lately, Yvonne. All he thinks about these days is Annalise. I don’t even know where I stand with him anymore.”
She might have manipulated Steven into siding with her, but she could only bait him when he was dumb enough to rise to it. In truth, he was still in love with Annalise.
Jessica suggested, “Maybe we should forget about this. Right now, I should focus on getting some money from Steven and saving it for emergencies.”
Yvonne seethed, “But Annalise is earning a lot. She’s earning so much that… You probably don’t know this, but she’s making enough money to make me jealous.
“She made 200 thousand dollars this month alone, though the money is technically last month’s royalty pay-out.”
Just looking at Annalise’s earnings convinced Yvonne that if she and Jessica missed this opportunity, they would regret it forever. “She’ll make even more next month, considering this month’s hefty revenue share pay-out.
“We’re looking at millions here,
Jessica, and that’s for the work she hasn’t even officially launched yet. Once the marketing starts, Annalise stands to earn more than hundreds of millions of dollars. I don’t even know many companies whose net profits can match that figure!”