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"Two hours to reach your office?" 

"Yes, exactly two hours," Vincent said. "Or else, I will cut your company off completely. I know that you don't want that to happen, right, Mr. Maxwell?" 

Vincent was very confident with himself. He knew that Gregory Maxwell's company wouldn't be able to survive without his aid. So he could do whatever to boss that fat old man around. 

He thought Gregory Maxwell would beg to be spared, as he usually did.

However, this time was different.

"Oh no, two hours before you cut off our cooperation, what should I do?" Gregory Maxwell sneered. He had that mocking tone that Vincent disliked. "I think I know what I should do, Mr. Gray. You may as well cut any cooperation we have right now, because I'm not going to meet you and be your dog."

Vincent's eyes widened. He had never been disrespected by this old bastard, no matter how much Vincent abused him.

"How dare you, you fat, crooked, old man! Do you really want me to cut your company completely? Do you know what kind of mistake you just made?!"

"Oh, I do not make any mistake, Mr. Gray. Yes, I don't care if you cut off any remaining cooperation between us," Gregory Maxwell said. 

"You—Your company will fucking fall if not because of me! You should be here, kissing my feet right now!" Vincent yelled, but the old man only sneered in response. 

"Not anymore, Mr. Gray. Your little brother already got me a much better contract and longevity of the cooperation. He's also much better at treating me, I don't need to cut corners because he makes sure that I get my share fair and square. He also made sure that I get to save my company as long as I work without trying to hide things from him," Gregory Maxwell said. "He might be scarier than you, but he's a far better businessman than you will ever be, Mr. Gray."

"So I don't give a flying fuck if you want to cut me out of your company. It's better that way, so you will stop bothering me."

"Good bye, and good day, Mr. Gray."

Beep.

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Vincent was absolutely stunned by the audacity of that old bastard. He didn't even have time to react before Gregory Maxwell ended the call abruptly. 

He tried to call that old man again, but the call did not connect this time.

It seemed that Gregory Maxwell actually blocked him.

Vincent gritted his teeth, "THAT BASTARD! HOW DARE HE BETRAY ME AFTER ALL I DID TO SAVE HIS COMPANY?!"

Vincent was so angry at Gregory Maxwell for his betrayal, but at the same time, this became a wake up slap for him. If a man like Mr. Maxwell, who was so hellbent on saving his dying company with the help of Vincent Gray, actually turned his back on him and went to Vernon instead, that meant Vernon must've done something great for that old man. 

"Damn it, am I underestimating him this whole time?" Vincent wondered. "I helped her by sparing his company. I didn't try to monopolize his business because I thought he's just my cute little dog brother who won't do anything against me."

"Who would've thought that I've been raising a wild mutt that bites his owner's leg instead?" 

Vincent wanted to know how big of a problem Vernon could be. Gregory Maxwell was the most desperate of his underlings, so he thought it'd be easy for him to use that old man to gather information.

But, of course, he still had plenty of other business partners who would be more than willing to do things for him. 

"It's fine if that old bastard left. I still have lots of people who want to work with me," Vincent smirked as he felt assured. "Vernon Phoenix Gray, you wild mutt. I wanted you to work under me for the rest of your life. You're my little brother, you should respect and obey your big brother."

"But now that you're burning the bridge between us, then let me show you what kind of mistake you made."

Thus, Vincent began to search through his contact to find a willing business partner.

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Vernon was sitting in the office, reading through some documents he had to deal with today, mostly about product shipping from and to other companies because the holiday season was the best time to earn huge cash. 

As he was busy reading, he got a call from none other than Gregory Maxwell, that old man he used to get in contact with Vincent's other business partners as well.

Thus, he picked it up without hesitation.

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"Good afternoon, Mr. Maxwell, is there anything you need?" Vernon asked. 

"Good morning, Mr. Phoenix Gray!" Gregory Maxwell had a completely different tone when speaking with Vernon compared to Vincent.

He had a lot of gratitude for Vernon because this man was able to save his company and only needed him to account for their expenditure also and adequately take responsibility for his orders.

He also gave Gregory Maxwell a lot of lenience without humiliating him, as Vincent did. 

Let's say Vernon was a much better boss and businessman than his Big brother. 

So Mr. Maxwell spread the news about Vernon Phoenix Gray in his circle, so those businessmen who have been desperately trying to hang tight to the Gray company could finally move to a better boss who wouldn't try to kill them. 

Vernon also learned a lot from his own Big brother. He noticed that his Big bro was truly not a good boss. He was abusive to his business partners and was generally a megalomaniac that nobody really liked in person. 

Though Vernon knew that some of those businessmen could be unbearable, most of them chased the same thing as him. They all wanted profit for their respective businesses, so Vernon realized that he just had to be a better leader to appease those businessmen, and it wasn't so hard for him to make them obey his rules.