Chapter 360: A Pirate of Fortune II

Chapter 360: A Pirate of Fortune II

Chapter 360: A Pirate of Fortune II

“... Dr. Singh... Are you familiar with the concept of a savior?” A wide, wicked grin appeared on Jason’s face as he asked the female CEO a question.

“Surely you don’t mean yourself, do you?” Maya Singh returned a question to Jason, amused by this young man.

“Oh, me? Surely not,” Jason laughed.

“I’m a shark, a pirate of fortune... a calculated risk-taker if you will,” he continued, his wicked smile growing wider by the second.

“I’m the oriole behind the mantis stalking the cicada... only this time, I don’t wish for the mantis to kill the cicada as that cicada has the potential to be something greater,” Jason stated.

“Where are you going with this?” Maya Singh asked Jason because as amused as she was by his words, they seemed to have a meaning behind them and Maya wasn’t patient enough to wait for Jason to continue talking at his own pace.

“Due to your company’s previous misfortunes, your investors lost faith in your vision and most of them pulled out, leaving you with most of your company’s stake but nothing to show for it. In fact, that was what had accelerated your plunge as you had to sell a lot of your assets to settle those people so that you could avoid the situation where your competitors get a stake in your company,”

“Hence, you have no extra funds which is why you can’t launch your new product... but what if...”

“What if you could launch the new product earlier than planned?... by, let’s say next month?” Jason asked with a grin.

“Highly improbable, but if we can launch the new product earlier and it can make a big splash in the market, then we will be well on our way to recovery and maybe even growth,” Maya Singh responded, half-heartedly.

She was not one to expect sudden strokes of good fortune, especially in their current situation, so she hadn’t given it much thought and had kept her thinking realistic so far.

“What if you received enough money in cash flow to help with your efforts to save your company from the inevitable fall?” Jason asked another question, but unlike before when Maya Singh had replied half-heartedly, hearing Jason’s words this time had caused her to pause and raise an eyebrow.

“What you think can happen is not important right now... What I’m asking is what you can do if you were given a chance?” Jason cut her off before she could go any further.

Maya Singh paused as Jason’s question resonated with her, and even though she still didn’t understand why he was asking all these questions, she decided to answer him anyway,

“... We can recover, and we can grow...” She stated confidently, her gaze firm and that was all Jason wanted to hear.

“Then let me make you an offer,” Jason began and held out his hand to Adele who immediately pulled out a document signing pad from her bag.

“$35 million in investment for a 50% stake in your company,” Jason stated and placed the signing pad in front of Maya Singh.

The already silent room seemed to become a lot quieter in an instant as soon as those words came out of his mouth.

“What are you talking about?” Maya Singh’s secretary said as she took up the document pad and opened it, while the rest of the Skin Serenity crowd could only stare at Jason in surprise.

The secretary quickly looked through the documents to see what was written and after a while, she passed the document pad to the lawyer among them.

“Boss... ” The lawyer passed the document to Maya Singh after looking through it as well and saw what was written in the document was no different from what Jason had said.

“... What is this?” Maya Singh asked as if she hadn’t been listening to what Jason had been saying so far.

“A contract... You sign it and you hand over 50% of your company’s stake to me, and you get $35 million in funding,” Jason repeated, his grin having reduced into a little smile at the corner of his lips.

“Simple, isn’t it?”