Chapter 111: Compensation

"Do you have an idea on who it was that arranged for this group of gangsters to come and cause trouble for your company today?" Scarlet asked Christine who had just returned.

Looking at the defeated expression on Christine's face, Scarlet could not help but feel the sense of victory surging in her heart. Despite nothing had happened, she just felt that it was quite amazing that Jaden had not decided to join Christine.

With Jaden's abilities, it was clear that even her family could not control him, in case he decided to leave. At the end of the day, the payment that he was receiving was definitely not worth the job that he was doing.

And in case Christine offered better wages, it was not impossible for Jaden to go over. But for some reason, she possessed some confidence that Jaden would not jump the ship. And now, Jaden had decided to remain on her side, something that made her feel proud.

Looking at Scarlet's proud expression, Christine could not help but be a little displeased. Nevertheless, there was nothing that she could say, considering that Scarlet had already warned her about it.

"I am not sure about it for the time being. There are only two companies that are at the same level as my company, and are actively competing with me. Still, I'm not sure about which one of them took action.

I will investigate for the next few days before I give you a response once I'm sure about it." Christine replied.

She was feeling a headache just thinking about those two competitors of hers. Each and every one of them possessed quite a strong foundation, stronger than the one that she possessed.

It was only due to her brilliance, together with being strict with the quality and prices of the items that she was dealing with, that she was able to compete with the others. Of course, she could not compete with them inform of capital, and could only compete with them due to how she was able to easily attract the customers.

Still, she was not sure who it was that had planned this attack on her this time. Nevertheless, she did not mind taking down the two of them. But of course, she would do it the right way.

As for the investigation, it was going to be carried out as a form of routine. But in case any evidence was found against those two competitors of hers, he would not hesitate to take action using that piece of evidence.

"Why don't you just allow me to go over and beat all of them up? Then, I can threaten them that they have to make sure that they don't compete with you, and give up on dealing with the cosmetics industry.

That way, I can easily eradicate the competition that you are having. What do you think? Is that not feasible?" Scarlet asked.

She felt that since the other party had decided to play dirty, she could just go ahead and deal with them. Since they were currently not sure who it was between the two, who had decided to do this, she could just go ahead and deal with the two of them at the same time.

At the end of the day, the two of them were competing with each other, and there was no reason for them to be friendly with the other. This was business, and there was no mercy between competitors.

Of course, Scarlet understood that it was impossible for her to just go ahead and beat up the leaders of the two companies. Nevertheless, who said that she could not do it secretly? As long as they did not have evidence that she had taken action against them, what could they do?

Christine on the other hand was left speechless by what Scarlet had said. In real sense, if there was a chance, she really wanted to use the plan that Scarlet had suggested. But when she thought much about it, she decided against it.

It was definitely against business ethics to involve something personal when competing with each other in business. It was better for her to use her business ability in order to compete with the others. It was only after she defeated them cleanly that she would be able to be proud in the future.

When time came, in case she encountered them, and they had decided to deal with another business, she could be proud in front of them. She would not have any dark spot that they could point fingers at.

Additionally, if an investigation was carried out, and evidence came out indicating that something like that had happened, the reputation of her company was definitely going to plummet. At that time, it would be too late for her to regret her actions.

"Don't worry about that. I can deal with them in the business world. The only thing that I would need from you would your assistance in case they do something like this again." Christine responded.

Scarlet could not help but feel that Christine was too soft-hearted. She was already thinking that they might act again, but he was not taking any precaution against them?

If she was the one that was doing the business here, she was pretty sure that she would have already acted before they did. She was a person who liked taking an initiative, rather than being in a passive state.

There was nothing but she could do at the end of it all. This was Christine's business after all. So, since it was Christine's decision, then let it be so. As for coming over to support, she did not mind. Still, she was not going to do it for free.

"So, what about compensation?" Scarlet asked as she stretched out her hand, as if demanding for Christine to put something on it.

Christine looked at the stretched hand, then back at Scarlet. She was clearly confused. What compensation was she talking about? S~eaʀᴄh the nôvelFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Looking at Christine's confused expression, Scarlet immediately explained. "For Jaden to act, I had to pay him $10,000. Or do you think that he just acted like that? He is a bodyguard, not some guy who can just be told to go over and deal with crooks, unless they are threatening me."

Christine was immediately dumbfounded. She could not help but exclaim, "So expensive? I thought that he did it for free?"

"Humph! I had to bleed in order to take that $10,000. I have been saving for quite a while, and the $10,000 has made a big hole in my savings. You have to fill up that hole." Scarlet responded, showing no intention of backing down.

The assistance that she had offered today was something that he usually did. In case anybody in the group faced any problem, and she was needed to act, she would do it for free, considering that she usually enjoyed taking action.

It was just that this time, not only did she have to act, instead, she even had to spend $10,000 to have Jaden take action against the gangsters. So, she had to receive some form of compensation from Christine.

Looking at Scarlet's expression, Christine immediately understood that Scarlet was not joking. She could not help but throw another glance at Jaden. At the same time, she felt relieved that Jaden did not agree to her proposition.

At this moment, she had decided that even if Jaden came over to ask her for a job, she would definitely not give him. Normally, bodyguards would do whatever they were instructed to do, including dealing with other people that their bosses thought as nuisances.

But for Jaden, it seemed that he was strict about his role as a bodyguard, and was not willing to be used as a lackey. Additionally, the price was extremely high for him to take action, in case they wanted to pay him to take action. $10,000 to just deal with a group of gangsters?

Initially, Christine doubted that the price was okay for the action taken by Jaden. But when she thought much about it, she realized that it was actually true. After all, Jaden possessed quite some incredible skills, and his pay was definitely not low.

Moreover, not just anybody could deal with more than 20 people at the same time. It was extremely risky, and so, the price was really worth it, considering that if Jaden was not strong enough, it was not impossible to have several of his bones being broken.

"Okay. I will transfer the money to you later on. But still, you have to ensure that you will come over the next time that I call you on time. Otherwise, you might find that my company has been destroyed completely." Christine responded, though she felt a little reluctant.

It might only be $10,000, but still, since her company was still in the growing stage, they required a lot of money. So, that $10,000 was definitely going to be pulled from the one that she was planning to invest somewhere to improve the business.

Scarlet was immediately pleased when Christine agreed. Then, she bounced as she walked towards Jaden.

"Let's get going now. Do you have anywhere that you want to go?" Scarlet asked as she arrived in front of Jaden.

Jaden thought about it for a while, before he nodded his head. The old man had undergone an operation, but in the end, he had not visited. Since there was a chance, he would definitely take it to go there.

"Since that is the case, then you can drive. I don't know where you want to go, so, I will have to allow you to drive to the location." Scarlet responded. Then without giving Jaden a chance of saying anything, she immediately rushed back to where her car was parked, before getting into the passenger seat.

Jaden could only shake his head at that. He went ahead and entered into the driver's seat, before driving away under the gaze of Christine and her employees, together with a few people that were still waiting around, hoping to see another exciting show.