Chapter 668: Moms Power (2/2)
”It's the ownership of your business,” she said. ”You can publicly trade the ownership of your business with other people. They give you money for partial ownership. Of course, since you already have a large enough capital and are not planning on expanding, you shouldn't need that.”
”But if you want my help, I want to own 20% of your company,” she said.
Gravis felt like this was a bit much, but he had already felt the pressure of his mother. He needed her, and she knew that Gravis knew that he had no other choice.
Gravis sighed. ”Okay,” he conceded.
Suddenly, Gravis was pulled to his mother and found himself in a firm handshake.
”Happy to do business with you,” his mother said with a smile.
Yersi watched this with interest. She still didn't exactly know what a business was, but she somehow felt like her father had just lost to her grandma.
”And that's how she makes her money,” the Opposer commented, eliciting a venomous glare from his wife. ”She only needs to give you advice without having to invest any money into your business. Like this, she will earn a ton of money with just some words.”
Gravis looked with shock and betrayal at his mother, but she held firm with her smile. ”Take this as your first lesson. Inform yourself before you make any major decisions, or you will be taken advantage of.”
”But how am I supposed to inform myself when I don't know how to inform myself?” Gravis asked.
”Well,” his mother said as she stopped speaking for a while.
…
”Sucks to be you, I guess,” she said after some seconds.
Whooop!
Suddenly, a ten-meter-long parchment appeared in front of Gravis. Gravis looked at it and saw that the writing on it was tiny!
”This is our contract,” she said. ”Sign it.”
Gravis looked at the bottom where he was supposed to sign but stopped. Instead, he decided to read through the contract. Gravis was an Immortal now, and reading through such a ton of writing didn't take long.
One passage made Gravis blink a couple of times.
”I forfeit every right to me as a person and will forever make my mother lunch.”
Gravis looked at his mother with narrowed eyes and pointed at the passage.
PACK!
His mother put her hand on Gravis' shoulder. ”Well done!” she said happily. ”Always look at what you sign.”
Whooop!
A new contract appeared, and this one was much shorter. He looked at the contract, and it basically only said that his mother should give him guidance and that she gets 20% of the company.
Yet, Gravis felt that something was different.
”This contract doesn't exhibit the same fluctuations as the last one,” he said.
PACK!
Another hand on his shoulder. ”Well done!” his mother said. ”Important contracts need to be issued by the Contract Officiation Office first. Normal paper can be altered easily after signing it, making it unfit for contracts between people that know Laws. Because of that, every important contract needs to be sent to the Contract Officiation Office for processing. This makes it impossible for the contents of the contract to be altered.”
Gravis was taken aback. He thought doing business was much more straightforward.
Another contract appeared, but Gravis found a tiny clause, which he wouldn't have found if he hadn't looked carefully. Once again, he was supposed to make lunch every day.
”Great!” his mother said. ”This clause is just big enough to still count. Anything smaller wouldn't be counted as official.”
Another one appeared, and Gravis saw another problem.
'This isn't going to end soon, is it?' Gravis thought.