Chapter 593 - It’s in My Hands (2/2)

Behind him, Ivan frowned. ”Won't that mean that the government is much more powerful than us, so we shouldn't go against them?”

”It's the opposite, my dear cousin,” Jason chuckled, yet his laugh was filled with coldness. ”Do you truly want to see the government as the sole power in this city without anyone able to question their action? The number of innocent people who died in their hands amounted to thousands.”

”How do you know so much?” Ivan asked cautiously.

Jason spread his hand. ”It's easy, isn't it? You only have to look at the list of missing people for the past few years. Even though not all of them are because of the government, most of them are students from Lima School, which I believe belongs to the government.”

Ivan's face changed greatly when Jason mentioned that school. Among those who were here, there was not a single one of them who didn't know what had happened in that school. However, they didn't have the power to go against the government and stopped the inhuman act. All they could do so far was turning blind eyes to them.

”Do you have any solution to go against the government, Jason?” Wells Family Head interrupted. This was the most important point of their entire argument.

Jason nodded his head. He put down the map on his hand to the table. ”This is all the photocopy of the shares for more than 30% large companies in this city. All of them are under my name. And I'm mostly the largest shareholders in the companies, so it can be said that I'm the leader and owner.”

When the elders heard that, they were stunned speechless. So far, the Wells Family held around 40% of all large companies in this city while Nali Family held around 20%. If Jason has 30% ownersh.i.p.s of companies, it was practically telling them that the economics section of the city was nearly completely in their hands. The rest of the companies wouldn't be able to contend against them at all.

Wells Family Head understood Jason's intention immediately. They might lose in terms of military power alone, but a city didn't only need military power. As long as they could convince the government that their existences were needed, no one would dare to touch them.

As for the bodyguards, there were plenty of them gathered in the Wells Family.

”That's impossible!” Ivan blurted out. He had been paying attention to the movement of Jason Wells all these years. One of the most important things he did was making sure that Jason couldn't build any other companies aside from those belonged to Wells Family. This was to ensure that this young man didn't step ahead from him.

How come he manages to obtain shares of 30% large companies just like that?

Jason shook his head lightly. This was the backup plan that he had prepared with Kanae. Using his secret stash of money, he bought a large amount of company and registered them under Kanae's name. The CEO was also a fake one that he paid to act as the owner. All along, Kanae was the one handling the matter of the companies, while he helped from the shadow.

Only when it was required that she would put his name as the co-owner, meaning the company belonged to the two of them. This way, he would gain the right to control them too.

Of course, this was only for a part of them. There were not enough funds to buy every single company in this city. And unless he was crazy, he would never do that because they dabbled in numerous matters. For most of them, he only became one of their biggest shareholders and could influence some of their decision making.

But he would not reveal this to his cousin.

”There are things that you don't know, my dear cousin,” Jason smiled. ”You have lost.”

”No! That's…” Ivan gazed at the paper with disbelief. ”How did you do that?”

”You don't have to know,” Jason replied firmly.

”I…”

”Ivan, you should cool your head,” Wells Family Head interrupted. ”And Jason, we need to talk privately.”

”Yes, Father.”

Ivan glared at Jason and the other elders. Seeing how those who supported him had lowered their head, he knew that he had lost this time. But this was not over yet.

”I'll be back, Jason.”

Jason smiled. ”I'll be waiting for you.”

Ivan turned around towards the door with a dark expression. The Wells Family Head hadn't given out his verdict, so there was still time for him. He would surely take the position for himself!