Before long, dozens of people arrived at the wedding banquet hall. Nine-tenths of them were men, with only three women, aged between 20 and 40.
They were all brought in by that young man.
The young man introduced them to the group: "This is our Mr. Caldwell, and those two are Mr. Caldwell's son, Ryan Caldwell Jr., and his newlywed wife, Emily Harper."
Dozens of people quickly greeted him with smiles: "Hello, Mr. Caldwell! Hello, Mr. Caldwell!"
Such a large group of people made Ryan Caldwell Sr. and Ryan Jr. feel quite proud.
Ryan Jr. glanced at them from afar and suddenly realized that many of the people inside looked familiar. He walked over and asked from above:
"My dad's driver told me that you all own companies? What kind of companies have you owned? Tell me about it!"
"My company is called Apex Ventures!"
"My company is called Titan Gaming Online!"
"Mine is Triad HealthTech!"
"..."
Everyone started chattering and saying their company names.
However, upon hearing the names of these companies, Ryan Jr.'s expression suddenly changed, turning deathly pale!
Because he knew all of these companies, and had invested money in all of them!
Ryan Jr. became agitated, "You're all those garbage companies that went bankrupt and made me lose money!"
Ryan Jr. has invested in hundreds of companies during this period. When investing, he doesn't meet with the CEO of each company. He just decides to invest and then has his subordinates do it.
Therefore, he did not know all of the dozens of people present.
Upon seeing this, Ryan Caldwell Sr. hurriedly asked, "Ryan, you invested your money in them? All their companies have gone bankrupt? Tell me quickly, how much of the 500 million I gave you is left?"
Ryan Caldwell Sr. became nervous.
Ryan Jr. dared not lie and whispered, "I lost it all."
Snap!
Ryan Caldwell Sr. slapped Ryan Jr. across the face and angrily shouted, "You spendthrift! 500 million! 500 million and you've lost it all so quickly!"
Even Emily couldn't believe it. It felt like just yesterday that Ryan said his father had given him 500 million dollars. Moreover, Ryan had confidently promised to earn 5 billion dollars for Emily.
Ryan Jr. covered his face, his voice trembling with tears, and pointed in Jeff's direction, saying, "Dad, it was that bastard Jeff who targeted me!"
As soon as Ryan Jr. pointed at Jeff, dozens of people immediately ran toward Jeff.
Because of the large number of people, and the fact that everyone was rushing to get ahead, Ryan Caldwell Sr., Ryan Jr., and Emily were blocking the way.
With dozens of people rushing forward, they knocked these three people around like bumper cars.
"Hey, what are you guys doing running around like that!"
Ryan Caldwell Sr. was bumped repeatedly, and he angrily rebuked them.
Emily kept screaming.
The dozens of people didn't care how badly they damaged the owner of the place; they hadn't come for the Caldwell family in the first place.
Upon arriving at Jeff's location, everyone behaved themselves, kneeling on the ground two meters away from him!
"Chairman Sterling! Please spare our lives!"
"Chairman Sterling! Please spare our lives!"
Dozens of company bosses knelt down before Jeff, begging for mercy in unison. The scene was spectacular and startled all the businessmen present.
"These people weren't here to admire Mr. Caldwell, but rather to see Chairman Sterling!"
"Chairman Sterling is truly amazing! He managed to wipe out so many companies all by himself. That's terrifying!"
"Jeff Sterling will definitely be the number one businessman in Riverforge!"
Jeff sipped his champagne and slowly said, "As long as the Caldwell family stops investing in you, I will naturally stop targeting you."
Upon hearing Jeff's words, dozens of people stood up, turned around, and shouted at Ryan Jr.:
"Ryan Caldwell Jr., please stop investing money in us!"
"Damn it, so this is why I'm being targeted! Don't you dare try to mess with my company again!"
"Ryan Caldwell Jr., you have to compensate me for my losses!"
Dozens of people all shouted at Ryan Jr.
Ryan Caldwell Sr. was furious and shouted, "Get these people out of here immediately!"
The Caldwell family knew that Emily's ex-husband was a martial arts expert, so they prepared many burly and skilled men. All of them came in and carried out the dozens of bosses.
But these people were still not convinced.
"We paid a $10,000 bribe to get in, why should we be told to leave!"
"Ryan Caldwell Sr., you shameless bastard! You made us leave as soon as we came in, are you trying to make a quick buck out of our hundreds of thousands of dollars?"
Ryan Caldwell Sr. felt extremely embarrassed. How could his Caldwell family care about a mere few hundred thousand!
Ryan Caldwell Sr. said, "Return all their gifts to them! Return double the amount!"
In a fit of anger, Ryan Caldwell Sr. was willing to spend hundreds of thousands more to save face for the Caldwell family.
After the group of dozens of people left, Ryan Caldwell Sr. stormed up to Jeff and said, "Chairman Sterling, I don't know how Ryan Jr. offended you, but you're targeting him like this! He caused my son to lose 500 million! I'm afraid your losses are more than 500 million!"
Ryan Caldwell Sr. knew very well that in such a short time, unless some despicable means were used, the only way to bankrupt a company was to compete with more money and outcompete it.
This will make burning money even more intense.
Before Jeff arrived, he had no intention of getting along well with the Caldwell family.
Since Ryan Caldwell Sr. was angry, Jeff didn't care!
Jeff said, "Go ask your son what he did. As for how much money I burned, don't worry about it. A couple of billion or so is nothing to me."
Upon hearing the last sentence, Emily felt as if she were in a dream.
A couple of billion dollars, and you don't even care about it?
Emily betrayed Jeff for this little bit of money!
Ryan Caldwell Sr. had already guessed that this matter must be related to Emily.
However, since Ryan Jr. has already married Emily, he has to protect them both.
Ryan Caldwell Sr. said, "Chairman Sterling is indeed very wealthy, and my Caldwell family can't compare! But as the saying goes, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. My Caldwell family has been in Riverforge for decades. I heard that Chairman Sterling has been parachuted into Riverforge."
"Over the past few decades, I, Ryan Caldwell Sr., have made many friends in Riverforge, including some brothers from the martial arts world. If my brothers from the martial arts world find out that someone dares to target my son like this, I'm afraid they won't let it go! They might do something that's not entirely within the rules!"
Ryan Caldwell Sr. is threatening Jeff!
"Ryan Caldwell Sr., how dare you threaten Chairman Sterling!" Victoria Lang was furious.
Jeff extended his hand, signaling Victoria Lang not to be angry, and calmly said, "I would be more than happy if Mr. Caldwell were willing to teach me a lesson. May I ask which of your brothers in the underworld you are? I would like to meet them as well."
"Hmph, you'll see him soon enough."
Ryan Caldwell Sr. immediately took out his phone and made a call: "Mr. Liu, have you arrived yet?"
The person on the other end of the phone replied, "We arrived a long time ago and are at the door!"
Ryan Caldwell Sr. quickly said, "Oh, you've arrived, why didn't you come in? I'll go out and meet you right away."