Chapter 22 Are you really going to cut me down?

Upon hearing these words, Daniel's mind went blank. It felt as if he had fallen into a burning furnace, and his whole body was covered in cold sweat, pores dilating.

"Dad, you... Are you joking with me?"

He could hardly believe it.

This is true!

The top management of these banks have good relationships with his father, and Fusion Global's business is thriving without any crisis or bad credit, like overdue repayment. So why suddenly request early repayment before the loan term ends?

"Do you think I'm joking with you? I feel like jumping off a building right now, do I look like I'm in the mood for joking with you?"

Beep beep...

His father hung up the phone directly.

Daniel's hand trembled, and his phone slipped from his grip, clattering to the ground, while cold sweat dripped down.

"This..."

Seeing Daniel suddenly lose his spirit, unable to even hold onto his phone properly, his face covered in cold sweat, Gary Wright and Joshua exchanged glances.

Even a fool could tell that there was probably something wrong with the Wang family.

"Daniel, what happened?" Joshua worried about the loan falling through, so he ran to Daniel's side, picked up his phone, and asked in a weak voice while crouching down.

"Nothing... nothing happened."

Daniel forced a wry smile and took the phone from Joshua's hand, placing it on a table next to a contract. Then he walked over to Gary Wright, snatching the contract from his hand.

"There's a problem with the company's funds, we won't be able to borrow that one billion."

After saying these words, he turned around and hastily left, leaving the Carter family confused and bewildered.

"Daniel! Daniel!"

Joshua couldn't accept this reality, shouting while chasing after him.

"I've already said it, there's a problem with my family's company funds, if we can't borrow one billion, then we can't borrow it. Stop calling!" Daniel shouted without looking back.

Come on, they must repay a loan of around eight or nine billion. The company's cash flow is less than two billion. Currently, what the company lacks the most is funds, so how can they dare to lend money?

"How could this happen?"

Joshua's mind was buzzing, dumbfounded.

"What about the fifty million dowries?" Sophia also anxiously called out.

In response, Daniel angrily exclaimed, "It's already this late, don't mention it to me!"

Sophia's face turned dark.

"Haha."

Michael laughed triumphantly, "I told you he couldn't come up with one billion, he really can't. You guys insisted on challenging me, now you're confused, right?"

As soon as he said these words, everyone's gaze immediately focused on him.

"Why are you all looking at me?"

Michael felt uncomfortable under their scrutinizing gazes, as all those pairs of eyes were filled with resentment.

Only Charlotte's eyes revealed curiosity. After a few seconds of silence, she gently opened her lips and asked, "How did you know in advance that Fusion Global would face funding problems and not be able to lend money to the Carter family?"

"Well..." Michael paused, and then smiled, "I have the gift of foresight."

"Be more serious, tell me the truth!" Charlotte was serious. She didn't believe in fortune-tellers. She was an atheist.

"Well, it's like this," Michael said seriously, "The classmate who borrowed my credit card told me during our meal that Daniel wants to take you away from me. He assured me not to worry because a big company is planning to acquire Fusion Global, and that's been happening these past two days. I trust my classmate won't deceive me, so I knew Fusion Global would face financial issues and wouldn't have the money to borrow from the Carter family. I just didn't expect it to happen so soon."

"I see!" Charlotte believed Michael's words.

After all, Michael's classmate worked in the banking system, and it seemed like he held a good position. It was normal for him to know about any changes in advance.

"Why didn't you tell us earlier, damn it!" Joshua burst out, "If you had told us earlier, we could have prepared and given Daniel a tough time!"

"Why should I have told you earlier? He's constantly thinking about my wife. Should I have given him a heads up to deal with the crisis and take my wife away from me?" Michael angrily questioned.

Joshua was speechless.

"Michael did the right thing," Charlotte also agreed with Michael's actions. She understood Michael's resentment towards Daniel.

Which husband could tolerate another man trying to steal his wife?

"Damn it!" Joshua exploded with anger, "I suspect you had your classmate do this to Daniel's company!"

"If Michael had this ability, do you think he would let you jump around in front of him? He would have killed you ages ago!" Charlotte scolded.

Joshua once again fell silent.

Upon careful consideration, to cause the collapse of the financial chain and assets of Fusion Global, which was worth at least billions, Michael truly didn't have the qualifications. If he had that kind of capability, would he still be working as a delivery person?

At this moment, Michael looked at Joshua with a seemingly smiling face and said, "Who was it that said Daniel couldn't come up with a billion and called me 'dad'?"

"I..." Joshua's face froze, and he yelled, "Are you crazy? Why don't you go die?"

"It's fine if you don't call me that. I can just break this high-end customer's gold card and throw it away," Michael took out the gold card and made a gesture as if he was about to break it.

"Don't!" The old man couldn't hold back anymore and quickly stopped him. "Don't act rashly! What if I give you an additional one million?"

The only thing that could save Wright Group now was this gold card. He had to protect it at all costs.

"What?" Joshua couldn't believe it, looking at the old man.

"Do you want one million or do you want Wright Group to go bankrupt?" the old man angrily scolded, unable to mold iron into steel.

"I want one million! I also want Wright Group to not go bankrupt!" Joshua felt heartbroken for the one million and whispered one word, "Dad."

"What did you say? I can't hear you," Michael shook his head.

Joshua wanted to strangle Michael's heart. He deliberately wanted to embarrass him, but he was also controlled by him. He could only shout in resentment, "Dad! Did you hear that this time?"

"Why are you shouting? I don't have a son like you," Michael retorted irritably.

"You..." Joshua almost wanted to vomit blood. He couldn't defeat him, or else he would really want to kill him.

"Ha!" Charlotte couldn't help but laugh. It was the first time she had seen Joshua in such a miserable state throughout her life.

"Beast!" Richard kicked Joshua directly, causing him to lose all dignity!

The old man's face also darkened as he suppressed his anger. Since he needed Michael's help, he couldn't express his anger. He said, "Can we give the gold card to Charlotte to apply for a loan now?"

"You haven't agreed to those three conditions yet," Michael said.

"I agree," the old man replied in a low voice. "But the interest of four million will be given during the year-end dividends. We are short of funds in the company now, and I promise not to default."

"Alright." Michael trusted the old man's integrity and said to Joshua, "Transfer two million to reimburse Charlotte's expenses."

Gritting his teeth, Joshua took out his phone, opened the mobile banking app, and shouted, "Give me the card number!"

"Transfer it here! Transfer it here!" Before Charlotte even spoke, Sophia ran over and handed the bank card to Joshua.

"Mom, I'm reimbursing this money to buy a Palamerla for Charlotte," Michael said.

"What are you buying!" Sophia glared at Michael and said to Charlotte, "Charlotte, you are driving a BMW, and Mom drives a cheap Toyota. When I go out to play mahjong with friends, they always laugh at me. So Mom wants to get a Cayenne. You can buy the Palamerla when the four million is received at the year-end dividends."

"Okay, Mom's precious daughter?" She coquettishly pouted.

"Sure, Mom," Charlotte said, although she was a bit regretful, she couldn't disagree if her mom had already spoken. How could she upset her mom?

"Mom knows that her precious daughter loves her the most." Sophia happily kissed Charlotte's face, then urged Joshua to make the transfer, while Michael went into the Kitchen.

When he came out, he was holding a Kitchen knife in his hand. Joshua's face instantly turned pale when he saw it.

"Are you really going to cut me?" Joshua asked with fear.