Henry's death was a piece of big news for the business field, which could have covered Ruby's gossip. However, these two pieces of news occurred so close that the internet citizens judged that Ruby's rumor contributed to Henry's death. In other words, Ruby's affair was the fuse, and Henry was extremely annoyed to death.
The Lake's were the focus, and they were all fed up with the media who just twined them.
And the whole family was not placid anymore. When Henry was still alive, they could keep basic quietness, but now he was dead, and all the hidden problems appeared.
Big changes occurred in the Lake's and the holding of stock was the most obvious.
After announcing the will to the lawyer, the Lake's turned out to be brand new.
As the only son of Henry, Roy was given part of Henry's share, inherited three house properties abroad, and became the shareholder of the Vera Club. In this way, he became the biggest shareholder in the Runestone Group. He had the right of appointment and dismissal among the board of directors. Irish became the second-largest shareholder, who not only was given shares two times but also inherited the Lake's house and one house property abroad. Besides, she had a part share of the Vera Club and a new house given by Henry. Her social value greatly increased.
And Joseph's shareholding ranked three because he had been divorced from Ruby; he had nothing to do with the will that regulated the property division.
William was behind Joseph since he had a part share of the Runestone Group and the Vera Club.
They will disclose obviously that the Vera Club was divided into several parts, not in Joseph's full control.
Besides the share held by Ruby before, she also inherited a house property abroad and had the running and management rights of all the stores entering into big malls. Kelly and Lilith also held a little share as William's family members.
Jordan also held some stocks in the Runestone Group among the directors of the board. Of course, what he held belonged to his family.
Shirley didn't get any bonus since the lawyer reiterated Henry's divorce announcement. Regarding the division of properties, Shirley couldn't get any legally in that her share was divided too, and she didn't get any house property.
This time she didn't shout since Henry was already gone, and it was useless for her to quarrel. As a result, she just heard the lawyer's announcement quietly.
The major reason why she didn't cry and shout was that although Henry deprived her of all her rights, he still guaranteed Roy's status both in the family and in the Runestone Group. His son was the largest shareholder not only in the family but also in the Group. In addition, Ruby held part management rights, which also made her comfortable.
Although she got divorced from Henry, his son would still take care of her.
During the announcement, Joseph didn't show up but stayed in the Runestone Group.
And as the lawyer finished reading the will, Roy used the right of appointment. He recovered Joseph's position and let him take control of the Runestone Group's affairs.
The reason was easy to understand. Although Henry hoped that he could come back to the company, he had a clear idea about himself that he didn't know anything about a company's management and that he was not interested in this field. More importantly, all the partners and marketing channels were in Joseph's control. In other words, Joseph took full control of these resources, and it was impossible for him to take it over and for others to recognize him for the time being.
Moreover, in these two years, Joseph had many young directors promoted and changed some former employees. It was the same case for the Runestone Group and the Vera Club. That was to say, reliable persons for Joseph were everywhere to be seen.
It was true that Roy was the new president, but it was hard for him to get the real operation right and take root in the Runestone Group. What he needed to do was to change all the reliable persons for Joseph into his.
However, it was an impossible task.
Roy had never had any experience in this field, so he didn't have any trustful relationships with any employees inside the company. It was late for him to employ someone temporarily. Even if he succeeded in persuading them to work for him, he would still be puzzled when he really took control of the Runestone Group.
Joseph knew everything about the procedures and channels. He was the one who really entered the market, but Roy was not. If Joseph really gave up his rights, it would be a disaster for Roy to deal with all the affairs.
When Henry was alive, he used large amounts of money to battle against Leo to stop the development of Key Group in the Russian market. As a result, the fund chain was frozen and caused the Group in a dilemma.
Roy could only rely on Joseph to deal with everything. The media stated that the Runestone Group had entered into a brand new stage.
It implied both Joseph and Roy. The business field also expected what contributions they would make to the market. As a matter of fact, what they were fonder of guessing was whether Joseph could take the place of Roy and become the president.
Facing the guess and suspicion, Joseph didn't make any response. On the first day when Henry died, he came back to the company and took full control through several consecutive meetings ranging from that among directors, among the general headquarters, and among senior leaders of branch companies to deal with the freezing of the fund chain comprehensively.
Irish also didn't show up when the lawyer read out the will.
Although she became the second-largest shareholder in the Runestone Group, she was not interested in it at all.
She was just nestled on the sofa and ate an apple slowly.
She was more and lazier physically. As she got up, her stomach suffered and retched many times, so she could not let her stomach empty because she would suffer a lot.
There was news about the Runestone Group on TV. Naturally, she was fretful about it. And when she was to change the television channels, Mary served a plate of dried fruit on the table and exclaimed, "In my opinion, the Runestone Group would finally be in Joseph's control."
And then she sat down beside Irish, taking a glance at her, "You have been just sitting here for the whole morning without any words. What's wrong with you? Does Joseph make you angry?"
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