Chapter 1305: Chapter 1305: Unexchangeable
"I see Emily from the production crew is really chasing after you,"
Jackie Qualls shook his head, politely saying, "I already have someone I like."
His friend had also seen the news about Jackie Qualls, "The person you mentioned, it wouldn’t happen to be Miss Winter that you told me to watch out for, would it?"
Jackie Qualls did not deny it and nodded as he walked on.
His friend continued beside him, "But I remember she seems to have a fiancé, right?"
When Hannah removed the crown of Best Actress, her kiss with Arnold Simmons on the spot dominated the hot search for several days.
Both at home and abroad.
"Jackie, have you really not considered switching to someone else to like?"
His friend wanted to persuade Jackie Qualls to let go because this unrequited love seemed doomed from the start.
Jackie Qualls paused in his arranging of documents, then resumed as normal a moment later with a faint smile, "In this lifetime, it won’t change."
Even if he couldn’t have her, just being under the same sky as her was enough.
Three days later, the news that Hannah had won Best Actress again shot up the hot search.
Congratulatory messages flooded in below.
At the same time, the entire Simmons Clan was shrouded in dark clouds.
Jimmy Simmons’s reversal of defeat was just beginning when it was declared over.
Two days before, he was informed that the Simmons Clan was going to be acquired.
As the incumbent President and the shareholder with the most stocks, he was the last to know.
"Why wasn’t I informed in advance about something so important!"
In the office, papers and glass shards were scattered all over the floor.
Jimmy Simmons stood there, blood oozing from a cut caused by the glass, looking gloomy and crazed, seemingly ready to pounce at any moment and batter someone to pieces.
The assistants present, having heard rumors about Jimmy Simmons’s past, wished they could turn around and leave right now.
A company acquisition was a major event, especially for a large company like the Simmons Clan.
Though the Simmons Clan had fallen on hard times recently, it wasn’t a company that just anybody could "swallow" easily.
The adversary was clearly formidable.
Although the acquisition agreement had not yet been signed, the shareholders’ meeting was set to take place in two days.
If more than half of the shareholders agreed to the acquisition agreement at this meeting, then the Simmons Clan would completely become a subsidiary of another entity.
His grandfather’s lifetime of effort might end up being unable to even keep the Simmons name.
Jimmy Simmons clenched his fist, looking at the overcast sky outside the window.
The heavy clouds roared at the world, lightning flashed in the distance, and the sound of thunder exploded beside the ear, as if about to shatter the glass in front of him at any moment.
The office was unusually quiet, several assistants had pale faces, unsure whether to set down the documents they were holding or take them away.
The matter of the company’s acquisition had indeed come as a surprise; the other company seemed to have been prepared and knew the Simmons Clan inside and out.
If it had been during the heyday of the Simmons Clan, things would be manageable, but after so many twists and turns, resentment towards Jackie from the Simmons Clan members had grown considerably.
Seeing that the Simmons Clan was about to follow in the footsteps of the River Clan, with another company proposing an acquisition plan, those old shareholders were probably eager to nod their approval.
Businesspeople prioritize profit above all else.
It was precisely because Jimmy knew this that he was so furious.
He couldn’t stand by and watch the Simmons family’s company fall into the hands of outsiders, but he was also unable to change the minds of most shareholders within two days.
Those people, who couldn’t wait for him to step down, how could they listen to him now?
