Chapter 539: Sky-high Termination Fee
"What are you talking about? You're asking for such a high price! How is that even possible? Even if we breached the contract, we wouldn't be asking for such a high amount of liquidated damages. Are you kidding me?"
After receiving the message from the store manager, Lin Xiaoyuan immediately made a phone call. Huo Juncheng was in charge of Lin Yilan, and the breach of contract of the store had been taken over by Huo Juncheng's lawyer. He immediately asked for a sky-high compensation.
Although it seems unbelievable on the surface, the lawyers under Huo Juncheng are not ordinary people.
They are treated like the God of Wealth in the company at very high prices every day. Now it is finally time for them to play their role. Those lawyers are not ordinary people. They will immediately use all their tricks to come up with an incredibly high compensation.
Their reasons were quite reasonable and well-founded, and even the court could not find any reason to refute them. So when it was conveyed to Lin Xiaoyuan, he was offered a very high and unbelievable amount of compensation, which was almost seven or eight times the amount in the contract.
The penalty for breach of contract in the contract was already a very high price, but it was still within Lin Xiaoyuan's affordability. However, if it was based on the compensation amount issued by the lawyer, then Lin Xiaoyuan would definitely not be able to afford such a high price.
"How could Lin Yilan ask for such a high compensation? Please put me on the line there immediately. I need to have a good talk with them. Such a high price is crazy."
Although his tone was full of disbelief, Lin Xiaoyuan's momentum was indeed much weaker. Obviously, after knowing who was helping Lin Yilan behind the scenes, even Lin Xiaoyuan could not easily say that he did not have to pay the penalty. The documents from the court had already come down, and the probability was very high.
When Huo Juncheng and Lin Yilan came back from the mountain and took Lin Yilan home, Lin Xiaoyuan called.
This time, Lin Xiaoyuan called personally, and he did not call Huo Juncheng's mobile phone but called Huo Juncheng's assistant. He repeatedly requested to negotiate again, and his attitude was very sincere.
By the time Huo Juncheng heard about this from his assistant, Lin Xiaoyuan had already made no less than twenty or thirty phone calls. His temper had long been worn out, and all he hoped was to talk to Huo Juncheng and the others again, hoping to reduce the amount of compensation.
"Huo Juncheng, I'm truly sorry for what happened before, but the compensation this time is truly too high. Even our shop can't afford such a large sum all at once. I'm truly sorry for what happened before, but I have my reasons. Could you please lower the compensation for this?"
Because Lin Xiaoyuan was not in the right, his tone was much weaker when he spoke. What's more, in front of Huo Juncheng, almost many people were unable to exert their momentum.
Although Lin Xiaoyuan spoke sincerely, Huo Juncheng remained unmoved. He twirled the pen in his hand and asked, "Since you have such an attitude, don't you think you should show some sincerity? Why did you drive Lin Yilan out of the shop like that? Don't you think you should give a reasonable explanation?"
Huo Juncheng is not the kind of person who would soften his heart just because someone says a few words to him.
He cared more about the goal he wanted to achieve, but this shop belonged to Lin Yilan after all, and this milk tea shop also belonged to Lin Yilan. Even if Huo Juncheng wanted to kill Lin Xiaoyuan and the others, he had to take Lin Yilan's thoughts into consideration.
Lin Xiaoyuan took a deep breath when he heard this. He knew that if he continued to conceal the truth, it would be almost impossible to reduce the amount of compensation. But if he had to pay the original price, the entire industry would shrink by almost half.
Such a blow was too great, not to mention that not all the shops under his control belonged to him, but also to the shareholders.
"Actually, it's because of this. You know my daughter has never been very sensible since she was a child. I spoiled her so much. Even so, she is still my daughter after all. However, during this period, she was hospitalized due to illness and was diagnosed with cancer. That's why I..."
Lin Xiaoyuan's tone was a little bitter when he said this. If possible, he was not willing to ask for some forgiveness through his daughter, but now Lin Xiaoyuan really had no other choice.
The pressure from Huo Juncheng was too great. Those lawyers were able to find ways through various means and then give high compensation amounts. Lin Xiaoyuan really couldn't bear it.
He had to save money for his daughter's medical treatment. The drugs used in cancer chemotherapy were almost spent like water, so he had to make some plans.
Huo Juncheng heard this, but he didn't believe it in his heart. Even if Lin Xiaoyuan's daughter really had cancer, so what? What did it have to do with her?
Does Lin Yilan have to pay the price for his daughter's illness? Business doesn't work that way, Huo Juncheng's expression was cold.
"Mr. Lin, I understand what you said, but you also have to know that in the business world, you won't buy into this kind of tricks. Everyone can play the sympathy card, but you actually bullied my woman, so that won't work.
Lin Xiaoyuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on the other end of the phone. He felt a chill down his spine even though the weather wasn't very cold. He finally realized that the reason Huo Juncheng was able to reach this level at such a young age was definitely because the means behind it were not simple.
However, at this moment, the driver of Huo Juncheng's car suddenly collided with the ambulance in front because the ambulance suddenly tilted.
They happened to get off the car and were about to apologize when they saw J Xing, who was actually with Lin Sen. Huo Juncheng recognized Lin Sen's face, but J Xing made Huo Juncheng feel very unfamiliar, as he had never seen this person's face before.
However, just when Huo Juncheng's driver was about to get out of the car to apologize, J Xing, the strange man, suddenly came to Huo Juncheng like a madman and punched Huo Juncheng's driver with great force. He seemed to be in a state of extreme madness.
Huo Juncheng noticed that something was wrong with the people here. He looked at Lin Sen, who was fainting in the ambulance with a pale face, and seemed to be thinking about something.
"Don't you have eyes when you drive? You can hit something at this level. This is an ambulance, and there are lives on it. How can you hit an ambulance in this situation? Are you crazy?" J Xing said as he punched the driver in the face like a madman.
This angry look really didn't seem like a fake act, and Lin Sen's face was indeed extremely ugly. Huo Juncheng remembered that the man had said that Lin Sen had cancer, and maybe there was some truth to it. Huo Juncheng thought to himself.
But how this matter should be resolved, whether or not this person should be let off just because he is sick, is not something Huo Juncheng can decide. He plans to talk about this matter with Lin Yilan after returning home, and let her decide for herself.
"Is that so? If that's the case, then let's just leave it at that."
After hearing what Huo Juncheng said, Lin Yilan was stunned for a moment, sighed, and ultimately did not hold on to the matter.
Lin Yilan recalled what her master had said to her in the mountains before: "Everything is determined by fate. If it is destined to happen, it will happen. If it is not destined to happen, don't force it."
In this case, there is no point in holding on to this matter. Lin Yilan is not a particularly fussy person. What's more, what these people did did not cause much trouble to their lives.
"Huo Juncheng, let's just leave it at that. According to the regulations, you have to pay the compensation you owe. Apart from that, I don't want to have anything else to do with them." Lin Yilan looked at Huo Juncheng with a hint of fatigue in her eyes.
Huo Juncheng also understood Lin Yilan's meaning and withdrew the lawsuit against those people.
And here, Lin Sen fell ill again.
If sending Lin Sen to the hospital was a pleasure for J Xing before, this time it could be said to be torture.
J Xing enjoys spending time with beautiful women, but if the beautiful woman is seriously ill and there is a high possibility that she will die beside him, then this is no longer a pleasure, but a torture.
J Xing didn't want Lin Sen to die beside him. If that happened, he wouldn't know what to do.
What if those people thought that he had killed Lin Sen? J Xing couldn't imagine such a possibility.
In the end, he really had no other choice but to call Lin Sen's father and tell him everything about Lin Sen's situation.
"What did you say? Why are you telling me now that my daughter is not feeling well? Stay where you are, I'll come right over." After saying that, the other party hung up without waiting for anything else to say.
When the person arrived, J Xing was punched directly with great force.
"Do you know how fragile Lin Sen's current situation is? Where did you come from? What on earth do you want to do?!"
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