Chapter 99 Teresa's Backer
The biggest influence that Robert could see was that his most valued and promising grandson had been suspended by the company because of the incident on Instagram.
He had not expected Teresa's counterattack to be so powerful that Petter would be suspended. Petter was a senior executive in the company whose position was the third-highest to the general manager and deputy general manager. But after the head office had called the general manager, Petter had been suspended. His annual salary used to be over a million dollars!
"Not yet, Petter invited his boss to dinner and found out that it is the sister of the president of the Lisbon Group who asked him to suspend Petter and kick him out of the company. Fortunately, Petter was capable. Now, he has just been suspended, but they did not fire him. There is still room to maneuver."
Robert asked with concern, "Why did the sister of the president of the Lisbon Group make things difficult for Petter? Is she that wicked girl's backer?"
"I don't think so. She is the young lady of the Lisbons which was the second largest family in Waternll City with a fortune of nearly one hundred billion dollars. They are only second to the Donovan family which is a giant. How could Teresa find such a backer? I heard it is because our trending topic distracted people's attention from Miss Lisbon's trending topic that she made trouble for Petter to vent her anger."
Now, both trending topics were gone. And they thought after Miss Lisbon's anger subsided, Petter would still be able to go back to work in the company.
"It's all that bitch's fault. Otherwise, we would not have suffered so many losses. Now, there is no trending topic, right?"
"But people are still talking about this matter, and many of them are writing articles to scold us."
Robert cursed Teresa again and asked, "Didn't you say a mediator from a variety show will come forward to mediate? We must act the play well. We can't let this matter affect the juniors' work anymore."
Since Teresa had begun her counterattack, Robert's children's and grandchildren's work had been affected, and they had lost a lot of money.
One day, he had asked his grandchildren to go to talk with Teresa about reconciliation, but she refused.
"I'll ask Petter about it." Tobia took out his phone and called Petter.
Astra was in the intensive care unit and did not need her family to look after her, so only the elder generation stayed in the hospital, while the juniors were all doing their own business now.
Petter quickly answered the call.
"Petter, how's the mediation thing going on?"
Petter said with a gloomy face, "Dad, I was just about to call you. You don't need to make preparation anymore because the show refused to mediate for us. They agreed before but suddenly went back on their words and refused to tell me the reason. I am so mad now!"
He used to be the third-in-command in the company, so he was arrogant. He hadn't suffered any setbacks for a long time, but this time, he had been defeated by Teresa, so he hated her very much.
"Can't we change a variety show?"
"My friend said that none of the mediators were willing to take on this matter no matter how much money we offer. Maybe Teresa has a very powerful backer, so those mediators don't dare to offend her."
Petter thought that he had a wide network of contacts. In the Hellereign Village, he and Oliver were considered powerful, and they could solve all ordinary problems. But this time, they were losing ground all the time.
Their friends had also helped to inquire about it, but they couldn't find out who her backer was. Maybe they were thinking too much. Perhaps, it was still Miss Lisbon that was making things difficult for them.
It was said that she was chasing after Young Master Donovan. When she had finally become on a trending topic together with him, people's attention had been distracted by the Hellers, so she must be very angry.
He did not think she deserved to be a young lady from a wealthy family because she was so obsessed with a man. To chase after him, she had repeatedly suppressed the Heller family, which was hateful. But no matter how the Heller family united and made efforts together, they could do nothing about her.
After coming to the urban area and experiencing this incident, Robert understood no matter how strong one was, there was always someone stronger.
He thought that his grandsons were capable and powerful, and some people were ten times more powerful.
Tobia said, "Why is this happening? Didn't you say there will be no problem? Your uncle and I have drafted our lines and decided to act well during the mediation to make people believe that we admit our mistakes. If Teresa refuses to reconcile, they will think she is too ruthless. How could you tell us it is canceled?"
Hearing this, Astra also asked anxiously, "What did Petter say? The mediator refused to help?"
After Petter said something more on the phone, Tobia hung up the phone helplessly and said to Tom, "Without the mediator, we can only cheekily go to visit Teresa in person. Last time, Oliver took the younger generation there. Young people are impulsive, and Troy even said that he was going to smash her store. They did not go there to reconcile but fan the flames. Tom, let's discuss it with everyone later. We're Teresa's elders. If we go to apologize to her in person, maybe we can convince her to delete the post and tell the netizens on Instagram that she has reconciled with us. Only in this way can we be rescued from this vortex."
The power of the Internet was beyond their comprehension and control.
If they had known about it earlier, they would not have used this trick. If they had directly gone to Teresa's store to ask for money, the result might have been better.
"OK. Anyway, we have no other choice."
When the Heller family was discussing how to reconcile with Teresa, she did not know or care about it. No matter what they did, she would not compromise or give them money.
They had divided up the compensation for her parents' death and occupied their house and fields. They had never taken care of them. But when Astra fell ill and needed money, they wanted her to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to treat her. They were having a pipe dream!
If they were very poor, Teresa might give them some money to buy the old woman some nutrition out of humanitarianism. After all, they were relatives. But they were much richer than her! How could they ask her to pay so much money for the medical expense?
When it was noon, Teresa cooked lunch and waited for Leila to come back to eat together.
Thinking of her husband who would gag her with money, she wanted to bring him over for lunch on a whim.
So, she said, "Gwen, I'm going to bring Hubert over for lunch. Look after the shop. When Leila comes back, tell her Andy has eaten porridge."
After Andy had had some porridge and milk, he had gone to have a nap.
Gwendolyn joked, "When you cooked something delicious, you think of Mr. Donovan right away. Your relationship is getting better and better."
"It is because he is raising me now. He is paying for our living expenses alone. Since I've cooked so many tasty dishes, I should ask him to come and try them. I will take a taxi over and come back in his car."
"Go ahead. I will look after the store." Gwendolyn was glad to see their relationship getting better.
Then, Teresa went to the Donovan Group.
When she arrived at the Donovan Group, she called Hubert.
Hubert, Morgan, and several executives were talking business with an important client now. When Teresa suddenly called him, he frowned at first, hesitated, and then answered the call in the end.