My Mommy Became A Billionaire After the Breakup
Chapter 1376

Chapter 1376 No Choice

"If you had discovered Annie's actions in time and stopped her from doing something harmful to others, we could have had a 25% profit and the opportunity to learn advanced technology from the technicians a Imbe Group Energy!"

Geroge frowned.

Before Annie got into trouble, these people didn't show their true colors like this!

"OK, since you all question me like this, I resign. You can decide how to handle this matter," Geroge said.

"That's enough!" Eddie slapped the table hard.

The noisy crowd gradually quieted down.

"What's the point of pursuing this now?" Eddie scolded angrily, "Over the years, with the support of Byron, all of you have lived very comfortably, earning a lot of money from Imbe Group every year. You even don't explore new businesses. The mighty Ross family has fallen to the point where we have to rely on Imbe Group and Byron to survive! If it weren't for this, would she have the audacity to manipulate us?" Eddie's health had worsened over the years.

He gradually relinquished his power to his children.

But not many of them had the ability.

Heather was originally good in ability, but her swoon over men ruined her promising future.

Annie...

Thinking of Annie made him even angrier!

Two years ago, he realized they couldn't continue relying on Imbe Group to survive, so he had a long talk with Annie.

Annie had a very detailed plan for the future of the Ross family.

She planned to gradually reduce their dependence on Imbe Group within five years.

Now, however, ...

She had been arrested... and there was no way to bring her back to the country.

Even if he knew her plan, no one like Annie in the family could strategize and direct them! Thinking of this, Eddie felt suffocated.

He immediately took out the quick-acting heart-relief pills and swallowed a few.

Geroge stood there.

He remembered when he went to see Annie before.

Annie asked him to relay a message to Eddie.

To be honest... he didn't want to say this.

But...

"Mr. Ross, Miss Annie Ross asked me to tell you something. If we can't burn the bridges behind us, we should temporarily swallow our pride and preserve our strength."

"How dare she say such a thing?" People in the Ross family were immediately outraged. "If she wasn't so despicable and scheming, why would we have to choose between burning bridges and swallowing our pride?"

Geroge's face turned cold. "To put it bluntly, without Miss Annie Ross and only relying on you guys here, the Ross family would have long been on the decline!"

Seeing that the argument was about to erupt again, Eddie stared at the contract in his hand and had already made up his mind.

Athena didn't brush off Eddie.

She really had a meeting to attend today.

Two years ago, Byron bought a prime location island with excellent scenery in the Bentara Sea and planned to build a high-end island resort.

After one and a half years of lengthy design, the construction phase was about to begin.

But before that, there were still many things to finalize.

The last time Athena worked on such a large infrastructure project was the Salin City project.

There were countless departments that needed to be coordinated.

It was her first meeting for this project, and most of the time, she just listened to reports from various departments and rarely spoke.

As the meeting was nearing its end, she asked, "Are the indigenous people on the island settled down?"

The person in charge of this section looked somewhat embarrassed. "Most of them have been arranged, but a few used to run inns on the island that are still in negotiation."

Relocation issues were common in projects like this.

"What do they need?" Athena asked.

"They want to keep their inns," The person in charge said, "But our definition of the resort is a high-end private resort for customers with annual incomes up to the tens of millions of dollars. It's impossible to keep inns with room rates below 500 dollars."