Chapter 654

"In the future, if we're going to work together long-term, we would need to sign a contract for a long-term partnership," I said. "However, I hope that our partnership will be limited only to work and will not involve shareholder incentives." Dylan instantly furrowed his brow at my words. "Mr. Palmer, do you mean that you won't allow Cote Group to be a shareholder of Shine Studio?" I nodded, and Dylan immediately looked troubled. He said, "Mr. Palmer, if we cannot be a shareholder, long-term partnership will be risky. It wouldn't be considered a real partnership." I understood his worries, but I still had my own concerns. "Mr. Cote, you know that our company is not on the scale where we use a share-holding system. There are only two people in the company who have authority over internal management issues—Flynn and I. Other than us, no one has shares in the company, not even Leo. "I just think that Shine Studio's scale is too small. There's no reason to use a shareholding structu