"What? Mark Bezos was forcibly taken away by Huang He's men? Why didn't you tell me about something so important?" The old man received the news from Hao Jianguo the next morning.
"I sent you a message before I left that night. Didn't you receive it?" Hao Jianguo asked nervously. Before he followed Shileike and the others out, he had indeed sent a message to the old man's secret communication account.
If this message was not delivered in time, it would mean that someone had intercepted his message, and this interceptor would definitely be one of Shileike's people, meaning he was completely exposed. Shileike's letting him go back was likely to continue using him to deceive Goldman Sachs.
Therefore, once he discovered that the old man had not received this intelligence, Hao Jianguo would immediately run away and never participate in anything again.
"This... I did receive it... But that damned guy, he didn't report it immediately!" The old man said helplessly. This meant that the secret account could directly contact the old man himself.
But the problem was that a person of his high status would definitely not be constantly watching computer software. Not to mention that when the message was sent, it was in the middle of the night, and the old man, who valued his health, had already fallen asleep.
Furthermore, this old man, who hoped to live longer and longer, had long ago set a rule for his subordinates: unless the intelligence involved a loss of over 1 billion yuan to the company, they were absolutely not allowed to disturb his rest.
The secretary responsible for constantly monitoring this account was a newcomer who had just taken over. How could he know if this intelligence would cause the company to lose over 1 billion US dollars?
Besides, a newcomer wouldn't dare to wake up his boss in the middle of the night. So, he just handed this intelligence to his superior, who then passed it to his superior, and so on, until it reached the chief secretary, who would decide whether to report it to the old man.
But the chief secretary was also human and couldn't constantly monitor these things 24 hours a day. Thus, the intelligence was left aside and only delivered to the old man the next morning.
This was not strange in itself, because it had been handled this way for many years, and in fact, there had been no major mistakes, so Goldman Sachs did not pay much attention to these issues.
Because if there was truly important intelligence or a problem, the person in charge would usually contact the chief secretary through more direct means, and then the chief secretary would relay it to the old man.
For example, previously, Hao Jianguo had always directly called the chief secretary to report urgent intelligence. This was the first time he had used a secret account to transmit important intelligence, which naturally led to the intelligence being overlooked.
In summary, this is what bureaucracy in large companies is like.
In short, when the old man learned of the intelligence, he had already arrived at the company. He was contacted through an absolutely secure telephone line in the building next to the company. The old man, who had just woken up and was drinking morning tea, learned that Mark Bezos had been detained by Huang He's men.
A few minutes later, Bezos's call also came. He told the old man that he seemed to be unable to contact his brother, Mark Bezos, who had not returned all night.
"Damn it, even if you have to dig three feet underground, find him for me!" The old man roared angrily. Who would have thought that everything was arranged properly, but the most crucial piece had been taken away? Who could he complain to?
But the problem was, this was the United States. Sometimes, tens of thousands of police officers could not find a missing person for months. Even if the FBI got involved, the situation was often the same.
These agencies were only very swift when investigating people who lived ordinary lives. But when they investigated vicious individuals who deliberately hid themselves, they were very clumsy.
Check the crime clearance rate for missing persons in the United States, and you'll know how difficult it is to find someone in the United States.
Never believe what you see on television or in novels, where a mysterious organization can find someone with a phone call in seconds, or even monitor them with cameras.
These are just things that exist in movies. In reality, these people could only stare blankly at the hotel from that night. They only found footage of several cars disappearing from the surveillance cameras. To find the person who was taken away in a short period of time... No, even finding them in a long period of time was almost impossible.
Especially when the other party was not kidnapping, not trying to contact the victim, but only trying to hide themselves, it was even more absurd.
So, the whole morning passed, and there was still no good news. On the contrary, the Jiangnan Group, as the largest shareholder, demanded an emergency shareholder meeting that evening to directly remove Bezos from the position of chairman and completely take control of Amazon.
On the other hand, Bezos angrily roared at the intermediary again and again, asking him to return the company and his brother to him... Bezos was completely stunned. He thought that cooperating with Goldman Sachs would protect his foundation, but in the end, he lost both his foundation and his brother. Who could he cry to?
"Sir, what should we do?" The chief secretary cautiously looked at the old man, who was on the verge of anger, and asked carefully.
"Hmph, this little brat, does he think these low-class tricks can stop me?" Veins bulged on the old man's forehead, and he clenched his fist, but quickly released it, and finally said coldly, "Without Mark Bezos, this transaction cannot proceed. Go and tell our people in the Administration Department that they found loopholes in the share transfer documents submitted by Bezos, and he did not receive Mark Bezos's latest written authorization. Therefore, this transaction is unsuccessful, and part of it still belongs to Bezos!"
"Sir!" Hearing this order, the chief secretary was shocked and said, "But sir, when the transaction was made, Bezos provided the custody agreement signed by Mark Bezos. This complies with the transaction rules, so the transaction has been completed, and the shares have been transferred to the Jiangnan Group."
"At this time, asking the Ministry of Commerce to actively declare the share transaction void is not in compliance with regulations, and the means of interfering with normal transactions are too obvious. Once exposed by the media, the repercussions will be huge!"
The old man's order was to directly force the issue, to flip the entire table. However, it had to be admitted that this method was highly feasible, but after that, the Ministry of Commerce would completely violate the consensus of procedural justice, and its reputation would be ruined!
"It doesn't matter. We can supplement a document later. Do they dare to rebel? Have our people in the Ministry of Commerce do it immediately!" The old man was somewhat frantic.
However, the chief secretary knew that this was the only shameless method. Otherwise, once the board meeting was successfully convened and Bezos was ousted... it would not be something that a pawn from the Ministry of Commerce could turn around. It would require the entire Ministry of Commerce to obey Goldman Sachs and shamelessly declare the transaction invalid.
However, the Ministry of Commerce at this time was not shameless to this extent, and how would global enterprises view the US Ministry of Commerce, and would they still trust it?
After all, the United States still cared about its reputation at this time.
"Yes, I will contact our people immediately! Ask him to take action directly!" The chief secretary also said immediately, and then dialed the phone of the high-ranking official in the Ministry of Commerce, who was recommended and controlled by Goldman Sachs, intending to let him take action directly. However, what the other party said made the chief secretary's face change drastically.
"What happened?" Seeing his secretary's expression, the old man became somewhat nervous.
"It's like this, the Ministry of Commerce has just received a confirmation letter from Mark Bezos. He stated on the phone that he fully agrees with this transaction and has no questions!" The chief secretary said in a low voice. "Moreover, he even posted a video on Weibo just now, in which he highly praised the transaction between his brother and the Jiangnan Group, stating that he fully supports this transaction and fully agrees to sell his shares to the Jiangnan Group."
"So, our people said that he cannot issue an order to invalidate the transaction. This is grinding the face of the US Ministry of Commerce into the ground!" The secretary said helplessly.
Unexpectedly, after hearing the secretary's reply, the old man actually smiled and said, "These fools, to actually do such a stupid thing!"
"This is coercion, this is definitely coercion! Can't you see that? Mark Bezos was kidnapped, and he said these things under duress from the kidnappers. These words are false!"
"You immediately ask Bezos to report to the police, saying that their brother has been kidnapped and that everything he said before was said under the control of the kidnappers. And this kidnapper is very likely the mastermind, the Jiangnan Group!"
"Otherwise, why would he specifically mention these favorable remarks for the Jiangnan Group while being kidnapped? It's obvious that he was kidnapped by the Jiangnan Group. This is the most obvious evidence. With this evidence, we can make the Jiangnan Group completely associated with Satan and directly seize all the assets of the Jiangnan Group!" The old man said excitedly. He truly believed that the people of Jiangnan today must be fools, otherwise, they wouldn't have done such a thing that exposed themselves.
But unexpectedly, the chief secretary on the other side looked even more embarrassed. After the old man finished speaking, he added helplessly, "I'm sorry, sir, I didn't explain clearly. When Mark Bezos made this statement, he was in a police station! He recorded this video in the police station, in front of the police!"
"Crash!" The teacup in the old man's hand fell to the ground completely, splashing a lot of tea water and wetting the old man's trouser legs!