Chapter 741 Tools
"This time, the one who reported the tax evasion was Jake, right?"
Sophia was analyzing seriously.
Gabriel didn't hide it, "This time, it wasn't."
Sophia raised an eyebrow.
"This time, it was Jake's adoptive father, Victor."
Even though Victor had been caught, he still managed to take action.
But it didn't matter, the Lancaster Group's taxes wouldn't have any issues. Victor's actions are just his last-ditch effort.
"I've been remembering some things lately," Sophia said, trying to recall some fragments that had surfaced in her mind over the past few days.
"What things?" Gabriel put down his utensils, his beautiful eyes full of tenderness and concern.
Sophia said, "I seem to remember being kidnapped in Country M."
"Vaguely, I remember hearing someone call Mr. Getty, and then there was a hypnotist trying to hypnotize me, but it seemed to be interrupted in the end."
After being kidnapped onto the ship, she had been in a coma. Once, when the drug's effect wore off, she woke up briefly but soon fell unconscious again.
The next time Sophia had a bit of consciousness, a hypnotist was trying to hypnotize her.
Gabriel gave a complex look.
Gabriel wondered, 'So it wasn't Jake who kidnapped Sophia, but Victor? Even so, Jake couldn't be completely innocent. They even tried to hypnotize Sophia.'
Gabriel could easily guess their intentions.
Thinking about how Sophia almost got hypnotized to forget Gabriel and the kids, Gabriel was grim.
Sophia felt the cold atmosphere around her and asked in confusion, "Did you find out anything?"
"Sophia, promise me, stay as far away from Jake as possible in the future." He looked at her seriously.
Sophia vaguely understood something and nodded heavily.
"I've already cut ties with him a long time ago, and I won't see him again."
She was utterly disappointed in Jake. She couldn't understand why the Jake who used to be so good would do so many things to achieve his goals.
No, she never really understood Jake's character. Maybe he was always this scheming and ruthless person.
Sophia finished the pasta with Gabriel, and they went upstairs together, Gabriel holding Sophia's hand tightly. Their backs looked like a couple who had been married for a long time.
After the bath, Gabriel still felt unsatisfied, so he hugged Sophia and nuzzled her ear.
"I want you."
Sophia shyly turned her head, looked at his sexy Adam's apple, and kissed it lightly.
"Mm, I want you too."
A while later, the room was filled with an ambiguous atmosphere.
With Gabriel's intervention, all of Victor's underground businesses in Sisley were uncovered and taken down.
With the exposure of Victor's illegal businesses, the Phoenix Group's stock plummeted, and the company's internal staff were in a panic, resigning one after another for fear of being implicated by Victor.
At this time, Harrison came to the Phoenix Group with a briefcase, and expressed his intention to acquire the company.
The general manager of the Phoenix Group was already too anxious to fall asleep. He was also afraid of being implicated, so Harrison's acquisition offer was like a lifesaver.
The general manager sold his 10% stake without hesitation and then persuaded Victor, who was in jail.
The Phoenix Group was a clean business on the surface, so apart from the stock price, it wasn't heavily implicated.
The general manager resigned, and other small shareholders also sold their shares.
With the chairman Victor in jail, why would they keep the stocks? Now that Harrison was acquiring them, they were naturally happy.
In this way, Harrison held 60% of the Phoenix Group's shares.
The remaining 40% was still in Victor's hands.
It wouldn't be easy for Harrison to buy the remaining 40% from Victor.
"Gabriel, I'll go check Victor's attitude first," Harrison said confidently.
"No need," Gabriel knew very well that Victor would never sell his shares.
"So, are we just going to give Victor dividends every year?"
Harrison wondered, 'That would be too much of a loss. Victor's crimes meant he would definitely go to jail, and they would be working hard outside while Victor still received money in prison?'
Gabriel said coldly and dominantly, "Dilute his shares and bring in another round of investment."
Harrison's eyes lit up.
Harrison thought, 'Why didn't he think of that? If the Phoenix Group was now controlled by the Lancaster Group, many people would be willing to invest. That would be great.'
Harrison immediately went to work.
The news reached Victor's ears, of course, intentionally leaked by Gabriel.
Victor was furious, kicking the iron door.
"Gabriel, you bastard, how dare you acquire my company and dilute my shares."
"There's not a single good person in the Lancaster family. Your father crippled me, and now you're taking over my company."
Gabriel heard that Victor abused him in the prison.
Gabriel's eyes deepened.
He thought Victor's actions against the Lancaster Group were purely malicious business competition, but it turned out there was more to the story.
Ruth recalled something when Gabriel mentioned Victor.
"There was something like that. It was when your father was in charge of the Lancaster Group."
"I remember someone named Getty competing with your father, and Getty lost."
"Later, your father said that this Getty had an accident. He also said Getty was quite capable but always thought of illegal things, so it was normal for him to fail."
Victor fought against the Lancaster Group with relentless efforts because of the grudge from that incident.
Gabriel suddenly thought of something, a serious look flashing across his face.
Five days later, Harrison brought in a wave of investment for the Phoenix Group. The Lancaster Group held 60% of the shares, becoming the actual controlling party of the Phoenix Group, while the remaining 40% was forcibly cleared out from Victor.
In this way, the Phoenix Group was officially acquired by the Lancaster Group.
The Lancaster Group's tax issues were also cleared up, with no problems found in the accounts, and no tax evasion.
At Micro Circuit Group, Micah came in with a sealed document.
Seeing the familiar envelope, Jake had a few guesses.
He took it and opened it.
Looking at the contents, Jake's eyes turned red, and his hands trembled.
He suddenly burst into laughter.
Micah shrank his neck in fear.
How ridiculous.
Jake thought he and Victor were in a mutually beneficial relationship.
But he didn't realize he had been a tool in Victor's plan since he was born.
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