Chapter 84
“Benjamin, you are so shameless! How dare you get involved in an accounting fraud
and greedily take our money!”
“Return the money! Give them all back to me!”
“And mine!”
“The evidence is conclusive. We will see if it’s false!”
“That’s right. You are so shameless! Call the police and arrest him!”
“| agree with you. Call the police directly. Let him pay for the accounting fraud!”
All the shareholders blamed Benjamin one after another. At such a time, they would not care whether the evidence was true and unanimously agreed that Benjamin had greedily taken their money.
To them, such a person did not deserve to stay in Yates Group.
Benjamin was very panicked. He could not argue with it. He had gotten involved in accounting fraud, but in his view, every company had been doing that. He could not understand why they would be so surprised. Moreover, he thought he had done it discreetly and secretly, so he could not figure out how Cyrus could find it out.
He could not admit it, absolutely not. Otherwise, he had to pay them back and lose his
moncy.
“| didn’t! These are all fakes. All of you should believe me. Haven't you gotten any money from all these years?” Benjamin explained in a hurry.This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .
Those words had just shown his guilt, and those shareholders would trust him even less.
Indeed, there was no absolute trust in the face of interests.
“Mr. Jacobs, please call the police. Arrest this man and investigate him carefully. Ask him to return all the money he has taken from us!” one shareholder suggested.
The shareholders could not believe Benjamin dared to get involved in accounting fraud. Even if other companies committed accounting fraud, they knew it was just for dealing with the inspection./Benjamin looked gentle and harmless on the surface, but he only paid them whatever amount inspected. Meanwhile, the finance department also helped him to keep it hard and did not reveal anything.
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At that moment, they finally realized Benjamin was such a despicable man behind their
backs!
Benjamin was anxious and found that no one believed him at all. Those shareholders were the directors who had worked with him for many years.
He felt helpless and had no choice but to admit it because he could not stand the police. investigation. If he was still a shareholder of Yates Group, and such a matter came to light, he could just compensate some money and kick two directors out to smooth things over.
But at present, he had just been dismissed as the company chairman. At the thought of that, he cursed inwardly, ‘It’s all Cassandra’s fault! This brat was born to be against me!”
Cyrus spoke up. “Mr. Yates, there are two ways for you now. The first one is to call the police to report the accounting fraud. But it involves a large amount of money, and you will be sentenced to imprisonment. You must return all the money you greedily took, pay taxes, make up for overdue fines, and repay the money owed to shareholders. The second way is to cash in your shares, leave Blossom Group, and compensate the money owed to shareholders. | can buy the shares you hold. Just name your price.”
Both choices that Cyrus gave were burning Benjamin’s bridges.
If Benjamin did not make the compensation, he would be sent to prison.
If he compensated the money, he had to leave Yates Group.
Cyrus was indeed cruel, acting evilly like a devil under a gentleman’s appearance, typically a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
“Cyrus, don’t go too far! | can compensate the money to shareholders. But how can you kick me out of the company?” The company was his whole effort, so he could not allow anyone to drive him away.
Cyrus smiled charmingly and asked coldly, “Mr. Yates, are you sure you can afford the compensation with your current assets?” Benjamin suddenly could not say a word in response.
He was unsure. Then, he secretly calculated in his mind, ‘In the past few years, it should be hundreds of millions of dollars each year. And after five years, it should be around 7 billion dollars. Doesn't it mean that it will cost me to compensate for all my remaining assets? Cyrus is too cruel! Cassandra is so ruthless!”
“According to the information found in the investigation, Benjamin has greedily taken
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7.34 billion dollars from us over the past few years. He must repay it all to us! We, as the shareholders, will distribute the dividend proportionately!”
At that time, Cassandra also stepped forward and added, “And for the shares | bought, every shareholder can calculate it yourself for the amount Benjamin owes you before.”
Benjamin was in great shock and thought, 734 billion dollars? How could there be so much? Then, my existing assets are completely insufficient to pay! | only have 6 billion dollars, that’s all! What about the remaining hundreds of millions of dollars? Where should | get it?”
“That’s impossible! How could it be so much?”
He did not want to go to prison but did not wish to be kicked out of the company. either!
“Mr. Yates, if you don’t believe me, you can calculate it yourself. But if you overcount or undercount it, let’s see whether everyone here will let you go.” Cyrus did not give Benjamin a chance to speak and continued, “Let’s just give Mr. Yates three days
to pay off all the money owed to shareholders. Then we'll let bygones be bygones. But now, Mr. Benjamin Yates, Mr. Leonardo Yates, please go out first. We are going to have a formal meeting.”
Cyrus believed that everyone in the room would be interested in this meeting gift very
much.
He wanted everyone to know that Elaine was the most powerful person in the world, and the Yates family was nothing in front of her.
The conference room finally went silent after Benjamin and Leonardo were kicked out.
“Cyrus, you can preside over the meeting. I’m leaving now.” Cassandra stood up and was
about to leave.
It seemed that Kenneth was looking for her for something. So, she needed to check it
out.
Cyrus was stunned, and his pleasant voice sounded in the room. “Are you leaving now?”
“Yes. | believe in you, Mr. Jacobs!”
Cyrus smiled gently and said, “Then | will certainly live up to your expectations.”
After leaving Yates Group, Cassandra headed straight to the coffee house where she had. arranged to meet with Kenneth. These Automation Tools Might Surprise You
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She wondered as soon as she arrived, ‘Do people of a certain age like to talk in such a vintage coffee house?”
She pushed open the private room’s door and saw Kenneth brewing coffee. His skillful. technique was relaxed and pleasant to watch.
Just as she opened the door, she saw Kenneth shrouded in the sunshine. He looked as handsome as before, but there was a feeling of indescribable warmth.
Cassandra thought, | must be crazy! He is the richest man in the world. Everyone has said he is cruel and ruthless! How could | feel that he is warm? | must have lost my mind!
“What's the matter for you to look for me?” Cassandra sat opposite him.
At that moment, Kenneth boiled the water, ground the coffee beans, put the ground. coffee powders into the filter paper to filter, and lastly, poured a cup of freshly brewed coffee for her.
“Have a sip of the coffee first, and we'll talk later.”
He complained in his heart, ‘Does Cassie dislike spending time with me so much? Why does she always want to go straight to the point?’
Cassandra drank that cup of coffee in one go. For her, it was just a thirst quencher like water. It was the same for her, no matter what kind of coffee it was.
“Can you say it now?”
In Cassandra’s view, it must be important since he did not want to talk about it in the mansion but came in person to tell her outside.
“| heard that you know Dr. Quirke?” Kenneth asked.
His subordinates had just reported to him about that recently.
They told him Cassandra often went to Whitecrane Hall, and she was close to Hugo, so he thought she should know Faye. Cassandra was momentarily stunned and wondered why he wanted to find her again.
“What’s wrong? Does someone need medical treatment?”
He was neither denied nor admitted.
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“Pretty much,” answered him.
“You don’t want to save that man?
“Yeah.”
After returning, people of the Zelinski family came to him. Conrad's legs were disabled, and it was useless even though they went to all hospitals to search for treatment. Even the experts hired from the international medical college could do nothing. They knew he had sought help from Faye before, so they wanted him to invite her again.