Hollywood Zenith-Chapter 1236: Hope-1

Samuel essentially had to run around with department heads of all his affected subsidiaries to do the damage control.

Although the attack on his company might be bogus and malicious, he found out how inefficient everyone had became ever since he stopped focusing on them.

It gave him a chance to bettee streamline everything while also pushing his subordinates to do more interviews to justify their positions.

No matter which department was raided or how much they were accused of tax evasion or monopolistic nature of his companies, he was atleast relieved that none of them were involved in these shady practices.

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There was a dedicated company as well as a security department which was there to combat such a scenarios. They would immediately take action before rhe matter intensified and would report these people to the proper authorities for swift resolution.

He was worried that Verdant Foundation would come under fire as most of rhe profit of his Alphabet group would funnel through it for his ultimate dream plan but for now, it wasn't a problem.

His people managed to hide that fact by using some clever tactic to keep the beneficiaries name hidden. He wasn't doing anything illegal but it would definitely ring some sort of alarm bells in people's mind if they find out about it. Why was he using his money to fund such a large operation which hardly generated profit? It wouldn't be a good look for him or his companies.

"This is crazy! Why the sudden inspection and raids? Are you hiding something from us?" Abigail asked.

"Well..there is one thing." Samuel scratched his nose and began to tell Abigail, Marilyn and Alistair who were currently traveling with him to help him brainstorm plans to counter the sudden barrage of attacks.

Just after Samuel told them who they were facing Alistair was the first one to protest.

"It seemed like we were having too smooth of a operation so you decide to take a fight with the final boss. There is no telling what she will do when she is angry."

"Have you met her?" Marilyn asked Alistair.

"Yeah, quite a few times. My mentor used to work under her which is why I know a lot about what she does to people who pisses her off!"

"Can't we come to a peaceful resolution? Aren't you related to her?" Abigail asked but Samuel simply shook his head. The window to talk has long since closed.

"For now, I just want to keep the share price of our public companies stable. They wouldn't make large moves against them since we are not the only shareholders but what I am worried about are our private enterprises."

"If she truly want to hurt your business, then the firm will be her target. With how much money it generates for us in investment and fees, many people have been jealous of our success." Abigail said thoughtfully.

"It's has five spots in the top ten best performing asset for over half a decade. Even during the financial crisis we were the only ones that made it out if it richer than ever before." Marilyn added.

"They can easily slap a lot of restrictions citing we are getting some secret inside operation which might led to a run of funds. These investors are not to be trusted, they will be friendly when we are making money for them but if they smell blood in water, they will rush to protect their investment." Alistair was guess was right on money.

"Do we have enough liquid funds for it?" Samuel turned and asked Abigail.

"We do but only around half of the funds could be matched. Rest of it is divided in many different assets or are loaned out in venture capital. You also asked people to move a large amount of it to divide it among ither subsidiaries."

"That might be bad. We own those companies and are using the investers money to fund our own industries. If they found out, it might lead to a serious investigation." Alistair said in a serious tone.

"Don't worry. My family have decided to support me so make it seem like those funds are lying in our records and we are still debating where to invest them for now. It only hundreds of billions of dollar which is manageable." Samuel said resolutely.

"You might be the only one that would take such a huge amount of money so lightly." Abigail shook her head reminded again that which family their boss belonged to. Their true

wealth was never disclosed and probably never will but that doesn't help public from speculating about it.

"We have to fight back. She will be increasing the pressure so I want everyone to give their best. I will try to resolve everything within this week."

His timeline was already messed up but he still believed he will get a breakthrough to finally crush his opponent's will. The Queen might have a long standing winning streak but she hadn't faces him which gave him some hope.

Still, he knew he had to meet her in few days and negotiate the terms or they would only hurt one another weaking each other in the process.

He was done with today's work. It was almost night when he returned and the first thing he asked about where the status of Helga, Katarina, Roberta and Alana.

Jane was busy with dealing with the recent attacks but she did ask few of our contacts to check up on them. Helga and Katarina were under his protection so it was easy to know what they were upto these days.

The reply he got made him certain who was in danger. Helga and Katarina were ready to return to Paris since they have sorted out their family's problems. Anastasiya did a great job and he had to thank her for it.

Roberta and Alana were also busy returning back to their previous career. He expected them to return but it seemed like he need to go visit them when he goes back to the States.

Which only left Talia, Jane still hadn't been able to locate anything from the map he recieved from Raani. Maybe he should go and talk to her one more time? Since she was holding up her side of the deal of steering everyone away from him, he might need to pay her some money.

Steve and others were on the mission to rescue Ellie which did worry him but Jane told him he should focus on his own job and leave it to them since they had done this hundreds of times.

What he was worried was related to their opponents. MI7 the hidden branch controlled by the Queen was mysterious. He wanted to be there if something unexpected happens but he decided to trust his team this time.