Chapter 542: Blocked

Phil is the only high-tech enterprise of the Lawrence family and also its only listed company.

The Lawrence family is naturally very optimistic about Phil's prospects, and even usually gives priority to Phil Group in many aspects of investment.

Although the Lawrence family's response to the crisis was inappropriate, they had always prioritized keeping the news secret. Even before Jimmy's attack, they hadn't revealed the news.

The purpose of their action is to worry that the news will leak out and someone will take advantage of the situation, which will in turn affect other family businesses.

And Todd had realized early on that their opponent this time, Miranda, was probably aiming to swallow up the Lawrence family, so the other party would definitely not do anything that would harm others and benefit themselves.

Excluding Miranda, the only person left who has a motive and knows the inside story is Tang Shuo.

Thinking of everything that happened today, Todd's face turned pale in an instant.

What a deep scheme!

Todd took two deep breaths to calm himself down, then immediately said to the middle-aged man who came in, "What's the situation now?"

In fact, Todd could guess without asking that since Tang Shuo had already shown his fangs, he would definitely not just let him lose a piece of flesh, but he still had some luck in his heart.

Moreover, according to the information he knew, even if Tang Shuo wanted to attack him, the other party would not have enough funds to support him. How could this happen again?

"Todd, are you there?" Cribber's impatient voice continued on the phone on the table.

Todd hung up the phone directly and said to the middle-aged man: "Go ahead!"

Now that there is a fire behind his house, he naturally has to deal with it as soon as possible.

"Phil's stock price has been a bit abnormal since this morning," the middle-aged man replied. "But it was under control at the time, so we didn't pay much attention to it."

"Then what?"

"By the afternoon, this mysterious buyer began to buy in large quantities."

The middle-aged man continued, "But not long after, the other party started selling continuously, and the stock price began to plummet. With an hour left before the closing, the other party started buying again."

"Why did you report it so late?" Todd asked angrily.

"The company's server was hacked," the middle-aged man said. "They only reported the figures after they recovered and calculated the losses."

"I'm asking why this matter wasn't reported in the afternoon."

"Roy initially thought he could control the direction of things, and he knew that you also had problems, so he didn't say anything." The middle-aged man answered cautiously.

Crash...

Todd lifted the water glass on the table and threw it towards the corner. The glass hit the glass wine cabinet in the corner. Instantly, there was a loud bang.

The middle-aged man was about to say something to persuade him, but when he saw the expression of shock and anger on Todd's face, he swallowed his words back.

Roy is Todd's son. Since Carl's death, he has been the most popular candidate to inherit the family. The middle-aged man has obviously sided with the other party, so his words are quite biased.

"waste!"

Todd cursed angrily. Then he said, "Let him quit his job!"

The middle-aged man didn't dare to dissuade her at this time, and nodded and said, "I'll go now."

Todd sat on the sofa in silence for a while, then picked up the phone again and called Chris Barber.

"What are you doing?" Cribber asked as soon as the call was connected.

"I'm having some trouble here," Todd replied. "What did you say happened?"

"What trouble?" asked Cribbble in confusion.

"Some small things." Todd said, "Let me tell you about your business first."

Seeing that Todd was unwilling to talk further, Cribber didn't ask any further questions. He introduced, "A new mysterious buyer has intervened in the competition between us and Miranda."

"Who?" Todd asked.

No matter how you look at it, the rivalry between them and Miranda is vicious.

This also led to the stock prices of the two companies, which originally had a market value of approximately 2 billion US dollars, rising to the current 200 billion.

Not to mention investors, in this situation, even some people who know nothing about finance would understand that someone is speculating, so why would they get involved at this time?

Todd originally thought that the situation he was facing was serious enough, but at this time he experienced what it meant to make the situation worse.

Judging from the funds he has now, it is already difficult for him to recover Phil's losses, let alone deal with this person who suddenly appeared.

Todd leaned back on the sofa with a tired look on his face, muttering, "Am I really old?"

…

Heji, Sunshine Hot Spring Village.

Sunshine Hot Spring Village is located in the Heji Baobai area and is a natural hot spring resort.

In the VIP room, Huangfu Yuanzhou was only wrapped in a bath towel, lying in a special milk hot spring pool, looking very comfortable.

Of course, being relaxed is just his appearance.

The plan to kill Li Ruiyi failed, and Huangfu Yuanzhou fled Yanjing with his men overnight.

Things are different now. He no longer has the power to call the shots in Yanjing. He doesn't even have the ability to deal with Li Ruiyi.

Now Li Ruiyi's men are looking for him outside, and he is just hiding in the resort temporarily to avoid the limelight.

However, on the distribution of the remaining 4 billion, Huangfu Yuanzhou and Li Ruiyi reached a very tacit consensus and indirectly divided the funds equally, so he does not have to worry about money now.

If Huangfu Yuanzhou was still thinking about how to prove himself again before, now the only thought in his mind is revenge.

After soaking in the hot spring for a while, Huangfu Yuanzhou stood up and walked out of the room. He said to the young bodyguard standing at the door, "Is Zhaozi not back yet?"

"No!" the young bodyguard shook his head.

Huangfu Yuanzhou frowned and said, "Give them a call and ask."

Zhaozi was also his bodyguard, but he had sent him out to gather information half a day ago.

He definitely didn't want to hide in this place forever. And after a week of soaking in the hot springs, he was really tired of it, so he wanted to see if there was any way to leave here safely.

The young bodyguard immediately agreed, took out his cell phone and started contacting the other party.

After a while, the young bodyguard said solemnly to Huangfu Yuanzhou, who was drinking water, "I can't get in touch with him!"

"Um?"

Huangfu Yuanzhou put down the water cup and said after a moment of silence: "Let's leave here and go somewhere else!"

"Should we not wait for Zhaozi?" the young bodyguard asked hesitantly.

"No more waiting."

Huangfu Yuanzhou said decisively: "If he is safe, he will contact us later. If anything happens, we can't help much, and if I don't show up, Zhaozi may find it easier to escape."

In the past, Huangfu Yuanzhou would never have explained so much to a bodyguard. But now, the other party was the only one he could rely on, so he was especially polite when speaking.

"Then let's go!" The young bodyguard thought carefully for a moment, then nodded slowly. Huangfu Yuanzhou's words were not difficult to understand, and he was absolutely sure that the other party's analysis was correct.

The hotel where Huangfu Yuanzhou stayed was in the hot spring village. After coming out of the hot spring resort, the two went straight to the hotel room.

After swiping the room card, the young bodyguard just opened the door and exclaimed, only to see a burly man standing at the entrance of the living room.

"What's wrong?"

Huangfu Yuanzhou, who was walking behind the young bodyguard, immediately asked nervously.

After seeing the other person clearly, the young bodyguard turned around to explain to Huangfu Yuanzhou, then said to the burly man, "Zhaozi, when did you come back?"

As soon as he finished asking the question, two men with guns stood up from behind Zhaozi.

The young bodyguard immediately turned around and wanted to remind Huangfu Yuanzhou, but saw two gun-wielding figures blocking their retreat.

It's really over this time!