Frank immediately took action to save his life. After all, the explosive device on his waist was no joke. If he didn't obey Harold, he would be turned into a pulp in a matter of minutes.

Frank's first move was naturally to quietly bring down the Thorne Group.

After sitting in the president's office for a long time, he took a deep breath and pressed the intercom button. "Please arrange for the core members of the Hudson River Waterfront Redevelopment Project, the Brooklyn Warehouse Financing Team, and the marketing director of the Central Park South Project to come to my office at 2:00 PM to report on the progress."

Using his position as CEO, Frank began to review these projects in detail.

On the surface, it is a checkpoint, but in reality it is precisely creating trouble:

In the name of "optimizing the initial investment costs," he forcefully demanded a reassessment of the contract prices with several key subcontractors, set up obstacles in the payment process, and deliberately delayed payment.

The news spread quickly, and rumors that "Thorne Group's capital chain is tight" spread like wildfire.

For several funds that have confirmed their investment in Thorne Group, Frank actually magnified some potential risks of New York's local policies in the risk assessment reports provided to them.

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Due to Frank's interference, the three major projects of Thorne Group were suspended at the same time.

These projects are large-scale projects with investments exceeding 100 million US dollars. Every day they are stopped, millions of US dollars will be wasted.

New York's old money circles immediately smelled something amiss - the Thorne Group, or rather the Chicago upstart Speaker Ribbs behind it, seemed to be in trouble in New York.

Rumors began to ferment in cocktail parties and private clubs, while Harold, the instigator of all this, watched from a high place and savored the chaos created by Frank, which was exactly the effect he wanted.

And Ribs, who was far away in Chicago, was still unaware of all this.