A conspiracy, when it begins to brew, is often unknown to the public.

However, what Xu Zili and Si Xingde didn't know was that when they met in that small restaurant, not only was there a drone overhead monitoring the restaurant, but there were also monitoring devices inside and outside the restaurant that recorded their conversation word for word.

There have never been any secrets in this world. At least for the Imperial Bureau of Investigation, secrets... do not exist.

But for the participants of the conspiracy, all of this was unknown to them. Even when they reached a consensus and were leaving the restaurant, another drone appeared overhead, tracking two targets respectively.

In the following days, more and more people were added to the watch list, and one target after another was added to the watch list.

…

A few days later, just after 9 o'clock in the morning, Ma Jiaming came to his boss Shi Xingde's office.

He first briefly reported on some company affairs. As the chairman of the largest private airline in Ming Dynasty, he had to go over the maintenance status of the company's aircraft yesterday every day. After all, for an airline, the most important thing is safety. Once a safety accident occurs, the stock price will definitely fall sharply.

After they finished reading all the information, Ma Jiaming reported again.

"Chairman, there is news from the stock exchange that a Mexican private investment company has acquired Tomato Home Company through cross-holding."

"What? Who got ahead of us?"

After a moment's pause, Schinder fell back on his chair and stared at the ceiling, saying:

"Director Ma, it seems that your judgment on Tomato Garden Company is undoubtedly correct. But God knows why someone would want to target this company?"

The reason why Schindler said this was because he also had his eyes on Tomato Home Company. However, the reason why he was eyeing that company was not for the development of new technologies, nor was he rushing towards new technologies. He wanted to take advantage of the bursting of the Internet bubble and the opportunity when the stock prices of those companies plummeted to acquire a potential technology company, and then make Stanford a company with "technological content", thereby pushing up the company's stock price.

After all, computers and the Internet are the future. No one doubts this. Even if the bubble bursts, it is only because the market is not mature enough. In the early stages of any new market, there will be a clearing phase. During this clearing phase, many companies will be eliminated, and the surviving companies will undoubtedly grow rapidly.

That is why now is the best time to invest. However, the only problem is... someone has taken the lead and acted before them.

"I'm not sure, Chairman."

In fact, this is the question that Ma Jiaming has been thinking about over and over again. After all, it is a well-known fact that Tomato Home has been declining in recent years. Who would pay attention to this company?

Leaning forward in his chair, Schinder rested his elbows on the desk.

"Director Ma, go find out about the investment company and find out its background. Most importantly, find out its purpose. You must find out everything. They must have their own reasons for acquiring the company through cross-holding. No matter what, you must find out who took the initiative first. Find out for me."

Ma Jiaming was about to leave when Si Xingde waved him back to sit. He took out a document from the drawer of the desk and said to him.

“Open a new account at the Douglas Bank in Constantinople and transfer 200 million from the company’s special account into this account.”

Then he briefly explained what he wanted Ma to do, and the other party just nodded. He knew very well what the money was used for. After all, the existence of the special account itself was to do some unknown things, and Ma Jiaming, as the head of the secretarial office, also tried his best to do something for the boss. Like all the secretarial offices of the chaebols in Daming, they would never ask why, because the existence of the secretarial office was to be the loyal dog of the chaebol.

Finally, Ma Jiaming just asked if there was enough time.

"You handle it yourself and book a flight to Constantinople tomorrow morning. You can come back tomorrow night. You do this yourself."

…

The next morning, when Ma Jiaming boarded a flight to Constantinople, Zhu Xianhai informed Ma Bangde of the news.

"Our people have caught up."

Ma Bangde spoke to him directly.

"He will open a new account in Constantinople. If what we are expecting is correct, they will transfer the funds to Xu Zili through the new account, and the money will definitely be laundered during the process. This is the first strong evidence we have. We can investigate this account and then find Xu Zili and his secret account."

"Indeed."

Zhu Xianhai nodded and said.

“However, you can follow this account.”

While speaking, Zhu Xianhai casually took out a piece of paper with a string of numbers on it.

"This is……"

"Xu Zili's secret account."

"What!"

In an instant, Ma Bangde felt a sense of explosion. This... this was actually Xu Zili's secret account.

"You, how did you get it?"

The reason why Ma Bangde asked this was because the Investigation Bureau had not yet gained control of this account. In fact, the reason they targeted Director Ma was to gain access to the secret account.

"What do you think?"

Zhu Xianhai said lightly that it was all thanks to the Investigation Bureau that they were able to get this account. In the deduction, it was the Investigation Bureau that used Shi Xingde's secret account as a basis to unravel Xu Zili's secret account, and finally found the target they needed to find through the money.

"Money can explain everything. With this account, I think we can solve almost all problems!"

After saying this to Ma Bangde, Zhu Xianhai stood up and left. Seeing him about to leave, Ma Bangde asked.

"Where are you going now?"

"Looking for Julia."

Zhu Xianhai casually said that the reason why he went to find Julia was not because she had a really good figure, but because the Investigation Bureau had never relaxed its investigation on him, and even investigated the women around him. In that case, let them investigate to their heart's content.

Although it is unpleasant to let others eavesdrop on your sex, you have to sacrifice your looks to hide it from others!