What old method?
Modify account figures, alter shipping addresses, and change shipping quantities.
The Torrena family is a representative of American industry, producing automobiles, medical equipment, and manufacturing American fighter jets.
I locked up their products, and they're already busy dealing with complaints.
At the same time, I also need to increase the island's defenses.
Lu Qianning's guard team from Gem Island arrived in large numbers and was all stationed at the island's residence.
I've imprisoned the Denard siblings in the island's government compound, and I've handed over the operation of the compound entirely to Lu Qianning. Now, I'm going to focus all my efforts on the Torena family.
Starting solely with real industries isn't enough; we also need to look into finance.
I transferred Yuan Bao over here; he's familiar with this area.
As soon as Yuan Bao arrived, he began to complain: "Third brother! You said we were waiting for you to go back, but you still called me here."
Do you know how many high-ranking military officials go to our base every day?
I don't even have time to go on a date with your second sister-in-law all day!
"What happened?"
"What else could it be? If you take the documents out, they'll be racking their brains to fabricate something."
"If they can't figure it out, they'll have to come to you!"
Alright! It's probably related to materials.
"Come on! Let me give you a mental refresh." I pushed the computer in front of Yuan Bao.
"The Torena family?"
You know?
"Holy crap, I know it all. When I was preparing for my postgraduate entrance exam, I was studying their business model."
Yuan Bao tapped a few times: "Third brother! You've gathered all the information you need!"
"It's all there, but I feel something's not right. Given how much money they make from this business, it doesn't quite add up."
Yuan Bao gave me a thumbs up: "You're a real sly one. Look here."
"studio?"
I initially thought it was because Yanla liked to draw, so I didn't pay much attention to it.
"Could this art studio be their most profitable business?"
“You’re right.” Yuan Bao then explained the ins and outs to me.
There's a saying that a horse won't get fat without night grass. Of all the businesses the Torena family has on the surface, their most profitable ventures are actually smuggling and the black market.
Weapons, oil—they'll do anything that can make money.
The art studios were a crucial hub for their money laundering.
Those shady businesses, seemingly unrelated to them, all used the money they made to buy paintings.
In this way, the money will flow back to the Torrena family.
Their desire to invest in the Gemstone Guild wasn't solely for Lu Qianning; they were also interested in the guild's sales channels.
It's fortunate that Yuan Bao was brought here; otherwise, with just those few businesses, we wouldn't have been able to cause any serious damage.
"But knowing this is one thing, doing it is another. It's not that obvious, just use technology to lock them down."
Of course I know that, but I have an assassin organization.
Those people are paid to work. Give them some money, and they'll do anything.
Of course I won't let them kill anyone; I just need to have someone investigate them.
"Second brother! Can't you get some money out of here?"
"That depends on how you do it."
"Simple! I'll follow the clues first, dig out everyone who has financial dealings with that art studio, and then take them down one by one."
Yuan Bao grinned slyly: "Then, Third Brother, you'll have to trouble yourself to find out what kind of business everyone you've investigated is doing."
I can profit by taking advantage of time differences in information, such as futures, market supply and demand, and stock price fluctuations.
"Hmm! Giving me some funds for activities would be helpful too."
Originally, the plan was to get Yuan Bao to deal with them by focusing on their finances, but now it seems the only option is to make a small profit first.
For the next two days, Yuan Bao and I ate and slept in the office.
Lu Qianning went to choose a location, and I had to have someone from here take her there.
This investigation uncovered eight illegal organizations disguised as legitimate companies.
Two of them are still in Daxia, specializing in the smuggling of antiques and rare metals.
Evidence is hard to find, but I can have the auxiliary brain monitor their phones and analyze their activity patterns.
In this way, I discovered several times and places where they made transactions with people.
I reported all the cases, especially those from Daxia, to the Daxia police.
The rest is simple: for large countries, I report to their police; for small countries, I notify their adversaries.
Whether it's a case of double-crossing or something else, the criminal organizations under the Torena family have been plagued by troubles in the past two days.
That's not all; following the information I gave him, Yuan Bao also made a fortune in the stock market.
That day, Yuan Bao patted me on the shoulder while he was browsing through the documents:
"Hey! Look here."
I was checking the accounts of a subsidiary in Torrena when I heard this and turned to take a look.
"futures?"
"That's right! It's being hyped up by that Denard uncle, and the amount involved is enormous."
"You release negative information about all the companies related to it, and I guarantee they'll lose everything."
"That's easy, I have a whole bunch here!"
Without further ado, I roughly estimate that the Torena family has suffered losses of at least hundreds of billions in the past few days in both physical and illegal businesses.
This doesn't even include the companies' fixed assets.
I think they're getting restless.
Sure enough, that afternoon, Hiller sent a message asking to meet me again.
Still at the dock, still on that ship.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Bao immediately stopped me: "Third brother! I don't think you can go."
Even if it was a bet, you have indeed caused them heavy losses these past few days, many of which are irrecoverable.
I reckon they're all furious. Do you really expect them to talk to you peacefully?
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