Inheritance of Two Trillion Chapter 2786 - 1971: Undercurrents in the Sixth Business Division (Part 2)

"Alright." Auston immediately understood.

In fact, this was like an extra benefit Bai Xiaosheng was giving him, and Auston was naturally extremely excited.

Auston eagerly explained to Bai Xiaosheng, and Bai Xiaosheng listened and nodded.

However, actually, Bai Xiaosheng was letting Red Lotus search various information in his mind, thinking about things over there.

Multi-thread processing, perhaps only Bai Xiaosheng — with his super artificial intelligence Red Lotus — could achieve it.

After Auston finished speaking, he looked at Bai Xiaosheng eagerly.

Bai Xiaosheng paused his thoughts and began to give some cooperation suggestions.

These were solid business matters.

After listening, Auston was immediately overjoyed.

Just then, the door of the lounge opened from the outside and Leifer and others walked in.

"Mr. Bai, you’re indeed here. Mr. Auston, why are you here too? I heard someone say you went to the restroom." Leifer said with a smile.

Auston had just used the excuse of going to the restroom to leave everyone’s sight.

"I went to the restroom, and saw that Mr. Bai was here when I returned, so I thought to sit with him for a while." Auston said perfunctorily.

Leifer and others glanced at him with a meaningful look.

Seeing the excitement still lingering on Auston’s face, and guessing he had gained extra from Bai Xiaosheng, they couldn’t help but secretly curse Auston in their hearts.

This guy actually sneaked in to gain while everyone was outside handling affairs, not very decent indeed.

Seeing everyone had arrived, Bai Xiaosheng immediately looked apologetic and said to them, "Everyone, I’m really sorry, I have something urgent and might need to leave first. But rest assured, the agreed matters will be handled overnight expeditiously, and you will see the news tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Leifer promptly said, "You’re leaving so soon, is there an urgent matter... let us see you off."

Others echoed his sentiment.

Bai Xiaosheng then smiled and politely declined.

"No need, if you all were to see me off, I would be too conspicuous. I’ll just leave by myself. However, my friend Mr. Tieluoga will stay, so please take good care of him."

"Certainly, certainly." Leifer and others nodded repeatedly.

Bai Xiaosheng declined everyone’s offer to see him off, and alone, he pushed open the door and left.

With the door closed, Leifer and others immediately looked at Auston.

Leifer, smiling, represented the group in asking him, "Mr. Auston, what did you discuss with Mr. Bai Xiaosheng just now?"

"We’d also like to hear about it."

Seeing those eager eyes, nearly interrogating him, Auston felt slightly guilty.

"We didn’t discuss much..."

Leifer and others stared at him with a "do you think we believe you?" expression.

Auston, on the contrary, appeared upright, determined to keep his lips sealed.

...

Outside, Bai Xiaosheng met up with Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying. He initially planned to greet Tieluoga too, but saw that Tieluoga was now the center of attention, surrounded completely.

Approaching now was uncertain to get to Tieluoga, and would also draw too much attention.

Bai Xiaosheng had no choice but to find a attendant, asked for paper and pen, and left a note for Tieluoga explaining his early departure.

After finishing, Bai Xiaosheng handed over the note to the attendant, instructing them to give it to Tieluoga once he was less busy.

The server naturally nodded in agreement.

After settling all this, Bai Xiaosheng left with Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying.

The three hailed a cab to catch the last ferry.

In the car, Bai Xiaosheng shared with Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying the information he gained from Auston in the Huaxia language.

"Their strategy is approximately like this: any needs from the Group Corporation over there get magnified and put out for tender at the highest standard. However, outside companies participating is pointless because the business will inevitably land in the hands of a company temporarily established by the Caroline Family, who continually set up shell companies to make one-off deals and snag the most profitable big orders."

Bai Xiaosheng continued, "I speculate that the Caroline Family will later divide most of the profits with the Morgan Family, or engage in other forms of interest exchange."

"They keep switching shell companies so that normal people wouldn’t realize they’re all actually controlled by one family. Auston was only puzzled until a chance encounter made him understand. Someone from the Auston Family, working in related departments on Suo Island, inadvertently discovered that two or three relevant shell companies registered there all belonged to the Caroline Family. Later, upon further attention, they uncovered two more, confirming the suspicion."

"Auston wants me to help with this. Do you think he’s being rash? Actually, I think he’s using the opportunity to point this out because it’s been simmering underneath for a long while. If I expose this to the Zhenbei Group and penalize the involved companies, it would also be venting his frustration."

Bai Xiaosheng’s words left Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying surprised.

Not to mention Auston’s thoughts or plans, let’s focus on the Caroline Family and Morgan Family.

Is there truly such a manipulation?

"The Caroline Family ran over here to swallow up corporate interests, and Mrs. Margery is truly cooperating with them," Lin Weiwei couldn’t help but say, "How about we immediately head over there for a thorough investigation!"

Lei Ying, however, shook his head beside, pouring cold water on the idea.

"This matter is difficult to verify and can’t be resolved in a short time. Moreover, when the companies have legitimate needs to tender externally, even if there are irregularities, can you claim it’s completely illegal? Can you say there’s a major problem? Even if there is, they can always point to someone specific, and you won’t get to the root of it. In the end, we’ll achieve nothing but alert them."

Lei Ying’s words were unpleasant, yet undeniably true.

"What do you suggest then? Pretend nothing was heard and turn a blind eye?" Lin Weiwei retorted defiantly.

Lei Ying shrugged and looked at Bai Xiaosheng.

Bai Xiaosheng slowly said, "Let’s act as if we haven’t heard of this for now and remain still. We’re going to that island country anyway, and we’ll appear there on legitimate business while investigating secretly. But before that, we could communicate with Wen Yan and have them do preliminary work. I believe the Group Headquarters’ Monitoring Department hasn’t completely missed the unusual situation, they’re just focused internally."

Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying nodded upon hearing this.

Bai Xiaosheng took out his phone and directly dialed Wen Yan.

After a brief conversation, Bai Xiaosheng hung up.

"This matter here needs to be wrapped up quickly," Bai Xiaosheng muttered.

No more words exchanged.

The three returned to Lares overnight.

Afterwards, Bai Xiaosheng and the others stayed in Kustiel for three days.

During these three days, some events concerning them took place.

For instance, the first set of turbine repairs at the tidal power station underwent trial runs, Mr. Santos invited Bai Xiaosheng to the site.

The port project of the Zhenbei Group’s Sixth Business Division received special approval to proceed, and the contracts remained unchanged.

There were also events seemingly unrelated to them occurring.

A spice company called "Lingxiang Group" made its debut in Kustiel, reportedly invested by the Huaxia mega group Shengsheng International, with five spice giants from neighboring island countries joining as shareholders, causing quite a media stir.

Lingxiang Group’s spice cargo ships arrived, bringing a large quantity of spices to neighboring countries, lowering market prices.

This was more praised by the public than any advertisements.

Additionally, led by the five major spice merchants, a spice alliance was formed by hundreds of small to medium spice merchants and distributors.

Three days later, Bai Xiaosheng and his entourage bid farewell to the Rogge father and son, Leifer, and others, before departing Kustiel.

It was still the Fei’er Sisters accompanying Bai Xiaosheng and the trio.

However, on the road, Bai Xiaosheng suggested to the Fei’er Sisters that they should split ways.

"You two go to our planned second location for preliminary work first. The three of us will head to the originally planned third location to resolve issues there, since it’s relatively easier. This way, we can make up for the progress we lost in Kustiel."

This was Bai Xiaosheng’s explanation.

"I don’t think it’s necessary," Fei’er naturally disagreed, "We should follow Mr. Bai since we’re more familiar with the situation. Splitting ways doesn’t seem appropriate..."

To this, Bai Xiaosheng insisted, "Miss Fei’er, I came on a mission from the group, and if I can’t complete it or fail due to delays in various places, I’ll be held accountable. Since I’m in charge of this half of the Sixth Business Division’s jurisdiction, I have the decision-making authority. If I can’t even make this small decision, then why am I here? If you two won’t follow my arrangements, may I ask, what do I need you for?"

Fei’er opened her mouth to speak.

Bai Xiaosheng authoritatively declared, "No more discussion, this is settled!"