The Traps of the Black Swan (Book 2)

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Meanwhile, Mino was sitting in front of the tax department with his legal team. There was team five from the other side. After an introduction, they read the file in complete focus.

The lead advocate took charge of speaking on behalf of Mino.  "Hello, Mr. Adams, I am the chief legal advisor at Skylar Industries. We are sorry to bother you at busy hours." He was courteous before probing the team, "Please let us know if you have any queries. We don't want to lose the opportunity due to lack of information we might have missed in the file."

A man in his mid-forties nodded as he read the file that was in his hands. Skylar and Ruby Jane were showing interest to buy everything that was under Shane and Maisie Burnette before they could call for auction.

Adams's first question, "CEO Song, how did you know the properties and assets will be auctioned?" The rest had the same question.

Hayden wasn't any poor businessman, he could afford to pay off all the debt with an interest. Adams believed Mino must have got the information from internal sources that Hayden wasn't helping them but he wasn't sure if it was leaked from their side else the Kim family revealed it.

Adams had the authority to decide if he should accept the proposal or reject it. So they need to respond meticulously for the man to be convinced.

Others had no idea so Mino answered, "Mr. Adams, Jennie was my friend. She had helped me so I feel obliged to protect her parents." He lied without batting an eyelid.

Adams knew about Jennie due to a raid on the house. He nodded to Mino in response but he didn't completely believe his words.

However, he focused on the fuss it would create if they announced auctioning of the Kim family's assets. It wasn't the first time he was in such a situation and the easier way to kill the numerous days of extra work would be to let Mino handle everything.

As he continued to read the document, he frowned faintly but smirked it off. He felt he was right about Mino by not believing his words. Mino was indeed a businessman who wasn't paying off the debts of Shane and Maisie, which would have been a help. Rather, he was buying everything.

The villa, an apartment, and cars in President Evans name and the rest of the shares, small business in Skylar's name.

What's there to help when it is a pure business investment?

What caught Adams's attention was the price. Mino wasn't even offering thousands of extra. Usually, he sees people offering double and millions worth extra money to get their work done.

He closed the file and left it on the desk. "CEO Song, don't you think the price is low?"

Mino glanced at his secretary. The latter stood up and went around the table giving another set of files. "Helping doesn't have to be owing them. Does it?" Mino asked in a confident tone.

Adams started thinking in Mino's way. The legal advisor continued to tell them about the view of Skylar, "As you all can see in the file, we often buy bankrupt small businesses, and help them grow large and sustain. This would help Mr. Kim and his family survive by giving them a chance to work their business."

Mino crossed his legs as he cued the legal advisor to take a seat. "Coming to the price, We have offered the market price for every item as far as we know. And we have added the remaining charges that will have to be paid by the real owners."

Mino paused, his lips sinisterly curled up, asking a subjective question in case they were expecting a bribe, "Please, let us know if we have to pay any extra."

Adams and his team: "..."

That wasn't what Adams meant. Handling privately was less work to them and they could close the case immediately. Else they will have to give a notice, announce to the public, auction everything, manage legal transferring. That was too much work and they get nothing extra for it.