Irvin had been missing in action for over a month. Although his businesses fell behind by a lot, the automobile and home appliances part of the company had always been on top of the industry. Therefore, sales for those sectors were not greatly affected. I couldn't predict when GW Group would give up. I could only choose to temporarily delay the business expansion for phones and computers, and continue to promote the main businesses in the hope of trying to gain more time for Irvin.
Fortunately, Irvin had chosen the right employees. After confirming the general plan on what everyone should do, each department started working quickly. I only needed to double-check the documents that needed to be signed every night. After a week, Granger Group finally became stable. I had more free time and wanted to explain the situation to Irvin, so I called him on the phone at noon.
The phone was quickly connected, but after a long time of waiting, no one picked it up. I thought maybe Irvin hadn't had time to answer the phone, and he might have gotten news about Shirley and Dannie. I called again later, and it went straight to voicemail. He turned off his phone.
"Is Mr. Granger still not contactable?" Wylie had been inseparable from me for a while, and often chatted with me. Most importantly, even as the representative of the CEO, I was not qualified to represent Irvin in signing some documents. Wylie, too, hoped that he would come back as soon as possible.
I nodded and walked into the room. "Yes, it seems that his phone is switched off."
I thought for a while, and guessed that Irvin's personal assistant might have another contact. I called to check, but she said that no one in the company had successfully contacted Irvin for nearly a month, which led to a dead end.
I stared at the message Irvin's assistant had left on my phone and felt anxious. It was reasonable to believe that GW group would restrain themselves more after I met with Sean last time, but now I'd lost contact with Irvin. The situation was like not playing with a full deck, and I couldn't feel at ease.
Wylie observed in silence for a moment. Finally, she got up and took out a tightly packaged document from her briefcase. "Take a look at this first."
Looking at how mysterious she was being, I knew that something must have happened. I opened the file carefully.
In order to prepare for the bar exam, I had to read a lot of relevant documents. Wylie's document was not difficult for me to understand.
Not long after Yohannes and his wife's death, Irvin took over Granger Group. Soon, he found out that the shareholders had taken advantage of the company funds, and after several attempts, he had obtained evidence of the other party transferring the company's assets.
Since the other party was Yohannes's old acquaintance, Irvin had chosen to contact the other party in private.
Before he disappeared, he had let Wylie draft a document. Now, the document had been notarized legally, and as long as it was signed, the person disclosed would be fired.
However, Irvin had disappeared. The document of the equity changes had to be signed by the corporate juridical person. In short, if Irvin did not appear, that "thief" would remain a shareholder. The worst scenario was that the other party had already been planning to take full advantage of Granger Group's predicament.
I remembered that when Irvin had brought me to the Granger Group, that person always had a pretentious smile. It was not surprising that he was trying to add insult to injury.
I frowned and looked up. "Can't we take this to court directly?"
Wylie sighed and said helplessly, "I had also told Mr. Granger about it, but he insisted on settling it privately. He said that Mr. Young had done the Granger family a favor years ago. When Mr. Yohannes was alive, he said even if the Young family and the Granger family fall out with each other one day, they had to remain merciful. Therefore, we can only do this."
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