Chapter 382 Plan in Acquisitioning Burton Group
“Chris?” Jolly called out several times before Rachel came back to her senses. “Huh? What is it?” “I’ve been talking to you for a long time. What were you thinking?”
“Nothing. I didn’t sleep well last night. What were you saying again?” “I was talking about the acquisition of Burton Group.” Jolly took a sip of her coffee. Then, she pondered and spoke, “We’re almost ready with our preparations. As long as Robin remains as the president after Burton Group’s board of directors meeting, then there will be great hope for us in succeeding.”
Honestly, Carter Enterprise’s goal earlier was to acquire Hudson Pharmaceuticals. However, before she returned to the country, Rachel proposed a juicer target for the Carter Enterprise—to acquire Burton Group. Thus, both Rachel and Jolly had been advancing toward this goal.
Be it Rachel returning to the country and working for Burton Group, sorting through the relationship between Burton Group’s internal shareholders and senior management, or later leaving Burton Group and taking away numerous valuable connections and directing Burton Group’s focus on Hudson Pharmaceuticals. In reality, it was all a diversion planned by the two.
Currently, the entire Burton Group administration was engaged in an internal struggle. Robin and Justin were fighting against each other. Even the board of directors was on the brink of falling apart.
As the heiress of Carter Enterprise, how would Jolly simply come over to Hudson Pharmaceuticals and become Rachel’s assistant? It was merely a ploy to muzzle the public.
Jolly said, “After Robin took over Burton Group, he made several idiotic decisions. These decisions aroused dissatisfaction among the board of directors for a long time. Some small shareholders had even planned to withdraw their investments in Burton Group and sell the decentralized stocks privately.”
Rachel frowned slightly as she heard the analysis. “But with Old Mr. Burton’s death, part of the equity will eventually fall into Justin’s hands once the inheritance is distributed. So even if he’s no longer the president of Burton Group, he still has a vote as a major shareholder of Burton Group.”
“It doesn’t matter. As long as Robin makes the situation in Burton Group even worse than it is now, Justin would not be able to save it, and he would have no choice but to sell the Burton Group.”
“But will the Burton Group’s board of directors still trust Robin?”
“Well, this isn’t hard. According to my Mom, we should give Robin a little benefit.”
Marilyn had been in the business industry for so many years. So, with decades of experience on her back, she could immediately grasp a particular company’s weaknesses once she understood the problem.
For someone as vile as Robin, he would do anything for profit. He did not have the kind of feelings that Justin had for Burton Group. As long as Carter Enterprise offered an olive branch, he would go all out and grab it to save himself.
Rachel nodded as she heard the suggestion. “Then, we’ll do as Mrs. Carter instructed. We should request Robin to a meet-up tomorrow afternoon.”
The corners of Jolly’s lips curled up in a smirk. “Looks like Burton Group will undergo drastic changes yet again.”
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In Burton Residence, Frankie brought the food and drinks he had bought from the supermarket and delivered them. As soon as he entered, he saw wine bottles next to the sofa.
Clang! Frankie had accidentally kicked a wine bottle beside his feet and made the bottle roll all the way to the sofa.
Suddenly, a hand dangled from the sofa. The hand searched around the ground for a long time until it found a bottle of wine which was half full.
“President Burton.” Frankie hurried over and snatched the bottle of wine from Justin. “Stop drinking!”
“Give it to me!”
The man on the sofa was unshaven and had a hoarse voice. No one knew how long he had not slept. His eyes were bloodshot, and the blood vessels were spread out like spider webs in his eyes.
Frankie looked around, putting the wine bottle on the coffee table next to Justin, and said, “President Burton, you can’t go on like this. Tomorrow’s the funeral, and many members of the Burton Family are still waiting for you to preside over said funeral.”
Justin let out a mocking laugh. “Members of the Burton Family? Who else is there in the Burton Family?”
Five years ago, Tina went insane and was sent abroad. My second uncle, Jason, is currently in prison. According to the amount of his smuggling, he’ll definitely be executed. And now, my only Grandpa, who truly loved me, had also left. So who else is there in the Burton Family? Those distant relatives eagerly eyeing the distribution of the inheritance and wanting a share of the pie? Can they be considered as members of the Burton Family?
Frankie sighed and said, “Even so, you can’t make things difficult for yourself. President Burton, life must go on. Burton Group is currently a mess. What can Robin do? You know that he’s incapable. The company is still waiting for you.”
“Whoever wants to care for the company, they can go ahead! I don’t care!” Justin said, then got up and went to the liquor cabinet to get another bottle of wine.
“President Burton!” Frankie tried to stop him.
“F*CK OFF!” Justin coldly pushed Frankie away rudely. He took a bottle of imported wine from the liquor cabinet and staggered to the dining room in search of a glass.
Suddenly, the sound of the car engine came from outside the yard. Frankie turned to look, and his eyes lit up at what he saw.
“Miss Hochmann, you’re finally here.”
“Where is he?” Gloria looked around. Then, she followed Frankie’s gaze and saw Justin pouring the wine in the dining room.
“This is no time for you to be drinking!” Gloria quicked her pace and hurried over to snatch the wine glass from Justin’s hand.
At once, there was a change in Justin’s facial expression. “GIVE IT TO ME!”
“Give it to you?!” Gloria was furious. “FINE! Here it is! I’ll give it to you!”
As soon as she finished speaking, she threw a glass of wine at his face under Frankie’s shocked gaze.
Splash! The imported wine splashed onto his face. The liquid flowed down his cheeks onto his neck, and the wrinkled shirt on his body had also gotten wet as a result.
Angered, Gloria put down the glass hard. “So is it delicious? Did you drink enough? WAKE UP, JUSTIN!”
Justin was indeed a little more sober after that. When he saw Gloria in front of him, he lowered his head in silence. He looked pathetic and pitiful, like a man who had lost his fighting spirit.
After a while, he said, “I just want to drink. Leave if you don’t wish to see me like this.”
“How you look is none of my concern! I’m here to tell you that it’s not time for you to die yet. Yes, you are distraught because your Grandpa passed away. But who hasn’t experienced the death of a relative? Go to the street, grab anyone, and ask them if they have experienced it before! Or you can directly call Miss Rachel and ask her!”
Gloria slammed her hand directly on the table and shouted, “When Miss Rachel’s grandma passed away back then, she was no less devastated than you are now. But, she could cheer up and try her best to live on. So why can’t you? YOU ARE A MAN!”
Frankie could no longer stand back in silence. “Miss Hochmann, President Burton isn’t upset because of this…”
“Then, what’s the reason?”
“It’s b-because…” Frankie hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to explain. Later, he gritted his teeth and uttered, “Old Mr. Burton didn’t die of natural causes.”
“What?” Gloria was startled, and she was in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Justin said nothing. Instead, there was sorrow and misery in his bloodshot eyes.
Arthur’s body was sent to be cremated from the hospital yesterday. It was Justin who personally accompanied him. But, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he got on the way to the cremation center. And thus, he had Frankie seek a forensic medical expert to do an autopsy.
Frankie said, “The examination detected toxins in Old Mr. Burton’s body, and it was injected into his body recently.”
Gloria was in a state of disbelief and said, “How is that possible? Wasn’t Julian the one who kept watch at the hospital? No one could enter the ICU without his signature.”
Frankly took a deep breath and slowly spat out, “President Hudson had gone in.”
In an instant, Gloria’s facial expression changed instantly. That is impossible! The Rachel I know wouldn’t have done something like this!
