Chapter 7 - The Corporate Strike
The following morning, the high-rise headquarters of Vale Global in downtown Chicago was thrown into total chaos.
Arthur Vale sat at the head of his executive boardroom, shouting at his legal team. "What do you mean we can't sell the shipping shares? Sell them now! I want Moretti on his knees by noon!"
The boardroom doors swung open with a heavy thud.
Vincent Moretti walked in, wearing a tailored charcoal suit, flanked by a team of federal auditors and state investigators.
Arthur stood up, his face red with anger. "Moretti! You have no right to barge into my board meeting! Get out before I have security throw you out!"
Vincent calmly pulled a set of financial documents from his leather briefcase and tossed them onto the long glass table.
"You should check your balance sheet, Arthur," Vincent said smoothly. "While you were busy trying to crash my shipping stock, my legal team purchased sixty percent of Vale Global’s underlying debt from your creditors in Zurich."
Arthur’s eyes widened in horror. "What?"
"I own your debt, Arthur," Vincent leaned forward over the table, his eyes burning with cold authority. "Which means as of eight o'clock this morning, I am the controlling owner of Vale Global. And my first act as majority owner is to fire you from the board."
A lead federal agent stepped forward, pulling out a pair of handcuffs. "Arthur Vale, you are under arrest for corporate fraud, market manipulation, and bribing state officials to suppress evidence in the Cassandra Vale prosecution."
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Arthur sank into his leather chair, his hands shaking as the handcuffs clicked around his wrists.
Vincent leaned in close to Arthur's ear, whispering softly, "You tried to destroy my family to save your corrupt daughter. Now, you can share a prison wing with her."
