Chapter 205: Huge Income, Kidnapped

Previously, Michael had planned to acquire 54% shares of Vanguard Corporation. As a result, he needed to acquire at least 40% of the shares.

But unfortunately, he was only able to convince official holders, which made it that he could acquire 32% of the shares. Adrian saying all this was just a reminder to Michael, as he already knew about Michael’s previous plan.

But even then, Michael wasn’t deterred. With 32% of the shares, plus his own shares, that would make it 46% of the shares of Vanguard corporation.

The remaining 54% shares required a total of $39.96 billion in order to be able to acquire them. If that was converted into SP, that would be equivalent to 399,600 points, something that Michael could afford.

“No worries about that. I can acquire the remainder of the shares in another way. Just focus on acquiring 32% of the shares that you have already come to an agreement with.

And by the way, do you have enough cash to be able to make the acquisition without any problems?” Michael nodded before he finally asked.

In order to be able to acquire 32% of the shares, it would require them to spend a total of $36.7 billion. That was not a small amount.

And considering that all this while, Adrian had been maintaining a bank balance of $5 billion, it seemed that it would be a little troublesome to be able to get $36.7 billion in a short time.

As for considering the revenue from Sky Technologies, Annex supermarket chain and Starlight restaurant chain, that was obviously able to gather such a huge amount of money.

For example, sky technologies had launched the phone and the power bank just a week ago. It was impossible for it to be able to generate such a huge amount of money in just a short while, especially considering that the popularity of sky technologies was not that high before the launch.

As for Annex supermarket chain, despite being the one that had monopolized the entire eastern province, with a total of 128 stores all over the province, the revenue in about 3 weeks of operation equated to slightly over $100 million, which was not enough to be able to dent the amount of money required for the purchase of the shares.

Previously, despite informing Adrian about the issue concerning the share acquisition, he had forgotten on informing him to make the preparation on the issue regarding the money.

“When you informed me about this, I understood that we would require quite a huge amount of money. So, I made the preparations already.

But this time, if I withdraw the money from the trading accounts, it would inevitably cause some stir, considering that the amount of money earned this time is quite huge.” Adrian responded.

Michael could not help but raise his brows slightly when he heard that. He wondered, just what amount of money did Adrian earn? Was it possible that he had earned over $30 billion in less than 2 weeks?

Just thinking about that was quite shocking. But when he thought about the capabilities of someone who possessed expert level stock trading and foreign exchange skills, it seemed that it was very possible, especially if one went all out.

Seeing the questioning gaze that he was receiving from Michael, Adrian went ahead and explained, “I used $7 billion across leveraged forex positions timed with central bank moves and market volatility.

Those shifts fed predictable rotations into equities, and I layered index options, futures, and derivatives to capture the resulting movements.

Each trade was hedged to control risk while maximizing exposure. By synchronizing currencies, equities, and derivatives, every position reinforced the next, and within 11 days, it totaled $43 billion.”

When Michael heard that Adrian had actually earned $43 billion from the stock market within just 11 days, he finally understood why Adrian said that this would cause a massive wave.

Even though Adrian had always maintained a bank balance of $5 billion, it was not as though the money was being continuously spent without any feedback.

Most of the money had actually been spent in the acquisition of the stores, but recently, quite an amount of money had already been recovered.

But this time, it was completely different. With Adrian earning over $40 billion, it was inevitable that quite a number of people had lost a huge amount of money in the stock market. This was after all how the stock market operated. While one gained, another one would lose.

Regardless, despite understanding that this was bound to cause a wave, which was something that had already been stirring, as the money had not been earned within a single day, Michael did not care.

It was not as though those people had the capability of finding out who he was. With Onyx’s capabilities, if decided, even the government might not be able to find out where the money was, or who was the holder of the account.

Additionally, the money could be easily transferred to other accounts discreetly, in such a way that it would be impossible for the government or the banks to be able to trace where exactly the money had been sent to.

“Don’t worry about that. Just focus on the acquisition of the shares. But after this, we will have to find another method of earning quick money, apart from the stock market.” Michael said after a moment of thought.

Adrian nodded, before he turned around and left. As for Michael, he focused on something else.

For the time being, he would not make the acquisition of the shares, unless Adrian had already completed his part. Who knows? Michael might end up acquiring the shares, 46% of the shares of Vanguard Corporation, and it ended up with someone, who had already agreed to sell the shares to him beforehand, to be included during the acquisition by the system.

That would be quite a loss, considering that Michael would have to spend more SP in order to be able to acquire the shares from the other shareholders.

Riiiing!! Riiiing!

Suddenly, just as Michael was about to focus on something else, his phone began ringing. Looking at the caller’s name, Michael realized that the person calling him was Alex.

“Hey,” Michael received the call.

“Michael, please help me. There is trouble at home. My sister has been kidnapped by someone.” Alex’s answer anxious voice came from the other side.

From the way that he was speaking, it was clear that he was currently panicked, which was something to be expected, considering the information that he had revealed.

Michael on the other hand was surprised upon hearing this. Alex’s sister had been kidnapped? Who would even do that?

In this city, apart from the Morgan family, the Walter family was the biggest family. And in terms of force and influence, it was the third, considering that Sky Technologies and the Morgan family were above the Walter family.

Michael thought of a possibility that the kidnapper might be one of the Walter family’s enemies.

“Calm down and tell me what exactly is going on.” Michael took a deep breath before he said.

Alex, despite how anxious he was, he also understood that he had to at least allow Michael to understand the situation first.

So, after a moment of silence, he spoke up again. “My sister, the one that you met before, Melvin, she was recently busy, as there is a cooperation between my family and Sky Technologies.

So, it has been 2 days since she left home, and has not come back. But today, just as she was coming back, she was kidnapped on the way. I’m not sure about the details of the kidnapping, but I have just been informed about it.

My father just informed me that he is required to go and meet the kidnappers alone, and if he dared to bring someone else along, they would kill my sister.

Until now, we are not sure what kind of grudge we have against those who kidnapped my sister, and we don’t even understand if they just want some ransom or not.

This is why I decided to ask you for help. If you can use your connections to find out who it is that kidnapped my sister, and if you can help in the rescue of my sister. Please, help me. Even if I will have to work for you, I’m willing.”

Michael could not help but raise his brows slightly. At this moment, he thought, there was a possibility that the Walter family had offended someone. Otherwise, why would the kidnappers want to meet with Alex’s father?

Regardless, he still responded, “Don’t worry, I will find the details on the kidnapping incident of your sister. As for rescuing her, as long as I know where she is, it should not be much of a problem for me to be able to get her. So, I will try as much as possible to get her back for you.”

Michael did not give any guarantees, considering that he did not even know the current situation that Melvin was in. She might as well be dead at this moment. So, what would happen if he guaranteed that he would bring her alive then?

Additionally, nobody could tell what would happen before he got to her. So, until she was rescued, it was impossible to be able to guarantee anything.

“Thank you! Thank you so much, Mike! From today onwards, I will do whatever you tell me to without a single question!” Alex’s sincere voice came from the other side, making Michael feel slightly helpless about this guy.

From Alex’s words, it was clear that he trusted Michael so much. It was to the extent that he had already made a vow to follow Michael, despite Michael not yet having taken action.

Still, Michael went ahead and reassured Alex that he would try his best, before ending the call. Immediately after, he spoke, “Onyx, help me track the location of Melvin Walter, and who might be behind her kidnapping.”

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