章節 1421: Chapter 1421: The killing blow! ADM is ours!
'Is your chairman in?'
'Excuse me, do you have an appointment?'
The receptionist at ADM looked at a group of people including Stanford Rex and asked with a steady mind.
'Call your chairman and tell him we're from Polaris Capital. Go ahead!'
Stanford Rex smiled faintly, his tone of voice calm but unmistakable.
The receptionist hesitated for a moment, but then picked up the phone and dialed the landline in the chairman's office.
Meanwhile, Duane Andres was deep in thought in his office, pondering how to negotiate with the Rockefeller consortium.
The sudden ringing of the phone startled him as he immersed himself in his work.
After the call was connected, the receptionist's few words made his face instantly darken.
After hesitating for a moment, he still asked the receptionist to send someone over.
Although he knew very well that people like Stanford Rex would definitely come with bad intentions without even making an appointment, he was in an absolutely weak position, and refusing to meet would definitely be disadvantageous to him.
Acting on impulse was not an option!
In a short while.
Just as he had finished tidying his desk, there was a knock on the door outside. After he said come in, the door opened.
Stanford Rex led the way, striding in unceremoniously.
'Mr. Andres, we meet again,'
Stanford Rex said, smiling broadly as if he had seen an old friend. When he reached the sofa, he sat down directly, without any courtesy.
Duane Andres's eyes were full of gloom. He came out from behind the desk and said in a cold tone, 'What do you want?'
'You have dealt with us so ruthlessly and you still want to buy my company?'
'I'm telling you clearly, it's impossible!'
Stanford Rex smiled calmly and said with composure, 'Mr. Andres, if I were you, I would not leave things unsaid.'
'If you don't sell the company to us, do you expect the Rockefeller Consortium to protect you?'
Duane Andres, who had just sat down, heard this and felt as if his bottom was on fire. He stood up again.
He and Stanford Rex locked eyes for a long time, allowing his chaotic thoughts to slowly settle before slowly sitting down again.
'I don't know what you're talking about. With the size of our company, you can't bring us down. I don't need to rely on other forces,'
Duane Andres said slowly, not acknowledging Stanford Rex's words at all.
Although his heart had sunk to the bottom of the pit, he still held onto a glimmer of hope, guessing that Stanford Rex was bluffing.
But unfortunately.
He guessed wrong!
Stanford Rex looked at Duane Andreas and said mockingly, 'Mr. Andreas, that's not what you and your son said.'
'You installed other surveillance equipment there?'
Duane Andreas said angrily, glaring at Stanford Rex.
The latter did not answer directly, but instead asked, 'Guess?'
This made Duane Andres even angrier.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down as much as possible.
'I hold the shares, and I can sell them to whoever I want.'
'In the United States, your Polaris Consortium cannot do whatever it wants!'
Stanford Rex said with a sneer, 'Yes, we are not as powerful as the Rockefeller Consortium.'
'But your behaviour has made our boss angry!'
'The Andres family can indeed survive without Darnell.'
'But!'
'What if you go in too?'
When he said the last sentence, Stanford Rex wore a sneer on his face and stared coldly at Duane Andres.
The meaning of the threat was obvious!
This once again irritated Duane Andres, who suppressed his internal panic and pretended to be calm as he countered, 'You can't threaten me. You can't possibly send me in!'
'Impossible?'
Stanford Rex had long expected Duane Andres to be stubborn, and he was well prepared.
He spread his right hand out, and his assistant immediately pulled a document out of his briefcase.
Stanford Rex took it and flung it onto the table, where it slid towards Duane Andres.
Duane Andres glanced at it, his heart racing, but he didn't have the courage to pick it up.
'Mr. Andres, take a look. Don't be afraid. You know what you've done, and you have to face the consequences.'
'At least with this document, we haven't handed it over to the FBI yet. You still have a choice!'
Stanford Rex finished with a smile, leaning back on the sofa and watching him with his arms folded.
Duane Andres took a deep breath, picked up the document, opened it and quickly skimmed through it.
After just ten seconds, his face turned pale, his teeth clenched subconsciously, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
Seeing his appearance, Stanford Rex's mouth curled into a smile.
He was also amazed at the strength of the consortium, and was able to find out even this.
The content of this document was, surprisingly, evidence that Du'an Andres had secretly funded the 'Gos Association' in Hongsu.
Red Su and the United States are sworn enemies.
Duane Andres is actually sponsoring Red Su, and he is sponsoring an organisation that is related to the leader of Red Su.
This can be completely defined as treason!
Although his goal in sponsoring this organisation is to enter the food market of Red Su, this is not a reason that can be seen in the light of day, and it is also untenable.
There are not a few people like him who do things like this.
Many things are about the people not reporting it and the officials not investigating it. Even if it is found out, in the United States you can also use money to smooth things over.
But he had angered the Polaris Consortium this time, and there was no way to smooth things over.
The evidence was conclusive, and the charges were serious.
The Polaris Consortium was determined to get him, and in the face of these charges, it would be useless for the Rockefeller Consortium to intervene!
Duane Andres understood this key point.
So the more he looked down, the more desperate he became.
'Mr Andres, do you think these things are enough to send you to prison?
'Do you think your son will be the first to get out, or you?'
'What will the Andres family look like then?'
'What will ADM look like?'
Every word from Stanford Rex was like a sharp knife, stabbing Duane Andres in the heart.
'So, let's talk about how to sell the shares your family holds.'
This time, although Duane Andres's eyes were bloodshot and he trembled with anger, his mouth twitched, and he could not bring himself to say no.
Faced with this threat, he had lost any room for resistance, and he could only let the Polaris Consortium slaughter him.
'Da... da... da...'
In the office, apart from the sound of breathing, there was the sound of a clock ticking.
This sound became louder and louder, like thunder, resonating in Duane Andres's mind.
He didn't know how long it had been.
Duane Andres's hand let go of the document and fell to the ground, waking him up and breaking the silence.
'Thirteen hundred and sixty million US dollars, I can sell it to you, but I have some requirements that you must agree to,'
Duane Andres said in a hoarse voice.
'Forget the price for now, just tell me your requirements,'
Stanford Rex said with a smile, taking absolute initiative, and he would not let Duane Andres take advantage again.
Duane Andres did not argue about the price first, but instead stated his demands.
'First, my son Darnell must be released safely.'
'Second, eliminate all evidence against us.'
Stanford Rex thought for a moment and replied, 'Darnell went in, and it will be very difficult to get him out again. We must find someone else to take the blame, and this will cost us a lot.'
'As for your criminal clues, there are quite a few of them, and it will also cost a lot to completely erase them.'
Duane Andres snorted, 'I understand this, and I won't be fooled by the high cost.'
'I believe you can easily do these things.'
'If you can do it, I will sell you all my shares at the price of 1.36 billion U.S. dollars.'
Stanford Rex shook his head coldly and said, 'Your price is too high.'
'ADM's manipulation of grain prices will definitely be dealt with, and the Department of Justice will issue a sky-high fine at that time.'
'The Department of Agriculture and the General Administration of Customs will also issue a sky-high fine for the problems found in the testing of Brazilian soybeans, not to mention the series of adverse effects that will follow, which will cause huge losses to ADM.'
'The equity you hold is no longer worth this price.'
'Five hundred million US dollars for the equity you hold.'
'Impossible!'
Duane Andres's veins bulged, his chest about to explode with anger. This price was absolutely insulting.
The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Agriculture issuing sky-high fines?
If ADM really fell into the hands of the Polaris Consortium, they would have the means to solve the problem in a haphazard manner.
Especially when it comes to the inspection of 200,000 tons of soybeans, the Polaris Consortium is completely in control of whether or not there is a problem, and Duane Andres does not believe that there will be another sky-high fine.
As for manipulating food prices, whether it is a fine of $100,000 or tens of millions of dollars, it is also beyond the control of the Polaris Consortium.
But then again, Duane Andres has no room for resistance.
His attitude was already clear when he agreed to continue the negotiations.
So next,
No professional negotiators were involved, and the negotiations were conducted between Stanford Rex and Duane Andres alone.
Duane Andres's price was already reduced to one billion dollars.
That day, the negotiations were suspended, and Duane Andres went to the FBI again to discuss the matter with his son Darnell. Faced with such a desperate situation, Darnell could only admit defeat and persuade his father to compromise.
The next day, the two sides negotiated again.
In the end, Duane Andreas completely capitulated and was willing to sell all of his 67.9% stake in ADM for $800 million.
It would be a lie to say that this price didn't hurt.
But Duane Andreas could only console himself by thinking that if he didn't compromise, he might really die in prison, and ADM would still be doomed.
Now that they can get $800 million, the Andres family will still have the capital to rise again.
Soon, both parties completed the transaction, and Polaris Capital entered ADM.
When this news broke, many people sighed at the efficiency of the Polaris Consortium and also sighed that they were ruthless enough to strike.
Of course, Xia Yu didn't care about any of this.
He only knew that with ADM in his hands, he would have the most crucial piece of his global food industry layout!
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