CHAPTER 544 START OF A CORPORATE WARFARE

When Henry heard this, he stopped and his thin lips moved. Just when he was about to say something, the phone in his pocket rang and stopped what he was about to say.

He took the phone out of his pocket with a dark face and glanced at the screen coldly. When he saw the word "Shannon" flashing on the screen, he seemed startled.

Joe immediately noticed that his expression suddenly became more at ease, and even the icy aura around him was not as cold anymore.

Who was it?

Who was the person who could change Mr.

Lancaster's mood from gloomy to warm?

As Joe wondered, he mustered the courage to glance a t Henry's phone. When he looked at the caller ID, he suddenly realized who it was. Content © 2024.

He should have known.

Nowadays, besides Miss Smith, who else did Mr. Lancaster care about?

Joe pouted and took the initiative to move aside to give Henry some privacy so that he would not be eavesdropping on his phone call.

Joe's movements obviously captured Henry's

attention.

Henry glanced at him and ignored it. He then put the phone to his ear. "Hello?"

"Henry, have you heard?" Yvonne's attractive husky voice sounded from the other end of the phone.

Henry felt as if she was blowing into his ears and it made him a little itchy. His heart felt like it was being teased by a feather. His voice became hoarse. "Heard about what?"

"Corporate war alliance," Yvonne replied.

"What’s that?" Henry frowned slightly.

On the other end of the phone, Yvonne's head was slightly lowered, making her expression difficult to see. The aura around her was gloomy, but her tone was the complete opposite from the aura that she was emitting.

"I don’t know the details. All I know is that someone in Vancouver initiated a corporate war alliance. My assistant just received an invitation earlier. The invitation said that I would join this corporate war alliance and join forces to attack several companies, such as the Lambert Group, the Wadkins Group, and a few other companies. There are also several other companies that have received the invitation, so I wanted to ask if you received it."

"Join forces against the Lambert Group, the Wadkins

Group, and other companies?"

"Yeah, I'm surprised. Moreover, the invitation said that the initiator of the corporate war would let companies who've received the invitation get equal parts of the Lambert Group, the Wadkins Group, and other companies, whereas the initiator did not want anything. This is the first time I've seen such a corporate war initiator this generous," Yvonne said.

Henry pursed his thin lips. He suddenly thought of something and his eyes narrowed. After taking the phone away from his ear, he asked Joe who was beside him, "Except for Anna Lancaster, which families are the other bullies from?"

Joe thought for a while and replied, "They are from the Lambert Group, the Wadkins Group, the Ludlow Group, the Zale Group, and the Carrel Group."

Henry whispered to himself, 'I was right.'

The corporate war alliance that Shannon said was started by Theo's mother. There could only be one reason, which was to join forces with other large companies in Vancouver to take these companies down.

The Lambert Group and Wadkins Group were not big companies in Vancouver — they could even be considered as the bottom of the chain.

With Theo's mother's background, she could easily take down any one of the companies, but it would be more difficult to deal with several companies at once.

That was why Theo’s mother initiated this corporate war alliance. In the name of joining forces, she persuaded some companies to help her deal with the companies whose children were involved in bullying Theo. By doing so, those companies would definitely g o down, and they would eventually be destroyed for good.

And Shannon just said that the initiator of the corporate war could let them have equal parts of the companies. It was obvious that Theo's mother’s real intention was for these companies to go bankrupt.

In the business world, "corporate wars" were not rare, and they happened almost every day. Every day, small businesses would go bankrupt due to the corporate wars.

Some corporate wars were because of economic changes, while others were because of personal grievances.

Theo's mother started this corporate war because of personal grievances, mainly for revenge.

In the past few years, it was not uncommon for corporate wars to take place in Vancouver. However, those initiators did not offer enough benefits and profit, so no one would participate in those corporate war alliances.

But this time, it was different. Theo’s mother wanted t o deal with several companies all at once, and she also promised that when the corporate war ended, she did not want any of those companies. They would all be equally divided among her alliance in the corporate war. With such a huge payout, the corporate war would surely take place.

Theo's mother really meant to take them down. By using such a way to get revenge, the future of the Lambert Group, the Wadkins Group, and other companies who were involved were doomed.

But he did not understand. Why didn't she use the same method to deal with the Lancaster Group?

Although it would not send the Lancaster Group to bankruptcy, it would definitely cause a huge blow to the company.

"Henry? Henry?"

Her voice snapped Henry out of his daze. "What's the matter?"

"I wanted to ask you what's wrong because you suddenly fell silent," Yvonne complained jokingly on the other side of the phone, but in reality, her expression was cold.

She was just pretending to complain.

Henry's eyelids drooped. "I'm fine. I was just thinking about this corporate war alliance. Shan, do you know who the initiator is?"

He asked knowingly.

Maybe Theo's mother had shown her identity to the people who were invited to join the alliance.

Yvonne immediately knew what Henry was trying to d o. The corners of her mouth raised coldly, but there was not a hint of coldness in her voice at all.

"I don't know. It wasn't stated on the invitation. I was also curious about the initiator, so I asked Lisa to go find out, but she couldn't find it. The initiator is so mysterious. I couldn't find any information. Anyway, i t doesn’t matter as long as the benefits are good."

There was no way she would tell him the truth.

She would not foolishly tell him that she was the so-called initiator of the corporate war.

Though she was the one who initiated the corporate war, and she wanted to bankrupt those companies for revenge.

She was not ruthless. It was those parents who should be responsible for not educating their children. So since the children made the mistakes, the parents should bear the consequences.

She thought that since they could not teach their children properly even when they were rich, they would surely be able to teach them well when they had no money.

As for Henry, the reason why she did not use the same plan to retaliate against him was because Theo was also part of the Lancaster family. Everything in the Lancaster family would belong to Theo in the future. Therefore, she certainly could not let the Lancaster Group suffer from the damage.

If the Lancaster Group was affected, enemies who had grudges against the Lancaster family could take action against them before the Lancaster Group could recover. When that happened, the Lancaster Group might fall.

That was why she could not do that, nor could she deal with the Lancaster family like that. She did not want Theo to grow up without the Lancaster Group around. There were obviously other means to take revenge against Henry. She was planning to do it after the corporate war was over.

Although she would not attack the Lancaster Group, she still wanted to bring them into this corporate war alliance so that the Lancaster Group could deal with the other companies together.

After all, the Lancaster Group was a huge corporation. With their involvement, those companies would go bankrupt soon. She might as well take advantage of their power.

Besides, as the initiator of the corporate war, how could she really surrender all of the enemy's companies without getting anything for herself? She was not that stupid.

Of course, she wanted to gain something from it. So instead of using the identity as Theo's mother, she would be doing that as Shannon Smith instead.

This was the advantage of hiding her identity, all of which was part of her plan.

Henry didn't know that Yvonne was Theo's mother or what she was thinking about. He asked, "Do you want t o join?"