Charlotte's Schemes

After Eddie agreed to his boss's interview request, he left the Global Daily.

On the other side...

After Charlotte came out of the Training Room, Red Queen had already prepared intelligence materials about the Life Foundation for him.

"Red Queen, unfold the documents."

At Charlotte's command, a wealth of information about the Life Foundation and its founder Carl Drake, appeared on the virtual screen in front of them.

Charlotte first clicked on the other party's information: the founder of the Carl Drake Life Foundation, with a doctoral degree, whose parents were United Kingdom, and who developed a new gene therapy at the age of 19 that could double the life expectancy of pancreatic cancer patients.

This study found that a large medical company was established in San Francisco over a period of five years, but no other major breakthroughs or discoveries were made in the medical field.

Currently, in addition to the medical field, the company is focusing its investment on the aerospace field, building Rocket to explore space in order to find new habitats suitable for human habitation.

Life Foundation, a medical and aerospace company, currently has a market capitalization of US Dollar 23 billion, but due to the crash of its first Life 1 spacecraft launched yesterday, its market capitalization has dropped to US Dollar 22 billion, a loss of US Dollar 1 billion in one day.

In addition to these introductions, the Red Queen also provided Charlotte with a video file, which, when Charlotte opened, revealed footage of the rescue efforts at the crash site.

Seeing the spaceship crash, Charlotte stroked her chin and said, "It seems the Symbiote has arrived on Earth."

Charlotte thought for a moment. It seemed that there were a total of 4 Symbiote brought by Life 1 this time. Two of them died in the experiment, and only Riot and Venom survived. In the end, Riot and his host were killed by Venom and Eddie.

With Carl Drake's death, the experimentation using the lives of homeless people, and the explosion of the second spaceship, the Life Foundation was plunged into despair. The company went bankrupt and was swallowed up, and its assets were sold to compensate the homeless people who died in drug trials.

Thinking about the Foundation's ultimate fate, Charlotte had an idea: to absorb the other party's company, capture the Riot, and hand them over to Orochimaru for research.

Orochimaru would likely have a great deal of research interest in Symbiote organisms.

Having made up her mind, Charlotte immediately ordered, "Red Queen, summon Ginny here."

"Yes, Master!"

Ginny, who was attending High Table and collecting her monthly payments, suddenly heard her phone ring.

Upon seeing that the caller ID showed "Red Queen Smart Car AI," Ginny addressed the High Table Elders who were conducting a video conference, saying, "Excuse me, Elder, I have some matters to attend to."

"Elder Ginny, please handle this first. We'll wait for you." X11

Seeing everyone offering the same opinion, Ginny nodded, then turned and left the room.

As Ginny left, one of the Elder connected via video link spoke up, "Gentlemen, do you think we are qualified to make the purchase?"

One of them shook his head and said, "Let's give it a try. After all, Lord Charlotte's Agency has already started selling things, but we don't know the specific requirements."

"However, I heard it doesn't require money or similar items, but rather some special things."

"Let's ask Elder Ginny when she returns; hopefully we can qualify to make the purchase."

After exchanging a few words, everyone stopped and waited for Ginny to return.

As Ginny turned to leave, she answered the phone call from the Red Queen.

"Red Queen, what is it?"

"Secretary Ginny, Lord Charlotte wants to see you at the base. She needs to speak with you."

"Okay, Red Queen, I'll be back as soon as I've finished dealing with things here."

Ginny had already received a report from the Werewolf at the base yesterday regarding Charlotte Doyle's return, so she was aware of it and wasn't surprised to hear that the BOSS wanted to see him.

After hanging up the phone, Ginny pushed open the door to the top-floor conference room of the Continental Hotel and went inside.

"Gentlemen, there have been no problems with the profits you have submitted during this period. Lord Charlotte is quite satisfied with your progress."

"If you discover any unusual items, or items with mythical or historical significance, please contact me."

"If what you provide catches Lord Charlotte's eye, she will not hesitate to reward you."

At this moment, an Elder in the video call spoke up, "Elder Ginny, I heard that Lord Charlotte's Agency has some ninja-related items for sale."

"I wonder if we Elder are qualified to make this purchase."

Upon hearing the Elder's words, Ginny's expression changed. She glanced at the expectant looks in the eyes of the other Elder, and then spoke:

"I will send you a list of the tradable items offered by Charlotte Agency. After all, as Lord Charlotte's subordinates, we will also grant you the right to purchase items that outsiders can trade."

"However, as I said before, these things cannot be bought with cash. If you can bring something that Lord Charlotte is interested in, we can exchange it."

Upon hearing Ginny's words, the Elder immediately smiled and said happily, "Thank you, Elder Ginny. We will definitely try our best to find what Lord Charlotte is interested in."

Ginny waved her hand, not paying any attention. She then distributed a list of the 084 deal Charlotte made with S.H.I.E.L.D.. to the Elder before concluding the High Table.

As the meeting ended, Ginny left the conference room. After collecting the revenue from the Continental Hotel, she left, got into John's car, and headed towards the base.

Three hours later, Ginny returned to the base and met Charlotte in the conference room.

"Boss, you need to talk to me?"

"Ginny, how much capital do we have available right now?"

Without much thought, Ginny said directly, "Today I just collected the profits from the High Table and the Continental Hotel. Currently, we have about 5 billion in working capital available."

"If there are assets to be dismantled and shares to be pledged, we can mobilize funds in the tens of billions of yuan."

Charlotte picked up the documents beside her and handed them to Ginny, saying, "This is from a company located in San Francisco, the Life Foundation."

"I need you to short this company, drive down its stock price, and then, at the right moment, buy the entire company."

"You have plenty of time right now, enough to make your arrangements."

Upon hearing her boss's words, Ginny flipped through the documents in her hand and saw that the company was currently valued at a staggering 22 billion. After a moment's thought, she asked, "Boss, is there something wrong with this company?"

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