Looking at the photos in the album where the laminated plastic film is yellowed. Link's mind flashed through some memories of his childhood life with his birth mother.

Barbara saw the sadness on his face, and didn't know how to persuade him, so she had to divert his thinking by saying, "You'll stay for dinner tonight." Right?"

Link put away his thoughts and said with a smile, "Of course. It's been a long time since I've eaten your apple pie. I often think about it in Ozette. ”

Barbara was about to speak when Link's cell phone rang.

Link frowned slightly when he saw that it was Martha's number. He had only met Martha in the morning, and now he had called him again, only because of an emergency.

He hoped it wasn't bad news.

But Martha didn't let him get his wish: "Link, I just received a lawyer's letter. ”

When Link heard this, he was surprised and asked, "Is it to sue the company or me?"

"It's not? It's actually an advisory from Claude Roth about the transfer of shares in the gold mine you worked with him. ”

"Equity transfer? He's going to sell his stake in the gold mine?"

Martha muttered, "I think he's already done that! He's only 3 percent of the equity he's transferred." I called him and he said he only had a 3% stake. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I'm also checking the real situation. But he said the farm where the mine is located belongs to eight other people. He's just someone else delegating authority to manage those shares. ”

"So he lied in the first place, but the title to our land belongs to him. ”

Martha was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe we were deceived. The contract we signed did not mention that the land belonged to him, but only that the land was owned by him, including the underground mine. It's also possible that the certificate is fake. ”

She paused for a moment and then said, "And when we sign the contract, we only specify that we have priority for his personal shares." I am concerned that the shares of his so-called agents have been sold to others. ”

Link said with a gloomy face: "You arrange for someone to find out the truth as soon as possible." We'll meet and talk for the rest, and I'll be in your office in thirty minutes. ”

"Good. ”

Link hung up the phone and before he could speak, Barbara asked, "What's going on in business?"

Can Link say that he was too greedy and ended up being deceived?

He just smiled and said, "It's a little trouble, but I can't stay here tonight and eat your apple pie." ”

"Business matters. If you want to eat, you can always come back later. ”

After saying goodbye to his adoptive parents, Link is on his way back to Las Vegas. He sat in the back seat of the car and wondered how Claude Ross had carried out the scam.

He thought the deposit was exaggerated at first, but the evidence provided by the other party allowed his greed to prevail over reason.

And there are many small pitfalls in the contract, which makes it easy for the other party to get out of this cooperation. Martha said that the other party only had 3% of the shares left, and since the other party had completely escaped, it must have completed the scam.

Since it is a scam, then the so-called gold mine must also be fake. But he kept thinking about a question.

He felt that he should not have been deceived, but he was not sure yet.

Less than half an hour after leaving Hans's house, Link arrived at Martha's office.

Douglas and Carrick were also in her office.

As soon as he entered the office, he asked, "Did the investigation come out of anything?"

"There is no news yet. Martha stood up and handed him the lawyer's letter, saying. This was sent by Claude Roth's lawyer. Claims to be able to represent Claude Roth's shares with full authority. ”

Link swept through the lawyer's letter, dropped it on his desk, and said, "Now we need to figure out who owns the other shares." How did they get those shares. ”

Douglas opened his mouth and said: "

"It's my responsibility!"

"Now is not the time to say that. I believed what they brought out. Now we need to determine whether the land has really been explored. As for the exploration report he got before, he doesn't believe it at all now.

Carrick suddenly said, "We should deduce their modus operandi for this scam and we may be able to find some clues from it." ”

Link looked at him and asked, "What do you think of?"

Carrick held up a finger and said, "First of all, he got the investment of 1.25 billion dollars from you, but this money is still in the account of the newly established gold mining company. So they don't get real benefits from you. So where do their earnings come from?"

Martha then said, "I think the value of the land they own is very low. So they Link funds. With so much money in Link, it's easier for them to believe that there are gold mines in that land. They can sell their shares at a high price. And, I think, they have succeeded. ”

"I remember Claude Ross was a rich man locally. ”

"But he's certainly not going to be rich, or he's not going to have to develop a gold mine with someone else," Carrick said. There was no evidence of his fraud in the eyes of the law. Everything they do is probably legal. ”

Link listened to his speculation and felt that it was probably the truth. First he forged something, then he bred the white wolf and lured him, a rich man with a great reputation, and then used his fat to attract other wolves. Sell their shares at a high price.

Unless they can find out that the other party used false reports in those materials, otherwise Claude Ross has nothing legally illegal in the process.

It's just that how could he possibly find those data now. That exploration report, is valid. As for whether the exploration is accurate, no one can guarantee it?

Therefore, even if he re-surveyed and found that the exploration report he had seen before was seriously distorted, he could not say that the other party was using fake information.

At that moment, Douglas's phone rang. He answered and listened for a while before hanging up, then looked at Link and said, "Claude Ross has sold the two gold mines he had two weeks ago. The two gold mines were still being mined, but they were at the end of their mining stages, so he sold them at a low price. And he seems to have left Alaska as well. His whereabouts are unknown. ”

"Did you find anything else?"

"Not yet. ”

Link pinched his chin for a while before he said to him, "Then check it out first." It is important to find out who owns the shares. It's a good idea to find out where the shares they own come from. Also, do they already know about it? ”

"Yes. Douglas said right away. "Do you need me to find Claude Ross and them?"

"If you can, of course it's the best. In addition, it is necessary to verify the authenticity of all the information we have seen at the time. Including that exploration report. Link paused for a moment and said with a sudden smile. "You don't have to be so serious. $1.2 billion though a lot. But that wasn't going to break my bones. ”

Martha asked, "And what shares are Claude Ross going to sell now?"

Link thought for a moment and said, "Write back to his lawyer." I could buy his 3% for a dollar. ”

His answer surprised Martha. She thought Link would be completely left alone.

Ignoring their surprise, Link said, "I'll be in Las Vegas until eight o'clock tomorrow night, and if you find anything in the meantime, you can always come to me." ”

Back at the Venetian Hotel, Link was still thinking about the gold mine.

The ease he is showing now is not because he really doesn't care about the $1.25 billion. Although he has money now, he knows very well what $1.25 billion represents. That's at least twenty-five thousand years of pre-tax salary before he had money.

If he really bought a useless piece of land, he didn't care.

But he really felt that there must be something in that land that would allow him to earn 1.25 billion dollars, even if there were no gold mines.

Moreover, if there is really a gold mine in that land, he may get a higher return than expected if he is "deceived" this time.

Today, he is the largest shareholder in that land, and has the right to find someone to re-explore it. He hoped that Martha, after finding a new exploration team, would prove it.

In the evening, Douglas and none of them came to the hotel to look for him. He didn't get a call from them either.

However, in the news that night, he saw a report about the incident on TV: "Link Hans's investment failed, and the loss could be more than $600 million." ”

The news mentioned that he had invested in a gold mine, but there was no mention that he might have been deceived. Maybe the TV station doesn't know that he has been deceived. Speaking only of exploration mistakes, Link invested 1.25 billion in a gold mine with no gold.

But he can take a look at the obvious schadenfreude in the words reported by the news anchor. Maybe the Americans will hate the rich too.

Not long after the news ended. Martha called him and said, "Now we know who has the rest of the shares." Because they just called me and asked if the news was true. ”

Link was silent for a moment and asked, "How did they get their shares?" ”

"They're all billionaires all over the United States. They all said that someone came to their door claiming that they lacked funds and peddled those shares to them. And the person who sells shares to them is not the same person by name. They bought those shares because they had your investment in that gold mine, and they already had 1.25 billion dollars in investment. ”

"They're just asking about the situation?"

"For the time being. But Link, if that land proves to be gold-free. They will have the right to divide the $1.25 billion that was yours. "Of course, there is also that land, but since there are no gold mines, that land is nameless. Nobody cares.

Link was pretty sure that the news must have been ventilated by Claude Roth's people. As long as this is characterized as a failure of his investment, the other shareholders will definitely want to divide the company's funds. Things will also settle down quickly. Claude Ross they can also reappear under the sun.

However, he felt that he could make a bet: "If they propose to divide the assets, then divide them." But that land belongs to me. ”

He still has great hopes for that land. Because, the vice decay god did not react at all.