Chapter II Bankruptcy (1)
Matvey sat down on the couch, took a sip of his coffee, and said, "Mr. Sergey, you must have guessed why we are here today, right?" ”
"Yes, I guessed, I knew that day would come sooner or later."
"Your father, Pyotr Sakalov, donated money and materials to the state several times during his lifetime, and was a veritable patriotic businessman, and the state took into account your father's face and planned to keep your affairs secret and not announce it to the public, but your sin is very great, and the state will not ignore it, so the state has frozen your personal assets and confiscated all the real estate in your name, including this manor, of course."
Sergey took a sip of coffee and, without the slightest surprise, asked: "Apart from these, are you going to arrest me?" Where to send me? ”
"I thought about arresting you, but considering that you are 70 years old this year, once you are sent to prison, it will not be long before you go to God. So, the state thought about it again and again, and it was better to open the net and not prepare to arrest you. ”
This was a little surprising to Sergei, who was already ready to go to prison!
"Mr. Sergey, we'll give you a week, you can pack your bags and find a place to stay."
After talking to Sergei, Matvey left with a large number of policemen, leaving only a small number of policemen to guard the gate of the manor. At the same time, Sophia was collectively removed by shareholders at the company's shareholders' meeting, which puzzled her. The casino run by Anna was also ordered to be closed down by the police. The two sisters had a bad feeling that something might have happened to their father, so they hurried back to the manor together.
"Dad, what's going on with the police outside the door?" Sophia asked.
"The estate has been confiscated by the state, and they gave me a week to move out."
Confiscated? Sophia and Anna looked at each other in disbelief.
"Dad, why did the state confiscate your estate? What did you do? My casino was also seized. Anna asked.
"I was also removed by the shareholders today. Dad, what the hell is going on? ”
Sergei glanced at his two daughters, who were anxious, paused, and said, "Because I broke the law." ”
"Breaking the law? Dad, is it related to that money from an unknown source? Sophia immediately thought that every year the company would receive an unexplained amount of money, and asked her father, who didn't say a word.
"Yes, I didn't tell you before to protect you, so it's okay to say it now."
"Dad, what the hell is going on? What law have you violated? Anna asked.
Sergei sighed: "Many years ago, in addition to the oil business, I also did another business in private, that is, smuggling arms. ”
Smuggling arms? Hearing these four words, the two daughters were shocked, and their hearts suddenly cooled.
"I had private dealings with American arms dealers, reselling American arms and selling them all over the world, making a lot of money."
Sophia was slightly angry and said, "Dad, how can you do such a lawbreaking thing?" ”
Sergei ignored Sophia and continued: "Later, after the new president came to power in 2000, I found that this president had a tough style, and I was worried that the matter would be exposed, and I wanted to wash my hands, but the arms dealers on the American side did not agree, and often caused sabotage in our oil refineries, which made me lose a lot of money, and I had no choice but to continue to engage in this kind of business." I knew there was going to happen one day. ”