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 nced at the screen coldly. When he saw


    the word "Shannon" shing 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 nce a t Henry''s phone. When he looked at the


    caller ID, he suddenly realized who it was.


    He should have known.


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


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    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 nced 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 theplete 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 severalpanies, such as the Lambert Group, the Wadkins


    Group, and a few otherpanies. There are also several otherpanies that have received the


    invitation, so I wanted to ask if you received it."


    "Join forces against the Lambert Group, the Wadkins


    Group, and otherpanies?"


    "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 otherpanies, 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 otherrgepanies in Vancouver to take these


    companies down.


    The Lambert Group and Wadkins Group were not bigpanies 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 thepanies, but it


    would be more difficult to deal with severalpanies at once.


    That was why Theo’s mother initiated this corporate war alliance. In the name of joining forces, she


    persuaded somepanies to help her deal with thepanies whose children were involved in


    bullying Theo. By doing so, thosepanies 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 thesepanies 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 umon for corporate wars to take ce 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 severalpanies all at once, and


    she also promised that when the corporate war ended, she did not want any of thosepanies.


    They would all be equally divided among her alliance in the corporate war. With such a huge


    payout, the corporate war would surely take ce.


    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 otherpanies 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 thepany.


    "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," Yvonneined jokingly on


    the other side of the phone, but in reality, her expression was cold.


    She was just pretending toin.


    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 n 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 nning 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 otherpanies together.


    After all, the Lancaster Group was a huge corporation. With their involvement, thosepanies


    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 n.


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


    you want t o join?"