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investigating and never be biased!”
When Darius heard this, he was immediately angry and annoyed.
Because there was nothing wrong with what the secretary said, the Sherland Government really had no control over the Ministry of Finance.
But this group of little secretaries dared not respect him and even threatened that they would do this even if his father were here.
This made Darius very unhappy.
“What if it’s the Baker family!”
Seeing that them was so unreasonable, Gloria couldn’t help but stand up.
“To be honest, the Baker family also has an investment in the Soler Group’s finance! And the Baker family is willing to guarantee it!
“You are from the Ministry of Finance, so you should know my grandfather, Orlando Baker, right!?”
The secretary still said seriously, “Ms. Baker, we are also following orders. Please don’t embarrass. us! Sir Baker used to be our senior, so we naturally respect him. But it has nothing to do with our investigation!”
“Who orders you to investigate this matter?” Gloria said, taking out her mobile phone. “I’ll call Uncle Edward and ask!”
The Uncle Edward she was talking about was naturally Edward Merrick, the Deputy Minister of Finance, whom her grandfather promoted in person.
When they heard that she would call Edward, the secretaries did not dare to speak too much, and their expressions softened again.
“Uncle Edward, my friend’s company just opened today, and several secretaries from the Ministry of Finance came to investigate the funds.” Gloria briefly described the situation here.
After hearing that this matter was not only about the Baker family but Leones was also involved, Edward naturally would not be an onlooker.
Since the last time, knowing that John had been defeated by this young man, Edward’s view of Leones also underwent a total change.
“Okay, give the phone to those secretaries, and I’ll talk to them,” Edward said on the other end of the phone.
“Okay!” Gloria handed the phone to the chief secretary again. “Uncle Edward asked you to answer the phone.”
The secretary took the phone and called out respectfully, “Mr. Merrick!”
After all, Edward, as the deputy minister, was one of the top three influential figures in the Ministry of Finance. And they were just a group of grassroots secretaries.
After repeatedly nodding in agreement, the secretary finally added, “We are here to investigate this matter at the order of Mr. Connor!”
“What? Mr. Connor?” Hearing this title, Gloria and Darius couldn’t help but look at each other, feeling bad.
If it was that Mr. Connor, they feared that…
“Ms. Baker, Mr. Merrick asked you to answer the phone.” The secretary returned the phone to
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Gloria.
“Hello…” Gloria replied weakly.
“Gloria, it’s not that I didn’t help you with this. It’s really…” Edward also began to feel embarrassed on the other end of the phone. “They are ordered by Mr. Connor, and I don’t dare to help you!”
Mr. Connor was Yule Connor, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Finance.
This was the position where Gloria’s grandfather once was.
Now, Yule, the head of the Ministry of Finance, had orders. As the deputy minister, who was junior to him, Edward naturally dared not help Gloria anymore.
This was the official rank’s power.
“I understand…” Gloria silently hung up the phone.
Then she glanced at Leones apologetically. That helpless look seemed to say that she had tried her best.
“It turns out that these people were sent by Mr. Connor. No wonder they are so arrogant…”
Darius whispered.
If he ranked Yule and his father, Yule outranked his father.
Now, even Darius couldn’t get involved in this matter.
He didn’t dare to cause such big trouble for his father.
At this time, the secretary continued to say to Mia and the others, “We highly suspect that there are huge problems with your company’s funds, and you may be illegally fundraising!
“Please cooperate with our investigation!”
Mia looked anxiously at Leones. She didn’t expect the money raised by Leones would suddenly become a hot potato, and she couldn’t explain it clearly.
“Who said we were raising funds illegally?”
Leones walked out unhurriedly, speaking calmly.
“The Five Major Families‘ companies invested in us because they ordered a batch of elixirs from the Soler Group. We have normal business dealings.
“If you don’t believe me, there is a contract to prove it!”
With that said, Leones asked Mia to take out the original contract.
When the secretary looked at the contract, he sneered and asked, “What kind of elixir is worth more than two billion dollars per family? Is it a magic elixir?”
“Absolutely.” Leones casually took out an elixir he refined last night. “One elixir costs twenty million dollars!”
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