Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

After the cops left, Mia gave Leo a light pat on the shoulder, "Leo, let's head to the news office, time for you to make some dough."

That afternoon, the chairman of the Marshal Group was rumoured to have been taken away by the police for questioning. Once the news broke, the Marshal Group's stock price started to nosedive.

Some gossip-loving tabloids caught the hot topic, finding out that the one who took away the chairman was none other than Chad. Anyone with a bit of curiosity could easily find out that Chad just busted an illegal operation under the Marshal Group a few days ago. Many journalists were familiar with this police captain from Havenbrook, knowing that he mainly dealt with economic crimes. Adding to that, Calder Corporation, which had been collaborating with the Marshal Group for fifteen years, had just ended its partnership with the Marshal family a couple days ago.

Now Brian was being taken away by Officer Chad.

So the journalists started reporting a news story: the Marshal Group in financial crisis, company about to go bankrupt, chairman arrested.

This led those who held Marshal Group shares to dump them like hot potatoes, and partners started to play the waiting game.

Ever since Calder Corporation abruptly terminated the contract a couple days ago, the Marshal Group had been in a state of turmoil.

Two other major companies, acting under Andre's instructions, also terminated their contracts along with Calder Corporation. Brian was running around like a headless chicken these few days, answering one phone call after another, trying to soothe the partners' nerves. Just when he thought he had managed to stabilize the situation, the news of him being taken away by the police hit the papers.

Now the company's situation was even more chaotic. Many partners were considering whether to pay the penalty and terminate the contracts too?

But they also worried that this could just be a misunderstanding, and working with the Marshal family might present an opportunity, they couldn't just terminate the contract over a minor hiccup.

On the way home, Leo said to Mia, "Those partners won't terminate the contract just because he got arrested. Calder Corporation is Andre's branch, so they dare to risk paying the high penalty for termination. The others will definitely think twice before making a decision." Mia looked at the financial news on her phone with a teasing grin, "What I want to do is not to let the partners terminate the contract, but to let everyone know that the Marshal Group is about to hit a snag. This will plant a seed of caution in the partners' minds, prompting them to look for other partners. Whether they want to renew the contract or terminate it after the contract with the Marshal Group expires is unknown."

What she wanted to do was to deal the Marshal Group a severe blow.

Leo asked, "Why don't you just go directly to the journalists? If they come and take photos, wouldn't the impact be bigger than you taking videos yourself?"

Mia told him, "If we go to the journalists, they will surely crowd at the door asking Officer Chad why he took him away, and Chad won't be able to explain. And this method is too unpredictable. If Brian says something unfavorable to us in front of the journalists, we will lose control of the situation."

Leo thought Mia was really a risk-averse person. She took videos herself, then sold them to the news office for money, leaving Brian without a say, everything was under her control.

"Mia, since you don't lack money, why do you have to sell the video to the news office? Why not just give it away?"

Mia replied, "Usually, people value the things they buy more than the things they get for free. For example, this video, if it's free, people might not watch it. But if it's paid, the audience will try to make the most out of it."

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