“As far as I know, President Rafael has never been able to gain the status he deserves in the Deleon family. You became president thanks to Enrico, and the Deleon family did not enjoy any convenience. Then you married a commoner, which made the Deleon family even more resentful over the years. They only waited for you to step down, and then they expelled you from the family tree.” Mr. Cruise spoke slowly.
“Huh,”
Rafael sneered, “Yes, the Deleon family and I have always been at odds, so what?”
Mr. Cruise looked over at Mr. Wilkie in time, and Mr. Wilkie understood and immediately threw out the bait, “I was familiar with your grandfather, and I will go talk to him. We are all on your side, and it is not impossible that you will become the head of the Deleon family in the future.”
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of light flashed in Rafael’s eyes. “It’s just a possibility.”
“How about making it definite?” Mr. Wilkie laughed.
“Really?” Rafael’s eyes finally lit up.
Seeing this, everyone understood that this was what Rafael had been aiming for before he came. He was indeed a smart person, and even if it was just for self-preservation, he had to fight for his own best interests.
“In that case, we can have a good talk about the next arrangements,” Mr. Wilkie said immediately.
Enrico still doesn’t know that Rafael snuck out to meet with them, and they need to catch Enrico off guard at this time.
“This must be done beautifully, and we must once and for all crush Enrico’s will and completely demoralize him. We must take advantage of the situation and divide up his conglomerate.”
Having already established a cooperative relationship, the several plutocrats spoke even more unrestrainedly.
They were not afraid of Mr. Cruise’s displeasure. Mr. Cruise was a neutral person, but in essence, he still had the heart of a superior. The bias was actually very obvious. As long as they did a good job in this battle and did not cause a public uproar, why would Mr. Cruise really care if Enrico died or not?
Sure enough, Mr. Cruise frowned there, sighed, and looked away. “Forget it, I’ll pretend I didn’t hear anything. I still say, don’t go to war, it’s not good for the country.”
“No, no, for now, we should focus on breaking Enrico’s will,” Mr. Wilkie quickly said.
“…”
Mr. Cruise stopped talking, refrained from persuasion, and tacitly agreed.
“President Rafael, we’d better decide on an address today, so that you can go back and try to bring the person here as soon as possible, before it’s too late. After all, Enrico has already become suspicious of you.”
A zaibatsu looked at President Rafael.
Rafael sat there listening, slowly raising three slender fingers, “Three issues to consider. I can bring Paige here, but she is very skilled in martial arts, how can you hold her down?”
“You drug her?” Mr. Wilkie asked directly.
“What if she doesn’t drink it? She says she’s not thirsty, can I force-feed her?” Rafael asked in return.
“…”
The crowd fell silent.
Indeed, this direction is not without precedent, and a foolproof plan must be devised.
Mr. Wilkie looked at Rafael, “In your opinion, how many people does Paige need to deal with alone?”
“The fight you had the other day was just a minor thing,”
Rafael said somewhat mockingly, “Very few people know the inside story of the River Town horror. At that time, Jeremy’s son, Emery, led hundreds of his men to massacre the town, forcing Paige to put down her gun. Even so, he was unable to kill her.”
“Are you saying that we need to set up more than a thousand people? The target group is too obvious and can be easily tracked down.” Mr. Wilkie frowned.
“But if you don’t, you guarantee that you won’t be able to capture Paige.”
Rafael sat there and said, “This also brings up a second question: how do you ensure that Enrico won’t find out for a day and a night? It is possible that Paige didn’t even go to bed with those two men, and he arrived; or, you think it is a sure thing, and Enrico has caught his wife and mistress over there.”
“…”
“…”
There was another moment of silence.
“This is indeed troublesome.”
Mr. Cruise sat there listening, his smile fading. “From what I’ve seen of Enrico’s methods over the years, he has no method. Since this woman Paige is so important to him, he won’t hold back when he makes his move.”
“That’s exactly the point. He’s not messing with you now because Paige is still on his good side, but that doesn’t mean he’s restrained,”
said Rafael.
“What about the third question?”
Unable to think of a good solution, Mr. Wilkie simply told Rafael to speak at once.
“The third question is, since Paige is going to be forcibly drugged, her mental state even if she is fooling around with two men will not be very normal. How do you know that when Enrico sees this, he will be so angry at Paige’s betrayal that he will lose his mind, or completely fall into madness and go all out to massacre you?” Rafael gathered his hands.
“…”
Everyone froze, watching him with fear.
Rafael was indeed someone who knew Enrico well, and all the possibilities he had raised were all fatal points. If they still acted according to their previous ideas, they would either end up like a firefight, or they would invite a bloodthirsty killer to their door.
Thinking about it, they suddenly felt a little relieved that Rafael was sane and had chosen to side with them.
“According to what you said, this relationship has become a dangerous plot?”
Mr. Wilkie’s brow furrowed deeply, “So, can we still touch this woman?”
If not, Enrico will keep annoying them; if we do, it may turn from an economic struggle into a physical bloodbath.
“You can consider this and let me know. I only have one piece of advice.”
Rafael stood up from the conference table and looked at them with his deep eyes, “Either don’t do it, or if you do, you have to treat this as a desperate battle with Enrico.”
“Are you asking them to pool all their forces?”
Mr. Cruise heard the meaning in the words, “This is too risky.”
Isn’t this just playing a bloodbath? He doesn’t want to see an economic battle turn into a bloody battle. He likes the peaceful world where the chaebols are in charge.
“Then don’t touch Paige,”
Rafael said word by word, “Don’t even have any more skirmishes like before. If there are more, Enrico will still explode.”
He doesn’t force them.
After saying that, he put on his hat and said, “Tomorrow, I will try to find a way to come out again. By then, tell me your answer.”
Rafael didn’t even look at their expressions and walked away.
He left a few of the major tycoons with grave expressions.
Rafael’s meaning was very clear: predict the worst outcome and find the best way to suppress it. As long as it was suppressed for a while, Enrico would never be able to get back up in the future.
But this temporary suppression required all of them to go all out and fight for it.
In an instant, what they had originally considered a minor ploy had become a decisive battle.
But they really couldn’t argue with Rafael.
The three problems Rafael had mentioned were all possible, and if they couldn’t think of a way to deal with them, they would also be going home empty-handed.