She nodded, looked at me and said, “By the way, someone on my side checked it out and found that Sam’s wife has been a stay-at-home mom for the past few years. She basically has no time and ability to operate a large-scale farm. In fact, this farm is just a hill that Sam bought for more than $100,000 in a remote village. He put some chickens in it and asked a local man to look after it. They have barely managed it for decades.”
I thought I knew what she meant. The breeding company was a gimmick and probably had no revenue at all. And the company’s accounts are full of transactions between Sam and these businessmen.”
No wonder Link never found anything after all this time. Sam really made a good move!
After a pause, I looked over at her. “Is there a Luna’s transfer on this company’s account?”
Jackie shook her head. “No, Luna has always been very careful. Her company has no reason to work with a farming company, so all her transfers were made through Andy!”
“In what name did Andy transfer the money to Sam?” Andy worked for an audit company. Although they could have contact with all the companies, they transferred money out, not in. Was it appropriate for an audit firm to make payments to a breeding company?
“That’s what I was thinking at first, but then I looked it up and found out Andy owns a frozen bushmeat market. In this way, no matter how much capital interaction they have, they are all normal transactions demanded by markets, and they are all reasonable and legal.”
Wow!
A man who did not know the ins and outs of this affair could not find out anything at all. Even now, knowing what was going on, it was going to be hard to convict Sam. These were, after all, seemingly sensible deals.
I had no idea what to do now. Even if I told Link about it, there was no way to directly incriminate Luna.
She paused at my frown. “You could start with Andy. He’s not as loyal to Luna as he seems. Plus, it looks like there’s a third party involved, and someone might be trying to pull Luna down.”
“A third party?” I couldn’t help but wonder, “Who else did Luna have a beef with?”
“I don’t know,” she said, shrugging her shoulders. But I recently noticed that it looks like someone dug up some of Luna’s racy videos from her younger days, and there’s a lot of them. There are a lot of people involved. By the way, Sam’s wife would be a good target. You won’t be able to find money, but you might be able to find something else.
”
I nodded, collected all the information she had given me and looked at her. “Thank you for this.”
“You’re welcome,” she said, smiling and taking a sip of her coffee. “You helped me with Steven and I help you with this. It’s a basic contract.”
Seeing her so, I said nothing more. We had a casual conversation, and then she left.
I got back to the villa a little late and was surprised to see Olivia as an uninvited guest.
She and Yara seemed to have a good time chatting over tea in the lobby.
When she saw me, Yara smiled and waved at me. “Clara, you’re back! Olivia and I were just talking about you!”
I frowned. It was uncomfortably hypocritical.
Olivia wore an ethnic white cotton dress with her hair pulled up, making her look youthful and girly.
“Clara, you’re home,” she said, smiling when she saw me. “It’s cold outside. Come and have a hot cup of tea with us!”
I pursed my lips and looked at them with no expression on my face. “No, I’m good. You guys go on. I’m gonna have a rest.”
“Don’t rush off, Sweet. Come and sit with us for a while. I’ve been running around Gibsons’ all these years, and I’ve never sat down and talked to anyone like this, so it just so happens everyone’s here, so why don’t you join us?”
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