The old man was completely shocked by the news. He could never have imagined that Mark Bezos would release the statement and video from inside the police station.
This would turn all accusations that Mark Bezos was forced to issue the statement into the world's most ridiculous lie. After all, where in the world would someone be forced to issue a false statement in a police station?
Of course, it's possible that such a thing could happen, but the police would never admit it, the government would never admit it, and the courts and judges would certainly never admit it. Therefore, this statement would become an irrefutable and unquestionable voice, otherwise, it would be slapping the entire police system in the face, something unacceptable throughout the United States.
Therefore, Mark Bezos's statement had to be true, the truest possible. And if this statement was true, then the previously signed equity transfer agreement was ironclad. The entire equity of Amazon would fall into the hands of Jiangnan Group, and Jiangnan Group would take this opportunity to directly become the e-commerce platform with the largest market share in the United States. In the blink of an eye, Jiangnan Group would control the entire e-commerce industry in the United States.
Upon thinking of this consequence, the old man felt dizzy. After so long in commercial warfare, he had never suffered such a great loss.
"This Mark Bezos, he betrayed us!" the old man gritted his teeth, clearly placing all the blame on Mark Bezos. But why did this seemingly upright fellow suddenly betray them?
In fact, Mark Bezos couldn't be blamed for this. Let's rewind to last night. As Mark Bezos, who liked to finish things quickly, hummed a tune and prepared to take a bath, a group of people suddenly rushed in. Then, one of the blond-haired individuals directly grabbed Mark Bezos by the neck and roared angrily, "How dare you bully my wife!"
At this moment, Mark Bezos remained very calm. He knew he had fallen into a honey trap. This was normal; such things happened frequently in the United States, and Mark Bezos had extensive experience in resolving problems. Thus, he readily offered to pay $10,000 to resolve the issue.
Unexpectedly, these people directly shouted "Call the police!" without giving Mark Bezos a chance to negotiate further. They then put Mark Bezos into a car and sped away. By the time Mark Bezos reacted, he found himself truly taken to the police station. The blond-haired man who had grabbed him was expressing his grievance to the police with a wronged expression, saying, "This scumbag raped my sister, and I caught him!"
Good heavens, a honey trap had turned into rape! Mark Bezos immediately jumped up to defend himself, claiming it was all fake, that he was just legitimately hooking up with the woman, at most it was an affair, or perhaps PC, but it could never be rape. He was a millionaire and wanted to call his lawyer to defend him, otherwise, he wouldn't admit anything or provide any testimony.
It could be said that Mark Bezos handled things decisively, but he overlooked one thing: his wife had suddenly become his sister.
After listening to Mark Bezos's demands, the police appeared very fair, stating that Mark Bezos could call his lawyer and that everything would proceed according to legal procedures. This made Mark Bezos breathe a sigh of relief.
But the next second, the woman suddenly said tearfully, "Officer, this is the bad guy. He raped me. I'm still a virgin. I'm only 16 years old!"
Good heavens, at these words, the entire police station fell into dead silence. The two police officers on duty that night looked at Mark Bezos with immense anger, while Mark Bezos looked at the woman beside him and exclaimed in disbelief, "Impossible! How can you be 16? That's absolutely impossible! Look at your figure, how can this be!"
Mark Bezos refused to believe that a woman with such a voluptuous figure could be 16 years old.
However, the other party soon produced evidence: a birth certificate, a social security card, and even school records all clearly stated the woman's age. Simultaneously, she cried, stating that although she had developed much earlier than her peers, she was indeed 16 years old.
This time, Mark Bezos was completely flustered. He understood that he had fallen into an abyss. While American society was very open about some things, it was extremely vigilant about others, the most important of which was pedophilia.
Once such behavior occurred, the entire American society, regardless of media on either side, would utterly cast this person into the abyss.
Even the most heinous criminals couldn't stand this behavior. It was said that prisoners incarcerated for such crimes, once their offenses were exposed, would be forced by their cellmates to drink enema tea every day.
"You win! Take whatever you want from me, just don't let me bear this charge!" Mark Bezos sat down powerlessly. He glanced at the dozen or so family members beside him, and the two night shift officers who were clearly watching the show. He suddenly understood many things.
If he didn't give the other party what they wanted, his life and reputation would be completely ruined. Hadn't the world-renowned superstar Michael Jackson's life been tragically ruined due to vague, unsubstantiated accusations?
Although he seemed to have made a comeback recently, it came at the price of several years of silence and the inability to ever return to his peak. Now that the other party had conclusive evidence, and Mark Bezos had indeed had relations with her, Mark Bezos was speechless. He couldn't wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Colorado River.
Of course, since Mark Bezos was already covered in dirt, it was naturally impossible to wash him clean.
"Easy!" Shrek finally appeared. Right there in the police station's duty room, Shrek directly stated all his demands to Mark Bezos.
He also stated that as long as Mark Bezos followed his instructions to issue a public statement and stayed in the police station for three months, everything would return to peace. They guaranteed they would not trouble Mark Bezos further, provided Mark Bezos didn't trouble them.
"No!" To Shrek's surprise, Mark Bezos shook his head after hearing Shrek's demands. "No, I cannot accept your condition!"
"Oh?" Shrek was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected Mark Bezos to be so bold and loyal to Goldman Sachs. It seemed more extreme measures would have to be used.
But the next second, Mark Bezos continued, "If I do as you ask, Goldman Sachs will never let me go. Even if I get out of prison, I will still die a miserable death. Perhaps one day I'll take a machine gun and shoot myself in the chest a dozen times!"
"Uh, it shouldn't be that shameless, should it? At least make the scene look realistic. We spent a whole week planning this scene!" Shrek said in surprise.
"Alas, although you are all villains, you still have bottom lines. But those capitalists, those scumbags on Wall Street, including my brother, bottom lines simply don't exist for them. I have no doubt about my future fate. If I speak for you like this, I will die a miserable death!"
"Then what do you want?" Shrek heard the implication in Mark Bezos's words and said, "Do you want us to protect you? That's probably difficult, as your target is too big, and we can't guarantee your protection well!"
"No, I guess you are people from Jiangnan Group. I hope you can transfer me to China. I've been to that country several times and know it's the safest country in the world. As long as I can hide there, I will be absolutely safe!"
"Moreover, if I'm in China, the gentleman behind you will also be more at ease with me, right!" Mark Bezos's words were reasonable and well-founded, leaving Shrek unable to refute. After a phone call with a certain individual, he nodded and agreed to Mark Bezos's request.
He guaranteed that as soon as Mark Bezos left the police station, he would immediately board a plane to China, ensuring his personal safety.
Thus, Mark Bezos smoothly reached a cooperation agreement with Shrek, which led to the video evidence subsequently released on his personal website.
The old man naturally didn't know all this. He just believed that Mark Bezos had betrayed him and was angry, wanting revenge. But now Mark Bezos was in the police station, where it was inconvenient to act. He would wait until he got out.
Of course, the old man also asked his subordinates to formulate a detailed plan to ensure he wasn't implicated at all. Well, it was believed that once this plan was successfully formulated, Mark Bezos would likely have already arrived in China.
However, all the old man could do at this moment was to seek revenge in this manner.
That afternoon, led by Hao Jianguo, Jiangnan Group convened another board meeting within Amazon. Although Bezos did not appear in the venue from beginning to end, his shares had been sold, so his presence was meaningless.
Thus, this future world's richest man was inexplicably driven out of the company he founded, even though he received a huge sum of $4 billion.
Due to Jiangnan Group's lack of reliable senior management in North America, Hao Jianguo also concurrently served as the Chairman of Amazon. He then directly promoted a vice president of Amazon to the position of CEO, while ensuring that all senior management moved up one level, and no personnel changes would be made within Amazon in the short term, thereby maintaining the company's stability.
Of course, designating Western Wild Horse Wallet as Amazon's sole officially designated payment tool became the entire company's priority task.
Finally, Amazon issued an announcement that evening, stating that Jiangnan Group had acquired 66% of Amazon's shares for $25 billion, becoming the company's largest shareholder. Hao Jianguo would concurrently serve as the company's Chairman, and the company, under the leadership of a new team, would envision a brighter future, and so on.
Upon the release of this announcement, Amazon's stock price stabilized at around $35 billion the next day, reaching a new peak in its history.
Everything seemed to have settled.