The moment Calvin got into the car, Ashley waved at him with a bright smile on her face."Hi, Calvin.""Hello, Ashley," he responded calmly as he shut the door.He then placed his bag down on the seat beside him before turning towards her and asking, "Just what the hell have you done?"Ashley blinked lightly at his question, and Calvin immediately made his meaning clear."Don't give me that confused look. I'm talking about Mechtronics. How did you do it?"It had only been a few hours since Calvin had informed Ashley about Mark's family's efforts to eliminate the competition so they could be the only ones left trying to acquire Autumn Grove.He'd already had it in the back of his mind that Ashley might do something about the situation, but he certainly never expected whatever move she'd make to be this devastating for Mechtronics.A 40% drop in the stock price within just a few hours was outrageous, and although Calvin could thi

After meeting and discussing with George regarding his strategy, Calvin continued to monitor the situation surrounding Mechtronics.In the few days that followed, the stock price of Mechtronics dropped even more, and a few more people sold their shares, increasing the available number of shares on the market to 21%.This brought the total amount of shares currently available on the market up to 21%.Finally, on Thursday, two days after the crisis surrounding Mechtronics had begun, George called Calvin over, so after classes ended that day, Calvin headed over to his house with Ashley.Along the way, he scrolled through the news, seeing more and more negative reports about Mechtronics' situation. Actual internal problems within the company were being exaggerated and blown out of proportion, making them seem like deal-breaking failures that further reduced investors’ faith in the company and pushed the stock price down by another 0.7% that day.When they arrived, Calvin and Ashley immedi

The very next morning, Harrison, Collins, Fletcher, and Bennett began working on the task Calvin had assigned to them, wasting no time before starting their investigation into Mechtronics, its shareholders, and the members of its board of directors.They had already been given a general understanding of what Calvin wanted, but now that they were officially operating on Carter Corp's behalf, they needed to turn that understanding into actual information that could be used to make decisions.The four men divided the work between themselves, with each of them focusing on different aspects of the company and the people surrounding it, carefully looking through whatever information they could obtain about the shareholders, their individual holdings, their business relationships, their financial situations, and their connections to the people currently controlling Mechtronics.Calvin hadn't simply asked them to find out who owned shares, after all, because knowing som

Calvin watched the news reports that covered the latest developments surrounding Mechtronics from home.He tossed the remote in his hands into the air before catching it with a satisfied smile.‘Crow is expensive, but he works fast.’By following the money trail, Crow was able to locate Hubert’s ex-wife very quickly. The man had traced the movement of the stolen funds until he eventually discovered that she’d left Edgard and escaped to another country.After identifying her location, Crow then forwarded that information to the official email of that nation’s security agency director, informing them that a criminal wanted in connection with a major fraud case was hiding somewhere within their borders.At the same time, Crow separately contacted the Financial Crimes Commission and provided them with the information regarding Hubert’s ex-wife, ensuring that the authorities responsible for the original investigation

It wasn't only the people directly involved with Mechtronics who quickly noticed what had just happened on the stock market.The moment Carter Corp's ownership crossed into the 37% range, people's attention naturally began turning toward the company itself, as Carter Corp had suddenly become one of the most significant shareholders in Mechtronics.People had already heard of Carter Corp because of Autumn Grove.They knew that the company had appeared during Autumn Grove's financial crisis, purchased the struggling company, and then somehow managed to stabilise its position. Some also knew that the people behind Carter Corp had enough influence to expedite the investigation into the fraud case concerning the company and recover the stolen funds in mere days, despite the fact that the FCC had been investigating for a month without finding any leads.Now, that same company had entered Mechtronics and acquired an enormous percentage of its shares while the co