Chapter 788
“Watch your words, Owen. We are a strictly regulated, legitimate brokerage firm. We have never defrauded anyone,” Mr. Whitaker stammered.
He was completely blindsided. Weren’t they debating the merits of the Financial Association? How did he suddenly end up accused of running a scam?
“Why not? Fraud in the financial sector is highly lucrative, isn’t it?” Owen’s lips curved upward into a faint, chilling smile.
Whitaker’s tongue tied, completely failing him. “This p>
He wasn’t an idiot. He instantly realized he had just walked straight into a trap.
“Don’t give me any self-righteous nonsense about your conscience. Tell me the actual truth p>
Checkmate. Every single escape route had just been sealed off.
Whitaker internally cursed himself for opening his mouth. None of the other bosses had dared to stand up. Why did he have to play the hero?
“Because… because we don’t want to be sanctioned by the regulatory commission.
Minor infractions lead to strict operational limits and the revocation of licenses. Major infractions mean prison time p>
Who in their right mind would dare break the rules?
Whitaker knew exactly what was happening. By admitting this, Owen would seamlessly prove that domestic oversight was ironclad, entirely destroying their grand lie about a ‘chaotic, unregulated market p>
But what was his alternative? Admit his own company was a fraud ring? That would trigger a real investigation and completely destroy his business.
Losing face in this ballroom was infinitely better than wearing handcuffs.
Right on cue, Owen delivered the killing blow. “Then do you still believe the domestic financial market is a chaotic mess p>
Owen didn’t just look at Whitaker. His cold gaze swept over the other bosses, the ‘elites’ who had spouted nonsense on stage, and finally landed on Lawrence and Jude.
“Nothing to say? Or are you simply speechless?
Gentlemen. Elites. Mr. Vance. Lawrence. Do any of you have a rebuttal p>
Now, Owen had them pinned against the wall.
Jude whispered furiously to Lawrence, “You were the one who told me the domestic market was an unregulated mess p>
“I… I don’t really know much about finance,” Lawrence muttered, lowering his head.
He wasn’t involved in the financial
sector and hadn’t done any actual research. When Jude had asked him earlier he had just given him a generic, careless answer who knew it would blow up in their faces?
“You don’t know anything, yet you spout absolute garbage to me? Are you actively trying to destroy me p>
Jude was young and immensely arrogant. This was his very first foray into the domestic market, and he had relied heavily on Lawrence’s intel.
He never imagined the heir to the mighty Lance Family would be this dangerously incompetent.
“I didn’t expect Owen to flip the entire script with a single question,” Whitlock sighed in genuine admiration.
“It’s their own fault for being so incredibly arrogant. They distorted the facts way too much,” Mira said.
If they had shown even a sliver of restraint, Owen wouldn’t have found such an obvious vulnerability to exploit so quickly.
The entire opposition remained dead
silent, forcing Whitaker to fall on his
sword. “Domestic oversight is
incredibly strict spoke out of turn earlier p>
“Did everyone hear that? Everything they just claimed was utter nonsense,” Owen stated smoothly.
“In reality, our domestic regulatory framework whether you’re looking at the comprehensiveness of its systems, the efficiency of its enforcement, or its risk,
management capabilities
an
absolute global leader.
If you don’t understand how your own industry works, I suggest you consult a real professional. I won’t waste any more of my breath on it p>
The room reeled. What? So the domestic market’s regulatory strength was actually globally leading?
That meant all those so-called experts, the renowned elites, the foreign tycoon, and Lawrence Lance… they were all lying through their teeth?
“Oh my god, a stage full of titans, and they were all just spouting utter nonsense?” “And I actually believed every word they said p>
The pristine, authoritative image Jude and his coalition had just built up crumbled into ash in an instant.
The wealthy guests now stared at them with undeniable suspicion.
“Is he… is he just some foreign con artist p>