Chapter 3776

“After that, he’ll gradually gain control of our family businesses. Although he’s just a temporary head of the Longbottom family, he has competence and cruel methods. Nevertheless, no matter how well he does now, he still isn’t legitimate. “His efforts will easily go to someone else. I believe he’s aware of the changes in the Fisher family of Jensburg. He’ll definitely be afraid of experiencing what Madam Fisher did.” Tati asked, “Is he leaving a back door open for himself? If he gains control of our family, he won’t lose everything even after stepping down as the temporary head and leaving Havenmill. He can even take many of the Longbottoms’ business contracts with him through his established collaborations.” “Most likely. He has already used that method to obtain a lot of money with his wife’s help. However, many senior managers of Longbottom Corporation are the family’s elites. They only obey the orders of the head of the family and are committed to protecting the family assets. “Mr. Longbottom can’t make decisions for the company himself. Every expenditure has to go through the senior managers’ approval. That’s why it’s difficult for him to make the company his. “He can’t transfer away the crucial businesses of the Longbottom family. The money he gains from the minor companies he’s acquired is a considerable sum to ordinary people. Still, it’s nothing compared to the vast wealth the Longbottom family has.” Since Mr. Longbottom started coming to Costa Corporation, Isabella had gotten someone to investigate his family situation in Havenmill. She discovered that Mr. Longbottom was merely an interim head of the family. It did not matter if he was capable or if he had killed everyone from the main family. So long as he did not have the totem and seal, he could not be the master of Longbottom Corporation. All his efforts might even go to waste in the end. Mr. Longbottom was resentful and frustrated. However, he strongly refused to let someone else enjoy the fruits of his labor. Therefore, he had been befriending more business tycoons and widening his influence in hopes that he could make the elites in his family bow to him. “Wasn’t there a little kid that went missing when the Longbottom family underwent a huge change a few years ago?” The Longbottom family incident occurred three or four years ago. At that time, Tati had only entered her twenties. She and Isabella had taken charge of their family businesses. Since Satbury and Havenmill were neighboring cities, they knew what had happened to the Longbottoms. Since they had no business dealings with the Longbottom family, they could not and would not do anything but lament the coldness and cruelty of humans. After all, it was another family’s internal affairs. Mr. Longbottom was able to cover up the deaths of the main family members, just like Belinda. It even involved illegal dealings, which made things complicated. Even Havenmill’s police could not obtain any evidence that could take Mr. Longbottom down, let alone unrelated parties. Tati and Isabella chose to be bystanders as it did not concern them. Isabella said, “I heard that child appeared in Meadspring before, but it hasn’t been verified. Mr. Longbottom really wants to meet the child. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to do so because that child’s adoptive parents come from a strong background. “He probably doesn’t even know where the boy is. While the boy is definitely alive, there’s no knowing where his adoptive parents had sent him to.” “The Longbottom family has a vast information network. Can’t Mr. Longbottom find anything?” Tati asked. After a moment of silence, Isabella said, “There are always more talented people out there, Tati. While the Longbottom family is powerful, there are families more powerful than them. Every territory has its influential family that has the upper hand. “There aren’t many families whose influence extends throughout the entire world. For example, our family is only powerful in Satbury. We have to lie low when we go to other cities so as not to offend other people. “This is especially true as technology is advanced now. If someone were to film anything and post it online, we could be attacked by the netizens. It’ll also affect our company’s reputation.”