Chapter 460 - 458: You Deserve It?
"Master, my brother died of an illness, and during that time he was always in the hospital, never went out, and apart from the doctors and our family, he didn’t meet any outsiders; I’m afraid he didn’t leave behind any will."
Domet’s sister, a woman nearing 70 years old, immediately said.
A person close to 70 years old, who even looked younger than Domet’s wife Mossang in appearance, had skin like a young girl’s, God knows how many hydrating and wrinkle-removing injections she had undergone.
"Oh? Is that so?" Zhang Menglong raised his voice.
"Yes, master," Domet’susin’s two sons also quickly chimed in, "You can call the employees at Brahma Country’s notary office fornsultation at any time."
In Brahma Country, any will that was not notarized did not have absolute legal effect, but ofurse, during the distribution of an estate, judges would alsonsider the will and decide ardingly.
That was their purpose in inspecting the will Domet had left behind, yet to their surprise, in the will, Domet had not mentioned anything about family assets, that foolish loyalty even disgusted them.
However, after they had investigated, Domet had secretly had one of his trusted aides invite a notary to prepare a will. After thoroughly investigating this matter, they secretly dealt with that trusted aide and the notary, while also bribing everyone at the notary office and leveraging official power to intimidate them, believing that no one would dare to speak out.
"Since that’s the case, there’s no need then." Zhang Menglong didn’t care about such an unreliablensultation; if it were him, he would have immediately bribed anyone whould leak information.
Zhang Menglong glanced at Mossang again, who clearly was unaware of this matter, only immersed in the sorrow of her husband’s death.
"Master, although Domet didn’t leave any will, he once told me that if one day he passed away, all the family assets would be handed over to you for redistribution," Mossang said.
The faces of many people suddenly changed upon hearing this statement.
"Madam, when did my brother ever say this? Howme we didn’t know?"
"Yes, such things shouldn’t be said carelessly, giving everything to the Master all at once will cause trouble for the Master! As members of the Mahalast Family, we should take care of some matters for the Master, it’s our family’s mission!"
The people from Domet’s brother and sister’s lineage seemed to bensidering Zhang Menglong’s interest, but their true thoughts were obviously not these.
"This was Domet’s decision," Mossang said with an air of authority, as though she was the queen of the entire Mahalast Family.
Mossang even knelt down in front of Domet’sffin, "Master, arding to the traditions of our Mahalast Family, the assets of the family are to be taken over by the direct descendants, but Domet and I have been childless all these years, so we can only fail the trust of your ancestors, please handle these assets yourself!"
"Since that’s the case, why don’t you take over!" Zhang Menglong said casually.
"What?" The faces of Domet’s brothers and sisters changed dramatically. Although Mossang had married Domet, she didn’t have a single drop of Mahalast Family blood in her, why should she take over these assets?"
They were about to object, but Mossang laughed.
"Master, look at me, an old woman, what ability do I have to manage these assets?" Mossang laughed, "The only use I’ve ever had in my life was to help Domet manage the family’s internal relations, I know nothing about business, I can only fail your trust."
"Master, we have a request, I don’t know if we should speak," at that moment, one of Mossang’s nephews spoke up, "Please forgive my frankness."
"Speak," Mossang’s nephew clearly was the same type of person as Domet, and Zhang Menglong still had a good impression of him.
"My aunt devoted her life to the Mahalast family. Now that my uncle has passed away, arding to his last wishes, these assets should rightfully be returned to you. I hope, however, that you will leave some money for my aunt to live out her days inmfort, without having to rely on anyone else."
"That’s only proper," Zhang Menglong had never actually planned to take back the money, and he was verynfident in leaving these assets for Mossang to handle. However, since Mossang was not willing to take charge, Zhang Menglong didn’t insist.
"Here’s what we’ll do," Zhang Menglong said, "Mrs. Mossang, you and your nieces and nephews can keep 1 billion US Dollars. Whether you invest it, manage it or start a business, that’s up to you. These assets no longer belong to me, Zhang Menglong, nor do they belong to the Mahalast family; they are yours now."
"Thank you, Master!" Mossang’s nephew immediately knelt down to thank Zhang Menglong for his generous donation. With 1 billion US dollars per household, if managed well, even though it might not match the former glory of the Mahalast family, it would still be top-tier wealth in Brahma Country.
"Master, we also have a request!" Apparently, because Zhang Menglong was so easy to talk to, it gave Domate’s brother and sister a misguidednfidence.
"Speak," Zhang Menglong graciously said. "As long as it’s within my power, for the sake of Domate, I will certainly do it!"
"Master, the situation is this," Domate’s brother immediately said. "As you see, my brother has no children, and Mrs. Mossang is also unwilling to take over these assets. But youuld give them to us!"
"Give them to you?" Zhang Menglong raised an eyebrow.
Good grief, this was downright shameless! Originally, they had planned to take over by deceit, but seeing how agreeable he was, they now dared to ask outright!
"Yes, even though most of the family assets were managed by my brother, some part of them was managed by us. We are very familiar with these assets, and taking them over would be quick. More importantly, we all have our own offspring. If one day we pass on, these assets canntinue to be managed by them; isn’t that a perfect solution?"
"That does sound quite reasonable!" A smile appeared on Zhang Menglong’s face.
"Yes!" Domate’s brother and sister eagerly pledged loyalty. "Even though we do not carry the pure blood of the Mahalast family, we will never forget that we are also members of the Mahalast family, and we will always remember that your ancestors built the Mahalast family!"
"Exactly! Whatever my brotheruld achieve, we will definitely strive to do as well!"
"However, I seem to have some news that I’d like to share with you, if you’re willing to hear it," Zhang Menglong unlocked his phone.
"In 2001, the Betmutra Group reported a 200 million US dollar shortfall in its aunts, eventually traced back to an auntant falsifying aunts. That same year, two luxury homes appeared under your name, Wokol, altogether valued at about 200 million dollars."
"In 2002, a Higgs Group order was intercepted, and factory goods worth nearly 1 billion US dollars were stolen. However, the original clientmpany still got the exact same goods in the end, and the theft case was ultimately dismissed without anynsequences!"
"In 2003..."
Zhang Menglong detailed every instance over the past 20 years where assets under the name of Mahalast had been lost due to deficits, totaling over 10 billion US dollars!
And all these incidents had been suppressed!
Without exception, each of these troubled assets had been managed by the enterprises run by siblings belonging to Domate’s lineage!
"Have you manage the assets?" Zhang Menglong ffed. "Would I dare?
"The fortune that Domate had painstakingly accumulated was guarded and pillaged by you, and yet you still desire the rights of inheritance? Are you even worthy?"