When Bertelsmann felt that this was not enough, he even turned to military technology for help.
Although such a request would be costly to the Dorset Group, Bertelsmann did not hesitate.
After taking multi-pronged measures, Bertelsmann finally knew who wanted to kill his baby daughter.
As Bertelsmann had guessed before, the instigators behind these two attacks were indeed members of their Dorset family.
Bertelsmann had been suspicious of Renfield and Ralf before. These brothers were Sandra's cousins. If Sandra died, they would get the greatest benefit.
Bertelsmann was still surprised when he got the investigation results. Because all the clues pointed to Renfield, but Ralph was clean.
Renfield wanted to kill Sandra, which offended Bertelsmann. Even though he was his nephew, Bertelsmann would never allow this person to continue to live.
Before the culprit could be found, Bertelsmann hired a killer to get rid of the two relatives who were the most threatening to his daughter.
But the killer named Peacock procrastinated and never got the job done.
Now that he has found out that Reifeld is the mastermind, Bertelsmann cannot wait any longer.
Because he had enough evidence, Bertelsmann no longer had to hide it.
He stopped commissioning the killer and directly dispatched the Dorset vigilante group to surround Reffield's house.
After realizing that he was cornered, the coward did the bravest thing in his life - he actually committed suicide by swallowing a gun.
After Renfield's suicide, Bertelsmann made the truth about Sandra's attack public to a small extent, putting his only remaining nephew, Ralph, in an awkward position.
Compared with the playboy Renfield, Ralph can be regarded as a model among young people.
This person is down-to-earth, humble and polite. More importantly, he knows how to advance and retreat.
While Renfield was waiting to die relying on his own shares, Ralph rose step by step from the company's junior management to the strategic core of the group.
After learning what his brother had done, Ralph took the initiative to find Artest's uncle.
"In order to atone for my brother's sins, and to make up for the rift between me, my uncle, and my cousin, I am willing to give up my Dorset shares.
In addition, I have also decided to withdraw from the management of the company. I also ask my uncle to make it happen, and I also ask Sandra to forgive us."
Faced with his nephew who had completely surrendered, Bertelsmann thought over and over again and finally decided to deal with it coldly.
Bertelsmann still wanted to lose face, so he just suspended Ralph's work and took back Renfield's shares, but did not touch Ralph's property.
Ralph looked extremely grateful for his uncle's magnanimity.
Although he has no power now and only has a small annuity, he is very satisfied and has never complained.
After a month of observation from various sources, Bertelsmann felt that he could not let his nephew get moldy like this.
So he began to assign some tasks to Ralph, and every time Ralph could do the assigned tasks extremely well.
Whether his uncle asked him to do odd jobs or do other things, this young man was always dedicated to his job, so Bertelsmann gradually let down his guard.
Bertelsmann is still in his prime and is far from ready to consider retirement, but he is already doing a lot of groundwork.
If he wants Sandra to sit firmly on that throne, he must leave a pillar for his daughter to rely on.
These pillars must first be loyal and secondly capable, otherwise how can they defeat the big companies and big forces that are eyeing them.
Compared to so-called professional managers, Bertelsmann still prefers to trust his blood relatives.
This has nothing to do with the so-called familial bond, but because it is easier for blood relatives to form a strong relationship of interest.
After getting rid of Renfield, the Dorset family now only has three members, so Bertelsmann decided to use Ralph appropriately.
After careful consideration, Bertelsmann appointed Ralf as the intelligence chief of the Dorset Group.
Although this position is also very important, it does not have access to the most important money and armed forces, so Bertelsmann still has this ambition.
After listening to her father and cousin talk for a while, Sandra roughly understood what they were discussing.
Ralph was reporting information about United Foods to her father, and he was advising her father to launch an armed action against the bitch United Foods.
In order to limit the development of Dorset Group, Arasaka International, which is opposed to military technology, launched United Food and Dorset to compete.
After the apparent corporate war ceased, this situation of the boss controlling the situation behind the scenes and the juniors fighting directly at the front desk has become a routine operation.
Arasaka, Military Technology, and Konta are three of the most powerful arms trusts in the world, and they have their own spokesmen in almost every field.
Because of this, no one company can dominate an industry.
With just a wink from the boss, the companies confronting each other will start fighting mode.
As for how long such a war will be fought and to what extent it will be fought, it is not up to these younger brothers to decide. They all have to listen to the orders of the elder brother.
As an extremely important field, the food industry has always been a battlefield for fierce competition between Arasaka International and Military Technology.
The production, manufacturing and sales of food are related to every human being who wants to eat. Whoever can master this field will have the real right to speak.
In order to suppress each other, Dorset Group and United Foods often fight, and this time the crisis in Night City has intensified the conflicts between them.
Due to the irresponsible remarks of the acting president of Huangban International, people in Night City thought that war was about to break out, so the panicked people began to hoard food.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, United Foods, which belongs to the Arasaka camp, began to quietly increase prices.
Overnight, the supply price of bulk food increased by 20%, and this price increase became more and more outrageous as the supply chain extended.
The people in Night City soon discovered that the prices of the plastic-flavored biscuits and cockroach-flavored patties they ate every day had increased by more than 50%.
United Food's little move was immediately discovered by the Dorset Group, so Dorset quickly took countermeasures.
While Bertelsmann had people in the major media condemning the unscrupulous price increases of certain food companies, he also abided by the rules of a free economy and raised prices to the same level.
After Dorsett took action, United Foods immediately responded.
This time they did not choose to have a verbal war with Dorsett, because the business war in the apocalyptic era is not just a price war and a public opinion war.
In this era, large companies have the right to form their own armed forces, so United Foods dispatched their special forces.
Special staff of the United Food Company secretly sneaked into many factories owned by the Dorsett Group. They put special additives into the raw materials and then just sat back and watched the show.
On the morning of the second day, these fresh foods with added ingredients were sold to every corner of Night City as usual.
Then at noon that day, most clinics in Night City were occupied by patients with pale faces holding their stomachs.
With such poisoning operations, United Foods easily diverted citizens' attention to the Dorset Group.
Now the citizens are scolding Dorset because not only did they raise prices like United Foods did, but they also made everyone miserable, and even hundreds of people died as a result.
This move was indeed cruel, so the reputation of Dorset Company was greatly affected, and sales in recent days have also dropped off a cliff.
Although Bertelsmann has taken many remedial measures, they have had little effect.
"Check! Check for me! Someone must be framing us, find them out for me!"
Bertelsmann was furious when he learned that his own food had widespread quality problems.
As the head of Dorset, Bertelsmann understands the concept of food coming off his own production line.
In a sense, cheap food in Dorset is plastic.
There's no way you'll get diarrhea from Dorset's cheap food, which contains far more preservatives than nutrients, so Salmonella and Helicobacter won't survive.
It was precisely because of this self-confidence that Bertelsmann dared to assert that there was malicious sabotage.
Following his order, Ralph, as the head of intelligence, immediately went into full force.
After two days of investigation, he lived up to expectations and found out the matter clearly. Today he is here to report on the case.
When he learned that it was indeed United Foods who had framed him, Bertelsmann certainly refused to admit defeat. Of course, he did not think of going to court to sue United Foods.
Although there is indeed a statue of Lady Justice standing at the door of the court in Night City, and the robes of the judges are also embroidered with "loyalty to the law. No favoritism", Bertelsmann is not a fool.
Night City has a far more complete legal system than before the nuclear war, and these laws have very magical properties.
When they are dealing with gray or yellow card residents of Night City, these laws can be 100% effective.
If the offender is a green card citizen, then the power of the laws will be reduced. As for higher-level people, these written laws will be useless.
"Ralph! To deal with a bitch like United Foods, you must respond with an eye for an eye and a hand with a hand. You must not be weak!"
After listening to Ralph's report, Bertelsmann set this tone, and his nephew nodded repeatedly.
"Do you have a good target for revenge? We must give United Food a hard blow!"
"Yes, uncle, I think Khadgar Reservoir is very suitable.
As long as we blow up that place, all the United Food Farms and factories located downstream of the reservoir will definitely be destroyed.
I've calculated this: In the best-case scenario, the attack would reduce United Foods' production capacity by 22%.
Even in the worst-case scenario, their production capacity will drop by at least 15%.
If direct losses are included, United Foods will have lost almost a month's profit."
"Ralph, that does sound very tempting.
But since the place is so important, United Foods will definitely guard it heavily, right?
Do we have enough manpower? Are you sure you can destroy that reservoir in one fell swoop?"
"Uncle, according to the current investigation, United Food has not realized that there are major loopholes in the security system of Khadjia Reservoir.
So as long as we act fast enough, I am sure that we will succeed in one blow. If we wait until they raise their alert after discovering the problem, then we will have no hope.
If we want to succeed in one fell swoop, we have to invest enough troops. I have calculated that such an operation requires at least 400 soldiers."
"Do we have enough maneuverability in the Badlands?"
"Sorry, we can only recruit 200 soldiers in the Badlands at the moment."
"If that's the case, fine, I'll ask the security director to deploy another 200 people in the city.
If you have all the people, when can you start taking action?"
"Uncle, of course the sooner the better.
If the manpower is in place, I can set off immediately. In this way, after tonight, the Khadgar Reservoir will become a historical term."
"Very well, Ralph, then you will lead the team this time. The person you want will leave the city in half an hour, so you should prepare now."
"Okay, uncle. No problem, uncle."
Probably because his plan was approved, Ralph had a bright smile on his face.
When he said goodbye and left, he deliberately nodded and smiled at his cousin again.
"Father, are you going to blow up the reservoir on the Camanta River?"
After Ralph took his leave, Sandra asked Bertelsmann.
Sandra knows about the Kamanta Reservoir, which is 200 kilometers away from Night City. It is a small reservoir built before the nuclear war.
Perhaps because of God's blessing, the place was almost unaffected by the nuclear war. Therefore, not only the reservoir has been preserved, but the radiation there is also very low.
It is precisely because of this that there are more humans living there, and their lives are relatively easy.
In recent years, United Foods has increased investment there and established large-scale protein factories and indoor plant farms.
Counting United Food employees and scattered badlanders, there are at least three thousand residents near Khadgar Reservoir.
"These are people who have benefited from the reservoir, but they are out of luck tonight.
I don’t know how many of those 3,000 people will be able to escape with their lives?”
As soon as she thought of this, Sandra couldn't help but frown.
Her expression was immediately noticed by Bertelsmann. If it had been anyone else, such an attitude would have definitely earned him a scolding.
Maybe that person will be labeled as mentally unstable because of this, and his future will be ruined, but Sandra will not.
"My daughter is still too young. But if she experiences this kind of thing a few more times, she will understand that success requires paying a price."
While thinking about how to hone his daughter's character, Bertelsmann asked Sandra kindly about her situation today.
After listening to Sandra talk about today's ribbon-cutting and the accident that happened after the ribbon-cutting, Bertelsmann expressed satisfaction with Sandra's handling.
"Father, Night City now restricts everyone from entering and exiting the city. I don't know how long this ban will last.
If it continues for too long, it will definitely have a great impact on our business."
When Sandra mentioned this matter, Bertelsmann smiled slightly.
"I have already asked the military science and technology side, and they said that this sudden closure of the city is only temporary, mainly because Arasaka is electing a new chairman.
They have elected a new president today, so the control order will be lifted in these two days."
"Oh? So soon? So who did Arasaka choose to be the president?"
"Although Arasaka has not made an official announcement yet, it has been communicated internally that the president of this term is Arasaka Yoriken, the son of Saburo Arasaka."
"This person's reputation seems to be very bad, right? Doesn't it mean that he has a more capable and popular sister?"
"That's true, but Yorinobu's sister Hanako Arasaka didn't choose to fight with her brother.
It is said that before the director voting, Hanako Aragana took the initiative to speak and announced that she had no intention of succeeding as president.
For this reason, she also called on those directors who wanted to support her, so that everyone could support her brother."
"Is this true? Isn't that woman known as the most enterprising and strong woman in the Arasaka family in the past 30 years?"
"Yes, her performance is indeed very different from the legend.
But who can figure it out? After all, that is an internal matter within their wild version family.
This time Arasaka chose Yorinobu to take over, which is in our interests.
Compared to his shrewd and capable sister, of course we would welcome this idiot to take charge of Arasaka."
After chatting with her father for a while, Sandra left the study, leaving her father alone to continue working on the mountain of documents.
As soon as she returned to her room, Sandra rushed into the bathroom like a whirlwind.
When she came out again, she was completely changed.
"Peders, let's go, take me to that place!"
When Sandra told her current driver this, the bodyguard named Pedes couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Miss, do you have to go out? The city has been uneasy recently, and with your status, you are not suitable to see them again."
"Peders, don't talk nonsense, let's leave now! Let's go back quickly so that neither you nor I will be scolded."
After she suddenly came to her senses, Sandra transformed from the decadent biker girl back into a rich lady.
But now, she has changed back to her previous appearance, and this mainly refers to her temperament.
Her clothes and makeup have not changed much, but she is still the rebellious girl who likes to go to nightclubs and drive speeding cars.
Sneaking out of a heavily guarded home is Sandra Dorset's traditional skill.
No matter how tightly Bertelsmann defends herself, she always has a way.
Ever since Sandra returned to the right path, she has never played this kind of night-walking game.
Today, Bertelsmann no longer guards against her like he guards against thieves. But who would have thought that this young lady would relapse tonight.
There was nothing Peddes could do about the young lady he was serving.
Even the stern and rigid father was troubled by Sandra. What's more, he was just a wage earner, and he still had something in Sandra's hands.
During the day today, Pedes did the wrong thing according to Sandra's instructions, so now he has no confidence to say "no".