The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2615: The Flame of Tag (VI)

At this moment in the meeting, Silas Tagg, who had seen enough of Felix Tagg's ugly behavior, finally exploded. He jumped up and made accusations against Felix.

"As the governor of the Tag sector, you are unable to effectively manage the planets under your jurisdiction! So far, in just three months, 1100 planets have cut off transportation and communications and refused to continue to interact with Tag Corporation; more than 1500 planets have expressed a wait-and-see attitude, but refused to recognize their subordinate status with Tag Corporation! You must give an explanation for this!" Silas said loudly.

Felix Tag had recovered from his panic by this time. His face was extremely gloomy. He responded, "I have nothing to explain! His Majesty the Emperor assigned 3000 planets to the Tag Star Region. This is an administrative measure! And before, we had trade relations with these 3000 planets! You confuse administrative measures with trade relations. The premise is wrong!"

He wore hidden headphones on his ears, and a whole group of advisors were giving him advice. After all, in terms of power, Felix Tag was the second-in-command of the Tag family. With such power, he could naturally recruit a large number of elites to serve him.

He was very keen to seize the loopholes in Silas Tagg's accusation and made a firm refutation.

Felix slammed the table, pointed at Silas and said loudly: "Then let me ask you, Mr. Silas. Before the establishment of the Tag Star Zone, did Tag Company have the right to set up an administrative center on any planet, collect taxes and appoint officials? If you are confused now, then I tell you clearly, no! Not even one! Even if 2178 planets are using their fiscal revenue to pay off debts, this is a commercial behavior, and it does not mean that we can levy taxes on those planets!"

Many family elders around him also stood up and agreed with him.

Silas Tag's face turned pale. This development was somewhat unexpected for him. He did not expect that even in the matter of the Governor of the Tag Sector, he could not overthrow Felix Tag. Moreover, judging from the number of elders who supported Felix, his elder brother Orman Tag's power was really deeply rooted.

Especially the elders, they had followed Orman Tag to reverse the Tiangang Reform once, and even murdered the former clan leader Sanya Tag for this. This was already a matter of losing their heads, so now they were asked to do it again? Absolutely impossible.

Therefore, they will definitely try their best to maintain the new order established by Allman Tagg.

But it's not over yet!
Silas Tagg gritted his teeth and pointed out again that Felix Tagg had let go of the family traitor Adelaide Tagg, which might even lead to a serious leak of secrets.

Felix told him directly that the Imperial Court would assist in the investigation and that there must have been infiltration and sabotage by hostile forces. But he was sure that Adelaide Tagg was still in the building and had definitely not run away. The building was now completely blocked and communications had been cut off, so all that was left was a blanket search.

He also countered that there was a spy invasion, which was a matter of national defense, and it was not something that a commercial organization like Tag Company could handle. In this matter, only the Imperial Intelligence Agency and the Imperial Court could be trusted.

Silas Tag already felt that the situation was not good at this moment. He could only accuse Felix Tag again of being a member of a side branch of the family, or even a son-in-law of a side branch of the family, and that he was not qualified to be the governor of the Tag star zone.

But Felix retorted that the governor of the Tagge star zone cannot be held by the direct descendants of the Tagge family. This is the will of His Majesty the Emperor himself. If you want to disobey His Majesty, then this governor will be given to you today. As for whether you still want to question whether this is the will of His Majesty the Emperor? Then go and ask him yourself, and see if you can come back alive.

Silas Tagg was furious. He pointed at Felix's nose and yelled, "As the head of the family's finance department, you actually did such a vile thing! Where do you put the family's reputation?!"

Felix Tagg was now determined to do it. He also jumped up and said, "It's my freedom to masturbate wherever I want! I just like it! What do you think? Besides, the dungeon is a closed environment. Do you still care what I do when no one can see me?"

“But you played the video in public!”

"Weren't you the one who requested that it be broadcast in public?!"

"You..." Silas Tag was choked. He didn't expect things to turn out this way.

Originally he thought he had caught Felix Tagg's handle, but with the advice of the think tank and the support of the elders, Felix Tagg simply could not stand!
He does have other real killer moves in his hands, but at the moment he just wants to take down Felix first. He doesn't dare to really fight to the death with Allman Tagg behind him.

"No! Impossible!" Silas Tag pointed at his fourth brother Urik Tag and said loudly, "Because the Death Star project you are currently promoting has caused Urik to be expelled from the army! This is the consequence of your and Orman Tag's wrong policies!!"

"Third brother?" Urik Tag was puzzled.

"Tell him! Urik! Tell everyone about the injustice you suffered! And who brought this injustice?" Silas Tag shouted.

"Third brother..." Urik Tag stood up, somewhat at a loss, "When was I expelled from the army? This has never happened before?"

Silas Tagg felt as if a bucket of ice water had poured over him from head to toe. He froze. "What are you talking about? Urik. You told me this yourself yesterday! You told me a lot of other things, too!"

Urik's face was more confused. He scratched his head and said, "Third brother... I didn't come to the family headquarters after returning from the battle station yesterday. I was in the bar outside the whole time? I just received the meeting notice this morning and rushed here urgently... Everyone here can testify... I didn't come to your place yesterday?"

"You...what did you say?" Silas Tag's face suddenly turned pale.

Felix Tag saw that he had already won, but his face was not looking good. After all, he had made a fool of himself in this meeting. But no matter what, this farce must end. "Enough! Mr. Silas! Isn't today's farce enough?" Felix said in a loud voice, "This is not the result we want! We all hope that the Tag family can move towards a better tomorrow! Now is the most critical moment! As long as we can overcome the difficulties together, the Tag family will surely become the first family in the Galactic Empire!"

He was able to make a smart and capable elite woman like Adelaide Tagg fall deeply in love with him. In addition to his sunny and handsome appearance, his eloquence was also quite good. His speech immediately made many senior officials and elders who supported Allman Tagg applaud and cheer to express their support.

Silas Tagg's expression became more and more ugly, and even his body was shaking slightly. "No...it's not like this! It shouldn't be like this! You messed up everything! You ruined the future of our family! It's not like this..."

This meeting turned out to be his own clown show!

No! Absolutely not!

Allman Tagg, today, I will fight you to the death!
Silas Tag's face twisted, and he projected a document directly onto the holographic projection, and said loudly: "Then let me tell you where the future of the Tag family lies!"

He pointed at the document fiercely. "This is the money and resources that Tag Company has transferred to the Advanced Technology Alliance through various means! And there are also financial transactions between us and officials at all levels of the Galactic Empire in secret! I can clearly say that Tag Company is now using our savings of more than 200 years to pay for the budget black hole of the Galactic Empire!"

"The fund established by Allman Tag within the company has attracted everyone's investment through various means, and then used decentralized accounting to cover up the overspending! In fact, the accounts released by Allman Tag are far from the real expenditure! Tag's capital budget has been overspent by 400%!"

However, facing this document, Felix Tagg said coldly: "Do you know what transferred liabilities are? Do you know what GAAP standards are? I can tell you very clearly that the expenditure of the entire project is within the rigid budget constraints and there is no violation. This is indeed a huge project, but our expenditure is backed by the financial expenditure of the Galactic Empire."

Silas Tagg was stunned again. He chose to stand up and resist yesterday in endless anger, but his anger could not be transformed into his ability, nor could it cover up the fact that he was not fully prepared!

He was just a person in charge of scientific research and had no way of explaining financial issues.

No matter how powerless Felix Tagg was, he had been with Adelaide Tagg for so long, and even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run. After being bombarded with professional terms, Silas Tagg was completely stunned.

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Silas's ears. Hearing this voice, Silas' eyes became crazy. He slammed the table and said loudly: "The rigid budget constraints of the Death Star project have long been invalid! Because you have not calculated the financial support capacity of the Galactic Empire! Giving up cost control just for the empty words of the Emperor of the Empire is the most stupid behavior! No... It was not the Emperor who made the promise, but the Imperial Finance Minister! Can he decide on such a huge funding plan?"

Silas Tagg continued: "You are building a Ponzi financing structure within the company, using off-balance sheet entities to implement accounting manipulation, transferring liabilities to entities that are not consolidated through legal structure design (such as SPE), reducing the appearance of leverage, and covering up systemic budget out of control. Now this financial statement contains major fraudulent statements, and actual capital expenditures have exceeded the rigid constraints of the budget, resulting in a 400% overspending gap, which will cause a deep liquidity crisis within our company!"

Then, Silas Tagg pointed to the data on the document and interpreted it one by one. Each analysis was extremely professional, exposing all the financial fraud hidden in this internal financial document!
Felix Tagg's face became paler and paler. He originally just wanted to use some professional terms to make Silas Tagg give up, but who knew that he would give such a professional interpretation!
And the most important thing is the document that Silas Tagg brought out. This is the real financial statement of Tagg Company, which is different from the one that is made public! This statement can only be obtained by someone like Silas Tagg who is deeply trusted by Orman Tagg!

"This is the real situation!" Silas Tag shouted, "In just three months, the Death Star construction project has brought Tag's finances to the brink of collapse! We are almost independently completing a super project that requires the entire Galactic Empire to complete! The overall cost of the Death Star is equivalent to the Galactic Empire's three-year military expenditure! Even though the project is now more than halfway completed, the remaining workload is not something we can bear alone! The so-called 'strategic investment will inevitably overspend' is just a lie!"

After seeing this document and Silas Tagg's detailed interpretation, the elders at the meeting understood clearly. They were horrified to find that it was very likely that Tagg Company would collapse before Allman Tagg fulfilled his promise to them!

"Do you understand now? Allman Tag took over the Death Star project just to use the wealth and even lives of everyone in Tag Company to pave the way for his own high position and high salary!" Silas Tag continued under the prompting of the voice in his ear, "As long as he can complete the Death Star, he will definitely become a core figure in the political arena of the Galactic Empire! By then, the life and death of Tag Company will have nothing to do with him."

The meeting place suddenly fell into chaos. The elders and senior officials who thought they had been deceived stood up and shouted angrily, questioning Felix whether the matter was true. The situation suddenly became uncontrollable.

At this time, Silas Tagg realized how big a mistake he had made!
It can be said that by taking out this financial document that was supposed to be confidential, he single-handedly ignited the fuse of civil strife in the Tag family and Tag Company!
Seeing that things were getting out of control, Silas Tagg took the opportunity to escape and ran towards his office.

At this time, in the corner of the venue, under the cover of the illusion, Adelaide Tag let out a long breath, and her face looked extremely ugly.

That's right, it was she who had given Silas the hint just now. Only she had the ability to decipher all the secrets hidden in this confidential document as soon as she saw it.

When she saw this confidential document, she finally understood that Orman Tagg had actually ruined the family and company's finances to such an extent!

"No matter what the cost, Orman Tagg must be held responsible for this matter!" Adelaide Tagg gritted her teeth, endless anger burning in her slender beautiful eyes.

However, at this moment, Luna-Huan beside her suddenly pulled her clothes and said in a rare and extremely solemn tone: "Run! Here comes a more ruthless one!"

I only saw the door of the venue open and a man with a sinister face walked in.

The current Grand Inquisitor of the Imperial Court - Latinar Tobin! (End of this chapter)