The Blacklist

Chapter 425: Solving Tom's Problem
Monday is Kerry's least favorite day because it means another week of work begins, especially when he has to work overtime on Saturday and Sunday. But he has to go to work on Monday!
——The fact that he ordered the arrest of Jack Wilson caused quite a stir at the government level. Many officials from government departments called to inquire. It was not that they were all supporting Jack or pleading for him, but because their departments also used Jack’s company’s network security services and wanted to ask how to handle subsequent matters?

Carrie had foreseen this situation and suggested that the original security contractor Jack's company be reorganized and that his own people be put in control, such as the experienced SLR senior auditor Matt Buckley. The technical support work could be handed over to Brian Mayhew, who had been framed by Jack before, and the CTU would be responsible for supervision.

This proposal was approved by the NSA and CIA. Under the leadership of CTU, the three companies worked together and reorganized Jack Security Company into "Blue Sword" Company in just one week. After injecting some resources, CTU obtained 30% of the shares, NSA and CIA each obtained 20%, leaving 30% of the shares for the original shareholders.

Matt was appointed as the new president of Blue Sword, and Brian as the chief technology officer. Some of Jack's old subordinates were eliminated, and some employees from the three law enforcement departments who were no longer suitable for front-line work were arranged to join the company, both for retirement and to make use of their remaining energy.

The new company not only took over Jack's original business, but also received many new orders, becoming one of the leading companies in the field of defense contractors. This result made all parties very satisfied.

At this point, the CIA black jail escapee case came to an end. Under the deliberate control of relevant departments, public opinion soon disappeared from the public eye. After all, in this era, there are too many hot topics on the Internet, and no news can dominate the charts for a long time! ——
In Halcyon Shield, Susan was a little angry. After learning that Blue Sword was established and took away all the business of Jack Security, she felt that she was doing the work for others. She couldn't afford to offend Carrie from CTU, but she scolded Danny, the liaison officer from CIA!

Danny was helpless about this. How could he stop the top executives of the three bureaus? As for Susan's anger, he understood it. It was okay to be scolded. After explaining, he didn't say anything more. Anyway, the ending couldn't be changed!

During this period, Susan felt that she was not doing well. The CIA gave her a case that she did not want to take care of, but at the last minute, the most important fugitive was intercepted by CTU's Carrie. The Jack Company that framed the case was dealt with, and all the final profits were taken away by the three major bureaus, and Halcyon got nothing. She thought she had found the trace of her missing son, but in the end her hope was dashed...

In addition, she had arranged for Nez to secretly investigate Tom's whereabouts and found that he had taken many private actions, but she didn't know what he was doing. Later, combined with Carrie's sudden appearance in New York, she had a reasonable explanation for this. However, her intuition always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't find what it was, which also made her irritable! ——
As for Tom, Howard found him again, still asking him to find a way to get the secret of "Whitehall" from Susan. Under his questioning, he told him some things about "Whitehall".

A few years ago, Howard accidentally discovered that there was a grant in the company's budget that he was not aware of. The funds were allocated to a secret project called "Whitehall", which was located in a suburban warehouse far away in South Africa.

He inquired in the company, but no one knew about the project, so he sent someone to check, but when they got there they found that the warehouse had already been emptied; so he hired a top agent from a former intelligence agency to investigate, but two weeks later, the agent called him late at night and said he wanted to discuss something, but then the agent mysteriously disappeared and never appeared again.

Howard believed that the only person in the company who could have done this without telling him was his wife, Susan! Moreover, right after this incident, Susan took various measures to exclude Howard from the company, and tried her best to prove in front of the board of directors that he had mental problems and was incompetent for the job, and even resorted to assassination and plane crashes to get rid of him, so Howard had to pretend to be missing to protect himself.

Therefore, Howard hopes that Tom will investigate the "Whitehall" incident within the company. If necessary, he can meet Susan and her son to gain her trust and find out the truth!
Tom was confused. Could his mother Susan really do this? But from the long time he had been in contact with Susan, he did not find that she had done anything evil. She could not be a spy of foreign forces, and he thought she still loved Howard. But Howard's persistence and doubts made him feel that the matter was strange, so he could only promise to investigate the matter.
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On Wednesday afternoon, in the office on the eighth floor of the post office, the same scene was Gina reviewing documents at her desk, while Carrie, sitting on the sofa in the leisure area, was counting the days on his fingers. Today was the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there were only ten days left until the Spring Festival of the Year of the Pig. He was thinking about how to spend the New Year this time.
At this time, Tom suddenly came, and he could only talk to Carrie about his troubles.

After listening to his introduction, Carrie also became interested in the "Whitehall" project. As for the extra plot, he only remembered that it was because of the "Whitehall" project that Howard and Susan turned against each other, but he couldn't remember the specific situation. So he gave Tom a suggestion, which was to find a suitable opportunity to bring Howard and Susan together so that everyone could talk things out together!
Tom actually agreed with this method, but based on his understanding of the two of them, Susan should agree to do this, but Howard would definitely not agree. If they really wanted to do this, they would have to trick her into agreeing!
Moreover, he felt that his current ability and prestige were not enough to preside over the negotiations between his two powerful parents, so he could only ask Carrie to come forward in person.

Kerry thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, but he needed to consider the timing and location, and make corresponding arrangements so that the two of them would not quarrel. At this time, he suddenly thought of a point in his memory - the final result of the extra chapter was unexpected. It was not Susan who had a problem, but Howard!
When he thought of this, he immediately made a decision - to push for a resolution of this matter as soon as possible. On the one hand, he wanted to completely resolve Tom's problem, and on the other hand, he wanted to completely control Halcyon Shield Company in his own hands.

(End of this chapter)