Rebirth of England.

Chapter 908 John's Death
John Smith is dead.

Barron learned the news later.

Based on information Ivanta obtained from the police, Barron was informed that a car driven by John Smith himself was found under a bridge in the suburbs of Baltimore.

The autopsy results that came out later showed that John Smith had a very high alcohol content in his body. It was confirmed that he was driving drunk at the time. When he was avoiding oncoming cars, the car skidded at high speed and rushed off the bridge and fell to the shore below...

According to Jenny, John had indeed been drinking and was in an agitated state when he was at home that night.

As for why he drove to the outskirts of the city alone so late...

The police retrieved John Smith's phone records. The people who called him in the last period included Quentin Smith and Barbara Smith, John's brother and sister, and the shareholder representative of the Sinclair Group of the Vanguard Group...

There was another call from Barron, but it was not answered. Judging from the time, the car accident had already happened when Barron called John Smith...

Finally, the Vanguard Group's shareholder representative in Sinclair confirmed that John Smith had contacted him last night to discuss matters related to the subsequent shareholders' meeting.

It seems that John Smith had a car accident when he was on his way to the villa where he lived - the accident section of the road was on the road from John Smith's house to the other party's house.

The final investigation results showed that this was an accidental car accident caused by drunk driving.

And this should be the truth. After all, the Vanguard Group only took advantage of John Smith, but there was no reason to get rid of him at this time.

As for Barron, he knew very well that there was no need for him to physically eliminate him. Simply removing John Smith from the positions of chairman and CEO would be enough to make him lose control of the Sinclair Group.

As for the others, there is no necessary motivation...

So after John Smith's death, the question that needed to be resolved was who would serve as the chairman of Sinclair Group?

……

"You want me to be the chairman?"

Because of John Smith's unexpected death, Barron came to Baltimore, Maryland.

After meeting John Smith's widow, Jenny, she shook her head and said, "I'm going to take over the position of chairman of the Sinclair Group."
"I have never been involved in this kind of business before, and now I have a child, so I plan to go back to school after a while..."

"I just want you to take on this transitional position temporarily, and leave the company's operations to the CEO. Your duties as chairman are not too many, just signing documents and attending some meetings. After all, you are the most suitable person at the moment..."

Just as Barron said, now after John Smith's unexpected death, Jenny, his widow, has become the most suitable candidate for the position of chairman of Sinclair Group.

At least if she takes the position, all parties can accept it, and it can also avoid the turmoil caused by this in the Sinclair Group in the short term. You know, although IC Capital has bought the shares held by the three brothers David Smith, the Sinclair Family Trust is still the largest single shareholder of the Sinclair Group, holding 22.5% of the shares.

The current situation is that the Sinclair Family Trust holds a total of seven votes, including three votes from David Smith's widow, three votes from John Smith, and one vote from John Smith's biological mother.

So Jenny Smith becomes the only person who can be accepted by these Sinclair family members and control the shares held by the Sinclair Trust.

In addition, because of his personal relationship with her, Barron would naturally be willing to have Jenny as the transitional candidate for the chairmanship of Sinclair Group. This would give him time to acquire more shares of Sinclair Group, so that he could smoothly decide on the person to replace her.

As for the Pilot Group...

Although they currently hold the smallest shareholding, they are still the decisive force that can influence the situation in some relatively balanced situations. Similarly, Jenny, as John Smith's widow, is also a candidate they can accept.

Even though Jenny and John Smith had some unhappiness before, at least they had been husband and wife for many years, so when faced with the sudden accidental death of John Smith, Jenny still showed grief.

This made Barron himself unable to help but call himself a pervert - should I say it, Jenny was now wearing a black dress and had a cold face, and in this situation, he really felt a little restless...

When Barron thought about choosing Jenny as the candidate for the position of chairman of Sinclair Group, he really felt that this was a very appropriate arrangement.

Although, as Jenny said, she had not been involved in much business before, it can be seen from Barron's previous conversation with her that in terms of judging the situation, at least Jenny was much more sober than the deceased John Smith.

And as he said, this position itself does not require responsibility for the specific matters of the company's operations, and those matters can be handed over to professional managers. All she needs to do is to ensure that her (Barron's) decisions are implemented in this position.

Under Barron's persuasion, and considering the need to appease the Sinclair family and the fact that she already has a child and needs to consider the child's future, Jenny finally accepted Barron's arrangement and would try to serve as the chairman of the Sinclair Group.

Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done after this, but Barron doesn’t need to step in.

Ivanta, on behalf of IC Capital, and Talulah Riley, on behalf of Barron, will speak with members of the Sinclair family to discuss arrangements for the company after John Smith's death.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...

Since John Smith has died unexpectedly and Jenny is now pregnant with his child, Barron does not need to pursue the Sinclair family too much for his "betrayal" of him.

However, apart from Jenny, other members of the Sinclair family will gradually be excluded from the decision-making level of the Sinclair family, which is also an inevitable result in the future.

At least Jenny's presence, as the representative of the Sinclair family - plus her pregnancy, which made her the heir of John Smith in the eyes of others - can maintain the Sinclair family's presence in this group.

(End of this chapter)