Chapter 1072 Sir, Please Lend Me 14 Million Dollars

The panic on Zoelle's face was palpable in the 30-second clip. Judging from the background, she was not in the city. She was positioned before a faded-white wall of a vacant lot. While Joseph was trying to figure it out, a voice message from Zoelle came in. She sounded extremely panicked. “Please save me. Noah’s rich. Find him!” Chloe asked with a frown, "Why didn't the kidnappers contact Noah directly?" Joseph analyzed the situation. "Maybe they think Noah isn't as rich as you since he’s no longer the head of Exotic Star, or maybe..." Chloe and Zoelle had attended a lot of parties together, so it was natural that they seemed close. On the contrary, not many people knew that Noah and Zoelle were good friends. Most would assume that Noah got to know Zoelle because of Chloe. A crazy idea dawned on Chloe. "Did the kidnappers text multiple people?" Right on cue, Vince called Joseph. Chloe gave Joseph a look, telling him to pick up the call. Joseph knew what she was thinking. As soon as he answered the call, Vince hastily said, "Sir, can you please lend me 14 million dollars? I have an emergency." Hearing this, Joseph and Chloe looked at each other and said in unison, "It’s a mass text." "What is?" Vince sounded anxious. "Please, sir. I really need the money. I know it isn't a small amount, but I'll take on as many missions as possible to repay you sooner." He would have to complete a whole mountain of missions to repay that amount. Joseph had instructed that the number of missions was to be limited as the odds of getting killed during duty rose with the number of missions undertaken. Vince only promised this because he was afraid Joseph would refuse to lend him the money. "Are you trying to save Zoelle?" Joseph sounded cold but calm. The stunned Vince asked, "How did you know, sir?" "Your stitches aren't removed yet, and you intend to go and save her? Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Disappointment hit Vince like a ton of bricks as he looked down at his injuries. He could not even protect himself, let alone rescue Zoelle. No wonder she had asked him to find Noah. She knew that he was useless. "Find Zoelle and the kidnappers' identities in two hours. I'll stall from my end." Vince started crying as he was deeply moved. "Thank you for your help, sir." Chloe then reminded Joseph, "We have to inform Noah about this." She felt that they needed to respect Zoelle's suggestion given that Noah was close to Zoelle and might know the enemies Zoelle had. Joseph placed his phone in Chloe's hand. "Call him with my phone." "Okay." Chloe then called Noah and told him about the incident, but the latter spoke so gently that his tone was unreadable. Nevertheless, he promised to contact the kidnappers to stall for time or pay the ransom. They just needed to give him an answer in two hours. For some reason, Chloe felt that Zoelle's kidnap was not a setup and that it was not related to Noah. Otherwise, he would not have cooperated with them. An hour later, Imperium found something. They found footage of Zoelle from the street where she was kidnapped by three men. These men were wanted criminals and were involved in over a dozen crimes. The cops had been trying to track them down but had been unsuccessful so far. Unexpectedly, they had kidnapped Zoelle.