Life at the Top

“How could that be? We’ve been importing and exporting all this while and it’s always been through Harbor City! We’ve never had this problem before so why now?!

“Did you contact the leaders we have there? What did they say?” Ian frowned and asked sternly.

The Hull family had already shifted their entire business focus from real estate in the Mainland to the import and export trade.

While it may not sound like a big deal that only two of their cargo ships were detained, those two ships carried hundreds of tonnes worth of goods. It was accumulated to a backlog of 600 million of the Hull family’s funds!

If something happened to this batch of goods, the Hull family would not be able to sustain such a huge loss no matter how wealthy they were. After all, there was still 500 million of the one billion Somer Dollars they had lost in the Southeast Province to account for.

“The same thing, Mr. Hull. The leaders aren’t willing to pick up our calls at all, and we don’t even have the opportunity to meet them… Excuse me for speaking excessively, Mr. Hull, but I think there’s more to what’s happening here.”

Ian’s expression darkened. He suppressed the unease and anger within him. “Tell me what you think of this.”

least some sort of goods. Ours are minuscule in comparison, and it’s an unspoken rule that both the Mainland and Harbor

month. This time, our ships are the only

down after the initial panic. He snapped back to

this incident was too unexpected and there was no way it was

City’s customs

fist onto his thigh. With his jaw set, he replied, “I

retaliate so soon, and

two ships detained when doing import

all of which Ian had to shoulder, he also had to pay at least 200 million in compensation

with smuggling, Ian’s name would then appear on the

to influence Harbor City’s customs and customs inspectors, but what

do is put