Life at the Top

“Half a month ago, didn’t you obtain a manufacturing order for three 5,000-tonne cargo ships through your connections in Harbor City? This was originally a good thing. The entire shipyard has been working together to complete this order.

“However, a few days ago, the buyer suddenly came to the shipyard for an inspection. He found out that we were using a batch of imported steel plates of subpar quality. He was furious about it and he proceeded to sign a new contract with another shipyard.

“I received news that the other shipyard had secretly contacted the buyer a long time ago. They offered him a price that was nearly 20% lower than ours.

“Therefore, this deal was determined to be done for. The old mister and madam have been so troubled over this lately that they can’t focus on anything else.”

After listening to what Lucas said, Jasper frowned. “I obtained this order through a special connection of mine. However, one always has to consider their own interests in business,” he said in a heavy tone.

“I know about these three ships. The value of each ship is around seven million dollars. It makes up a total of 21 million dollars, which isn’t a small number. The buyer will definitely be careful about it.

“Why are we using a batch of imported steel plates of subpar quality?”

“That’s the odd thing,” Lucas replied immediately.

“Mr. Laine, you’ve told us time and time again that we must only use genuine materials. The old mister and madam have never violated this rule. We would never dare order a batch of defective steel plates.

of steel plates. There’s no inventory record and no purchasing record. It was as if the steel plates had

before without anyone knowing. The next day, the buyer came in for a surprise inspection

defective steel plates in the factory. The buyer was reluctant to listen to our explanation as well. He left after throwing

he gently rapped his

an inspection, a batch of defective steel plates from an unknown source suddenly

rage. Not long after, another shipyard offered the buyer a lower price

what happened. The entire incident is suspicious. After thinking about it for a while, I thought that I should report

right decision. Someone is plotting against our

Harbor City and Auma City through this. That’s why I

seems like someone is after

single order is nothing much, but I won’t allow others to fool and belittle my

to Brac County tomorrow.

Lucas said excitedly as

his head and caught sight

gone to bed?”

sat down in front of his study table and supported her chin with a