“Dad, our company has been seized for
review!?”
It was slightly later when Channing heard
the news. He raced over to Weston’s office
and barged in with this question.
Just then, Weston was having an
emergency meeting with several of
Channing’s uncles.
Weston had a gloomy expression on his
face as he said, “It’s been seized. I just got
the news that people from the taxation
department and Department of Food and
Drug Administration have arrived at the
company’s headquarters. Nearly all our
land has been sealed off.”
The muscles on Weston’s face twitched as
he spoke. He had never had something
like this happen during the many years he
had been in charge of the Habers family
business.
“How’s that possible? What about our
friends and contacts in those
departments? What did they say?”
Channing asked frantically.
As the heir, he knew perfectly well that
his privilege and power came from his
family. He would also be in trouble if his
family’s business ran into difficulties.
It concerned every aspect of his life, so of
course he was frantic.
Weston’s face was a pale shade of green as
he said, “It’s no use. No one is of any use
because the order came right from the
province magistrate’s office. No one can d
o anything about it. Who would dare go to
the provincial magistrate and help put in
a good word for us?”
“That doesn’t make sense. We didn’t
offend anyone…”
Channing was in the middle of his
sentence when his gaze met Weston’s. A
name flashed through the father and
son’s minds.
“Jasper Laine!”
Channing yelled out those two words in
astonishment.
“But we just ended’ our phone call a short
while ago. Does he hold that much power!?”
“He needed just half an hour to contact the magistrate and use his power to mess with us!?”
Channing’s dismayed exclamations caused the look on Weston’s face to turn even uglier.
Just then, Weston’s phone rang.
“It’s from a friend who works in Swallow
Capital. I asked him to look into
something a while ago. Let me take this first.”
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