“What, are you disobeying my orders now? I have my reasons for making such decisions, so just do as I say! I'm putting you in charge of this, Mr. Kimber. Remember, you are to do everything it takes to destroy Linton Group, even if it means Intercontinental Group has to go down with it!” Sheldon said coldly.
Meanwhile, Lacey was having a headache as she sat in the CEO's office in Linton Group.
Mitxel Group has been contacting me ever since Zeke took over Project Mitxel. Their representatives were rather enthusiastic about it at first, but they've been rather cold toward me lately for some unknown reason. There has been no progress with Project Mitxel because I can barely even reach them these days! Honestly, I couldn't care less about the profit it would bring Linton Group. I only wanted to take charge of Project Mitxel because it would affect the food quality for hundreds of millions of people here in Eurasia. I need to ensure the safety of our people!
“Sigh... There must be some kind of issue over at Mitxel Group. Maybe I'll have Zeke ask them what's going on...” she mumbled to herself as she pulled out her phone.
She was about to give Zeke a call when Dawn came bursting into her office.
She grabbed the glass of water on the table and downed it all in one go before saying, “We've got trouble, Lacey! Big trouble!”
“Huh? What happened?” Lacey asked.
“Do you know about Intercontinental Construction?” Dawn asked while panting heavily.
“Kind of. We competed over a few projects in the past, but they never won any of them,” Lacey replied after giving it some thought.
“Yeah, that's the one I'm talking about. Apparently, their boss has gone crazy!” Dawn exclaimed.
Gone crazy?
Lacey's frown deepened as she asked, “What happened to him? How did you know he has gone crazy?”
“I don't mean he's mentally unsound. I mean he's gone mad!”
“Be more specific, Dawn. How has he gone mad?”
“They decreased the price for all of their products by two-thirds! I bet the selling price is lower than the cost price! They lowered the prices for all of the projects that they are competing with us over to unimaginable levels. Forget about making any profits. At this point, it'd be a miracle if they don't go bankrupt!” Dawn explained.
What?
Lacey felt goosebumps all over when she heard that. “This is insane! Why would they do such a thing? What are they planning to achieve out of this? At this rate, they'd probably go bankrupt before we even start losing money!”
Dawn let out a sigh. “Who knows?”
“All right, let's stay calm and go find out what's going on. Maybe they're cutting the prices because something went wrong with their products,” Lacey said after taking a deep breath to regain her composure.
Dawn nodded. “Yeah, that has got to be it! They most likely cut the prices because their products are faulty or something! Let's go check it out! We need to take care of this crisis or Linton Group will... Oh...”
Linton Group was formerly Lacey's steel mill, so Linton Group's main business was real estate development.
As such, Linton Group would not be able to survive if someone were to sabotage them in this field.
It wasn't long before the two of them arrived at a construction company that was responsible for providing Linton Group with the supplies and manpower needed for all of its construction projects.
Coincidentally, the boss of the company happened to be present when they got there. He was having his employees unload a bunch of goods from Intercontinental Construction at the time.
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