Supreme Mars novel Chapter 53

As soon as Leo entered the International Commerce Center, a large mass ran toward him.

"Mr. Cohen, you're here?" Justin smiled fawningly.

Leo glanced at him but did not say anything. Justin was a smart man, and immediately knew that Leo was in a bad mood right now.

So, he would not ask for trouble, but instead said composedly, "Mr. Cohen, I’ve found something."

"Oh?" Leo looked at Justin, thinking, "It's only been a week, but he already has news for me. He's quite efficient."

"Tell me about it," Leo said.

Justin told him everything at once. "Some newspapers and various media outlets reported on the 316 Incident. A large number of incidents of food poisoning happened to the Vesper Corporation under the Ford family. It ruined the company's reputation, and also triggered the Ford family's decline. But these platforms were obviously paid off to report on this. To put it bluntly, it was a public opinion war."

"The product quality was fine, and no consumers were actually poisoned. All the medical test results were fabricated, but the reports on the internet blamed the Ford family completely. Mr. Cohen, there's no need for me to tell you the reason, right?" Justin sneered.

Leo nodded with a cold look, thinking, "Someone was trying to bring them down."

"Have you found any suspects?" Leo asked.

He believed that the Lawson family were the most probable suspects.

However, Justin spat out a company name Leo did not know. "Julton Pharmaceutical."

"Based on my information, this company was behind the 316 Incident, although it officially has no business ties with the Lawson family."

Justin added gravely, "But to be exact, there is enmity between Thomas Reyes, boss of Julton Pharmaceutical, and the Lawsons."

Leo frowned. "They're at odds with each other?"

Justin said with a weird look on his face, "Yes. Eddie Reyes, Thomas' eldest son, fancies Kate Lawson. He tried to hit on her in a business party and was thrown out as a result... Tut-tut, this dude has balls. I'm surprised that anyone would attempt something like that..."

"And then?" Leo frowned and asked.

"Thomas didn't do anything. Obviously, he chose to eat humble pie instead," Justin replied.

Leo thought that it seemingly had nothing to do with 316 Incident, but there was something odd about it nonetheless.

Justin continued, "The reason why Julton Pharmaceutical framed the Ford family was simple; they undercut Julton Pharmaceutical."

"Thomas also has quite a background. He’s a member of the Kingston Chamber of Commerce."

"Kingston Chamber of Commerce?" Leo paused for a moment, thinking, "Isn't that under the banner of the Commerce Maestro?"

Justin thought that Leo did not know what the Kingston Chamber of Commerce was, so he explained in detail, "Yes. It's a chamber of commerce that has business all over Sallton and Winham. Its members are all successful and well-respected businessmen. A membership there provides access to a lot of business channels. It’s said that you can even have the chance to dine with the head honcho there, and take photos with him."

"But there’s a total of eight such chambers of commerce all over the country, all of which belong to a mysterious bigwig. The chamber will come up with a list of candidates every year and Emerdale has two this year."

"Which two?" Leo asked after a brief pause.

"One is Kate Lawson. And the other one is..." Justin smiled proudly and pointed to the ceiling. "Miss Henderson."