Salute To The General

Chapter 255 Not Allowed To Develop It

Making a show of 'berating' his family, Sean then turned to smile at Nathan and Penny, "Nathan,

Penny, your uncles were rather unreasonable in their requests. I hope you two won't take it to heart.”

Nathan stared back at him, wondering what the sly, old fox was up to this time.

Penny hurriedly assured, "Of course not. I'm just happy you can understand where we're coming from."

"Yes, yes," Sean chuckled as he continued, "Of course I understand."

With that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

However, when he reached the front door, he abruptly stopped moving as if he had just remembered

something. Turning his head around to look at Penny, he queried, "Oh, by the way, I heard your

pharmaceutical company is looking to build a factory. Is that right?"

Nodding her head, Penny replied, "Yeah. Unfortunately, we've yet to find a suitable location. Either the

price is too high or the place is too small."

A smile crossed the old man's face as he offered, "The Smiths bought a plot of land last year at

Phoenix; it's roughly one thousand acres or so. All the necessary documents have already been filed. If

you want that land, we can sell it off to you."

Her face lit up with surprised joy as she exclaimed, "Phoenix? That's perfect! Grandpa, how much will

you be willing to sell it to me for?"

"The other plots of land you were looking at were quite expensive, weren't they?"

"Yes, most of them wanted at least 1.5 million and above for quite a small plot of land."

Smiling widely, Sean said, "Well, we're family so I won't sell it to you at such a high price. How does 1

billion for the whole thousand acres sound?"

"Really? That would be great! I'll head over with the executives tomorrow to have a look at the land. If

everything appears okay, I'll sign the contract with you on the spot!"

"Good!" The smile never left Sean's lips as the Smiths exited the house.

The next day, Penny brought a team of executives with her as they went to the Eastern suburbs to

have a look at the plot of land on Phoenix.

Like Sean had said, it was one thousand acres of flat land. The remote surroundings made it more than

suitable for building a factory. Having ensured the necessary documents checked out and unable to

find a better price out there, Penny was more than happy to sign a contract with Sean. After that, she

instantly transferred 1 billion into the Smith family account.

Unfortunately, trouble came for Cross Corporations several days after the deal was made.

The general manager, Helena Oceans, burst into Penny's office. Sweat dotted her forehead as she

spoke in a wavering voice, "President Smith, something bad has happened! There's been an issue with

the plot of land we bought from the Smiths."

Penny's body trembled as she croaked out, "What?"

Sounding close to tears, the manager answered, "I only just found out the Smiths had been tricked into

buying that land for 800 million. It was only after they bought it that they realized they had been

scammed. Unable to develop it, they just left it there." New chąpter avąilable oո Draмаnоvеls.cоm

One billion, down the drain.

As she lost herself in her despair, Nathan walked in with a thermal container.