Just thinking about the investigation Leon had instructed the Little Secretary to conduct, along with the evidence they had obtained early on, made her unable to resist humming lightly.
"When did the Chamber of Commerce ever refuse to cooperate with the shops in Aurum Alley? How come I don't know about this?"
"You didn't refuse?"
Skott looked as if he had heard the greatest joke, while secretly feeling delighted.
She finally took the bait, little girl.
"Then let me ask you — how many shops have joined your logistics network now?"
"Probably only twenty or thirty percent, right?"
"The transportation efficiency of Aurum Alley's dock is low, the transaction volume is low, and it has not created any value at all. This is clearly evidence of poor management…"
Stelle nodded in agreement: "Mm mm, keep going. I'm listening."
???
Skott's expression turned strange.
So calm?
Fine, fine, fine. Her mentality and acting skills were not bad, but he wanted to see how long she could keep up the act.
"Furthermore, since the Chamber of Commerce is unable to pay the rent, our side believes that the Aurum Alley Chamber of Commerce should voluntarily relinquish the dock operating rights and pay additional compensation."
He applied direct pressure.
When people were under heavy pressure, their minds tended to become chaotic.
Once their minds were chaotic, they would easily panic and speak without thinking.
Skott was full of confidence as he waited for Stelle's side to show an ugly display.
However, what he got instead was the scene of Stelle casually reaching her hand toward Mingxi, who respectfully handed over a card.
"Your information is outdated, Mr. Skott."
Stelle tossed the card onto the table in front of him, maintaining a calm and breezy smile.
"I'm truly sorry, but the dock has already turned losses into profits. The logistics network planning is steadily improving."
"Not only can we fully repay the owed rent, we are even providing extra compensation for the nonexistent interest according to the market debt interest rate."
"May I ask if Mr. Skott is satisfied?"
Skott casually picked up the credit card and checked the amount of credit points stored inside.
After confirming it was indeed the correct amount, his expression instantly collapsed, filled with disbelief.
"N-No way?! You actually paid it back? Impossible! How could this happen? On what basis!"
Stelle's smile remained unchanged: "On the basis of seamless teamwork, on the basis of effort and sweat, on the basis of sincerity. Does this answer satisfy you?"
Facing that smiling face, Skott's eyelid couldn't help but twitch.
He had come here today not wanting to see the other party with this confident, victory-in-hand expression…
Damn it!
Xikui reviewed the materials handed over by Mingxi and nodded slightly.
"The information provided by the Aurum Alley Chamber of Commerce is authentic and credible. According to the lease contract between both parties, the Chamber of Commerce still holds the dock operating rights."
"Meanwhile, the Chamber of Commerce has stated that Representative Skott has been secretly making small moves to sabotage the dock's operations."
"Do you have anything to explain regarding this?"
"You're slanderous! Why would I make small moves?!"
Skott's gaze flickered rapidly. Naturally, he could not admit it and put on an appearance of being falsely accused.
"Your broken dock has no shop cooperation and frequently experiences transportation accidents. What does that have to do with me?"
"Oh?"
Stelle slowly curved her lips, catching the flaw in his words and countering:
"Leaving aside the matter of the dock having no shop cooperation for now, how do you know about the frequent transportation accidents?"
Skott: "I also use the dock's logistics. The packages I send keep getting damaged on the road. Don't you people have any clues about this?"
Stelle smiled sweetly: "We do, of course we do. However, Mr. Skott, are you sure you want us to provide the clues instead of confessing them yourself?"
"Or else what?"
Skott couldn't hold back his laugh and questioned:
"I wasn't the one handling the dock shipments. What confession do I need to give?"
"Are you suspecting that I bribed the dock workers? How ridiculous!"
Stelle: "Mr. Skott, I haven't even said anything yet, and you're already confessing again without being pressed. How about you just confess the rest while you're at it?"
Skott: "Hahahaha, still slandering me? Without evidence, I can turn around and sue you for defamation at the Equilibrium Court."
"In other words, if there is evidence, it means we're sending you to the Equilibrium Court, right?"
Stelle sneered inwardly.
She had been waiting for him to say exactly that, you guy who's about to learn how to bark like a dog.
Skott's expression froze. His lips moved for a long while, wanting to speak but stopping.
After a good moment, he raised his neck and said with outward fierceness but inward weakness: "Of course! So where's the evidence?"
"Aiyo, I gave you a chance but you didn't use it…"
Stelle shook her head and sighed, then reached out with a very leader-like demeanor. She took the photos from March 7th's hands and tossed them onto the table.
At the same time, she took out her phone and played the recording.
As A Feng's words played sentence by sentence, Skott's face grew increasingly pale, his skin trembling wildly.
Seeing him like this, Sushang finally vented her anger thoroughly.
With the roles reversed, it was now her turn to apply pressure.
"These photos and the recording all point to you bribing insiders to damage customers' goods. The ironclad evidence is irrefutable, and you still want to deny it?!"
Skott's face went from white to black, and finally turned livid.
"That damned old antique A Feng… Don't you Xianzhou people always preach about loyalty and righteousness?"
"I gave him so much money, and he sold me out in the blink of an eye. Damn it——"
"Don't be impatient. There's more."
Stelle let out a light nasal sound and signaled Mingxi to bring out the final set of documents.
"All of these documents are proof that you secretly contacted shops in Aurum Alley."
"Most of the shops that canceled logistics cooperation with the dock had your Company's shadow behind them."
"Additionally, you bribed many shops that were still cooperating, sabotaging the Chamber of Commerce's logistics network and causing significant losses that we had to compensate for."
"We have compiled the approximate amounts, had them reviewed by your Company's professional appraisal department personnel, and obtained their official stamp on the loss list."
"We have already repaid the debt owed by the dock. Therefore, next——"
"Mr. Skott, can you represent the Company and provide the Chamber of Commerce with equivalent compensation for the losses?"
"Loss fees, lost work fees, plus mental distress damages, reputation damage compensation fees…"
"The total is not much — only a mere 44,713,600 credit points."
"As long as the Company stops targeting Aurum Alley in the future, we'll round down the rest for you. You only need to compensate 44,700,000 credit points."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the surrounding onlookers eating melons all changed.
The looks they directed at Skott were filled with hostility.
A trace of coldness also flashed across Xikui's face.
"If the evidence provided by the Chamber of Commerce is true, Mr. Skott, this constitutes improper business competition. The Sky Ship Commission will continue its investigation."
The implication was that the Sky Ship Commission had already set its sights on them.
They shouldn't think they could easily escape from the Jade Gate under the Sky Ship Commission's jurisdiction. The responsibilities they must bear could not be evaded.
The so-called "if the evidence provided by the Chamber is true" was merely the standard formal language used by official institutions to give the other party a way out.
Skott clearly understood this instantly. While his entire person became dejected, he was even more shocked at how the Chamber of Commerce had managed to obtain so much evidence.
"How could this happen… Exactly which step went wrong…"
"You people… how did you do it…?"
Upon hearing this, Stelle looked toward Mingxi.
However, Skott did not believe it.
If the Little Secretary of the Aurum Alley Chamber of Commerce had this kind of ability, would they have needed to find external help to save the situation?
Even that turtle-hiding President probably didn't have this capability.
There must be another expert!
Just who could it be…?