"Ron, I can't take it anymore." Byers's voice was on the verge of tears. "The money for road maintenance is gone, and the contractors dumped asphalt on my doorstep. And the truck drivers... they said if we don't pay the freight charges soon, they're going to drive their trucks right into my office."
"We have to go to Leo."
Smith said, gritting his teeth.
"That bastard is sitting on five hundred million US dollars. If he'd just pay the remaining balance, if he'd just give us an advance on the next shipment, we could plug this hole we're in."
"But the shipment hasn't even arrived..."
Smith roared, "Warren is the one who stopped it! What does that have to do with us? We produced it, we shipped it—that's fulfilling the contract! This is force majeure!"
"Get the money from him!"
「Five minutes later.」
The phone in the Pittsburgh Mayor's Office rang.
Ethan glanced at the caller ID and nodded at Leo.
"It's Smith."
