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Chapter 229: The Phone Call and the Proof
Logan pulled out his phone again. The room had just settled from the last call, people still processing what they had heard. He dialed the same number and put it on speaker.The same feminine voice answered. "Sir Logan?""I need you to shut down the import channels on both borders around New Horizon City."A pause. "Both borders?""Both. Immediately.""Understood. It will become effective in minutes."Logan's voice was calm. "Do I make myself clear?""Perfectly clear, Sir Logan."The call ended.The room was silent for a moment. Then the whispers started."Did he just say shut down the import channels?""Both borders? That's not something you can just do.""He's bluffing. He has to be bluffing.""Who has that kind of authority?""The same person who controls the district channels, apparently."Richard's eyes were on Logan, his expression unreadable. "You're telling me you can shut down import channels with a phone call?"Logan nodded. "I just did.""That's not possible.""It is. You'l
Chapter 228: The Speculation of the Families
Gordon stepped forward. "This is a trick. He doesn't have access to those channels."Logan looked at him with a cold smile. "How do you know?""Because." Gordon stopped. His mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out.Logan watched him struggle. "You don't know anything about me. None of you do."Richard's voice was tight. "If you're lying about this.""I'm not lying.""Then prove it.""I will. When the time comes."Gordon's voice was sharp. "This is absurd. You can't just.""I can." Logan's voice had shifted. The patience was gone, replaced by something harder. "I already have."He looked at Richard with a cold sneer. "Don't waste my time. You were ready to fight earlier. Now I'm giving you a better offer and you're hesitating?"Richard's jaw tightened. "I'm not hesitating.""Yes, you are. You're thinking about what happens if you lose.""That's what smart people do.""No. Smart people know when to take a risk. And this is a risk worth taking."Richard was silent. The calculation
Chapter 227: Gordon's Rising Panic
Neither Richard nor Gordon moved.The silence stretched between them, heavy with calculation. Sixty billion dollars. The import channel rights. The district channels. It was too much. Gordon's voice came out tight. "This is insane."Richard didn't respond. His eyes were still on Logan, trying to read something in the man's expression.Gordon turned to him. "Richard. Say something."Richard's voice was flat. "I'm thinking.""Thinking about what?""About who he is."Gordon's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"Richard shook his head slowly. "Sixty billion dollars. The district channels. The way he talks. The way he moves." He paused. "He's not just some random man from the audience.""You think he's from one of the families?"Richard nodded slowly. "It's the only thing that makes sense."Gordon was silent for a moment. The four prominent families of New Horizon City. Each with net worths in the hundreds of billions. Each with influence that stretched across industries, across cities, ac
Chapter 226: Raising the Stakes to Sixty Billion
"Are you kidding me?" Logan's voice carried across the stage. "This had better be a joke."Richard's eyes narrowed. "What?""Ten billion." Logan shook his head slowly. "That's what you think is a serious wager?"Richard stepped forward. "It's more than you have.""You don't know what I have.""I know what I see."Logan folded his hands behind his back, his posture relaxed, his eyes steady on Richard. "Ten billion is simply too small."The room went quiet.Richard's voice was flat. "Too small.""Yes. Too small.""You're telling me ten billion dollars isn't enough.""I'm telling you it's not enough."Richard stared at him. The anger that had been burning in his eyes was still there, but something else was joining it. Confusion. Uncertainty.Gordon stepped forward from the special section. "This is a bluff. He's trying to buy time."Logan didn't look at him. His eyes stayed fixed on Richard. "I'm proposing we raise the stakes.""To what?""Sixty billion dollars."The words landed in the
Chapter 225: The Speculation and the Call
The speculation continued, voices layering on top of each other.Gordon had moved to the edge of the special section. His voice carried across the noise. "Richard, you can't just.""I can. I just did.""You're asking him for ten billion dollars. He doesn't have that kind of money."Richard's voice was flat. "That's for him to prove."A Black Creek Falls merchant spoke up. "Richard, you already won. Why are you doing this?"Richard turned to look at the merchant. "Because I want to prove I can win again. And because I want everyone here to know exactly what he is.""What is he?""A liar."The merchant shook his head. "This is insane.""No. This is a competition."Gordon stepped closer, his voice urgent. "Richard, I'm telling you, this is a mistake.""You keep saying that.""Because it's true."Richard looked at him with cold eyes. "You just called me stupid in front of everyone. Now you want me to follow your advice?""I was trying to get your attention.""You got my attention. Now you
Chapter 224: The Ten-Billion-Dollar Condition
Gordon looked at Richard's back. The sight of his champion walking away from him, dismissing him, refusing to listen, was something his ego could not tolerate."There's a difference," Gordon said, his voice carrying clearly across the stage area, "between being book-smart and street-smart."Richard stopped. He didn't turn around.Gordon continued, the words landing with deliberate precision. "And honestly, Richard, I'm beginning to think you're neither."The silence that followed was immediate and total.A Black Creek Falls merchant near the front stared at Gordon with open disbelief. "Did he just say that?"Another voice, quieter but sharp. "He called his own champion stupid. In front of everyone."Richard turned slowly to face him. His expression was cold, the anger that had been simmering now fully present."What did you say?""You heard me."Richard stepped closer. "Say it again."Gordon's voice was flat. "I said you're not book-smart and you're not street-smart. You're just someo
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