Chapter 99 - Smartest one here (1/2)

”Why?” Kris asked.

”Uh..” Lena could not exactly give the reason about her situation that made her here. ”Gut feeling.”

Kris was weary of her answer. ”This is the most prime land at the moment. You would have to give me more than a gut feeling reason to drop the bid. Last time you had a gut feeling, you went sneaking around.”

”And I was right! I will be right about this too! You have to trust me about this. Even just a little.”

Kris was not budging at all. Lena should have known. Kris was not like Ming Zhao who was more kind. Kris was a full pledge business tycoon. She went to the front and grab a laser pointer.

”Look here.” She pointed the laser to the map, showing the river. ”5 years ago, there was a big flood. Weaker buildings got wiped or damaged heavily, this area included. You ever wonder why this ”prime land” was not sold until now? There is definitely something wrong with it.”

Kris followed Lena's explanation and he was understanding where she was going for. ”The test results for the soil came back clear.”

Lena paused. Maybe she was wrong? There could be lead in her world but not here. It was possible. But the water well should be a natural effect, which could happen regardless. ”Have you done your own testing?”

”Companies cannot do their own testing. They can ask for another testing done though.”

”Then ask for another one to be done. I bet they will stall it. And I know you have connections to make sure the next testing be completed properly. This won't do anything bad on your side of business. It would just make you look extra cautious and serious about the land deal. The auction won't end until two more weeks.”

”I can agree with that.” Kris spoke. ”Collin.”

”Yes. I will make sure to have a second testing request by Monday.”

”There's another thing too.” Lena clarified.

Everyone gave her full attention again. The workers were surprised to see a woman here and even more when Kris was so casual with her. They knew she was Lena Shen and there were rumors but as workers, they were forbidden to ever gossip about such things. Kris had strict work environment rules.

Lena pointed her laser back to the screen. ”Even if the soil testing come back clear… the land itself is unstable. It has only stood this long because there is no structure currently on top of it. If you pull up satellite images of the earth land formation for the past 5 years, you will see that the Agata land is slowly sinking. If you build something on top of it, it will surely break a few years afterward.”

”How do you even know about this stuff?” Kris was amazed. Last time Lena had Gary with her so most of her information must have come from him. But with him in a coma, Lena still had many more surprises.

”What kind of question is that.” Lena shrugged it out. ”It's basic science plus logic.”

”You are saying that in a room full of specialists, they missed the most basic science and logic about this land?”

Everyone put their heads down. They knew that if they fail to see something, someone will definitely get removed from the team. It was already very hard to enter the Li Company and to be part of Kris's private team was even harder. Lena could see that the workers were feeling tense.