666 Just a Warning (1/2)

”They're launching a class action suit against us in Xin?” Jiang Chen thought he heard wrong, so he repeated the question again.

If they were suing him in Xin, he could think of a hundred ways Blue Seagull International Marine Life Protection Agency could lose. Suing him on his territory was asking for trouble.

”They launched the class action suit on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Of course, we can also refuse to respond, but this will impact our international reputation. They also wrote in their lawyers' letter that they reserve the right to organize protests. All in all, it's a headache to deal with this kind of non-profit organization…” Xia Shiyu's voice sounded defeated.

”I'll head back right away. We'll talk soon.” Jiang Chen hung up and headed out of the factory quickly.

Unlike the International Court of Justice, not only can The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea accept cases between states, but it also accept cases between states and political entities and even individuals. However, such borderless tribunals often lacked binding power and are ignored by countries.

Future Group had been brought to court by a lot of countries, but this was its first time in court with a non-profit organization.

Jiang Chen visited the official site of the International Marine Life Protection Agency on his phone. He first saw a giant poster at the top of the site. Underneath an image of the sea was a rotor of blades and a bloody dolphin along with a slogan on the bottom: Please stop hurting our friends!

What made Jiang Chen exasperated was that all projects from the deployment of mining units to the construction of Penglai were equipped with sonar to remove any marine life. Their criticisms that lacked any factual basis were complete slander!

When Jiang Chen returned to the company, he immediately gunned for Xia Shiyu's office.

”Actively respond to the lawsuit. Also, send our lawyers to sue them for slander in UA and demand compensation for economic damages!”

”And investigate who's behind the slander. I want to see who's giving them directions!”

Jiang Chen didn't believe the slander was instigated by ”Blue Seagull” just for the sake of environmental protection.

Future Technology's subsidiary was located in Los Santos with a fairly friendly relationship with the State Justice System. As long as they managed their relations, it wouldn't be hard to win in court. He handed over the investigation to the Ghost Agents overseas.

Surprisingly, before he sent anyone off on the mission, the people behind the scenes revealed themselves.

A phone call came from B City, UA.

”This is just a warning. Withdraw from the Saudi project.” A male voice came from the other side.

”A warning.” Jiang Chen laughed, but his tone turned colder and he asked, ”Are you from Matrix?”

The man didn't deny nor agree. He just said, with a collected voice, ”If it was any other business, you could use business strategies to win the project from us and we wouldn't say anything. But this project was conducted under directions from the Capital, so we won't just stop here.”

From his tone and choice of words, Jiang Chen detected arrogance and a curvature appeared on his mouth.

[You expect Future Group to fold? In your dreams!]

”Is that so? Then I'm looking forward to your next move.” Without feeling deterred, Jiang Chen didn't back down.