Mr. Smith's Trillion Dollar System

Chapter 119

"What do you mean by the company is about to be shut down?"

[Sir, it's all my fault, please punish me] Maria replied from the other side, her worried tone a clear indication of her mental state.

It wouldn't be a shock if she began to cry based on how she was sounding.

"Okay, calm down, Maria. I need you to explain the situation."

[It's like this. After the embezzlement case that left Serenity nearly bankrupt, we were unable to pay our taxes and that left us in a tight spot. Thankfully you came on when you did but I made a terrible mistake]

"What mistake?"

[It skipped my mind that we still had a backlog of unpaid taxes yet to be accounted for and now it's been brought to light for which reason the company accounts have been frozen]

"So that's how it is."

[Sir, I'm so sorry. It was my mistake]

"It's fine. Understandably, such a small thing would be forgotten. The fact that it's been brought up now is quite suspicious. Who froze the account?"

[The Minister gave the order for it to be fro