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"Guangxi, look at the charts." Xue Jinxu worriedly told her brother one day over the phone while sorting the latest market data that Secretary Yan shared with her. She was frowning at the documents. "Schedule an emergency meeting with your board of directors and discuss this."

"What's wrong, Xu-jie? Sorry I haven't seen the report yet." Guangxi was overly apologetic. He should have known first about it but then his Xu-jie still beat her to it.

"Zhu Shipping Lines' market share is growing while all of us remain stagnant. Do you know what that means?" She was still frowning, discerning.

At the other end of the line there was silence.

"Uhm, uhm…" Xue Guangxi stuttered but nothing came out.

"Guangxi, it means that there's something or someone new in the market, and Zhu Shipping Lines secured the contract with them first. And as I see it, this new player is trying to manipulate the market."