201 HOME SWEET HOME

At Xue Shipping Conference room, the executive meeting commenced.

"I'll schedule a meeting with Shuilong Trading within this week. Prepare the draft contract. Let me check the provisions first." Chen Linyun instructed the Commercial Marine Director.

"Got it?" He asked when the flabbergasted director was not answering.

"A-Ahh, yes! Yes! But it's not sure yet… The meeting, I mean…" He said quite flustered, but his audibly doubtful and jumpy voice waned when he saw the chairman's glare.

"Anything else in the agenda?"

"We have sent a notice to Shi Corporation about our intent to normalize the freight rates as per current market prices. For background, Shi Corporation and Xue Shipping have been life-long partners in the business. Hence, Shi Corporation has been enjoying subsidized freight rates at great discounts. However, we cannot continue with the same setup anymore… But, they aren't responding to our notice…"