Salute To The General
Chapter 2527

Once Penny returned home, she told Nathan all that had happened at the meeting just now.

Then, she chuckled and said, "Hubby, you should have seen Jemma's face when she received the gift. It looked like she swallowed a fly. Haha, what a satisfying sight." Nathan could not help but smile upon hearing her.

Penny always appeared as a strong businesswoman during work. However, she had an adorable personality at home.

Nathan smiled and said, "As long as the companies maintain their footing and stay calm, our country could resolve this crisis."

Penny leaned against Nathan and said gently, "Initially, I was furious when I found out that Ariarica wanted to sanction Cross Group. It was hard to accept that someone could simply issue a document to ruin the business empire that we worked so hard on. Later, I finally understood." Penny took a deep breath and continued, "We start a business to earn money. But once the business earned so much money that we could never finish spending, I realized that the purpose of a business is not just to gain profit. It also has a social responsibility." Then, she sighed and said, "If Cross Group survives through this challenge, I will continue to grow Cross Group to serve our society and country. Even if we get sanctioned and lose our international business, I will maintain the domestic market shares. That would give me more time to be with my family. It is a blessing in disguise."

Nathan replied gently, "Don't worry, our country won't let its entrepreneurs suffer loss. I also won't watch you suffer and do nothing.

There shall be a perfect solution for this matter."

"Mmm, Hubby, I have faith in you." Penny leaned up and kissed Nathan on his cheek.

The following morning, Jessica, Ariarica's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Zion, Eurasia's Cabinet representative, met in Alberesque to begin negotiation about Ariarica's sanction on a dozen of Eurasia's companies.

Both sides came prepared this time. However, the first day of negotiation did not go well and ended with an intense argument.

Still, the negotiation shall proceed for a week.

Furthermore, neither side expected an agreement on the first day of negotiation. They used the time to confront and test their opponent's stance.

Therefore, neither side was nervous. There were six more days to slowly negotiate the matter.

On the first day of negotiation, Jessica discovered that Eurasia was adamant about its position. Zion expressed that if Ariarica proceeded to sanction Eurasia's company without good reasons, Eurasia would not hesitate to do the same against Ariarica. Jessica immediately reported to her superior after the first day of negotiation ended.

That night, Ariarica announced that it would join a dozen countries to conduct large-scale military exercises on the peripheral of Eurasia's territorial waters.

Nathan soon heard about this.

Then, Garrett, the President of Erudia, called Nathan personally and said that it was a deliberate show of power by Ariarica to support Jessica and pressure Eurasia. Therefore, he asked Nathan to retaliate if the situation allowed.

That night, Nathan urgently summoned all the commanders-in-chief from various military districts and had a video conference to discuss countermeasures. The following day, Nathan secretly brought Colin and the Elite Eight out of Channing. They boarded a private flight out of the country for a diplomatic visit. Colin could not understand what was going on.

Jessica and Zion are still negotiating.

Meanwhile, Penny and other chairmen of various companies wait for the result anxiously. Furthermore, Ariarica and a dozen other countries are about to carry out large-scale military exercises near Eurasia's territorial waters. Why did Nathan choose to leave the country now for a diplomatic visit?

On the plane, Nathan glanced at Colin and saw his confused expression. Therefore, Nathan smiled and said, "Colin, do you have something to tell me?"

Colin could not stand the confusion anymore and said, "I don't understand this. Mrs. Cross needs you now, and the military needs you too. Even the country needs you. So why do you choose such a moment to head overseas for a diplomatic visit?"

Nathan smiled and said cryptically, "You said it yourself. Ariarica is trying to pressure us again and gathered a dozen of countries to carry out military exercises on our doorstep. Since Ariarica found many allies, shouldn't we replace an ally to help us? It's not too much, isn't it?"