Chapter Two: Negative Seven Million

Su refused to approve the trademark payment and sent her compliance objection to every director. At nine, registration was frozen for forty-eight hours. At ten, Cheng sent Lin a termination notice. At eleven, an unknown number texted him: THE FIRST COURSE WAS SERVED CORRECTLY. TOMORROW AT MIDNIGHT, DON'T ASK FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE COMPANY. ASK FOR THE CHEAPEST ENTRANCE. It was signed only: Shen. Lin took out the second dollar. Midnight was fifty-eight minutes away.