Chapter 34

I was still in a daze. The project had been progressing smoothly in the early stages, but these past few days, everything suddenly fell apart over material costs and construction design. The local contractors and material suppliers unexpectedly joined forces to challenge us, nitpicking the contract terms and insisting that we had unilaterally breached the agreement. They claimed the construction had gone beyond the agreed scope, causing them significant losses. I had no solution to offer. This was my first time handling such matters—I’d been thrust into the role unprepared. Since multiple plans had already been drafted in the early stages, I simply chose the one the project team deemed most suitable. The actual project oversight was handled by Carter Corporation’s top professionals, so a major oversight like this shouldn’t have happened in the first place! For now, my proposed solution was negotiation and direct communication. So I took my team to the construction site, meeting with th