"Thank you. What matters most is that everyone is satisfied."
Arthur happily raised his glass. Unless it was for business socializing, he never drank at noon.
But today he was overjoyed. Unlike his days in construction, where he had to beg and scrape for payments while keeping up appearances, the frustrations were something only he knew.
Drinking until his stomach bled and still having to go to nightclubs, that kind of professional debauchery wasn't for everyone.
Going bankrupt at a critical point in life was an unavoidable pain for any man.
But just at that moment, he'd entered a completely new and unfamiliar industry. What energized Arthur was that he'd actually envied this business for a long time.
Though it was hard work and required hands-on effort, it was different from the unrewarded toil of the past.
Every income was cash. A hundred in credit was worth less than fifty in hand, that was a basic principle of business.
