The capital of the capital, the Holden Chamber of Commerce.

"President, we have been losing money for a month in a row. If we continue to follow this price, we will lose more." The servant handed the account book to President Horton.

President Horton looked at the numbers on the account book and his expression gradually became solemn. He sold billiards at the current price. Horton Chamber of Commerce sold one set and lost another set. The Horton Chamber of Commerce is completely making publicity at the loss.

"I feel sorry for losing so much. The down-and-out nobleman also sold a lot of billiards, and he also lost a lot of money. Why can he hold on? We must have missed some key information." President Horton already felt something was wrong.

"President, should you take the initiative to contact that person? Maybe there is information there." The servant suggested.

"Do you think I didn't do this? We just contacted last night. Everything is normal in Luoye Town. It seems that we can't count on that guy this time." President Horton took a deep breath, thought for a while, and said, "You go and buy a set of billiards produced in Luoye Town immediately, maybe the answer is in it."

The servant was very efficient and bought billiards produced in Luoye Town the next day. President Horton ordered someone to bring in a set of billiards produced by Horton Chamber of Commerce, intending to compare them.

"There are all sixteen balls, and they are all made of wood, and there is no difference in size." President Horton picked up two white claw balls and put them in his hand and kept them around the same weight. The balls produced by the two companies were exactly the same.

"Put the ball in place and I'll hit a few shots myself." President Horton ordered, and the servant immediately did it.

After a few shots, President Horton put down the club and said to himself: "There is no difference between the two balls."

President Horton picked up the white cue ball again and stared at it for a long time, but still couldn't find the difference between the two. Finally, President Horton decided to ask for help from the audience outside the court. He said to the servant next to him: "Come and see what is the difference between billiards in our Horton Chamber of Commerce and billiards in the fallen leaves."

"President, I have read it carefully before coming. There is almost no difference between our billiards and the billiards in Luoye Town. If you insist on saying something different, it should be the color." The servant replied honestly.

"Color?" President Horton immediately placed the two claw balls in the sun, trying to find out the difference in color.

The servant said, "President, I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about those colored balls, you see, our colored balls are red, yellow, blue, green, orange, brown, purple and black, while the colored balls in the fallen town are red, yellow, blue, green, orange, brown, pink and black, we have purple balls, they don't, they have pink balls, and we don't."

"Pink? Purple! I understand! The problem appears on that purple ball!" President Horton finally realized the problem.

"President, is there any problem with the purple ball?" The servant picked up a purple billiard ball in confusion and observed it curiously.

"There is no problem with the purple balls. The problem is the purple dye. The purple dye is too expensive, and using purple dye increases our production cost. However, the billiards in Luoye Town use pink dyes, which can be extracted from many flowers. The price should be similar to the red dye, so their balls are cheaper." President Horton explained.

The servant nodded suddenly, then took out a notebook from his arms and started to check it carefully. After a moment, the servant raised his head and said, "President, I checked it. The colors he mentioned were red, yellow, blue, green, orange, brown, purple and black, and there was no pink. In the past month, the guy has also sold a lot of pool tables. How could he not know that the color of the ball has changed! Could it be that he betrayed us and deliberately gave news for vacation?"

President Horton thought for a moment, then shook his head: "The possibility is not too great. I don't think he doesn't have the courage. Wait a while, when it's dark, I'll ask him personally what's going on."

...

When it was late at night, President Horton stood in front of the contact crystal ball again.

"What colors are the balls sold in Luoye Town?" President Holden asked sternly.

"Let me think about it, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, brown, pink and black." The figure in the crystal ball answered.

"But the first time you didn't say that, you told me red, yellow, blue, green, orange, brown, purple and black, you said purple, not pink!" President Horton's tone became colder.

"At the beginning, I did see the purple ball, but for some reason, Phil changed the color and replaced the purple with pink. I discovered it when I got the spot stock." The other party spoke.

"Since you know they replaced purple with pink, why didn't they report it to me?" President Holden asked sternly.

The figure in the crystal ball seemed to feel President Horton's anger. He hurriedly explained: "President, I originally wanted to report it to you, but you said before that you don't need to tell you about the color of billiards. You said that it doesn't matter."

President Horton was slightly stunned. He did say this at that time. At that time, he thought Phil would only make a fuss about billiards color, and then was attracted by the new rules of the Sixteen Color Balls, so he didn't care about the billiards color. However, he didn't expect that it was this kind of contempt that has now led to a big mistake.

"So I was cheated by myself!" President Horton realized this and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable on his face.

However, President Horton was still unforgivable. He sternly said: "Peter, I warn you, you'd better not hide anything from me, otherwise you will not only not get what you deserve, but also lose everything you have now!"

Before contacting the crystal ball, Peter shivered. President Horton's threat instantly made him nervous. He knew that the power of the Horton Chamber of Commerce was something he could not afford to offend.

Peter immediately expressed his loyalty: "President Holden, don't worry, I will serve you with all my heart. I will go to Phil's place to inquire about new information tomorrow."

...

At the same time, in the old house of Knight's family, Phil held a clean rag in his hand and carefully wiped the things in his hand.

Phil had a ball in his hand, which was about the same size as an ordinary billiard, but the material was not wood, but brass.

At first glance, the color of this brass is similar to that of gold, and after Phil's careful wipe, the copper ball reflects an attractive golden light under the light.

Old Harry walked in with a teapot and happened to see Phil put the copper ball in a small box.

"Young Master, you were rubbing the ball yesterday. Is there anything strange about this bronze ball?" Old Harry asked.

"Harry, you're wrong. This is not a copper ball." Phil put the box where the copper ball was stored and continued, "This is a bait."

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Chapter completed!