“In that case, I won’t stand in your way. However, you had better compensate the driver, as they’re paid by the hour. Any delays in transportation are our fault.”
Influenced by Roxanne, Leroy would always take others into consideration. Elektra nodded with a smile. “That goes without saying. Don’t worry about it. Get the two trucks to follow my car. I’ll pay them five hundred each.”
Nodding in acknowledgment, Leroy went out to talk to the drivers. He returned a few minutes later to report, “It’s done. Do we have to do this for every truck from now on?”
Elektra nodded to confirm. “Yes. Every single one of them will have to go through a quality inspection. On top of that, I’ll still need to assign them their destinations, but you don’t have to worry about those.”
Without another comment, Leroy got back to work in the factory. Thereafter, Elektra drove and led the two trucks to a newly built factory nearby. As there was no equipment inside, the factory was largely empty.
Upon her arrival, Christina’s men were already in place. There were almost a hundred of them. All of them were wearing the white uniforms of quality inspectors, similar to those worn by the employees at Flora Verba Group.
Nevertheless, all of them held a syringe in one hand and a glass bottle that contained an unknown liquid in the other. Upon alighting from the car, Elektra gestured to the truck drivers and led them to receive their compensation.
“Since the two of you are driving the first two trucks, the sampling process might take a little longer. How about this? I’ll compensate you a thousand each. On top of that, I’ll arrange for your food and accommodation for the night. All you need to do is come back the next morning to continue with your journey. How about that?”
The moment the drivers heard about the generous offer, they nodded eagerly in agreement. With that, Christina’s men began their work in the factory.
Firstly, they unloaded all the goods from the trucks. Thereafter, they opened the product packaging and injected the unknown substance into the facial essence and cream. The substance was odorless and was added in small quantities. Hence, it didn’t change the appearance of the product at all.
Once they were done, they resealed the packages. As Elektra had provided them with Flora Verba Group’s unique packaging machine, they managed to repackage the product and made them seem good as new.
After everything was done, Elektra examined the products and broke into a smile when she could see no traces of tampering.
“We’ll need four to five hours to go through two trucks if we speed up, so hurry up and get it done!” Upon receiving Elektra’s orders, the men nodded and swiftly got to work.
Until twelve midnight that day, Elektra had intercepted a total of thirteen trucks from Leroy’s factory using the same modus operandi.
The load of all thirteen trucks in total was a single day’s production of the third phase’s products. Moreover, there would be more coming the next day as production had commenced at the other factories.
When Elektra called Christina to inform her that they didn’t have enough manpower, the latter let out a sneer and promised to send three hundred more men the next day. “How did you manage to recruit so many people?” Elektra was worried about future repercussions.
“Don’t worry, other than a core group who are my subordinates, the rest were hired legally. Once they heard that they’re working for Flora Verba Group, put on the uniforms you have provided, and see the address of the new factory, none of them will suspect that this is a sham.”
There were plenty of such temporary workers in the market, and most importantly, they didn’t cost much to hire.
“All right then. We’ll continue doing this for the next three to four days. At this rate, more than a hundred thousand products will be made defective!”
