Chapter 198: A New Enemy

Fox’s approach was straightforward—he wanted to keep expanding. “You predict that more milk tea brands will emerge. Are you sure?” Anna asked, frowning in confusion. It didn’t make sense to her. If the market was so promising, why had Smile Milk Tea been sold to Fox? If others wanted to enter the market, they could have just acquired Smile Milk Tea. So why didn’t anyone do that? “Smile Milk Tea didn’t sell because it couldn’t find a buyer. It’s more complicated than that,” Fox explained. “The owner was under severe pressure from the bank and needed money quickly to settle her debts. She couldn’t even pay the interest, so she was at a dead end.” “If she had approached other buyers, they would have delayed and kept lowering the price. Selling to us was her best option, and she got more money this way. That’s the real reason,” Fox continued. Normally, banks wouldn’t press so hard. In some cases, they might even extend more credit to help a debtor recover. But unfortunately, there was