Chapter 498

Naomi presented a report detailing Gale Inc.'s factory's historical electricity consumption. She argued, "Your Honor, according to our investigation, we found that Gale Inc.'s factory's electricity usage isn't even half that of other large factories of similar scale and in the same industry. "The electricity usage simply cannot support the power consumption of that wastewater treatment machine, let alone the operation of the entire factory plus that machine. "If there are any concerns regarding this issue, we can analyze their recent electricity usage with the wastewater treatment machine turned on." As the machine was an outdated model from years ago, it was expensive and difficult to operate, thus they never put it to use. When she noticed Taylor's change in expression, Naomi continued, "Your Honor, we've further discovered that following our lawsuit against Gale Inc.'s factory, they hastily sealed off an existing sewage discharge channel with concrete overnight and rebuilt a