章 162: The future of the factory project

"I believe this to be our greatest chance. And the possible returns on this kind of investment are so insanely high, it would be foolish not to invest as little as it takes to get it tested."

Taking a sip of delicious, freshly served coffee, I looked up at Chihiro's face.

"That I'm not denying," Chihiro said, leaning back in his chair while snacking on some kind of citrus-flavored sponge cake. "But just as you speak of the returns, I need to raise the issue of the risks."

For the very first time, I felt as if I had met a wall.

This was supposed to be just a simple meeting, a boring example of Chihiro learning the mundane details of the factory project and its recent near-miss of a disaster. In the strictest sense, that's what was supposed to be the main topic before we moved to the inspection of the work-site.