Paradise Burning (The Virtagwalla Series Book 2) by Kyle Malinowski

Author:Kyle Malinowski [Malinowski, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-17T22:00:00+00:00

17

The view from Harry Kingston’s office usually soothed his racing mind. However it was not helping at the moment. The tropical rains batted against the steel and glass towers of Ponchertrain. Staring out his window, his arms behind his back, Kingston was grappling with how to proceed. The Virtagwallan Parliament had once again come to him with a massive financing venture. They wanted him to buy $10 billion more in National bonds. The office was silent, except the moving hand on his watch, which produced the faintest of sounds and the soft patter of the raindrops sloshing against his windows. Folders and papers were splattered across his desk; a brilliant physical representation of the frustration and anxiety he was facing.

At a quarter past four his office phone started ringing. His heart fell to the floor for it was the phone call he had been waiting for all afternoon.

Answering the phone, his secretary announced that she had Edmond Whidbey on the other line. Telling her to connect him, Kingston prepared himself for what he was about to hear.

“Good afternoon Edmond,” Kingston attempted to get out, but his boss’s raging temper was too overpowering.

“What the fuck are you doing?” the boss raged, “God damn it Kingston just approve the damn bonds!” Whidbey scowled through the phone.

“But sir I think we really need to talk about this,” Kingston argued grabbing a sheet of paper from his desk.

“What do we need to talk about Harry? In my mind this shouldn’t even be a questioning time. The National Government has come to us to buy their bonds, and that is what we do. We loan the National Government of Virtagwalla money. We have been loaning them money for decades. It is not a hard process,” Whidbey growled through the phone.

“Well then sir where do you want me to find this $10 billion dollars? If we take it out of the liquid financing account GEI-820ez, we will overdraw that line of credit,” he sighed, “And may I remind you that we have already been denied our request for additional funds on that line.”

“Mr. Kingston this is your god damn job to figure out the logistics of these deals. I don’t care where the money comes from, just find it!” Whidbey’s frustration becoming more apparent as the conversation persisted.

“That’s just it sir. I have talked to the controller and the treasurer about this. If we buy these bonds we will push ourselves dangerously close to insolvency,” Kingston gulped, “And insolvency is what brought down all those banks in the United States, and that is what tripped the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s investigation into the UBB.”

“Talk about investigation,” Whidbey yelled, “The National Government thinks that everything is hunky-dory over here at the VMB. Now with the lay offs at VirtGold the government has already expressed they will be keeping a close eye on all healthy businesses – including and especially ours. If we don’t buy these bonds, they will suspect something, and launch an audit.”

“But we aren’t all hunky-dory! We are teetering on collapse Edmond,” Kingston attempted to explain.

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