Friday Morning

At the Ministry of Trade and Commerce

The minister was on a hot seat. He was being berated by the infamous jungle king of the Island, Mr. Wong Brooklyn, for being fickle.

“Mr. Clark King, why are you so unstable? Why do you keep changing? Didn't we agree that the public would not be informed of the auction sales so that we can get fictitious bidders, who would be loyal to me?”

Afterwards, the jittery minister, gave his reasons.

“Mr. Brooklyn, what I did was for your best interest. A project of this magnitude cannot be hidden from the public; otherwise it would be annulled even if you...