Tretov listened to one piece of bad news after another, only to find himself ruthlessly abandoned, just like his boss from years past.
But wanting to grow and expand meant he had no choice but to share the majority of the mine's profits with the other bosses, and achieving an equitable fifty-fifty split was very difficult.
With each additional share of the dividends Tretov took, the bosses behind him grew angrier by the minute, until now they could no longer bear it, there was no need to bear it any longer.
"Why haven't Sergei's men launched their attack yet?" Tretov asked his subordinate, Pickaxe.
"They've just surrounded our iron mine, but they haven't taken any further action.
Should we take the initiative to attack, boss? Even though they have a lot of men, we're not to be trifled with either!
We don't need to worry about Yevgeny's or Lightning's men; we just need to severely hurt and cripple Sergei's men.