Anderson was ecstatic, the phone call finally went through!
During the time when he couldn't get through, Anderson made another effort; he personally went to the old master's place, hoping to reconcile.
Although he knew there wasn't much hope, he had to try his best. It was only now that Anderson realized what was truly important in his life.
Money could be earned again, power could be regained from scratch, even reputation didn't matter, as he knew well enough that his reputation wasn't that great to begin with.
Some things, however, could not be given up.
So he eagerly waited at the door of the old master's house until late at night, but he didn't even see the person. All the compensation and apology strategies he had planned were useless; he could only go back and continue the futile and boring task of making phone calls.
Because he'd been dialing for so long, when the call was finally connected, he was momentarily stunned.