"Who told you that I ca to attend the opening ceremony?"
Blake looked at the reporter and retorted.
Upon hearing Blake's response, the reporter's expression showed a hint of confusion. They whispered, "Today is the opening ceremony of the Heavens Club. Aren't you here to attend the opening ceremony?"
"Of course not!"
Blake shook his head lightly and continued with a smile, "Mr. Connor donated a hundred elentary schools for impoverished mountain areas in our province. I am here today to represent the province in expressing gratitude. Of course, if I happened to coincide with Mr. Connor's opening ceremony, it would be both courteous and reasonable for to offer my congratulations!"
Upon hearing his explanation, everyone instantly understood the situation.
In fact, he was indeed attending the opening ceremony, and the so-called elentary schools were rely an excuse.
However, this excuse effectively shut the mouths of many.
Arthur glanced at Connor's position and frowned. He knew he had already lost, and lost completely. He had initially thought that with Galuf's appearance, he could turn the situation around, but he had never expected Connor to be so ruthless, actually managing to invite soone like Blake.
It was important to note that Blake's presence alone would overshadow all the other guests.
Moreover, it wasn't just Blake on Connor's side. There were also Jason, Yvette, Kaitlyn, Salma, and others.
At this point, Arthur didn't even know who he could invite to salvage the situation.
Watching Connor happily conversing with Blake and the others, Arthur's expression turned ugly, and he felt a surge of anger.
He had thought he was in a winning position and could use this opportunity to humiliate Connor. But he could never have imagined that things would turn out like this.
Not only had he lost, but he had lost miserably.
Arthur realized that Connor had once again slapped him in the face.
The business owners who were supposed to attend his club's opening were now all gathered around Connor. The reporters he had invited were ignoring him entirely, focusing on helping Connor with publicity.
At this mont, Arthur realized that all his efforts had inadvertently contributed to Connor's success.
Once news of this event spread, his Triumph Club would undoubtedly beco a laughingstock in everyone's eyes.
Zayn's expression was equally grim. He had co specifically to mock Connor, but he hadn't expected to end up in this situation.
Instead of witnessing Connor's humiliation, he himself had beco a joke.
Zayn glanced at Arthur and then softly suggested, "Mr. Arthur, isn't it more important now to think of a solution? The opening ceremony is about to begin. We can't even manage to gather the ribbon-cutting guests."
Upon hearing his words, Arthur turned to look and found that there wasn't a single guest on his side. All those people he had invited had run over to Connor's side. They were currently apologizing to Connor, with so even saying that they had co to his event just to take a look and were attending Connor's opening ceremony today.
"These fickle people, just you wait..."
Arthur gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath.
"Mr. Arthur, what's the point of talking like this now? The urgent matter is to think of a solution!"
Zayn said in a helpless tone to Arthur.
Arthur furrowed his brows and coldly asked, "Then tell , what solution do I have now?"
Initially, Arthur and Zayn had mocked Connor, thinking he wouldn't even be able to invite ribbon-cutting guests. But now they realized that it might not be Connor who couldn't invite such guests; it might actually be them.
"Why don't you call Mr. Tenner and ask if he has any solutions?"
Zayn urged anxiously.
"Mr. Tenner?"
Arthur couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, then said in a low voice, "Mr. Tenner has already helped invite so many guests. It's just that Connor's lineup is too powerful. If I call Mr. Tenner now, won't I just be asking for a scolding? Tell , how should I make that call..."
Zayn's expression was full of frustration. At this point, he had no idea what to do.
Initially, Zayn had planned to show off in front of Connor and impress Salma. But now, it seed that all his plans had fallen apart.
However, the awkwardness wasn't limited to Arthur and Zayn. Mayor Galuf also felt extrely awkward.
Galuf's expression turned sour when he saw Blake appear. After all, Blake was essentially his superior.
Blake had co to attend Connor's opening ceremony, while Galuf had ended up on Arthur's side. This was practically a direct confrontation with Blake.
Although Galuf owed Tenner a favor, there were limits to how much he could help. If it went too far, he wouldn't agree.
He looked at the high-ranking officials on Connor's side, all chatting and laughing. anwhile, he was standing on Arthur's side. If these people were to rember this incident in the future, they would certainly treat him as a thorn in their side.
Even if he had a lot courage, he wouldn't dare to offend soone like Blake!
Furthermore, Blake had co for the sake of the Hope Elentary Schools, even if it was just an excuse. Nevertheless, it was a valid and honorable excuse.
However, Galuf didn't have such an excuse now. If others were to ask him about this situation, he wouldn't know how to respond.
After a mont of hesitation, Galuf walked up to Arthur and said in a low voice, "Arthur, now that they have invited soone of Blake's caliber, why didn't you inform in advance? What do you an by this?"
"Mayor Lee..."
Arthur could sense that Galuf was a bit angry and wanted to explain.
"Do you know how awkward my situation is right now? Are you planning to make clash with Blake by standing on your side? Is that what you're trying to do?"
Galuf continued to scold Arthur.
"Mayor Lee, please don't misunderstand. I really didn't an that..."
Arthur's expression seed even more nervous when facing Galuf.
He realized that with the current state of his opening ceremony, if he also offended Galuf, he would be truly dood.
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