Keira and the others stood near the elevator, and thus, as soon as Ellis and Ken stepped out, they saw
the group up ahead and quickened their pace.
Keira’s group also noticed them. Wayne imdiately ceased his prior threats and, smiling, looked at
Ken. “Ken, what a coincidence! Are you and Mr. Ellis… going
out?”
Ken, however, didn’t answer the question. His gaze swept over the group, clearly noticing the
aggression on Wayne’s face and the grievance in Mary’s eDaviss.
He didn’t respond to Wayne’s words but imdiately furrowed his brows and asked, “What’s going on
here?”
Fearing that Mary would tattle, Wayne quickly said, “It’s nothing serious. It’s just that Mary is young and
disobedient. She’s been lining her pockets, using her position for personal gain, and giving the
company’s project to her friend. Now that the contract’s deadline has passed, Keera hasn’t handed
over the goods, and the company has sued her. She ca to the company today spouting nonsense,
thinking about deceiving us
alongside Director Brian!”
Brian spoke up right away. “I didn’t, Director Davis, here’s the thing…”
“You want to spew more nonsense here and disrupt my Ken?” Wayne interrupted him, scoffed, and
then looked towards Ken. “Ken, you can’t believe what he says. He just told that Keera’s company
released a project worth several billion. Isn’t that ridiculous?”
Upon hearing this, Ken also slightly furrowed his
brows.
As the chairman of Davis Corporation, he didn’t involve himself with every detail and certainly didn’t
understand the technical aspects, but he also thought that a research finding worth several billion was
far-fetched, after all…
Ellis burst into laughter and said what Ken was thinking. “A research and developnt project worth
several billion? If there were such projects, you could apply for a patent, even win an award, right? So
far, very few achievents in the new energy industry can reach that mark. Keera, if your company had
such a talent, you would have taken off already. Would you
still need to argue here over an investnt of a few million to pay a 20 million breach of contract fee?”
Was that the solution Keera and Mary ca up with?
Create a new project and brazenly claim it’s worth several billion… They should thank their lucky stars
for coming up with such an idea!
Won, long on hair and short on insight. If he hadn’t co today, how would those two manage to
wrap this up?
Wayne imdiately chid in. “Exactly, it’s laughable, spouting such lies. And to think that Director
Brian was biased towards them, insisting it was the truth… Ken, it’s my fault for not managing Mary
properly, causing such a big joke! But rest assured, I’ve already dismissed both Director Brian and
Mary. As for Keera’s company, we must hold them accountable; we won’t withdraw the lawsuit!”
Ken frowned and before he could speak, Ellis took the opportunity. “That serious? No wonder it scared
the two young ladies into thinking of such a plan!”
He looked straight at Ken and said slowly, “Mr. Davis, isn’t your company managent a bit too strict?
And
aren’t you a bit unkind to your partners? It’s just a few days late on a submission! I heard because of
this, they were driven to the brink of losing their ho and breaking up the family?”
Ken’s brows knitted together in concern. “What’s
going on? Who got driven to ruin? How much did you
invest in them?”
Mary hurriedly said, “2.3 million! But the penalty is 20
million.”
“That much?” Ken looked at Wayne, “That’s not normal, what’s going on?”
Wayne simply coughed and said, “This is the contract that Mary signed. I’m just executing it as stated!”
Mary imdiately cut in. “Uncle Ken, there was a mistake in the contract at the ti. The penalty is
usually at most double, rarely ten tis. Because of
this, Keera’s husband divorced her. Even if she sold her
house, she couldn’t afford to pay… and now the project has been resolved, it’s just a five-day delay…”
Of course, Keira wouldn’t make things difficult for Mary as she had also completed the previous project.
Ken furrowed his brows. “Is it a large impact on us?”
Mary imdiately replied, “No impact whatsoever.”
Ken was resolute and imdiately said, “Then there’s no need to pursue it. Withdraw the lawsuit!”
Wayne was about to say sothing when Ken turned to him, “Doing business is doing business, but
we are one of Clance’s five major families, so we must have our own magnanimity. For a project of a
couple hundred thousand, driving soone to ruin is too
much!”
Wayne couldn’t speak after being reprimanded.
Ken looked again at Mary. “You can co back to
work.”
“Ken!”
Wayne was dissatisfied. “We can let Keera’s comp slide as you said, but Mary’s behavior is unaccepta
If everyone invests based on relationships and continues asking for extensions out of sentint, ho will
our company function in the future?!”
Ken then said, “Mary is among the youngest generation with the most drive. Moreover, she’s a
Davis by na. She should have certain privileges in
our company!”
That settled the matter.
Mary’s heart leaped with joy.
By remaining employed with Davis Corporation, her parents would be proud of her, and Wayne couldn’t
treat her too unfairly from now on…
But having offended Wayne, her future days in Davis Corporation wouldn’t be easy.
As she was reflecting on this, Ken turned to Brian. “Brian, you…”
Wayne interrupted him. “Ken, Mary is young and naïve. She did it for her best friend, but Brian crossed
the line, right? Not only did he not point out the young ones’ mistakes, but he actually tried to cover for
them and hoped to bluff his way through. Talking about billion-dollar projects… I really don’t know what
benefits Keera’s company has given you to make you spout such nonsense!”
Brian’s brow furrowed deeply.
Wayne said angrily, “Brian, with what you’ve done, the company could sue you! We can even accuse
you of fraud!”
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Brian felt like a scholar against soldiers, bereft of
reason.
Dealing with a managent that doesn’t understand technology is utterly pointless!
At that mont, a sports car screeched to a halt down. below their company building, and imdiately,
a person dashed over briskly. “Brian, Brian, what you said on the phone earlier, is it true? That project
proposal, the Olsen Group wants it! Show it to . If there’s no problem, I’ve brought the contract!”
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