Feeling embarrassed about going over his boss' head, Harold got up, pulled Matthew over to stand beside him, and threw Matthew the proposal from Larson Corporation.
Left with no choice, Matthew stood cautiously next to Harold, picked up the proposal, and started reading it.
Once again, the senior executives brought here by Philip felt weird about this scene—the boss worked standing, and the employee watched while sitting on the chair.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, none of them would have believed this.
“Oh, Mr. Larson, something seems wrong in your proposal!” Matthew shrieked and looked at Philip in disbelief after briefly reading the proposal.
Philip was shocked by the startled Matthew.
He then took a breath and said to Matthew, “If you find any part of the proposal inappropriate, please do not hesitate to raise them, Mr. White. We will work it out.”
Seeing that Philip was shocked because of him, Matthew said in embarrassment, “I am sorry, Mr. Larson. Please refer to the section here and another one here. Is it by mistake that the price you offer us is twenty percent higher than the market, and that you're contracting with us for all the advertising jobs for the coming two years?” While referring to the few sections of the proposal that amazed him, he pointed out, “Your company will lose a hundred million or two if this agreement is signed.”
“You must have misunderstood us, Mr. White. This proposal is prepared by our planning department as instructed by me,” Philip said while glancing at Harold.
He meant to offer the bonus profit to Galaxy Media because of Harold.
However, Matthew misunderstood it as gratitude to Harold, who was beside him.
He nodded, looking crystal clear about the matter, and said, “Well noted, Mr. Larson. I have read this agreement and found nothing wrong with it. If there is no additional demand from your company, I will sign it now.”
Both of them tacitly signed the agreement.
“Well, since the two of you have settled your agreement, it is time to settle my affair,” Harold said.
He took out his phone and replayed what Kayden had said to him before.
Matthew became anxious after listening to the voice recording.
The joyous mood of signing an agreement with Larson Corporation had vanished.
“Kayden, Gray, and Brittany are annoying. You know what to do about it, don't you, Mr. White? All right, I am hungry and going home for lunch first.” Harold left the phone behind for Matthew, got up, and left.
Harold would not have fussed about it if Gary and Kayden had learned their lesson and stopped messing with him.
However, they did not stop and behaved even worse.
Harold decided he would no longer tolerate them.
As for Brittany, Harold had always felt that their relationship was rather awkward. It would be better for her to return to help with the increased harvest from her family's greenhouse produce, lest her parents, who only had elementary-level education, experience burnout.
Not to mention she had a little brother, Gordon, who only knew how to ask for money to fool around outside.
It was ten-past-twelve when Harold came out from the conference room.
Although it had been ten minutes since lunch break, four out of every five people from the project management department were still there.
Every single one of them was staring at the door of the conference room from a distance.
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