"What the hell are you doing, Rain? Didn't you hear all those voices against you? They preferred you to stay away from this company!" Vance roared hysterically. His brother had already been dismissed to a subsidiary company, leaving only him as Rain's competition. He had been plotting how to get rid of Rain, and finally came up with an idea which would take advantage of the board in an attempt to dismiss Rain. But Rain did not fight back at the meeting at all. Instead, he treated Vance as invisible! How arrogant of Rain!
"The file you have been given contains all the information about this project. I believe all of you are aware of the large profits the KD Group stands to generate from it. So, I'm awaiting a perfect proposal from you in a limited time," Rain ordered decisively, leaving Vance muted in anger.
"Yes, sir. We'll do everything in our power to create a perfect proposal," the leaders of the management team chorused immediately. They had always admired Rain for his extraordinary business talent.
The board members nodded at each other in satisfaction after perusing the document. It was as if the ones who had earlier agreed with Vance, and spoken in favor of removing Rain, suddenly changed identity.
A cold smile appeared on Rain's face. A bunch of old foxes! But he would outfox them! They would easily sacrifice their principles, as long as there were profits luring them. Rain decided to deal with them by pretending cordiality temporarily. After the company passed this critical period, he would no longer need to tolerate them anymore.
As the meeting closed, the dust had settled. But Vance was still unwilling to submit to Rain's leadership. He stormed into the CEO's office immediately after the meeting.
"Rain, it must be a phony project, right? The HT Group won't award KD the case so easily." Many big companies were bidding on the project of the HT Group. Choosing the KD Group to be the executive company was just too good to be true. After all, the KD Group had just experienced a very risky period not long ago.
"That's your opinion, and I won't make any comments. For you though, it may have been a huge difficulty to secure the project. You'd never have succeeded. But I have! I have that capability," Rain sneered with cold eyes. Vance looked even more like a clown with his eyes bulging in rage.
"Hum! If I'm not mistaken, you won the project thanks to FX International Group!" Everybody in business circles knew of Edward's extraordinary and guileful negotiation talent. He was no exception.
"What of it? It's KD's project now, and it's me who made it a reality. You know something? You won't get things that don't belong to you, unless you are a very smart man." If the KD Group had not suffered a heavy setback because of the Western Hill project, Rain would not have made the effort to secure this project. He hoped to bring the dying KD Group back to life with it.
"Don't be too confident, you won't have the last laugh. Yes, you set my brother up and he is no longer at headquarters now. But, I am still here. Don't get comfortable being a dictator. I'm watching you." Vance had great difficulty understanding why his father and the stakeholders would think highly of Rain. Apart from several major projects he had secured, there was nothing really special about him! If he were assigned to take charge of those projects, he would do much better than him!
"I stayed safe and sound when both of you were here. Now, you are the only one left. Do you still believe you can beat me? Don't be so naive." In public, Rain concealed his purpose for working with the KD Group. But he still wished that he could leave the Ke Family to stew in their own juices.
"Hum! I am the only one left? I don't think so," Vance sneered. Rain would soon find that the Ke family females were even more aggressive than males. It had evolved into a tradition among the women.
"Yes, that might be true. But for me, it makes no difference." Rain welcomed both open and covert attacks. He was capable and had handled the family members when they found fault with him at every step, anyway. As for the result of their struggle? No one could know the outcome until he faced the last minute.
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