Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 102

"Yes!" Zack answered. "At first, only some of the local enterprises were interested in biding for that land. But then, since the Shen Group joined the open tender, more and more companies have shown interest in buying it as well. Then much to our surprise, the Dragon Empire Group started to join in the bidding recently. They did not show much interest in it before."

"Anyway, it's a good thing to have more companies to bid against that land. The price would be much higher than expected," said Edgar. Resting his arm on the armrest, he propped his chin up with the other, and fixated his eyes on the list of names of the bidding enterprises. He slightly grinned and said,"A ruined land has now become a great treasure. The government's revenue will increase much more than expected this year."

"Full credits should go to you, Mr. Mayor!" Zack Wang exclaimed, immediately complimenting Edgar.

Frowning, Edgar raised his head and cast a sharp glance at Zack. "My credit?" he asked. "I've just come to assume office in A City. Why is it all my contribution?"

Zack got nervous with Edgar's sharp glance. Dumbfounded, he wasn't able to utter a single word of reply. Then, lucky for him, his phone rang and saved him. While he was secretly thanking the caller in his mind, he apologized to Edgar and answered the phone right away. Zack listened to the person reporting to him on the phone, and then his face suddenly went pale with shock. Hanging up the phone, he shifted his gaze towards Edgar, meeting his sharp eyes. He swallowed a bit and reported slowly,"Mr. Mayor, the stock market closed just now and the Shen Group's stock price fluctuated sharply! It was still steadily rising up this morning, but it suddenly dropped down the limit when the stock market closed."

Edgar narrowed his eyes as he listened to Zack's report. It was very unusual. It was simply impossible for a big group's stock price to drop down the limit all of a sudden. Not while the company's business was still running smoothly and normally. Edgar sensed that someone was controlling the stock market behind the scenes and in a very aggressive and wild way!

"I see. Just wait, observe the situation, and talk about it when we know more information," Edgar nonchalantly replied, and then he stood up from his chair. Zack immediately bowed and went out of the office.

"Mr. Mayor, are you going to attend Mr. Song's banquet tonight?" Bill asked.

"Yes. It'll also be a good chance for me to visit Mr. Song," Edgar replied. He put on his coat as he walked towards the door. Whether Mr. Shen and Mr. Long would show up or not, Edgar thought that he had to visit and see Mr. Song personally. He had to meet this big shot of A City.

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As the sun set and the night came, the wind was becoming chillier and more piercing. This season's weather in A City was indeed a great challenge to those waifs in the streets.

Molly, now sitting in Eric's car, was feeling awkward. She was wearing a light yellow, silky, and strapless evening dress. It was well-tailored and it outlined her perfect figure thoroughly well. Because the design of the dress was very tight fitting to her body, the designer didn't allow Molly to wear any underwear underneath. She only had chest pastes under her dress. In other words, she would be in a very naked state should the dress be taken off. Hence, she had the feeling of awkwardness.