Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 582

"You're aware of how much money the Dragon Empire has invested here, and you must know what the result will be if the project fails," Brian said enigmatically. The director nodded his head agitatedly. Brian's mouth curled slightly before continuing," I'll provide any amount of money and people to you if you need, and I hope to see the results I'm expecting. Do you understand?"

"Yes, absolutely!" The director's face paled at the invisible pressure radiating from Brian. His clothes were wet from sweat and he shivered when a sudden breeze blew through him.

The situation in A City was no less strenuous than that in QY Island. Eric had spent a whole night analyzing the reports from those companies intending to cooperate with Dragon Empire and chose the best ones. However, before he could announce his choice, all of those companies unanimously canceled their proposals. Both Eric himself and the public were astounded by this fact because the opportunity to cooperate with the Dragon Empire Group was something most companies would dream of. Once a company become affiliated with Dragon Empire Group, it is almost sure that the stock price of that company would rocket up the next day.

When Shirley noticed the serious looks on Richie and Eric's faces, she changed her mind about going to school. After preparing them a cup of tea, she sat quietly and unobtrusively listened to their talks about the sudden matters. From the very beginning, they had predicted that the opposition factions in Dragon Island would take some actions before the parliamentary meeting. However, they didn't expect that something would go wrong in QY Island especially when Brian was there himself. Not to mention the project in A city which was sure of being a success suddenly came to naught. Most strangely, nothing happened in Dragon Island where the parliament meeting was about to take place. This was indeed a typical diversionary tactic.

"There's one company which hasn't canceled its cooperating proposal," Eric said. "However, the scale of that company isn't big enough, and it might not be able to meet our production demands." He finished, handing over the files to Richie.

Richie took the files from Eric's hand and perused their company's profile. His gaze narrowed as he asked, "Do you know what the Dream Media was in the past?"

"A small advertising company made up of young men with nothing but their dreams as capital," Eric replied.

"And what is it now?" Richie asked quizzically, raising his gaze.

"A large-scale company," Eric answered, "which is well-known to the whole media circle and is no weaker than the Flight Media." After a short pause, Eric challenged with his eyes glittering, "You mean we shouldn't only offer to others but also seek a win-win cooperation with them?"

"Did you know that five companies had presented their cooperating proposals to Frank in the past, before Dream Media? Frank had chosen the Dream Media not because they had a perfect proposal. It was because after he offered them the opportunity, they completed their tasks with far more enthusiasm than others." Richie concluded as he threw the files onto the table, "As a good leader, you need to be far-sighted and bold enough to take the risks. Besides, there's no other offer on the table now. You have to go with what you have."

Eric replied with a bitter smile. He had also thought of cooperating with that company before. But what just happened was a game changer and the situation was quite different from that in the past. Frank had just taken that media proposal as a cover and was actually aiming at that oil project. As for the cosmetics project in A City this time, even though it was less important than the entertainment center in QY Island, it was already one of the major projects for the year.

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Meanwhile, at the City Hall in A City.

After receiving a message from Bill, Edgar, who just recently concluded a meeting, knitted his brows with displeasure. He took a glance at Jenifer who was busy talking with the director of the Construction Bureau. Seeing how occupied she was, he turned around and walked towards his office.

The moment he got in, Bill was waiting for him with a concerned look on his face, "Mr. Mayor, this matter is really strange."