As she walked to the doorway, she heard the head of the company, who had been desperately trying to cooperate with her not long ago, dismiss her efforts.
"Who does she think she is, being so arrogant in front of me? If it weren't for Valiant East and Inchee Company, she would not even be able to see me. There are so many projects in the world that are more reliable than hers. Why should I look at hers?"
Naomi clenched her fists, straightened her back, and strode away.
Eudora once told her that they must be more confident when they were treated with scorn and ridiculed by others.
"Don't let criticism and derision distress you, instead we should stand up and face them dauntlessly. Otherwise, you and your family will be the ones who are upset while those people who belittle you will remain unruffled," she thought about her mother's advice.
There was only one way to defeat those people, which was to use actions to prove them wrong.
After leaving the company, Naomi took a deep breath, changed her route and went towards the next company.
Nelson knew about those companies that she had visited the last time and how they all acted arrogant. Therefore, she intended to switch her target to a company where the people there might not know her real identity.
She spent the whole morning trying to look for new clients, but the results were the same. Some of them would discover her identity and try to be as enthusiastic as possible to pull off a deal.
On the other hand, those who had no idea about her identity would not even give her an opportunity to present her proposals at all.
Naomi came out of the last company despondently and sat down on a bench by the roadside for a while.
A pair of leather shoes came into sight. She looked up and saw Nelson standing in front of her, panting.
He sized her up and sat down beside her.
"Why didn't you sign the contract with the man from that company?"
Naomi was bemused and said, "Were you looking for me because of that?"
Nelson remained silent. He had been in a meeting just now when he received a phone call from the boss of that company.
"Mr. Luther, it's not that I wanted to make you look bad but I've already done what you asked, but she doesn't appreciate my efforts at all! When she left, she was even furious! Moreover, a lot of my friends in the business circle called me, saying that they were visited by her too. As expected, she didn't obtain any satisfying results! There are so many experienced project partners in this circle, hence there's no reason for us to collaborate with a novice. Without a reputation for herself, her proposal is worthless even if she prepared it seriously."
Nelson let out a deep breath, trying to dispel the perturbation from the bottom of his heart.
"I was just passing by!"
Naomi gave a perfunctory nod. After a while, she stood up again.
After a while, she stood up again, "I still have something to do. I'll go first!"
Nelson stretched out his hand and grabbed her bag. He asked, "Don't tell me you're still going to look for more new clients!"
Naomi pursed her lips and said, "Why not?"
In this world, there were not many challenges that could make her give up. She was extremely determined to prove herself.
Nelson frowned and said, "Why are you so persistent? Obviously, you have a good background, so you can just make use of it and get your work done in an easier way. In addition, your project has its own strengths. Do you really have to prove yourself? What's the point of doing so?"
What was the point in doing so?
She turned to look at Nelson and said, "Of course, there's a point! I'll feel a sense of accomplishment and I will be full of confidence in myself! Furthermore, I'll be happy!"
Nelson was dumbfounded for a moment as Naomi's words reminded him of the time when he was abroad.
At that time, he had just started to establish Inchee Company.
It was way more difficult to set up a company than to set up a project! For that reason, the difficulties he had faced were probably a hundred times tougher than the difficulties met by Naomi.
He had met countless project managers and had visited numerous companies. Basically, he was on the road to either meet them or was on the way to meet them throughout that period for half a year.
In the end, his attempts had always been greeted with rejection.
It was not until half a year later that he met his current business partner, who had quite a lot of connections, and then they strove to reach where they currently were.
Nelson sneered and said, "You won't succeed! There has never been such a thing like fairness in this world, and that's why you should just give up!"
This time, Naomi looked at him with a trace of disappointment in her eyes.
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