"Ms Knight, hello, you're quite beautiful. It's our first meeting, let's be friends!" Mark Barber spoke in broken Glavalish as he extended his right hand toward Harleen.
"Sorry, but my husband doesn't allow me to make friends with the opposite sex." Harleen responded coldly, refusing to shake his hand.
"Oh?" Mark Barber didn't expect Harleen to be so uncooperative and sat back down with a touch of coldness on his face.
"Ms Knight, are you being a bit impolite?" Sheila Harvey's tone grew stern.
"I'm sorry, but my politeness is reserved for friendly business partners." Harleen replied coldly.
"Quite impressive," Sheila Harvey's eyes narrowed slightly. "Do you know the consequences of offending us?"
"I don't know, and I don't want to know," Harleen replied in a serious tone. "All I know is, if you don't apologize soon, there will be serious consequences."
Sheila Harvey furrowed her brow and said, "There's something you might not know yet. This time, Mr Barber came to Glavale with the visiting delegation from Nanrania. He is the business representative for this visit and will sign cooperation agreements with many Glavalean companies. Consider yourselves fortunate that we're interested in your company's product. If you continue to be uncooperative, the Ozin Business Department's representatives will come to discuss this with you."
Harleen's eyebrows furrowed again upon hearing this.
"Do you understand the situation now?" Sheila sneered.
"I have a question I'm curious about," Harleen took a deep breath and interrupted her. "Is there any connection between this matter and the Central Plains Business Association?"
"What do you think?" Sheila responded dismissively. "We have a long-standing cooperation with the Southern Trade Group. Whenever Nanrania's delegation visits Glavale, it's Central Plains Business Association that handles their business team's entire reception. Do you think there's a connection?"
With a slight pause, she continued in a more serious tone, "Enough of this. I don't have time to waste with you. Arrange the agency authorization immediately. After signing the agreement, we need to visit another company. If it weren't for the fact that your company's product still has some potential in the market, I wouldn't have bothered coming to a small company like yours."
"We can't authorize it to you." Harleen responded again.
A chill emanated from Sheila Harvey. Being from a prestigious clan, her martial arts skills were not weak, and she was on the same level as Harleen.
"Miss Harvey, please don't be impatient." Mark Barber said with a faint smile. Then he looked at Harleen. "Since Ms Knight is unwilling to authorize us as agents, how about this? I'll pay to buy your product formula directly. Can we negotiate if the price isn't too outrageous?"
"I'm sorry, but it's not for sale." Harleen replied after a brief pause.
"100 million!" Mark Barber smiled again, appearing quite generous.
"No matter how much money you offer, I won't sell it." Harleen responded firmly.
"500 million!" Mark Barber extended five fingers.
"How many times do I have to say it? It's not for sale!"
"One billion!" Mark Barber seemed determined to acquire the product.
"Ten billion would be enough to cover our colleagues' medical expenses. Pay up, and then get lost!" A voice rang out in the meeting room.
Then Billy and Stout strolled in, with Stout speaking.
Upon hearing Stout's words, both Mark Barber and Sheila Harvey frowned simultaneously.
"Darling!" Harleen got up to greet Billy.
Several senior executives of SunPark Group also stood up and greeted Billy. There was a hint of relief in their eyes, as they felt reassured now that Ms Knight's husband had arrived. They thought that the company should be safe.
"Wife, let your colleagues go back to work," Billy said with a faint smile as he held Harleen's hand and took a seat at the conference table.
"Okay!" After a brief pause, Harleen turned to the executives and said, "Mr Lau, you all can leave for now. If I need you, I'll call."
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