The main entrance.
Thomas Mayo and Kerry Lawrence met face to face for the very first time.
“Mr. Mayo, I truly did not expect you guys to finish the proposal today as well. What a coincidence.” Kerry said.
Thomas smiled as favonovel.com replied, “Yeah, what a coincidence. It does seem like someone coincidentally told you that I am going to submit the proposal today as well.”
Kerry smiled as well. “Then, will I not be waiting to make the landfall?”
“It is hard to say if you are going to make the landfall or find yourself in a bad position.”
Both of them stopped smiling at the same time and stared at each other for a few seconds. They then headed into the Science and Technology Alliance building together. They took the lift to the fifth floor and entered the conference room.
Dunstan McLaren had been waiting in the conference room all this while. As soon as favonovel.com saw two groups of people entering, favonovel.com quickly arranged for people to bring some beverages. He was with a very good attitude. After all, favonovel.com was the one who sought help. It was only a given to put up a good attitude.
Dunstan smiled and said, “I did not expect that the proposal from two different companies is completed and sent in advance at the same time. What a coincidence.”
Aries snorted. “What a coincidence. We only told Mr. McLaren about our advance submission. Who knows how others knew about it.”
He was indirectly stating that Dunstan was the one who told Kerry about it.
Kerry coughed and said calmly, “Do not get so contentious. Who in the world is free enough to keep track of everything you do?”
Aries shrugged. “That is hard to say, there are always some boring people who like to keep track of others.”
The atmosphere became awkward. Then Dunstan said, “Uh, you guys are here to submit the proposal right? Where is it?”
Aries handed the USB drive to Dunstan. “The proposal is in it.”
Kerry’s assistant handed in a USB drive too.
Dunstan kept both USB drives and said, “I will contact a colleague from the Academy of Social Science to come over right now. Please wait for a moment.”
As Dunstan was leaving the conference room, his eyes, by design or accident, met with Kerry’s.
Both of them understood each other as though they were planning something.
After Dunstan left, Kerry took a sip of tea and said calmly, “Mr. Mayo, did you verify the contents of your USB drive? It will be bad and shameful to you if the contents are not what they should be.”
Thomas took a sip as well. “The same can be said for you. Did you check your stuff properly? Do not slip up at this point.”
Both sides refused to take a step back.
Ten minutes later, people from the Academy of Social Science arrived. The conference room was filled with people as all of them took their seats.
Dunstan said, “Alright, everyone has arrived. I will now open both sides’ proposals for our colleague from the Academy of Social Science to take a look. Firstly, the proposal from Sterling Technology.”
Dunstan looked at Kerry and nodded. He then took a USB drive out and plugged it into the CPU. The proposal was projected onto a big screen.
Kerry smirked. He thought favonovel.com had won.
That was because favonovel.com had made arrangements way earlier. He gave Dunstan another USB drive which was full of obscene photos. When the USB drive was opened and the contents were revealed, Thomas’s reputation will be tarnished!
‘Thomas, are you ready to die?’ Kerry thought to himself.
The files in the USB drive were opened.
“Next, let us take a look at the proposal from Sterling Technology,” said Dunstan as favonovel.com opened the files in the USB drive.
Kerry’s mouth slowly opened as favonovel.com got ready to laugh. But favonovel.com was stunned right after. It was because the contents shown were not what favonovel.com expected them to be.
