Jasper interrupted her speech and said, “I know. You‘re here to talk about the possibility of working together. There‘s no rush, though. After all, I‘m not the only party who is interested.”
Roxanne was stumped when she heard that. She thought Jasper had changed his mind, so she hesitated for a while before saying, “I‘ve already prepared the proposal. Would you like to look through it first? We can always make adjustments based on your requests.”
Jasper smiled and waved his hand dismissively. “You‘ve misunderstood what I meant. Since Mr. Queen introduced you to us, we won‘t go back on our words. What I mean is that our company is holding a banquet tonight, and I was hoping that you could join us. Representatives from the other companies will be there as well.”
Roxanne heaved a sigh of relief. However, she was still hesitant. “Oh, I see. I can wait. About the banquet…”
She had never worked with Jasper‘s company before, so she thought it would be awkward if she were to crash the party.
Jasper didn‘t know what was on her mind, so he continued to persuade her by saying, “According to Mr. Queen, you‘re well known across the globe, Dr. Jarvis. We would be honored to have you there. Besides, prominent figures from all over the country in the pharmaceutical industry will attend the banquet. Perhaps you could even build your contacts when you meet them. By
attending the banquet, we‘ll both reap the benefits!”
Before Jonathan recommended Roxanne to him, Jasper had already asked about Roxanne‘s background. He knew how well she did during the medical conference back then. Coincidentally, a lot of prominent figures in the pharmaceutical industry were expected to attend the banquet. He thought most of them would know Roxanne.
That was why Jasper wanted her there. If I can get her to attend, not only will I be able to show the guests how connected I am, but I can also show my appreciation toward Jonathan and Roxanne.
Upon hearing that, Roxanne had no choice but to accept the invitation. “Since you‘ve already said so, I shall attend the banquet, Mr. Ziegler. I‘ll bring the documents with me when I go over in the evening.”
Jasper immediately rejected that suggestion of hers by saying, “That‘s not necessary. We‘ll just have a discussion with everyone else tonight, okay? Let‘s not be so formal. Since you‘re not in a hurry, we can go over the agreement tomorrow.”
Roxanne hesitated briefly before agreeing to his suggestion.
Jasper told Roxanne the time and place for the banquet before getting the driver to send her back to the hotel.
Meanwhile, despite being in lorington, Jonathan had also received an invitation from Jasper.
Since Jonathan was busy with Queen Group, he couldn’t attend the banquet. However, he thought of Lucian and guessed that Lucian would be interested in attending. After getting off the phone with Jasper. Jonathan called Lucian right away.
The moment the call went through, Lucian asked, “Is Roxanne here already?”
Hearing that. Jonathan froze momentarily. He then smiled playfully and answered, “She is. Besides, Dr. Jarvis’ potential business partner in Suinmerbank had invited her to the banquet, and she had agreed to attend.”
Upon hearing that, Lucian furrowed his brows slightly and answered in a deep voice, “Got it.”
With that, he hung up the phone before Jonathan could say anything.
A teasing smile appeared on Jonathan’s face as his phone’s screen dimmed.
Although Lucian didn’t say it out loud, he knew Lucian was surely going to be at the banquet.
In Summerbank, someone knocked on Lucian’s door after he hung up the phone.
Farwell Group’s business partner in Summerbank walked in with a smile on his face.
“Mr. Farwell, would you like to go through our contract?” he asked.
Lucian’s business partners in Summerbank felt rather helpless because they were the ones who noticed the mistakes made by Farwell Group in the first place. Hence, they thought they could take advantage of it. However, they didn’t expect Lucian to show up personally.
Not only did they fail to take advantage of the mistakes made, but they ended up facing countless requests from Lucian. Ulumately, they almost lost the chance to work with Farwell Group.
Throughout the past couple of days, Lucian had been cooperative, but he remained dubious about working with them.
Hence, the person in charge took the initiative and humbly altered all the terms in the contract to Lucian’s request. However, they still couldn’t get Lucian to sign the contract.
At the same time, they weren’t willing to lose Farwell Group as a business partner,
Even if they were to not make a profit out of the deal, they were certain that they could improve the company’s reputation based solely on the fact that they had worked together with Farwell Group.
Despite Lucian’s attitude toward the deal, they were glad that he hadn’t rejected them yet. In other words, there was still chance for the deal to go through.
With the slimmest of hope in their minds, the person in charge of the project had been consulting Lucian on a daily basis to gauge his opinions.
That day, Lucian had one of his hands in his pocket, and he was looking down at the person in charge.
The person-in-charge hung his head low, and he seemed to be cautious of his own actions.
Although he still hadn’t gotten an answer from Lucian, the person in charge didn’t dare to rush him.
“From what I heard, your company is quite prominent in Summerbank, right?” Lucian asked.
The person in charge answered hurriedly, “Our company is ranked first in the industry we’re involved in.”
With that, he looked at Lucian warily because he was worried that Lucian had found another business partner to work with.
In response, Lucian nodded in satisfaction and said, “I heard that Ziegler Group is organizing a banquet tonight. Is your company going to attend?”
Upon hearing that, the person in charge answered subconsciously, “Um… Our company isn’t involved in the pharmaceutical industry, so Ziegler Group didn’t invite us.”
As soon as he finished the sentence, he could feel Lucian looking at him doubtfully.
The person-in-charge immediately regained his senses, and he ultered, “That being said, I’m sure Ziegler Group would invite us if we were to ask them about it.”
Lucian nodded. “Get your boss to show up with the contract tonight.”
In other words, Lucian had agreed to sign the contract with them during the banquet.
That left the person-in-charge all thrilled. He quickly agreed to the request and went back to inform the higher-ups about Lucian’s demand.
Roxanne thought she was just there to sign the contract, and she didn‘t expect to be invited to a banquet.
Since she was dealing with a potential business partner, she thought it would be disrespectful for her to show up wearing a suit.
After giving it some thought, Roxanne gave Madilyn a call.
Madilyn picked up the call fairly quickly, and she asked, “What‘s up, Roxanne? Aren‘t you in Summerbank for work?”
A day before she went to Summerbank, Roxanne had asked Madilyn to help her take care of Archie and Benny.
Madilyn thought Roxanne was worried about Archie and Benny because of the sudden phone call, so she said, “Don’t worry, okay? I‘ve already sent Archie and Benny to the kindergarten, and I watched them go in.”
Roxanne chuckled and answered, “With you in charge, I‘m not worried. I just want to know if you know of any boutiques in Summerbank. I‘m attending a banquet this evening.”
Hearing that, Madilyn raised her brows in puzzlement. “Aren‘t you there to sign a contract? How did you end up getting invited to a banquet?”
In a helpless tone, Roxanne answered, “It‘s a request from the potential business partner, and it wouldn‘t be nice of me to turn him down. Let me know if you know of any boutiques, okay? This is my first time visiting Summerbank, and I don‘t know much about this place.“.
Madilyn didn‘t press her with further questions. She thought about it for a while and said, “If I‘m not mistaken, the Lane family has a branch there. Look around and see if you can find them. I think the boutique is called Neon Boutique as well. Ill give their person–in–charge a call.”
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