Manfred?
Selina shook her head in an instant.
“No! Thank you for your suggestion.”
She did make a deal with Manfred before, but that’s just for settling the things between the Keith family and her. After all the issues had been dealt with, she only wanted to maintain with Manfred an equal relationship of mutual dependence.
Even though this relationship could only last for a year, she knew it clear that she was doing a right thing.
Moreover, Manfred was having a hard time himself.
On the way back, there was silence in the car. It was Darnell who spoke first. He laughed to himself, “Well, now my brother and step mother must be laughing out loud at me. I’m not afraid at all because I’ve got used to it since childhood, so you don’t need to worry about me.”
Noticing Selina knitted her eyebrows, Darnell thought that she was still in a bad mood, so he said,
“You have a strong foundation. If you leave this place, you can have a better development…”
But Selina remained silent. Darnell frowned, “Selina? Are you alright?”
“I’ve got an idea!” Selina suddenly said, “I’ve thought of it!”
“What did you think of?” Darnell asked hurriedly.
“I’m wondering whether we can renovate the apartments in the neighborhood. What about we converting them into warehouses?”
“Warehouses?” Darnell was somewhat surprised by this bold idea.
“Yes. Russell City is near the sea. Now there’s a big dock near the neighborhood, which has just begun to be built, so warehouses with a large capacity will be needed to store the goods there. If we can convert the residential area into a storage one, people will not mind whether someone has passed away there or not.”
Darnell’s eyes lit up. He hurriedly took out his phone and searched on the Internet. A moment later, he put down the phone and looked at Selina with admiration.
“There’s really a dock under construction now! Selina, you’re so awesome.”
Selina chuckled. She was not a know-it-all. She just read newspaper with Manfred everyday so she knew a lot about current affairs.
“However, even though we’ve come up with this idea, we still need a lot of money. The company that we talked to just now won’t cooperate with us anymore for sure, so I think we have to find a new one as soon as possible to buy this project so that we can work and finish it together.”
But it was very difficult to find one because excluding the Far Eastern Group, only three companies in Russell City would be powerful enough to take over this project.
The Cornells’ company was one of them. Selina was unwilling to ask Manfred for a favor. Similarly, Darnell would definitely not turn to the Cornells for help.
They two got into difficulties again.
“It’s fine. Let’s go and try talking to the other two companies first. Perhaps they might agree to cooperate with us.” Anyway, it was better to have even a glimmer of hope than nothing!
Darnell nodded and immediately called the employees back to the company to make a proposal.
Then they went out with the proposal right after it was finished.
…
On the golf course, Manfred was striking the ball with a club, getting it into the hole.
Lawrence walked out from behind and pointed at the middle-aged man who was playing in the front. “That’s Todd Lange. A while back, he has been looking for a chance to meet you. But these days he is close to the young master of the Chapmans.”
Manfred narrowed his eyes, “Is there anything to do with the Chapmans?”
“Well, it seems that the Chapmans are quite sincere.”
Manfred smiled with contempt. “Do you think Todd will really cooperate with them? He failed to meet me before, so he did that to irritate me, hoping that I’ll agree to meet him.”
“You’ve already guessed what he wants. It’s so boring. But unfortunately, Todd still thinks that you’re very worried now.”
Just as they were talking, Lawrence made a sudden pause, “Why is Selina here?”
Hearing his words, Manfred took a look and saw Selina coming up with Darnell.
Before this, they had already visited one of the two possible companies, but they were rejected.
Darnell spent a lot of effort to get the news that Eric Chapman, the young master of the Chapmans, was playing golf here, so they came over without any delay.
This was their last chance.
While Eric was having a break, Darnell walked over to greet him.
“Hello, Mr. Chapman!”
Eric knew about the Cornells, so of course he was clear about how Darnell was disliked. Hearing his voice, Eric didn’t show any emotion but just nodded slightly, “Hi Darnell. I heard from Clark that you’ve been busy with a real estate project recently. What brings you here today?”
Darnell seemed to have got used to be treated like that, so he didn’t get angry.
Instead, he replied with a smile, “We came here just for that project. You’ve been working on real estate, haven’t you? We’ve got a nice proposal, so we wonder whether you have any interest in it.”
Since Eric didn’t refuse right away, Selina thought that he might be interested in the proposal, so she handed over the document in a hurry.
“Mr. Chapman, take a look please. This is our new proposal…”
“Darnell!” Eric said arrogantly without even looking at Selina, “I’ve been very busy lately, so I don’t have any plan about investing in real estate. Why don’t you ask Clark about it?”
Darnell knew that Eric was not going to help him, his heart sinking. Eric shared similar interests with Darnell’s younger brother Clark Cornell and was obviously on his side.
But Darnell didn’t want to give up at the beginning, so he still came here to try his luck.
“Sorry to interrupt!” With that, Darnell was about to leave.
Selina gritted her teeth and said, “Mr. Chapman, what about having a look first? Our project is really good. If we succeed, the benefits will be considerable…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Eric grabbed the document and smashed it onto Selina.
The sound was loud.
Manfred got mad. Standing next to him, Lawrence felt so cold as if he was standing in the bitter winds of Siberia at this moment.
In a second, Manfred dashed over to Selina, even faster than the wind.
The sharp corner of the document scratched Selina’s face, leaving a thin line of blood on it. However, Eric, who should be blamed, said with a calm expression, “Sorry. It was an accident.”
The next second, someone rushed to pick up the folder on the ground and flung it directly at Eric.
Eric was shocked by the attack. He jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
“Who dared to throw the folder at me?”
Manfred looked at Eric, pretending to be surprised, “I’m sorry, Mr. Chapman! I passed by and just saw a man who was very impolite and threw things around. I really didn’t expect that it was you.”
Eric’s face darkened. He got very angry because he felt humiliated in front of Todd, his important client. Eric had been striving to establish cooperation with him.
“Manfred, I usually show courtesy to you, but I’m not afraid of you! You’re just an illegitimate child who came back from outside. Do you really think you’re the chairman of the Far Eastern Group?”
Hearing that, Selina was stunned.
‘Manfred is an illegitimate child? How is that possible?’