At this moment, Terrence said unhappily, "I have many rhatters to attend to at mypany. Mr. Zahn, please transfer the payment to me as soon as possible so I can leave!"


    The other three suppliers nced at him when he said that. Terrence had shown such a poor attitude. He seemed uninterested in continuing to cooperate with Riley Corporation.


    Yet they also found it reasonable. Wind Semiconductors was argepany with over two thousand employees. Many no-name phone brands would use their chips.


    In fact, Riley Phones was the least popr of all no-name phone brands. Naturally, Wind Semiconductors would be uninterested to continue working together.


    "Mr. Scott, do you have a son called Daniel Scott?"


    Carlisle did not feel upset by Terrence''s attitude. Instead, he politely smiled while asking about Terrence''s rtionship with Daniel.


    Terrence coldly replied, "He''s not worthy to be my son. My son is at Caltopia College. Daniel is my cousin''s son!"


    Recognizing Terrence to be cut from the same cloth as Gerard, Carlisle did not think much of him.


    Instead, he asked Logan, "Do you have enough cash to pay Mr. Scott?"


    "We owe him, as the chip provider, about 650 thousand dors. I have enough cash here."


    "Then, take Mr. Scott along to settle the payment," Carlisle said evenly.


    "Alright!" Logan nodded.


    Then, she continued, "Mr. Scott, pleasee with me!"


    Terrence was slightly startled that they were not showing more courtesy to him. Without his chips, they could not manufacture their phones.


    "Brat, without my chips, you can''t manufacture phones!" Terrence said disdainfully before putting his arms behind his back and leaving the room.


    Carlisle sat in the chairman''s chair and beamed at the others.


    "Gentlemen, let us discuss our future cooperation first!"


    Edward rubbed his hands and said humbly, "Mr. Zahn, could you settle the payment first?"


    The other two suppliers also stared hopefully at Carlisle.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Edward awkwardly continued, "We are smallpanies and have not performed well for the past few years.


    ''Thepany''s capital chain is short, and the payment has been dyed far too long. Thus, we will feel at ease once we receive the payment as soon as possible."


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    Edward still decided to speak his mind at the risk of offending Carlisle. Carlisle picked up thendline phone and looked through the directory on the table. Then, he entered the extension number of the finance department.


    After the call went through, a woman answered carefully, "is this Mr. Zahn?"


    The chairman''s officendline number was 888888. Seeing these numbers would make anyone nervous.


    "Have Renee bring the financial statements of ourpany''s outstanding payments to the suppliers. upstairs."


    "Yes, Mr. Zahn!"


    Then, the call ended.


    Carlisle looked at the three men, who seemed ufortable, and said, "Let''s have some tea first. We can discuss our partnership after settling the payment."


    Five minutester, Renee brought the documents to the chairman''s office. She raised her hand, ready to knock on the door. Yet, she hesitated.


    It was her first timeing to the office, making her anxious. After taking a deep breath to calm herself, she finally knocked on the door.


    Carlisle politely said, "Please enter."


    Renee pushed the door open and walked toward the office desk. Her voice trembled from her uneasiness as she spoke.


    "Mr. Zahn, this is the detailed list of ourpany''s outstanding payments to the suppliers!"


    Carlisle pretended to nce it over before pushing the documents toward the suppliers.


    "Please verify this. If everything is in order, I will issue checks to each of you."


    Edward, Simon, and Harry only looked at their respective total amounts owed. After rifying there were no errors, they nodded.


    Carlisle took out the checkbook and filled in the amounts owed to each supplier.


    After they received their checks, they found excuses to go to the could washroom so they could make phone calls to confirm the authenticity of the checks.


    Once the checks'' validity was confirmed, they returned to the chairman''s office.


    Carlisle sipped his water and said calmly, "Do you feel better now?"


    Edward awkwardly responded, Please don''t feel offended, Mr. Zahn.


    As exined earlier, we are all smallpanies.


    "We can only survive on scraps. So, even though these hundreds of thousands could mean nothing to you, it means the world to us!"


    Simon and Harry nodded in agreement.


    Carlisle waved his hand and answered, "I understand. I did not consider things thoroughly and failed to prioritize you first. Since we''ve settled payment, shall we start discussing us working together?"