Carlisle <b>said</b>, “Stop giving me all that sentimental nonsense and start eating.”
“Whatever you say, Carlisle!” Sean grinned. He shoved the check into his wallet and picked–up a fork as he
fell into afortable conversation with Carlisle.
They were halfway through their meal when Carlisle received yet another call, this time from Lethan.
“Hey, Carlisle. Are you free tonight? Let’s grab a meal with a few other stakeholders so that we can go over the work to be carried out,” Lethan suggested.
“You guys go ahead without me. I’m a little tied up at the moment,” Carlisle replied.
“Alright. Also, I’m going to need you to rustle up the 50 million dors. I’ve already <b>put </b>in the remaining 50
million dors,” Lethan informed.
Carlisle proposed, “Sure. I’ll be done with sses by lunchtime tomorrow. Why don’t youe over then
and I’ll hand you the check?”
“Sounds good. I’ll leave you to your business then. See you.”
Inside a private dining lounge at Imperial Hotel, Lethan was having dinner with Shania and Nathan when
he made the call to Carlisle.
After hanging up, he shrugged and addressed hispanions. “Carlisle won’t be joining us this evening. Guess it’s just the three of us.”
Shania asked, “Lethan, where did you get the 50 million dors?”Property of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org.
Lethan sounded exasperated as he exined, “I demanded a couple of payments in advance. You have no idea how many clients I’ve pissed off just to get the money.”
Shania sighed. “Go big or go home, huh? I hope this gamble works out because the alternative means suffering Josie’s wrath,”
Taking a sip of his red wine, Lethan said in a steely voice, “Like I said, I trust Carlisle. The man’s pulled off some amazing stuff.”
Slicing through his rib–eye steak and popping it into his mouth, Nathan savored its tenderness as he asked, “Do we have a business proposal?”
“Yes. <b>You </b>can take a <b>look </b>at it and see if you have any questions. Shania pulled out the proposal from her backpack and handed it to Nathan.
He took it and read its contents, musing. “It seems we <b>need </b>an aquaculture expert.”
Shania drew a sharp breath. “Ipletely forgot about that!”
She wanted to bury herself in a <b>hole </b>somewhere.
They couldn’t very well raise fish in any random fish pond; they needed an expert to oversee the temperature and quality control of the water.
Nathan went on to say, “Weck manpower for the construction, especially if we have only a month to finish building works
Pursing her lips, Shania said in dismay, “We still have time, don’t we? We could save costs if we avoid
hiring too many workers, especially in this stifling hot weather.”
*The northern region would start snowing by November, and since we can’t predict when the cold wave
<b>would </b>arrive, we should probably make haste.” Nathan countered.
“Fine, I’ll add a few more construction teams to our current manpower,” Shania agreed.
Never one to dawdle once a n had been set, she couldn’t be bothered with finishing her dinner and
immediately called up thepany’s project department.
“Ms. <b>Warbane</b>?” the person on the other line greeted.
“Wasn’t there a guy by the name of Gerard Zahn who wanted a contract with us? Do we know how his constructionpany is faring? Shania asked
“It’s subpar at best, with only about 30 employees. I don’t think he could aplish any work we give him on time,” came the project manager’s reply
“In that case, have him reach out to two other constructionpanies so that they could form something of a coalition. The work must be delivered in a month” Shania said.
“Roger that, Ms. Warbane
Shania asked, “Also, I need about eight more teams for our current project. Could you make the arrangements?”
The person on the other line stammered, “Eight is.”
“Can you or
r can you not make the arrangements? Shania demanded icily. “If not, you’re fired.”
“I can.” the person on the other line said cautiously. “But I need three days.
“You only get one,” Shania countered
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