"You tell me, they're all Water Ice people. Why is the difference so big?"
"It seems this is Water Ice deliberately, using a torn man as a cushion to highlight Drake Thomas."
"That's right."
Drake Thomas' face was full of joy, and he put the key in the box to hand over to the host.
The host carefully placed this box in the middle, which was Drake Thomas' gift. Although the smallest, the location is the most visible.
Drake Thomas returned to his seat and crossed his legs.
"Mr. James, how's my gift?"
Edric James's face was pale, and his head bowed silently.
"Haha ha ha ha, why didn't you all like fighting with me before? Now let me see how you still fight with me. Edric James, I tell you that I will be promoted to Vice-Chief this time, which you will soon be leaving. You must be the same person as Ha's dead son-in-law.."
Faced with Drake Thomas's teasing, Edric James failed to refute half of the sentence.
He lost to all the attendants.
Serena James was so angry that her whole body trembled. Seeing her father despised her so much but could not do anything, she wanted to slap Drake Thomas.
Now Richard Nicholas quietly holds her hand.
"Don't be angry."
"You're not angry?" Serena James frowned, "How do you look at that scum who despises my father?"
Richard Nicholas said, "Remember I said I liked to see people play tricks the most?"
"What do you mean?"
"It's straightforward, and Drake Thomas will quickly stop laughing."
Serena James was very suspicious: "People gave the house tens of millions of dollars luxury, and my father gave me a few tens of dollars wine, and somehow Drake Thomas would make the manager happy. My father would most likely get fired."
Richard Nicholas said with a smile, "It's because Drake Thomas brought the luxury home to bring trouble to his body. He's so stupid."
"What is that?"
"Wait and see."
Very quickly, everyone finished the offering.
Most people's offerings are costly, one hundred thousand USD, several hundred thousand USD. Only these offerings and Drake Thomas's luxurious tens of millions of dollars house are incomparably inferior.
The host said: "To welcome the person in charge today has cost everyone the hearts of everyone. I will move in, and please be assured."
Just finished, Richard Nicholas' cell phone rang. He cut it off himself, then texted a message through. A few minutes later, Vincent Scott left again.
The host was a little startled: "Sir Scott, do you have something else to say?"
Vincent Scott laughed, haha: "I heard that people welcomed the general manager and brought many cable gifts, so I came to see a little bit."
The host laughed: "Everyone's heart is here. Please take a look."
In front of everyone's eyes, Vincent Scott walked towards the offerings.
Vincent Scott looked at it with great discretion, and each present swept his eyes once, finally stopping at six bottles of GRACIANO wine that fell in one corner of the stage.
He went to stoop to pick it up.
"Is this your gift, too?"
The host laughed coldly, "No wrong, this is a gift from Edric James at Water Ice."
Everyone glared with laughter at Edric James. Edric James shyly bowed his head, no longer looking at others.
Suddenly Vincent Scott opened the latch, took the bottle, and drank it with his head down.
Drink a few sips.
"Yes, that's the taste. That's refreshing!"
Vincent Scott's actions and words make people confused that a few dollars' worths of wine in a bottle taste so good.
He stood up, held up the other six bottles of wine high, and shouted: "All the offerings I've seen, the general manager will like these six bottles of GRACIANO!"
The whole hall was impressive.
Everyone stopped talking.
Even Edric James stood still, wondering if his ears were sick, so he misheard it.
It's been a while since everyone responded, and everyone exclaimed.
The host was also astonished to say, "Sir Scott, are you kidding us? This GRACliano wine is worth only a few dollars a bottle. How is it better to rely on other offerings?"
Vincent Scott looks at the wine in his hand like he's looking at his lover.
"You don't understand. We're soldiers in Rocky, and we're soldiers who don't sleep well. Let's not say that we get a good drink. This is the most popular wine in Rocky, the wine that every soldier in Rocky likes! We drink and kill each other., We drink this wine to protect our country! This is not only wine but also our brother, our love!"
These words made the whole hall burst into applause, causing the soldiers to pay their most sincere respects.
Vincent Scott once again raised the GRACIANO: "So the general manager likes the GRACIANO most of all!"
The host's expression is brutal, and he was mocking Edric James earlier and throwing his offerings on the ground.
He raised his face again and said, "Yes, such precious wine is the best offering. Let us give Comrade Edric James a warm round of applause!"
People clapped their hands, especially those who had just mocked Edric James. Each clapping was thunderous, just afraid of Edric James's persistent hostility.
"A gift that sympathizes with soldiers, not with ordinary money, is heartfelt."
"Edric James, what a good comrade of Water Ice."
Edric James experienced two tears of joy and sorrow in just a few short minutes.
He stood up and bowed to everyone. His mouth couldn't close. He was pretty pleased, and the unhappy look was swept away.
Among the people.
Richard Nicholas looked at Serena James, still terrified, smiling, and said, "Why did the object I nominated as my favorite general manager?"
Serena James exclaimed, "It's just a coincidence."
"Haha." Richard Nicholas grinned softly, shaking his head, saying: "Look, wait a minute, that scum Drake Thomas will pay dearly."
Serena James was half-belief, though she felt Richard Nicholas' words were unbelievable but found that he was both right twice before, so she thought or expected it once.
Can only see Vincent Scott raising the handle to the Drake Thomas key.
Drake Thomas' face showed excitement.
He was happy in his heart: Haha, what's the point of liking GRACIANO, at least just posing a little bit, turning around. Didn't he even choose his fancy villa? He didn't lose.
Vincent Scott looked at Drake Thomas: "Mr. Thomas, is this key you gave me?"
"yes, it's me."
"Well, if I remember correctly, houses in the Scottsdale district weren't cheap. The villas over there, on average, were twenty million dollars or more per house."
Drake Thomas happily said, "It's a little expensive, but only this expensive house can be worthy of the general manager's status!"
Vincent Scott's eyes flashed cold, deliberately asking: "Are you buying this house?"
"Of course."
"Well, then, Mr. Thomas, you're the head of the market department at Water Ice. How much is your monthly salary?"
The smile on Drake Thomas' face slowly disappeared, feeling the atmosphere was slightly off.
"The salary... is about four thousand dollars a month."
"Yeah, four thousand dollars, so there's a commission, year-end bonuses, and welfare benefits, and you charge about fifty thousand dollars a year?"
The more Drake Thomas heard, the more it felt wrong: "Yes, not wrong."
Vincent Scott shook his head softly: "This is strange. How do you buy a luxury villa worth $20 million yearly for $50,000? Drake Thomas, can you give me a reasonable explanation?"
Everyone here is terrified, and this problem is severe.
Everyone knows there must be a problem here. Even though everyone feels pain, they don't think they'll be reprimanded.
But this new general manager doesn't think so.
All the people who just gave gifts were in a cold sweat, the number of people who gave gifts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars secretly rejoiced, the number of skills worth hundreds of thousands of dollars reaching millions of dollars, the palm was all cold sweat.
Of course, the coldest is still Drake Thomas.
A few hundred thousand dollars to millions, he can still use the excuse of accumulating over the years, but this figure of twenty million dollars, how many years do he have to get for him?
Based on Drake Thomas' income, that'll take 400 years to accumulate!
Drake Thomas's revenue has a problem.
Drake Thomas's hands and feet are ice cold, constantly swallowing his saliva. Even one word can't speak.
Vincent Scott shouted: "Drake Thomas, where did you say $20 million buy this house?"
After an hour's delay, Drake Thomas was threatened to fall on the ground.
Where can he answer that?
"I see you can't answer," Vincent Scott said coldly, "so go slowly into the station and tell him where he is, handcuff him, take him."
Immediately, some officers in police uniforms sprang out, broke Drake Thomas' hands behind his back, and handcuffed them, took them right in front of everyone.
"No, sir Scott, what's the matter? What's going on?"
"Let go of me, and you let go of me."
Drake Thomas's eyes panicked, and they dreamt that giving gifts would lead to big trouble.
When he was in front of everyone being taken away, everyone instinctively bowed their heads and couldn't look because they feared they would be the next Drake Thomas. Vincent Scott said: "Actually, I know everyone below has a financial problem. I advise people to be a little more respectful from now on. Otherwise, Drake Thomas's results are the result of everyone! The thoughts based on giving gifts close to the relationship, I advise everyone to wake up. The general manager won't like it. You brought all the goods today. Take them all back. One in charge doesn't have to do so this time. If there's another time, I'll never spare you!" People immediately bowed their heads, were frightened, and did not dare to breathe loudly. Finally, Vincent Scott lifted a few bottles of GRAClANO: "Comrade Edric James, another may bring back the offering, but your offering I will take it on behalf of the general manager." "It's my pleasure," said Edric James with a smile. Vincent Scott nodded: "You'
Edric advised: "The James family highly values the individual capabilities of each person. If you still had your former status, or if the Science - Technology Dream still belonged to the Nicholas family, you wouldn't need to say a word; there would be a bunch of people proactively calling you, expressing their desire to attend this ritual.""Currently, no one will pay attention to you like this, so you should save this effort."Richard let out a bitter laugh: "If they don't want to pay attention, that's their business, but whether or not to inform them is ours.""Moreover, I also want to see what kind of attitude the James family will have towards me.""Haizzz, if you want to call, then just call."The first number Richard dialed was the mobile number of Mr. Darius, the head of the James family."Hello? Who is this?""Uncle, it's your nephew Richard."Darius hesitated for a moment: "Is this Richard? Do you need anything from me?""I wanted to inform you that in five days, it will be m
Five days later? By the bank of Willow Creek?Confused, Marsha asked: "Really? You're going to attend Richard's ghost brother's memorial ceremony?""Spit on that! Who would watch such ghostly nonsense?"Edgar rolled his eyes at her: "I'm here for the demolition and relocation project happening in five days!""Oh?"Edgar further explained: "I don't know why, but the demolition and relocation project along Willow Creek has been progressing very fast these days.""In five days, the demolition and relocation work will conclude, and a ceremony to call for cooperation on the redevelopment project will be held on-site. If our James family can collaborate with them, we'll surely make a huge profit!""Elder sister, I'm not deceiving you, not just me, but even our grandfather must personally attend in five days."Time swiftly passed, and five days flew by.This morning, Serena woke up very early, dressed in a black suit.After all, attending a memorial ceremony, one should dress properly, not to
At that moment, she immediately heard the sound of helicopter engines roaring, from afar over a dozen helicopters were flying towards them, each carrying a long white canvas behind them, used for mourning and expressing sorrow for the deceased.These helicopters were also towing a large tourist yacht, slowly moving in this direction.And Richard was standing on the yacht, hands clasped behind his back, standing there proudly.Along the Willow Creek river, a black car was driving on the road, Darius and Edgar were sitting in that car.Looking at the riverbank after it had been demolished and relocated, Edgar laughed: "Grandpa, look at this, the entire area along Willow Creek has been demolished.And yet, today, Richard wants to hold a memorial ceremony for his brother. I wonder who gave him the courage to say such things, guessing today he won’t even be able to get close to the riverbank."Darius glanced over and sneered: "Such a loser like Richard shouldn’t be mentioned in the future.I
Then, the door of each car opened, and a man in a black suit stepped out.They seemed as if cast from the same mold, each standing upright and stern, their posture and movements perfectly synchronized, the hallmark of soldiers trained year-round.Tristan, standing to Richard's left, used his booming voice to command."Attention!"With a swish, several hundred soldiers snapped their fingers to their temples in unison.The scene was magnificent.Brian was so intimidated by this powerful display that he staggered and fell to the ground.Richard looked down at him."Brian, do you think I've brought enough people?"This wasn't just many, it was terrifying!One hundred Lincoln cars, three to four hundred well-trained subordinates, could a small Boss Arthur even make a dent?Seeing this scene, those who benefited fr
Roosevelt mocked: "You realize your mistake now? It's too late! I wonder why you had to specifically target this area for redevelopment in the last two days, even trying to persuade me to expedite the process. It turns out you and Brian were using the demolition and redevelopment plan to settle a personal vendetta, almost making me an accomplice.""Sebastian, you've got some nerve.Someone, come here and handcuff this scoundrel for me!""Yes!"In an instant, a group of police officers brought by Roosevelt with handcuffs rushed over, pinned Sebastian to the ground, and handcuffed him.Roosevelt turned to Richard, clasped his hands: "Mr. Richard, I am truly sorry. It is due to a leader like me being negligent that the Urban Construction Bureau was associated with such trash, causing the memorial for your deceased loved one to not proceed smoothly. I am really very sorry."Richard wave
Richard explained: "Actually, it's quite simple. Over the past few years in Rocky, I've served in the military, where we fought in many fierce battles. Once, we suffered a devastating defeat, and I managed to save a high-ranking general, who has now become a prominent figure. To repay me, he went out of his way to help me organize this event, even lending me personnel, cars, planes, and yachts. Everything has been smoothly arranged, allowing us to proceed without any hitches.""So that's how it is."At that moment, Serena finally understood that it was all thanks to Richard saving a high-ranking general during his time in the military.She felt a bit disappointed.If only!If Richard were that general, if all these resources weren't borrowed, how wonderful would that be?Seeing the disappointment on Serena's face, Richard knew what she was thinking.But now was not
Darius shook his head: "Edgar, you are confidently blind. You must understand that our James family is only second in the construction industry, let alone that our James family doesn't have any connections with the Urban Construction Bureau. Winning this bid will be very difficult for us.""Grandpa, don't worry, wait and see what happens later."Not long after, the organizer of the bid stepped onto the stage.Vance Reynolds, Deputy Director of the Urban Construction Bureau, cleared his throat, raised his glasses, and smiled: "Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon..."After rambling about a few meaningless things, he finally got to the main point."I believe everyone is eagerly anticipating this bidding plan. I will be in the office on the left in a moment. All those who want to participate in the bid, please come in and present your carefully prepared plan to me. I will make the best choice based on your plans