"Sure," Henry nodded without hesitation, "You two take your time. I'll ask Secretary Lee to get you some tea and snacks."
"Thank you, but please don't," President He stood up, "We'll contact you later."
"Okay, I'll see you off," Henry showed them the way out.
He walked them out and saw them drove away.
As soon as she got into the car, Nadeen finally let out the anger she had been trying to suppress, "Who is that Henry Zhang? Such a great actor! He acted totally different from the person who prepared the proposal.
"Nadeen," President He tried to calm her down, "To speak as a competitor, Henry Zhang is cunning and aggressive. But to speak as a fellow businessman, every word that came out of his mouth served his purpose. Neither your brother nor yourself is good at that. I've never heard that Yan Xia has such a skillful negotiator and businessman. Someone who has Henry's level of capacity in the business world shouldn't be unknown." "He was bullsh*ting!" Nadeen said angrily, "That Henry Zhang is too arrogant. If he really believes that the Lins Group is invincible, the company will be closed very soon! We don't have to cooperate with them!"
Presiden He sighed, "But they are our best choice. Nadeen, do remember this. Don't let your emotion makes the decision for you. There are thousands of employees whose livelihood depends on us. They chose to work for He Clan because they put their trust in us. Don't let your emotion put everyone out of work.”
"I don't care," Nadeen crossed her arms in front of her chest, "I can't sit and watch Henry Zhang enjoy his superiority. He likes to demand more? Then let him demand all he wants! He will regret his behavior someday. Driver, let's go!"
Nadeen then sat in the car in silence.
Helplessness was written all over President He's face. He knew that Nadeed hadn't met with too many setbacks yet. What made matters worse was that Henry, who gave her a hard time, was at a similar age as Nadeen.
President He didn't say much. He knew that Nadeen needed setbacks to grow up. He believed that Henry had his fair share of failure before he could be so skillful at business negotiations.
Back in the Lins Manson.
Ranjeet followed Henry and asked, "Brother, that's one point five billion yuan. They want to pay to build houses for you. Why don't you take it? I bet there will be a lot of beautiful girls and food in those houses."
As Ranjeet was talking, he started drooling again.
Henry ignored Ranjeet. He walked back to the office and started working. Sylvia had been gone for a very long time, and Henry had to deal with everything on behave of Sylvia.
Henry finally finished all the work by the end of the office hour.
He stretched to release the tension of his body. He then started to organize the files on the table.
Someone knocked on the door. Secretary Lee came in with an invitation letter in her hand.
"Mr. Zhang, there is going to be a charity auction tonight. Its purpose is to donate money to the Sprint Residential Home. President Lin was going to go to the auction. I think you'll have to go on behave of President Lin," Secretary Lee put the invitation on the desk.
Henry nodded and said, "Sure, I'll go."
Since it was about the Spring Residential Home, Henry would definitely attend the auction.
"Mr. Zhang, let me know if you need my help."
So Alvin League had something to do with the charity auction? What were they up to?
Henry took the invitation over and looked at the name of the sender. It was an organization called Enkidu Inc.
Henry immediately asked someone to do a background check of Enkidu Inc. The company was founded more than twenty years ago. Their business was artifacts excavation and research. They would donate most of the artifacts they had found to the government and sell some of the remaining at charity auctions. Enkidu Inc. would turn the rest into profit, earning funds to maintain the operation of the company.
In the beginning, people thought Enkidu Inc's donations and charity auction plan was just a publicity stunt, which the company would abandon very shortly. However, the company had been doing it for more than twenty years. They had donated hundreds of billions of yuans of artifacts. The charity actions had raised tens of billions of yuans too, and the money had helped charities all over the world.
At the moment, although Enkidu Inc was not a powerful company financially, all the powerful companies all treated Enkidu Inc with respect.
Because of Enkidu Inc's donation, the government was in full support of them. In every charity action Enkidu Inc. held, there would always be a couple of people from the government who showed up.
Henry's heart sank. If Enkidu Inc. had something to do with Alvin League, Alvin League was working on something very serious.
Henry looked at Ranjeet and asked, "If you were at the charity action, can you tell who has been to your ancestors' grave and which artifact came from there?"
"I'm not sure," Ranjeet said while shaking his head, "Unless I can smell them."
"Okay," Henry replied, "I'll help you to create the opportunity. You will help me find out the people or things that are related to your ancestors' grave!"
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