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Chapter 2012
Chapter 2012
Chapter 2012
Marcos, who was used to making deals, was stunned by what Luke said. He asked, "That's it?"
"Yeah, that's it," Luke affirmed.
"I don't need to let you win the bid?" Marcos was still in shock. ‘He doesn't care about the bidding but wants to see other people's bids?'
"No, I'm very confident in my company's proposal," Luke said firmly.
Marcos was even more puzzled. Since he was confident, why would Luke want him to disclose all the bidders' proposals?
"Since you're so confident and you're asking for the proposals to be made public, are you worried that the result will not be fair and just? You can rest assured that I'm keeping watch myself. It'll be judged according to the various proposals as well as the strength of each company.”
"You're known for being fair and impartial in the industry. To be honest, I asked you to do this not for fear of unjust results but for my personal affairs," Luke said vaguely.
"Your personal affairs?" Marcos was even more surprised that such a good exchange was concerning Luke's personal affairs.
'Luke's an interesting man.'
He did not think for long before he agreed. "No problem. I'll arrange for it."
"It's a pleasure to work with you." Luke knew he would agree. After all, he would not lose anything by making the proposals public.
"I can say the same." Marcos put away the documents, glanced at the time, and reminded him, "Mr. Crawford, the meeting is about to start. I want to avoid unnecessary gossip and trouble. You should go to the conference room first."
"Okay." Luke took control of the wheelchair and left Marcos' office.
Luca and Jason were still standing at the elevator doors waiting for him. When they saw Luke approaching, Jason hurriedly went behind him and pushed the wheelchair.
"Boss, all is well?" Jason asked.
"It's settled. Let's go downstairs to the conference room." Luke glanced at Luca and did not talk much.
Based on his neutral tone, Luca was unsure what he talked to Marcos about and how it went.
The three of them arrived at the 23rd floor and walked into the conference room. Almost all the bidders from all over the world had arrived.
Jason pushed Luke to find the seat for T Corporation. He put the chair aside. Luke took the space assigned to T Corporation on his wheelchair.
Their location was relatively front.
Luke took a look around. The seats were positioned according to the size of their companies.
Luca and Jason sat in the assistants' seats respectively. They turned on the computer and prepared the related equipment before getting ready.
Every company was the same. If their company won the contract, they would record this glorious moment.
Pierre, who was sitting in the back. He was upset when he saw Luke come in late and sit in the front seat.
'Why does T Corporation get to sit so front? The other companies are all multinational groups. Who does Luke think he is to sit with them?'
Pierre sat sloppily and ignored people from the company next to him who wanted to strike up a conversation.
He stared at Luke's back. He was unhappy, jealous, and puzzled. Luke went up before he did but arrived at the conference room earlier than Luke.
He was wondering where Luke went.
Pierre was startled thinking of how confident Luke sounded previously. 'Does he have connections within M Group?'
'If he has connections... I have the same bid as Luke. Although I submitted earlier, T Corporation can fake the time of submission..'
Pierre clenched his fists tightly.
Mr. Peralta sat beside him, not daring to breathe too loud.
Pierre's body language was telling him that he was fuming. It was better that he kept quiet.
Five minutes later, Marcos walked in with his assistant. After the assistant made a simple speech, he said, "In this bidding, M Group will mainly focus on the contents of the proposal paired with the strength of each company. We'll choose the most suitable partner on the grounds of fairness and justice.” Everyone in the audience did not speak. They were all companies with certain strengths and had gone through meetings as such many times.
Even so, just as the results were about to be announced, nervous expressions were still seen across the room.
It was a big project, after all.
Luca adjusted the equipment, noticed everyone's expressions, and glanced at Luke quietly.
His expression was calmer than everyone else's. It was as if the result of this bidding had nothing to do with him.
Luca felt that this was not an expression of victory but pure indifference.
Marcos looked at everyone, then glanced at Luke before he said, "Before the results are announced, I've decided to show everyone the bids that were submitted to us to be fair."
After that, everyone looked at each other and wondered about the process.
M Group had never mentioned anything about this prior...
Without waiting for everyone to ask questions, the proposals were displayed on the projection screen.
Marcos had told his assistant before the meeting, so she calmly displayed the bidding prices and drawings from the various companies.
Luca could not calm down. 'Are they going to show all the proposals?!'
She did not know how Abel had used the documents she stole for him. Perhaps he shared the information with other companies, or he might have sold the file. That way, the company that bought it could directly modify the company information and then use it, or refer to it to revise their proposal.
If it was the former, when everyone saw two similar proposals, that was it for her
Luke would suspect her and maybe even find out that she stole the tender.
Luca twitched her fingers uneasily, lowered her head, and occasionally raised her head to look at the screen because she was worried that it would really happen.
Pierre's face turned pale when T Corporation's proposal was presented.
He took a look at the drawing and found that it was different from the design that Abel sold him.
He resisted the urge to stand up to see it clearly. He continued to look at T Corporation's proposal. It was just a few pages. He knew that this proposal was completely different from the one he got.
The documents he got were done well, but the proposal currently displayed was undeniably better.
He had been fooled by Abel. That proposal was not from T Corporation at all!
Mr. Peralta also noticed that T Corporation's bid was different from the one they revised. With so many years of work experience under his belt, he knew that T Corporation's proposal was much better than the one they submitted.